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Briefing to the General Assembly on the Secretary-General's Call to Action on famine response and prevention - 13 April 2017
More than 20 million people face famine or the risk of famine across the four countries
Humanitarian operations in these four countries require more than US$5.6 billion this year
Situational briefing to the General Assembly on the Secretary-General’s Call to Action on famine response and prevention
New York, 13 April 2017
As delivered by Ms Reena Ghelani, Deputy Director, OCHA Coordination and Response Division
His Excellency, Mr Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly and
Mr Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien.
Thank you for this opportunity to brief on the grave situation facing millions of people in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and north-east Nigeria. The numbers are staggering. As his Excellency outlined, more than 20 million people face famine or the risk of famine across the four countries. Some 1.4 million children are severely malnourished. Over 21 million people lack sufficient access to health care, at a time when three out of the four countries are experiencing cholera outbreaks. And more than 20 million people lack clean water and sanitation. Around eighty per cent of affected populations live in rural areas and a combination of hunger and conflict is forcing people to be displaced, both internally and as refugees. Those who were forced from their homes in past years by conflict are being hit particularly hard as a consequence of this current crisis.
The crises in these four countries are protracted and complex – and the impacts will be felt for years.
In South Sudan, years of appalling violence and conflict have left over 5 million people in need of urgent food assistance, an estimated 100,000 of whom are, already, facing famine. More than 1 million more are on the brink of famine. Over a quarter of a million children are suffering severe acute malnutrition. Three years of conflict has displaced some 3.5 million people, disrupted agricultural production of farmers, and crippled the economy. Half of the country’s water points have been damaged or destroyed, and at least 5,000 people have contracted cholera in an outbreak that began in June of last year.
In Somalia close to 3 million people cannot meet their daily food needs. Some over 500,000 people have fled their homes this year alone in search of food, water, and safety. Acute Watery Diarrhea and Cholera has spread to 11 of 18 regions of the country, with over 18,000 cases reported just this year. Women are particularly impacted, sometimes forced to walk many kilometres to fetch water. In Somalia women will walk 25 to 50 kilometres on average to fetch water, exposing them to violence and sexual abuse.
Yemen is facing the largest food security crisis in the world with almost 7 million people requiring immediate life-saving assistance and at least 462,000 children suffering severe acute malnutrition. Conflict has damaged and obstructed water networks and only 45 per cent of the country’s health facilities are functioning.
And in north-east Nigeria, violence has left millions displaced and some 4.7 million people in severe food insecurity – at least 450,000 of them are children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
This is the impact of hunger and famine: communities broken, families torn apart, and preventable deaths of men women and children from disease. Famine is about much more than food insecurity. It is about compounding vulnerabilities that leave millions of people without basic human dignity, without hope for the future. It leaves children stunted and out of school. Development gains are stalled or reversed. People abandon their homes, and are robbed of their livelihoods, exacerbating instability across entire regions.
Seven weeks ago, the Secretary-General called on the international community to take urgent action to prevent this looming catastrophe. He urged all actors to work together to save lives, reduce underlying vulnerabilities, and build long-term resilience to future shocks.
Humanitarian partners acted early. Humanitarian response plans and action for the year, in each of the four countries, had already incorporated the massive food and other key responses that would be required for the situation we face today. Large-scale operations are underway, in extremely challenging and dangerous environments.
Since February, UN agencies and their partners have reached over 1.2 million people in South Sudan, more than 330,000 people of them in the famine-affected or at-risk counties of Unity State. In Yemen, humanitarian partners have reached 5.8 million people with food and other assistance so far this year.
In Somalia, partners and the UN doubled our response from February to March, to reach 1.8 million suffering people with food aid and nearly 500,000 with livelihood support. Around 1.8 million people are targeted for assistance this month in Nigeria alone, where so far this year a quarter of a million people have been reached with emergency water and sanitation assistance, 3.8 million children vaccinated against measles, and over 900,000 people provided basic health services.
The humanitarian assistance being delivered on the ground is saving lives and livelihoods. But it is not enough.
While all four countries have unique contexts, they share a common component. That is of protracted conflict. Likewise, all four countries are marked by severe access constraints due to insecurity and some have costly bureaucratic impediments that impede the reach of life saving aid, and exacerbate the suffering of civilians.
In Somalia almost one third of the people who need help the most are living in areas under control of Al Shabaab where access is extremely limited. There are indications now that Al Shabaab is using this crisis as part of a “hearts and minds” campaign, to use the situation to feed people. South Sudan remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be an aid worker – more than 12 humanitarian personnel have been killed this year alone. Here, conflict severely challenges humanitarian presence, forcing lengthy relocations of aid workers, including from famine-affected counties, and affecting directly millions of vulnerable South Sudanese people in need of humanitarian assistance.
In north-eastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram continues to launch attacks on military and civilian targets, an estimated 700,000 people remain beyond reach for humanitarian actors, living in what are feared to be desperate conditions. And in Yemen, where conflict and insecurity and strain on the economy are driving the crisis, restrictions on the movement of goods into non-Government-controlled ports are at times delayed.
Humanitarian operations in these four countries require more than US$5.6 billion this year as his Excellency has announced and we need this funding now. In order to be ahead of the game we need this funding now – especially for the priority sectors to respond and prevent famine in the four critical sectors of Food Security, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation, and Health. Following the Secretary-General’s call to action on Famine response and prevention, donors have generously committed approximately 21 per cent of the $4.4 billion required. I thank donors for these critically needed funds to save lives, but highlight that they remain less than a quarter of the amount needed to avert a catastrophe.
We thank the President of the General Assembly to have provided this dialogue today.
While humanitarians will continue to deliver and scale up where they are able, four things are required in order to effectively reverse these crises:
First, more political will is required to end the conflicts that have caused these crises. Without an end to conflict, violence, and violations of international humanitarian law, humanitarian conditions – including severe food insecurity – will continue to deteriorate. Hunger and suffering will increase.
Likewise in order for assistance to reach those who need it most there must be unhindered and sustained humanitarian access. All parties to conflict must abide by international humanitarian law and allow aid workers access to vulnerable people in need of support. More pressure needs to be exerted on these parties to abide by those obligations.
Thirdly, we urgently need further funding to back a robust humanitarian response. This includes funding from traditional and emerging donors, including development banks and the private sector. The upcoming ministerial-level pledging conference for Yemen, co-chaired by the Secretary-General and the Foreign Ministers of Switzerland and Sweden, provides an opportunity for countries to come together and unite behind humanitarian efforts in Yemen – for which less than 10 per cent of required funds have been received to date.
Finally, the severity and the scale of these crises call for a more comprehensive approach, a new way of working. The immediate goal of the humanitarian response is to save lives, but humanitarian response alone is not enough to reduce needs and address the risk and vulnerability that drive those needs. Longer-term action is needed now to help reduce needs and vulnerability and build resilience, preventing future catastrophes. To do this requires more risk tolerance, earlier and sustained development engagement, and more flexible and context-adaptable programming. Crucially, a broader range of financing options, better aligning short- and long-term funding, and working with a diversity of partners will be needed. We must now make tangible progress on this New Way of Working by scaling up the programmes required to reach our collective outcomes of reducing need, risk and vulnerability of those left behind as a result of conflict and crises.
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Progress in reconstructing long term global sea level changes
Event: 2016 Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting
Session: OSTST Opening Plenary Session
Presentation type: Type Keynote/invited
Estimates of global sea level change prior to the satellite altimetry era rely on a historical tide gauge data set with limited spatial and temporal sampling. Tide gauges, as pointwise observations, measure local sea level changes resulting from ocean dynamics as well as geoid changes due to mass load redistribution. Since they are grounded on land, tide gauges are also affected by vertical land motion (VLM) of the Earth’s crust that, over decadal and longer time scales, may have amplitudes comparable to climatic signals. The correction of these VLMs represents a challenge in geodesy and is a key factor to understand and quantify past sea level changes. The use of continuous Global Position System (GPS) has revealed an effective approach to measure VLM to the required accuracy. Likewise, the combination of satellite altimetry and tide gauges is useful in determining VLM under the premise that both systems measure the same oceanic signal and instrumental drifts can be neglected. The set of different possible corrections to tide gauge records accounting for different geophysical and oceanographic effects, together with the choice of methodological approaches and data subsets, has led to the development of several global sea level reconstructions with a range of global sea level rise between 1.3 and 2 mm/yr over the past century. Here we explore the impact that the different corrections have on the reconstructed global sea level and propose a new methodology accounting for VLM, ocean volume redistribution and mass load changes. | <urn:uuid:aca2a1fa-b0ed-4fb0-a68d-36b0fb75634d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ostst.aviso.altimetry.fr/programs/abstracts-details.html?tx_ausyclsseminar_pi2%5BobjAbstracte%5D=1972&tx_felogin_pi1%5Bforgot%5D=1&cHash=f9e5f9274374db771a5da5ba8ca52e67 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.887631 | 348 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Pyrenees Adventure on the Little Yellow Train
Fancy seeing the beautiful countryside of the Pyrenees in a day trip on the most exquisite form of transport?
For the perfect Pyrenean adventure, take a voyage on the ‘petit train jaune’ and explore one of the most beautiful regions on Europe.
Charlotte Daniels recently went to visit the Pyrenees when she was working in the South of France. To ‘summit’ up, it was a real ‘high’ of her Year Abroad.
In this article Charlotte shares her experience of visiting the French Pyrenees and her top tips how to enjoy the ultimate experience.
Travelling on the Little Yellow Train
The adventure will take you through the beautiful Languedoc Roussillon region, along a historic, metre-gauge electric railway in the French Pyrenees, dating back to 1909 and is still going strong today.
The ‘Little Yellow Train’ commences its journey at Villefranche de Conflent, 50km from Perpignan, and ends up in Latour de Carol, near the Spanish town of Puigcerda. The line consists of several tunnels, small viaducts and famous bridges such as the Pont Gisclard and Pont de Cassagne (the only railway suspension bridge in France).
The line is almost 39 miles long in total and reaches the impressive height of 1592 metres.
And all this doesn’t have to break the bank… ‘The Little Yellow Train’ is part of the French state rail network, run by the French train operator SNCF, meaning that tickets come at standard French train rates and can be reserved via regular websites. Top tip; for young people between the ages of 18-27 SNCF offer a discounted rail card called a ‘Carte Jeune’, this gave us 30% off travel throughout the year in France.
It is also really important to note that when travelling by train around France you must always validate your train tickets in one of the yellow validation machines at the station before boarding the train. As we unfortunately discovered for ourselves, failure to do so can result in a hefty fine on the train!
Check out the Foreign and Commonwealth’s travel advice for France to learn more about the local laws and customs to be aware of.
These are some of the essential places to see:
This is where the journey begins! A beautiful city in the South of France – well-worth exploring if you have time. It’s the last big city before the Spanish border and the capital of the Pyrenees Orientales department in the region. With Catalan influence evident all around the city, this university town, charmed with Mediterranean culture, winding medieval and palm-tree lined streets is the perfect starting place for this Pyrenean adventure. From here, take the SNCF to Villefranche de Conflent where you will pick up the ‘Little Yellow Train’.
The first stop on The Yellow Train. A historic walled city and a UNESCO heritage site.
3. Odeillo- Font-Romeu
A small Pyrenean mountain village, most famously known for its power station (one of the world’s very first) opened in 1970. There is also a famous hiking trail (Sentier de Randonnée) that leaves from the village of Via, just below the Odeillo train station and is an easy 9KM hike back to the station at Cabanasse- Mont louis.
Font Romeu is also one of the most popular ski resorts in the Pyrenees attracting countless visitors every year.
4. Latour du Carol
The only railway station in Europe to serve three different “normal” railway lines operating with three different gauges. The metre-gauge Train Jaune, the European standard gauge SNCF line to Toulouse and the Spanish broad-gauge line to Barcelona.
5. Bourg Madame
A quaint town, very close to the Spanish town of Puigcerda. Travelers who decide to come up on a morning train and head back on one later in the afternoon even have time to make a quick voyage to Spain!
Conveniently, the line terminates a few kilometres further on in the small town of Latour de Carol which connects directly to the French railway line from Toulouse, and the RENFE Spanish line for Barcelona. Meaning you’re well-connected to continue on your journey- wherever your next destination!
You Really Need to See the Pyrenees
... So what a unique experience! One I cannot recommend enough! Whether you want to stay on board for the whole journey or get off and explore each of the sights, this is definitely a novel compact journey you don’t want to miss!
A final note, in order to have a smooth, enjoyable trip along this stunning part of the world, it’s really key that you research first and make sure you’re fully up to date with the travel advice and guidance.
To be the real ‘savvy traveller’ you’ve got to know all the inside tips but must also be very well aware and informed of the risks and necessary precautions when travelling. Check out the FCO’s travel advice pages for France before you make your journey up the Pyrenees or otherwise!
So now you have the ‘savoir faire’, you’ve got no excuse! Check out the those breath-taking views, get yourself prepared and well-informed, pack your suitcase and get on the next ‘yellow train’ out to see the beautiful sights of the French Pyrenees!
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So the teaching associate, we called him “Teach,” but we meant no disrespect by that, it’s just that the name sort of fit because he’s sort of a funny-looking guy, pretty short, I’d say 5’4, and he’s got these big bushy eyebrows and he sits on the desk when he lectures and leans forward in a way that invites the whole class to – how shall I put this? – have an earnest “we’re all adults” kind of conversation about the matter under study – it was that kind of a class, you know, a special multidisciplinary exploration of multidimensional approaches, with emphasis on highly subjective interpretive treatment – so Teach says, “Based on just the little bit we’ve read and the records we’ve listened to, what I would like you to do this week is to compare and maybe contrast D.H. Lawrence and Charlie Mingus. Don’t worry so much about analyzing, I’d like to read your impressions, what your instincts tell you.”
I remember something about how Mingus really hated being called “Charlie” because he said it was a name for a horse and not for a man, but Teach always called him Charlie, and I wasn’t going to correct him. I would just refer to him as Charles Mingus whenever I had occasion to mention him in class, and maybe that way quietly set an example. I don’t want to be obnoxious.
Anyway, in answer to his question I wrote:
“In Mingus, sex organs pulsate and in D.H. Lawrence, they either refuse to or learn to. Actually, I’d say that Lawrence is more about sex and that Mingus is sex itself, by which I don’t mean that sex is all there is to either one of them but it’s a pretty good place to start in both cases. When I smoke a little weed and read The Rainbow, which I’ve been off-and-on reading on my own for some time now, it’s a somber, almost a spooky experience. I feel like I’m being engulfed by the whole cosmos. But I don’t get hot, whereas when I smoke and listen to Mingus I get randy even before the record starts to play.
“’E’s Flat, Ah’s Flat Too,’ if you know that piece, it’s on Blues and Roots, is a very good example. When I’m stoned and listening to it, I fantasize I’m dancing naked for a bunch of guys. My hips are churning and I’m calling out and panting and begging for it. [Honestly, I did think twice about whether or not I should be graphic like this and the reason I thought twice about it was that I certainly did not want Teach to think I was trying to shock him or, perish the thought, seduce him. But while I did think twice about it, I went ahead anyway, what the hell, I’ll admit I was also a little bit curious about how he’d react to what I wrote if he reacted at all.] What’s interesting is that when something is so sexual, the sex permeates even the stuff that’s not meant to be sexual. Take, for example, Tijuana Moods. Really, “Ysabel’s Table Dance” is the only hot number on the album but the whole album feels hot anyway.
“Another thing that’s interesting is that there’s no tragedy in Mingus, not tragedy per se, even if there are sad mournful tunes like ‘Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat.’ But Lawrence is all about tragedy because in his books life is always fighting against death and death is always winning even if, as he says, we refuse to take it tragically. I don’t think there are a lot of other English writers that you can call tragic. Of course, there’s Shakespeare but I for one like his comedies better. Anyway, I just wonder if Anglo-Saxons really have much of a tragic sense of things. A lot of the Anglo-Saxons I know, if they’ve got problems, all they think about is fixing them and that’s all there is to it. They’ve got these can do attitudes.”
The next week this teaching associate aka Teach folds his arms while he’s sitting on the desk and he glances quickly up at the ceiling and smiles just a wee bit as if to suggest to us and to the world that he’s entertaining a very interesting line of thought, ah yes very interesting indeed. Teach says, “Now I’m imagining that, given the world we live in, you all have at least one and maybe multiple friends and acquaintances in therapy of one sort or another. Man, I sure do! In fact, sometimes it seems to me I don’t actually know anyone who’s not in therapy. So here’s what I’d like you to write about this week: first, is mental illness contagious and, second, are there fundamental flaws in the very concept of therapy?”
Since Teach and I were developing such a nice rapport – I really felt that he’d begun to appreciate the way my mind works – I decided that in response to these questions I would push the proverbial envelope a mite. Specifically, I would give him a straightforward answer to one of his questions but then, as an answer to the other question, I’d offer up a kind of parable. Here’s what I wrote:
“To answer the second question first – ‘Are there fundamental flaws in the very concept of therapy?’ – there sure are! Even Freud understood that and I don’t think he was at all comfortable about it. If the whole world is a bunch of hysterics, what are you going to make your patient well-adjusted to? If all of Germany is going Nazi, like it did when he was there, what does being healthy mean anyway? It’s very obvious, the point I just made, but I’ll say something else as well. The self itself is sickness and cannot be cured with more self.
“Now, as to the other question – ‘Is mental illness contagious?’ – I’d like to answer like this, which is that one day nice Miss Crabtree is giving a vocabulary lesson to the children in her class and she writes the word ‘contagious’ on the blackboard.
“’Who can pronounce this word and then say what it means?’ asks Miss Crabtree.”
“Little Gloria Williamson raises her hand and Miss Crabtree calls on her. Gloria pronounces the word and says, ‘Contagious means that when you have a disease other people can catch it. When my brother had measles, I wasn’t allowed to play with him for the longest time.’”
“’You’re totally correct, Gloria,’ says Miss Crabtree. ‘Good work, and I do hope your brother is over those measles by now.’
“But then little Timmy O’Toole lets out a little cry of protest and says, ‘But that’s not what the word means.’
“’Oh no?’ asks Miss Crabtree good-humoredly. ‘And what, Mr. O’Toole, do you think it means?’
“’Well,’ says Timmy O’Toole, ‘on Saturday Daddy took us out for a long drive in the country and we drove past this big, big house and in the front close to where we were driving there was all this grass and these trees had fallen down and there were big twigs and branches and there were weeds that were growing everywhere and growing over everything. And this woman who had sort of a cloth wound around her hair which was all beautiful and gray, this woman was looking hard at all the broken twigs and things and she kept looking hard at all the weeds, and then she started to cut at them with these really really small scissors, I mean they were really small, so Daddy says, “Jaysus, Mary, and Joseph, it’ll take the contagious.”’”
The week after that Teach – don’t they call teachers “Teach” in all those movies about teachers, you know like when Glenn Ford or Sidney Poitier has to tame a class of hooligans, the hooligans all call him “Teach” until the day he finally wins their respect – now that I mention it, Teach does bear some resemblance to Glenn Ford – Teach really went out on a limb, for which I respect him. He said, “I’ve got a challenging question for you this week, likely more challenging for some of you than for others. Do your best and try to give me your best honest answer but I don’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable. Just remember, no one is going to judge you, no matter how you answer the question. The question is, ‘Could you still be a Catholic if you were molested by a priest?’”
I was sorry to hear the question because I figured my answer, if it were an honest one, would disappoint Teach, and at the same time I certainly did not want to curry his favor by being dishonest. I felt funny because I figured Teach was particularly interested in me and my thoughts and in whatever answer I was going to come up with; I mean, he had no idea what religion if any I grew up with, and from some of the other students I figured he’d accept and maybe even enjoy their professions of faith however sorely (no pun intended) tested, but I just knew, I mean I just knew that he thought I was different, in a class by myself, and that from me because I was so special he looked forward to something unique and scathing that would make civilization itself shiver in its bones. Maybe it was all just vanity on my part, but really I don’t think so because, like I say, we had developed this rapport. I did contemplate making some effort in the direction I imagined he wanted me to go, especially since, to be honest, it wasn’t just rapport, I was really getting to like the little guy.
But I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t fudge the question, not this one. All that evening I worked on my answer, eventually concluding that it would have to be as brief and as concise as my others had been expansive. But the brevity worried me too, I guess; worried me because he might take it to be dismissive, which I certainly did not want to be, not of Teach.
I came up with two separate answers, knowing I would finally only show him one. The first read:
“The vile criminality of the Catholic Church is inextricably part and parcel of its sacrosanctity.”
I was pretty proud of that pronouncement but I couldn’t submit it because it wasn’t really me, it wasn’t my voice, it was something verbal I hacked out of marble, and I figured I owed Teach more of myself, not something that was ominous and oracular in tone like this was. So here’s what I submitted instead:
“The Catholic Church is the body of Christ on earth. Bodies aren’t perfect. Bodies belch. Bodies fart. Bodies butt-fuck little boys. So what can you do?”
Unfortunately, I was right because things were indeed different afterwards. The knowing looks he used to flash in my direction, no more. The little eye sparkles that bespoke our complicity, no more. Now there were only furtive glances, even a reluctance conscious or otherwise to make eye contact with me. I guess Teach just lied, I mean he just lied when he said we would not be judged for our answers. At least he had lied to me about that. But I was ok with it, I mean it’s the human condition. Oh poor little Teach, don’t you know that everybody judges everything all the time? Maybe I had deflated him somehow, I sure never wanted to do that but maybe that’s exactly what I did, because he did seem kind of deflated after that, because his last question of the semester to the class was altogether lame. It had something or another to do with Bob Dylan.
Larry Smith’s story collections, A Shield of Paris and Floodlands, were published in 2019 by Adelaide Books. His novella, Patrick Fitzmike and Mike Fitzpatrick, was published in 2016 by Outpost 19. A Pushcart-nominated writer, Smith's stories have appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Serving House Journal, Sequestrum, Exquisite Corpse, The Collagist, and [PANK], among numerous others. His poetry has appeared in Descant (Canada) and Elimae, among others. Smith lives in New Jersey. Visit Larrysmithfiction.com. | <urn:uuid:154c3549-b650-446b-9a77-da7bae31942b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.litromagazine.com/usa/2022/07/teach/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.981657 | 2,854 | 1.625 | 2 |
Minimum Wage Hike: What’s Next?
Author: Kristen Lopez Eastlick
Publication Date: August 2009
Newspaper: Wichita Eagle
Topics: Minimum Wage
There’s no question that the nation’s unemployment situation is dire. Thirty-eight states reported job losses for the month of June, contributing to a national unemployment rate that’s at a 25-year high. Minority teens and young adults have been hit especially hard. The unemployment rate for black teens has skyrocketed to 38 percent, more than four times the national rate. Kansas has an unemployment rate of 7 percent. Unfortunately, entry level job seekers will find their efforts undercut by this week’s disastrously timed federal minimum wage hike.
On Friday, July 24, the federal minimum wage increased for the third time in three years to $7.25 per hour. The federal unemployment rate has skyrocketed 70 percent from June 2008 to June 2009, with no regard to current economic conditions. A small business with 20 entry-level employees will see over $30,000 in new labor costs due to the July 24 increase. That doesn’t include the ripple effect on employees making higher than the minimum wage or the increase in taxes the employer has to pay.
Decades of research have shown that minimum wage hikes take a sledgehammer to the entry-level job market. Economist David Neumark recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the coming minimum wage increase is expected to destroy an additional 300,000 jobs nationwide, concentrated among the most vulnerable and least skilled employee populations.
Economists are nearly unanimous in pointing out that unskilled workers bear the brunt of minimum wage hikes. According to a 2007 survey from the American Economic Association at the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, 73 percent of labor economists believe increases in the minimum wage will lead to employment losses, which will fall disproportionately on the least skilled workers.
Teens get hit especially hard by wage hikes. Research from the University of Georgia (2006) found that for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, teen employment at small businesses decreased between 4.6 to 9 percent. Last summer’s 12 percent minimum wage hike contributed to a 5 percent drop in teen employment and the losses continued this year. Since Congress began implementing the 2007 wage hike, over 480,000 teen jobs have disappeared across the country.
Pricing teens out of the workforce has long-term impacts. A job for a young employee is a chance to learn the invisible curriculum that comes from being employed. A study out of Stanford University found that youths who experienced especially long periods of unemployment were particularly prone to negative long-term effects on future wages and employment. Research from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, found that unemployment for teens continues to adversely affect earnings for as long as 10 years.
Adult entry-level workers will find themselves displaced as well. Businesses respond to labor cost increases by laying off workers they can no longer afford and cutting back on hours. The companies that are still hiring seek out more skilled applicants who are worth the higher wage, or in some cases switch to automated labor (like self-checkout registers at supermarkets). None of these options is heartening for unskilled workers trying to get a foot in the door – and a making a first step towards higher paid job opportunities.
What’s worse, the higher wage rate won’t decrease poverty. Census Bureau data shows that only 16.8 percent of low-wage employees are currently living in poor households and only 6.8 percent are heads of poor households. The average family income of a minimum wage earner is $47,023. (For reference, the 2009 federal poverty guidelines for a family of 4 in the contiguous 48 states and District of Columbia was $22,050.) Consequently, attempting to target poor families by manipulating wages is an inefficient means of addressing the problem while still placing a burden on employers in an exceptionally weak economy.
No matter what your age, if you don’t have a solid work history, the minimum wage hike is going to hurt you more than it will help. The July 24 minimum wage hike will only prolong the nation’s affliction with high unemployment – hurting job prospects for our most vulnerable workers and denying teens the opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job training this summer.
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How Vital Is A Enterprise Plan?
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Are small business ideas beginning to swirl around in your head? In case you enjoy scrapbooking, you’ll be able to actually build a business doing that for purchasers who wish to protect their recollections in a creative way but don’t need to do the work themselves. Partnership is really useful when 2 or more events whish to start out a enterprise (Make word this is not an organization). | <urn:uuid:07f5e655-c659-4cb2-87b9-a075ed1fd96c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.urea-scr.com/laundromat-enterprise-plan-2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.949255 | 1,169 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Colour duos and trios
The duos show every combination of two riso colours possible, from the colours we have available in our riso workshop. I made this to make it easier for the students to see possibilities in other colours than the first ones we think of, which tend to be the same ones.
The trios are not every possible combination, as that is almost 700 different possibilities. I chose a small selection of different combinations for this one, also to demonstrate that there is a lot to choose from and encourage students to expand their choices. | <urn:uuid:908c259a-9ba9-4654-bd66-ed59d39f0014> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://siljelovli.no/Colour-duos-and-trios-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.961427 | 114 | 1.8125 | 2 |
- Flu and the Flu Vaccine– NHS
- Children’s Flu Vaccine– NHS
- Flu Vaccine FAQ’s– NHS
- Which Flu Vaccine should children have?– gov.uk (PDF)
- The Flu Vaccination– gov.uk (PDF)
Parkbury House encourage you to attend for your free flu vaccination at the Surgery as opposed to using alternative private providers. Having your flu vaccination at the surgery allows us to keep an accurate record of your vaccination and health information, offer clinical support and ensures we can provide this service year after year. Flu vaccinations are provided by the NHS and a low uptake would affect our ability to provide this and other additional services in future years.
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Portable Document Format (PDF) files are sent, received and opened by people around the world everyday. The PDF format allows any computer user to open and view a document created on any platform including Windows, Mac and Linux. The files are compact, easily emailed through a variety of servers, and can even be protected with a password to keep individuals from modifying the document within the PDF. One drawback of protected PDFs is the inability to print the file. There is a way around this restriction by using a PDF restriction converter.
Printing a Protected PDF by Using a PDF Restriction Converter
Open your computer's Internet browser.
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Type www.a-pdf.com/security/a-pdf-rr.exe in the browser's URL box to access the PDF restriction converter "A-PDF Restrictions Remover."
Press the "Enter" or "Return" key. Your Internet browser will access the site's PDF converter file. A dialog box will appear on your screen--"Opening a-pdf-rr.exe."
Click "Open" or "Run" to download and set up the program directly. Click "Save" or "Save As" to save the program's setup file on your computer for running later--use this option if you using a slow connection like dial-up. The program will download and set up on your computer if you selected the "Open" or "Run" option.
If saving the file to your computer, navigate to the directory where you want to save the file to. Select the "Desktop" if you have a hard time locating downloaded files on your system.
You do not have to access the A-PDF Restrictions Remover website again once the file starts downloading or saving to your computer.
Double click on the "a-pdf-rr.exe" icon to open the program, if you selected the "Save" or "Save As" option.
Click "Run" when prompted with the "Open File – Security Warning."
Click "Next." Click on the circle by the wording "I accept the agreement." Click "Next."
Select the directory where you want to save the "A-PDF Restrictions Remover" file. The default is your "C:\Program Files\A-PDF Restrictions Remover" folder. Click "Next."
Click "Next," "Install" and then "Finish." A-PDF Restrictions Remover will start automatically.
Navigate to the directory where the protected PDF file is located.
Right-click on the PDF file name. Select "Remove Restrict & Save As."
Select a location to save the converted PDF file to. Click "Save." If you want to change the PDF file's name, enter a new name in the box next to the wording "File name." The protected PDF is now converted to a unprotected one.
Double-click on the converted file to open it.
Select "File," "Print" and then "OK" to print the unprotected, converted PDF file.
Printing a Protected PDF By Taking a \"Screen Shot\"
Open the protected PDF file by double-clicking on the PDF file.
Press the "Alt" and "PrtScrn" keys together. The PrtScrn key is located on the upper right-hand side of your keyboard, if using a desktop computer keyboard. If using a laptop, the PrtScrn key is located above the "F10" function key.
If using a Mac, press the "Apple," "Shift" and "3" keys together to perform the screenshot.
Open your computer's word processing program by clicking on the program's icon on your system's "Desktop" or from the "All Programs" menu.
Press "CTRL" and "V" keys together to paste the screenshot into a blank document.
If using a Mac, click "Edit," "Paste" from the main toolbar at the top of your word processing program.
Click "File," "Print" and then "OK" to print the PDF screenshot. If the protected PDF file contains more than one page, press the "PgDn" key and repeat steps 2 through 5.
PDF restriction removal programs are legal to use.
The program A-PDF Restrictions Remover is a shareware program. It will run for free for 15 days. Then you have to purchase the program. Open the program's icon from the “All Programs” menu and click “About” for ordering information.
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Government is committed to develop a relevant public broadcaster. It seems that some people have already forgotten that pre-1994, the broadcasting system was characterised by inequality of access, language, cultural and education programming, lack of diversity and choice in services.
Again, it seems that there are some people who have not yet realised that since our democratically elected government took over in 1994, it has never failed to allow the truth to breathe — and hence, as South Africans, we are now living in a world that is unrecognisable from that of 21 years ago.
We do not want to bring back the bitter memories of apartheid. Rather, the truth must be told that before the dawn of democracy, the apartheid regime was characterised by a culture of secrecy, disinformation and restrictions on press freedom.
Those who were there during the late 1980s will remember that news at SABC was always permeated with racial stereotypes, while black employees were subjected to whipping as a disciplinary procedure, attend separate training classes with their white colleague’s and were always given older machines to work with.
Today, we are in an era where government is no longer hiding behind media restrictions and is fully accountable to the public.
Now, let’s allow the truth about the Broadcasting Amendment Bill to breathe. It is incorrect to suggest or portray me as someone who is trying to put the SABC in the “intensive care unit” of the ruling ANC. Our people will never rebel against their government because they know that the central pillar to making free and open flow of communication a reality is our public broadcaster.
We want to put it on record that our government recognises the central role that the SABC plays in society. We are therefore committed to the development of a sustainable and relevant public broadcaster, which is accountable to both parliament and the public, meaning that all the headlines that suggest that I want to put the SABC under the total control of the ANC are incorrect and misleading.
As South Africans, it is important for us to understand that the proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act, which we’ve tabled as government, are in line with our vision of ensuring universal access to broadcasting services in South Africa. The proposed changes will strengthen the SABC and better allow it to fulfil its public broadcasting service mandate.
Contrary to what others are saying, government is convinced that this change will ensure a more robust, relevant and sustainable SABC. The proposed changes are systematic in nature and take into account all aspects related to the public broadcaster.
In the last decade, the SABC has had to navigate through several challenges and there were times when boardroom issues took centre stage. Unfortunately, these challenges sometimes hindered the ability of the SABC to discharge its public broadcasting service mandate.
We are also cognisant of the fact that the SABC operates in a fast-changing landscape where innovation and change are the order of the day. It is therefore important that the SABC and its leadership are in a position to move with the changing times, if they are to stay relevant.
We all know that companies function optimally when the board and the leadership of the company work independently, yet in harmony. In such cases, the board provides strategic direction which allows the leadership of the company to concentrate on operational issues.
The proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act will allow government to develop and implement a stable corporate governance model, which ensures the long-term stability and sustainability of the SABC.
This process will allow for introspection on the size, selection process and tenure of future boards, and is a vital element in ensuring that the SABC is fit for purpose in the unfolding media landscape.
One of the proposed changes is to reduce the number of nonexecutive board members from 12 to nine. The rational for this change is to strengthen the board and to streamline its operation. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act of 1993 has a similar streamlined board consisting of an MD, chairman, staff-elected director and not fewer than four and not more than six other directors.
Our experience over the years has shown that a large board is expensive to maintain. We also want to avoid situations where members of the board are lobbied by various competing outside interest groups.
People will agree with me that large boards can become dysfunctional in cases where the competing interests of members take precedence over board matters.
Another good news is that the proposed changes in the bill seeks to ensure that the board is composed of people with a range of skills and expertise required to ensure optimal operational efficiency, so that the corporation is not left behind in the digital era.
They will allow the SABC board to make strategic decisions regarding its operations.
Government would like to see a situation where the process of appointing and removing the nonexecutive board members is expedited without compromising the participation of the general public in the process. To achieve this, the bill proposes that a nominations committee be formed to select future boards. This committee will screen and interview prospective board members, and will recommend the names of persons to be appointed as nonexecutive members of the board.
The rationale behind this proposed change is to appoint members of the board expeditiously, and to ensure that the best possible candidates serve on future boards. This is in line with international best practice for public broadcasting.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act of 1993 provides for a merit-based appointment of nonexecutive directors and to ensure this the act provides for the establishment of a nominations panel to conduct a selection process for each appointment of a director and make a written report on candidates who are nominated for the appointment.
The Royal Charter for the continuance of the British Broadcasting Corporation also provided for establishment of a nomination committee for the appointment of nonexecutive members of the BBC executive board.
To ensure the integrity and independence of the nominations committee, the chairman of the nominations committee will be a retired judge, who will be appointed in consultation with the minister of justice and correctional services.
It is also important to note that the powers to appoint and remove nonexecutive board members still remains with the president and the president will use his or her discretion in the appointment of the chairman and deputy chairman of the board. The president will continue to appoint the candidates from the people recommended by the minister of communications following the recommendations by the nominations committee.
As government, we are confident that the checks and balances, which are embedded in the proposed new process, will allow for the appointment of candidates who are best placed to move South Africa forward. An appointment process for nonexecutive directors for public broadcasting corporations, driven by the executive, is a hallmark of legislation in Canada, the UK and Australia.
We also want to inform the nation that a new section to address the systematic retirement of board members to maintain the institutional memory is inserted. This will ensure that the board can always call on institutional memory, thus ensuring continuity and stability. The bill proposes that a third of the current nonexecutive members be retained in the board for a period not exceeding 10 years. This will ensure that the institutional memory of the board is not eroded as well as providing stability within the corporation.
Government has no doubt that these proposed changes will lead to a better SABC that will serve all South Africans. We call on South Africans to make their voices heard on this issue and to engage in the public consultation process to be led by parliament.
In March this year, cabinet approved the final amendments to the broadcasting digital migration policy, which paved the way for the implementation of digital migration. Cabinet further approved that government should provide free set-top boxes to the 5mn poor TV-owning households. This shift is a reflection of government’s commitment to ensure that digital migration happens within the shortest time possible.
Once the migration process is completed, South Africans will have access to digital terrestrial television. The migration will release valuable spectrum which will allow for more channels and more content to be broadcast in the same bandwidth as is currently used by one analogue channel.
The availability of more television channels will lead to more demand for local content, which will translate into growth for the local content industry. This will also spur industry growth and lead to job creation. Furthermore, it will result in better quality sound on both radio and visuals on television. The move also provides us with an opportunity to realise our vision of building a people centred and inclusive information society.
It is therefore clear that the landscape is changing, and consequently the SABC and the regulatory environment must change as well. Change is often a painful process, but it is sometimes inevitable.
In conclusion, we would like to invite all interested parties to participate in the parliamentary processes to deliberate on the proposed amendments to the bill. We also challenge all stakeholders to provide concrete proposals on how we can create a public broadcasting system we should be proud of as South Africans.
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Staying at Kilishare Lodge does something with you. The lodge is located near an orphanage and a school. By staying at Kilishare Lodge you’ll support important humanitarian work as the revenue from Kilishare Lodge helps funding the orphanage and school.
From three to over 200 children
In 2009 Neema and Godbless Mamkwe established an orphanage and a school. The couple opened their home for three orphans. Every year since, they have taken in more and more children, and the house got smaller and smaller for the couple. Eventually the couple built a new house next to their own. By 2018, 200 children live there!
Kilishare Lodge is located near this orphanage. The orphanage allows you to visit the children and see how they live. You will get insight in the children’s and students daily duties; how they care for their uniforms, hygiene, schoolwork, daily meals and more. You will also get the chance to taste the food both children and adults eat.
You can also get an understanding for what the adults do; sweeping the courtyard, laundry duties, meal preparation, care for the livestock at the area, and more. You can also socialize with the children in English, both in groups or individually. Most importantly – you will get to experience the good atmosphere among the adults and the children which characterize because of their cooperation, respect, commitment and optimism.
One of the best schools in Tanzania
Bethel Pre- and Primary School is managed by Neema and Goodbless Mamkwe. Neema is the headmistress of the school. The number of students has grown fast and in 2018 the school had about 750 children and students. The school’s tuition is in English. In year 7 the students partake in a national exam, in which the school ranks among the country’s best. The results are available online. In 2015 Bethel was ranked number 208 of over 16 000 schools. Cause of these results, many parents want their children at the school.
In 2015 the school was ranked number 208 of over 16 000 schools
The student does not have textbooks. The teacher writes important information on the blackboard, which the students writes down in their own Exercise Book, which they one for each class. By the national rules of education in 2018, it’s decided that the student shall work and partake in group activities too. Life after graduating the year 7 national exam is also emphasized.
As the school is private, parents must pay for their children’s education. But some parents do not have the means to pay for their child’s education, and not every child has parents.
The main income comes from tuition payed by the children’s family. The tuition at Bethel Pre- and Primary School is about the half of the tuition at an ordinary private school. Many of the children at Bethel has no parents or come from poor families with little to no means to pay for their child’s tuition.
Other private school does not accommodate student that has no means to pay for tuition. From the start Norwegian contributors has funded the school as well as the school’s tuition fee.
Equal education for all children
In Tanzania, it’s uncommon for civilians to challenge these kinds of social- and communal issues and open their home for students that come from less than sufficient means and give them shelter and a free education. The work that Neema and Godbless do together with the staff at Bethel is inspiring. With few resources the staff at Bethel does their best to ensure that the children, even the poorest, gets an equal education live up to the school’s vision: “Equal education for all children”.
You can also visit the school. Visitors can access all the school’s classrooms. It’s very interesting to observe how the tuition is customized for each year. The students are focused, hardworking, polite, and eager to answer all of the teacher’s answers. You will get a better understanding of how the teaching is organized for different years.
Working for a new library
Students are sitting together in groups of three that shares one book. This because the textbooks are very expensive. The teacher does not have supplies such as computers, charts or other teaching utilities. The most important tool used for teaching here is chalk and blackboard, and classes consist mostly of lecturing. The does not have a library, and there are few books for children, books with educational value or encyclopedias etc. The lack of books is sorely missed, and the school’s headmaster wishes to get the funds for a small dedicated building that can be filled with books. To be able to read well, the students need something to read.
A good reputation
In Tanzania, there are norm for how many children should be in one class. But the number can rise beyond the norm due to the population growth and the lack of classrooms. The students sit close together on the classroom benches. The headmistress wishes for more room. The school has a good reputation and achieves good results despite few resources. Many parents wish their children could attend Bethel. Even with the overfilled classrooms, the students are calm and focused. Which gives one the impression that they enjoy it. During school breaks and half terms some students still go to school in hopes that the gates will be open. For these children the school is a safe place to be which feeds them, and a way out of poverty. A considerable amount of the children wants to stay at the orphanage over these – this they are allowed to.
Support the project
You can support The Bethel Pre- and Primary School and orphanage project with donations. And donations goes directly to this project and does not go through any intermediary agents. Godbless Mamkwe is very particular with the management of the money in his local community, and his main cause is for everyone to have a dignified life trough honest work. Neema and Godbless Mamkwe is grateful for every kind of support they get. | <urn:uuid:8b2e344b-e04b-415e-8f89-4009ad71bf4a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kilisharelodge.com/culture-adventure/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.974966 | 1,257 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Employees who do not pay attention to their work can waste valuable time and make careless mistakes. Through this course, you will learn the necessary skill that allows managers to connect with their employees on an emotional level and motivate them to focus on their work and how to reach their personal and company goals. This will be a key tool to guide your progress in the days, weeks, months, and years to come. In this course, you will learn the necessary skills, knowledge, and information of attention management.
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
Edukite courses are free to study. To successfully complete a course you must submit all the assignment of the course as part of the assessment. Upon successful completion of a course, you can choose to make your achievement formal by obtaining your Certificate at a cost of £49.
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|Attention Management Diploma|
|Module One – Getting Started||00:30:00|
|Module Two – Introduction to Attention Management||00:30:00|
|Module Three – Types of Attention||01:00:00|
|Module Four – Strategies for Goal Setting||01:00:00|
|Module Five – Meditation||01:00:00|
|Module Six – Training Your Attention||01:00:00|
|Module Seven – Attention Zones Model||01:00:00|
|Module Eight – SMART Goals||01:00:00|
|Module Nine – Keeping Yourself Focused||01:00:00|
|Module Ten – Procrastination||01:00:00|
|Module Eleven – Prioritizing Your Time||01:00:00|
|Module Twelve – Wrapping Up||00:30:00|
|Submit Your Assignment||00:00:00|
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Hiccups are definitely something very annoying. Many “home” methods can be used to pass it, such as drinking a glass of water, holding your breath, eating a spoonful of sugar, or the classic fright. However, very often these are unreliable methods.
This new item, however, promises to get the hiccups through faster than all the methods out there. The device was called HiccAway and was even featured in research published in the JAMA Network Open magazine. According to 249 volunteers worldwide, the odd straw worked 90% better than known methods.
How does the bizarre object work? The straw has a very normal appearance on one side while on the other it has a pressure valve that requires a stronger “suction force” than a normal straw. The power exerted by the suction causes the contraction of the diaphragm, which stops – at least in theory – the hiccups.
Those who have used the device claim that one or two attempts are enough for the hiccups to go away. Obviously, more careful tests are needed before we can say that the straw is the best method ever invented for the cure of hiccups. The invention comes directly from a neurologist, called Ali Seifi, who has been looking for a solution for years to stop hiccups in his patients who have the problem due to brain injuries. | <urn:uuid:267fe35f-34ec-4df6-be3b-7554d02c4519> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://codelist.biz/2021/06/23/goodbye-hiccups-this-weird-straw-promises-to-get-it-through-fast/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.980853 | 284 | 3.03125 | 3 |
When transporting a horse, even for a short period of time, it is important to protect your horse to avoid injury.
In this article, we will give you the 5 steps to follow to transport your horse or pony safely.
Why protect your horse during transport?
Transport is often a source of small injuries if the horse is not (or poorly) protected. It is therefore strongly recommended to use suitable equipment, in order to avoid the risk of injury.
Even in a straight line or on the motorway, your horse needs to move to find its balance! Just like us humans, when we are on public transport without seats: we try to hold on to something, or we swing on our two feet to avoid falling.
Your horse cannot hold on with his hands : He must play with his feet to keep his balance and a stable position. There is then a risk of rubbing against the wall and the point of the hock can easily be scratched.
There are also horses that are naturally restless and travel badly. They will trample, scratch or even kick. They can then injure the glomes or the coronet, sensitive areas that should not be neglected.
5 steps to properly equip your horse for the transport.
As a preventive measure, a protection can be used to protect the back of the horse's neck. It is especially useful when horses are backing up quickly from a trailer. In a lorry, it can be useful for very large horses.
Protecting your horse's tail may seem trivial, but it is really not ! It is essential if you want to keep a beautiful tail when you arrive at the show grounds.
Horses sometimes have the annoying tendency to scratch against the wall, which results in a dishevelled pompom when they leave the truck! To avoid this, you can band the tail, being careful to tighten your bandage so that it does not fall during transport. There are also tail protectors in various forms (neoprene, latex, waterproof material, etc.), very practical and quick to put on.
You can braid the whole length of the tail, ending with a rubber band, which will prevent your horse from getting his tail stuck in the horsebox or trailer during transport. You will also have less dung in the tail when you arrive!
These protections are highly recommended for horses that kick during transport. They provide effective protection for the knees and hocks and are complementary to some transport protections that do not cover this area.
The legs are the most important part to protect. As the saying goes: no foot, no horse! So do not skimp on the quality of the equipment.
There are 2 types of protection:
- The so-called "low" protections
- The so-called "high" protections
In the low protections, we find the resting bands that we will put on with cotton and the resting boots with integrated under-bandage. These two types of protections have disadvantages because you will not fully protect your horse's legs (they reach below the knee). You should therefore use knee and hock pads to optimise the protection of your horse's legs.
However, they do have an advantage in that they optimise the recovery of the legs after an effort. You can also put a layer of clay or seaweed underneath, to drain the toxins accumulated during exercise. It is a 2-in-1 solution!
The high protections go up to the knee for the front legs and up to the hock for the hind legs! They are therefore perfectly adapted for transport: they optimally protect the fetlocks, tendons, hocks, and knees.
They are also often thicker at the bottom to protect the glomes and the coronet. They are complete protections and very practical to put on: you just need to tighten your scratch and adjust the protection on your horse’s legs (it should not be floating).
If you want to protect the glomes and prevent your horse from losing a shoe during transport, do not forget to use bells or glome protectors. The difference? The glome protectors are more technical, padded or with a shell at the back, they protect the horse's glomes effectively.
If you use high leg-protections with a shell at the bottom, it is not necessary to use bells. However, they are essential with low protections!
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Summary: “and much people of the city was with her”-The funeral procession was large, indicative of a man that was popular and may have been a prominent citizen, known by many. Those that were to bear the coffin, most likely had assistants, who were obliged....
(19) Raises Widow’s Son from the Dead
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: (Job 19:25)
Job’s words were prophetic, because The Redeemer did stand upon the earth. He came as a man to save men from their sins. Job’s hope was to see God, and if he was alive when Jesus stood upon the earth, he would have. Our Lord did many miracles, but possibly the greatest were those times that he confirmed that He was master over death. He conquered death four times, that we know of; raising Jairus’ daughter, calling Lazarus out of his tomb, and the incident that follows-raising the son of the widow of Nain. But of course, the greatest accomplishment of all took place three days after He was crucified, and it is His resurrection from the dead that affirms that He can save us and keep us saved.
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about. (Luke 7:11-17)
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. (Luke 7:11)
“And it came to pass the day after,”-It is the day after He cured the centurion’s servant.
“that he went into a city called Nain;”-It is situated in the vicinity of Mount Tabor, and the Kison River.
“and many of his disciples went with him,”-He was not only accompanied by the twelve, but by many others. He had many disciples, but only twelve were apostles.
“and much people.”-There were many with Him that lived in Capernaum, who followed Him in anticipation of seeing a miracle, or for other reasons. They did not believe in Him; He would describe them as “hearers only”, and they were not included with the disciples.
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. (Luke 7:12)
“Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city,”-He had arrived at the city of Nain, and was by the city gate.
“behold, there was a dead man carried out,”-The Jew’s burial places were situated at some distance outside their cities. They had different customs for carrying out those that were to be buried, that depended upon their age. A child under a month old was carried in the arms of a person; if a full month old in a little coffin, which was carried in their arms; a child of twelve months old was carried in a little coffin on the shoulder, and one of three years old on a bier or bed; and so it progressed. It was in this manner that this corpse was carried, through the gate and out of the city.
“the only son of his mother,”-It was a scene of great sorrow and mourning, made worse, because the dead man was an only son. There was another son that was mourned, but He was the “Only Begotten Son” of God, “And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.” (Zechariah 12:10)
“and she was a widow:”-If she was a widow, and had been cared for by her only son, then she had undergone a significant loss. Women could not work, at this time; therefore, without a man to support them, they were wholly dependent upon relatives and friends for support. They couldn’t stay alive without charity from others, because they did not have rights and could not own anything. | <urn:uuid:fd3a6c05-f80e-4552-97ee-564d2f2d04b4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/raises-widows-son-from-the-dead-john-lowe-sermon-on-widow-of-nain-210517 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.994388 | 1,161 | 2.59375 | 3 |
hey guys, i got a question which stuck my brain few days and here is it.
i studies some drop down list tutorial but some how i still have no idea to generate a three level drop down list by which value of the drop down list is dynamic, mean which value is retrieve from DB but not set by static.
Here is my case:
I developing a car rental web system. I need to prompt user input the car tranmission, car model, and car plate no, so i wish to done this in drop down list form. Means, user firstly select the 1st drop down list, to select the car transmission mode for example manual, base on the transmission type, the 2nd drop down list will only show the car model which have manual mode, after the user selected the car model, lets said Lotus, the last drop down list will only show the car plate no which is lotus model and manual mode.
Any 1 have idea or have any reference can share with me ? appretiate your help, TQ
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The project for the transformation of the old metal institute buildings and its facilities, including an old industrial laboratory, into serviced expat housing in Moscow explores the possibilities of creating a local community while maximizing the possibilities of existing buildings.
The proposed programme for the project includes several communal activities to capitalize on the proximity of the project location to several high-tech and educational institutions.
The communal programme is introduced to provide a lively atmosphere in the development, making it more than just another residential development, and to bring together creative ideas and knowledge
The communal programme is introduced to provide a lively atmosphere in the development, making it more than just another residential development, and to bring together creative ideas and knowledge offered by an expat community. The generously dimensioned classical buildings of the institute are repurposed to accommodate fully-serviced apartments of varying sizes, from smaller studios to larger luxury apartments. The different sizes of the apartments accommodate different kinds of expats — from the short-term corporate traveller to the long-term expat family, with their stays varying from a few weeks to a year.
The communal programme includes indoor sports facilities, community living rooms and a spa. The facilities are placed at several strategic locations across the entire complex. They are concentrated in the plinth, along the building cores, to encourage social interaction among the temporary residents. Furthermore, the plinth offers spaces for various small-scale commercial establishments such as bars, restaurants, artisanal food outlets and outdoor event spaces. These programmes that are open to the neighbourhood help to embed the complex into the context while giving the residents the feeling of living in the city.
This is done by carefully studying the architectural and spatial qualities of each building and prescribing programmes and activities that are compatible with the specific building
The large space of the former laboratory of the institute is transformed to house flexible co-working spaces with community centres and leisure spaces that function as a local creative hub. This large flexible space along with the inner courtyards becomes the beating heart of the entire complex. The majority of the original structure of the complex is maintained and used efficiently. This is done by carefully studying the architectural and spatial qualities of each building and prescribing programmes and activities that are compatible with the specific building. In this way, the spatial qualities of the original buildings are not only highlighted but are also maximized. Flexible and light construction solutions, especially for the communal areas of the industrial buildings, are designed to make the buildings and their functions adaptable for future requirements and modifications. | <urn:uuid:0d17792c-4992-4906-8cce-cee13d6f489f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://orangearchitects.nl/projects/baumanskaya/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955926 | 510 | 1.5 | 2 |
Obama’s speech sends mixed message
Published 8:36 pm Tuesday, June 9, 2009
In his speech at Al-Azhar University in Cairo last week, President Obama told his Muslim audience many things it needed to hear about democracy, religious tolerance and the evils of anti-Semitism. But the president ultimately went too far in trying to win favor in the Islamic world, minimizing crucial political and cultural differences, suggesting a link between Muslim radicalism and U.S. policies in the Middle East and drawing misleading historical parallels between the Palestinians and the Jews.
The speech was promoted in advance as a repudiation of George W. Bush’s policies, which President Obama believes alienated millions of Muslims and fueled Islamic terrorism. Interestingly, however, President Obama nearly echoed his predecessor in asserting the universality of democratic principles and the need for Muslim countries to embrace those principles as a necessary precondition for peace and economic progress.
President Obama asserted that democratic elections, the rule of law and “the freedom to live as you choose” aren’t just “American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere.” He added that “governments that protect these rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure.”
There was a clear message here for the monarchies and dictatorships that dominate the Middle East. The president should have gone further, however, and noted that it’s no coincidence that violent extremism flourishes under some of these authoritarian regimes. Iran and Syria, for instance, finance terrorist organizations and use them as proxies in an undeclared war against the United States and Israel.
To his credit, President Obama did call the Holocaust deniers in the Islamic world to account. Unfortunately, he also offered a very loose comparison between the suffering of Europe’s Jews and the Palestinians’ quest for a “homeland.” It’s true the Palestinians have endured significant hardships — many of which were self-inflicted. But there simply is no parallel between the Holocaust and the Palestinians’ often-violent struggle for statehood.
The most disappointing passage of the president’s speech concerned Iran’s history of violence against the United States and its current attempts to acquire nuclear weapons. President Obama seemed to be giving Iran’s theocratic government a partial pass on its hostility toward the West by emphasizing the U.S. role — more than 50 years ago — in overthrowing a pro-Soviet Iranian government.
His stance on Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons was almost noncommittal. He said that no “single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons.” This may mean he is unwilling to go beyond toothless United Nations resolutions on Iran’s nuclear program. If that’s the case, a radical Islamic regime will soon have the capability to destroy Israel and intimidate moderate Arab governments.
It’s encouraging that President Obama sees the spread of freedom as a key to peaceful relations with Muslim countries. We hope his audience was listening to his call for freedom and democracy, but we fear the Islamists will hear his apologies for U.S. policies and mild tone toward Iran and detect weakness they can exploit. | <urn:uuid:8dbb50ef-5b1a-4d13-8c9f-c396cbe8130d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.troymessenger.com/2009/06/09/obamas-speech-sends-mixed-message/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.962052 | 671 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Some renowned Greek Olympic champions have recently moved to the London Underground!
Neither the 2012 Olympic Games that take place in London, nor the financial crisis have forced Pirros Dimas and Spyros Louis to immigrate. What’s the reason then? The organizers of the London Olympic Games decided to rename 362 stations of the British tube. Olympic medalists, each of whom has played a major role in the Games, gave their names to the stations.
The people in charge of the Olympic organization have named the stations, which lead to specific stadiums, after the corresponding athletes; that is, the tube which heads for the football stadium, passes through the “Lionel Messi”, “Samuel Eto’o” and “Ferenc Puskas” stations.
The Greek “representatives” are Spyros Louis, the first Marathon winner, and Pirros Dimas, who has won 4 Olympic medals. The latter’s name leads to the weightlifting stadium.
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2017.04.11 Spicer: Hitler didn't use chemical weapons
Sean Spicer (WhiteHouse Press Secretary) while talking about Assad (Syria) use of chemical weapons, misspoke (said something completely true but inartfully worded) and corrected himself (clarified that "as a tool of war" and not talking about gassing civilians) and apologized all in the same news-conference. Far left outfits like CNN, CBS, MSNBC, Snopes, Politifact, all ignored the correction/clarification and used the gaff as a way to attack Spicer and Trump, and spin a non-story into evidence of why they were a bad administration. They also ignored many cases where others on the left had said the same truth. Lies of omission, and sensationalism, are evidence of propaganda/FakeNews.
Of course that Spicer clarified that he was talking against enemy combatants in a war, and not "Holocaust centers”, in the same briefing, so we all knew exactly what he meant -- but the media often omits that context. Instead, they pretend that using a term like "Holocaust center" is somehow trying to diminish the term "Concentration Camp", when the truth is that it is a far harsher term against the Germans and not a diminishing of it.
In the briefing, Spicer said,
"He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing. He brought them into the Holocaust centers, I understand that. But (not) in the way that Bashar al-Assad used them where he went into towns, dropped them down, into the middle of towns."
Immediately after the briefing where the Press was playing gotcha, Spicer released a statement saying,
"In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust. I was trying to draw a distinction of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on population centers. Any attack on innocent people is reprehensible and inexcusable."
And later that very night on CNN, he further apologized,
" I was obviously trying to make a point about the heinous acts that Assad had made against his own people last week using chemical weapons and gas. And frankly I mistakenly used an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the Holocaust for which, frankly, there is no — there is no comparison. And for that, I apologize."
And the very next day at an event called Newseum, Spicer apologized again,
"I got into a topic that I shouldn’t have. And — and I screwed up. I mean, you — you know, and I hope people understand that — that we all make mistakes."
And General James Mattis had also clarified statements on the same day (about why the missile attack), and everyone knew exactly what was meant
“to stop the cycle of violence into an area that even in World War II, chemical weapons were not used on battlefields.”.... “Even in the Korean War, they were not used on battlefields,”... “Since World War I, there’s been an international convention on this.”
So this was a non-issue. Anyone that asked Spicer a question about it after he corrected himself in the Press briefing, immediately after it, Mattis clarified, and Spicer apologized on the same night, as well as the next day, is not a journalist. You know the answer to the questions asked, so there's no use in asking them. The purpose in asking any more questions on that, is to malign and attack, not to inform your audience or getting any new information out there. Instead of accepting that, the media continued to refuse to get the obvious and clarified point, and attacked him with questions about something they already had the answer to, and knew perfectly well what he meant. If anyone did that during Obama, they would have cried racism.
Examples of Media Bias
Pretend we had a responsible media, that cared about the truth. Every thing would be a teachable moment (even someone's gaffe). You' explain the following:
- Hitler did not use Chemical Weapons in WWII (unlike Italy and Japan), and we all know he gassed the Jews (and we all know that's not what Spicer was referring to)
- Others had used this comparison, but maybe we should all stop using it, or worse exploiting off the cuff remarks as vile anti-semitism that they were not, especially while ignoring clarifications (context) made in the same briefing that let everyone know what he meant
- Accept immediate apologies with grace, and stop calling for destroying only Republicans for saying things less stupid than Democrats -- demand moral consistency, and not punish people for admitting mistakes
The usual fact check sites did their usual job of checking half the facts and committing lies of omission:
- Snopes falsely labels the statements that Hitler didn't use chemical weapons in WWII as false. He did not use them as a tool of war. (A tool of extermination is different, and any one with a triple digit IQ and a shred of honesty knew what Spicer was referring to). But not Snopes.
- Politifact also jumped on board with a FakeNews "fact-check" that claimed using them in concentration camps is the same as dropping them on civilians or enemy combatants in war.
On the other side:
- FactCheck actually did a responsible job and deserves rare kudos for just laying out what happened and not coloring it with too much opinion/bias. Though to be fair, it was a guest post (crosspost), and not something that they wrote themselves. While there was lies of omission (not offering others that had said the same thing in the past, and not been pilloried for it), it was still the best of the lot.
Examples of Democrats saying the same thing
Democrats said he should be fired for saying such an immoral thing that shows "bad character". To quote Nancy Pelosi,
“Sean Spicer must be fired, and the President must immediately disavow his spokesman’s statements," House Minority Leader said in a statement. "Either he is speaking for the President, or the President should have known better than to hire him.”
Ignoring that he had already clarified once and apologized, twice before Pelosi made those statements. How soon they forget things they or their side said:
- Chris Matthews on MSNBC 2013 referring to the red line and Assad's first use of Chemical Weapons, "We didn’t use [chemical weapons] in World War II, Hitler didn’t use them”. “But we don’t use chemical weapons. That’s no deal.”
- Steven Erlanger, New York Times Sept 6, 2013 (and still their Bureau Chief), "No Western Army used gas on the Battlefield during the Global Slaughter of WWII. Hitler himself gassed in WWI, refused to use it against combatants.”
- Ticker Carlson, full episode 04/13/2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IieTUxsGNgE
Where were Nancy Pelosi's cries for the firing these folks? And that's the problem: the double standard.
More than that, CNN, CBS, MSNBC and others used this as a way to attack the administration, which as mentioned above isn't journalism (which is to inform, not further your political agenda or vendetta against the administration). "Everyone gets in trouble for using Hitler references".... except Democrat operatives using it against Republicans/Trump. And the Hill made a gaffe in attacking Spicer for his lesser gaffe, should they be held to the same standard they're holding him, or not? :
I don't care if you think Spicer is an idiot or said something stupid. Any place that played the Spicer clip without the corrections, or let Nancy Pelosi or other vile partisans attack Spicer without offering the context of their side doing the same thing, is not a journalist, they're propagandists. Journalism is making sure both sides of the story are explained and trusting your audience. If you only tell one side of the story, it shows you're ignorant and haven't done your research, or you're a partisan polemic that's intentionally deceiving your audience.
If there's any doubt of bias of a ginned up controversy, remember the topic. The point Spicer was making was to vilify Assad regimes use of Chemical Weapons (just had Obama had done), and to isolate Assad AND to pressure Russia into separating themselves from the Assad regime. It was to attack Russia -- but since that didn't fit the medias FakeNews "Trump + Russia" meme, they changed the topic to Holocaust Denial. If they cared about human rights in Syria, or Russia, they would have focused on those topics, which was the meat of the Press conference -- but their larger agenda was something else: attacking anyone in and around the Trump administration for anything. | <urn:uuid:fb851797-51b5-4985-8814-704b43768996> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://igeek.com/2017.04.11_Spicer:_Hitler_didn%27t_use_chemical_weapons | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.966195 | 2,109 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Wild Animal Rescue Maine. British shorthairs are more trainable than some breeds of cats and can be taught to. Animal rights organization dedicated to eliminating extreme animal cruelty.
Mountain curs are best suited to life in the country with plenty of space to roam and a job to do. The mountain cur is a brave, rugged hunting dog. “sometimes i have people reach out and say, ‘do you mind if i drop this off?’ but most of the time i have no idea what i might be walking into,” he said.
Finding Maine Coon Cats For Free Is Incredibly Difficult, As Even Animal Shelters Will Require A Fee For Adoption.
She’s not only splashing around in the water, she puts her head right into the stream coming out of the faucet. It looks like she’s having a blast in the sink, but that’s got to make it hard for her owner to do the dishes. J&r will host an exotic pet.
Animal Rights Organization Dedicated To Eliminating Extreme Animal Cruelty.
Antonio brown saga continues to take wild twists that make everyone look bad. British shorthairs are sociable but unobtrusive. This is a live stream of a cat room at kitten rescue, an organization founded in los angeles, in 1997, dedicated to rescuing and taking care of homeless cats with the help of.
If You Are Desperate To Find A Maine Coon For Free, However, Your Best Bet Would Be To Comb Through Sites Like Facebook.
Browse our list of 57 cat breeds to find the perfect cat breed for you, and then find adoptable cats and cat shelters close to you. Before you rescue any wild animal, make sure the animal really needs your help. Hearings and work sessions ;
British Shorthairs Are More Trainable Than Some Breeds Of Cats And Can Be Taught To.
If you find a wild animal in distress while you're out for a hike, traveling or even in your own backyard, get them the help they need. Mountain curs are best suited to life in the country with plenty of space to roam and a job to do. Find a wildlife rehabilitator in the alphabetical list below.
Mountain Curs Are Protective Guardians Of Their Families Bred From Tough Dogs Of The Pioneer Days.
Whilst the chances are slim, you just might be able to find someone who’s trying. The antonio brown exit from the tampa bay buccaneers was admittedly bizarre even before an online model influencer told the daily mail the receiver helped sneak her into his room at the team’s new jersey hotel the night before that fateful game against the new york jets, even. Maine legislature bill tracking & text search. | <urn:uuid:e735b98c-2d93-457c-b61d-e82a50404d78> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://seriouswallpapers.com/wild-animal-rescue-maine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.910414 | 573 | 1.679688 | 2 |
This page outlines a series of indicators that can be used to measure the contribution community-based HIV/HCV organizations are making across BC. The common use of these indicators across the sector will improve our ability to compare the relative effectiveness of different programs and services to make more informed choices, and improve learning from organizations’ most successful practices . Commonly measuring these indicators will also support a more informed understanding of the contribution the community-based sector is collectively making to the provincial strategy to address HIV/AIDS in BC, as outlined in From Hope to Health: An AIDS-free Generation .
The indicators below were informed by a logic model of the community-based HIV and HCV sectors in BC (see Figure 1), a search of peer-reviewed literature and a community consultation process. The search of the peer-reviewed literature was conducted to identify commonly employed indicators in the assessment of community based HIV and HCV programming across the continuum of care. A series of key stakeholder interviews were also conducted with representatives from local health authorities (n = 6), the BC Centre for Disease Control (n = 1), Ministry of Health (n = 1) and community-based organizations (CBOs) (n = 7) to identify best practices for evaluating community-level HIV and HCV programming and services.
Figure 1. Logic model: Community-Based HIV and HCV Sectors in BC
*Community-based organizations (CBOs) provide many support services to ensure people are engaged and retained throughout the cascade of prevention and care, such as counselling services and transportation to medical appointments. Note that such support services are also provided by other types of agencies and are essential to people’s success along the cascade.
To align with From Hope to Health’s monitoring and evaluation framework, indicators have been grouped into the categories below that reflect the contribution of community-based organizations across the cascade of prevention and care .
You can click the different categories of indicators or individual indicators below. Alternatively, you can view the indicators together in the comprehensive Indicators Technical Report.
Categories of Indicators
This work was completed in partnership and funded by the Provincial Health Services Authority.
- Kramer, M., Parkhurst, M., & Vaidyanathan, L. (2009). Breakthroughs in shared measurement and social impact. FSG Social Impact Advisors.
- BC Ministry of Health. (2012). From Hope to Health: Towards an AIDS-free Generation. Retrieved from: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2012/from-hope-to-health-aids-free.pdf | <urn:uuid:edbde992-33ec-4c61-8a79-66621bde0676> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://paninbc.ca/resources-2/evaluation/shared-measures-for-community-organizations-addressing-hiv-hepatitis-c/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.936837 | 550 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Posts for: February, 2017
It may seem like your teenager is ignoring you, but in reality, they may be having trouble hearing you. More and more we see kids listening to their MP3 players while doing homework, walking to school or riding in the car. The result? A surge in hearing loss.
For years, studies have shown that constant exposure to loud sound damages hearing. In fact, between the mid-1990s and 2006 there was a 31 percent increase in the prevalence of hearing problems among U.S. adolescents, according to a study by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers suggest that one in every five teens today has some sort of hearing impairment.
Chronic exposure to loud noise may not cause hearing loss in the short term, but it can gradually result in irreversible hearing loss later in adult years. Even slight hearing loss can have a negative impact on a child’s academic success and social interaction. Warning signs of potential hearing loss include: difficulty following directions, asking that things be repeated, trouble with speech and language and listening to the TV at a high volume.
With the prevalence of music devices only gaining popularity, parents need to be particularly aware of their kids’ music-listening habits and educate them about the dangers of excessive noise.
To mitigate hearing loss, talk to your kids about how to use their music players properly to protect their ears from hearing damage.
- Teach kids to never play their music devices at full volume.
- Monitor your child’s music volume and frequency.
- If you can hear the music from the child’s ear buds, then the music is too loud.
- Explain to your child the importance of wearing ear protection when they are in an environment with loud noises for long periods of time, such as concerts.
The difficult truth about hearing loss is that in many cases it is not reversible, and it can even be progressive over time. Talk to your kids about the dangers of hearing loss now, and keep the volume and length of their listening to a minimum.
Whenever you have questions about your child’s hearing, talk to your pediatrician.
A baby’s soft, smooth skin is delicate, making it susceptible to diaper rash, a common and mild irritation of the skin that causes redness in the area where the diaper is worn. Most cases of diaper rash are caused by excessive moisture from leaving a wet or soiled diaper on for too long. The baby’s skin becomes red, irritated and prone to chafing. Painful sores can develop, and the baby becomes vulnerable to yeast and bacterial infections.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than half of babies between 4 months and 15 months of age will experience diaper rash at least one time in a two-month period. Diaper rash is most common between 8 to 10 months of age, or when a baby is introduced to solid foods, which increases the frequency of bowel movements.
Soothing Your Baby’s Diaper Rash
If your baby develops diaper rash, one way to improve its condition is to change his or her diaper frequently. Other helpful ways to treat diaper rash include:
- Rinsing the affected area with warm water and a soft washcloth
- Pat dry; never rub
- Avoid baby wipes that contain alcohol or are fragranced
- Allow your baby’s bottom to air out whenever possible
Preventing Diaper Rash
Parents may not be able to prevent diaper rash completely, but you can do a lot to keep the irritation to a minimum. The American Academy of Pediatric recommends the following steps to keep diaper rash at bay:
- Apply a heavy layer of diaper ointment or cream to your baby’s bottom after every change.
- Leave breathing room in the baby’s diaper, and avoid putting the diapers on too tightly as it will trap moisturize and prevent air circulation.
- Switch diaper brands or use extra absorbent diapers to whisk away moisture and keep skin dry.
- Change the baby’s diaper immediately after it becomes wet—this is the key to preventing diaper rash.
The good news is that preventing and treating a diaper rash is fairly easy, and most breakouts can be resolved in just a few days. Call your pediatrician if the rash won’t go away or doesn’t improve after a few days. You should also bring your child to see his or her pediatrician if the rash is accompanied by blisters, a fever or pain. | <urn:uuid:329bfe47-809f-46cc-a247-b168ec8580b3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.steelcitysouthpediatrics.com/blog/date/2017-02-01.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.952011 | 933 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Updated slightly: May 9, 2009
Perhaps you’ve been reading and you’re ready to begin uttering your amen to all the yes and amen promises that Jesus Christ has for you and for the word… but you’re not sure what to pray for?
Well… here is a graphic containing all the countries in the world which are involved in conflict. Pick a few and begin to see by faith – not by sight – the truth that you see for them in God’s scripture: that He loves everyone, that Christ is all and He is in all, that He took the sins of the world upon Himself, that His life has spread to everyone, that sin is set aside and death is annulled.
Go ahead, be salt and light to the world. This map is taken from the Reuters AlertNet interactive map website
Reuters AlertNet is a humanitarian news network that aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe. It’s an almost daily visit for me to catch up on global crises, and according to its site, attracts over 3 million users a year.
Complementing initiatives such as Crisis in Darfur, though expanding it to a global scale, AlertNet has launched an interactive global map with information on conflict, food security, sudden disasters and health crises.
Though yet in beta, this is yet another example of technology helping non-experts visualise multiple & complex datasets on the state of the world today.
Based on Microsoft’s Virtual Earth, zooming in on a region or country brings up alongside the map related information in the form of news stories and analysis from Reuters and other sources such as Human Rights Watch.
Would you like to intercede for peace in your country or in the world? All you need to do is get a map of the area you want to pray for and get this list of scriptures (or download the MS Word version) and speak each scripture out over the area you are praying for. It’s as easy as that. | <urn:uuid:c88b225e-f22c-4732-9d66-c294ac2f32e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://achristian.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/wondering-what-to-pray-for-a-list-of-conflict-countries/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946755 | 426 | 1.835938 | 2 |
The companies offering security guard solutions are included in a quantity of programs these days. The growing crime fee in all elements of the world has still left residential, business and industrial areas insecure. Skilled security guards make use of security methods and engineering to make certain that threats and dangers are assessed and prevented and safety issues are fixed.
Features of such companies are endless and count upon the area of security deployment. While picking a protection support agency, it is critical to discover about its features and areas of specialization. The pursuing sections summarize some of the most substantial capabilities that are expected from professional security guard services.
To begin with, it is critical that only approved folks are authorized to obtain areas like industrial storage regions, server rooms, corporate activities and political functions. In chauffeur in London , security is required at the entrance of distinct kinds of buildings that might also incorporate household buildings. The agencies giving protection guard solutions use guards as well as equipments to stop unauthorized access at this sort of spots.
Examination and Deployment
These agencies deploy stability only right after totally analyzing an spot or a constructing. The modern day stability services vendors operate hard to prepare stability programs to ensure that no spot is still left out of surveillance. Surveying the website, interviewing the employees and the staff and deploying satisfactory manpower to deal with different types of pitfalls are amid the important functions of these support suppliers.
Spherical the Clock Patrolling
Corporate workplaces, accommodations and other this kind of properties that continue to be open 24 several hours a day want protection through the day. Structures and their premises require to be safeguarded, particularly for the duration of the evening several hours. The organizations engaged in supplying security guard providers make certain round the clock patrolling to keep these locations safe and secure.
Transfer of income from a single location to yet another might be a risky process. Company residences and banks want to employ safety services suppliers to get this process carried out with no any attainable danger. Transfer of funds from bank to ATM models is a single great example of these kinds of specifications. The stability businesses provide armed safety guards and autos to allow secure transfer of cash.
High-profile corporate executives, federal government officials and famous people are usually specific by anti-social components. These individuals employ the service of personal safety guard companies to stay away from misconduct and incidents like kidnapping. The stability organizations give protection guards that sustain safety of this kind of folks at their properties, places of work and areas they travel to.
Reporting and Upgrading
One more operate of protection guard solutions is to provide month-to-month protection reviews to their clients. In addition, they can make recommendations to upgrade the existing safety actions if they sense any sort of menace.
Lastly, the security agencies carry out the purpose of supporting police and other investigating authorities in resolving any issue related to safety breaches. Although, these businesses are not a component of the regulation enforcement program, they can lend a useful hand in resolving circumstances related to unlawful incidents.
Dispute resolving and violence avoidance at workplaces are other critical features of security guard companies. It is needed that you invest good amount of time knowing the functions and responsibilities of the safety company you wish to retain the services of. | <urn:uuid:b0a50f8f-042a-4b0a-8a44-392fe4d26500> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.keystoneplaceatfourmilecove.com/crucial-functions-regarding-the-security-services-organizations/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.948914 | 662 | 1.5 | 2 |
A homemade version of the the classic Arnott's Milk Arrowroot Biscuit.
Servings: 42 biscuits
- 1 cup SR flour (140 grams)
- 1 cup Arrowroot (Tapioca Flour) (140 grams)
- 100 grams butter (cubed)
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- extra milk for brushing biscuits
Pre-heat oven to 190 degrees celsius, fan-forced.
Combine flour and arrowroot, and rub in butter.
Add sugar and stir to combine.
Whisk egg and milk together. Add to dry ingredients and stir to combine with a butter knife to form a dough. You may need to add a little extra milk (up to 1/2 tablespoon) so that mixture forms a dough and holds together.
Flour your work bench and then break dough into two parts. Use a rolling pin to roll mixture out until it is approximately 3mm thick.
Cut out with an oval or circle-shaped cutter and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Brush the biscuits with a little extra milk and then prick each biscuit with a fork.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Calories: 50kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 19mg | Potassium: 6mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 66IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg | <urn:uuid:4c090ac7-5a7b-476a-bccf-285b593ff228> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cookingwithnanaling.com/wprm_print/recipe/14754 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.810802 | 365 | 1.578125 | 2 |
After discovering a mass grave, Mali claims advanced state of putrefaction rules out Malian involvement. French military sources, for their part, have produced footage of what they allege are Russian mercenaries arranging corpses to frame France for war crimes.
Moura and the surrounding area are semi-controlled by Islamist insurgents. They impose taxes and Sharia law, threaten those refusing to adhere to their strict behavioural code, and often attempt to recruit fighters from the Peuhl ethnic group in the region by exploiting their grievances against both the Malian government and other ethnic groups, according to Human Rights Watch.
Malian authorities claimed allegations concerning the military killing of civilians, as reported by French outlets, are a strategy aimed at destabilising the political transition, demoralising the Malian people and discrediting the Malian army.
Expulsion of the French ambassador by the military junta marks a low point in deteriorating relations of the former French colony with European partners who help in efforts to resist jihadist insurgents.
The Malian government has brought in the Russian mercenaries to help fight the ongoing incursion of jihadist insurgents. Aid to the Church in Need reported in December that attacks on civilians by Islamic militants have increased, particularly targeting Christians and others who oppose them. | <urn:uuid:2328e81b-50f0-4234-b1d3-df6970a8b1b4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://europeanconservative.com/tags/mali/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.960979 | 249 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Anna Marynyak’s trip to her native Ukraine in late December was meant to be a family reunion. Her plan was to stay until Feb. 27 and then fly back to New York and on to her home in Riverhead.
The morning of Feb. 24 she was in the western part of the country when air raid sirens went off.
“The Russians invaded,” said Ms. Marynyak’s stepson, Nazar Podola. “No one believed they would do this, that it would really happen. But the war started and she realized she had to get out of the country.
On Sunday morning, Mr. Podola, his stepmother and his father, Roman Podola, attended the Ukrainian-language Mass at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead. Nearly all of the church’s pews were filled; some worshippers stood in the back, listening to the Rev. Bohdan Hedz’s homily.
Afterwards, people gathered in groups to talk. The war in Ukraine was on everyone’s mind, as it has been since the first morning when Russians began bombing the country and moving troops over the border in a wholesale invasion unlike anything seen in Europe since World War II.
In a time of war, the Rev. Hedz’s church on a quiet street in Riverhead near Merritts Pond has become the spiritual center for the North Fork’s Ukrainian community. They come to pray in their native language and to talk to fellow Ukrainians about news of family members caught up in the fighting.
But the church is more than that. Downstairs, the church’s basement has become the epicenter for efforts to get needed supplies to the more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees that have fled into neighboring Poland.
One day last week, Julia Brativnyk and Ulyana Zyulkouska sorted through large bags of donated clothing. As they worked, car after car pulled up to the church and more bags of clothing and other needed supplies were brought to the basement.
A printed notice tacked to the church door lists in columns everything that is needed, including “compression bandages, tourniquets, tactical first aid kits, bandages, gauzes, antiseptics, anti-burn gels,” along with boots, winter hats, socks, thermal underwear, sweaters and sweatshirts.
The two women carefully folded the clothes and put them in boxes, along with rolled up sleeping bags and a small mountain of blankets and winter coats. Nearly every day, boxes are loaded onto a truck and driven to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, where they are placed aboard a plane bound for Poland.
There, the donated items are distributed to church parishes and hastily setup refugee centers housing mostly Ukrainian women and their children. Men younger than 70 have stayed behind to fight the Russians.
Both Ms. Brativnyk and Ms. Zyulkouska have close family members still in Ukraine. “It’s very, very bad,” Ms. Brativnyk said.
“Some members of my family want to stay in Ukraine,” said Ms. Zyulkouska. “They want to stay and fight. We are here praying for them.”
After the Sunday Mass, Ms. Marynyak, Nazar Podola and Roman Podola gathered in the rear of the church to speak to a reporter. All three were emotional as they spoke about the war and the destruction of Ukrainian towns and villages. Ms. Marynyak has been in Riverhead since 2005.
“He is destroying everything,” Nazar Podola said about the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. “The Russians are destroying the country.”
Ms. Marynyak, 62, spoke in Ukrainian to her stepson, who translated her story for the reporter. She held her emotions in check as she spoke, visibly struggling to explain the inexplicable – why Russia has invaded her country and children are dying.
“When the fighting started,” Nazar Podola said after his mother had told her story to him, “all the flights were canceled because the airfields were being attacked. The sirens going off told her she had to get out of the country, but how?”
From Riverhead, the family worked to get her a plane ticket from Poland. First, though, she needed to get to Poland.
“She was driven to the Polish border by family members. But there was a huge line — 10 miles of cars,” he said.
Back home, they secured a plane ticket from Warsaw to Istanbul and then to New Jersey.
“She could see it would be days to get up to the border, and then through to Poland and on to Warsaw,” Nazar Podola said. “People were deserting their vehicles and walking. She knew she had to do that. She left everything she had packed behind and took only her purse.
“So she walked. With her was a young mother with a 2-year-old and a 3-month-old,” he added. “She helped carry the baby and the young mother walked with her 2-year-old. She left for the border around 4 p.m. that day and got to the border at 8 a.m. the next day. It was something like a 16-hour walk.
“She crossed through,” he added. “There were so many volunteers on the Polish side of the border. They had hot food, water, simple snacks. They gave her something to eat. There were many people offering their vehicles for rides and she found a minibus to take her to Warsaw.”
In the massive crowds of refugees at the border, Ms. Marynyak made sure the young family she walked with was OK.
“The young woman was named Oksana,” Nazar Podola said. “Her 2-year-old was Dennis, and the baby was Maryana. The mother had a sister in Poland who met them. They were OK.” | <urn:uuid:2e238219-cb8d-4db6-85ea-5a74c8885e5a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2022/03/109503/when-war-began-anna-marynyak-62-walked-miles-to-poland-to-reach-safety/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.987737 | 1,290 | 1.765625 | 2 |
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Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showing a shiny surface and pale gastric mucosa with effacement of the gastric rugal (mucosal) folds, along with prominent submucosal vessels in both body (A) and fundus (B) of the stomach. (Source Ramanathan et al 2017. Creative Commons Attribution License: creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/3.0.) | <urn:uuid:39660fd4-d1fd-4b94-86dc-1f18d1c5ce6e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.medlink.com/media/dlbd17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.808013 | 152 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Georgia Sea Island Singers: Join the Band
The Georgia Sea Island Singers were one of the most popular groups on the 1960s and '70s folk circuit, performing at colleges, festivals, the Poor People's March on Washington, and Jimmy Carter's inauguration. Join the Band is a collection of their first stereo recordings, made by Alan Lomax in 1959 and 1960, that showcases their utterly unique hymns, spirituals, ring shouts, and work songs.
Alan Lomax first visited the Georgia Sea Island of St. Simons in June of 1935 with folklorist Mary Elizabeth Barnicle and author Zora Neale Hurston. There they met the remarkable Singers and recorded several hours of their songs and dances for the Library of Congress. Returning 25 years later, Lomax found the group enriched by the addition of Bessie Jones, a South Georgia native with a massive collection of songs going back to the slavery era. Join the Band features freshly remastered audio from 24-bit digital transfers of Alan Lomax's original tapes, and notes by the Alan Lomax Archive's Nathan Salsburg and Anna Lomax Wood, who accompanied her father on the 1960 recordings. Also available as an LP on Mississippi Records. | <urn:uuid:29f80c59-30c9-403d-8a38-e90d56b03d6c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://culturalequity.org/album/georgia-sea-island-singers-join-band | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.941943 | 255 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Time To Talk: Universal Wellbeing Payment
We should all be in this together.
Workers across the state have once again been plunged into financial precarity as COVID lockdowns mean industries are put on hold, casual shifts are cut, and patchy government support leaves many unable to afford the essentials.
We’re not all in this together, but we could be.
No matter who you are or what you do, everyone has the right to share in the wellbeing of our country – during the good times and the hard.
Exclusionary supplements and arbitrary thresholds on disaster payments just don’t cut it. The Government can and should guarantee an income for everyone, so that we all have what we need to live a good life without anyone falling through the cracks.
What’s more, taking the stress of keeping food on the table and paying the bills off everyone’s shoulders will make it that much easier to follow the rules to keep everyone safe, and ensure we make it through this pandemic together.
No conditions, no strings attached – just the certainty of knowing that, whatever happens, you will have enough money, not just to survive but to thrive.
This health crisis is new, but the inequality it has exacerbated isn’t. It’s time to talk about visionary solutions to COVID precarity and what a basic income could mean for NSW – now and post-COVID.
Join me in conversation as we discuss the need for a Universal Wellbeing Payment and what it would mean for young people across the state.
Dylan Griffiths is a Greens candidate for Inner West Council and is campaigning to make council services more affordable. He currently works at the University of Sydney and is a member of the NTEU. He has previously spent far too long on the phone arguing with Centrelink.
Harpreet Kaur Dhillon is a queer community organiser dedicated to the safety, security, mental and physical wellbeing of others. She has lived experiences of family violence, sexual violence, homelessness and discrimination that she seeks to eliminate in society.
Avery Howard is a queer non-binary person who uses their personal experience of poverty and homelessness to advocate as an anti-poverty activist. They are also the Greens Candidate for the North Ward of Liverpool City Council. | <urn:uuid:727f0e32-bab6-43d9-8899-c116a7131a47> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.abigailboyd.org/timetotalk_universalwellbeingpayment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.96066 | 479 | 1.65625 | 2 |
The Svartefoss is a waterfall on the south-east side of the Fjaerlandsfjorden. There is no road, visiting the waterfall is only possible by boat/ferry from Fjærland, a little town with a nice glacier museum: the Norsk Bremuseum. Not so big but very informative. Fjærland is part of the Leikanger municipality in the region Sogn og Fjordane.
The Svartefoss is an official named waterfall in a watercourse without a name and is about 500 meters high. The only photo I am sure of is the one of Google streetview.
There are several other waterfalls in the Fjærlandsfjord like the Migandefoss, Kyrafossen, Distadfossen and many unnamed waterfalls. In the summer season it is possible to visit the narrow Fjærlandsfjord, with its steep and forested mountainsides, by boat. When driving on the west side of the Fjærlandsfjord, on road 152, you will notice the Migandefossen on the other side of the fjord. Melting water plunges down over a height of 600 meters. The Migandefossen is fed by several lakes and melting water of the Frudalsbreen on an altitude of 1598 meters. | <urn:uuid:aa56c9d9-395e-4d1a-b799-94bc4d196e91> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.europeanwaterfalls.com/waterfalls/svartefoss/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.915027 | 291 | 1.921875 | 2 |
A recent study from the National Institute of Health (NIH), African Americans with severe sleep apnea have a higher risk of having high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar levels is a risk factor for diabetes.
Several studies in the past have linked issues with sleep that include sleep apnea to Caucasian and Asian populations to increased blood sugar levels.
This is a recent study that was replicated to African-American men and women and appeared online this past April 28 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. This study included 789 block men and women who enrolled in the study.
Studies like this assist healthcare workers and providers promote good sleep hygiene, increasing physical exercise and also primary prevention by screening in diagnosis of obesity, and sleep apnea. If one does not have restful sleep, one may have insomnia that leads to fatigue and low energy. If not sleeping properly, one may have feel irritable. These may be symptoms of depression and anxiety.
This study also shows the important linkage between untreated sleep apnea and poor blood sugar levels. This research shows the importance of increasing physical activity, having a routine with sleep, and good nutrition decreases our cardiovascular risk factors.
Once screened for sleep apnea it is important that interventions be made by using a continuous positive air pressure or CPA machine that delivers air through a mask and is worn during sleep.
If you are having difficulty in life, having severe depression, and are not able to function fully, please click on the link and make an appointment. | <urn:uuid:06e716d3-abc4-43cf-af44-55e51223cce4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://msicsmenssana.com/severe-sleep-apnea-linked-to-high-blood-sugars/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955791 | 303 | 3.109375 | 3 |
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|Description||Lorwan - Gateway and Nodes|
|Persons working on||Schuetzophren, Semtex, Soenke|
|Self-organized sessions||create self-organized session|
|Located at village||Village:Helferlein|
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We want to continue to develop our knowlegede about LoRaWAN and The Things Network on the camp and therefore bring a gateway and nodes. The gateway is unfortunately a single channel one (Raspberry Pi Hat https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Lora/GPS_HAT). This will lead to missed messages as the nodes usually change channels. The gateway will support channel 868.1 MHz.
We will have different nodes - based on Arduino, ESP32 and LoPy4 from Pycom. The nodes will be outfitted with various sensors. Programming languages are C++ (Arduino, ESP32) and Micropython (LoPy4).
Feel free to bring your own LoRaWAN node(s) and configure it to our channel to send messages on the Camp19! | <urn:uuid:a67b8216-2a70-417c-9032-46ce6e60ea23> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://events.ccc.de/camp/2019/wiki/Projects:LoRaWAN | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.820711 | 261 | 1.867188 | 2 |
As the country is celebrating Diwali today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched the idea of "Festival Tourism" and said that we must try to popularise our festivals and invite people from other states and countries to join the festivities.
Speaking on 58th edition of his monthly radio program 'Mann ki Baat', he said: "Festival tourism has its own exciting attractions globally. India is the land of festivals that presents immense possibilities for festival tourism."
"We must try to popularise our festivals such as Holi, Diwali, Onam, Pongal or Bihu and it must be our endeavour to ensure that we should invite people from other states and countries to join in the festivities. Every state and religion in our country has their own festivals and people from foreign countries have a keen interest in them," the Prime Minister said.
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Hadrien Rattez, a research scientist in civil and environmental engineering at Duke University and Manolis Veveakis, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University, have joined forces to create a model, which is capable of predicting early mechanical behaviors as well as the origins of an earthquake in various types of rocks.
Earthquakes are any sudden shaking of the ground due to seismic waves passing through Earth’s rocks. These seismic waves occur when large rock masses pushing against each other suddenly fracture and slip, releasing some form of energy.
Each year, the Earth experiences approximately 50,000 earthquakes that are large enough to be noticed without the use of instruments. Of those 50,000 earthquakes, almost 100 are large enough to cause substantial damage if they occur close to inhabited areas. Extremely large earthquakes typically occur approximately once per year. Since 1900, Earth has experienced around 100 earthquakes that caused serious damage and losses.
Recent major earthquakes include the 2018 earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, which killed dozens of people and caused more than $1.7 billion in damages. In 2017, Mexico City and area experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 216 people and caused around $2 billion in damages. Ecuador experienced a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2016, which left 673 fatalities in its wake and an additional 2,500 injured individuals.
Due to the devastating nature of earthquakes, the ability to predict their occurrence is of extreme importance to all individuals around the world. Consequently, news of this model’s ability to predict the mechanical origins of earthquakes is widely appreciated as a step towards the ability to predict future earthquakes.
This new model is the first of its kind that is able to accurately model the decrease in friction as rock slippage speed increases. Machines built to simulate the conditions occurring within a fault allow researchers to experiment with forcing and twisting two rock discs against each with pressure reaching up to 1450 pounds per square inch.
Over time, the force of the rocks against each other starts turning the surface of the rocks into a type of gel (or even to melt). As this occurs, the coefficient of friction (the ratio between the force necessary to move a surface horizontally over another surface and the pressure experienced between the two surfaces) lowers, making movement between the two rocks easier. The speed at which the rocks move increases, and once that speed reaches one meter per second the friction levels drop dramatically. While scientists have known this for decades, this is the first model able to accurately simulate this process.
Rattez and Veveakis discuss their computational model, which accounts for the balance in energy between all the mechanical forces occurring during movement in the fault. Weakening mechanisms created by heat, which occur in all types of rock, are also taken into account.
Running multiple simulations indicate that the model is accurate in predicting the decrease in friction in all types of rock and at all possible fault speeds.
As the model works for all possible situations, it can provide scientists with improved knowledge regarding what occurs in a fault before an earthquake occurs. At this point, scientists can only calculate the probability that a significant earthquake will occur within a specific region within a certain number of years. As of yet, they do not have the ability to predict the occurrence of an earthquake. However, this model puts researchers one step closer to being able to actually predict the future occurrence of an earthquake.
Further details: “Weak Phases Production and Heat Generation Controls Fault Friction during Seismic Slip” by Rattez and Veveakis in Nature Communications, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-14252-5.
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Mar 23, 2022 8:15 AM
thyssenkrupp wins an order for a pharma-grade SFE (Supercritical Fluid Extraction) plant for solids extraction
Uhde High Pressure Technologies delivers modular high-end plant
Pharmaceutical compliant hygienic design and control system
Environmentally-friendly extraction using CO2 as solvent
thyssenkrupp’s Uhde High Pressure Technologies won an order from a company in the specialty chemicals sector to fabricate and supply a pharma-grade Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) plant. The scope of supply includes the skid-mounted plant as well as on-site installation and commissioning support. The plant will be used to extract solids for the manufacturing of products which are needed in the health care sector. As solvent, supercritical CO2 is used: A clean, non-toxic process to produce high-quality products which are free of solvent residues. This makes this technology ideal for applications with high demands concerning product purity, e.g. in the food and pharma industries, even for producing organic certified materials.
"Adapted to individual user requirements, this plant will serve two uses: for production, which primarily involves solids extraction, but also for pilot testing involving also liquids extraction," said Volkmar Steinhagen, product manager SFE plants. "We are happy to bring our decades of experience in building pharmaceutical-grade plants to meet our customer's requirements."
The plant includes extractors for solids extraction, a column for liquids extraction, separators, a buffer tank, heat exchangers, a CO2 pump, a co-solvent pump and a feed pump. Fabrication of key components as well as the pre-assembly of the plant will take place in Hagen, Germany. The installation and commissioning of the plant will be done at site. By delivering a modularized, skid-mounted solution, setup and installation efforts are minimized. This allows for a quick start of the commissioning after delivery.
Pharma-grade plants from Uhde High Pressure Technologies meet the most stringent requirements.
While standard supercritical extraction equipment is suitable for food and chemical products, the pharmaceutical industry has even higher requirements concerning materials, surfaces, prevention of dead legs, cleanability, process controls, qualification, documentation and others. Uhde High Pressure Technologies has developed their well-proven technology to fit these needs. Some examples are hygienic high pressure pipe fittings and valves, specially modified equipment like the clamp closure system for high pressure vessels, and quality-focused fabrication procedures like orbital welding of pipes. The design, fabrication and documentation of the equipment is carried out according to current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), so it can be used for a wide range of processes in the pharmaceutical sector, such as particle processes, extractions and purifications in pressure ranges from 300 to 1,000 bar.
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Toespraak van Najeebullah Azad (Afghaanse student in Nederland , Activist die opkomt voor de rechten van Afghaanse vluchtelingen in Nederland, het uitzetbeleid en de EU-deals met landen zoals Turkije en Afghanistan) op de Internationale Dag tegen Racisme en Discriminatie
18 maart 2018, op het Museumplein in Amsterdam
Good afternoon friends, advocates, and social activists:
In today’s gathering, seeing everyone here from different countries, ethnicities, religions, and cultures, our diversity makes this place look like a rich garden in heaven.
I will be speaking today as a human being without any political motives based on my personal experiences and knowledge about this important day for the elimination of racial discrimination. I will talk about the EU deal with Afghanistan and Turkey government on deportation of refugees, and how as states and citizens, we can treat refugees without racist intentions through simple means in our daily lives. First of all, I will request everyone for a 20 second of silence in respect for all of the victims of racism and xenophobia.
I remember the first time I heard the word “race” and “class” in my English class when I lived as a refugee in Pakistan. I used to play a lot of car racing games, I thought race is just a virtual competition in games. I thought “class” refers to classrooms where people come together to learn. However, I came to realize that these words stand for the endless injustice persistent in our present world.
Every human being is entitled to human rights without discrimination. The rights to equality and non-discrimination are cornerstones of common-sense for every human who has a common-sense, and it should be the cornerstones for states globally under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. With racism and discrimination comes superiority of one over another, which leads to a homogeneity, and hinders heterogeneity. I am quoting Elie Wiesel and Nelson Mandela who are globally known for activism against racism:
“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.” – Elie Wiesel
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
On EU-Turkey deal which leads to collective deportation of refugees from Greece to Turkey:
On Greece side, even Greek immigration officials believe they would not be able to handle thousands of refugee asylum cases adequately due to lack of resources and that they need 20 times more staff to address needs of refugees sufficiently. Due to lack of resources Greece has asked Turkey to accept “deported refugees from Greece whose asylum cases have not been investigated properly due to lack of resources and put them in refugee camps in Turkey”??? where in exchange Turkish government will receive 7 Billion USD and liberation of EU visa requirements for Turkish citizens. Are they talking of business and convenience for their own citizens in return to the catastrophe created for refugees??? Lives are not for sell, lives are for living anywhere peacefully as a human being…
Prior to the conclusion of the EU-Turkey deal, Amnesty and Human Rights Watch had furthermore provided evidence that Turkey was breaching the principle of non-refoulement by deporting Syrians back to Syria, and sending back hundreds of asylum seekers to Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria without due access to legal aid and asylum.
Under the EU-Turkey deal, certain refugees from a specific nationality gets different level of treatment just because their countries are at war? A person who has escaped persecution can also be from developed countries not only under-developed countries. Treating refugees from different nationalities differently just because a massive war has started in a country makes states biased towards nationalities from other countries whose country has been at war for years and decades. Dozens of asylum seekers, including children, reported rising anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental illnesses. This is not a fair deal and every refugee applying for asylum anywhere in the world due to persecution in their own country should be given the same rights and legal aid!!!
Without consideration of a person’s colour, look, clothing style, religion, surname, or physical attributes, as MLK Junior said: “everybody should be treated by the content of their character. Equal handling in asylum from persecution cases for refugees from all over the globe, equal employment opportunities for all citizens, and equal treatment for ALL.
On EU-Afghanistan deal about deportation of Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan in return of giving 13 billion Euros in four years duration to the Afghan government in return of sending back 80,000 Afghan refugees to a supposedly safe Afghanistan, is a mistake. Persecution does not end with billions of Euros. International community has spent over a trillion dollar since 9/11 in Afghanistan, and yet the intensity and complexity of war and conflict has exacerbated. A person does not escape their hometown, walking, sailing, running, hiking, and going through harsh conditions to seek life in Europe for fun, people have insecurities…
To support humanity, end wars, refugee crises, strengthening each other as a nation, let’s make peace and love with our enemies in war-zones, stop wars, and cut our spending on military in a world where inequality, bias, and racism has led to war and conflict. Let’s focus on main causes of these problems, lets give people pen, pencil, and notebooks. On this note, I don’t want anyone to take this personally, but personally, I think of why people use luxurious products like body perfume or gel for their hair when they know for sure that there are people dying out of hunger, people have no access to hospitals. International spending and personal spending of funds should treat our problems as global community, as it leads to addressing the real needs and finally lead to equality, love and no racism.
Ending my speech, I think of how beautiful life would have been if concepts like race and class stuck to the games and study rooms rather than real life injustices made by us human beings. Life is not about competition, life is about integrating with each other despite our differences. As individuals lets combat against racism, and campaign and advocate for equality. Here I want to wish my friends in Den Haag for their 20 March kite-running protest against deportation of Afghan refugees. | <urn:uuid:9ab20917-6a78-4b1d-a7a7-6646daac8b48> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://21maartcomite.nl/speech-yoonis-osman/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.947491 | 1,378 | 2.296875 | 2 |
So, the question is what is staking crypto meaning? Staking is a prominent way to make easy revenue with your crypto investments. Below’s exactly how you can start.
Staking deals crypto holders a method of placing their digital possessions to work and gaining passive income without needing to offer them.
You can think about staking as the crypto equivalent of putting money in a high-yield savings account. When you down payment funds in an interest-bearing account, the bank takes that cash and normally lends it out to others. In return for locking up that money with the financial institution, you receive a part of the passion made from lending— albeit a very very reduced section.
Likewise, when you risk your digital properties, you secure the coins in order to participate in running the blockchain and preserving its security. For that, you earn benefits computed in portion yields. These returns are typically much greater than any interest rate supplied by banks.
Staking has actually ended up being a popular means to earn a profit in crypto without trading coins. As of April 2022, the total value of cryptocurrencies staked exceeded the $280 billion limit, according to Staking Benefits.
Just how does staking work?
Staking is just feasible by means of the proof-of-stake agreement mechanism, which is a particular approach used by certain blockchains to pick truthful individuals and also validate brand-new blocks of data being contributed to the network.
By forcing these network individuals– referred to as validators or “stakers”– to purchase as well as lock away a particular amount of symbols, it makes it unappealing to act dishonestly in the network. If the blockchain was damaged in any way via destructive activity, the native token related to it would likely drop in cost, as well as the perpetrator( s) would certainly stand to shed cash.
The stake, then, is the validator’s “skin in the game” to guarantee they act honestly as well as for the good of the network. For their dedication, validators obtain incentives denominated in the native cryptocurrency. The bigger their risk, the greater opportunity they need to recommend a brand-new block and also collect the rewards. Nevertheless, the much more skin in the video game, the more probable you are to be a straightforward individual.
The risk does not need to consist exclusively of someone’s coins. A lot of the time, validators run a staking swimming pool and also elevate funds from a team of token owners via delegation (acting upon behalf of others)– lowering the barrier to access for even more users to participate in staking. Any owner can participate in the staking process by delegating their coins to stake swimming pool drivers who do all the heavy lifting involved with verifying purchases on the blockchain.
Learn more: 6 Top Cryptocurrencies You Can Stake: A Comprehensive Guide
To maintain validators in check, they can be penalized if they devote minor breaches such as going offline for prolonged time periods and can also be suspended from the consensus procedure as well as have their funds gotten rid of. The latter is known as “lowering” and, while rare, has actually happened throughout a number of blockchains, including Polkadot and Ethereum.
Every blockchain has its very own set of regulations for validators. As an example, the Terra network capped the maximum number of validators at 130. Ethereum’s proof-of-stake (previously called Ethereum 2.0) calls for each validator to risk at the very least 32 ether, which deserves greater than $100,000 at press time.
What cryptocurrencies you can risk
As pointed out currently, staking is only possible with cryptocurrencies linked to blockchains that utilize the proof-of-stake agreement mechanism.
The most remarkable cryptocurrencies you can stake include:
Ethereum is in a peculiar scenario right now due to the fact that it’s possible to both “mine” and “risk”.
The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is currently transitioning from proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake blockchain system, suggesting that both kinds of recognition processes are operating concurrently.
Ultimately, however, ether mining will be entirely phased out as the latter more energy-efficient system takes over.
Read more: Just How Does Ethereum Staking Work?
How can you start staking
To start staking you first need to possess electronic properties that can be staked. If you’ve currently purchased some, you’ll require to move the coins from the exchange or application you purchased them on to an account that enables staking.
Most of the bigger crypto exchanges, such as Coinbase, Binance and Sea serpent, use staking opportunities internal on their platform, which is a convenient means to place your coins to work.
If you are searching for a method to take full advantage of benefits, there are platforms that specialize in discovering the highest possible rates of interest for your electronic assets. Examples of these staking-as-a-service platforms include:
It deserves noting that any type of coins you entrust to a staking swimming pool are still in your belongings. You can always withdraw your staked possessions, yet there’s normally a waiting time (days or weeks) specific to each blockchain to do so.
It is additionally possible to come to be a validator and also run your own staking swimming pool. Nevertheless, this requires a lot more attention, know-how and financial investment to do successfully. And also, to become a validator on specific blockchains you’ll require to source sufficient funds from delegate stakers before you can even begin.
Risks of staking crypto
Similar to every kind of investing, specifically in crypto, there are dangers you require to take into consideration.
Cryptocurrencies are volatile. Decrease in price can easily surpass the incentives you earn. Staking is optimum for those who plan to hold their property for the long term despite the rate swings.
Some coins need a minimal lock-up duration while you can not withdraw your properties from staking.
If you choose to withdraw your assets from a staking swimming pool, there is a certain waiting duration for every blockchain prior to obtaining your coins back.
There is a counterparty threat of the staking swimming pool operator. If the validator does not do its task effectively and obtains penalized, you might lose out on rewards
Staking swimming pools can be hacked, leading to a total loss of staked funds. As well as given that the assets are not secured by insurance policy, it implies there’s little to no hope of settlement.
Just how lucrative is staking
Staking is an excellent choice for investors thinking about producing returns on their long-lasting investments and also aren’t bothered regarding short-term fluctuations in cost.
According to information, the average staking incentive price of the top 261 staked possessions exceeds 11% yearly return. It is very important to note, however, that benefits can alter in time.
Costs likewise impact incentives. Staking pools deduct costs from the benefits for their job, which impacts overall portion yields. This differs considerably from pool to swimming pool, as well as blockchain to blockchain.
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The China Russia East Natural Gas Pipeline Project is a joint project of CNPC and Gazprom, including the Siberian natural gas pipeline in Russia and the China Russia east pipeline in China. The natural gas pipeline starts from East Siberia, Russia and enters China near Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province. The total length of the pipeline in Russia is about 3000 km, and the new pipeline in China is 3371 km.
The China Russia East pipeline (Changling to Yongqing) starts from Changling station and ends at Yongqing compressor station. It passes through 30 counties (cities, districts) in Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin and five other provinces in China. There are 9 process stations along the pipeline, including 4 compressor stations (Shenyang, Jinzhou, Tangshan, Yongqing) , 5 off load pigging stations / liaison stations (Shuangliao, Tongliao, Panjin, Qinhuangdao, Baodi).
RXHK has designed, manufactured, supervised the installation and commissioned 9 sets of 20MW high-power, water-cooled VFDs in the following three long-distance pipeline compressor stations: Tangshan compressor station, Shenyang compressor station and Jinzhou compressor station.
Jinzhou compressor station-RXHK high power VFD
Shenyang compressor station-RXHK high power VFD
Since delivering 25MVA drives in 2013 for the Gaoling compressor station in the east section of West to East natural gas pipeline, RXHK has successively provided 64 sets of large power water-cooled medium-voltage VFDs (with a total capacity of more than 1200MVA) for China’s national pipeline network such as China Russia east pipeline, Shaanxi Beijing fourth pipeline, Sichuan to East pipeline and other pipelines. RXHK continues to provide high quality and efficient products and services for China's national gas pipeline network. | <urn:uuid:315e81c7-792c-440b-afb8-92887c7ce0d3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rxhk.co.uk/corporate/news/china-russia-east-natural-gas-pipeline-project/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.897517 | 424 | 1.976563 | 2 |
Forty years ago, the hijacking of an Air France plane from Israel began a week of high drama, ending with the surprise rescue by Israeli commandos of over 100 passengers held at Entebbe.
Here, one of the freed hostages tells how her life hung in the balance for seven tense days.
It was only by a twist of fate that Sara Guter Davidson and her family were on board Air France flight 139 when hijackers struck on 27 June 1976.
"Even now, I can still feel the fear I had for my children," says Sara, now 81. "I feel like it was yesterday - I can feel the fear the same as I felt it for a whole week 40 years ago."
Seated towards the rear of the plane with her husband Uzi and sons Benny, 13 and Ron, 16, the first Sara realised something was wrong was when she saw a stewardess rushing down the cabin.
"I heard a shout and I saw her coming - her face was white and she was very frightened. I told Uzi, 'Listen, I think we've been hijacked.'"
The flight had originated in Tel Aviv and the hijackers had boarded during a stop-off in Greece.
"Our travel agent never mentioned we'd be stopping in Athens," Sara recalls. "If we'd have known, I'd never have taken the flight because I did not trust the security there."
Benny had recently been barmitzvahed (Jewish coming of age ceremony) and the Davidsons had planned to celebrate with a party, but when Sara's father suddenly died they decided to take the children abroad instead.
A family holiday would do them good, they felt, and help Sara deal with not only her bereavement but her recovery at the time from surgery for cancer.
Armed with guns and grenades, the hijackers - two Germans and two Palestinians -took control of the plane and 250 terrified passengers and 12 crew.
"It is a totally strange kind of fear," says Sara. "It's a fear that you're going to die in the air, you don't know how. You have your children beside you. It's a very terrible and heavy fear. It's impossible to describe how terrible the feeling is," she says.
The hijackers announced their demands - the release of 53 militants jailed in Israel, France, Germany, Switzerland and Kenya, and a $5m ransom.
"That really worried us," said Sara. "We knew that meant negotiations involving five countries, which would be a slow and difficult process."
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As the plane changed course, the hijackers began collecting passengers' passports and other documentation.
Uzi, an Israeli air force navigator, fearing what would happen if they found out, chewed up his air-base permit and hid it in a drinks can.
Eventually the aircraft descended into Benghazi, Libya, where it refuelled. The plane took off again, flying for a further five hours before landing in Entebbe, Uganda.
Before leaving Israel, Sara's mother had given her a notebook to keep as a diary of their trip.
Instead, she used it to document the hijacking, recording events in real-time.
"The flight to Uganda was a nightmare," she wrote. "We had no idea where we were going. People had terror written all over their faces. Time moved very slowly."
As the plane sat on the tarmac, the passengers saw out of the window the figure of Idi Amin, the president of Uganda and an erstwhile ally of Israel. It gave them cause for optimism.
"Seeing Idi Amin, because we thought he was a friend of Israel, we were sure that we were going back on our way," Sara says.
But the notoriously erratic Amin was in collusion with the hijackers and at least three accomplices who were already in place at the airport.
After nearly 24 hours on the plane, the passengers and crew were shepherded into an old terminal building, where Amin, accompanied by a phalanx of journalists, spoke to them.
- President of Uganda 1971-1979; achieved power in a military coup, and is believed to have been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths
- Among many human rights abuses, Amin expelled 80,000 Asians from Uganda and expropriated their properties
- Fled the country following defeat by rebel forces; lived in Saudi Arabia until his death in 2003
"He told us that although he supported the group [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - External Operations] that was holding us, he would do whatever he could to help us," Sara says.
"He was pretending to be neutral, but the sight of him standing there with the terrorists - we just didn't believe him."
The passengers - families, friends and strangers - and crew now found themselves held at gunpoint in overcrowded quarters, ringed by Ugandan troops.
"It was a great shock that we are prisoners, and we are surrounded with Idi Amin's soldiers and terrorists," says Sara.
"People were crying, shouting, getting nervous - it was a very unpleasant feeling.
"We thought that we were so far away that we really didn't know how we could be saved - we were sure our government would try to do whatever it could - but we didn't see any solution, and this made us very depressed."
'Dream became a nightmare'
Conditions were rough. Lights were kept on day and night, people slept on the floor or benches, and they were blighted by heat and mosquitoes.
The hostages were given food but the meals never varied - meat, rice, potatoes and lots of bananas. Sara jokingly called it the "Ugandan diet".
As the hours turned into days, the captives found various ways to cope with the stress. Some gave lectures, others played games, and children made new friends.
The hijackers had set a deadline of Thursday for their demands to be met and the strain on the passengers grew.
Sara, for the sake of her sons, tried to keep her emotions in check. The elder, Ron, became withdrawn, while Benny was prone to breaking down and begging to know when their ordeal would be over.
"Sometimes when everything around us seems hopeless," Sara wrote in her notebook, "and people say that we won't get out of here alive, he [Benny] can't take it any more.
"The dream of a fantastic family vacation has turned into a nightmare."
The nightmare was about to take a turn for the worse.
On the third day, the hijackers began calling people's names and ordering them into a second, smaller, squalid room.
It became clear they were separating the Israeli and non-Israeli Jewish passengers from the rest, immediately evoking the horrors of the Nazi selections in World War Two when Jews were picked out to be sent to their deaths.
"For me," says Sara, "because I knew about my grandparents and aunts and uncles - all of them were killed in [the Nazi extermination camp] Treblinka - I had a terrible feeling, but among the passengers were also Holocaust survivors still with numbers [tattooed by the Nazis] on their hands.
"We knew we were going to have a very tough time," she says. "I didn't care about my own life as much as my boys', who had just started theirs. I was so frightened for them."
Operation Entebbe - a timeline
- 27 June, 1976: Air France flight 139 from Tel Aviv to Paris hijacked; refuels in Libya
- 28 June: Hijacked aircraft lands in Entebbe, Uganda
- 29 June: Hostage-takers issue demands, threaten to kill passengers from 14:00 on 1 July
- 30 June: 47 passengers released, questioned by Mossad in Paris
- 1 July: Israel offers to negotiate; hostage-takers extend deadline, release 101 passengers
- 2 July: Israeli special forces rehearse rescue
- 3 July: Israeli cabinet approves rescue, assault force dispatched to Entebbe, storms airport
- 4 July: Freed hostages arrive back in Israel
'Waiting and hoping'
At the same time, the hijackers released a first batch of passengers (the French captain and his crew rejected an offer to leave, refusing to abandon any hostages). The following day, dozens more were freed.
Conditions for those left in the separated group deteriorated. Food was scraps, and the area was infested with flies.
Benny mixed with the children, but exhaustion took its toll on Ron, who fell ill.
A few days later, the group was allowed to return to the departure lounge with other hostages.
On Thursday night, the fifth day of the crisis, Amin made another appearance, but this time his tone was different, says Sara.
He told the hostages that although Israel had not yet complied with the hijacker's demands, he had persuaded them to extend their deadline until Sunday.
Hearing the word "deadline" terrified Benny.
Sara tried to reassure him it did not mean they would be killed, but her words had no effect, she said.
Benny was crying, Ron had a fever, and morale had ebbed away.
The passengers speculated what their government would do - although "it was clear to us that Israel's policy of not releasing terrorists was at work," says Sara.
"There was no answer," she says, "only to keep waiting and hoping."
By Friday, Ron's temperature had dropped but tensions were high.
"If we were going to be killed," says Sara, "I knew I wanted to die before my husband and children. There was just no way I could watch it happen to them."
As the deadline loomed, with no sign of progress, passengers turned to Uzi and asked him, based on his experience in the air force, what the chances of being rescued were.
"He calculated the distance between Israel and Uganda and told them 'no way'," says Sara.
Amin reappeared the following day for what would be the final time, telling the passengers he could foresee an end to the crisis.
He did not give any specifics, and as dusk descended, the hostages prepared for a seventh night, their predicament seemingly increasingly hopeless.
'Like an angel'
It was nearly midnight. The hijackers were sitting on benches outside, relaxing and chatting. The Davidsons found a spot on the floor and settled down to go to sleep.
"Suddenly we heard shooting," says Sara. "Amin had said Sunday was the deadline, and negotiations weren't getting anywhere, and we were sure they were starting to kill us. We thought 'this is it'.
"I grabbed Benny - I didn't see Uzi and Ron because it became terrible with shooting all around - the noise and smell and people shouting, and I just covered Benny's body with mine.
"The noise was loud but after a few moments somebody said: 'There are Israeli soldiers here.'
"I lifted my head and I saw a soldier dressed like a member of the Ugandan army with a white hat - and he said in Hebrew: 'Listen, guys, we've come to take you home.'
"I didn't believe what I was seeing, even now I can't describe it - seeing the soldier, it was as if an angel had come down from the sky."
In one of the most daring operations in its history, Israel had secretly despatched a unit of elite commandos - led by Yonatan Netanyahu, the brother of current Prime Minister Benjamin - to rescue the hostages.
They had flown eight-and-a-half-hours over 4,000km (2,500 miles), through hostile territory and beneath the scope of enemy radar, to mount a surprise raid.
In under one hour they had killed all the hostage-takers, led 105 bewildered and shocked passengers and crew out of the terminal and into a waiting Hercules transporter plane. They were on their way home.
Three hostages lost their lives in the operation, as well as Yonatan Netanyahu, the only fatality among the troops.
"When we landed at the airport near Tel Aviv, it was unbelievable. People were singing and dancing - it was as if all of Israel was there to greet us," says Sara.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who had authorised the mission, was among those there to welcome them home.
He had got to know Uzi's father, who had been part of a committee of the hostages' relatives who had held meetings with Rabin during the crisis.
The prime minister called Sara and her family over.
"We were in such a state of shock," she says. "I remember I wanted to say thank you but the words just wouldn't come out. I just held Benny in my arms."
In the years that followed, Rabin became a personal friend of the Davidsons, even attending both Ron and Benny's weddings.
It was just two years ago that Sara met her rescuer for the first time since the raid - until then his identity had not been revealed because of the secrecy of the unit he served in.
"We met at a reunion of the commandos and hostages, it was very emotional - I owe him my life," she says.
Forty years on, Sara says the events of the summer of 1976 are still relevant to today's world.
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Can You Live Alone and Be Happy?
Self-centeredness gives the illusion of freedom.
Posted March 17, 2012 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan
A social phenomenon is sweeping the world. From Kenya to the United Kingdom, people are living alone in increasing numbers. These aren't temporary situations, like students or recent graduates. In fact, those living alone are more likely to remain in that situation than any other group except married couples.
In the United States, 28 percent of all households are people living alone. Worldwide, more people are living alone than at any other time in history. Living alone appears to be tied to a market economy (people move around in the pursuit of better jobs), the welfare state (growing old is no longer a sentence to poverty without children to support you) and the women's movement (there is less need to be dependent upon men for support).
Does this mean that we are headed down the path where the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby is the universal anthem: "All those lonely people/Where did they all come from?" Not at all, says sociologist Eric Klinenberg.
Klinenberg's research doesn't turn up lonely people or social isolates. He writes that "people who live alone compensate by becoming more socially active than those who live with others and that cities with high numbers of singletons enjoy a thriving public culture."
In his March 12 Time magazine article he writes, "Living alone allows us to do what we want, when we want, on our own terms. It liberates us from the constraints of a domestic partner's needs and demands and permits us to focus on ourselves."
He states: "After all, living alone serves a purpose: It helps us pursue sacred modern values — individual freedom, personal control, and self-realization — that carry us from adolescence to our final days."
So living alone doesn't mean that people are lonely or unhappy; neither does it mean that people are less social. But it may mean that people are more self-centered and therefore less concerned about larger social issues.
A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, which studied attitudes over a 40-year span, found that today's young Americans are less concerned about the environment than older generations. One frustrated environmentalist said about her peers, "I just think our generation seems fairly narcissistic — and we seem to have the shortest attention span."
Living alone is part of a pattern of self-realization that easily gets translated into indifference. If you need to think about another's needs on a regular basis, as you do when you live with someone else, then your thinking is stretched beyond the present moment. You can't live successfully with another person with a short attention span. You must pay attention when you are a partner.
The sacred modern values, as identified by Klinenberg, serve successful individuals well in the short-run. In the long run, they are a disaster, unless tempered with social responsibility, the recognition that social forces shape our lives as a matter of luck, and that self-realization matures in a social setting.
Living alone "liberates from the constraints of a domestic partner's needs and demands," as though there was something wrong with limits or that others don't have legitimate claims upon us. But as George Eliot wrote, "Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending."
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Part of the sweeping regulatory changes in the aftermath of the tragic accident near Buffalo, New York, involving a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400, are requirements for the new Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certification. The FAA released the final rule for pilot certification and qualification requirements for air carrier operations, commonly referred to as the “1,500-hour rule,” in July 2013. First and foremost, to be eligible to serve as a crew member in a Part 121 Air Carrier (airline) operation, every pilot must now possess an ATP. While the experience and certification requirement for the ATP is vastly different on paper from the Commercial certificate and 250 hours previously required to be a first officer, it does NOT represent nearly as dramatic a change in practice.
Pilot hiring has always been market driven, and historically, pilots have been required to possess minimum experience at least close to the ATP requirements to be competitive for pilot positions. While exceptions exist for every rule, pilots generally have been expected to possess anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 hours of total time and 50 to 100 hours of multiengine time to be marketable to the airlines. This requirement has not changed essentially in the new rule. The more dramatic changes in the new rule are the additional requirements that first officers possess a type rating for their aircraft and that captains have at least 1,000 hours of airline experience.
The new rule also creates the Restricted ATP (R-ATP) qualification, allowing a pilot to serve as an airline first officer before reaching the necessary 1,500 hours for a full, unrestricted ATP. The R-ATP requires that the pilot be 21 years of age and successfully complete a checkride; in lieu of the minimum hours, it offers credit for specified education and training, thereby acknowledging that specialized, quality training can be an effective substitute for total experience. The options for R-ATP minimum experience are:
- 750 hours of total pilot time for military pilots
- 1,000 hours for graduates holding a bachelor’s degree with an aviation major from an approved school
- 1,250 hours for graduates holding an associate degree with an aviation major from an approved school
For each of these R-ATP options, the majority of total flight experience must have been obtained while enrolled in the specified programs. It is worth noting that simply graduating from a two-year or four-year aviation program does not automatically grant eligibility for the R-ATP. Each school that desires to certify its graduates for the R-ATP must apply for and receive approval from the FAA and must meet criteria outlined in Advisory Circular 61-139.
A separate category of pilots includes those who may possess the 1,500 hours of total pilot time required for a full ATP but fall short of the requisite 500 hours of cross-country experience (e.g. flight instructors). These pilots, who also have at least 200 hours of cross-country time and otherwise meet ATP experience requirements, are also eligible to apply for the R-ATP.
When transitioning to an unrestricted ATP, an FAA inspector can remove R-ATP limitations and issue a full ATP with paperwork only. The applicant must present evidence that he has met the ATP age requirement (23) and the aeronautical experience requirements of § 61.155. The applicant then must complete section III – Record of Pilot Time, on FAA Form 8710-1, Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application Supplemental Information and Instructions, to be issued the unrestricted ATP.
FAA only recently began granting institutional authority to certify for R-ATP. A complete list of approved schools is available at https://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/atp/media/Institutional_Authority_List.pdf. Given the recency of the rule and approval of schools, there exists a population of pilots who have graduated from programs prior to FAA approval and the ability to certify for R-ATP. Unless the school takes steps to include this group in its approval or by other means, it’s conceivable some may not technically meet eligibility requirements – even if having graduated and followed the exact curriculum.
Also included in new ATP certification rules is the requirement to complete an FAA-approved Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program (ATP-CTP) prior to taking the FAA written exam for multiengine ATP. ATP-CTP is a 40 hour course – 30 hours of ground school and 10 hours of simulator training – intended to prepare the applicant to operate safely in those operations which require an ATP. Of the 10 hours of simulator training, six (6) hours must be completed in a Level C or higher full flight simulator that represents a multiengine, turbine airplane with a maximum takeoff weight of at least 40,000 pounds, rendering many corporate aircraft ineligible.
The ATP CTP serves as a prerequisite for the multiengine ATP written exam and includes training in:
- Adverse weather conditions,
- Air carrier operations,
- Transport airplane performance,
- Professionalism, and
- Leadership and development.
As of August 1, 2014, all persons applying for the ATP knowledge test are required to present a graduation certificate certifying the completion of an ATP-CTP before taking the written test. For written tests taken before August 1, 2014, those test results still remain valid for 24 calendar months. Written tests for multiengine ATP taken after July 31, 2014 are valid for 60 calendar months. The ATP-CTP graduation certificate itself does not expire so there is no penalty and no harm in taking the ATP-CTP anytime that is convenient.
Single-engine ATP does NOT require the ATP-CTP course, but does require a separate single-engine ATP written exam. Previously held exceptions for taking the ATP practical exam with expired written test results still hold true as provided in § 61.39(b) and (c) which relate to crewmembers of Part 121, 125 or 135 operators or certain foreign pilot license holders.
To date, very few approvals for ATP-CTP have been issued. Sporty’s training partner, ABX Air, in Wilmington, Ohio, was one of the first outside of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. A list of eligible providers is available at https://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/atp/media/ATP_CTP_Providers.pdf.
The movement in the industry appears to be that many regional airline training departments will be creating ATP-CTP courses and seeking FAA approval indicating that completion of the ATP-CTP requirement may be accomplished in large part, as part of the hiring or on-boarding process of some regional airlines.
As you can see, there have been some dramatic changes in certification and the cost of the ATP written for multiengine has essentially gone from $150 to something north of $4,500 factoring in the costs of ATP-CTP. But practical experience requirements to fly as an airline pilot remain nearly the same. It’s much too early to see what effects the changes in certification may have on safety, but if you are in the category of having passed the ATP written exam prior to the ATP-CTP mandate, keep a close eye on those written test results and make sure you’ve earned the ATP before expiration. And if you’re a collegiate aviation program graduate, ensure your institution had received institutional approval for R-ATP and if not, engage your school to determine where they may be in the process.
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1. Fargo (1996)
Few films have managed to convey the brutal oppression of Minnesota winters as accurately as Fargo. The citizenry's blank stoicism grows as much out of human helplessness in the face of such killing cold as from any inherent aspect of the Scandinavian stock. From the film's opening shot of a car making its lonely way through a vast expanse of white to the hilarious moment where outsider Steve Buscemi attempts to mark the location of his ransom money by sticking a tiny plastic widget in a huge snowdrift, indistinguishable from hundreds of others, Fargo lets those from warmer climes feel the northern winters in their bones. The moment where a frustrated, lost William H. Macy explodes in anger while scraping ice off his windshield may seem like just a swell piece of acting, but that moment is all too familiar to anyone who's ever had to drive in the Twin Cities in February.
2. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Like many movies set in frozen landscapes of snow and ice, David Lean's epic adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel was mostly filmed in 90-degree heat. But the chill of the Russian winter still comes across, as Zhivago and Lara crisscross the early 20th century, searching for love amid multiple revolutions. It isn't the sub-zero temperatures that cool the inner being as much as the smothering blizzard of a lonely fate. And when it comes to staying frosty, it's much better to freeze from the inside out.
3. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Sergei Eisenstein's masterful piece of war propaganda had a double life: When it was first commissioned, the Von Ribbentrop Pact (ensuring non-aggression between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany) was still in force. Stalin found the anti-Teutonic themes in its story of pagan Russia defending itself against invading Crusaders too blatant, and ordered the movie suppressed. But when the Nazis inevitably betrayed the pact and invaded Russia, it found widespread acceptance as a call to arms against a new Teutonic threat. The movie's final battle scene, of a titanic clash between the outnumbered Russians of Novgorod and the Christian knights, is a brilliant piece of staging, with stark period detail and a bloody, tragic clash on the frozen Lake Piepus. The invading Germans would soon learn that the folly of winter warfare in Russia wasn't just confined to myth.
4. Never Cry Wolf (1983)
Although Charles Martin Smith acquits himself admirably in one of his rare lead roles—and few actors besides Brian Dennehy can pull off being unstable and repulsive and still come out looking like a guy worth having a beer with—the true stars of Never Cry Wolf are the white-capped Alaskan and Yukon mountains which loom over every scene, icily immutable and indifferent. Dropped off by Dennehy's besotted bush pilot on a vast frozen lake that threatens to swallow him whole, Smith's nebbishy biologist at first looks like a sure candidate for hypothermia, not to mention easy prey for the wolves he's there to study. But as Smith adjusts to the wilderness with the help of his new Inuit friends, he also learns to embrace the cold, swimming in melting glacial lakes and even running naked across the tundra in a scene that makes members of the Polar Bear Club look like rank amateurs. Upon its original release, Smith's bare ass got some Disney-heads all hot and bothered, but it's likely to have most viewers reaching for an extra pair of pants.
5. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Perhaps it's a little unfair to include The Day After Tomorrow in the "cold snaps" category when the film contains so many different exciting types of weather. However, it's when the temperature turns chilly that the action, er, heats up in a movie that treats the oh-so-topical concept of global warming as if it were Godzilla. Long story short: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, and some other people are tormented by tornadoes, hurricanes, a tsunami, and then a satisfying deep freeze and blizzard, which are made more laughably memorable by the accompaniment of untimely blood poisoning, a yacht stuck on a major New York City thoroughfare, and, yes, wolves.
6. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Setting his revisionist Western McCabe & Mrs. Miller in the cold, snowy Pacific Northwest was one of many perverse spins Robert Altman put on the sturdiest of Hollywood genres. But he wasn't just thumbing his nose at convention. When snow blankets the town of Presbyterian Church right before the de rigueur gunfight between "hero" Warren Beatty and a gang of corporate-funded killers, Altman uses the desolate surroundings to bring out the sadness inherent to the lonely wanderer who is, to quote the Leonard Cohen song that plays over the film's opening credits, "just some Joseph looking for a manger." In the end, Beatty must face his enemies alone, and when he's wounded while successfully fighting them off, the snow removes all traces of his presence.
7. Dersu Uzala (1975)
Dersu Uzala seems like a hiccup in Akira Kurosawa's filmography, a Japanese-Soviet co-production that finds the director outside his comfort zone—or anyone's comfort zone, for that matter, since the action takes place in deepest Siberia. Detailing the relationship between an early-20th-century Russian explorer who mapped the Krai territory of Russia's Far East and the nomadic hunter who serves as his guide, the film is a prime example of Kurosawa's mastery of landscape and the elements. (By the he made Ran, he could apparently control the weather.) There's no colder sequence in cinema than when the two adventurers get caught the open, frozen marshland as day turns to night and the bitter Arctic winds kick in. With little to thatch together for even the flimsiest shelter, they're left exposed in the Siberian darkness, scrambling frantically to stay alive.
8. The Shining (1980)
The mountains of Colorado are an ideal destination for vacationing skiers, but the Overlook Hotel anticipates such a deluge of snow every winter that the roads are closed, the rooms are left vacant, and the only occupants are a lone caretaker and the family he tries to kill when he goes mad. Though much of that madness comes from within the hotel's haunted rooms and corridors, director Stanley Kubrick heightens the feeling of isolation by blanketing the setting with chest-deep snowdrifts that are virtually impossible to traverse. When groundskeeper Scatman Crothers responds to a psychic distress call, Kubrick makes a joke out of the sheer arduousness of his journey, which culminates in an epic trip up the mountain that ends with shocking abruptness. And in the end, only the elementary forces of snow and cold can stop the otherworldly powers that drive a man to the brink.
9. A Simple Plan (1998)
Snow covers a multitude of sins in A Simple Plan, where the discovery of a downed plane carrying $4 million leads to paranoia, deceit, and murder among two brothers, a friend, and their families. Sam Raimi's use of the remote Wisconsin countryside recalls the work of his former collaborators the Coen brothers in Fargo, another film where seemingly happy-go-lucky Midwesterners are revealed as greedy, weak, and desperate to escape the consequences of their heinous actions. In the end, family man Bill Paxton avoids the law but loses his fortune, all because he couldn't wait out an endless winter to collect on the bounty.
10. The Ice Storm (1997)
As the tagline for Ang Lee's 1997 film goes, "It was 1973, and the climate was changing." Sure, that's a metaphor for the post-counterculture experimentalism that had seeped into the Connecticut suburbs, the setting of Lee's adaptation of Rick Moody's novel. But it's also pretty literal: The film centers on the events of Thanksgiving weekend, just as fall slowly abdicates to winter. It's cold, but not cold enough for snow in the upper atmosphere. Closer to the ground, it's below freezing, so the moisture from a drizzly rainstorm coats everything in ice. It's beautiful, but also dangerous if you're driving—or taking a stroll, as Elijah Wood discovers.
11 and 12. The Thing From Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982)
Both adaptations of John W. Campbell's short novel Who Goes There? share its remote, frigid setting, though they don't have much else in common. The first, which bears a heavier stamp from producer Howard Hawks than from journeyman director Christian Nyby, finds a group of scientists in Alaska pitted against an emotionless vegetable alien intent on destroying them in order to sustain itself. The film's rapid dialogue and the image of hardworking men and women banding together to perform a difficult task mark it as a Hawks film, and its transplanting of free-floating fear to a monster from space would be much imitated throughout the decade.
The cold hinders the characters in Nyby's film, but it's downright hostile in John Carpenter's remake, which faithfully adheres to Campbell's original premise of an alien capable of imitating the form of humans, or any other living creature. Moving the action to Antarctica, the film uses cold to pin its characters inside as they turn on one another. There's no fleeing the scene when the cold itself can kill. And there's no Hawks-inspired bonding among people when anyone on the site might be an evil alien. Carpenter made no secret of his admiration of Hawks, but he essentially made the opposite of a Hawks film. Where Hawks left viewers with a defeated enemy and the command to "Watch the skies," in Carpenter's film, the chill shows no signs of lifting.
13. The Gold Rush (1925)
Charlie Chaplin went into insulin shock after shooting dozens of takes of the scene where he eats a licorice boot. For those without a taste for Chaplin's brand of comedy, that's a lot funnier than anything else in the movie, but The Gold Rush is still considered one of his greatest films. Although the story of a lonely prospector looking to hit it rich in the Klondike was largely a studio creation, it's a testament to Chaplin's Hollywood clout at the time that he was actually able to film one scene (of gold miners trudging up a mountain pass) on location in Chilkoot, Alaska. The Gold Rush was so influential that it handed down dozens of cold-weather tropes; 75 years after its release, The Simpsons was still riffing on the "two guys who hate each other get trapped in a cabin by an avalanche" scene.
14. Quintet (1979)
Here's something to know about Quintet: It's bad. Really, really bad. It would probably be the worst movie ever to feature Robert Altman's name in the director slot if not for the existence of H.E.A.L.T.H. Still, it's one hell of a cold-weather picture. Filmed at the ruined site of the 1967 Montreal World's Fair in the dead of winter, it conveys, if nothing else, what a drag it must be to live in the post-apocalyptic ice age in which it's set. Filmed in the weird part of the 1970s (as evidenced by the presence of Nina Van Pallandt), Quintet is about a drifter, played by a cold, pissed-off-looking Paul Newman, who wanders into a futuristic city and gets involved with what seems to be a futuristic version of the Mafia. If this movie had been made 16 years later, it would have cost half a billion dollars and been called Waterworld. The lesson? Count your blessings.
15. Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Although star Rock Hudson cited it as his favorite role, John Sturges' Cold War thriller Ice Station Zebra isn't anything like a classic. There are some good performances by Hudson and Patrick McGoohan, but Jim Brown as a nail-chewing Marine looks totally lost, multiple writer turnovers resulted in a messy script, and it's at least half an hour too long. Still, it works for two reasons: It nicely presages the great-game spy thrillers of the 1970s, and it puts the cold in Cold War, with its narrative of a desperate submarine sent on a reckless rescue mission to a remote arctic weather station. At any rate, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes liked it: He ordered his Las Vegas TV station to show it more than a hundred times before finally buying a print which played on continuous loop in his Desert Inn hideout.
16. The Ice Harvest (2005)
It's Christmastime in Wichita. A couple of thieves (John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton) have just lifted more than $2 million in cash from the local mob and need to get out of town. Fast. And yet it's clear from the opening scene of The Ice Harvest that it isn't going to be possible, as the Midwest plains are coated in a sheet of ice. Director Harold Ramis, working from a wry script by Robert Benton and Richard Russo, turns the forbidding landscape into a metaphorical running joke, as the thieves slip and slide desperately across the terrain without actually getting anywhere. | <urn:uuid:de935007-1e36-4850-a820-89024f7e1c72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.avclub.com/no-cure-for-cabin-fever-16-memorable-films-set-during-1798214452 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.954474 | 2,790 | 2.109375 | 2 |
A portable power station is swiftly becoming an important device for houses and businesses, particularly those who require to venture out or function from another location (assume outdoor workers, emergency services and so on), bringing the magic of electricity to significant locations. For example, contemporary portable power station can power a little heater in the depths of winter or an air-conditioning unit in summertime’s most popular days.
When purchasing one, outcome power as well as battery freedom are the most important standards we try to find while simplicity of use as well as the number of outlets are likewise important elements. The capacity to charge swiftly together with long-life batteries finish the feature checklist of a modern-day portable power station.
Whio Is Bluetti?
The Bluetti Modern technology business, established in 2016, concentrates on all-in-one power storage products. They lately completed a very successful Indiegogo financing for their flagship product, the AC200P, generating over $6.7 M throughout the project. This is presently considered as the portable power station to defeat by the competition thanks to its lengthy function checklist, enormous battery system and AC inverter.
What is a Bluetti power station?
The Bluetti EB55 is a fully self-supporting, mobile source of power that can be made use of to power and also recharge a range of electrical devices for scenarios where regular 240-volt mains power is inaccessible such as when cost-free camping. At its heart is a light-weight Lithium (LiFePO4) battery that powers a 700-watt 240-volt pure sinewave inverter, numerous USB electrical outlets, and also an assortment of 12-volt outlets. The device is charged by either a 240-volt power adapter, a 12-volt auto resource, or by plugging in a solar panel utilizing the inbuilt MPPT solar controller.
What can a bluetti power station power?
The Bluetti EB55 can power or charge nearly any kind of gadget possible as long as it is within its power restrictions. For instance, the 700-watt inverter can conveniently power a small cars and truck fridge, power tool battery recharger, a CPAP equipment, and even a caravan-style cleaning equipment. The 100-watt USB-C outlet has actually enough grunt to charge an Apple MacBook Pro. We easily charged a series of USB gadgets consisting of a mobile audio speaker and a bug zapper and also I took care of to run our 12-volt TV from the vehicle outlet.
Out of rate of interest, both tiny 10-amp 12-volt electrical outlets next to the cigarette lighter outlet work with HardKORR’s LED camp light system. Extremely convenient indeed.
High power outcome as well as battery capability
Advanced battery modern technology
3500 charging cycles
700W of solar charging
Tough yet fashionable design
Weight of 60.6 lbs.
LCD screen hard to check out in brilliant sunshine
Average air conditioner charging speed
Bluetti AC200MAX Power Station Key Specifications
- 2048 Wh Lithium Ion Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery
- Battery life process 3500+ charges to 80%, 6000+ charges to 50%.
- 2200 W continual power, 4800W rise.
- Built-in battery monitoring system (BMS).
- Pure sine wave air conditioning inverter.
- 900W (10-145V) solar input.
- Electrical Outlets: NEMA TT-30, 2 x 5V/3A USB Type-A, 2 x 18W USB Type-A, 100W USB-C, 12V/30A
- Super DC, 24V/10A, 2 x 15W wireless fee pads, 4 x 100-120V AC electrical outlets.
- Touchscreen LCD present.
- Supports hot-swapping for outside expansion battery (as much as two B230s or B300s).
- Sustains dual-charging.
- Bluetooth app surveillance and firmware upgrade.
- Operating temperature array (discharging) -4 to 104 F.
- 15.2 x 16.5 x 11-inches, considers 61.9 lb.
- Consists of 500W AC adapter, solar charging cable television, auto charging wire.
- 2-year warranty.
- MSRP $2,099.
The BLUETTI AC200MAX is a great big solar power station that can manage almost any kind of electric need for an ordinary individual. Being independent of the power grid supplies assurance knowing you can maintain important home appliances running. It’s likewise a wonderful unit to take camping for off-grid experiences if you can take care of the 62-pound battery, with the option to reenergize through the sun. Nonetheless, if you want to power the AC200MAX up promptly, you will not do that out of the box with the limited 500W adapter.
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An 8 week personal development, anger management and crime reduction programme.
- Key personal development tools
- Discover Purpose
- Believe To Achieve
- The Mind
- Control of Self
- Profit With Purpose
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & VIOLENCE REDUCTION PROGRAMME
Tailor made for schools and prison setting.
Prison violence is a very serious problem not only in the UK but throughout the world. Violence within prison has a tendency to spread and create violence outside of prisons, both because conflicts spread past the prison walls and because incarcerated individuals exposed to violence in prison are at an elevated risk of being violent after they are released.
According to figures released by the Ministry of Justice last year prison violence in the UK increased to record levels, with 27,193 incidents of assault and serious assault in the year June 2016 to June 2017. Over the same period, there were 41,103 incidents of self-harm, with a rise of 10% in April, May and June compared with the previous quarter. The number of assaults on prison staff rose by 25% in a year, up to 7,437 in the period leading up to June. Of the attacks on prison staff, 798 were serious assaults.
In an immediate response to this, violence reduction and personal development expert organisations Syrus Consultancy CIC and The Safety Box CIC were sought to deliver a tailor made programme for those individuals who are responsible for a high proportion of this recurring violence in HMP Elmley.
Both Mr Christopher Syrus BEM and Mr Nathaniel Peat developed an innovative specialised high impact program which has been breaking the cycle of repetitive violence, reducing offending, improving prisoner – staff relationship and positively changing mind-sets of prisoners.
The programme aptly named “Aspire Higher” is a 5 full day course spread over three weeks which focuses on personal development, self-reflection, the breaking of bad habits, positive thinking, goal setting, motivation, inspiration, conflict resolution and violence reduction. The Aspire Higher model is unique in the approach taken to handling violent behaviours and causing a positive mind-set shift.
The feedback from all the participants throughout 2017 and indeed the first group of 2018 has been excellent with prisoners leaving the course feeling highly motivated and charged with positive energy which has helped them to engage better with prison staff.
Attendance throughout the period (March 2017 – January 2018) has been high, with over 95% attendance for the duration of the group and individual sessions, which is a clear indication of how the men felt and feel about the programme.
Participants for the program are chosen by the Head of Reducing Reoffending, the participants are normally selected as they are high risk and have had a history of violent behaviour.
The feedback and general feel of the program from the prisoners and staff has been very good, with one officer saying “It was the best program he had seen, in his 20 years of being a prison officer.”
Taking data from 6 cohorts spread throughout 2017 the prison has seen a decrease in Negative entries by 70.5%, a decrease in adjudications by and increase in employment by 61.6%
The program is having good results and works in line with the overall prison aims of making it a safer place for both the staff and the prisoners.
HMP Elmley Governor Sara Pennington says:
“The “Aspire Higher” is amongst the most innovative, exciting and, quite frankly, life changing programmes that I’ve seen. There is no doubt that the Aspire Programme has had a hugely positive impact both on staff and the men in custody.
This programme has contributed to the reduction in our prison violence over the past year by targeting those who are repeatedly violent, finding out what their underpinning issues might be and addressing those issues, along with giving them the skills to change their mind set, break bad habits and think more positively about their lives.”
Part of the continued success around the program is that both Christopher Syrus, Nathaniel Peat and their team have a cognisant understanding of street life and prison, both are identified as credible messengers by the prisoners, they are both highly respected, inspiring and listened to by the prisoners.
Stopping prison violence is a priority, but it should not only be for the well-being and rehabilitation of those incarcerated, but also for the well-being of communities outside. Halting violence in prison and preventing its spread to our communities requires more than disciplinary and management approaches. These types of approaches may be able to stop violence in the short term, but they have not been effective at changing the mind-sets and behaviours that perpetuate violence. Furthermore, as groups evolve, it becomes tremendously difficult for prison staff to respond efficiently and effectively to conflicts.
HMP Elmley and The Aspire Higher holistic approach offers a method for preventing violence, both in the short term and in the long term by changing mind sets and violent behaviours of not only prisoners but staff alike.
The Aspire Higher model is innovative and has the potential to do more in the reducing of prison violence in the UK and wider community.
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Energy companies are using the Ukraine war as cover to make ‘absolutely immoral’ profits off the Irish people.
On Newstalk Breakfast this morning, The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament (ISCP) CEO Sue Shaw said we urgently need a cap on energy prices and a windfall tax on company profits.
She said her some of her members have lived through previous wars and are well aware of the profiteering that goes along with it but said it is immoral for companies to be making huge profits when their customers are struggling to put food on the table.
It comes after the Consumers Association of Ireland slammed the blatant profiteering of Irish energy companies and the UN Secretary General hit out at the ‘grotesque greed’ of oil and gas companies.
“At the end of the day, war has always been a cover for major profits – always,” said Ms Shaw.
“But these kinds of profits are immoral and many of our members and their families are saying, hold on a minute, we trust in our Government to act in our best interest.
“we’re saying, is there no way, not only of taxing some of that windfall but is there not a way of seriously reducing the profit intake.”
Last week, Bord Gáis energy announced that its operating profits surged 74% in the first half of this year.
Meanwhile, The Irish Times reports that Irish energy companies are now making more than six times more money off windfarm energy than was predicted two years ago.
Ms Shaw said the ISCP ‘strongly supports’ the idea of a windfall tax and is calling on the Government to cap prices in an effective way.
She said the most important thing is ensuring that revenue from any windfall tax is targeted at those who need it most.
“We strongly would support the windfall tax,” she said. “We think there’s no changing the reality of the cost of fuel in the current crisis. So therefore, if they work ahead with the windfall tax, we’re saying well, what’s going to happen to it?
“We’re very clear about where it is needed and where it should be targeted. There should be no surprise to anybody that the coming winter is creating major anxiety and concern for people, particularly those on social welfare in relation to the cost of fuel.
“So, we’re saying, OK if the taxes are there, how can we see it targeted towards supporting energy fuel costs.”
The Taoiseach Micheál Martin has pledged to consider a tax on energy company profits in next month’s budget, but the Coalition has so far played down the prospect.
Ms Shaw said there is no doubt that her members will face choices between food and warmth this winter.
“It is beyond a fear now for many of our members,” she said. “That’s now a reality. They’re facing into that.
“We have one woman and she was asked about how she is going to manage and she said, there was a sale on in town and I bought another duvet. I’m not going to be able heat my home throughout the day.
“The reality is that people are planning that. Energy costs are impacting on the food their eating habits.
“Meanwhile, we’re talking about these major, major profits so for me there is no match and the kind of money you are talking about is such a far cry from the reality of people’s experiences.”
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In order to provide customers with products that reflect consideration of their life cycles, such as long those with usable lives and minimization of energy consumption, we have positioned certain products as “eco-friendly products” if they satisfy certain standards we have adopted; we use this description when developing and marketing such products. With social and economic matters such as rising energy costs in the background, we use quantitative measurement to determine to what extent products reduce energy requirements or materials used. With our “eco-friendly products,” we aim to achieve a 25% reduction compared to conventional models.
The ultra-thin DZ-100 Mass Flow Controller (MFC) with a width of 10 mm was developed for state-of-the-art manufacturing processes. This high-performance MFC contributes compact and light gas panels and multipath gas lines, both of which have been required at semiconductor production processes in recent years.
The DZ-100 was developed in response to the need for MFCs that retain the measuring principle and fluid control technology employed for existing models while containing numerous precision components, including sensors, in an ultra-thin body.
Accordingly, we set about developing element technologies for downsizing its body while maintaining the functionality of the existing models. We successfully reduced its product width to 10 mm, roughly a third of the existing width, without performance loss due to size reduction, and its weight was dropped by 75%. As a result of downsizing, we were able to lower resource consumption for materials of processed components, thus developing an eco-friendly product.
The CS-620F monitors the concentration of phosphoric acids, which are used in the semiconductor manufacturing process, mainly in the three-dimensional NAND flash memory manufacturing process.
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The Health Benefits of Working Remotely
The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic saw millions of workers around the world suddenly forced to adapt to the idea of working from home. That meant having to create a comfortable home office which could enable hours of productive work, gathering equipment and furniture to make working easier, and getting used to the idea of working from the comfort of your own home without commuting, while forgetting the days of toiling away in the office, paying for expensive lunches and morning coffees, and the ever-present threat of constant unproductive meetings and drop-ins.
It certainly took some getting used to, but many suddenly found themselves feeling healthier mentally and physically, despite the ongoing global pandemic getting worse and worse. This was a huge moment for the concept of remote work, the “voila” moment, if you will. Millions of people, who after years of working from an office and commuting to and from work, and were justifiably hesitant about the transition to remote working, suddenly realized the major mental and physical health benefits of working from home.
Employees found that they were happier and healthier due to the significant improvements to their work-life balance, increased autonomy, the lack of stressful (and time consuming) commutes, and the ability to take care of important things as they arose. Employers, too, have noticed the benefits of working from home, with many employees actually improving productivity and overall performance resulting from the increased flexibility they’ve been given. These benefits are exactly why going into a post-pandemic future, the future of remote (or hybrid) work seems as bright as ever.
A new and improved work-life balance
First and foremost, the most obvious benefit of being able to work remotely is the ability to improve your work-life balance. Remote work allows employees to work in an environment where they’ll naturally be able to spend time with those who matter most to them, whether it’s a spouse, children, family members, roommates, or pets.
Rather than spending hours each week commuting, employees can work from the comfort of their home office, using breaks to spend quality time with loved ones and set time aside for hobbies and activities. This can go a long way in improving work-life balance, allowing workers to feel more comfortable in their work environment, less stressed out, and happier in their personal life due to the extra time afforded to them. It also makes it easier to relax and unwind during times of stress - employees can simply walk away from their desk for a few minutes to take a walk, read a few pages of a book, practice yoga, seek comfort from a loved one, or even just take care of a few nagging chores.
Another major work-life balance benefit to remote work is that it’s much easier for employees to say “no” when they’re being overburdened. Since all correspondence is via email, phone or video conference, workers don’t necessarily have the pressure found in face-to-face interactions, allowing them to say no to an added workload, express concerns, or simply delegate work. This lessens the amount of stress which can be easily piled on in the workplace, drastically improving work-life balance by setting limits.
It is necessary to have a dedicated space to set yourself up for success with remote work. Kitchen tables, living room couches, and similar shared spaces are unlikely to be conducive to the kind of concentration you need to get things done long-term. If a dedicated workspace can’t be found in a remote worker’s home, companies should offer the option of paying for co-working spaces; this will still save the company money when compared against the expense of maintaining an office large enough to house all of its workers, and still provide employees flexibility and autonomy.
New opportunities for healthy change
One of the biggest changes when working from home is the sheer amount of flexibility you’re given. This flexibility doesn’t have to be limited to when and where you can work, it also includes things like what you now have time to do during your day and what you can eat throughout your workday.
In the office, employees generally get stuck in a rut and develop poor habits - eating out often, choosing unhealthy snacks, not drinking enough water, and not exercising throughout their day. These habits develop largely due to the convenience they offer, and the limitations of the office space. Many people simply don’t want to use their time in the office to exercise or take a walk, nor do they want to spend the time preparing a healthy lunch or packing healthy snacks after a long day in the workplace.
Thankfully, the transition to remote work has allowed many employees the opportunity to explore healthier habits. Rather than go out for fast food or grab an unhealthy snack, workers can now get up from their desks, walk to their kitchen, and cook a quick, healthy lunch or grab a much healthier snack when they feel peckish. Having access to a full kitchen filled with healthier options as opposed to being restricted to quick take out, vending machines and corner stores can do a great deal to improve health.
So can the ability to get up from your desk and stretch your legs without fear of scrutiny by your employers. When remote workers feel antsy or need some inspiration, they now have the ability to walk out their front door and take a quick stroll around the neighborhood, or even use exercise equipment found in their own home. The flexibility offered by remote work has all the potential in the world to help us explore healthy lifestyle changes, which can result in much happier and healthy employees.
Less stress, more control
Working remotely means that the stresses of the modern workplace can be almost entirely avoided. No more endless commutes, bright fluorescent lights, offices and employees that are always “on,” endless interruptions or office politics. These stresses can be reduced or basically eliminated by working remotely, maintaining a flexible work schedule, customizing your office space to better match your own personal preferences and health goals (ergonomic office furniture for example), and distractions that you can (mostly) manage.
This lack of stress leads to happier employees, increased productivity, improved performance, and better overall health - employees can focus almost entirely on their own performance without being bogged down by office stressors and distractions.
At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, doomsayers were sounding the alarm about the negative mental health effects of working from home. As time wore on and remote work became the norm, the doomsayers were proven wrong. Reduced stress levels - at least as far as work was concerned - were just one of the mental health benefits that were realized with remote work. Those who were forced to put up with workplace bullying found that almost completely removed from their lives, as did those who faced discrimination from co-workers based on race, religion, and sexual preference & identity. There are also psychosocial benefits to working from a familiar environment, and even benefits associated with seeing out of windows, which are not always available in the office environment.
Flexible schedules that encourage work/life balance
Remote work arrangements often come hand-in-hand with more flexible schedules, allowing employees to work during hours preferable to their own personal schedule. If they’re most productive early in the morning, they can start earlier. If they’re not morning people and tend to thrive later in the day, they can get some extra sleep and work later.
As long as the work is complete and the results are good, flexible work schedules can be very liberating for employees and lead to better results, with workers having more control over optimizing their own schedule in a way that can lead to stronger results and faster output.
It also has the major benefit of allowing workers to step away when something comes up in their personal life. This could be to leave for an appointment, pick up the kids from daycare early, take care of a sick child, or just to tend to an emergency situation that suddenly arose. In an office environment, this usually meant telling 10 people on your way out the door that you were off to a medical appointment, where in today’s world it’s just a simple calendar entry.
Having more control over your own schedule means that your personal life no longer has to take a backseat to your work life - as long as work is done and a full work day put in, remote workers have the freedom to do the things that are most important to them. Not having to worry about these sudden situations goes a long way in reducing stress, especially for employees with children, pre existing medical conditions, or loved ones who may be ill or require assistance.
While it may not be for everybody, it’s clear that working from home has made a significant impact in the lives of workers all around the world. The ability to eliminate common workplace stressors and focus on creating a happier, healthier, more balanced lifestyle can lead to a much improved workforce capable of working more productively, delivering high quality results, and feeling far more satisfied in their role.
For many, remote work can turn a stressful, unenjoyable professional life into one far more satisfying and freeing. The only way to find out for sure is for employers to feel more comfortable with “giving up control” and exploring the many health benefits of remote work. Giving up control means not feeling entitled to all of the hours that an employee is “on the clock,” and this can be a head-scratcher for management. Management processes have to change to be tied to deliverables rather than monitoring what an employee is doing with their time. If deliverables are being met, and employees are ahead of the curve, who cares if they go for a walk? This management style allows employees who work hard to thrive, and quickly winnows out people who are “just putting in time” at work until the 5:00 whistle blows.
Prodoscore is a productivity intelligence platform that encourages employers and managers to feel more comfortable with giving employees more flexibility. Prodoscore allows you to gain deeper insight into how your employees are working, enabling you to understand their habits, gauge their performance, and hold them accountable while allowing them to enjoy more control over their work lives. To find out more about how our innovative productivity intelligence solution can help you explore the health benefits of remote work, get in touch with us today. | <urn:uuid:c52e197c-eb51-4f42-b381-41ba5c704f6d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.prodoscore.com/blog/the-health-benefits-of-working-remotely/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.9687 | 2,147 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Rifling Borescope Applications
With a Hawkeye® Borescope you can inspect chambers, leades, lands and grooves, gas ports, and crowns from muzzle to breech in rifles and pistols. Images captured on video can be stored and transmitted to other computers or on the Internet.
Tool marks, copper and carbon fouling.
Erosion of the leade.
Deep pitting on lands and grooves.
Shooters, gunsmiths, and firearm manufacturers around the world depend upon Hawkeye Borescopes to inspect their barrels.
Shooters improve their accuracy by using a borescope application that assists in inspecting bores of new rifles before firing to locate copper, carbon, and lead fouling after firing, and to discover defects in used firearms before they are purchased. When a favorite rifle quits shooting, the Hawkeye is used to search for the cause. Often, fouling is the problem.
Gunsmiths use the Hawkeye to diagnose malfunctions, to prove to their customers that the repair is needed, and to prove that the repair was done. Customers are amazed by images of copper and carbon fouling, the erosion caused by “hot loads,” and cleaning procedures that don’t work.
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Erin Seekamp, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, NC State University
Project Completion: December 2017. This project is now completed.
Implements Science Plan Theme: 6
Jordan Smith, Department of Environment & Society, University of Utah
Matthew Booker, Department of History, NC State University
Nils Peterson, Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources, NC State University
Stacy Nelson, Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources, NC State University
Janet Cakir, National Park Service
Mitch Eaton, USGS Southeast CASC
Max Post van der Burg, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Climate change doesn’t just threaten our natural resources—it threatens our cultural resources, too. Cultural resources represent evidence of past human activity, such as archeological sites, or are of significance to a group of people traditionally associated with the resource, such as Native American ceremonial sites.
Climate change is challenging the long-term persistence of many cultural resources. For example, those located in coastal areas, such as historic lighthouses, are threatened by sea-level rise, shoreline erosion, and more frequent severe storm events. While climate change challenges managers of both natural and cultural resources to make decisions in the face of uncertainty, far less work has been done to identify the impacts of climate change on cultural resources, compared to natural resources.
To address this critical gap, researchers developed a strategy to aid decision makers in climate adaptation planning efforts. The strategy integrates assessments of the relative significance of specific cultural resources and their vulnerability to climate change. The strategy was pilot tested with a subset of buildings listed on the National Historic Register at Cape Lookout National Seashore, located on North Carolina’s barrier islands.
Cultural resources hold multiple and diverse values to local communities, visitors, and the general public. These resources are irreplaceable, and their meaning is often tied to their specific location. This project will contribute significantly to our understanding of the vulnerability of cultural resources to climate change throughout the southeastern U.S. and the role that historic significance should play in management decisions—information that is vital for developing strategies to conserve these resources into the future. | <urn:uuid:4d8b16bd-e085-4570-86b0-fe4732de4ae2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://secasc.ncsu.edu/science/cultural-resources/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.916228 | 455 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Literary vs Genre - the Analogy to Poetry
Lady Glamis is discussing the age-old question of litearary vs genre fiction.
Genre Writer: Genre books have plot. Literary works have pretension.
Literary Writer: Literary works explore life and language. Genre pulps are about bombs that go bang and bombshells that bang.
Genre Writer: Snob!
Literary Writer: Hack!
I know I have about as much chance of putting this dispute to rest as bringing peace to the Middle East, but here's my take on it.
Writing a genre novel is like writing a sonnet.
Writing a literary novel is like writing free verse.
The sonnet has a lot of rules. It has to have a certain number of couplets, it has to begin and end in a certain way, it has to rhyme. It should also be meaningful, profound or beautiful.
Free verse has no rules, except it has to be meaningful, profound or beautiful. And -- ironically -- if it has couplets and rhymes, it is in danger of being mistaken for a sonnet, so free verse usually excludes such tropes.
Some poets mix forms. They might write a piece with the cadence and length of a sonnet, but no rhymes.
Here's the point. It's easy to write a bad sonnet, and it's easy to write bad free verse. It's difficult to write a good poem, no matter what form.
Let's say you're writing Romance. You have to honor the genre conventions: have a hero and heroine, focus on their relationship, end happily ever after. Genre conventions impose limitations beyond the obvious, as well. Lovemaking between the hero and the heroine must be passionate, sexy and arousing.
What? You want to write a love story where the two-minute insipid sex bores the heroine and she finally realizes her ugly, balding lover is also a jerk? Fine, but don't get angry when you can't sell it as a Romance.
Here's where the argument grows heated. Literary fans will sneer that real life is more likely to include unsatisfying sex and broken relationships than rich, handsome Dukes who are also sensitive lovers. Romance fans will point out they don't read Romance to read about real life. At which point, literary fans will mutter, "Escapist," under their breath.
This is true, in the same way that rhyme is a way of escaping ordinary prose and song is a way of escaping ordinary speech.
There's also the notion that it's easier to write genre literature. I don't think so. Think about the purpose of a Romance -- to make someone experience again what it's like to fall in love. I bet if you cat scanned the brain of a Romance reader, you would see a faint echo of a brain in love.
No wonder Romance is popular. Falling in love is one of the most wonderful sensations there is. Romance is easy to read, because the feelings it evokes are something we want to feel.
But here I disagree with Spin Regina who equates "easy to read" with "easy to write." ("Eas[ier] to sell"? -- maybe.)
Excellent fiction requires exquisite attention to form, no matter what the genre. It's harder, in a way, to make a genre novel shine, because you have to do so within the restrictions of genre rules. Lots of people wrote sonnets, but it still took the genius of a Shakespeare or a Dickinson to make the sonnet transcend itself.
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Top Silicon Valley High Schools Respond To Rising Suicide Rate
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
Robotics teams, top-notch theater programs, a flock of seniors off to elite universities each year - Palo Alto Senior High School and Henry M. Gunn High School in Silicon Valley are the kinds of schools parents dream about. They're also schools where suicide is unusually common. The suicide rate over the last 10 years is several times the national average. Hanna Rosin reported on the community and the questions it's been struggling with in a new piece in The Atlantic magazine. She started that article describing the aftermath of a suicide that happened last November. The student's name was Cameron Lee.
HANNA ROSIN, BYLINE: He was what would be considered a dangerous suicide in terms of contagion and other people following his lead because he was very well-known. Lots of people would've heard about it very quickly. We live in an age where all the kids had cell phones. So it was quite scary for the school community.
Also, this was the second suicide cluster this particular community has experienced - a cluster being three or more kids. So they had one in 2009, 2010 and now, not that many years later, a second one. And so for all those reasons, it really echoed hard in the community.
CORNISH: You used a word there - contagion - which I've heard when people talk about just violence generally. What does it mean in this context?
ROSIN: Contagion is a real thing. Suicide contagion among young people has been well-studied. It means that you have a patient A who almost serves as an example for people who are thinking about suicide. So it's very scary for a school community when one child who's popular or well-known among the kids kills himself. And then they kind of see themselves in his example.
CORNISH: And you talk about that struggle with the school, also with parents because this is a community, as you've said, that had experienced a series of suicides before. And so they already sort of had, literally, a, quote, unquote, "tool kit" of, like, what we should do and how should we react. Did that help?
ROSIN: It really helped. I mean, this is such a sensitive subject. It's very delicate what you can and can't do. There were rules for the media. You know, they asked the media not to read suicide notes, not to talk in too great detail about the details of the suicide so the details don't lodge themselves in any other kids' minds. So I think the school community was facing the same kind of thing, you know? What can we do? What should we not do to be totally respectful to this kid's family and yet contain the problem?
CORNISH: Was there anything you learned about this community where this school is that gave you any idea as to the cause or even kind of the thinking about maybe what was leading to this?
ROSIN: So this is where it gets tricky because I think suicide is a real black box. Like, trying to figure out the reasons for any individual kid's suicide will lead you nowhere. On the other hand, because this was the second time this had happened, the community could no longer really say to itself, oh, this is an aberration. They really had to stop and take a look at who they were and what they were doing.
And these are the children of people who work and live in Silicon Valley. So in some sense, this is the center of the universe. It's where the future happens. And so they really had to say, oh, are we putting too much pressure on our kids? That's the first thing that came up. Is this a place where we're overemphasizing getting into Stanford, you know, taking advanced math classes - all these kinds of things that are just way too much for a teenager, particularly a teenager in distress, to handle.
CORNISH: Can you list, like, two or three sort of theories people had at the time about the "kind of kid," quote, unquote, or what happened that you sort of knocked down in the course of reporting?
ROSIN: Yeah, so, you know, maybe it's a kid who's a cutter or has completely obvious signs of distress. Maybe it's a kid who is marginalized in some way, or maybe it's a kid who's really, really struggling in school. And it really turned out that none of those things were true for pretty much any of these kids. Another theory, a very sensitive theory, is, because there's a high Asian population at Gunn and Palo Alto high school, maybe it's these, you know, tiger moms who are driving their kids into the ground.
CORNISH: And this is the idea that Asian parents who have, like, extra emphasis on education put undue stress on their children.
ROSIN: Yeah, if you, you know - if you don't get all As in chemistry and calculus, than we're going to kick you out of the house. Like, you want it to be those kind of parents so you can distance yourself, whereas it's, like, every kind of parent.
CORNISH: So definitely not the case (laughter).
ROSIN: Definitely not the case on any of these grounds. I mean, I think if there's any larger cultural explanation in that community, it's that a lot of the teachers said there wasn't a space to fail or be sad or get off the track for a minute. And I have an example of a girl who survived an attempt. And she talks about that. She just didn't know how to say, I'm in trouble; I feel sad; I can't keep up with this. So this was the only way she thought of - was to attempt a suicide.
CORNISH: Meanwhile, back at Gunn High School, did anything change? Did you get a sense that parents or kids were sort of rethinking these expectations or even how they talk about achievement?
ROSIN: Yeah. I mean, there's a lot of - you couldn't not change (laughter) if you were there and living through the situation. So they passed policies about homework which I'm sure they'll take more seriously.
CORNISH: Policies meaning less of it or...
ROSIN: Less of it. There used to be stigma around mental health, and I feel like that is completely gone in the community. There are signs everywhere pointing kids to where they should go if they feel depressed or if they feel anxious, like, that really, clearly tells them, please seek help.
CORNISH: Hanna Rosin, thank you so much for talking with us.
ROSIN: My pleasure.
CORNISH: Hanna Rosin - her piece is in the new issue of The Atlantic. It's called "The Silicon Valley Suicides," and she wrote that as senior editor of the magazine. As of yesterday, she has a new title. Hanna is co-host of INVISIBILIA, NPR's show about the intangible forces that shape human behavior. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | <urn:uuid:f71cf935-31a7-44a3-8743-2a7b8775d9ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://health.wusf.usf.edu/npr-health/2015-11-17/top-silicon-valley-high-schools-respond-to-rising-suicide-rate | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.984335 | 1,502 | 1.90625 | 2 |
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Generally speaking, there is not a bad time to get on a plane and explore the world. Some of the best places in the world can only be visited at some times; Fortunately, there are many ideal moments to visit Machu Picchu in Peru, allowing you to be quite flexible with the dates of your trip. The region in which the city of Cusco is, has 2 very marked seasons, the dry season and the rainy season; We will first show you the difference between these seasons and then the advantages of coming to Machu Picchu in the rainy season.
Dry season (end of April to October) cold and clear
Ironically, “winter” is the driest time to visit the Andes and Machu Picchu in Peru; During this season you can expect clear skies and sunny days, although the nights are cold. This time coincides with the holiday season in the USA. And Europe, making it the season with the highest influx of visitors (high season). The beginning of this season in April, is especially photogenic, since the rains have done that the vegetation shows its green more intense. In Machu Picchu, a city embedded in mountains surrounded by vegetation, this is something spectacular. Another advantage of coming this season is that in Cusco (in June) you can see the Inti Raymi; A festival inherited from the Incas, full of color, typical costumes, dances, and of course the recreation of one of the most important festivals for the Inca civilization.
Machu Picchu in dry season
Rainy season (late November to April) lush and green
It is understandable that the term “rainy season” confuses many people who plan to travel to Machu Picchu during these months. Some people imagine that it rains all day, every day, but this could not be further from the truth; Although it is possible to have some of, “those days”. The season begins the first days of November and ends in April; January and February are the months with the strongest rainfall, with lightning and thunder, which gradually decrease in March. There is something that is a bit different to most of the world. “Summer” is also the rainy season in Cusco and Machu Picchu , the weather is slightly warmer compared to the months of May to October. A typical summer day in Cusco and Machu Picchu means a clear sky in the morning, A possible rain in the afternoon (can be very strong and last a couple of hours), then be cleared again. However, although it is possible that it may get wet a bit; Will have the city of Machu Picchu with the fewest possible people, being able to take photos of the structures and trails of Machu Picchu, without a lot of people in them.
Machu Picchu during rainy season
What are the advantages of visiting Cusco and Machu Picchu during rainy season?
- Less People
Machu Picchu receives its least amount of visitors during the rainy season, this will allow you to tour the Inca city with peace of mind; You can take beautiful photos, without many strangers in them.
- Low Prices
In the rainy season (low season) it is possible to purchase flights, hotels, restaurants and additional tours, with up to 25% discount, and thanks to the law of supply and demand, you can find products of very good quality, at low prices . The high season makes prices rise between 30% and 100%.
- Green Landscapes The rains in the region make Machu Picchu and the entire Sacred Valley of the Incas become intense green. The landscape is completely covered with grass, flowers and seasonal fruits.
- Warm ClimatesThe rainy season is more humid, but the days are warmer; However, moisture (almost 96%) helps to moisturize the skin and hair, lips do not dry out as in the dry season, you also feel a cleaner, pure and fresh air.
During this time you can taste exotic fruits and vegetables, typical of the season, such as capulí, mangos, pears and peaches (organic), typical of the season and the area.
- Spiritual Tourism
In recent years, many people are coming to Machu Picchu by practicing spiritual tourism. The amazing energy of Machu Picchu attracts people from all corners and cultures of the world; And undoubtedly, the rainy season offers one of the best times for it, since it will be in Machu Picchu as far as possible. If you have not booked your Machu Picchu tickets yet, do so now.
The rainy season coincides with the low season of tourism in Cusco, traveling to Machu Picchu during this time, will allow you to save on hotels, restaurants and other services; In addition to other advantages that we detail below.
What to bring in rainy season?
The climate in Cusco is very changing, it can rain in a torrential way and in a few minutes the intense sun or vice versa. In the shade you will feel cold and in the sun very hot, so you should anticipate this situation and bring with you appropriate clothing. When preparing your luggage keep in mind that it will have sunny, cloudy, rainy, cold days, etc.
- Hiking Boots: Bring slip-resistant, waterproof shoes, especially if you plan to tour some of the mountains of Machu Picchu; The paths are stone and will be wet and slippery.
- Waterproof poncho: No matter what time of year you come, take one with you; The jungle-browed climate of Machu Picchu makes the rains come very unexpectedly.
- Sun protection: Sun hat, sun block and sunglasses.
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What is ASA?
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) belongs to the groups of drugs called antipyretics (fever reducers), platelet aggregation inhibitors (anti clotting agents), analgesics (pain relievers), and anti-inflammatories (inflammation reducers).
It is mainly used to prevent clot formation in your blood vessels.
What are the uses of ASA?
ASA works by interfering with the production of substances in the body that cause fever, blood clots, pain, and inflammation.
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is used for the following conditions:
- Neck and lower back pain
- Common cold
- Menstrual pain
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Strains and sprains
- Muscle pain
- Following dental and surgical procedures
Because of its anti-clotting properties, ASA may be used to:
- Prevent nonfatal heart attack in individuals with an increased risk
- Prevent stroke or second heart attack
- Reduce the risk of a mini-stroke
- Reduce the risk of death or complications in people with unstable angina
- Prevent blood clots in individuals who have had a total hip replacement
- Reduce the risk of clotting in people receiving hemodialysis
The medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your physician or pharmacist for detailed information.
How do you use ASA?
- Take this medicine orally once daily, with or without food or as prescribed by your physician.
- Take this tablet daily at the same time.
- Follow all the instructions on the prescription label.
- Do not stop taking this medication abruptly without consulting your doctor.
- Do not take it more or less, or take it more than often than prescribed by your doctor.
- Do not stop using it even if you feel well.
Your physician may start you with a low dose and gradually increase your dose. It may take several weeks before you begin to notice the full benefits of the medication.
If You Miss the Dose
- If you happen to miss a dose of ASA, take the missed dose as soon as you remember.
- However, if it is almost time for the next dose, do not take the missed dose and continue with your next scheduled dose.
- Do not take a double dose to compensate for the missed dose.
What are the side-effects and risks of ASA?
Like all other medications, ASA may cause side effects, although it is unlikely to happen in everyone. However, it is important that you are aware of what could be the possible side effects.
Common side effects:
- Increased tendency for bleeding
Uncommon Side effects
- Runny nose
- Breathing difficulty
Rare side effects
- Nausea and vomiting
- Inflammation of the blood vessels
- Sudden asthma attack, cramps in the lower respiratory tract
- Severe bleeding in the intestines or stomach
- Brain hemorrhage
- Altered number of blood cells
- Severe skin reactions, such as erythema multiforme (a type of rash) and its life-threatening forms Lyell's syndrome and Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- Abnormally heavy or prolonged menstrual cycles
- Hypersensitivity reaction such as shock or swelling of face, lips, or body
- Cutaneous bleeding, bruising with purple spots
Serious side effects
- Reddening of the skin with peeling or blisters and may be associated with joint pains or high fever
- Sudden swelling of your lips, body, or face, wheezing, fainting or difficulties swallowing
- Unusual bleeding, such as blood in your vomit or urine, coughing up blood, or black stools.
Unknown side effects
- Reduced hearing ability or ringing in your ears
- Prolonged bleeding time
- Impaired liver function
- Ulcers in the small intestine or stomach and perforation
- Impaired kidney function
- High uric acid level in the blood
- Salt or water retention that may cause swelling of feet, stomach, breasts, face, hands, or face.
This is not a complete list of side effects, and others may occur. Please consult your doctor to know more about other possible side effects.
Who should not take ASA?
Inform your physician if you have the following conditions before starting ASA:
- Severe liver or kidney disorders
- Allergic reactions with swelling of lips, face, tongue, or throat
- Ulcer in the stomach or small intestine
- Bleeding disorders
- Heart disorders
- High blood pressure
- Nasal polyps, hay fever, or other long-standing respiratory tract problems
- Heavy menstrual cycles
- Small intestine or stomach disorders
Talk to your doctor before taking ASA if:
- You are taking any other medication, are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning a pregnancy.
- You are allergic to ASA or any of its ingredients or have any other allergies.
- You are allergic to salicylates or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- You are allergic to any other medication.
- You are taking any other drugs, over-the-counter medicines, herbal products, or nutritional supplements.
Besides, certain medicines may interfere with its working and thus might not be safe to take them together. Some of them are:
- Somatostatin Acetate
- Vitamin E
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Mineral or multivitamin supplements
- Valproic acid and sodium valproate
- Vaccine for chickenpox
- Corticosteroids, such as hydrocortisone, dexamethasone, prednisone
- Calcium channel blockers, such as amlodipine, nifedipine, diltiazem verapamil
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, such as lisinopril, fosinopril, ramipril
- Diabetes medications, such as glyburide, metformin, chlorpropamide, insulin, rosiglitazone
- Herbal products that affect blood clotting, such as chamomile, evening primrose, garlic, turmeric, cat's claw, fenugreek, feverfew, ginger, ginseng, white willow
- Loop diuretics, such as furosemide and bumetanide
- Low-molecular-weight heparins, such as enoxaparin, dalteparin, tinzaparin
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, indomethacin
- Quinolone antibiotics, such as norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin
- Serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, such as duloxetine, desvenlafaxine, venlafaxine
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as fluoxetine, sertraline, citalopram, paroxetine
- Sulfonamide antibiotics, such as sulfamethoxazole, sulfisoxazole
- Tetracyclines, such as minocycline, doxycycline, tetracycline
- Tricyclic antidepressants, such as clomipramine, trimipramine, amitriptyline, desipramine
This may not be a comprehensive list, and other drugs may interact with ASA. Please inform your doctor if you are taking any of the medicines listed above.
When should you not take ASA?
You should not take ASA if:
- It has passed the expiry date of the medicine printed on the pack.
- The packaging shows signs of tampering
- You have grapefruit juice
- You have alcohol
- You have surgery planned, even a tooth extraction
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Rolls of Oléron
Stags skins for the nuns
Proud counts of Poitiers raised their castle here, on the sweet island of Oléron, and before them count of Anjou Geoffroy Martel in the 10th century (Foulques Nerra’s son).
Since a long time here, the island was populated with wild beasts and game locked in folds, for hunting.
Geoffroy and his wife Agnès, who founded Saintes abbey, gave stags skins to the nuns for their Mass books!
Eleanor of Aquitaine and Oléron
After counts of Poitiers, let me introduce Eleanor, duchess of Aquitaine, queen of France then queen of England.
Oh, she loved her island of Oléron… Did she transform her ancestors’ castle into a heavenly holiday resort? Where people could hunt and fish, where the iodized climate was so nice?
Anyway, Eleanor created in the castle the ″Rolls of Oléron" in 1152, the first maritime laws used in Europe.
Her trip in the Holy Land inspired her (she was there with her husband Louis VII of France in Crusades), when she discovered the maritime laws of Rhodes.
With these Rolls of Oléron, she forbade the wreck pillage (when a boat shipwrecked, people were allowed to finish off sailors and to rob everything on board), managed the relations between sailors, organized the maritime trade.
In use until the 17th century, the Roll was then given to the English kings.
In England, the roll became the Black Book of the British Admiralty.
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As an Illinois native, you may have noticed an increase in dying trees lately. Currently, there’s a tree epidemic caused by tiny moth larvae, otherwise known as bagworms. These little guys aren’t just annoying, but they have the power to destroy a healthy tree. Find out what you need to know about bagworms and how you can prevent them from harming your home. Check out how you can keep your trees safe with these anti-bagworm tips.
- Juniper and arborvitae species of trees are most threatened. These types of trees are most often targeted by the bagworm. However, do keep in mind that all types of plants are threatened.
- Hatching season ranges from May through June. When larvae are born, they disperse in the wind using their silk thread. Once they take root, they start to create their silk cocoon.
- The average bagworm can lay between 500 and 1,000 eggs, which can do significant damage.
- The height of feeding time ranges from July through August. This season is when you have to worry most about the health of your trees.
How to Stop Bagworms:
- Physically remove them from the plant. Using your hands, pull the larvae off your trees and plants.
- While unusual in the summer, bagworms can make a cocoon out of silk. If you notice a silk sac on your trees, cut it off right away.
- Encourage natural predators to visits and let nature take its course. Birds are predators who can take out bagworms. Set up a bird feeder in your yard near the infected trees. The visiting birds should help to protect your trees.
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In a historic victory, the Irish nationalist Sinn Féin party has won the most seats in Northern Ireland’s parliament for the first time ever. Sinn Féin is the former political wing of the IRA — the Irish Republican Army — and favors reunification with the Republic of Ireland. The party won 27 of 90 seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly, while the Democratic Unionist Party, which wants to remain in the United Kingdom, dropped to second place for the first time in decades with 24 seats. We speak with journalist and political activist Eamonn McCann, who says Northern Ireland was founded over a century ago so that “it could be guaranteed that there would always be a unionist majority.” That arrangement has now been shattered, he says, and the calls for Irish reunification are likely to increase if Sinn Féin wins government in the next election in the south. “The more the tide toward a united Ireland increases, the more alarmed the unionists will become,” says McCann. We also speak with Sinn Féin lawmaker Mairéad Farrell, who represents the Galway West constituency in the Republic of Ireland parliament and who says the party’s victory came after a “positive campaign” focused on people’s everyday needs.
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.
We turn now to the historic election in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, where on Friday the nationalist Sinn Féin party won the most seats in Northern Ireland’s parliament for the first time ever. Sinn Féin is the former political wing of the IRA, the Irish Republican Army, which for decades fought against British rule. Sinn Féin’s Vice President Michelle O’Neill appears poised to become the first Catholic to lead Northern Ireland. O’Neill backs Northern Ireland leaving the United Kingdom and reuniting with the Republic of Ireland.
MICHELLE O’NEILL: Those of us that are for unification will make that case. I encourage those that actually don’t have that perspective at this moment in time to also enter into the conversation. Let’s have a healthy debate about what our future looks like, something that’s better for each and every one of us, where we all have a valued place in our society.
AMY GOODMAN: For more, we’re joined by two guests. In Derry, Northern Ireland, Eamonn McCann is with us, a journalist, writer, activist and former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Fifty years ago, he took part in the march on Bloody Sunday in 1972, helped form the Bloody Sunday Trust. He’s the author of the recently republished 1974 book, War and an Irish Town. Also with us, Mairéad Farrell, a Sinn Féin lawmaker in the Irish parliament. She’s joining us from Galway City in the Republic of Ireland. She is the niece of Mairéad Farrell, who was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot dead by the British Army in Gibraltar in 1988.
We welcome you both to Democracy Now! Mairéad Farrell, I want to turn to you first. If you can explain to a global audience the significance of what has taken place and the fact, interestingly, that it is women-led?
MAIRÉAD FARRELL: Absolutely. And I think what’s quite interesting and significant, as well, about the Sinn Féin MLAs — so, those are those members of the Assembly — is that 55% of them actually are indeed women. And, of course, we are led by Michelle O’Neill, who is set to become the first minister in the executive and in the Assembly. And I think, look, I suppose — I think it can’t be understated, in fact, the significance of the fact that Michelle O’Neill is set to become the first minister. And I think it’s very reflective of a very positive campaign that Sinn Féin led in this election campaign, indeed, in relation to the key issues of the day. Those key issues of the day, as we know, are issues that are affecting people across the world and, indeed, the rising cost of living.
And I think my own party president put it quite well at the weekend to really show people the significance of the fact that Michelle O’Neill is poised to become first minister, is the fact that Mary Lou McDonald said that the reality is that that state was created in order for a Michelle O’Neill — so, someone like Michelle O’Neill — a woman from a nationalist community, to never become first minister. So I think the fact that we are the largest party and that Michelle O’Neill has received that mandate is hugely, hugely significant. And I think it’s something that just simply cannot be underestimated.
It’s a really big day. She’s in Stormont today. It’s lunchtime here in Ireland. And she’s in — Michelle O’Neill is in Stormont. She’s there with the team.
AMY GOODMAN: The parliament, the Irish parliament.
MAIRÉAD FARRELL: There’s 27 MLAs. This is the Assembly in the North, so Stormont, the Assembly in the North, that she’s there today to lead, to lead the Sinn Féin team of 27 MLAs, so those members of the Assembly, and to create that Assembly and to create that executive.
AMY GOODMAN: And can you talk about Mary Lou McDonald?
MAIRÉAD FARRELL: Absolutely. I could talk about Mary Lou McDonald all day, if you wanted me to. But Mary Lou McDonald is the president of Sinn Féin. So, Michelle O’Neill is the leader in the North, and she’s our vice president. So she leads us in the Assembly. And then Mary Lou McDonald leads us in the Dáil, which is the parliament in which I sit, and she is the Sinn Féin president. So, she is the leader of the opposition at this very moment in time, and she’s been excellent in keeping the government to — holding the government to account on the very key issues of the day.
And again, those key issues are the key issues, as we know, that are affecting working people across the world. And those are the rising costs in living, the fact that we’re seeing huge increases in the cost of living while we’re not seeing the same increases, of course, in the pay that comes in the door, and, indeed, that the supports that are there, that are needed for people, simply aren’t there.
So, Mary Lou McDonald is our president, and she’s leading us from the front, and she’ been absolutely excellent over the last number of days in leading this party. But today, of course, the focus is on Michelle O’Neill, Michelle O’Neill who is going into the Assembly, who’s ready to set up the executive and to have Stormont back up and running. And I’m looking forward to Michelle O’Neill being first minister.
AMY GOODMAN: And your thoughts today, Mairéad Farrell, about how your aunt would feel, who was killed by the the British Army, an IRA member, for whom you’re named?
MAIRÉAD FARRELL: Well, I suppose, for me, I never met my aunt, so I don’t like to speak for people that I don’t know. But, look, I think that — she was killed before I was born, so two years before I was born. But, of course, I mean, for people who have campaigned all their lives — and indeed, she campaigned all her life — indeed, I am now older than she ever got to be, because she was killed by the SAS, but she never had that opportunity. But, look, she had campaigned all her life for Irish freedom and, indeed, for a far more equitable Ireland than what we have at this very moment in time.
And, of course, this is a significant step. It’s a huge step forward to see Michelle O’Neill, to see Sinn Féin as the largest party, to see Michelle O’Neill ready and willing to form that executive and to deal with the key issues of the day. And I think that’s very important, because what we’re hearing now is, you know, that the DUP have said that they want certain issues with regard to the protocol dealt with before forming an executive, but the reality is that the people who are suffering as a result of the executive not forming are those people that are suffering as a result of the cost-of-living crisis, that are suffering because there’s huge waiting lists in the health system. There’s a budget that’s ready there to go. And indeed, my colleague, Conor Murphy, who was finance minister, had a budget ready to go of a billion over three years for the health service. That’s what needs to be delivered now. That’s what the focus needs to be on this week when Michelle O’Neill takes up the position of first minister. And what we need is everyone to come around the table and to deal with those very key, very relevant issues for people.
AMY GOODMAN: Eamonn McCann, you’re joining us from Derry in Northern Ireland. Speaking of history, you’re a former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. You took part in the Bloody Sunday march of 1972, helped form the Bloody Sunday Trust. If you can talk about the significance of what we’re seeing today? And again, speak to a global audience who is not that familiar with the politics of Ireland.
EAMONN McCANN: Well, Northern Ireland was founded 101 years ago. And many historians would agree that it was founded in order, insofar as it could be guaranteed, that there would always be a unionist majority — that is to say, a majority of people who wanted to maintain the link with Britain, who wanted Northern Ireland to be British. And the state was founded in order to give that section of the population a permanent majority. Well, permanence has lasted a century, and I suppose that’s not too bad. But it’s gone now. It’s gone now. There can be no guarantee — it can’t be given by the British government or anyone else — that Northern Ireland is going to remain part of the United Kingdom.
And the prospect emerges of — Sinn Féin is already the largest party in the North, as has just been mentioned. It is also almost almost certain to become the largest party in Southern Ireland, in the Republic of Ireland, when the next elections come along there in two years’ time. Now, that would mean that the first minister in Northern Ireland and the taoiseach, first minister, in the Republic of Ireland were both from the Sinn Féin party and both from a party that is committed to Irish unity. And that’s going to create a very interesting situation in the North, because that, if you like, very clearly foreshadows or prefigures a united Ireland, because that alarms unionists in the North to the same extent as it pleases nationalists in the North, which is not to say — and Ireland is complicated place, as you know. The more the tide towards a united Ireland increases, the more alarmed the unionists will become.
And connected to that is the fact that there has emerged in the last election — and this, too, is historic — there has emerged a center ground, if you like, represented by the Alliance Party, which radicals like myself would regard as a conservative, a middle-class party. Nevertheless, it is neither Orange nor Green. It is not unionist or nationalist. And you have got now a significant section of the representatives in Stormont who do not designate themselves Orange or Green, unionist or nationalist. And that’s a new factor. And the reason, if I could just finish on this “and it’s a new factor,” is that the Constitution in Northern Ireland, the arrangements set up under the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, doesn’t allow for three separate designations at Stormont. I mean, it is built upon — the Good Friday Agreement is built upon the notion, really, the implicit notion, that everybody in Northern Ireland can be allocated to either the Green party or the Orange party. And then the task is — and this is what the Good Friday Agreement was about — to find a way in which the Green side and the Orange side can live together and share power. The implications of another bloc in the middle, neither Orange nor Green, emerging — and I think that really is in the process of emerging — are uncharted. This was never planned for. And so it’s going to be interesting to watch that, and none of us knows how it’s going to work out.
AMY GOODMAN: I also wanted to go to former President of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams leading a vigil last week in West Belfast marking the 41st year since the death of Bobby Sands, May 5th, 1981, while on hunger strike at the Maze prison.
GERRY ADAMS: Very impressive white line picket to mark the anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands 41 years ago. So, those of us who were active in those days will remember with sadness and huge pride Bobby and the other hunger strikers.
AMY GOODMAN: And that’s former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams standing with others, leading a vigil, holding Bobby Sands’ picture. How Bobby Sands’ death and the hunger strikes and the IRA link to the victory today for Sinn Féin, Eamonn?
EAMONN McCANN: Well, it’s a long time since Bobby Sands died, of course. And Bobby Sands died in pursuit of a united Ireland. He gave his life, literally, I mean, to bring about a united Ireland. And there can be a discussion today, in 2022 — and indeed there is a discussion — as to whether the settlement which has been reached under the Good Friday Agreement, whether that represents an adequate return on the pain invested, if you like, by republicans, and by the nationalist community generally, in Northern Ireland. Is the settlement, which is now being put in place and which is operating, is that a fair enough return? And that’s a question, of course, which you can’t answer yes or no, or certainly we can’t answer it yes or no as yet. So, again, sort of there’s — when we talk about — it’s a very fluid situation in Ireland, and particularly in Northern Ireland. And it would be foolish to analyze it in terms of static positions for and against unification or for and against retaining Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom, in a cliché, in a clichéd way.
AMY GOODMAN: We have five seconds, Eamonn.
EAMONN McCANN: OK, a cliché, still all to be played for, whether we identify the settlement, and was very dubious. Northern Ireland defies logic. And so, nobody knows, literally. I don’t know. Nobody else knows how this thing is going to work out.
AMY GOODMAN: We’ll leave it there, Eamonn McCann, journalist, 1974 book, just republished, War and an Irish Town; Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin lawmaker in the Irish parliament. I’m Amy Goodman. Stay safe. | <urn:uuid:c01ddcae-0851-4d8c-9a7a-fb4fbb75424b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/9/irish_nationalist_sinn_fein_party_northern | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.968376 | 3,317 | 2.109375 | 2 |
In the first of a three-part series, Rachel Johnston looks at the longère, the maison de maître and the château
One of France’s most traditional house styles, the longère is, as its name suggests, a distinctly ‘long’ building erected in a rectangular shape and typically 20 to 30 metres in length. Longères are most common in Brittany, but as they were usually built for agricultural use, this is not merely a coincidence. The region has always been seen as a major food producer for the rest of France and, being a peninsula, has more access to the sea than any other region. An increasing number of farmers and fishermen working in Brittany required a place to live and, as the simplest and least costly form of architecture (just four walls and a roof), the longère proliferated.
Sections of the building would be devoted to different uses: the storage of agricultural produce, the housing of livestock and – typically in the centre – the owners’ or farmworkers’ living quarters. They could thus be very much regarded as houses of ‘multiple occupancy’ as well as family dwellings. The house was usually built with the elements in mind, in a dip in the landscape with its back facing the most likely wind direction, and conceived as a one-storey building with an attic space. This could be used to store food as well as straw for the winter months, and would also have acted as an effective insulator – but in many renovated longères it has been converted to offer additional accommodation, making use of Velux or dormer windows.
Over time, the need for manual labourers diminished and thus the buildings that housed them became redundant, so there are many longères that have suffered long-term neglect and are ripe for renovation. Traditional, locally available materials such as granite, slate and timber were used for construction, making the building a true representative of the French country economy.
Although Brittany has the highest concentration of France’s longères, they can also be found in Normandy, Pays-de-la-Loire, Limousin and other western regions.
MAISON DE MAÎTRE
Translating as ‘master’s house’, the maison de maître is an elegant bourgeois mansion of 18th- or 19th-century origins that would originally have been the home of a squire or other minor landowner. It is not unique to a particular region of France, nor is it exclusive to a town or village setting, but its symmetrical facade with central front door, tall sash-style windows, shutters, and gently pitched roof supporting chimneys make it instantly recognisable. Behind their stately facades, maisons de maître typically have evenly proportioned interiors with high ceilings. There are often four main rooms on each floor, the ground-floor reception rooms opening off a central entrance hall and each offering a similar style and footprint, where the original gentleman owner would receive and entertain visitors.
In addition to its existence as a status symbol, the maison de maître had a strong connection to farming as its owner typically lived off agricultural rents. It thus often had an attached or accompanying farmstead occupied by tenants, which it typically faced across a courtyard to the rear. After the Revolution, the main house became the property of active farmers and vintners, rather than just landowners.
The maison de maître should be differentiated from the gentilhommière and the manoir, although the three terms are often used interchangeably by owners and agents. Gentilhommières (‘gentilhomme’ meaning ‘gentleman’) tended to mimic town fashions rather than local building traditions, built and owned by bourgeois landowners that had little or no involvement with farming – hence they tend to lack the accompanying outbuildings that would have been necessary to a farm. A variation of the gentilhommière is the chartreuse, a one-storey house flanked by pavilions and commonly found in rural positions in Gascony.
The manoir, which can be directly translated as the English ‘manor’, was originally occupied by a man of rank – a lord, for example – but it was built on a more intimate scale than the other main aristocratic home, the château. Manoirs are always sizeable and located in the countryside, but they were originally little more than a grand farmhouse. Finally, the maison bourgeoise is similar to the maison de maître in its elegant appearance, but does not have quite the same standing. Maisons de maître make excellent family homes for the discerning buyer; they tend to have generous proportions while remaining ‘homely’ and not costing a fortune to upkeep.
The term ‘château’ in modern parlance can refer to a wide range of buildings in France, but the common – and acknowledged – denominator is its grandeur and prestige. Whether it’s a country residence surrounded by an estate or domaine or a moated, turreted seat with royal connections, the term applies – but it is helpful to recognise its subtle variations. Although the 18th-century origin of the word ‘château’ is ‘chastel’, a distinction should be made between ‘château’ and ‘castle’. The former is frequently mistranslated as the latter, when in fact the appropriate French equivalent is the château fort. Castles were built primarily for defensive purposes and can date back as far as the 10th century, identifiable by attributes such as arrow slits, battlements and fortified walls to withstand sieges.
By the late 15th century, military emphasis had given way to a desire for comfort, and power was symbolised instead by opulent display. The area of France perhaps most synonymous with châteaux de plaisance is the Loire Valley, where over 300 palace-like buildings either cling to the banks of the River Loire or radiate out from it. Most of these are listed as monuments historiques and attract thousands of visitors every year. The Loire Valley is easily accessible from Paris and such buildings were used as lavish summer residences outside the capital, often situated at the centre of hectares of parkland providing both security and sporting opportunities.
After the Revolution, the term came to describe any grand country house, but especially if it was resplendent with towers and set in a landscaped park. These can often resemble the maison de maître with elegant, symmetrical facades, only often of greater width. Features can include elaborate stonework and cornicing, and sometimes integrated staff accommodation. A château can also be a winemaking property, found across all of France’s wine regions with large concentrations around Bordeaux and in Provence and Languedoc, and popularised by films such as A Good Year. The château featured as Russell Crowe’s sprawling inheritance is in fact Château La Canorgue, situated at the heart of the Luberon in western Provence and open for public tours.
The term ‘petit château’ is used to describe a residence with all the impressive architectural detail of a château but one that is slightly smaller in size, while a maison forte signifies any type of house designed with a degree of security and defence in mind, where the term ‘castle’ is not appropriate. | <urn:uuid:92353b02-97e9-4aee-8884-12dd24b2343d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.completefrance.com/french-property/buying-and-selling/3-french-property-styles-explained-8348528/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.967635 | 1,599 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Shifting energy market an opportunity for data centres
The modern conception of the electricity grid as a smart utility capable of managing its own load and adjusting its balance of renewable and non-renewable energy sources seems far away, but moves are ongoing to bring this vision to life. Similarly, consumers are getting more informed about the energy they consume and how they can cut down on bills and output. Stuck in the middle are the data centres driving the economy, trying to match exploding demand in a sustainable manner. So how does Ireland meet its carbon reduction commitments when homes are trying to use less power while data centres need more?
Niall Kitson (NK) was joined by Enel X head of operations for UK & Ireland John Byrne (JB) and Russ Barker (RB), product & service sales director, UK & Ireland, to discuss the changing market on TechRadio.
NK: The energy market has had to shift in line with the demands that have been placed on the grid with this move towards home working. What have you seen in patterns of energy usage?
JB: There’s certainly been a move towards remote working and cloud services. And that appears to be changing the energy markets. There’s an ongoing fundamental shift, certainly during Covid-19 but we’ve even seen before then. There’s been a 40% surge in data usage between February last year and April last year. And, obviously, this is due to increases in video streaming, remote working from Covid-19. However, even before we locked down, data consumption was on as a well-established, long-term growth trajectory driven by the number of devices, content streaming, etc.
NK: So, this sort of encompasses that move from business to the home on from the high street to e-commerce services. One imagines this reconfiguration of energy demand changes things from managing the large building to the home office. Is this a kind of ‘consumerisation’ of the energy market?
JB: Absolutely. Look at the growth in remote working and [as a result] electrical consumption in data centres. We know data centres consume huge, huge amounts of power, obviously, for cooling of racks, and I think we expect to see an increase a 15-fold increase by 2030. Up to 8% of projects, total global electricity demand, which is up from 1%, just a short time ago.
NK: Russ, at vertiv, you have a slightly different perspective. What challenges do you see the data centre industry specifically dealing with?
RB: The data centre industry is primarily about that revolve around how quickly it’s growing. The government chief information officer came out with a report that it’s looking for a reset of planning permission for data centres in Ireland. By 2030 8% of global demand will be in data centres, while in Ireland, you’re already at 11% of your of your domestic demand and that’s heading to 19% and up to 25% by 2030. That’s a really unusual scenario in terms of the amount of data centre power being taken against domestic consumption. It clearly puts a huge load on the existing supply time when Ireland is trying to decarbonise. So it’s driving the narrative of data centres taking all the power and it’s suggesting we need to have a look and see what the future looks like.
When John is talking about the increase of renewables, what this creates is a less resilient grid or less fault-tolerant grid. You need to provide some demand-side services where you can load shut when you need to and provide frequency response services. The equipment we provide into data centres can do that.
What looks to be happening with the CRU [Commission for Regulation of Utilities] is going to be a legislative drive to make sure that those services are in place. If that happens, you move from a narrative of data centres taking all the power to data centres actually participating in the solution to that would meet its target of 70% of renewables by 2030.
NK: What do you envisage the data centre of the next 10 years looking like?
RB: I think you’ll still see the military-looking buildings without many identifying marks and all that wonderful stuff in the high fences for security. But I think if you look at it from the top down you will have data centres that are not just using power, but data centres are also producing power. In order to get a connection, you’re going to have to generate power on site.
Let’s say you build a data centre, you need to have a gas generation plant, which is able to power the data centre or return to power back into the grid – you’re producing power at times of high need for the domestic market.
The UPS that we provide, and the facilities that analysis we provide allow us to provide frequency response services within hundreds of milliseconds. This is not something that you can do by just removing demand, it has to be permanently connected and available. That allows you to react quickly to faults in the system, which are going to be more prevalent when you have much more renewable power, they’ll interact with that system.
In doing that, the data centre operators will actually gain revenue for provision of services at the same time as allowing Ireland to hit that 70% renewable energy target. It will also help them to gain the planning permission that they need to continue to operate in the country. From the top down, you’ll begin to see a data centre more as a complete energy centre. It kind of ties into your point about what’s going to happen in the home. We will all have solar, we will all have some sort of energy storage on site, it’s really that sort of move away from a centralised energy service to one where it’s much more distributed.
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25 Mar React Native and Flutter: A Detailed Comparison
In our previous blog, we had laid out the basics of Flutter and React Native. We saw their advantages and disadvantages along with the popular apps that individually use them. Now, when it comes to their overall performance, it is quite debatable. Both of these frameworks provide the best with respect to agility and speed.
In today’s blog, we will dive deeper into more details of their performance, architecture, responsiveness towards complex apps etc.
Flutter: Flutter, in most cases, provides better performance than React Native. It eliminates the need for any bridge for communication between native modules. This is made possible due to the fact that there are native components available.
Below, we will compare these two frameworks in some more parameters.
Flutter: Flutter supports a layered architecture. The usual hierarchy of an app on this frameworks begins with top-level root function. Basic widgets are what come next and they interact with the platform and form layers. Beyond this second layer, we get the animation gestures. They help to transfer the API calls to the very basic foundation of the app. The benefit of such a layered architecture is that it is friendly for developers of varied experiences. They can easily make complex apps with really small components using Flutter.
Compatibility with complex apps
Flutter: As of this present day, Flutter does seem less suitable to handle complexity in app development. When it comes to building an MVP, yes, this is a great framework! Developers can also use Flutter to build better and quicker prototypes for experimentation and cost optimization.
React Native: one strong point of React Native is its suitability to help build complex projects. One thing that we would like to remind here is that such development is possible only when you integrate native app development with it. In such stages, we can call your apps hybrid apps instead of cross-platform apps.
Ease of Testing apps
Flutter: Flutter apps are much easier to test as it offers an extensive support and facilities for automated testing. It has unending testing features and a detailed documentation on the same. You can test your apps at the unit and widget levels and even at the integration levels. Apart from this, Flutter also has its deployment process documented for further assistance to the developers.
React Native: This framework has no official support for any interface level testing or integration testing. It comes with limited unit level testing frameworks that you can use to test apps. Developers need to take help from third party setups like Detox or Appium in order to correct bugs in the apps. Not only this, but React Native relies on third party libraries in order to build or release automation.
Flutter: After its launch in the year 2017, Flutter has been gladly welcomed in developer communities all around. However, when it comes to professional contributors, React Native wins by a huge margin. Some of the popular platforms that can be used to connect with Flutter’s global community include Discord, Slack, Reddit and Stack Overflow etc.
React Native: This framework was launched in the year 2015 and there has been no looking back since then! With a huge number of contributors, it is proved that the size of the community has been extensively growing. The community is very active and can even help a novice developer in building apps using this platform. You can reach out to the community through platforms like Telegram, Reddit, Slack, Meet up and more.
Flutter: Maintenance of codes in Flutter apps are quite easy. The codes are really simple and can easily help to detect any issues by developers. The total time taken for release of good updates or applying changes to an app is pretty decent than other frameworks like React Native.
React Native: It could be a task to upgrade or solve bugs in a code on React Native apps. When you change any code, it affects the framework’s logic and can slow down the development. Not only this, as we already saw, there can be a lot of third-party dependency.
These are some of the basic differences between the two platforms. You should choose Flutter if native functionality is not a mandate for you and you are tight on costs and time. For faster codes and deployment, Flutter is the right fit. You must choose React Native if you are looking to scale your existing apps and build lightweight native apps.
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Null File Finder is a simple utility to find null-filled and/or empty files on your system. This can be especially useful after a system crash that could have corrupted data.
How to use
Run the software, pick a drive (or directory) to scan, choose your options, and go! Note that it might take a while to finish. Double-click on a file in the list to locate it in Windows Explorer and do whatever you want with it.
Check this to include empty (0-byte) files
Files filled with nulls
Check this to include files that consist only of null 0x00 bytes
Check this box to scan the entire file (which might take a long time for larger files). If unchecked, only the beginning of the file is scanned, which is much faster and often gives a good idea of whether the file is null-filled.
Some files cannot be accessed during the scan. Check this box to show them in the list.
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There are currently over 1.8 billion websites on the internet. If your business has a website, it must compete for its position in the search engine results pages (SERP) against thousands or even millions of other sites. Getting to the top spot takes hard work.
This hard work is known as search engine optimization, or SEO for short. If you’ve never heard of SEO, you’ve been doing your website a disservice for too long and it’s time to start smart marketing by optimizing your site and all of the content on it.
But what are the business benefits of SEO?
In this article, we’ll uncover some of the impressive advantages of using small business SEO in your organization.
- 1 Organic Search Is a Great Source of Traffic
- 2 SEO Leads to a Better User Experience
- 3 SEO Targets Quality Traffic
- 4 SEO Builds Trust
- 5 Local SEO Leads to Higher Engagement, Traffic, and Conversions
- 6 SEO Has a Positive Impact On the Buying Cycle
- 7 SEO Is Good for Cost Management
- 8 Understanding the Business Benefits of Best-in-Class SEO
Organic Search Is a Great Source of Traffic
Very often, organic search will play a major part in the performance of a business’s website.
As any smart marketer knows, Google owns the lion’s share of the search market and Google is the most visited website in the world. For this reason, you should follow Google’s guidelines.
Being very visible and a trusted resource to Google and other search engines will always work in your business’s favor. Having a great-looking website and using high-quality SEO will ensure you become trusted in the eyes of Google.
SEO Leads to a Better User Experience
SEO has many facets and you should always try to work as many angles as possible. For instance, SEO requires you to optimize all of your content including your images. You’ll also need to think about making sure your website loads quickly and that it works on any device.
All of these things add up to an improved user experience for your site’s visitors. A better user experience leads to higher conversion rates and better brand recall.
Most businesses want better visibility and organic rankings. Many overlook the fact that having the perfect user experience will help you attain this.
Google knows that user experience matters, so this affects your ranking factor.
SEO Targets Quality Traffic
One great business benefit of SEO is that it is an inbound strategy. That is to say that it’s not an outbound strategy that involves contacting consumers if they want to be contacted or not. Inbound marketing is focused on making it easier for your audience to seek you out when they need information from you.
Unlike outbound marketing methods such as cold calling, interruptive ads, or spam emails, inbound marketing centers on the customer.
Not only is this much more convenient and less annoying for customers, it means that consumers want to find your website, meaning you’ll result in more qualified leads.
SEO Builds Trust
The primary goal of SEO should be to establish a foundation for your website that provides a great user experience and is discoverable in search.
There are many elements that go into establishing and maintaining authority with search engines such as Google. Authority builds trust. This can be accrued over time through the following elements:
- Positive user behavior
- High-quality backlinks
- Killer content
Establishing this authority will do considerably more for your brand than most digital marketing strategies. The only issue is that building trust takes time.
Building brand authority requires patience, commitment, and effort. It is also reliant on you providing a good quality product or service that customers can trust.
Local SEO Leads to Higher Engagement, Traffic, and Conversions
With mobile traffic on the rise, local search has become pivotal in the success of many small and medium-sized companies.
Local SEO sets out to optimize your website for a certain area, so people can easily find you. This puts you closer to the transaction.
Local SEO focuses on certain towns, cities, and states. Understanding SEO will allow you to optimize local citations and local listings that are relevant to the industry and area in which the brand belongs.
To help boost engagement at a local level, you should optimize your Google My Business listing and Knowledge Graph panel. You need to also focus on obtaining reviews on Google and other listings sites such as Yelp.
SEO Has a Positive Impact On the Buying Cycle
One of the biggest benefits of the internet from a buying perspective is that customers will generally do their research.
By making use of SEO to promote great products, services, or deals will always be a massive game-changer. This will have a positive impact on the buying cycle when handled in the correct manner.
Brands need to be visible where people need them to be. Local SEO improves that visibility, allowing customers to find answers from businesses.
SEO Is Good for Cost Management
When you have great SEO, and a top-ranking site, there’s no need to buy pay-per-click advertising for your site. You’ll always stay at the top of the search results for as long as users continue to click on your links in search.
Many of the best inbound lead generation techniques used in small business marketing are free. These include SEO, blogging, referrals, and social media management.
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The smart money sees a green future in alternative technology.
Investments in alternative energy sources are expected to grow to between $6.2 billion and $8.8 billion by 2009 as decades of U.S. and European research and development mature, the Cleantech Venture Network in Ann Arbor, Mich. reports.
“Clean energy has come of age,” says Scott Barrington, director of private equity at Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis. “I went from being a huge cynic three or four years ago to being one of its biggest fans. The opportunity is global and the technology now at cost-effective price point. From an investment perspective, the talent pool -- CEOs, engineers and venture capitalists -- are absolutely on par with other key sectors at this stage in their development, including semiconductors and software.”
Panels will discuss conventional sources of energy and the futuresources.
Investments in clean energy are driven by concerns about national security, energy independence and expected increases in the price of oil due to higher worldwide demand, especially from China and India.
Venture capital investments in biofuels, including ethanol and biodiesel, grew to $740 million in 2006 from $110.5 million in 2005. Solar investments rose to $378 million in 2006 from $242 million in 2005 while wind energy attracted $380 million last year compared with $1.5 million in 2005, Cleantech Venture Network says.
Fuel cells and solar power offer great future promise and hydrogen is the holy grail of clean energy, but cellulosic ethanol appears to be the closest to rewarding investors with solid returns in the immediate future.
The future of ethanol as a cost-competitive product that can thrive without government subsidies may lie in new technologies based on production from cellulose rather than corn including agricultural waste such as corncobs, wheat husks, stems, stalks and even leaves.
The key, analysts say, is the use of specially engineered enzymes designed to break the waste material into its component sugars that are then used to make ethanol. Major chemical companies active in the field include Dow Chemical, DuPont and Cargill.
Jim Matheson, general partner at Flagship Ventures in Cambridge, Mass., says a “perfect storm” of needs, new technology and growing public demand for alternative energy make cellulosic ethanol a good investment.
“The drive for energy independence, the need to get away from petroleum-based products,environmental concerns and a quickly developing technology converge to make cellulosic ethanol a good investment,” he says. “I think there’s potentially a little froth in clean tech but it will be a major issue in the 2008 election and the money will follow. I think in four or five years, the capital to support the technology will be in place.”
Flagship Ventures has invested in Mascoma, a cellulosic ethanol producer that received a $14.8 million award from the state of New York to build and operate a biomass-to-ethanol demonstration plant in Rochester, N.Y. The plant, expected to be running late this year or early 2008, is designed to operate on a range of New York State agricultural and forest products including paper sludge, wood chips, switch grass and corn stalks.
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Before this yr, crypto was a cult. In 2021, crypto turned tradition.
The motion was each catalyzed and led by the standard-bearer of digital artwork, Mike Winkelmann, identified to the world as Beeple. No one in crypto had predicted that artwork could be what would carry crypto into the mainstream earlier than this yr, however right here we’re, and I am very grateful for the brand new power and new entrants into our neighborhood.
Human One, Beeple’s masterpiece digital sculpture, capped the yr as maybe a very powerful non-fungible token (NFT) ever minted and, in response to Jehan Chu, the main voice within the crossover between crypto and tremendous artwork, “the most important piece of art in this century, so far.”
Ryan Zurrer is founder and managing director at Dialectic AG, a bespoke invite-only crypto-wealth multi-family workplace. This put up is a part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.
The first native of the metaverse, Human One is a vital meditation on mankind’s first steps into this new digital realm and invitations deep questions on our relationship between our digital identities in relation to our real-world selves. The introspective dialog that Human One invokes is well timed and poignant in our society as every particular person should wrestle with this new sense of self and discover a stability between these worlds we now occupy concurrently.
During the NFT.NYC convention in New York, Human One was a pilgrimage, attracting 1000’s to see it. The strains exterior the Christie’s showroom give us a information level of simply how a lot Human One resonates and evokes folks from all walks of life.
The bodily renditions of digital artwork that Beeple thoughtfully builds with 3D printers, laser cutters and robotics at his futuristic campus in Charleston, South Carolina, additionally add a new layer to the design house between the metaverse and our bodily actuality. I was fortunate sufficient to journey to Beeple’s sprawling campus the place Mike (Beeple), his brother Scott and a number of artists and aerospace engineers are innovating at a wild tempo. It actually felt like taking a journey by some loopy mixture of Andy Warhol’s studio and Bell Labs of their respective primes.
A dwelling, evolving art work
When an artist indicators their work, it signifies that it’s accomplished. While Beeple’s staff has signed Human One, Mike and Scott nonetheless haven’t, signifying that their work shouldn’t be but accomplished. I suppose the world didn’t actually perceive that Beeple will replace Human One usually and for the remainder of his profession. This essentially adjustments the connection between artist and collector, one other first within the historical past of artwork. By the tip of Beeple’s profession, Human One will really be many 1000’s of his works.
Further, we already see that Beeple is a true grasp of his craft, consistently evolving, innovating and enhancing. I made a wager right here that Beeple’s future items shall be even higher than his earlier work.
For the laughs
Beeple captures popular culture with the deft lens of Warhol, has the wide-sweeping vary of abilities of Jeff Koons and the irreverent scale of ambition of Damien Hirst, multi function. But much more wonderful, he’s a fantastic, humble and hilarious human being. An enormous a part of the worth for me is that I get to have a 30+ yr journey with my good buddy. This funding can pay for itself in stomach laughs many occasions over.
Metcalfe’s Law utilized to NFTs
I’m regularly requested why NFTs garner such important premiums in comparison with their comparable bodily contemporaries. This phenomenon attracts some rationale from Metcalfe’s Law, the legislation that a community’s worth is the sq. of the connections in mentioned community, however loosely utilized to artwork.
Because there may be a huge and really well-capitalized viewers that may bid for any piece at any time, we’ve got purer value discovery, which has pushed costs increased. An instance: If you held a particular Picasso in your house, the probabilities that somebody would stroll by the art work who has each the means and need to make you a compelling provide is extremely low.
Read extra: Most Influential 2021: Beeple
Even when you take it to public sale, there may be a minuscule fraction of your potential market that may even have consciousness of the piece. With NFTs, anybody globally can deeply analyze any piece and make any provide at any time to you in your works. A results of this market dynamic is that on-line marketplaces reminiscent of SuperRare are considerably outperforming Sotheby’s and Christie’s this yr as many artists have A/B examined how finest to promote their works. Expect this distinction to develop into extra pronounced transferring ahead.
What to count on in 2022
I predict a collection of occasions to happen over the following 18 months and provide a roadmap on how I intend to navigate these uncharted waters:
First, we’ll see a broadening of the use circumstances of NFTs. Expect music NFTs to enter the highlight. However, mental property, full function movies, spatial NFTs utilizing augmented actuality and digital actuality (AR/VR) and plenty of different types of media and digital belongings will emerge as NFTs. This is fantastic as a result of one in every of my favourite outcomes of the NFT motion is the way it has created a significant new wealth distribution in crypto. Another new cohort of creators will now have a path to monetary and artistic independence. Overall, the market will develop fairly considerably past in the present day’s main classes of gaming, collectibles and tremendous artwork that caught hearth in 2021.
However, we may even be compelled into specialization. In our personal accumulating at my household workplace Dialectic, the gaming selections are made by completely different professionals than the artwork selections and so on. I suspect specialization will proliferate.
Second, sooner or later, we’ll inevitably have a washout and migration in the direction of high quality. Like preliminary coin choices (ICOs) in 2017 and basically all rising industries earlier than, 90% or extra of the belongings and initiatives that went parabolic within the hype-cycle upswing will show almost nugatory over time. However, let’s do not forget that the roughly 10% that does survive goes on to be extremely worthwhile and vital.
In order to navigate this reckoning, my very own North Star is outlined by a idea I name “Proof of Art Work.” If we draw on a crypto instance, one might argue that the very baseline minimal worth of a proof-of-work crypto community, reminiscent of Bitcoin, is the sum of the capital expenditures and operational expenditures, i.e. the “work” that it took to carry the codebase and ledger to the current second. At Dialectic, we have a look at art work the identical manner, and we ask ourselves how a lot time, effort, collaboration, innovation, creative advantage and coaching went into the piece at hand. I ask myself, is it uncommon? Is it culturally vital? Is it progressive both technically or within the story it tells and the feelings it evokes?
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Even with the best teams and rock-solid pitches, most entrepreneurs get less capital than they want. This is especially true for women entrepreneurs, who on average receive 45 percent less capital than companies founded by men.
While that gender gap is out of founders’ control, there are several surprisingly common mistakes founders can control and avoid when it comes to funding. To maximize investments and grow your startup into a successful company, watch out for these pitfalls:
The mistake: Elevating idea over strategy
When it comes to the pitch, investors want more than, “We have this great idea!”
The fix: To give yourself the best possible chance of getting funded, demonstrate concrete strategies for reaching your growth goals and growing the value of your company.
The example: A company had a new manufacturing component that slashed electricity use. The value proposition was clear: Its product cost the same as the one it sought to replace but was more efficient. The founders also had a target list of prospects that had pledged to reduce electricity consumption, which it had further segmented to companies eligible for subsidies. The value proposition and detailed growth plan were compelling.
The mistake: Focusing on run rate
There’s another thing investors hear all too often in pitch meetings: “This investment will keep us in business for X months before we have to raise the next round.”
This doesn’t tell potential investors what they need to know, and it doesn’t give them confidence. What is the incentive for an investor to come in early, if you can’t explain how you’ll grow the value of their investment before taking additional funding? They might as well wait for the next round – if they’re interested at all.
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Perth based Scottish and Southern Energy has responded to the consultations by the Scottish and UK Governments on Scotland’s independence referendum.
While they insist that no one “should seek to attribute to SSE a view on whether or not Scotland should remain part of the United Kingdom” and that “SSE does not believe it is appropriate for it to have a view on that question, which can only be answered by voters”, their observations will inevitably be used within the constitutional debate.
The energy market is extensively regulated by governments, and SSE are concerned solely with possible changes to the regulatory environment within which they operate.
SSE are keen “that the interconnection and integration of the electricity and gas systems and markets in Scotland and in England and Wales should continue regardless of the outcome of the referendum on Scotland’s future. This means that there should continue to be a single energy market for the islands of Great Britain, just as there is a single electricity market for the island of Ireland. Indeed, SSE supports further harmonisation of energy systems and markets to strengthen security of supply and achieve efficient use of energy resources for the benefit of customers.”
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing welcomed SSE’s submission and added: “We agree with SSE that post-independence we should maintain a single Great Britain energy market, within an increasingly unified single EU market – that has been the policy position of the Scottish government for some time.
Indeed, increased integration of energy markets across the UK and Ireland was agreed at a meeting of the British-Irish Council last summer.”
At the British-Irish Council the 8 governments of the British Islands and Ireland agreed: “the All Islands Approach (AIA) vision of an approach to energy resources across the British Islands and Ireland which enables opportunities for commercial generation and transmission, facilitating the cost-effective exploitation of the renewable energy resources available, increasing integration of their markets and improving security of supply. The Council agreed a set of principles to underpin the vision, and launched a programme of joint work spanning the potential for renewable energy trading, as well as workstreams on interconnection and market integration.”
A similar reassurance from Charles Hendry, UK Minister of State for Energy, to SSE would be valuable at this time.
Since inter-state co-operation in a single energy market across the island of Ireland already exists, only an rUK Government could disrupt the single market in the British Islands, or prevent increased regulatory co-operation across both island groups.
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Same as NBR, there are different levels of Acrylonitrile (ACN) content in different HNBR polymers. The ACN content can be varied from 17% to 49%. Lower ACN content gives better low temperature properties but poorer fuels and polar lubricants. Higher ACN content gives poorer low temperature properties but improves fuels and polar lubricants resistance. Standard HNBRs typically have 36% ACN content.
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ASTM D 1418 Designation: HNBR
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ASTM D2000 / SAE J 200 Codes: CH, DF, DH
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While the cloud remains the most extensively accessed technology today, many people still do not completely understand its functioning. But you will find millions using cloud computing for performing various tasks. Whether it is conducting online financial transactions or storing documents in services like Dropbox, the cloud is what you need. Surveys of about a thousand enterprises undertaken by Right Scale shows that the two key threats to cloud adoption have been compliance and security issues.
It is interesting to see that most clients are worried about security threats to their valuable data when it is moved to the cloud. Large cloud vendors have been maintaining data centers in various global locations. But they are still not sure whether it is really compliance issues or concern about data safety that discourages people from the cloud.
In the European Economic Area the enterprises which have worldwide operations face a lot of difficulty in maintaining uniform rules in different countries. But it is also imperative for them to ensure protection of data for their clients. There are many companies which are paranoid about data leakage when the transition to the cloud happens. There have been instances of leakage of personal data, and in 2015 alone, there were as many 1505 leaks of which about 905 was personal information. Microsoft has opened many UK-based data centers which have solved much of these issues for people using Office 365 cloud solutions. These businesses can keep specific data sets in UK-based facilities and use cloud hosting to improve work efficiencies. So, data sovereignty laws are complied with and costs are also reduced.
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Cloud adoption in the UK has far reaching consequences for businesses in the defence and healthcare sectors. Earlier, the NHS had been skeptical of the cloud fearing that patient data would be compromised. The task of compliance with data governing laws made matters worse. But, with UK based data centers coming up, the NHS trusts the Azure cloud infrastructure for keeping sensitive patient records. At the same time, they can guarantee total compliance with government rules and regulations. This has made it possible for other health practitioners to use devices for viewing, accessing and editing patient records seamlessly. This hassle-free experience has allowed the practitioners to give up the old method of sending emails of records to concerned patients. Since cloud computing follows a utility pricing model where you pay only for what you use, it has helped to cut down operational and capital costs of trusts.
Apart from the healthcare sector which is benefitting from these cloud computing solutions, there are many other businesses enjoying cost savings and operational efficiencies too. As more and more local data centers are coming up, the performance and reliability of systems is growing. Companies are slowly expanding their operations across the globe. Moving to cloud hosting is a far safer way than running remotely-accessible services independently. It is less risky for businesses which are steadily growing.
Like the healthcare businesses, the Ministry of Defence too has adopted the cloud computing technologies. It has started to make use of the Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services. For them the chief reasons have been security and cost-savings. They are now able to work together on documents easily and they can track time being spent by teams on emails, phone calls and meetings.
With the security and compliance issues being taken care, only the issue of user expertise remains to be tackled. IT personnel feel that understanding the cloud is not hard but implementing what is required is the real challenge. This explains why businesses are resorting to technical help from professional IT consultants. They can help you to understand the installation, deployment and management of the software. Cloud hosting triggers many problems, primarily compatibility problems. Since cloud hosting plans are being offered by many providers today, there is quite a bit of confusion and businesses cannot determine rightly which services are being provided to them.
Although cloud computing still remains ambiguous to many, the truth is that it can be understood easily. It can be deployed to improve work efficiencies. The very fact that UK based data centers are being established proves the way businesses are using cloud computing. While data storage may not be the prime criterion for choosing cloud hosting for businesses in the UK, they are still moving to the cloud for operational convenience. As consequences of Brexit come to the surface, businesses will continue to handle compliance issues. It is therefore recommended that UK businesses should evaluate their existing IT set-ups. They should get in touch with professional IT consultants to carry out a secure and stable transition to the cloud.
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Chiropractic care is a medical way to relieve pain, correct posture and improve mobility, but it’s also a way to pamper the body with health. It was an essential method of care for athletes and warriors in ancient Greece and it was Hippocrates that first postulated that illnesses, diseases and pain weren’t restricted to the part of the body that were affected.
The spine is the pillar that protects the spine, supports the body, and enables people to maintain an upright position. It provides the structural integrity needed for the body to perform a wide variety of motions. Over time, the spine can experience small misalignments that affect the surrounding nerves, tendons, ligaments and nerves.
Those small changes can result in back pain and other areas of the body due to the disruption of neurological function.
Chiropractor Doreen provides a variety of gentle, hands-on therapies appropriate for people of all ages, from infants to seniors, to return the spine to its proper position, address sports-related injuries, relieve pain, improve range of motion, and treat chronic conditions. While chiropractic care has an emphasis on the spine, chiropractors provide treatment for a variety of musculoskeletal disorders and nervous system dysfunction.
A chiropractor in Doreen & Epping and Chiro Mill Park uses manual manipulation and massage therapy to create a customized treatment plan for each patient. Chiropractic care is beneficial for bone and joint problems that include arthritis and dislocations, along with nervous system dysfunction and inflammatory conditions. Treatments aid in relief for scoliosis that limits range of motion and can cause breathing difficulties.
Therapeutic massage can be used as a stand-alone treatment or in conjunction with a wide variety of other methods. Chiropractic care Newcastle encompasses massage for pain associated with fibromyalgia, broken bones and following surgery. It’s proven especially effective for those that are undergoing chemotherapy.
The chiropractic therapies available promote circulation, lower blood pressure, and help with pain management and relief. It improves immune system function, is beneficial for anger management and smoking cessation programs, aids in sports performance and relieves stress. Chiropractic care Whittlesea patients will also experience better sleep, improved cognition and better quality of life.
If you are one of the millions of people who suffer from incontinence, you know how difficult it can be to manage day-to-day activities. Thankfully, there are a variety of incontinence products on the market that can help make life a little bit easier. In this blog post, we will discuss the different types of incontinence products available and what you need to know before making a purchase.
Absorbent pads and underwear are designed to absorb urine leakage and keep you feeling dry, which can help you to maintain your dignity and confidence. There are many different types and brands of absorbent pads and underwear available, so it is important to choose the products that are right for you. You may want to consider the absorbency level, the size and shape of the product, and the material that it is made from. Once you have found the products that work best for you, adult incontinence will no longer have to be a source of embarrassment or anxiety.
Urinary catheters are tubes that are inserted into the bladder to allow urine to drain into a bag. They are typically used when a person is unable to urinate on their own, such as after surgery. Catheters can be made of different materials, including silicone, latex, and PVC. They can also be equipped with features like drainage bags and valves. While urinary catheters are generally safe, there are some risks associated with their use. These include infections, bladder stones, and blood in the urine. However, these complications are rare and can usually be avoided with proper care. If you are considering using a urinary catheter, talk to your doctor about the best option for you.
When choosing a continence aids, adult incontinence products and nappies for sale online, it is important to consider your level of incontinence. If you have a light level of incontinence, you may only need to use absorbent pads or underwear on occasion. If you have a moderate or severe level of incontinence, you may need to use absorbent pads or underwear all day long or use a urinary catheter.
It is also important to consider the absorbency of the incontinence product. If you have a light level of incontinence, you will likely need a product with a lower absorbency. If you have a moderate or severe level of incontinence, you will likely need a product with a higher absorbency.
Finally, it is important to choose an incontinence product that fits well and is comfortable. Absorbent pads and underwear come in a variety of sizes, so it is important to find one that fits well. Urinary catheters come in different sizes as well, so it is important to find one that is the right size for your body.
No one ever thinks about medical cleaning services until they absolutely need them. And by that time, it’s often too late. Hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities are breeding grounds for bacteria and viruses. Without a professional team of cleaners who are specifically trained in medical cleaning procedures, these places can quickly become unsanitary and dangerous. In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of hiring medical cleaning services and why you should never neglect this important part of your business!
One of the most important reasons to hire medical cleaning Perth services is for the safety of your patients. Healthcare facilities are places where people come to get better, not sicker. By hiring a team of professional cleaners, you can ensure that your facility is clean and safe for everyone who comes in contact with it.
When you think about medical cleaning company Australia, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the cleanliness of your facility. However, there are actually many other benefits to hiring professional cleaners. For example, medical cleaning services can help to reduce the spread of infection. Studies have shown that healthcare facilities that are cleaned by professional cleaners have lower rates of healthcare-associated infections. In addition, medical cleaning services can also help to improve indoor air quality. Poor indoor air quality has been linked to a variety of health problems, including asthma, allergies, and even cancer. By hiring medical cleaning services, you can help to ensure that your facility is safe and healthy for everyone who comes in contact with it.
Another important reason to consider medical cleaning Melbourne services is for the sake of your employees. Working in a healthcare setting can be stressful enough without having to worry about whether or not the place is clean. When you hire medical cleaning services, you can rest assured knowing that your employees will be working in a safe and clean environment.
Lastly, medical cleaning services can save you money in the long run. Yes, hiring a team of professional cleaners may seem like an unnecessary expense at first, but it will save you money in the long run. When your facility is clean and sanitary, you will avoid costly shut-downs and medical emergencies.
So there you have it! These are just a few of the many reasons why medical cleaning services are so important. If you own or operate a healthcare facility, do not neglect this essential part of your business!
There’s simply too much at stake.
If you’re looking for medical cleaning services, look no further than Cleantastic. They are experts in medical cleaning and they would be more than happy to help you keep your facility clean and safe.
If you are a runner, then you have probably experienced the pain of runner’s knee at some point. This condition can be extremely frustrating and can keep you from doing the things that you love. In this blog post, we will discuss how to fix runner’s knee and get you back on your feet in no time!
If you’re a runner, then you know the importance of taking care of your knees. Runner’s knee is a common injury that can sideline even the most experienced runners. The good news is that there are a number of effective runners knee prospect treatments available that can help you get back on the road to recovery. One of the most effective treatments for runner’s knee is physical therapy. Physical therapy can help to strengthen the muscles around the knee, which can help to prevent future injuries.
In addition, physical therapy can also help to reduce pain and inflammation. If you’re looking for an effective treatment for runner’s knee, be sure to talk to your doctor about physical therapy.
There are a number of different factors that can contribute to runner’s knee pain, including overuse, improper form, and weakness in the muscles around the knee. One of the most common causes of runner’s knee pain is overuse, or prolonged running without giving the body adequate time to recover. This can lead to inflammation and irritation of the tendons and ligaments around the knee, resulting in pain. Improper form is another common cause of runner’s knee pain.
Anyone who has ever run a long distance knows that it can be tough on the knees. The constant impact can lead to pain and swelling, making it difficult to run further. This is why it is so important to maintain good form while running. By keeping the knees in alignment and landing correctly, runners can minimize the stress on their joints and prevent pain. Additionally, runners should focus on building up their leg muscles, as strong muscles help to support the knees and absorb some of the impact.
Finally, weakness in the muscles around the knee can also contribute to runner’s knee pain. When these muscles are weak, they are unable to properly support the joint, which can lead to pain. By understanding the different causes of runner’s knee pain, runners can be better equipped to prevent it.
Runners are all too familiar with the nagging pain of runner’s knee. Fortunately, there are a number of things that can be done to treat this condition and get back on the road. The first step is to consult a runners knee Burnside specialist. They will be able to diagnose the problem and recommend the best course of treatment. This may include physical therapy, bracing, or injections. In some cases, surgery may be necessary. However, most cases of runner’s knee can be resolved with non-invasive treatments. So don’t despair if you’re dealing with this painful condition. There are options available to help you find relief.
You may be wondering if you need to see a chiropractor. There are many signs that you may need to seek chiropractic care. Chiropractors can help with a variety of issues, including back pain, neck pain, and headaches. In this blog post, we will discuss some of the most common signs that you should visit a chiropractor. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, please don’t hesitate to make an appointment!
Chronic back pain
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people see a chiropractor. It can be caused by a number of factors, including poor posture, muscle strain, and injuries. If you are experiencing back pain that lasts longer than a few days or is severe, it may be time to see a chiropractor. Chiropractors can help to relieve back pain and improve your overall spine health.
Neck pain is a common issue that can be caused by a variety of factors, including poor posture, injuries, and stress. If you are experiencing neck pain, Chiropractor Mornington can help to relieve the pain and improve your overall neck health. Chiropractors use a variety of techniques to adjust the spine and release tension in the muscles and joints. As a result, chiropractic care can help to reduce pain, improve range of motion, and prevent further injury. In addition, chiropractors can provide guidance on how to maintain good posture and avoid neck pain in the future. If you are looking for relief from neck pain, consider scheduling an appointment with a local chiropractor.
Headaches can be caused by many different things, including muscle tension, stress, or even eye strain. Chiropractors are trained to identify and correct misalignments in the spine, which can often lead to headaches. In addition, Chiropractor Frankston can provide guidance on posture and ergonomics, which can help to prevent future headaches. If you have never been to a chiropractor before, you may be wondering what to expect.
During your first visit, the chiropractor will take a medical history and perform a physical examination. They will then develop a treatment plan tailored to your individual needs. While some people experience relief after just one visit, others may need several sessions before they see a significant improvement. If you are suffering from chronic headaches, seeing a chiropractor may be the best way to find relief.
Trouble In sleeping
Sleeping is one of the most important things we do for our health, yet millions of people struggle to get a good night’s sleep. If you’re among the ranks of the sleepless, you may have tried everything from meditation to sleep aids, but still find yourself wide awake at 3 a.m. One solution you may not have considered is seeing a chiropractor. While most people associate chiropractic care with back pain, the truth is that chiropractors can help with a variety of issues, including insomnia. When your spine is out of alignment, it can put pressure on your nervous system and cause problems with sleep. By adjusting your spine and relieving pressure on your nerves, a chiropractor can help you get the restful sleep you need to feel your best. So if you’re tired of tossing and turning all night, it may be time to give chiropractic care a try.
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, please don’t hesitate to make an appointment with a chiropractor. Chiropractors can help to improve your overall health and well-being. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact your nearest chiropractor clinic.
When it comes to your foot problem, you are likely to be confused about whether to see a podiatrist or a chiropractor. To help you better understand who you should see for orthotics, this post takes a close look at what chiropractic and podiatry have to offer.
Chiropractic is a word that has Greek roots. It means the combination of hands. When it comes to chiropractic training, it differs from college to college. But, its main focus is manipulation of the spine in order to ensure therapeutic benefits. It has been more than a century since the first manipulation was performed by D.D. Palmer. A chiropractor is a professional who diagnosis, manages, and prevents mechanical disorders involving the musculoskeletal system. Since these disorders effect the functioning of your nervous system and overall health, the practice helps provide relief.
What Does A Chiropractor Do?
Although training and specialty of chiropractic care Oak Park varies, the training focuses on honing the spine to treat the musculoskeletal disorder behind the disease and pain through nerve compression. If you ask anyone for advice about chiropractics, they would tell you that they are professionals for back pain. The truth is that chiropractors tend to be highly trained and are well-known for spinal manipulation. Most of their training revolves around the spine and providing relief to nervous tension. There are even some chiropractors that deal with the extremities in the hands and legs. Some also provide shoe insets like foot levelers. The expertise of each chiropractor is different and the same holds true for every podiatrist.
In the simplest of words, a podiatrist in a health professional that specializes in the treatment of the legs and feet. They treat a variety of conditions like foot injuries, infections, bunions, calluses, corns, ingrown toenails, and toe fungus. A podiatrist also treats foot problems which are caused by underlying medical conditions like arthritis and diabetes. The recommendations made by the podiatrist include medications for treating skin conditions, use of custom-made shoe inserts, and specific exercises. There are some podiatrists that even specialize in certain areas like workplace health, children, and sports. As for others, they deal with hands-on modalities like FMT (Foot Mobilization Technique). FMT is an art that focuses on stimulating the nervous tissue for bringing about change in the surrounding environment.
Orthotics Oak Park is shoe inserts. A podiatrist also specializes in biomechanical issues of the leg and foot. They utilize supportive devices which are called orthotics. These devices can be made in pre-form which predetermines the foot type in order to life the arch of the foot to reduce stress on connective tissue. A customized orthotic is a device which helps align the ankle and the foot in the right position to reduce strain and stress on the body.
The truth is that it all comes down to where the foot problem comes from. It ensures that you achieve the best outcome. If the chiropractor believes that the spinal issues relate to poor foot posture, they may refer you to a podiatrist and vice-versa.
If you suffer from headaches and migraines Thornbury, you might want to consider seeing a chiropractic professional to ensure natural pain relief. Instead of using medications, it is important that you consider an alternative. Not many people realize that migraines can be treated naturally. Even though you might not have thought about seeing a chiropractor for relief from migraines, it is about time that you considered doing so.
Everyone suffers from migraines. However, the following groups of people are at a much higher risk.
Woman who experience hormonal fluctuations (menopause, pregnancy, and menstruation).
Women in general are more prone to migraines in comparison to men.
Although migraine attacks can start from any age, it is more common for people to experience migraine once they hit 40.
Treat and Prevent Migraines
Generally, medication is used for treating migraines. But, it fails to treat the underlying issues. Besides, medications have their fair share of side effects which is why it is best to prevent migraine pain by identifying the triggers. A trigger diary could help you identify your triggers. It would include the food that you eat, medication you take, missed meals, social activities, work, bowel movements, health products, exercise, amount of sleep, environmental factors, menstrual cycle details, the affected area, and the onset of the pain along with other symptoms. When you keep a diary, you get to identify the root cause of the problem.
If you do not find medications to be effective, it might be time that you gave chiropractic care a try. There is no need for you to keep revisiting old methods that do not work. Instead, you could consider visiting a chiropractor to help you out. The professional will provide you with the desired result. Many clinical studies have been conducted which reveal that a chiropractic can help alleviate migraine attacks and prevent them altogether by decreasing the stress levels in your body.
One of the major triggers of migraine is stress. As most of us lead a very hectic lifestyle, it can come in the way. Thus, migraine attacks have become more common today than ever before. It is possible for migraines to originate from the spine due to misalignment of the vertebrae or dislocation. This only irritates the nerves which cover the entirety of the spine and cause pain. The misalignments cause various chemical imbalances in your brain. However, there is no need to worry as a chiropractor can help realign the vertebrae for providing much-needed relief from the inflamed nerves.
The chiropractor Thornbury will use their hands to treat the affected area. They will realign the spine to ensure that you do not experience any more headaches and migraines. Hence, it is worth seeing the expert.
Now that you know that chiropractic helps relieve headaches and migraines, it is important that you see an expert for relief. You will be glad to have made the decision. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to get treatment.
The process of replacing your pool table’s felt or its tablecloth, more accurately, is one which is usually left for the experts to deal with. However, the tools required for the said process are neither difficult to use nor are they expensive. Whether it’s some dust on your table or even a little stretch of the felt in an incorrect direction, this can make your table’s playing surface rather unpredictable or bumpy. However, pool table repair melbourne can be done effectively by working carefully and patiently. It would be worth your while to have an assistant who would stretch the cloth while you’re fastening it.
Steps to Re-felt a Pool Table:
Follow these steps to re-felt a pool table yourself
Disassemble your Pool Table:
The first step in felting a pool
table is to disassemble the table. Begin by removing the bolts and pocket
liners that keep the rails fixed to their positions carefully. These can easily
be seen underneath your table. Exclusion of the rails is a crucial step part. Basically,
different kinds of pool tables have different kinds of rails. You can find one,
two or even four rails under.
Step 2: Remove
the Old Felt:
Even though pool tables melbourne are made out of materials which are long-lasting but this isn’t true for the felt. You’ll need to replace it once it’s worn out. Felt can wear out because of friction, accumulation of pool chalk on the felt, due to the rebounding effect of balls etc.
are two ways to remove the felt.
If glue has been used to attach the
felt to your table, you can simply remove it by tearing it off. However, while
doing so, pieces of glue might stay behind on your table, and that can be scraped
off making sure you don’t destroy the table in the process.
Staples are also used to attach felt
to your table. You can easily remove them by the using a staple remover.
Step 3: Clean
Pool tables are made out of slate. This is almost like a permanent material that can last for very long. Therefore, pool tables are usually an expenditure that happens just once. Whilepool table repair is being done, it is suggested to clean the slate once the worn out felt has been removed. A dry cloth can be used for removal of dust. However, one must avoid using dusting sprays or wet cloth since this will soften or moisten the slate.
Next, you’ll need to measure the dimensions
of the pool table by the help of a measuring tape. It’s better to buy a few
extra inches since it’ll be handy. Once the measurements have been taken, you
can go buy the felt at some sports shops. Felt is available in many colors so
if you wish to change its color, now is your chance.
Step 5: Cut the
Lay the felt on your second hand pool table and let it settle. Sweep your fingers on the felt so as to feel any roughness or bumps underneath. The felt must feel smooth. Next, use a pair of scissors to cut the felt conferring to the accurate measurement of your table. It’s better to leave out a good amount of felt after cutting so that it can be used for the rails.
Step 6: Staple
This is where people look for experts.
However, it certainly is doable by you at home.
Step 7: Glue the
Glue is then applied to the slate directly. If you go for the glue because your pool table doesn’t have a layered-board, begin with cleaning the surface using a dry and clean cloth. Then apply glue and attach the felt smoothly over it. Next, stretch your felt and cut its edges so as to apply glue in small portions.
You can enjoy playing your game only once all its elements are up to the best standards. If your table’s felt is old or worn out, it might slow your game and lose its charm. Pool table repair never seemed to be so easy!
Podiatry is a branch of medicine which is devoted to the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment and study of diseases and disorder of the foot and ankle. Doctors or Specialists who perform this study on different diseases of feet and ankles are known as Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) or podiatrist Camberwell. They are the most qualified doctors and a foot specialist who care for your feet.
Foot & Ankle Instrumentation:
A recent research which was conducted by the Association of Podiatric Medical Doctors reveals that almost 70 percent people in the USA are facing different diseases related to their feet. There are a big number of different instruments available because of increasing number of the patient of foot problems. People don’t care much about their foot problems which lead them to different foot specialist or podiatry clinics. There are different kinds of instruments available which are used by foot specialist or podiatry clinics for surgery of different foot problems.
As foot problems are increasing, they are also being the cause of the increase in foot surgery instruments, below is the list of different instruments which are being used by different foot problems in podiatry clinic by podiatrist Melbourne, such as for treating plantar fasciitis. Children’s podiatrists Melbourne can treat problems in young feet which may prevent issues as adults.
Podiatric Nail Nippers and Splitters
Nippers Podiatric Curettes
Type of Surgeries:
One should not go directly for surgery when they feel like they are having some foot problems. You must go to some proper physician and try to find out if some kind of exercise would be enough to solve your problem. Ask your foot specialists if there is any other way to solve this problem without having surgery because you know once you have done with surgery you will not be able to do several things properly. As heel pain is caused by different things, but it also has good solutions without having any surgery, therefore you must check for all other options before going for surgery to some podiatry clinic. There are different kinds of instruments available which are being used by different kinds of surgeries.
There are some instruments which are required for every surgery and must be same in every kind of surgery, which are known as General Surgery Instruments. Such as needle holders, scissors, retractors, and forceps. These instruments should be same no matter what is the nature of the surgery. Disposable needles and blades should be used and must be disposed of after used once.
There are some special surgeries which require some specific types of instruments, such as in-office surgery would need different instrument compare to cardiovascular surgery. Different blades and biopsy instruments should be disposed of once they have been used. These instruments should not be used for any other kind of surgery.
Cleaning and Care:
Taking good care of these instruments and keeping them clean all the time is the must-do thing. As these instruments are expensive so they deserve proper maintenance as well. Instruments which are no longer in use must be disposed at the time before someone else miss uses them. You can also keep them clean by sterilization and storage cassettes, which helps to keep these instruments safe from virus and bacteria. If already used operators are being used, this can cause serious diseases in people they were used on. So it is must either to destroy them or keep them in sterilization.
There are different stainless steels jars, trays and cups are available in the market which helps to keep all the instruments clean and together. You can either make your instruments new or buy new ones, otherwise, you can face sewer kind of problems by reusing same operates which is prohibited to use twice. Cleanliness is so much important in our life but we never take good care of it. Even our religion says that cleanliness is half of our religion, without it, we are nothing but pieces of dirt. Cleanliness needs to be taken as an upmost importance otherwise you could develop toenail fungus.
Are sports physiotherapists worth the money? The answer is most definitely “yes”. As a sports person you know that it takes a lot of hard work to be able to play sport successfully. You might be looking for ways on how you can cut down on costs or looking for a way in which you can improve your performance. You might also be suffering from injuries and have some aches and pains.
Being a professional sports person means you will be expected to get injured, or if you already have, to treat these injuries quickly. Injuries happen during normal activities, such as running or playing basketball. However, they can also occur during sports events such as tennis, football, skiing, hockey and other sports. The reasons why sports people get injured vary from overuse, ligament strain, dehydration, muscle tear or trauma.
The first thing to do upon getting injured is to go to a podiatry bondi junction. You may be asked to get x-rays, MRI scans and blood tests. An accurate assessment of the injury will help the medical professional to assess the extent of the injury. In most cases, the sports physiotherapist will advise you to rest and not resume any physical activity until the injury has healed. Resting the injury and allowing the muscles to heal may take some time.
After resting, your work as a sports physiotherapist is not yet complete. You will still have to keep an eye on your body. You will need to monitor the progress of your injury and the progress of your physical rehabilitation. As you recover, you may continue with your rehabilitation program, if you have problems with your feet you may get orthotics bondi junction. The professional sports person will also advise you on your exercise program.
Some injuries do not allow you to resume your previous level of fitness quickly. Your muscles may need time to heal and grow. If you are training for a sporting event, you may have to stop working out completely for a few weeks. You can however keep fit by gradually increasing your level of physical activity. If you are planning to join a gym, the professional should advise you on which exercises to perform and when.
If you have been injured and are not in the professional sports industry, you can still get plantar fasciitis st ives. There are many courses online and at physical therapy schools. However, the courses do not include any medical or nursing training. To become qualified, you should have a college degree in a relevant field. After completion of the course, you will be well prepared to start working as a sports physiotherapist.
Health coaching has become extremely popular in recent times. Anyone struggling to make healthy habits can team up with a health coach to bring much-needed change into their life. A health coach and wellness coach Lynnville, TN uses a combination of skills and motivation for facilitating behavior change. If you want to achieve your wellness goals, you just need the help of a life coach.
When it comes to keeping healthy, we all face challenges that we do not know how to overcome. The thing about health and wellness is that there is no such thing as one-size-fits-all. Hence, you need to work with a health coach who can help create a personalized strategy for helping you achieve your goals. People seek a health coach for various reasons such as weight loss, improving heart health, and increasing your energy. Besides this, people also turn to a health coach to help them change habits. According to recent studies, working with a coach can help one better manage obesity and diabetes.
Health Coach Vs Life Coach
There is a huge difference between a health coach and a life coach. Even though a life coach may help address various issues affection your health like work-life balance and stress levels, they focus more on helping one fulfill goals related to relationships, careers, and overall life. On the other hand, online health coaches focus strictly on helping people improve their health. They are also known as wellness coaches.
Benefits of Health Coaching
If you want to make a positive impact and improve your health and wellbeing, you need to work with a health coach who will provide you with individualized and in-depth guidance unlike standard healthcare which promotes a one-size-fits-all approach. Typically, health coaches help clients implement crucial diet and lifestyle changes to combat major health issues.
In addition to an improvement in health, you can count on a health coach to help boost your confidence, self-awareness, and decision-making skills. Finally, online nutrition coaching strives to empower clients to take control of their health. As you learn to strengthen your ability to make better health decisions, you will be able to avoid long-term health issues.
How Does Health Coaching Work?
When you see a health coach, they will focus on your strengths and help you achieve your health goals. They will also identify areas where you struggle the most and offer much-needed support for overcoming those struggles. Health coaching focuses on sustainable changes and not quick fixes. It involves making incremental adjustments to ensure that you make necessary changes in the long-run for a better health. As health coaches view health from a holistic perspective, the health coach would also consider other factors like relationships, career, and other lifestyle elements to ensure that the best program is developed for you.
What You Should Know Before Working With a Health Coach?
Before you decide to work with a health coach Lewisburg, TN, you should keep in mind that a health coach cannot treat or even diagnose health conditions. They cannot replace the need for seeing a healthcare practitioner. If you decide to work with a health coach, you should ensure that they have proper certification.
The term emergency locksmith Melbourne may be used to describe the main reason why we may possibly need them within an emergency situation where we either lost our keys, locked them in the car or at home. This may result into a security issue which required the replacement or repair of a lock.
When it comes to securing the service of an emergency locksmith, one will have to prepare for the inevitable fees which go along with such services especially when it occurs late at night or during weekend call outs, of which is pretty much standard with any specialised trade professional. This does not mean you’ll have to settle for any amount quoted but whenever there is an emergency, one should see if there are a couple of different options available.
The reason why people would search for an emergency locksmith service can either be as a result of individual’s fault or because of external influence. For instance, if a set of keys is stolen. An emergency locksmith service provider would ensure one get access to his or her car, home or office at the appropriate time without waiting for too long. Such professionals have the appropriate tools which would help in opening various locks within a short duration.
Another major reasons why people seek for emergency locksmith service Eltham is lost keys because one would need to get access to the car, home or office within a short duration. One of the main challenges about losing a key is that someone might have taken the key with the aim of entering a home or office illegally. In such situation, the best thing is to change the lock in question because such would ensure a peace of mind with respect to the properties kept within. If the lost keys are for the car alone one would likely have a spare key and this is why it is crucial to keep your car and home keys on the same bunch or set.
In some cases, an emergency locksmith service provider would be needed so that they can attend to a problematic lock or when a key breaks off in the lock with little or no hope of extracting the key yourself. This situation would result in the case of emergencies where something has happened that have actually damaged the lock and the assistance of a professional would be required to sort the issue appropriately. For the best Locksmith Greensborough, Locksmith Diamond Creek, and Locksmith Heidelberg check out our team today!
Irrespective of the reason why you need an emergency locksmith, it is very good to have a list of providers who are reputable and can provide the service according to your standard. The service provider should also be well-experienced, reliable and provide affordable services. Initially, this may take a little research but once you have selected the appropriate ones, you just need to contact one of the selected emergency locksmith service providers for assistance. Most mobile locksmiths Melbourne would visit your location within a short duration so as to provide the appropriate service required. The emergency service provided can either be an emergency automotive service, emergency commercial service or emergency residential service.
Physiotherapy is one of the most popular medical techniques in the world which are used by health professionals to treat illnesses and injuries especially concerning your physical health. Physiotherapists are the healthcare providers which can assess you and provide you services without the referral of any other physician or doctor. They are a high-paying profession as well and are actually very popular in the health industry as their profession does not involve medicinal drugs to a large extent and focuses on exercises and movement techniques. Think of a physiotherapist kidderminster as your partner which helps and supports you in gaining back your lost strength, as well as to build the strength that you require to endure pain during movement, and practice movement of body areas that were affected by physical injuries.
Physiotherapists are experts at their work to help you in resolving your problems that are caused by heavy weight lifting, and inactivity, sport injury etc. Usually, in this field, the physical techniques used improve your movement of the body part, as well as remove any stiffness or pain that might be a resistance in your healing process. Physiotherapists are certified practitioners and have their own field of study as well. All physiotherapists require qualification and license to practice the physical techniques for illnesses on patients.
Job of a Physiotherapist
Physiotherapists use a lot of techniques to physically improve your affected body part. So, when you are planning to go to a physiotherapist, you can expect them to:
Strongly or gently massage affected area
Move your joints gently or manipulate them
Stretch your muscles of the affected area
Teach you specific exercise for required illness
A physiotherapist is responsible to examine your condition correctly and assess the possible problems and possible techniques that can be used to treat the illness. Patients that come for sports injuries kidderminster treatment usually have been a part of any sports injury, inactivity in old age or an accident. In some cases, special children might have problems with movement as well for which physiotherapists can help.
How Physiotherapy Benefits You?
Physiotherapy helps in healing any painful stretches, physical injuries during sports, or any bone illness. It helps you with:
Back pain and Knee Pain
Arthritis and Broken Bones
Sprains and Aches
Easing of body part after surgery e.g. Leg
For covering delay of development in children
Who can go for Physiotherapy?
All people who are facing any physical issues in their body such as any injuries, any sprains and any stretches can visit a local physiotherapy bridgnorth. You do not have to take reference of a doctor; however, it is always good to talk about your options. You can consult your physiotherapist about any major issues that might be helpful to develop your case and to customize your techniques. You will be informed about the type of exercise, when you must do it, and for how long the treatment will go. Physiotherapy has saved so many of us from using medicinal drugs for physical injuries, and so far, it has been extremely successful.
Heel Spurs and Plantar Fasciitis both are conditions that affect your feet and heels. Because of this, people might confuse these, but both of them are actually quite different. Learning about the difference will help you identify what condition you might be facing, so you can take treatment and measures to get rid of it.
The most prominent difference between heel spurs Sydney and plantar fasciitis the differing source of pain for both. Pain occurring due to plantar fasciitis can be felt in the arch of the foot which is usually due to over use of the plantar fascia, which also aches your heel. However, heel spurs, on the other hand causes jagged calcium deposits in the bone of your heel which causes pain and trauma to the plantar fascia.
Causes of Heel Spurs vs. Plantar Fasciitis
Usually, the plantar fasciitis is a result of stress or damage to the arch of the foot where you can find the plantar fascia ligament. The stress exerted on the area can be due to too much weight, any damaged footwear or too much activity on your feet. Heel spurs usually are developed through the secondary result of plantar fasciitis Sydney. This is because when you face damage for the plantar fascia, there becomes sharp calcium deposits on heel bone. This can become even more dangerous if not treated in time and may eve lead to permanent damage of foot.
To understand heel spurs, imagine the feeling of constant stabbing in your heels. This seems like a rough sketch of the pain, but it is actually this acute. The sharp calcium deposits are hard stones and sharp, and literally stab the fatty pad of your heels. For plantar fasciitis, there are many symptoms we can find to identify the condition. Any feeling of strain, inflammation or stabbing sensation in feet can be a warning sign.
Treatments for Heel Spurs vs. Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis Treatment Sydney and Heel Spur Treatment Sydney is recommended to be done as quickly as possible to avoid further damage. If the condition worsens, it might even affect the working of your feet permanently. It is important to give your feet rest during the day and in case of inflammation, use an ice pack to reduce the inflammation. There is also the availability of special icepack sliders for people suffering from foot conditions, which include the strap onto the foot and give your relief.
It is recommended to wear shoes with thick and cushioned soles as well as steady heels, instead of worn out soles and damaged pair or shoes. Other than this, maintaining a healthy weight is also important to reduce stress on your heels and feet. One of the best ways you can treat both the conditions is to get special orthotics Sydney. They help in relieving pain for most people, other than people with acute conditions. Treatment on time is important to avoid any inconvenience in future.
Examining a biological material such as urine, saliva, sweat or hair to identify the presence of a specific drug and detect any early drug use. Drug testing Nashville is widely used in numerous industries. Drug tests may be conducted to identify any illegal drug use or to perform drug screening to see if any particular drug has been used that would have been not allowed otherwise.
However, the most common type of drug testing is performed as urine drug testing. Let’s dive deeper into the topic to get further information.
Urine drug test screening
DNA testing Nashville as well as urine drug test screening can be done for many substances including methamphetamines, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, cocaine, opiates, barbiturates, PCP, nicotine, methadone and sometimes alcohol.
Types of urinary drug tests
There are two common types of drug tests namely immunoassay and mass spectrometry or gas chromatography (MS or GC). Immunoassay gives quick results and is cheaper as well. However, it may, sometimes, be ineffective as it does not pick up on all substances and may give false positives. As a result, GS/MS is usually performed after that to attain perfectly accurate results. False negatives may take place with both types of tests. Moreover, there is a higher possibility that both the tests may not pick up on the day the drug is used. In case you get a positive result for an illicit that you have not used at all, a GC/MS test is performed after an immunoassay test.
Detection of drugs even after the effects have worn off
The best part about urine drug testing is that it is still able to record the presence of drugs in your system even after the effects of the drugs have worn off. Some substances are retained in the system longer than the others. There are certain factors influencing the identification of drugs such as its half-life, subject’s level of hydration, frequency of drug abuse, testing lab’s cut-off concentration and the route of administration.
One study suggests that mostly drugs stay in your system for up to four days. Chronic marijuana users, however, may test positive for four weeks or even more than that. One thing to remember is that drug tests for other biological materials detect drugs in the system for longer period of time.
What may lead to false positives?
Generally, there is no preparation prior to urine testing. Nonetheless, it is important to let your doctor know about any medications or supplements that you have taken before the urinary drug testing. Even herbal remedies could alter your urinary drug test results. In this case, it may cayuse false positives.
Therefore, before you schedule your drug test, make sure you do not take ant supplements or medication course that may affect your drug test results. We would recommend you to contact your doctor beforehand so he/she can guide you about any prior course you should be taking before the test is performed. With that being said, feel free to leave your experiences and reviews about drug testing!
Do you have pain that doesn’t go away? Are you wondering how can rehab services in Sydney & physiotherapy help you? Does it work successfully? Physiotherapy is a science-based method to treat your body. A physiotherapist will use their knowledge of the human body and skills to help improve stiffness and pain of muscles and joints in your body.
There are many questions people ask about neurological rehabilitation Sydney & rehab physiotherapy. In this post, we have answered a few of the frequently asked questions.
Can I bring a friend or loved ones?
Of course, you are most welcome to bring anyone with you. they can even sit with you during your treatment or they can stay outside.
What things should I bring to my first appointment?
When you are coming in for your initial appointment, you must have the following things with you:
If you have a consultant or General Physician (GP), bring their referral letter.
You must have an extra pair of shorts and a vest-type top. If you don’t have any of these, don’t worry, we keep spare with us.
If we have to claim the fees directly from the insurer, you must bring details about your insurance and claim number. It is crucial that you should inform them about our claim.
You must also bring any scans or X-rays related to your injury.
What should I expect at physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy & cancer & Myeloma rehabilitation Sydney is a unique experience for everyone. This is because treatment or session is different for every patient as it is particularly catered for your needs. To have a general idea, here is what you can expect for a session:
The physiotherapist will ask about your medical history, will assess, and diagnose your condition.
After that, they will create a treatment plan for you and set goals for you.
If there is any need for assistive devices, the physiotherapist will prescribe it. they will even prescribe the course of exercise for you.
Do you need any doctor’s referral?
It will be better to have a referral letter, but it is not necessary. You can have access to Stroke physiotherapy Sydney without any referral from a doctor.
When should I get physiotherapy?
Generally, it is advised to start physiotherapy or rehabilitation services Sydney as soon as possible. In severe cases, it is compulsory to start quickly, so the therapist can improve your pain right away. If you are not sure, feel free to call us. We always ready to help you and guide you properly.
How long will the session last?
Well, the duration varies from patient to patient and condition to condition. Usually, the session will last for at least 30 minutes, often it will depend on which pain management clinic in Sydney you visit.
Will my private medical insurance cover the fees?
We are recognized by all the leading insurance companies. You must check your policy with the insurance before starting the treatment.
How many treatments will I need? When you visit the physiotherapist for the first time, the therapist will assess your condition and recommend the appointments you might need. There can be an increase or decrease in the number of appointments during the course. This is because the therapist will assess your progress on every visit.
Physio Epping and Physiotherapy in West Ryde clinics is providing new patients only with 40 percent off the cost of their initial consultation. To receive the discount, patients must mention the offer when scheduling their appointment.
The new patient special offered by the clinics is just one of the ways that they’re serving the needs of patients. Our team maintains practices in six locations, with late appointments for adults and children. Each patient receives an in-depth assessment, treatment and management plan designed specifically for them.
The human body is a complex, biomechanical machine, but it can be damaged through any number of events ranging from sports participation and vehicle crashes to work accidents. Physiotherapy west ryde restores the body much like a mechanic maintains a high-performance vehicle.
Physio is an important part of pain management and patients may be prescribed acupuncture and dry needling in West Ryde or therapeutic massage to aid in the process. The techniques direct circulation where it’s needed most to accelerate the healing process. The therapies relax the body, provide it with an optimal state in which to heal, and can release knotted muscles associated with injuries, stress and conditions that arise following surgery.
Many individuals don’t seek the help of a physiotherapist until their pain is severe or a problem has become chronic. Clinical Pilates and a variety of specialised exercise programs are available to address tendon and ligament problems that accompany repetitive movement conditions stemming from work or sports.
Physiotherapy Denistone is beneficial for treating migraines, rotator cuff issues, arthritis, sciatica and neurological problems. Epping and West Ryde physiotherapists are experts in how the body moves, functions, and in its neurological systems. The clinics offer orthotic devices that help alleviate pain, align the spine properly, and eliminate improper postures and behaviors.
The discounts for new patients at the West Ryde and Epping clinics provide a cost effective way for individuals to learn how physiotherapy can make a difference in their lives to facilitate range of motion, mobility and ease pain from a variety of causes. The practices provide effective rehabilitation therapies that help patients return to their normal range of activities as quickly as possible.
Your teeth are important, but you should consider an orthodontics option if your teeth are not in their right places. The use of Invisalign prahran is something to consider in this case. A reason why is because of how there are all sorts of benefits that come with this process. These benefits of Invisalign are ones that can not only make your teeth look good, but they can also be comfortable for you.
A great benefit to note is that Invisalign does not use any wires. As a result, the gums of the patient or the insides of the mouth will not be harmed. The aligners that are used during the process will be made with smooth materials that will not irritate the mouth. This makes Invisalign much easier to handle than that of traditional braces.
This article will take a look at the benefits of opting for Invisalign.
Discreet straightening of teeth
Many people want to be able to correct their teeth, but do not want to have the process of having clear traditional braces. This is primarily a problem for adults. Clear aligners are used with Invisalign, meaning no one needs to know that you are undergoing dental treatment. Moreover, you do not have to panic about food getting stuck, because you have to remove your aligners when you eat. However, you must be diligent when wearing your aligners for at least 22 hours a day.
The beauty of Invisalign lies in the fact that this system offers the convenience and flexibility that traditional braces can not offer. Do you have a special event such as an upcoming wedding? No problem, you can switch off your aligners and enjoy the banks. Are you afraid that your aligners can disrupt a presentation at work? Remove them until you are done. Although you need to keep your aligners most of the time, you can also delete them if necessary, visit a dental practice to have them removed.
After your first appointments, Invisalign is a straightforward process. As a first step, your local dental clinic will receive X-rays, images, fingerprints, and scans so that a treatment plan can be developed. From there, a series of custom aligners are produced and delivered to your dental clinic. From there, all you need to do is change the numbered aligners every two weeks and check your dentist st kilda every six to eight weeks to check progress.
Maintain oral hygiene
One of the problems of traditional braces is that brushing and flossing make it very difficult because people often have to find extensive ways to pull the wire between the metal brackets. With Invisalign you do not have to panic about your oral hygiene problems, you can easily remove your aligners for cleaning and flossing.
Comfort fit Anyone who has ever experienced traditional orthopedic devices knows the pain and inconvenience that this process can cause. They can often experience pain during eating, with ulcers and other tooth and gum disease. Invisalign is a much softer option, and although you can expect a certain level of pain if you change line, they are soft and comfortable to wear.
Now you can see the various benefits that Invisalign trays have to offer. Do you think they are right for you? If so, you should choose an Invisalign-trained cosmetic dentist who has ample experience with the service, too.
Conclusion Invisalign is a great thing to check out for a variety of reasons. Invisalign is comfortable and will not harm your teeth due to pressure. Your gums will be improved as a result, and you can correct speech problems that could have been caused by your teeth. All of these benefits make Invisalign something great for you to watch for when looking for teeth straightening options and dentists.
Rehabilitation is a process that aims to provide individuals with the highest level of support, independence, function, and quality of life after a stroke rehabilitation Sydney. Although rehabilitation does not undo or reverse the damage caused by trauma or disease, it helps restore the patient to optimal well-being, functioning, and health – especially if completed at a private hospital Sydney.
The rehabilitation program provides individuals with rehabilitation medicine. It is designed to meet the specific needs of the person where in home or community based rehab is required. Hence, each rehabilitation program is different. The following are some of the general treatment components that are found in an inpatient rehabilitation services in Sydney.
Teaching the individual and their family about making necessary lifestyles changes to better adapt.
Psychological Counselling: The identification of problems and their respective solutions for dealing with emotional, behavioral, and thinking issues – this can be part of a clinical rehab therapy program in Sydney.
Pain Management: The use of prescribed medications and alternative methods for managing pain.
Vocational Training: The teaching of work-related skills.
Socialization Skills: Allowing the individual to interact with others within the community and at home.
Cognitive Skills: The focus on problem solving, judgment, organizational, concentration, and memory skills.
Communication Skills: To provide support for different methods of communication such as writing, speaking, and alternative methods.
Respiratory Care: To provide the individual with ventilator care if required and breathing exercises as well as treatments to promote lung functioning.
Education: To train and educate the patient and their family about the medical care needed for the treatment of the condition and the most effective adaptive techniques.
Funding of Rehabilitation Programs
The rehabilitation programs and services throughout Sydney and Australia are funded by the Australian, territory, and state governments. The rehabilitation programs aim to provide the support deserving individuals need to go on with their life. They are offered to all Australian citizens and holders of a permanent residence visa. There are also many NGOs that help fund the programs.
Dental implants in brighton are rooted in bones, so it is not necessary to use prostheses or glues. Also, the implants work and look like your natural teeth. You do not feel plastic or artificial material on the roof of your mouth. The use of implants does not affect adjacent and healthy teeth.
A dentist brighton can insert implant, an artificial tooth that is used to replace a missing tooth. It consists of two parts, the implant, and the crown. The implant acts as the major part of the artificial tooth, it is made of titanium and is implanted on the jawbone. The crown resembles a real tooth, it is attached to the implant and is usually made from porcelain.
Many people prefer implants because of the ease they offer. A dental implants serves as a durable replacement tooth. Oral surgeons and dentists undergo a procedure and implant the replacement into the jawbone. This procedure helps in stimulating the root of any pre-existing tooth. For several qualified patients, they can have an immediate recovery of the replacement teeth after the procedure.
Key Benefits of Dental Implants: You won’t suffer any discomfort while eating or in performing your regular activities. The following are the different benefits that dental implants offer.
1. Convenience and practicality Implants can restore your active lifestyle. You can ski, deliver business presentations, eat, and swim without thinking that your teeth might fall out or slip. A dental implant is fixed in place, so you will not experience any inconvenience of removing it, unlike with dentures.
2. Comfort An implant feels and looks like your regular teeth. It is anchored into your jawbone, so there are no wires sticking out or plastic on the roof of your mouth.
3. Improvement in your speech When you wear poor-fitting dentures, the teeth may slip within your mouth. This can cause you to mumble. However, a dental implant allows you to speak and enunciate words clearly without the fear that dentures might end up slipping.
4. Ease in eating Brighton dentures can be a source of discomfort and difficulty when chewing food. On the other hand, an implant works like your natural tooth. You can eat any food without pain or discomfort.
5. Improved self-confidence Missing teeth can give an undesirable appearance, so you feel ashamed and embarrassed to smile. With dental implants, you can show your beautiful teeth and smile with confidence.
6. Outstanding oral health When an oral surgeon or dentist near undergoes the procedure, there is no need to grind the adjacent healthy teeth, which is typical in a tooth-supported bridge. Since nearby teeth do not need alteration when supporting the implant, this leads to improved oral health.
7. Durability and efficiency Implants can last for years, and they are durable, while prostheses are likely to break. Moreover, removable dentures are not practical to use, because you have to apply creams and pastes to prevent your prosthesis from slipping. With a dental implant, you can brush your teeth easily, and use regular toothpaste to clean it thoroughly.
Conclusion If you have lost several teeth or even a tooth, you may suffer from discomfort when eating, smiling, or speaking. For most people, missing teeth can result in a less active lifestyle because of the pain and difficulty that comes with poor-fitting or loose dentures. A dental implant is an excellent investment because it can provide the ultimate solution to all your dental problems, contact a dentist now.
Let’s face it, the feet of athletes are crucial for their success, well-being, and health. This is why foot care is imperative for athletes, especially if they are in the speed game. There are several things you need to know about sports podiatry sandringham. In this post, we have mentioned the lessons learned from sports podiatrists.
What is a Sports Podiatrist?
A coburg podiatrist is a foot doctor. A sports podiatrist is also a foot doctor who has specialized in the sports field. In simple words, sports podiatrist is not just familiar with sports, but completely understands sports performance and injuries. They are capable of treating and resolving problems related to athletes. In addition, some of the podiatrists participate in research.
Mostly, their work is restricted to foot, ankle, and connecting part of the leg. In some cases, they might treat problems up till the neck. Their work includes a screening of foot, performing surgeries, provide the right prescriptions, and manage injuries.
Here are some hard lessons from a sports podiatrist.
Screening and Assessment of Foot
Many people think screening or assessing the foot is a short and simple process. This is just a misconception; a complete foot exam is a long and complex procedure. It consists of several testing and quantification. You have to understand it is an organized process that will take time, so you need to be patient and grateful.
Minor Care and Surgery
When it comes to surgery, a podiatrist can deal with minor surgery. In case, major surgery is required, it is recommended to visit an orthopedic specialist. A sports podiatrist is a great choice for non-surgical procedures, mostly that are invasive in nature.
Visiting a podiatrist is an excellent option as they will help you get better without having an operation. This is because they have a better understanding of getting the athlete back on the track, field, or court. Their focus is on improving the health of athletes without causing any more injury.
Consultation on Performance and Training
A parkville podiatry specialist is capable of educating the athletes. This is because they are experts in biomechanics. In present times, sports podiatrists do more than just focusing on general foot care and treat athletes. Since they have a lot of knowledge, they are capable of solving a simple issue like ingrown toenails. Moreover, they can even recommend tips for improving the foot health of athletes and preventing foot problems.
For those who don’t know, gait analysis is a report in which podiatrist watch the athlete run on a track or treadmill. During this, they focus on uncontrolled excessive pronation. This will enable them to pay attention to the movement of athletes and suggest changes that will lead to a successful performance. In the end, a sports podiatrist is a great choice for athletes who want to improve their performance on the field and prevent sports injuries. For athletes, a regular checkup with a podiatrist is essential as it is better to be proactive. If you have any queries, kindly get in touch with our experts.
A reading disability is a serious problem among kids and must be addressed since its affects one’s learning abilities; especially by a Kids OT in Sydney. Studies show that the sooner this problem is treated the higher the chances of overcoming it. Literacy disorder also referred to as reading disorder is basically a condition in which a person experiences problems in reading. Off all the children who are not good at reading around 70-80 percent have problems with fluency and precise word recognition.
The root cause
The problem actually originates with failing in phonological processing. But it is often combined with comprehensive issues and fluency. Children with literacy disorder have trouble learning symbol and sound-relation. Some may also face tough time learning spellings and pronouncing words. In case you see that your kid is struggling with reading you must look into the problem without delay and address it at once.
Fluency problem. This condition affects the accuracy as well as speed of printed word recognition.
Phonological deficit. It refers to trouble in the phonological processing system of oral language.
Comprehension deficit. This condition is particularly found in kids having, generalized language learning disorders, social-linguistic disabilities or vocabulary weaknesses. Those who with learning difficulties may also suffer from this literacy disorder.
Children with allied and simultaneous literacy disorders may have the following disorders symptoms:
Faulty pencil grip and letter formation
Lack of attention
Problems with verbal comprehension
If your child shows sign of reading disorder you need to seek medical assistance; often speech therapy for children Sydney may help. Diagnosing these disorders call for various tests such as memory test, spelling test, reading test and visual perception. Your healthcare provider may also ask for the patient’s family history in addition to conducting other test such as IQ tests, and other assessments.
The role of teachers and school administrators
Once a reading disorder is diagnosed teachers and school administrators can be the best persons to help them by determining the particular curricula and lesson plans suitable for children with this condition. According to NICHD, an overall approach to teaching reading is the best method to helping kids with reading disorder as it offers the greatest chances of success for getting rid of such a condition. Studies show that from 90 to 95 percent of reading impaired kids can overcome their problems if they get appropriate solution during their early years. So you must ignore your kid’s condition and provide a suitable treatment as soon as possible once your kid is diagnosed with reading disorder, or autism spectrum disorder Sydney.
Speech therapy and occupational therapy for children in Sydney can help students with reading disorder. Generally they work with small groups where they show kids with this condition how words comprise of small sound segments. This knowledge can be disseminated in a number of ways such as having children clap in sequence considering every speech sound in a word is called out slowly. Having kids move a tiny plastic tab or other marker with each sound. Once students learn this step, speech therapist Oran Park may help them learn that the letters in words stand for the small speech sounds. This instruction method is called “phonics”.
We have moved into the 21st century but even then, talking about men’s health physiotherapy and women’s health physiotherapy can be considered to be such a taboo topic. Even so with pilates and seeking help from a specialist gynaecologist in Melbourne. Every now and then people are suffering from different issues but they still stay silent and things get even worse. The well being of human beings really depends on how open they are about their health issues. If these kinds of problems are kept hidden, problems may increase in an exponential level. Subsequently, people need to be more aware about the options they have so that they don’t sit there making it worse out of embarrassment or the societal pressures.
All the people who are suffering from different pains in their pelvic region can go through a lot of mental discomfort or emotional instability as well. A physiotherapist or specialist gynaecologist in Melbourne can work with its patients to make them more able in enhancing their pelvic health.
Secondly, it can be really distressing to even talk about your pelvic issues and yes it can be justifiable. People need to spread more knowledge about these specialists as they work really hard on building a rapport with their patients and take them into confidence so that there’s a good flow of communication. This can help the physiotherapists know better about their issues and concerns; such as Endometriosis Melbourne.
of a Men’s & Women’s Health Physiotherapist
Every physiotherapists in melbourne you come across with for suggestions on pelvic issues can guide you with a more planned approach since the physiotherapist is highly updated with the latest research. These experts attend conferences on regular basis and also present their work in front of university students. This makes them highly certified and well equipped with the current knowledge and advancements in medical science, especially being specialist women’s health physiotherapists.
Moreover, when it comes to the patient, the physiotherapists are highly focused on their patients and rigorously thrive on empowering them. Since they realize what their patients might be going through, the patients are dealt with utmost care and respect, making sure none of the sentiment of the patients is hurt.
Role of Physiotherapy
Since men and women have different functions when it comes to their bodies, their physicality is even different, and for this, they require a physiotherapist that can deal with their problems separately. A women’s body functions that are primarily unique are menstruation, pregnancy and lactation. Consequently, if these functions are not taken well care of, it can create hormonal problems as well as the change in behaviour for certain people. On the other hand, men have more muscle mass and body hair. So in order to better deal with these complexities, one should always refer to a physiotherapist as they can understand in a much better way, they’ll even need different than women would.
Physiotherapists can suggest different
exercises for their patients and give you a detailed analysis about your
situation so that you are well aware of your problem. Moreover, their plan is
specifically customized for the patient which can make a special difference
among the lives of the people.
In recent times, everyone has heard of acupuncture. If you have not tried it before, you might have a lot of questions about it. A qualified physiotherapist in adelaide can treat your symptoms with acupuncture. You might want to know about what a session is like or is it safe or anything else. Since not many people know about it, we have answered some of the most asked questions.
Continue reading to know if you wish to
know all about acupuncture.
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is not a new technique, it an ancient method that was used all over the world. In this method, the body’s energy or Qi is used for treating health problems and conditions like chronic conditions, dizziness, pain, drug or alcohol addiction, paralysis, nausea, and many other conditions. It is used by professional physio Adelaide all over.
How does it work?
Well, in this method, professionals will
use a sterile and fine single-use needle. It will be placed on certain
locations on the body to manipulate the energy. There is no one single
acupuncture point in your body, there are points all over your body including
on the scalp and face. The placing of needles is dependent on the symptoms and
Other methods used in this treatment
include gua sha massage, moxibustion, cupping, and electro-stimulation, all
methods used by physios.
Will it hurt?
Acupuncture adelaide is a painless method to treat health conditions, however, the sensations might vary. The sensations can differ from a small unnoticed pinch to a sensation of dull ache, numbness, tingling, or heaviness. Deep relaxation and elevation of spirit accompany the treatment.
Is it Safe?
It might come as a surprise but if
acupuncture is performed by a licensed and highly trained practitioner, it is
the safest substitute for health care. You can visit your local physiotherapist
to see if they provide acupuncture services.
How will I feel after a session?
Since the session will last for 40 to 60
minutes, you will have plenty of time to relax and rest. Some people prefer
waiting for a little while after the removal of the needles. First, you might
feel tired, but once the full effect of treatment takes place, you will feel
good, less pain and energized.
How long will an acupuncture session last?
The first session is longer, approximately,
75 minutes long. While the follow-up session might last for 45 to 60 minutes.
The duration varies depending on the modalities that are used.
Is there any side effect of acupuncture?
You can rest assured it is one of the
safest methods of treating conditions. You can expect occasional bruises, other
than that there are no side effects.
How can I be prepared for acupuncture treatment?
Before the treatment, you should have a
light meal or a snack. This is to make sure you have enough energy for the
practitioner or physiotherapist to work with. It is better to wear loose
clothing making it easy to have access to your legs and arms for treatment
easily. After the treatment, the patient should drink a glass of water so their
energy levels will be stabilized.
Is it approved by Western doctors?
Yes. There are nearly 6,500 licensed
acupuncturists in Australia alone. A lot of these people offer acupuncture as
well as other physiotherapy treatments. The World Health Organization (WHO)
recognized over 40 health problems that can be treated using acupuncture. FDA
has regulated acupuncture needles as medical devices.
Hence, acupuncture is a safe method to treat
Osteopathy is a physical treatment of the body during which the trained physician makes sure that the skeleton, joints, muscles, nerves, circulation, connective tissue and internal organs work together in the best possible way. During osteopathy, a practitioner does not only focus on the injured part or area infect, he or she tries to focus on the entire health of the body. Before moving on with the massage therapy or palpation, the doctor will examine your body thoroughly and will make sure that no part of the body is isolated from the next. A number of extensive techniques are normally used to enhance the body’s function such as myofascial release, stretching, mobilization, soft tissue massage and manipulation. In order to start the therapy, the osteopath Brisbane will assess a person’s primary movement patterns, biomechanics and standing posture assessment.
What can it cure
A large number of patients come to multiple osteopathy treatments in order to get relief for multiple ailments. Even though most of the patients have either been in an accident before or are of an older age, but there are also a large number of people who visit an osteopath for stress and strain releasing purposes. To be exact, osteopathy helps patients suffering from problems such as frequent headaches Browns Plains, arthritis, postural problems, neuralgia and all kinds of joint and muscle pain.
How can you benefit
If you haven’t had a muscle or joint related problem before, you must know that you will probably be required to see an osteopath on almost a daily basis. After thoroughly examining your body, the trained physician will perform daily massage sessions on your body and will try to focus on your pressure points via palpitation. With time, you will begin to experience lesser stress and the pain will also begin to ease with time. The osteopathic therapist will make sure that you don’t feel any strain or pain in your body.
Possible side effects
If you’re new to the whole osteopathy experience, you must know that you might experience a slight stiffness in your body after your first visit. Besides from that, most of the older patients usually suffer from body numbness, tingling, rib fracture and osteoporosis. Some other severe side effects found in a very few people consist of nerve damage, prolapsed disk, limb pain, muscle weakness and bladder or bowel problems. If any of these problems occur, the patient should speak to their osteopath.
What are the long-term benefits
Person undergoing an osteopathic treatment Brisbane for multiple months tend to have a stress and pain free life in the future. Osteopathy can be a little stressful at first but it surely has a lot of long term benefits. No matter how old you are, daily massage and palpation routines will strengthen your muscles, bones and ligaments leading you towards a healthy lifestyle. With the course of time, you will be able to get rid of your pain related issues and can live a happy life.
Clinical Pilates is a well-known treatment for relieving pain, increasing range of motion and maintaining mobility. The technique is also becoming a standard training element among world-class athletes, especially when combined with Chiropractic Care in Reservoir and physiotherapy care in Reservoir. Clinical Pilates classes are appropriate for alleviating dysfunction, assisting in rehabilitation and helping prevent injuries.
The benefits of clinical Pilates are well-documented and being used to assist athletes at all levels of ability. It improves flexibility and helps prevent injuries. Clinical Pilates brings a greater awareness to athletes of their body and its position in space and time.
The exercises strengthen the core and pelvic floor for increased balance, strength and stability, while providing greater muscle support for the spine. It’s effective for any type of sports activity, from triathlons to bowling.
Clinical Pilates in Reservoir assists those with joint disorders, patients with chronic diseases that inhibit free movement, and is even safe for pregnant women. The movements of Pilates aid women in returning to their pre-pregnancy figure, helps relieve the pain and discomfort of pregnancy, and assists in preventing neck and low back pain.
It’s especially effective for rehabilitation needs following injuries and surgical interventions, including joint replacements. Clinical Pilates is appropriate for patients of all ages. It’s beneficial for youths who often develop movement and postural problems during the rapid growth of adolescence.
Seniors derive a wide variety of benefits from clinical Pilates and seeing a Chiropractor near Bundoora or a chiropractor near Thornbury. It helps them avoid falls and balance problems and strengthens bones that lose density as people age. The exercise movements place less stress on joints than other types of exercise and are particularly beneficial for individuals with degenerative joint diseases.
Clinical Pilates is a therapeutic method that can be used alone or in conjunction with other techniques such as Chiropractor Reservoir to rehabilitate, ease pain and return patients to their regular activities with alacrity. It accelerates rehabilitation, reduces fatigue, shows patients how to move with increased efficiency and enhances sports performance.
When we speak of surgery, breast reduction surgery Melbourne isn’t one that comes to find. However, it is important to know about reduction mammaplasty or breast reduction surgery. Excess skin, tissue and fat are removed from the breasts during the procedure.
If one has large breasts and want
to ease their discomfort or are looking for a way to achieve beautiful
symmetrical breasts then they need to get a breast reduction surgery done.
Furthermore, if you feel that your breasts prevent you from participating in physical activates, the breast reduction Melbourne will make it easy for you to do so and would even improve one’s self-esteem. Now, if one is considering getting a breast reduction surgery done then it is important to contact a certified plastic surgeon. Anyone planning on the procedure should consider everything it entails such as complications, risks and what the results would be.
Why it’s done?
Breast reduction surgery helps
resolves issues for women that have large breasts, these issues include:
neck, shoulder and back pain.
self-esteem due to the large breasts
Who should not get a Breast Reduction Surgery?
The following people should not
get a breast reduction surgery:
you are looking for a procedure that doesn’t cause scars
with heart-related problems
Who can get a breast reduction surgery?
Normally, anyone except the above
mentioned people can get a breast reduction surgery. It doesn’t matter how old
one might be and even teenagers can undergo the surgery if the surgeon thinks
fit. However, if one doesn’t have breasts that are fully developed then they
should wait until they get developed. Furthermore, you should skip breast
reduction and postpone it for later if you are pregnant or experience weights
What are the risks associated with the surgery?
There are some risks to breast
reduction surgery just like any other type of surgery. These include an adverse
reaction, infection or bleeding. There are other risks which are possible too
such as below:
which would normally be temporary
or difficult with breast-feeding
of sensation for the skin surrounding the nipples or in the nipples
in symmetry, shape or size of the breasts after surgery.
How to Prepare?
The plastic surgeon would do the
following for preparation.
through your overall health and medical history
you about what you can expect in terms of the appearance and size of the breast
you about the entire procedure, the benefits and its risks such as loss of
sensation or scarring
your breasts and measures them
would be taken for medical records
which anesthesia is being used for the surgery
Is it worth it?
There is a reason why women
around the world get a breast reduction surgery. In most cases, the results are
worth the effort.
Specialist Gynaecologist Heidelberg are there to help us out, but not just with pregnancy. As a woman, there are a number of issues that we have to face throughout our life. Mainly, the problems start when we hit puberty and carry on till our last breath. While most of us are pretty much aware of the issues that may come our way because of the access to knowledge of all sorts, it is still important that we pay visits to doctors as per need.
However, seeing your family doctor for daily check-ups is just not enough, you need to see a gynecologist after you are a grown up. There are several reasons why you should see a Melbourne gynaecologist and not just any other doctor. It is integral to understand that pregnancy is just one of the motives, but definitely not the only one.
Here is a list of reason as to why you should start seeing your gynecologist:
To Understand Your Body:
Human bodies are difficult to understand. Not because of the biology or body parts but because of the diverse nature. No two women can be certain that their body works in the similar manner. Hence, it is significant that you have a doctor who knows exactly how your body is reacting to every hormonal change that may occur after puberty or any other major changes that are specific to your body. If you do not make an effort to understand your system, it will surprise you in ways which are not so pleasant.
Know What is Wrong:
There are several parts of a woman’s body like breasts and vagina which may catch a disease and you wouldn’t even know. If you see a gynecologist, he/she will make sure that if there is a problem, you know it before hand so that it can be treated on an early stage. Things like breast cancer cannot be identified that easily in the early stages. The good news is that it is a curable disease if recognized timely. This is only possible if you have a gynecologist to go to. Often treating endometriosis in Melbourne might be another goo reason to visit a professional.
This is an issue for which you cannot and should not completely rely on the information that is given to you through various sources. The reason is simple; you may have some kind of sexual activity or a problem with your periods due to which this is happening, it could be anything and only a doctor can tell you if it is dangerous or for your health or not.
Information on Protection:
The use of contraceptives is necessary, especially when you are not prepared for taking up the responsibility of an accidental baby. If you have a gynecologist that you go to, they will tell you exactly how to protect yourself while having sex. Safe sex is important and so it is highly recommended that you go see a gynaecologist Melbourne and have complete knowledge of what is right and what is not. this also depends on the specifications of your body and so only your doctor will be able to help you out.
The way glasses works for eyes, Orthotic works by getting rid of feet pain. Orthotic is a prescribed medical appliance. The reason behind using them is to relieve pain from feet. It targets the hind-foot, mid-foot and forefoot along with lower apex to give people correct foot posture.
Normal perception about foot orthotic is that this product is meant for seniors. However, Orthotics Blackburn can be used regardless of age. Orthotic is custom-made because it is made as per the type of shoe they are going into, the condition of pain, shape and size of people’s feet. Also, the material of the Orthotic is also as per customer requirement.
Orthotics can be used in a wide range of shoes like children’s shoes, men’s shoes, athletic shoes etc.
Benefits of Orthotics
Enhanced Foot Support
Feet have a complex structure of 26 bones and over 100 muscles. They bear your body weight and support from feet orthotics is important. Podiatrists crafting full contact, Sole Support orthotics. The best thing about these orthotics is that they support all three integral arches of the feet for better support.
Pronation causes more stress on the knees, hips and lower back and feet. It happens because crumpled knees let the ankle to fall towards the midline of the body. It can also cause knee injury during playing sports or running.
This is the opposite of pronation because the ankles fall away from the midline of the body. The supination is caused by high arches and effects are similar to pronation. Custom orthotics Essendon support keeps the arches at the same level and helps you to maintain the balance of your body. A retail insole cannot be so beneficial.
Enhanced Athletic Performance
Custom orthotics let you give your maximum output. It improves your balance and body position along with reducing the risk of injury. Ultimately, orthotics help you to perform better.
Custom orthotics are not known for their support only but also for the comfort they provide. These are designed as per foot structure and because of that, you feel more comfortable. You can walk comfortably and can be more active throughout the day.
Although you can get the shoe inserts from retail shops to get more comfortable. However, these are not as comfortable as orthotic because orthotic is made according to the foot structure and your specific issues. A recent study has revealed that custom orthotics Blackburn reduce the pain from patellofemoral.
Podiatrists provide affordable orthotics
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This is one macabre auction: A lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination, is up for sale.
Boston-based RR Auction said bidding has opened online for the items ahead of a live auction scheduled for Sept. 12 in New Hampshire. The auction house set the minimum bid at $10,000 but expects the lock and telegram to fetch $75,000 or more, spokesman Mike Graff said.
Measuring roughly 2 inches (5 centimeters) long, the bushy lock of hair was removed during Lincoln's postmortem examination after he was fatally shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., by John Wilkes Booth.
It was given to Dr. Lyman Beecher Todd, a Kentucky postmaster and a cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln, the 16th president's widow, Graff said. The physician was present when Lincoln's body was examined, he added.
The hair is mounted on an official War Department telegram sent to Dr. Todd by George Kinnear, his assistant in the Lexington, Kentucky, post office. The telegram was received in Washington at 11 p.m. on April 14, 1865.
A caption typed by Todd's son reads: "The above telegram … arrived in Washington a few minutes after Abraham Lincoln was shot. Next day, at the postmortem, when a lock of hair, clipped from near the President’s left temple, was given to Dr. Todd — finding no other paper in his pocket — he wrapped the lock, stained with blood or brain fluid, in this telegram and hastily wrote on it in pencil: ‘Hair of A. Lincoln.’”
Dr. Todd gave a slightly different account later in life, writing in 1895 — three decades after the assassination, and seven years before his own death — that he clipped the lock of hair himself.
In Lincoln-era papers kept at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, he wrote in an account of the autopsy: “When all was over, General Hardin entered, and handed me a pair of scissors, requesting me to cut a few locks of hair for Mrs. Lincoln. I carefully cut and delivered them to General Hardin, and then secured one for myself which I have preserved as a sacred relic.”
Could scientists clone Lincoln from the lock? Forget about it. Hair follicles rarely contain viable DNA, the genetic material that maps human beings.
RR Auction said it vouches for the authenticity of the lock and telegram, in part based on a 1945 letter written by Dr. Todd's son, James Todd. The letter says the clipping of hair "has remained entirely in the custody of our family since that time.” It last was sold in 1999, the auction house said.
Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of RR Auction, disputes the notion that the offerings — particularly the lock — are a little on the dark side.
“It's not macabre. It's a fascinating artifact from a horrible tragedy,” he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "Collecting locks of hair was common after someone passed away. It’s such a piece of history. The assassination of President Lincoln was obviously such a shock.”
Historians say the telegram itself is significant because it disproved a conspiracy theory that then-Secretary of War Edwin Stanton plotted to kill Lincoln because of their personal and political differences.
At the time, some claimed that Stanton ordered military communications to be disrupted, allowing Booth to briefly elude his captors. The time stamp on the dispatch shows that military telegraph lines were, in fact, functioning on the night Lincoln was assassinated.
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You might think it’s cute and melt your heart when your puppy is chewing a much more extensive shoe than their body. But it may become a ‘home disaster’ when the puppy grows up and shows destructive behavior by chewing shoes, clothes, and sofa. At that time, it’s too late to regret. So it's essential to train your dogs in order to prevent them from chewing shoes.
Keep on reading if you desire to know what is the first step to avoid things from happening. There are basically three main reasons why your puppy is biting shoes, including teething, boredom, and separation anxiety.
A puppy starts teething at about 3 to 4 months, and it may chew things because of teething. At this period, the puppy experiences gum sore and discomfort, and it’s drooling. Therefore, they will look for something to chew on, relieving the pain and discomfort. How to avoid it chewing on your shoes?
Provide teething toys for it to chew on. Especially those toys that can be filled with cool water so that it could also soothe your puppy’s gums and teach them to chew on toys. Whenever you notice them chewing on your shoes, replace the boots with chewing toys, and reward your puppy with treats when it starts chewing on toys. Keep shoes, clothes, and other things out of your puppy’s reach that it likes to chew on except its chewing toys.
Out of Boredom
Dogs or puppies could chew shoes out of boredom. If your puppy has no other entertainment activities to have fun or burn energy, it will find itself. Yes, it may begin to chew things to consume its energy and entertain itself. Hence, it would be best if you get them a job or a thing to focus on, like provide playthings and let them keep your house safe. A daily walk might also help to burn some of your dog’s energy.
Separation anxiety can cause a puppy or dog to munch things that are nervous reactions to your absence. And to them, your shoes or clothes smell like you or even better. So, you should keep your clothes and shoes away from your dogs. Moreover, if your puppy remains alone all day, consider getting it an animal companion or get a dog secure camera/dog treat for it so that you can see, talk to it, and give treats to relieve its separation anxiety.
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Episode 71: Sex in Space and Sex with Robots
January 28, 2022 by Justin Lehmiller
Space travel is a rapidly expanding industry. In the near future, people are going to be traveling and maybe even living outside of Earth’s atmosphere for prolonged periods of time. This raises a lot of interesting questions about how we can make life in outer space compatible with human needs, including our sexual and intimate needs. However, space organizations aren’t talking about sex in space, and they aren’t studying it either. But if we’re going to build spacefaring societies, this is something we need to understand. So what are the potential benefits and risks of sex in space, and how can we overcome the challenges?
This episode is going to take you to the final frontiers of sex. We’re not only going to explore what we know about space sex, but also sex with robots. My guest is Simon Dubé, a Public Scholar and PhD candidate in psychology at Concordia University specializing in human sexuality, sextech, and erobotics, which is the study of human-machine erotic interaction and co-evolution. He is a student representative of the International Academy of Sex Research and a general co-Chair of the International Congress on Love & Sex with Robots. Some of the topics we explore include:
- Why is there so much resistance to studying sex in space and sex with robots?
- What are the potential benefits and risks of sex in space?
- How can we overcome the challenges of sex in space in order to maximize the benefits?
- Should space crews and missions only consist of members of the same sex?
- What are the potential benefits and risks of sex with robots?
- What do modern sex robots look like, and how much do they cost?
- How does the issue of consent work when it comes to sex robots?
- Can sex robots help us to become better lovers for human partners?
To learn more about Simon, follow him on Twitter @SciDub11
If you’d like to take part in some of Simon’s research on erobotics, email firstname.lastname@example.org to learn about current and upcoming participation opportunities.
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Dr. Justin Lehmiller is a social psychologist and Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute. He runs the Sex and Psychology blog and podcast and is author of the popular book Tell Me What You Want. Dr. Lehmiller is an award-winning educator, and a prolific researcher who has published more than 50 academic works.Read full bio > | <urn:uuid:ed916505-702b-4bd8-b92b-e5cb3f3163b2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast/episode-71-sex-in-space-and-sex-with-robots/?fbclid=IwAR3pPidAbIx7y403rXbTzHih17pE1QSMNjTyFmdCpMPdd-qez0bR6jpWKC4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.935576 | 625 | 2 | 2 |
This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and anthropological, it is argued that the ongoing Sinhala-Tamil conflict is in actual practice often justified by a resort to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism is in peril. Though Buddhism is commonly assumed to be a religion that never allows for war, this study suggests otherwise, thereby bringing Buddhism into the ethical dialogue on religion and war. Without a realistic consideration of just-war thinking in contemporary Sri Lanka, it will remain impossible to understand the power of religion there to create both peace and war.
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- What is the Mega voucher?
- When will the vouchers be available for Edu Rede Escolar?
- What is Plataforma Mega?
- How much does Mega cost?
- Is there a Mega Millions promo code?
- Why start a mega account?
- What are the benefits of the free school meal voucher scheme?
- What is the voucher amount for a Grade 10 student?
- How much is the voucher subsidy for grade 12 in NCR?
- What is the meaning of Mega-?
- What is the Mega extension?
- How secure is Mega?
What is the Mega voucher?
A plataforma MEGA já começou a disponibilizar vouchers para aquisição de manuais escolares gratuitos. Esta iniciativa destina-se aos alunos dos anos de continuidade – 2.º, 3.º, 4.º, 6.º, 8.º, 9.º 11.º e 12.º anos.
When will the vouchers be available for Edu Rede Escolar?
Para os restantes anos de escolaridade – 1.º, 5.º, 7.º e 10.º - os vouchers vão começar a ser disponibilizados a partir do dia 13 de agosto. Para beneficiarem de manuais escolares gratuitos, os encarregados de educação devem registar-se na plataforma MEGA ou descarregar a aplicação Edu Rede Escolar (disponível para iOS e Android ).
What is Plataforma Mega?
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Why start a mega account?
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What is the Mega app?
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What is the meaning of Mega-?
Look up mega- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mega is a unit prefix in metric systems of units denoting a factor of one million (10 6 or 1 000 000 ). It has the unit symbol M. It was confirmed for use in the International System of Units (SI) in 1960. Mega comes from Ancient Greek: μέγας, romanized : mégas, lit. great.
What is the Mega extension?
MEGA is a secure, user-controlled end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and communication service with 50 GB* free storage space. This extension will allow you to install MEGA into your browser to reduce loading times, improve download performance and strengthen security.
How secure is Mega?
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The Town of Brewster has developed a draft Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. This plan is important because it helps the Town plan and receive funding for projects that reduce the risk of injury or damage to property from future natural, communicable, human-caused or technological hazard events such as flooding, hurricanes or cyber security. This Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan builds on previous work already completed by the Town including the Brewster Coastal Adaptation Strategy (September 2016), Town of Brewster Vision Plan (2018), the Town of Brewster Coastal Resource Management Plan (2019), and the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Plan (2019).
Hazard Mitigation Plan Virtual Public Workshop 11/30/21
Come hear about the process to date and the mitigation actions developed as part of the plan. Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6:00 PM—8:00 PM
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Residents invited to participate in Christmas Bird Count
Residents are invited to participate in this year’s Christmas Bird Count to learn more about the different kinds of birds who call the Leduc region home. The event will take place Dec. 19.
To help identify our feathered friends, the City offers a free winter bird guide. Printed copies are available on a first come, first served basis at the Leduc Public Library or by calling the Eco Smart Hotline at 780-980-7107.
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Please be aware that the landowner at St Ninian’s is carrying out site maintenance involving large machinery and significant groundworks. The path is in extremely poor condition and may be impassable. Where possible, please avoid this section of the Fife Pilgrim Way whilst we are working with stakeholders to find a resolution.
The historic town of Dunfermline has been a chief draw for pilgrims to Fife for centuries. Immerse yourself in its history and hospitality before following the route through the beautiful backdrops of Loch Fitty and Blairadam Forest.
‘There was a poor little woman, English by birth and race … who was afflicted for a long time with a very serious ailment … she fell headlong to the ground before the holy altar like a lifeless stone … But soon sadness was turned to joy, the health of her limbs restored to her.’ (Excerpt from the Miracula S. Margarite Scotorum regine [Miracles of St Margaret] 1245-63)
For hundreds of years Dunfermline has provided countless pilgrims with an inspiring destination. Its magnificent abbey is the burial place of many of Scotland’s kings and queens, including King Robert the Bruce and Queen Margaret, who was later made a saint.
Many miracles are recorded as having taken place close to St Margaret’s shrine, and a number of Scottish queens wore her shirt for protection during childbirth. Medieval pilgrims who visited the abbey on her feast day of 16 November were promised a smoother journey to heaven. This made the arduous journey of pilgrimage worthwhile.
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Pressure Washer Safety: 7 Essential Tips for Beginners
A Beginners Guide To Pressure Washer Safety
Everybody knows that when it comes to keeping things clean, pressure washers always come up on top. When you first use a pressure washer it can be easy to get carried away, but it is essential that you always practice excellent pressure washer safety.
They are exceptionally safe tools when used correctly, but if you do not know what you’re doing then it’s easy to make a mistake, and this can compromise your safety.
You’ll need to be considering whether you have the right equipment for the job, whether there are any dangers present in the area you want to pressure wash, or if there are any other safety hazards in the way of the cleaning job.
This can all be a bit overwhelming for beginners – we were there once, and we all start somewhere! Don’t worry though – we’ve got you covered.
We have compiled a list of our top 7 Essential Tips for Pressure Washer Safety so that you don’t have to do the research.
Read this thoroughly and feel free to take notes – we guarantee that they will help you keep your pressure washing experience safe and satisfying.
Tip 1: High Pressure Washer Can Cause Injury
Firstly, we’re going to state the obvious – pressure washers make use of very high pressure, and this can cause injury.
With the average pressure washer outputting a whopping 2500 PSI (pounds per square inch), anything in its way will be subject to a pretty aggressive force, which could result in items being knocked over onto people, and all manner of other things.
However, this is really easy to avoid – simply make a risk assessment and ensure you are aware of any possible dangers and that everybody stays well away from the pressure washer when in use.
Tip 2: Wear Safety Clothing
In addition to pressure washers being powerful enough to damage things obstructing its path, the high pressure can also be very abrasive to human skin.
If pressure washers can remove awful stains in your kitchen, imagine how bad this could be if you have direct contact on your skin! Have no fear though, because the pressure washing experts provide excellent PPE to prevent this from becoming a problem.
By wearing durable and protective gaiters, aprons, gloves and boots, you can be sure that the enormous water output will not come into contact with your skin, rendering the pressure washer completely harmless.
Tip 3: Read the Manual Before You Start
If you’re as passionate about cleaning as us, you’ll probably be overwhelmed with excitement when you purchase a pressure washer – so excited that you want to power it up right away!
Not so fast – there will be of time to play with your pressure washer in the future, but for now, you should ensure that you read the manual, cover to cover.
This manual will teach you how to make the most out of your pressure washer, how to use the different modes and most importantly, how to do it safely. So, don’t try to be a smarty-pants – RTFM (read the flipping manual!)
Tip 4: Don’t use a Petrol Pressure Washer Indoors
This may seem pretty obvious, but you would be surprised at how many people make this mistake – NEVER use a petrol pressure washer indoors.
There are various reasons for this, and they are all related to the use of petrol. Firstly, if your pressure washer consumed petrol for power then the toxic fumes from this process need to go somewhere, and you certainly don’t want to be exposed to this in your own home!
It would also stink out your house and potentially lead to a fire hazard. So, save the petrol pressure washer for the outdoor jobs – it’s simply not safe under the roof of your house!
Tip 5: Try to avoid using the pinpoint jet spray – it is not really needed
Pressure washers use very high levels of water pressure to work their magic. They are already extremely powerful and can be damaging to the skin, but this danger is increased when using a pinpoint jet spray.
This often comes as a peripheral to your pressure washer and concentrates all the water pressure into a tiny point, hence the name. This can be useful under specific circumstances but can be really damaging when not used correctly, being so powerful that it can easy cut through soft surfaces!
If you can hold yourself back, save the pinpoint jet spray for the professionals – it is simply unnecessarily powerful for most jobs, and could do more damage than good!
Tip 6: Don’t use a Pressure Washer on a Ladder
When it comes to pressure washing those hard-to-reach places such as roofs and windows, it can be tempting to hop on a ladder to reach the spot.
Stop right there – never use a pressure washer on a ladder, it’s dangerous. Due to the high-pressure output of the tool, you could easy knock the ladder out of place or spray something that could fall and cause all sorts of safety hazards.
Don’t worry though – you can still pressure wash these places, but just ensure that you consult a professional on how to complete the task safely.
Tip 7: Clear the Area of Loose Debris Before Use
One final essential safety tip when it comes to pressure washing is to always remember to clear the area of loose debris before you commence work.
There could be pebbles and other hard debris that could be blasted by the pressure washer, pinging uncontrollably into your French doors or outdoor ornaments!
This could cause huge damage, and it’s easily avoidable – simply assess the area before you whip out the pressure washer and ensure you’ve had a good sweep up.
Overall, pressure washers are fantastic tools to reach dazzling heights of cleanliness in your home – but they do present dangers and it’s important that you are aware of them.
However, as long as you read the manual, always assess the risks present and ensure that you take appropriate precautions based on this list, we are positive that your pressure washing experience will be safe, efficient and satisfying.
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2D is the traditional ultrasound method that has been used for years. 2D produces a flatter, two-dimensional, black and white image of your baby. You can see the bone of the baby highlighted in white.
3D is an advanced method which captures a true, three-dimensional image of your baby, often allowing the ability to see specific facial features and well-defined formation. Baby will appear in a yellow/tan color.
4D creates a live video effect, like a movie — you can watch your baby smile or yawn! This ultrasound will show baby as if you are in the three dimensional image, but captures baby in action.
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M4S 040: Getting Started Prepping? These 4 Tips Will Help
If that’s where you’re at right now, you need to know that you are not alone in how you feel. Many people, especially when they first begin to focus on their preparedness, feel as if they are emotionally drowning. After all, it’s a lot to take in, and it’s completely normal to feel like you’re in over your head, especially if they start out reading horror stories about events like EMPs, tsunamis, and the Cascadian Fault.
When people begin the transition from a non-prepper mindset to a prepper mindset, they can be overcome by the feeling that danger is around every corner. The problem is that before opening their eyes to preparedness, people often have normalcy bias. Either that or they’ve just never thought about the dangers of the world. Then, once their eyes are open and they begin to prepare, they become aware of all the potential tragedies waiting for them.
It’s at this point that the overwhelm often sets in.
Go Slow When Getting Started Prepping
Fortunately, the odds of most of the tragic events ever happening is minimal. Therefore, the urgency to become prepared may not be quite as urgent as it initially seems. One way to overcome the feeling of urgency is to take a measured and logical approach to your preparedness. This article contains 5 steps to help guide and reassure you that you’re on the right track and probably doing better than you realize.
While we’re on that point, it’s important to know that more often than not, people are more prepared than they know. Heck, many times, people who are new to prepping are not as new to it as they think. In reality, they have a subconscious that has caused them to prepare without them knowing they are doing it. That is why, when they move to the first tip in the five tips for beginning preppers, inventorying and organizing their supplies and resources, they are often surprised about how far ahead of the preparedness game they are.
Regardless of where you are in that equation, though, it’s good to understand that you are on the right track by just taking that initial leap forward and making the conscious decision to prepare. Heck, you are probably more than on the right track. The fact is that by just admitting you need to prepare, you are light years ahead of most other people who never accept they should take the time to improve their readiness.
1) Inventory and Organize Your Supplies and Resources
A great way to establish a solid prepping foundation is to inventory and organize what you already have. This foundation will help you overcome one of the most significant prepping challenges: a shortage of time. The majority of preparedness frustration centers around a lack of time and money. Therefore, it’s essential to establish an accurate inventory so that later, as you work on your preparedness, you know what you have and where. This will go a long way to helping you be more efficient with your time.
Knowing what you have on hand can also save you money. Far too often, preppers make the mistake of purchasing, acquiring, etc., gear, supplies, and other items they already have. By completing a thorough inventory, preppers will find that they save more money than those who don’t act purposefully when preparing.
2) Perform a Personal Risk Assessment
Perhaps the best way to determine what you need to prepare for is by conducting an individual risk assessment. Realistically establishing what your most significant threats are, provides you with the opportunity to manage those first. Those who are just getting started prepping should focus their initial efforts on the most likely things.
When you prioritize your risks, you are setting yourself up for success should an event occur. Those who fail to prioritize may find themselves addressing problems that don’t exist or are so inconsequential that solving them is a waste of time and resources.
Two of the most significant factors to consider when performing a risk assessment are probability and impact.
Probability is the potential of an event happening. Some events have a low chance of occurring, while others have a higher likelihood depending on your area.
Impact refers to how severe the resulting problems will be for you should an event happen. For example, the impact of a fire may be extremely high due to the potential to lose your home, goods, and family as a result. However, a fractured toe is not likely to have a significant impact on your life.
One area that often goes overlooked when preparing is what happens when you are away from home. We are all probably fairly good at thinking through and preparing for emergencies when we’re home. However, what happens if a significant earthquake occurs and you’re 50 miles from home? Have you performed risk assessments on various aspects of your time when out and about?
3) Create a Plan
A lot of folks think that getting started prepping is all about buying a whole bunch of stuff. It’s actually about planning.
As Ted Runci spoke about in episode four, before planning, it’s essential to gather all the information you need. By preparing in advance to create your plan, you’ll be set with the required information, which will allow you to focus on planning.
When planning, you’ll want to determine what your priorities are. Prioritizing aspects of your plan make it possible for you to address the most critical elements first. Often, some portions of your plan experience delay until others are complete, so it’s important to know what to do first.
Create courses of action that will allow you to execute the plan as smoothly and efficiently as possible. Knowing in advance what steps to take to respond to various problems will pay dividends when an emergency happens. When we don’t think through potential courses of action ahead of time, we set ourselves up for failure.
4) Prepare in Incremental Steps
As you work through your preparations, you should do so in a systematic way that addresses all of your needs equally. For example, having three months of food but no plan for water doesn’t do you much good. In other words, as you prepare your food supplies, also prepare your water, medical supplies, etc., evenly so that you are ready if the time comes.
Slow and steady wins the race. When you prepare, you want to make sure you take action in a sustained and logical manner. Remember all of the planning we went over earlier? Well, stick to your plan, and as you go through it, reassess what you’re doing. Set yourself with near and far goals and work towards achieving them. It’s always good to remember, doing a little bit each day results in significant accomplishments over time.
Don’t panic and try to do everything at once. As we discussed at the beginning, new preppers are often overwhelmed, and some panic when thinking about all they have to do. Don’t let this be you. If you do one little prep today, you’ll be one prep closer to a positive outcome than you were yesterday. The key is to keep pushing forward. Before you know it, you’ll be much better prepared and proud of your accomplishment. And don’t let other preppers who seem to have it all together make you feel hopeless. They’re probably not as ready as they think they are.
The Bottom Line on Getting Started Prepping
Getting started prepping can be an overwhelming task, but it doesn’t have to be. Break it down into the simple steps above, and soon, you’ll no longer be a newbie. You’ll be giving other people advice.
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What are we?
Northwoods Manufacturing is a student-run business located in the Hurley K-12 School in Hurley, Wisconsin. All of our projects are handmade by students with assistance from our Wood Shop Instructor, Roger Peterson, and our Metals Instructor, Jake Hostetler. All of our revenue goes to our shop and ensuring that we have up to date materials, machinery, and tools.
Who are we?
All workers in Northwoods Manufacturing are high schoolers, but our program goes beyond high school. All 8th graders in the Hurley K-12 School go through a semester of woodshop as part of their school year. This class gives them the opportunity to learn work ethic and teamwork along with woodworking and other life skills. It also ensures that if they chose to pursue going into woodshop in High School that they are at the level they need to be to keep up with the upperclassmen.
What do we make?
The first projects for almost every single 8th grader is making a cutting board and turning a pen. Making these projects allows them to learn to use every machine in the shop (excluding our CNC, which can be used to engrave cutting boards after production). After they are done with this all of the students are free to make what they want to and pursue what interests them. This leads to endless possibilities of what we can create such as tables, signs, cribbage boards, pens, etc...
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We have partnered with Stormy Kromer (Jacquart) to make custom Stormy Kromer hat cribbage boards. These cribbage boards are created by an experienced and dedicated group of workers who have created an intricate system of manufacturing and quality control to ensure that every cribbage board is up to standard. These cribbage boards will be available around the holiday season of 2022 on the Stormy Kromer website. A video took by the Stormy Kromer team interviewing these students will also be available soon.
Festival Italiano 2022
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1 Linux Ftrace Testcases 2 3 This is a collection of testcases for ftrace tracing feature in the Linux 4 kernel. Since ftrace exports interfaces via the debugfs, we just need 5 shell scripts for testing. Feel free to add new test cases. 6 7 Running the ftrace testcases 8 ============================ 9 10 At first, you need to be the root user to run this script. 11 To run all testcases: 12 13 $ sudo ./ftracetest 14 15 To run specific testcases: 16 17 # ./ftracetest test.d/basic3.tc 18 19 Or you can also run testcases under given directory: 20 21 # ./ftracetest test.d/kprobe/ 22 23 Contributing new testcases 24 ========================== 25 26 Copy test.d/template to your testcase (whose filename must have *.tc 27 extension) and rewrite the test description line. 28 29 * The working directory of the script is <debugfs>/tracing/. 30 31 * Take care with side effects as the tests are run with root privilege. 32 33 * The tests should not run for a long period of time (more than 1 min.) 34 These are to be unit tests. 35 36 * You can add a directory for your testcases under test.d/ if needed. 37 38 * The test cases should run on dash (busybox shell) for testing on 39 minimal cross-build environments. 40 41 * Note that the tests are run with "set -e" (errexit) option. If any 42 command fails, the test will be terminated immediately. 43 44 * The tests can return some result codes instead of pass or fail by 45 using exit_unresolved, exit_untested, exit_unsupported and exit_xfail. 46 47 Result code 48 =========== 49 50 Ftracetest supports following result codes. 51 52 * PASS: The test succeeded as expected. The test which exits with 0 is 53 counted as passed test. 54 55 * FAIL: The test failed, but was expected to succeed. The test which exits 56 with !0 is counted as failed test. 57 58 * UNRESOLVED: The test produced unclear or intermidiate results. 59 for example, the test was interrupted 60 or the test depends on a previous test, which failed. 61 or the test was set up incorrectly 62 The test which is in above situation, must call exit_unresolved. 63 64 * UNTESTED: The test was not run, currently just a placeholder. 65 In this case, the test must call exit_untested. 66 67 * UNSUPPORTED: The test failed because of lack of feature. 68 In this case, the test must call exit_unsupported. 69 70 * XFAIL: The test failed, and was expected to fail. 71 To return XFAIL, call exit_xfail from the test. 72 73 There are some sample test scripts for result code under samples/. 74 You can also run samples as below: 75 76 # ./ftracetest samples/ 77 78 TODO 79 ==== 80 81 * Fancy colored output :) 82
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There are fifteen branches of the Minor family in total, each with their own distinguishing designation based on the estate where they were born. As Francis and Virginia were second cousins, they are both represented on different branches. Francis’ line is known as the “Woodlawn Minors” and Virginia is of the “Topping Castle Minors.
Beginning with their first blood relatives in America, Francis and Virginia hold several generations in common. These shared relatives will be addressed first, followed by the relatives of Francis, of whom the records are more plentiful; then those of Virginia, who are still, by and large, murky figures lost to history.
Genealogist Charles M. Blackford notes that while few achieved lasting fame, “from the first of the name to the present day, [the Minor family’s] members have been influential in their respective communities, but have ever shunned office, and hence are not as well-known as many families of less real merit but fewer peculiarities.”
* These are short profiles of the Minors. For more in-depth information, please see Nicole’s book when it is released.
Mindert Doodes (also spelled Maindort/Meindert Doedes)
Mindert Doodes, one of the hundreds of Dutch ship captains who had traded in Virginia, chose to leave Holland and relocate to Virginia in 1650 along with his wife, Mary, a woman of social and political distinction in Holland. He made his home on the lower waters of the Rappahannock in Nansemond County.
Mindert and Mary had two children, Doodes and Marie. Father and son were naturalized in 1673, under the Virginia Naturalization Act of 1671, which required them to petition the General Assembly and take an oath of allegiance to the Crown in exchange for the right to inherit land.
Mindert lived only four years as a full citizen of the English colony of Virginia. He died sometime in late 1677. Mindert’s will—appropriately sealed with a wax impression of a galley— was proved on December 13, 1677. He left his estate to his wife until such time as she remarried, which she did, twice, before her death on January 9, 1686/87. His estate then passed to his children.
Doodes Minor was born in Holland and was about nine years old when the family emigrated to Virginia, which puts his birth around 1641. Nothing is known of his childhood.
As an adult, Doodes lived on the Rappahannock River in the county of Middlesex. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had five or six children, one of whom was a daughter. Doodes was a farmer who did much to advance his family from the status of immigrant merchants to the planter class or gentry of the South, who made most of their money through tobacco beginning in the mid-seventeenth century. Doodes was also a member of the Middlesex County Colonial Militia, with records confirming service at least in 1687.
The exact date of Doodes’ death is unclear, but family tradition holds it occurred sometime in 1695. Doodes willed his plantation to his wife until her death or remarriage, at which time it was to be divided among four of his sons. He also willed that his land in the upper part of Middlesex County be divided among them.
Garrett Minor was the third son of Doodes and Elizabeth Minor, born April 13, 1679. Very little is known of his life other than he served as Justice of Middlesex county and was referred to as “mayor.”
According to tax records, he owned 225 acres in Middlesex, Virginia by 1704. Garrett was the first Minor to supplement his tobacco income with work in the law, which was to become a sacred vocation in the Minor family.
He married Diane Vivian on October 17, 1706, in Christ Church Parish in Middlesex. They had at least two children, a son named John, born June 29, 1707, and a daughter called Diana, born June 22, 1710.
Garrett died on February 2, 1720, in Middlesex. Like many of his ancestors and descendants, he is buried in Christ Church Cemetery in Middlesex.
John Vivian Minor
John Minor, was a wealthy planter from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, who also served as a captain in the Fairfax County Militia. He was known as an intelligent and well-respected leader who “had a prominent place in the life of colonial Caroline” County.
He married Sarah Carr, daughter of Captain Thomas and Mary Carr on Nov 14, 1732. Together, they had eleven children. As a wedding gift, his father-in-law gave him ownership of Sarah’s childhood home, an estate on the north bank of the North Anna River in Caroline County called Topping Castle.
Three years later, on August 9, 1735, King George II granted twenty-eight-year–old John a Crown Patent for 400 acres of land in Hanover County on “the North Fork of the north fork of the James River” called Gale Hill for the sum of forty shillings.
John chose not to live on Gale Hill, making their home instead at Topping Castle. John reserved the Gale Hill land for agriculture. On April 26, 1748, John bought another 400 acres of property adjacent to Gale Hill, and area called Waller Grant. By time he died in 1755, John’s children stood to inherit some 800 acres. He left Gale Hill to his son James and Topping Hill to John II.
John Vivian Minor is the last joint ancestor of Virginia and Francis Minor. His sons, John Minor II (the eldest and Virginia’s great-grandfather) and Dabney Minor I (the eighth child and Francis’ grandfather) are the point at which the family tree splits into two distinct branches.
Dabney Minor I
Dabney Minor I, Francis Minor’s grandfather, was the eighth child of John Vivian Minor and Sarah Carr, born June 11, 1749. History is mute on his upbringing, but he was certainly apprenticed to the trade of carpentry at a young age, as his profession is described as a carpenter and house joiner.
Dabney married Anne Anderson, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Mills) Anderson of Albemarle County, on October 12, 1773. Together, they had five children, including one daughter who died young and is therefore omitted from some family and historical records.
Dabney was so well-respected for his work he received several commissions. He was part of a commission of five men who prepared two acres of land for public buildings in Orange, the county seat. He also completed several commissions in construction of the courthouse and furniture to be housed within it, including tables and bookcases.
At some point before 1797, the family acquired over 1,000 acres on the North Anna River, a plantation they came to call Woodlawn. That was a popular name for residences in the area, with no fewer than five others bearing the same name; this one is believed to be located south of present-day Highway 612 just west of the Spotsylvania border.
This was the home that came to identify a whole branch of the Minor family, but Dabney did not live in it long. The year of his death is in some question, as the Minor Family Bible clearly records it as November 7, 1797, but tradition holds to November 7, 1799, possibly the result of a transcription error somewhere along the way.
Dabney Minor II
Little record remains of Dabney’s youngest son, Dabney Minor II, born July 22, 1779, at Woodlawn. He was a lawyer who handled land cases and executed wills.
He married Lucy Herndon on January 30, 1800. They had nine children, of whom Francis was the second youngest. They lived on a “tract of land purchased from Joseph Alcock’s estate” in Orange County, Virginia.
Francis was only two when his father died after a long, painful illness on March 8, 1822, at the age of forty-two. He gave two-thirds of the land on which they lived to his wife, Lucy, and the other third to his daughter, Salley, plus a third of his land in Hanover County to little Francis. This was either split with Christopher Hudson of Albemarle County, and Launcelot Minor of Louisa County, or held in their ownership until Francis came of age; the will is unclear.
Three of Virginia’s ancestors were members of the commission which sentenced the slaves and white indentured servant rebels in Bacon’s rebellion in 1676 for rising up against the local gentry. She is also related to George Washington through two lines and eight generations.
Major John Minor II
Born November 13, 1735, to John Vivian Minor and Sarah Carr, Major John Minor was their heir and one of the most influential of the Topping Castle Minors.
John married Elizabeth Cosby in 1755. They had four children. He and his second wife Mary Overton, whom he married in 1760, had seven children.
At the age of twenty, John inherited Gale Hill lands from his father. He likely began his career as a tobacco farmer. At the time, it was not uncommon for planters like Minor to fund their lands not from the profit of their farms, but by taking other jobs in professions like medicine, education, or law—all of which various branches of the Minor family excelled in. John was appointed a Justice of the Peace in Caroline County in 1769 by Governor Botetourt.
In addition, he managed the affairs and estate of General Thomas Nelson Jr. while he was otherwise engaged as a member of Congress, was a delegate to the 1776 Constitutional Convention, and commanded the siege of Yorktown that resulted in the surrender of the British and an eventual end to the Revolutionary War.
Beginning in 1777, John served in the Caroline County militia during the Revolutionary War. He was promoted to the rank of second major in August 1777 by Walker Taliaferro. He served until January 1779, when he resigned his commission.
Sometime in the 1770s he built a mansion on his father’s land that came to be known as Gale Hill.
John Minor died March 21, 1800, aged sixty-four.
Col. William Minor
Very few records survive pertaining to Col. William Minor, the third son of John Minor, and Virginia Minor’s grandfather. He married Mildred T. Lewis, daughter of Capt. John Lewis, through whom the Minors are related to Meriwether Lewis of the Louisiana Purchase, on January 2, 1790. Together, they had three children: Warner Washington, Virginia’s father; Lucy; and Elizabeth.
Col. William Minor was a career military man. He died in Hybla in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1820.
Warner Washington Minor
Virginia’s father, Warner Washington Minor, was born on November 22, 1792, the eldest child of William and Mildred Gregory Lewis Minor. Nothing is known of his childhood.
Warner married Maria Timberlake on January 25, 1819. They had seven children, of whom Virginia Louise (or Louisa) was the second daughter and third eldest. Her older siblings were Lewis Madison Timberlake (1828–1874) and Mary Mildred Madison (1821–1843) and her younger sisters were Lucy Ellen (1826–1872), Maria Warner, who was born and died in 1827, and Harriet Ann (1828–1830), plus brother Warner W. (1830–1832).
Little is known about Warner’s life between his marriage and 1825, other than he seems to have lost whatever fortune he had. It is unclear where the family was living prior to 1825, when they moved to Charlottesville so Warner could take a job as one of the first “hotelkeeper” at the University of Virginia, where he oversaw Hotel C. This job was financially and physically taxing, and Warner resigned in the fall of 1828. No further record of his employment currently exists.
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Chinese Traditional Festivals and Holidays
Prior to the introduction of the solar calendar system from the West, China exclusively followed a lunar calendar in determining the times of planting, harvesting, and festival occasions. Though today the people in China use the western calendar for most practical matters of daily life, the old system still serves as the basis for determining numerous seasonal holidays. This coexistence of two calendar systems has long been accepted by the people of China. A lunar month is determined by the period required for the moon to complete its full phasic cycle of 29 and a half days, a standard that makes the lunar year a full 11 days shorter than its solar counterpart. This difference is made up every 19 years by the addition of seven lunar months. The 12 lunar months are further divided into 24 solar Divisions distinguished by the four seasons and times of heat and cold, all bearing close relationship to the yearly cycle of agricultural work. | <urn:uuid:c34562a3-6645-4f92-801a-350076f97a4d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www2.chinatown-online.com/festivals | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.94511 | 185 | 3.75 | 4 |
In an article on the EdTech Magazine website, a hearing-impaired professor writes about the benefits of remote learning for faculty who have hearing difficulties.
Jonathan Moore argues that he actually hears better on videoconference than a traditional classroom setting because his students are sitting close to the microphone; in class, his students sometimes speak low or are seated too far away for him to hear clearly.
Moore said his college, Vanguard University of California, has been an excellent resource in getting him up and running with the technology required to teach remotely.
To read the entire article, please click here.
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Tenor James Gilchrist on performing in Mozart's opera La Finta Giardiniera
Tenor James Gilchrist talks to us about his latest role as Count Belfiore in Mozart's opera La Finta Giardiniera
Mozart’s little-known opera, La finta giardiniera (‘The pretend gardener’) follows the story of Count Belfiore, his fiancé Arminda, and his former lover, Marchioness Violante, whom he believes he murdered before the opera starts but who is in fact alive and disguised as the gardener Sandrina. Tenor James Gilchrist is singing the role of Count Belfiore in a concert staging of the work at the Barbican on 24 June. He talks to us about the role and why he thinks this opera has been undeservedly neglected.
This is not one of Mozart’s best-known works. Tell us a bit about it.
It is a rather unusual opera – Mozart was very young when he wrote it – but what I find extraordinary about it is that, although it is quite clearly a comedy, the themes that run through it are profound and tragic. Count Belfiore is an extraordinarily complex character because at the beginning of the opera he thinks he has murdered his beloved. So his first entrance is one where he believes himself guilty of a horrific crime that has robbed him of the one person whom he loved. The complexity of what it is to be carrying history with you and of what love means is an astonishing achievement in this piece.
So why do you think it isn’t part of the core opera repertoire?
I think it’s unjust really – it’s full of astonishing music. I wonder whether it has suffered a bit in the past from being done in the German translation, which Mozart himself made later and is much more of a lightweight work than the original Italian version. But the music is just as good as anything you get elsewhere. Everybody has great arias and I think that the plot and intellectual development is every bit as good as any of his other operas.
You’re performing with the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) and Richard Egarr. What are your thoughts on the importance of authentic performance and period instruments?
The period instrument movement has been with us for some time now – AAM is in its fourth decade and I think the two schools have really cross-fertilised one another. It’s rare nowadays to hear Baroque music played on a modern instrument without a better understanding of phrase and shape, and similarly I think that the earlier music ensembles have mellowed with age. There’s less of a ‘pickled-in-aspic’ reverence for the music and much more of a visceral engagement with it. The AAM has a great history of playing Classical music on Classical instruments and Richard Egarr never wants to play things with a straight bat – he enjoys quirkiness and surprises.
In the past you’ve not performed very much opera. What kind of repertoire do you prefer singing?
Historically I’ve done a lot of Baroque and Classical music but increasingly I’m finding myself singing Lieder and the Art Song repertoire. I’m doing a recital later this year with Julius Drake in the Temple Church in London and also performing in the Oxford Lieder Festival. It’s where I feel my heart lies, but the little opera work I have done I’ve enjoyed enormously. It’s interesting that I feel drawn towards song repertoire because to some extent it is an opera in miniature.
James Gilchrist will be appearing in La finta giardiniera on 24 June at the Barbican Centre, London at 6.30pm
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When it comes to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it’s fair to say that many of us could use a little help understanding its basic precepts. Ohio high school student Ryan Chester can help with that.
The 18-year-old senior is the first-ever winner of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a new college scholarship for students ages 13 to 18 who are interested in math and science. Chester’s seven-minute entry on the subject beat 2000 other applicants from 86 countries around the world.
The video, called "Some Cool Ways to Understand the Special Theory of Relativity and What It Means About Time,” takes on the big concepts of time, space, and motion using fun demonstrations, graphics, and easy-to-understand language. He wrote, filmed, directed, edited, and created all the graphics for the project himself.
As the winner, Chester took home $400,000 in prizes: a $250,000 scholarship, $50,000 for a teacher of his choice, and $100,000 for his school’s science lab. Chester chose to give the $50,000 to his AP physics teacher, Richard Nestoff, who helped inspire the project.
Chester is planning on studying film in college with a possible minor in engineering, but if his award-winning video is any indication, he could also become the kind of teacher who energizes the kind of student he is now. | <urn:uuid:050fce8a-bce9-4c49-9d6b-c86ab4b70e07> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71471/high-school-senior-wins-400000-explaining-special-relativity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.963912 | 306 | 2.90625 | 3 |
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Tourbillon timepieces are true watchmaking masterpieces. Manufacturers such as Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and A. Lange & Söhne have perfected these precise watches and combine them with impressive complications like perpetual calendars.
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- Famous manufacturers of tourbillon watches: Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre
- Affordable models available for less than 30,000 euros from Frédérique Constant
What are tourbillon watches?
Tourbillon watches have an incredibly special mechanism that compensates for gravity-related deviations from the correct time. Abraham-Louis Breguet invented the tourbillon ("whirlwind") in 1795. Back then, men carried their pocket watches around vertically in their vest pockets. This position negatively impacted the watches' accuracy, and thus they would often deviate from the reference time. Therefore, Breguet invented a cage that makes an entire 360-degrees rotation every minute and placed the balance wheel and escapement inside the cage. The rotation compensated for the gravity-related deviations and created exceptionally precise mechanical timepieces .
Today, watches with a tourbillon are still considered proof of haute horlogerie. These timepieces regularly outperform others in precision tests. Almost all traditional, renowned Swiss manufacturers feature timepieces with a tourbillon in their collections. Brands such as Patek Philippe or Jaeger-LeCoultre add additional complications to their tourbillon watches. These so-called Grande Complication models are the epitome of haute horologie and are some of the most expensive watches in the world. One example of such a watch is Patek Philippe 's Sky Moon Tourbillon, which has displays on both the front and back side of the case. It features additional complications such as a minute repeater, perpetual calendar, and a sidereal time display. Seeing as the Sky Moon Tourbillon costs around 1.5 million euros, it's one of the most expensive wristwatches in the world.
How much do tourbillon watches cost?
Considering how time consuming and intricate the process is to make a tourbillon, wristwatches with this complication are accordingly expensive. Models from Patek Philippe rarely cost less than 150,000 euros. Wristwatches from the Swiss manufacturers Jaeger-LeCoultre and Audemars Piguet are significantly less expensive, costing 30,000 euros pre-owned and between 50,000 and 60,000 euros new. The most reasonably-priced tourbillon timepieces, however, come from Frédérique Constant. They sell their tourbillon watches for less than 30,000 euros. You can purchase wristwatches from this brand and others in the Chrono24 Brand Boutique. Moritz Grossmann watches are also available in the Brand Boutique; a new, white gold Benu Tourbillon timepiece costs 168,000 euros.
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|Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon, Ref. 6002G||1.43 million euros||12 complications, including a perpetual calendar, minute repeater, sky chart, sidereal time, and moon phase display|
|A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph "Pour le Mérite," Ref. 712.050||380,000 euros||Double chronograph, gold case, limited to 50 pieces|
|Breguet Classique Grande Complication Double Tourbillon, Ref. 5347||305,000 euros||Two tourbillons, rose gold case|
|Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2, Ref. 2332420||250,000 euros||Spherical second-generation tourbillon, pink gold case|
|Moritz Grossmann Benu Tourbillon, MG-000004||168,000 euros||Three-minute tourbillon, stop-seconds, decentralized seconds and hours, white gold case|
|Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin, Ref. 26510ST.00.1220ST.01||100,000 euros||Octagonal bezel, stainless steel case|
|Zenith El Primero Tourbillon, Ref. 03.2050.4035/21.C630||45,000 euros||Automatic, chronograph|
|IWC Portugieser Tourbillon, Ref. IW544705||40,000 euros||Decentralized seconds, stop-seconds, red gold case|
|Frédérique Constant Manufacture Tourbillon, Ref. FC-980N4S6||29,000 euros||Day/night indicator|
High-Class Tourbillon Models
Jaeger-LeCoultre, Audemars Piguet, and Breguet are three more brands that are traditional tourbillon watch manufacturers. Breguet, based in L'Abbaye in Switzerland, was founded in 1775. Since the late 1990s, it has been a part of the Swatch Group. The royal houses of Europe and many prominent politicians have historically been loyal Breguet customers. For example, Napoleon Bonaparte and Winston Churchill were two famous Breguet wearers. Prices for pre-owned Breguet timepieces start at 40,000 euros, while new models cost at least 74,000 euros. Top models made of 18-karat rose gold with two tourbillons cost around 305,000 euros.
The Royal Oak is Audemars Piguet's most famous model. The most renowned watch designer of all time, Gérald Genta, developed this stainless steel timepieces in the early 1970s. Originally, it was conceived as a simple, thin sports watch. Today, it's also available in gold with a tourbillon and other intricate complications. New stainless steel models without any additional functions start at 100,000 euros. You can also find new Royal Oak chronographs with a tourbillon in this price range. Pre-owned chronographs start at around 85,000 euros.
Jaeger-LeCoultre, based in Le Sentier, has improved upon the traditional tourbillon so that gravity-related deviations are compensated for in every position. The engineers were able to achieve this by placing the cage in a second cage, making three dimensional rotations possible. A new platinum Reverso Tribute Gyrotourbillon costs around 245,000 euros. Its successor, the rose gold Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2, costs about the same. The white gold Reverso Grande Complication à Triptyque, on the other hand, costs about 100,000 euros more. This complicated timepiece has a perpetual calendar and sky chart, as well as sidereal time and sunrise and sunset displays. The Reverso, which has been on the market since the early 1930s, is JLC's most popular and famous model. Its characteristic features include a rectangular, reversible case that rotates 180 degrees.
Affordable Tourbillon Timepieces
If you're searching for a tourbillon watch, but don't want to or can't spend hundreds of thousands of euros, you should take a look at wristwatches from Frédérique Constant. Their tourbillon timepieces are available for less than 30,000 euros, a significant price difference. Pre-owned models can even be purchased for less than 20,000 euros. These are very affordable tourbillon watches with in-house calibers . Versions with a stainless steel case and gold bezel cost 32,000 euros new; the price of a gold watch is around 39,000 euros.
Somewhat more expensive are the tourbillon watches from Zenith and the International Watch Company (IWC). Zenith's famous El Primero chronograph is available with a tourbillon starting at 35,000 euros pre-owned and 45,000 euros new. A pre-owned IWC timepiece with a tourbillon costs around 30,000 euros, while new versions still cost less than 40,000 euros. These timepieces are a part of the famous Portugieser collection. | <urn:uuid:1636777b-1af1-4330-92f3-bd25489ae388> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chrono24.fi/watches/tourbillon-watches--50.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.893444 | 1,885 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Early childhood development and education are vital to a child’s quality of life and to the strength of our community. Preparing children to be ready to learn helps our community and is simply a smart investment.
Ready for School, Ready for Life is a collaborative effort to build a connected, innovative system of care with and for Guilford County’s youngest children and their families. Cemala joins multiple local foundations as well as The Duke Endowment and Blue Meridian Partners in supporting this outreach in our community.
The first 2,000 days of a child’s life-from birth to Kindergarten- are critical to emotional, physical and mental well-being. In fact, 80% of brain growth occurs by age 3.
Only 50% of children in Guilford County enter kindergarten ready-to-succeed. 25% of children will need remediation to catch up to their peers, potentially delaying their chance at success. The other 25% may not read at grade level by the end of third grade. When children enter Kindergarten on-track, their chances of success in both life and school increase dramatically. They’re more likely to:
- Read on grade level by the end of third grade
- Graduate from high school
- Have higher paying jobs and contribute more in taxes
- Live longer, healthier lives
Most brain development occurs before age five, when the foundation for all future learning is set. Yet families with infants, toddlers and preschoolers have big challenges when trying to connect with needed programs and services.
Ready for School, Ready for Life has built a vision for assessing what families want and need, connecting them with the right services at the right time, measuring outcomes, and continually improving how we do business.
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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood-testing startup Theranos, was once hailed as a “visionary.” Now prosecutors say Holmes intentionally deceived investors and patients about the capabilities of her company’s technology. It’s easy to draw parallels between the federal fraud trial du jour and the Enron scandal. As we hear in this month’s documentary, Enron’s maneuvers “captivated Wall Street.” The word “visionary” was applied to former CEO Jeffrey Skilling more than once. He was eventually sentenced to 24 years in prison.
What’s the line between a visionary and a fraudster? It’s a question that interests Bethany McLean, the financial reporter who lifted the lid on Enron. She co-authored the book on which “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” is based. “Sometimes I think the only real difference is that the visionary is able to prevail through these periods where they’re faking it,” McLean told David Brancaccio this morning. “And they’re able to keep getting money from investors so that they can get to the ‘making it’ stage.”
Brancaccio asked McLean whether, 20 years and successive corporate financial scandals later, anything meaningful has changed, whether regulatory reform has made a difference. She described her conclusion as “quite upsetting.”
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and where there’s money to be made, people will find ways to manipulate the existing rules,” McLean said. “What Enron really excelled in was using the existing rules and regulations as a road map of the possible. I’ve described it, at times, as ‘a legal fraud.’” You can read or listen to the full interview here.
“Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” is available with a library card or university login on Kanopy and for rent for a small fee on various streaming platforms. If you’ve seen the film, we’d love to hear from you: firstname.lastname@example.org. We’ll feature some of your responses in next week’s newsletter. | <urn:uuid:2a44de4d-8caa-4074-a776-1eda576362a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.marketplace.org/2021/09/23/enrons-road-map-of-the-possible/amp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946091 | 488 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Routine Outcome Measurement
Routine outcome measurement (ROM) involves therapists giving their clients self-report scales throughout the course of treatment and using the data to ensure treatment is meeting their clients' needs. Very few therapists have been trained to formally evaluate the response their clients are having to treatment. However, there are now brief (and free) instruments that therapists can easily incorporate into their work that provide useful information on how clients are perceiving therapy. Most importantly, use of these tools has been shown to reduce dropouts and improve outcomes.
What the Research Says...
The research evidence supports using ROM across treatment modalities (i.e. individual, family, group) throughout a course of psychotherapy (Duncan & Reese, 2015; Whipple et al., 2003). Five meta-analytic studies examined the research on ROM approaches and found that therapists using ROM-assisted therapy had superior outcomes compared to their treatment-as-usual outcomes (Lambert, Whipple & Kleinstäuber, 2018). In other words, therapists were more effective when using ROM instruments- with more treatment gains and fewer client dropouts.
Listen to Barry Duncan discuss the benefits and ease of incorporating client feedback into your practice. Follow the link below, where solo practitioners can obtain the free PCOMS tool.
Listen to prominent psychotherapy researcher Michael Lambert discuss the research supporting the need for routine outcome measurement (ROM) with clients in psychotherapy.
What it Means for Therapists
Reliable and valid ROM instruments are now available outside the domain of research studies. Free and low-cost instruments are now available for individual clinicians and agencies to use in their practice. The brief instruments are relatively easy to incorporate into a client's treatment and will provide real-time data to the therapist about the client's perception of the treatment, giving the therapist the opportunity to adapt the treatment to the client as needed and to detect ruptures at an early stage when they can be addressed to prevent early termination by the client.
If a formal ROM is not used, therapists should regularly seek their clients' verbal feedback on the alliance, treatment progress, and their clients' reaction to them. | <urn:uuid:0833f0de-4db9-43e9-846e-f015d0f6200f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.whatworksintherapy.com/routine-outcome-measurment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.939808 | 438 | 1.789063 | 2 |
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