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Recently a website posted an article on "The World’s 15 Most Extraordinary Homeschoolers." The people mentioned certainly aren't ordinary. Nor are they ordinary homeschoolers.
Each of the homeschoolers on this list is highly gifted, and many are described as prodigies. Not ALL homeschoolers are highly gifted. However, homeschooling allows children of all abilities to learn at their level. Whether advanced or behind the bell curve, children who learn at their own level will learn more and learn better - and love learning as a result.
This is an interesting list, though.
1. Julian Assange: WikiLeaks
2. Margaret Atwood: Novelist, poet
3. Francis Collins: Human Genome Project
4. Erik Demaine: MIT professor, theoretician of Origami Mathematics
5. Blake Griffin: NBA Basketball
6. Jonas Brothers: entertainers
7. Akiane Kramarik: art and poetry prodigy
8. Jonathan Krohn: author and political commentator at 13
9. Joey Logano: NASCAR
10. Jedediah Purdy: author and law professor
11. Condoleezza Rice: former Secretary of State
12. Astra Taylor: film maker
13. Sunaura Taylor: activist for the disabled
14. Tim Tebow: Football player, Heisman Trophy winner
15. Sho Yano: earned a PhD at 18 http://www.thebestcolleges.org/2010/the-worlds-15-most-extraordinary-homeschoolers/
What do homeschoolers have in common? One time I was speaking to legislators in Olympia, and I told them that homeschoolers have only one thing in common: they tend to be politically active for their right to homeschool. Don't mess with homeschoolers, because we are computer savvy and we know how to get to our state capital when necessary, if our right to homeschool is threatened. Beyond that, though, all bets are off. There are a million different kinds of homeschoolers. Are you ready to get serious about homeschooling high school? Send me an email and let’s talk! | <urn:uuid:6404231c-fe7b-4916-ab79-da42ce95f7ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.homehighschoolhelp.com/blog/the-world-s-15-most-extraordinary-homeschoolers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.931152 | 449 | 1.960938 | 2 |
Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who had a completely different perspective on your actions to your intentions?
I lived with a friend who accused me of belittling her in front of other people. I was blown away, because I had the hugest respect for her. Eventually I figured it out. We would banter and say cheeky things to each other when we were alone together. I didn’t realise that when I did the same thing in front of her friends, she reacted differently. She saw it as belittling.
The other day my partner was smiling while he watched a pretty girl we both know as she danced salsa. Well, of course he must be fantasising about being with her, my brain decided. It is inevitable that he must be tired of me and looking to move on to someone younger and more attractive.
Sounds crazy, huh? But how many of us are prone to this type of thinking? Almost every day I hear people describe other people’s actions as ill-intentioned.
People love to play at ‘amateur psychologist’. I am particularly amused by those who accuse people of manipulating them. I really don’t think most people are that smart.
Most people are just doing the best they can to live the life they have been allotted. There is not always a lot of thought going into it all. We are very rarely choosing our behaviour, never mind trying to figure out how to hurt someone.
So, why is it that some of us (yes, me too) will so easily attribute negative intentions to the behaviours of the people in our lives?
When faced with someone’s unfathomable behaviour, it is so incredibly easy to decide that the person has ill intentions. People tell me that if someone is late for something, it must be because “they don’t respect me”. Very seldom do I hear that they are just bad at time management or may have been caught in a situation where they didn’t feel comfortable leaving.
If you have a tendency to get upset with your partner for their actions, stop and ask them what their thinking might be. Maybe the way you interpreted their actions is based on your mindset. Maybe they were trying to do something good for you and they didn’t realise you would see it negatively. The next step is to believe them.
Some people are so attached to their negative spin on someone else’s behaviour that they accuse them of lying.
You might think: “If I was to do that, it would mean I had no respect for that person”. Well, the other person may not even be cognisant of their actions, never mind how their actions might land.
Try to take a step back from now on, ask questions and really listen to the answers. Maybe even own up to the possibility that your interpretations may be completely incorrect. It will make for an easier and more peaceful relationship.
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When a child presents with café au lait macules, when is genetic testing for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) advised?
According to Peter Kannu, MB, ChB, DCH, PhD, a definitive diagnosis of NF1 can be made in most children using National Institutes of Health criteria published in 1988, which include the presence of two of the following:
- Six or more café au lait macules over 5 mm in diameter in prepubertal individuals and over 15 mm in greatest diameter in postpubertal individuals
- Two or more neurofibromas of any type or one plexiform neurofibroma
- Freckling in the axillary or inguinal regions
- Two or more Lisch nodules
- Optic glioma
- A distinctive osseous lesion such as sphenoid dysplasia or thinning of long bone cortex, with or without pseudarthrosis
- Having a first-degree relative with NF1
For example, in the case of an 8-year-old child who presents with multiple café au lait macules, axillary and inguinal freckling, Lisch nodules, and an optic glioma, “the diagnosis is secure and genetic testing is not going to change clinical management or surveillance,” Kannu, a clinical geneticist at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, said during the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. “The only reason for genetic testing in this situation is so that we know the mutation in order to inform reproductive risk counseling in the future.”
However, while a diagnosis of NF1 may be suspected in a 6- to 12-month-old presenting with only café au lait macules, “the diagnosis is not secure because the clinical criteria cannot be met. In this situation, a genetic test can speed up the diagnosis,” he added. “Or, if the test is negative, it can decrease your suspicion for NF1 and you wouldn’t refer the child on to an NF1 screening clinic for intensive surveillance.”
Kannu based his remarks largely on his 5 years working at the multidisciplinary Genodermatoses Clinic at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Founded in 2015, the clinic is a “one-stop shop” designed to reduce the wait time for diagnosis and management and the number of hospital visits. The team – composed of a dermatologist, medical geneticist, genetic counselor, residents, and fellows – meets to review the charts of each patient before the appointment, and decides on a preliminary management plan. All children are then seen by one of the trainees in the clinic who devises a differential diagnosis that is presented to staff physicians, at which point genetic testing is decided on. A genetics counselor handles follow-up for those who do have genetic testing.
In 2018, Kannu and colleagues conducted an informal review of 300 patients who had been seen in the clinic. The mean age at referral was about 6 years, 51% were female, and the top three referral sources were pediatricians (51%), dermatologists (18%), and family physicians (18%). Of the 300 children, 84 (28%) were confirmed to have a diagnosis of NF1. Two patients were diagnosed with NF2 and 5% of the total cohort was diagnosed with mosaic NF1 (MNF1), “which is higher than what you would expect based on the incidence of MNF1 in the literature,” he said.
He separates genetic tests for NF1 into one of two categories: Conventional testing, which is offered by most labs in North America; and comprehensive testing, which is offered by the medical genomics lab at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Conventional testing focuses on the exons, “the protein coding regions of the gene where most of the mutations lie,” he said. “The test also sequences about 20 base pairs or so of the intron exon boundary and may pick up some intronic mutations. But this test will not detect anything that’s hidden deep in the intronic region.”
Comprehensive testing, meanwhile, checks for mutations in both introns and exons.
Kannu and colleagues published a case of a paraspinal ganglioneuroma in the proband of a large family with mild cutaneous manifestations of NF1, carrying a deep NF1 intronic mutation. “The clinicians were suspicious that this was NF1, rightly so. The diagnosis was only confirmed after we sent samples to the University of Alabama lab where the deep intronic mutation was found,” he said.
The other situation where conventional genetic testing may be negative is in the case of MNF1, where there “are mutations in some cells but not all cells,” Kannu explained. “It may only be present in the melanocytes of the skin but not present in the lymphocytes in the blood. Mosaicism is characterized by the regional distribution of pigmentary or other NF1 associated findings. Mosaicism may be detected in the blood if it’s more than 20%. Anything less than that is not detected with conventional genetic testing using DNA from blood and requires extracting DNA from a punch biopsy sample of a café au lait macule.”
The differential diagnosis of café au lait macules includes several conditions associated mutations in the RAS pathway. “Neurofibromin is a key signal of molecules which regulates the activation of RAS,” Kannu said. “A close binding partner of NF1 is SPRED 1. We know that mutations in this gene cause Legius syndrome, a condition which presents with multiple café au lait macules.”
Two key receptors in the RAS pathway include EGFR and KITL, he continued. Mutations in the EGFR receptor cause a rare condition known as neonatal skin and bowel disease, while mutations in the KITL receptor cause familial progressive hyperpigmentation with or without hypopigmentation. “Looking into the pathway and focusing downstream of RAS, we have genes such as RAF and CBL, which are mutated in Noonan syndrome,” he said. “Further along in the pathway you have mutations in PTEN, which cause Cowden syndrome, and mutations in TSC1 and TSC2, which cause tuberous sclerosis. Mutations in any of these genes can also present with café au lait macules.”
During a question-and-answer session Kannu was asked to comment about revised diagnostic criteria for NF1 based on an international consensus recommendation, such as changes in the eye that require a formal opthalmologic examination, which were recently published.
“We are understanding more about the phenotype,” he said. “If you fulfill diagnostic criteria for NF1, the main reasons for doing genetic testing are, one, if the family wants to know that information, and two, it informs our reproductive risk counseling. Genotype-phenotype correlations do exist in NF1 but they’re not very robust, so that information is not clinically useful.”
Kannu disclosed that he has been an advisory board member for Ipsen, Novartis, and Alexion. He has also been a primary investigator for QED and Clementia.
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Graston Therapy is a special form of therapy. This is generally a manual therapy used for treatment of the scar tissues of the patient. Chiropractors use this therapy with a specific kind of massage. Or sometimes they can scrap the skin to treat the patient.
SpineWise is popular for its Graston Therapy Bowmanville. Here the chiropractors are well versed in this therapy. They have many years of experience in doing this. You can visit here to treat your scar tissue.
What is Graston Therapy:
This is a special treatment method used by the chiropractors. In this technique, they use a manual therapy process. The manual therapy is also known as soft-tissue instrument-assisted mobilization.
In this therapy, the health experts treat the scar tissues with the help of an instrument. They use the instrument with a special kind of massage therapy. Sometimes they can use the scraping process to skin.
They use the therapy gently as it is applied to the patient’s skin. In this method, the chiropractors can know where the area of skin that is having restriction. After identifying the area, they approach breaking up the actual scar tissue.
At SpineWise, the chiropractors will do the therapy with sincerity and care. They have experience of doing therapy for a number of years.
Who use this therapy:
This therapy is now a common one. So, there are many health experts who use this therapy for the scar treatment. Chiropractors use this therapy as a way to improve the scar area of their patients. This way, they can give them a chance to be back to their earlier state of skin.
If you are looking for a Chiropractor in Bowmanville, you can visit Dr Amit Sharda and his team. They can treat your scar tissue very well.
Apart from them, there are many physical therapists who can use this therapy at their clinics. Sometimes, the athletes face skin problems due to sports injury. But they can seek help in this therapy to get relief from the skin issues.
If a massage therapist has license to use this therapy, he can also treat the patients with the help of Graston Therapy.
Graston Therapy Goals:
The main goal of this therapy is to reduce the pain. However, it also helps to increase body function.
The therapists generally combine two methods to treat the patient. At first, they break down the scar tissue and then, they remove the restrictions from skin.
This is mainly caused by if the patient went through a trauma to the softer areas of tissue in the past. These may include tissues in muscle, ligament, tendon or some other parts.
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A few nights ago, my youngest came to talk with me after bedtime and told me she was having a hard time going to sleep. She said she was afraid, and she didn’t know how not to be afraid.
We talked a little bit about God’s plan for us that we would fill our mind with good and beautiful thoughts, and how that helps us go to sleep at night. I challenged Laurel to make a picture in her mind of something beautiful to think about as she was going to sleep.
She said, “I could draw a picture!” Great idea. I gave her a clipboard and paper, and she got her colored pencils and went happily to bed. In the morning, she brought her picture and asked if we could put some Bible verses with the pictures. She’s been using her copy of Bible Topics for Kids to find good verses for her pictures.
Each night she’s been drawing pictures, and telling me the verses she has in mind for the pictures. I told her when she got thirty pictures I’d make them into a book for her. (I have been scanning the pictures as she colors them.)
I am super excited about the results, and I really think she’s going to have that book soon! All the work has been her own, except a couple times when I have made some suggestions for topics (She drew a picture of two girls trading gifts, and I suggested she look up “Kindness” verses.) | <urn:uuid:92a06552-db7c-4448-ae03-a94f507fcf41> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.as4me.net/pictures-and-bible-verses/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.988719 | 312 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Although talking about your parents’ eventual death may not be a great subject to bring up at the family dinner table, it is still essential to discuss estate planning with your parents. Failure to talk about how to administer your parents’ estate can result in headache and significant financial costs in the future.
Why estate planning is important
Having a comprehensive estate plan can give you and your parents confidence about the future by settling important decisions such as who they prefer to be their primary caregiver and how to pay for healthcare when they are older. Of course, how to distribute property after death can also be decided.
On the other hand, everybody is different with their own access to resources and their own estate planning objectives. This means your parent’s estate plan should be customized to fit their specific needs. An effective estate plan will help to mitigate tax liabilities for your parents as well as their intended beneficiaries.
Understand the documents
Having a basic grasp of the essential documents of an estate plan is the first thing you should do in preparation for this discussion. Some of these documents may include a will, power of attorney or a trust. Be ready to explain to your parents the basic details about what each of these legal documents do.
Every family is different with certain family members being more influential and even more respected than others. For example, if you have siblings, one sibling may be closer to your parents than another. This could mean this specific sibling should play a larger role in approaching your parents. Just make sure that all of your siblings and other concerned family members are on the same page before the conversation.
Select a time to talk
Generally, the best time to bring up this important topic is as soon as possible. However, it can be challenging to start the conversation which can be confronting and uncomfortable. Make sure to choose a day and time when your parents are not distracted by having to work or handling
household chores or errands. Try to aim for a time when everybody is less likely to be stressed about daily life stuff.
For example, choose a day when you yourself have a day off from work or do not have to take care of the kids. Maybe avoid having this conversation when your parents may be exhausted from returning from their vacation cruise. A busy family holiday party may not be the best time despite the convenience of everybody being all in the same place.
Give us a call!
Estate planning can be quite technical in nature and will require that you have some understanding of applicable rules and regulations. You will also need to stay current on the latest changes to tax laws which can affect your estate planning strategies. At Rademacher Financial, Inc, we are knowledgeable about these types of conversations and planning preparation. Should you have any questions regarding estate planning, please give us a call to discuss your options and how we can best serve you!
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It is said that New Zealand features on most people’s bucket list as a must-visit destination.
Their travel plans had to be put on hold due the coronavirus-induced lockdown, but our guess is that this is simply tentative and short term. New Zealand, under the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, has managed the pandemic so well, that the country can leverage its success to bolster the bucket-list value of this incredible destination.
The first cab off-the-rank started this week when domestic travel opened up to all, as New Zealand entered Alert Level One. The next cab expected will be the cross-Tasman Bubble that will allow travel between Australia and New Zealand, which we all hope will start within the next two months.
“Our aim is to put forward a detailed set of recommendations that safely manage any health risks, while also allowing Kiwis and Australians to travel to each other’s country without the need for 14-day quarantine,” Scott Tasker, co-chair of the Trans-Tasman Safe Border Group, which is developing the plans, said in a statement. Our fingers are crossed!
New Zealand is a popular outbound travel destination for Australians, with 1.5 million of them arriving from across the Tasman Sea in 2019. Likewise, Australia is a popular outbound travel destination for New Zealanders. So, the Tasman Bubble will be of great value to both countries.
“The trans-Tasman bubble is certainly a possibility,” Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said. “If we look at the countries that are doing extremely well in controlling this COVID-19 problem, New Zealand is, if anything, a bit better than us. They have very few cases now.”
Almost all coronavirus restrictions in New Zealand have been lifted since the country reported no active cases. Schools and workplaces open with no limitations on gatherings or domestic travel. Social distancing, however, is still encouraged and New Zealand’s international borders will continue to remain shut to non-residents, to prevent new outbreaks.
Innovating change using technology
Post-COVID innovation has businesses helping customers to keep track of where they have been, with QR codes as well as the NZ COVID Tracer, which allows us to trace the contacts of anyone who has been exposed to COVID-19. Recording people’s movements helps the country to do this quickly and efficiently. The faster we trace contacts, the faster we can prevent further spread of the disease.
Domestic tourism to shore up the travel industry
New Zealanders are rushing to their holiday homes, to their favourite restaurants, to golf courses and, of course, fishing in the country’s rich and plentiful oceans. I cannot wait to play golf with my mates at Whitford Golf Club in Auckland.
Kiwis would normally spend NZ$9 billion a year on overseas travel before the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism NZ is hoping to encourage them to spend as much on domestic tourism. Most Kiwis can think of at least one thing they have always longed to do in New Zealand, but have never got around to doing it.
Ms. Jacinda Ardern, during a Facebook Live video, asked for ideas to support Kiwis to make the most of travelling within the country. She said she heard New Zealanders talking about more flexibility with leaves and travel policies so they could travel more. Also, she got multiple suggestions about a four-day week work schedule and this is still under discussion.
Why travel within, and to, New Zealand?
New Zealand is popular for its fabled locations and scenic beauty. But there is more to the destination.
Ticking off bucket-list hikes, taking the kids to see the snow, visiting the “smelly mud pools” of Rotorua, getting a spa treatment in a natural spa, and swimming with dolphins are among the activities on the wishlist of many Kiwis who feature in Tourism New Zealand’s new domestic campaign.
Don’t just spend time at your holiday “batch” (holiday home), but visit new regions, stay in hotels, motels and resorts. Discover New Zealand’s fantastic lodges. Other activities on several bucket lists in a promotional video include taking a helicopter ride over Mount Cook, visiting Stewart Island and Fiordland, staying at Plateau Hut on Aoraki/Mt Cook, conquering a fear of the dark to go black water rafting, and experiencing the Catlins.
Maybe a jet boat in Waitemata Harbour, or America’s Cup Boat race to Waiheke for lunch, and then for the uninitiated, heli-skiing to the finest virgin snow slopes around Queenstown. Or my personal favourite, heli-fishing in a unique spot only accessible by helicopter. Have you ever seen a Kiwi bird in real life? Maybe this is our chance? Or try the night walk in the Redwood treetops in Rotorua, a sensational experience.
Who is not excited about the upcoming 36th America’s Cup, presented by PRADA, where teams compete for the oldest trophy in international sport that dates back to 1851! While the America’s Cup World series starts in December 2020, it will be followed by the PRADA Cup beginning 15 January, 2021, in Auckland. I so enjoyed the last time this competition was held in Auckland, that I will be on the water for this one too. | <urn:uuid:3e95a75e-c799-4165-aaf5-747159d16fd1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.traveldine.com/new-zealand-jump-starts-its-spa-and-adventure-sports-led-tourism-segment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955611 | 1,149 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Why understanding Ayurveda and the doshas can help you support your Yoga students and clients.
Yoga and Ayurveda – the Doshas together healing body and mind
In the Vedic tradition, Yoga and Ayurveda were used together to heal the body and mind. Yoga supported a well-functioning body and mind, while Ayurveda complemented this with healing for both the body and mind. Combined they focused on the ‘whole human being’ as discussed by David Frawley, internationally recognised teacher of Ayurveda.
Traditional Medicine Heals the Now
Ayurveda is one of the world’s leading health sciences. In the West it is often introduced through yoga teacher training with a basic discussion about the principles of Ayurveda. This includes the three core body types, the Doshas: Kapha, Pitta and Vata. This is a limited introduction to a centuries old scientific practice, far removed from the Vedic tradition. Yoga and Ayurveda were integrated wellbeing systems.
Support your clients by knowing their Dosha
Knowing a client’s Dosha gives you insights into their well being and greater awareness of how a client might respond to a given Yoga / Yoga therapy practice. It enhances your ability to tailor classes and programs for more holistic and effective outcomes for your clients.
Honour the Individual in All of Us
Ayurvedic practitioner Caroline Robertson explains “the key to making the most of your make-up is to follow Socrates advice; ‘know thyself’ and engage your energies appropriately.”
Furthermore, Ayurveda is not just concerned with recommended diets and exercises, but honours the individual’s characteristics based on their constitution. This is why it is so valuable to understand the Doshas. How one can be more dominant than another, how they work together and what happens when there is an imbalance. Caroline offers a snapshot of the Doshas as:
- Vata: You are enthusiastic and love an adventure and new experiences and your vitality is infectious to those around you. Your moods can also fluctuate as your mind is quick to race around. When out of balance you’re at risk of anxiety or insomnia. You seek stimulation from variety and creative endeavours.
- Pitta: You are straight to the point and have a sharp intellect, are driven and clear with your path ahead. You’re happy to take the lead and are confident in your capabilities. When out of balance, you may be short tempered or quick to argue. You seek satisfaction through accomplishing your goals.
- Kapha: You are considered calm and quiet, empathetic, and kind. You’re a carer by nature and have a patient demeanour. Sometimes your care for others may lead to neglecting your own self. As a result you may find yourself feeling stuck in a rut of laziness. You seek gratification in settling into your comfort zone.
Ayurveda explains Who We Are
The Doshas impact all aspects of life; including the way we work, the careers we are drawn to and the relationships we have with others and with ourselves. Knowing this is beneficial when working with yoga clients, but particularly valuable in how we interact as yoga teachers.
Caroline adds it’s enlightening when we understand our Dosha constitution and use this with the healing properties of Ayurvedic medicine and yoga. “Understanding your unique interplay of energies allows you to find your healthy rhythm.” It is that simple.
For more information on Ayurveda
Caroline Robertson is author of Celebrate your Constitution featured in Natural Health Magazine. She hosts the Yoga Therapy Institute’s Certificate in Clinical Ayurveda, which includes five online modules.
An introduction to Ayurveda is offered in the Graduate Certificate in Yoga Therapy
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One of the most powerful features of the Python programming language is its ability to iterate over a list. This allows you to easily manipulate a list of data without having to write complex code.
In this blog post, we will discuss Python for Loop Iteration, and show some examples of how it can use. Stay tuned, because at the end of this post we will also provide a link to download our free Python cheatsheet!
Python for Loop Iteration: How to Easily Manipulate a List
Python’s for loop is a construct that allows you to iterate over a list of data. The for loop will take each element in the list, and perform the given operation on it.
For example, let’s say we have a list of numbers, and we want to print each number out to the screen. We could do this using a for loop:
#python numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] for num in numbers: print(num)
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The Australian Institute of Sport may be full of our sporting superheroes, but it is not often they arrive wearing a cape.
At 187 centimetres and 102 kilograms, Trent Morrow is not going to win any Olympic medals for marathon running, but the AIS was keen to get involved with the 39-year-old Sydneysider when he approached it for help to break a world record.
Morrow, who runs as "Marathon Man" raising funds for cancer charities, is attempting to run the most number of official marathons in a calendar year, starting with seven in a week, from January 1.
The world record stands at 114, but an American runner is already up to 140 marathons for this year, with that figure likely to go beyond 150 before the year ends.
Breaking that will be a logistical nightmare, but it is the physical and mental challenges that the AIS is keen to monitor as Morrow pushes himself to the limit.
The recovery physiologist at the AIS, Matt Driller, said he was excited about studying Morrow's journey. Their partnership started on Monday with baseline testing, which looked at blood readings, fat levels and oxygen use.
"He's crazy all right, but he's obviously a tough guy," Dr Driller said.
"He's done 78 marathons already, he's done some big desert marathons and backed up day to day, so he's shown he can do it - and I guess the other guys have shown it's possible.
"The main reason we're interested is that it's such an extreme case. He's obviously going to be digging himself into a big hole, overtraining, so if we can pick up little markers - whether it's in the blood or stuff from psychological questionnaires, or even physical tests … when he's about to dig himself into a hole, we can apply that to all the athletes that we work with."
Morrow received nutritional advice and tips to help him avoid injuries. His progress will be monitored with regular questionnaires about his mental state, as well as by measuring his body weight and resting heart rate.
Morrow, a pharmaceutical sales manager, started running six years ago when he realised he was 30 kilograms overweight. It only took him a short while to become hooked on setting himself and achieving a challenge.
His best time for a marathon distance of 42.2 kilometres is three hours, 56 minutes - not bad for someone who looks more suited to football - but Morrow is not too concerned about the clock.
"I don't think I'll do myself any favours if I go out there and try to set a new personal best every marathon.
"It's about conserving that energy and … making sure that I get through each event and I'm in a position to go rest and recover and turn up the next day at that start mark."
Organising the logistics has been a full-time job, with Morrow planning to travel to 20 countries to find enough races. "The strategy is all about looking for those events which tail into each other, and where I can realistically travel from one part of the country to the next.
"The majority of the year will be in the US, [and] that comes with its own challenges - Australians only have a tourist visa capacity of 90 days."
His other challenge will be his running outfit. Morrow plans on wearing the Marathon Man suit for as many races as possible, but it may not tick the boxes for comfort.
"He's going to be doing some pretty hot marathons, and it doesn't look like the most thermally effective suit,'' Dr Driller said.
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UK to provide anti-tank weapons to Ukraine
Britain says it is supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons to help it defend itself from a potential invasion, during a stand-off with Russia which has massed troops near the Ukrainian border.
Western countries say they fear Russia is preparing a pretext for a new assault on Ukraine, which it invaded in 2014.
Moscow denies any plans for an attack, but has said it could take unspecified military action unless the West agrees to a list of demands, including banning Ukraine from ever joining NATO.
Talks last week ended with no breakthrough.
Kyiv has asked Western countries for arms to help it protect itself.
"We have taken the decision to supply Ukraine with light anti-armour defensive weapon systems," British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told parliament on Monday, saying the first systems were already delivered and a small number of British personnel would provide training for a short period of time.
He did not specify the number or type of weapons that were being sent, but said: "They are not strategic weapons and pose no threat to Russia. They are to use in self-defence."
"These are short-range .... but nevertheless it would make people pause and think what they were doing and if tanks were to roll into Ukraine, invade it, then they would be part of the defence mechanism."
Wallace said he had invited Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to visit London in the next few weeks to discuss the crisis, though he did not know whether the Russians would accept.
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Hurricane Harvey left a path of destruction along the Texas coast last week, that will no doubt be felt for years to come. However, in the midst of the destruction, there were shining beacons of heroism, courage, and compassion. We saw heartwarming stories of strangers swimming into flooded waters to pull victims from cars, neighbors opening up their homes, and thousands opening their wallets to donate or volunteer time and resources.
In the wake of such disasters, what are forces that drive us to unite and foster community resilience? In order to understand what brings us together, we must understand why catastrophic events seemingly promote the most unity. What prevents us from maintaining this level of community and selflessness?
The Daily Distracters
On a normal basis, the average American is distracted by the buzz of daily life. Go to work, take care of the kids, try to squeeze in a workout, and argue with people on Facebook about something dumb. You know the routine! We become wrapped up in our own lives, striving for success, or maybe just trying to make ends meet.
Current society is targeted at promoting individual success. The CEO of the company, the valedictorian, or the top paid athletes; our capitalist society is driven by unequal distribution of wealth and success. Does this mean that we have to translate these principles into our private lives though? We have the ability to choose to acknowledge and assist others in a collaborative way everyday. Whether it is holding the door open for a struggling mom, or advocating for equal rights of often-unprotected classes of people, we can make a difference in the lives of others.
Bringing it Back to the Basics
If you truly want to look at the issue from an anthropological or sociologic level, humans are designed to live in communities. This is the reason that our language and communication abilities have advanced over thousands of years. Some would likely argue that the current generation has failed at the communication piece because less communication is occurring face to face. Nonetheless, communication is happening; the method has simply changed.
Until the more recent age of “independence” and self-reliance, humans have always worked in groups to ensure their survival. Communities centered around shared food gathering, hunting, child rearing and other practices. To the modern American, these sound like foreign concepts—that is, until disaster strikes. When this occurs, all the modern day rules get thrown out the window and we return to our primitive community instincts. Neighbors share their supplies, and families hand their children off to strangers in order to protect them from more dangerous threats, such as rapidly rising water. Strangers work in groups to coordinate rescue efforts. No one concerned about pride or leadership, but rather completion of the mission at hand.
Guilt and Helplessness
Whether it is a sort of survivor’s guilt and relief for not being a victim of such a catastrophic disaster, or true empathy, or a combination of both, these feelings often prompt action. Individuals and groups from around the country unify and begin donation drives, send volunteers, and offer their condolences from afar. This is interesting because they do not belong to the “community” directly affected, and may not even know anyone personally impacted. However, they are part of the larger “American community” that feels the pain every time it’s members experience suffering.
These natural disasters and events are instant reminders of the frailty of human life and the power nature has to destroy everything humans feel invincible in working to build. They are humbling reminders that material possessions are not what is most important in life. We each feel the helplessness, the appreciation for what we have, and the need to contribute. Many willingly donate their earnings and give up their material possessions, both in an effort to help others, and to acknowledge that they should not place as much emphasis on these items in their daily lives.
Genuine Compassion and Empathy
I do believe that at a core level humans truly do care for each other and are capable of extraordinary compassion and empathy. Those of us with any level of emotional intelligence can place ourselves in others shoes. We can imagine the sadness experienced by those witnessing complete destruction of everything they have worked to build and the fear in being uncertain of the safety of family and friends. Disasters trigger the deepest and most primitive emotional centers of our brains, the areas that were present long before we had our now highly developed critical thinking abilities.
During catastrophic events, humans are stripped of every other label they hold other than a being capable of suffering. We see unity across racial, socioeconomic, political, age, gender, ability, and other groups that may typically divide us as Americans. Although there is a sense of community and country pride in the unity and assistance that manifests following disaster, it is disappointing to see that these efforts fade. Our brains feel the most driven to help when those primitive emotional centers are activated, and when we see communities being restored, there is a natural sense of comfort that sets in.
We have the luxury of arguing about tax reform, healthcare bills, or immigration if we know that we will survive to see those efforts take effect. In disasters, our brain pushes these arguments to the back of our minds because ensuring survival takes precedent. I only hope that we can acknowledge that allowing everyone a seat at the table provides for better community resilience. The ability of a community to bounce back after disaster and make sure they have plans in place for the next disaster is a product of community unity, and making sure that all voices are heard.
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The terms Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle or Modest Vehicle) and Mahayana (Greater Vehicle or Vast Vehicle) originated in The Prajnaparamita Sutras (The Sutras on Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras). They are a rather derogatory pair of words, aggrandizing Mahayana and putting down Hinayana. Alternative terms for them, however, have many other shortcomings, and so therefore I shall use these more standard terms for them here.
Hinayana encompasses eighteen schools. The most important for our purposes are Sarvastivada and Theravada. Theravada is the one extant today in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Sarvastivada was widespread in Northern India when the Tibetans started to travel there and Buddhism began to be transplanted to Tibet.
There were two main divisions of Sarvastivada based on philosophical differences: Vaibhashika and Sautrantika. Hinayana tenet systems studied at the Indian monastic universities such as Nalanda, and later by the Tibetan Mahayanists, are from these two schools. The lineage of monastic vows followed in Tibet is from another Sarvastivada subdivision, Mulasarvastivada.
Buddhas and Arhats
There is quite a significant difference between the Hinayana and Mahayana presentations of arhats and Buddhas. Both agree that arhats, or liberated beings, are more limited than Buddhas, or enlightened beings, are. Mahayana formulates this difference in terms of two sets of obscurations: the emotional ones, which prevent liberation, and the cognitive ones, which prevent omniscience. Arhats are free of only the former, whereas Buddhas are free of both. This division is not found in Hinayana. It is purely a Mahayana formulation.
To gain liberation or enlightenment, both Hinayana and Mahayana assert that one needs nonconceptual cognition of the lack of an impossible “soul.” Such a lack is often called “selflessness,” anatman in Sanskrit, the main Indian scriptural language of Sarvastivada and Mahayana; anatta in Pali, the scriptural language of Theravada. The Hinayana schools assert this lack of an impossible “soul” with respect only to persons, not all phenomena. Persons lack a “soul,” an atman, that is unaffected by anything, partless, and separable from a body and a mind, and which can be cognized on its own. Such a “soul” is impossible. With just the understanding that there is no such thing as this type of “soul” with respect to persons, one can become either an arhat or a Buddha. The difference depends on how much positive force or so-called “merit” one builds up. Because of their development of the enlightening aim of bodhichitta, Buddhas have built up far more positive force than arhats have.
Mahayana asserts that Buddhas understand the lack of an impossible “soul” with respect to all phenomena as well as with respect to persons. They call this lack “voidness.” The various Indian schools of Mahayana differ regarding whether or not arhats also understand the voidness of phenomena. Within Mahayana, Prasangika-Madhyamaka asserts that they do. However, the four Tibetan traditions explain this point differently regarding the Prasangika assertion. Some say that the voidness of phenomena understood by arhats is different from that understood by Buddhas; some assert the two voidnesses are the same. Some say that the scope of phenomena to which the voidness of phenomena applies is more limited for arhats than it is for Buddhas; some assert it is the same. There is no need to go into all the details here.
Further Points Concerning Buddhas and Arhats
The assertions of Hinayana and Mahayana concerning arhats and Buddhas differ in many other ways. Theravada, for instance, asserts that one of the differences between a shravaka or “listener” striving toward the liberation of an arhat and a bodhisattva striving toward the enlightenment of a Buddha is that shravakas study with Buddhist teachers, while bodhisattvas do not. The historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, for instance, did not study with another Buddha. He studied only with non-Buddhist teachers, whose methods he ultimately rejected. In the fact that Buddha’s understanding and attainment did not arise from reliance on a Buddhist teacher, Theravada asserts that a Buddha’s wisdom surpasses that of an arhat.
In addition, bodhisattvas work to become universal Buddhist teachers; shravakas do not, although as arhats they certainly teach disciples. According to Theravada, however, Buddhas excel arhats in being more skillful in methods for leading others to liberation and in the breadth of their conduct of teaching. Buddhas also excel arhats in their omniscience. Buddhas are able to know anything by paying attention to the relevant matter as they wish. But regarding knowing the future there are some limits as the Buddha did not accept a fixed future, and regarding the past Buddhas recollect through the perspective of their own past.
According to the Vaibhashika school of Hinayana, Buddhas are fully omniscient of the past, present and future, but still only know one thing at a time. According to Mahayana, omniscience means knowing everything simultaneously. This follows from its view that everything is interconnected and interdependent; we cannot speak of just one piece of information, totally unrelated to the rest.
Hinayana says that the historical Buddha achieved enlightenment in his lifetime and, like an arhat, when he died, his mental continuum came to an end. Therefore, according to Hinayana, Buddhas teach only for the rest of the lifetime in which they achieve enlightenment. They do not emanate to countless world systems and go on teaching forever, as Mahayana asserts. Only Mahayana asserts that the historical Buddha became enlightened in a previous lifetime many eons ago, by studying with Buddhist teachers. He was just demonstrating enlightenment under the bodhi tree as one of the twelve enlightening deeds of a Buddha. The precursor of this description of a Buddha is found in the Mahasanghika School of Hinayana, another of the eighteen Hinayana schools, but is not found in either Sarvastivada or Theravada.
[See: The Twelve Deeds of a Buddha]
Concerning Buddhas, another major difference is that only Mahayana asserts the three corpuses or bodies of a Buddha – Nirmanakaya, Sambhogakaya, and Dharmakaya. Hinayana does not assert them. Thus, the concept of a Buddha is significantly different in Hinayana and Mahayana.
The Pathway Minds Leading to Liberation and Enlightenment
Hinayana and Mahayana both assert that the stages of progress to the purified state, or “bodhi,” of either an arhat or a Buddha entail developing five levels of pathway mind – the so-called “five paths.” These are a building-up pathway mind or path of accumulation, an applying pathway mind or path of preparation, a seeing pathway mind or path of seeing, an accustoming pathway mind or path of meditation, and a path needing no further training or path of no more learning. Shravakas and bodhisattvas who attain a seeing pathway of mind both become aryas, highly realized beings. Both have nonconceptual cognition of the sixteen aspects of the four noble truths.
Both Hinayana and Mahayana agree that a seeing pathway mind rids both arya shravakas and arya bodhisattvas of doctrinally based disturbing emotions, while an accustoming pathway mind rids them of automatically arising disturbing emotions. The former are based on learning the set of assertions of one of the non-Buddhist Indian schools, while the latter arise automatically in everyone, including animals. The list of disturbing emotions that shravaka and bodhisattva aryas rid themselves of is part of a larger list of mental factors. Each of the Hinayana schools has its own list of mental factors, while Mahayana asserts yet another list. Many of the mental factors are defined differently in each list.
Both Hinayana and Mahayana agree that the course of progressing through the five pathway minds entails practicing the 37 factors leading to a purified state. A “purified state” or “bodhi” refers to either arhatship or Buddhahood. These 37 factors include the four close placements of mindfulness, the eight branches of an arya pathway mind (the eightfold noble path), and so on. They are very important. In anuttarayoga tantra, the 37 are represented by Yamantaka’s 34 arms plus his body, speech and mind, as well as by the dakinis in the body mandala of Vajrayogini. The 37 are a standard set of practices. The specifics of each practice, however, are often different in Hinayana and Mahayana.
Both Hinayana and Mahayana assert that the scheme of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner and arhat refers to stages of an arya shravaka’s path, but not to the path of an arya bodhisattva. Thus, stream-enterers have nonconceptual cognition of the sixteen aspects of the four noble truths, which include nonconceptual cognition of the lack of an impossible “soul” of persons. We should not think that stream-enterer is a beginner level. So if someone claims to have achieved the state of a stream-enterer, be suspicious.
Hinayana does not provide an extensive explanation of the bodhisattva pathway minds. Mahayana, however, explains that an arya bodhisattva’s path to enlightenment entails progressing through the development of ten levels of bhumi-mind. These levels of mind do not pertain to the path of shravakas.
Both Hinayana and Mahayana agree that traversing the bodhisattva path to enlightenment takes more time than traversing the shravaka one to arhatship. Only Mahayana, however, speaks of building up the two enlightenment-building networks – the two collections – for three zillion eons. “Zillion,” usually translated as “countless,” means a finite number, though we would be unable to count it. Shravakas, on the other hand, can attain arhatship in as short as three lifetimes. In the first lifetime, one becomes a stream-enterer, in the next lifetime a once-returner, and in the third lifetime, one becomes a non-returner, achieves liberation, and becomes an arhat. This is quite tempting for many people.
The assertion that arhats are selfish is like bodhisattva propaganda. It is basically meant to point out an extreme to avoid. The sutras record that Buddha asked his sixty arhat disciples to teach. If they were truly selfish, they would not have agreed to do so. Arhats, however, can only help others to a more limited extent than Buddhas can. Both, however, can only help those with the karma to be helped by them.
It is important to realize that the Hinayana schools do assert that before becoming a Buddha, one follows the bodhisattva path. Both Hinayana and Mahayana have versions of the Jataka tales describing the previous lives of Buddha Shakyamuni as a bodhisattva. Starting with King Siri Sanghabodhi in the 3rd century CE, many Sri Lankan kings even called themselves bodhisattvas. Of course, this is a little tricky to untangle because there was some Mahayana present in Sri Lanka at the time. Whether this idea of bodhisattva kings preexisted a Mahayana influence is hard to say, but it did happen. Even more surprisingly, in the 5th century CE, the elders at the Sri Lankan capital Anuradhapura declared Buddhaghosa, a great Theravada Abhidharma master, to be an incarnation of the bodhisattva Maitreya.
Mahayana asserts that there are a thousand Buddhas in this “fortunate eon” who will start universal religions, and there have been and will be many more Buddhas in other world ages. Mahayana also asserts that everyone can become a Buddha, because everyone has the Buddha-nature factors that enable this attainment. Hinayana does not discuss Buddha-nature. Nevertheless, Theravada does mention hundreds of Buddhas of the past. One Theravada sutta even lists 27 by name. All of them were bodhisattvas before becoming Buddhas. Theravada asserts that there will be innumerable Buddhas in the future as well, including Maitreya as the next one, and that anyone can become a Buddha if they practice the ten far-reaching attitudes.
The Ten Far-Reaching Attitudes
Mahayana says that the ten far-reaching attitudes are practiced only by bodhisattvas and not by shravakas. This is because Mahayana defines a far-reaching attitude or “perfection” as one that is held by the force of a bodhichitta aim.
According to Theravada, however, so long as the ten attitudes are held by the force of renunciation, the determination to be free, bodhichitta is not necessary for their practice to be far-reaching and act as a cause for liberation. Thus, Theravada asserts that both bodhisattvas and shravakas practice ten far-reaching attitudes. Aside from the different motivating aims behind them, the other main difference between a bodhisattva’s and a shravaka’s practice of the ten is the degree of their intensity. Thus, each of the ten far-reaching attitudes has three stages or degrees: ordinary, medium, and highest. For example, the highest practice of generosity would be giving one’s body to feed a hungry tigress, as Buddha did in a previous life as a bodhisattva.
The list of the ten far-reaching attitudes also differs slightly in Theravada and Mahayana. The Mahayana list is:
- Ethical self-discipline
- Mental stability (concentration)
- Discriminating awareness (wisdom)
- Skill in means
- Aspirational prayer
- Deep awareness.
The Theravada list omits mental stability, skill in means, aspirational prayer, strengthening, and deep awareness. It adds in their place:
- Being true to one’s word
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes
Both Hinayana and Mahayana teach the practice of the four immeasurable attitudes of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Both define love as the wish for others to have happiness and the causes of happiness, and compassion as the wish for them to be free of suffering and the causes of suffering. Hinayana, however, does not develop these immeasurable attitudes through a line of reasoning, such as that all beings have been our mother and so on. Rather, it starts by directing love at those whom we already love and then extending it, in stages, toward a widening range of others.
The definitions of immeasurable joy and equanimity are different in Hinayana and Mahayana. In Hinayana, immeasurable joy refers to rejoicing in the happiness of others, without any jealousy, and wishing it to increase. In Mahayana, immeasurable joy is the wish that others have the joy of unending enlightenment.
Equanimity is the state of mind that is free from attachment, repulsion, and indifference. In Theravada, it is equanimity toward the outcome of our love, compassion, and rejoicing. The outcome of our attempts to help others really depends on their karma and their efforts; although, as with Mahayana, Theravada accepts the possibility of a transfer of positive force, “merit,” to others. We wish them to be happy and to be free from suffering, but have equanimity about what actually happens. This is because we know that they will have to do the work themselves. In Mahayana, immeasurable equanimity means wishing all others to be free of attachment, repulsion and indifference, because these disturbing emotions and attitudes bring them suffering.
Although reaching the liberated state of an arhat requires developing love and compassion, it does not entail developing an exceptional resolve or a bodhichitta aim. The exceptional resolve is the state of mind that is fully decisive about taking responsibility to help lead everyone to liberation and enlightenment. The bodhichitta aim is the state of mind to attain enlightenment oneself, in order to fulfill the goal of that exceptional resolve. Since Hinayana contains little elaboration on the bodhisattva path, it does not explain these two attitudes. Mahayana outlines in great detail the meditation practices for developing them.
Hinayana, then, emphasizes development of the four immeasurable attitudes as a way to overcome their opposing disturbing emotions in oneself. Love is the opponent of ill-will; it temporarily frees oneself from thoughts of enmity, aggression or annoyance, and anxiety or fear. Compassion is the opponent of having a cruel or harmful attitude. Joy or rejoicing is the opponent for jealousy, and equanimity is the opponent of expectation, worry or disappointment, and indifference. Moreover, in Theravada one develops these four attitudes first toward oneself, before directing them toward others. In Mahayana, the emphasis is on what others experience, rather than on what oneself experiences toward them.
The Two Truths
Although Hinayana does not assert the lack of an impossible “soul” of phenomena, or voidness, it is not the case that Hinayana does not discuss the nature of all phenomena in general. Hinayana does this with its presentation of the two truths concerning all phenomena. The precursor to gaining an understanding of the voidness of phenomena is an understanding the two truths. In Mahayana, the two truths are two facts concerning the same phenomenon. In Hinayana, the two truths are two sets of phenomena. There are superficial or conventional true phenomena and deepest or ultimate true phenomena.
Within Sarvastivada, Vaibhashika asserts that superficial true phenomena are those physical objects and mental phenomena that lose their conventional identity when we analyze them into their parts. For instance, when we analyze our hand into its atoms or a train of thought into each of its moments, we no longer see any of the atoms as our hand or any of the moments as the train of thought. Deepest true phenomena are things that, when we analyze them, we can still cognize their conventional identity. Vaibhashika asserts that all the atoms making up physical objects and all the tiniest moments of cognition are partless; they are the ultimately smallest things. They retain their identity no matter how much we analyze them. It is important to realize that what we see are the superficially true phenomena, but that, on the deepest level, things are made of atoms and moments. We can see how this leads to an understanding of the superficial level as being like an illusion.
According to Sautrantika, superficial true phenomena are metaphysical entities, our projections onto objects; whereas the deepest true phenomena are the actual objective things themselves. Here, one begins to understand that one’s projections are like an illusion. If we get rid of the projections, we just see objectively what is there. Our projections are like an illusion.
According to Theravada, superficial true phenomena are imputed phenomena. This refers to persons as well as physical objects, whether within the body or external. The deepest true phenomena are what they are imputed on. The body and physical objects are imputed on the elements and the sense fields that we perceive. What is an orange? Is it the sight, the smell, the taste, the physical sensation? An orange is what is imputed on all that. Likewise, a person is what can be imputed on the aggregate factors of body and mind. The six types of primary consciousness and the mental factors are the deepest true phenomena, because a person is labeled or imputed on them.
Although none of the Hinayana schools talk about the voidness of all phenomena, they do say that it is important to understand deepest true phenomena nonconceptually in order to gain liberation. The flavor is thus very much the same as the Mahayana discussion.
Theravada also has a very different explanation of karma, which is not found in the Sarvastivada schools or in Mahayana, but we will not go into that now.
With this introduction, we can begin to appreciate how the Hinayana schools of Theravada and Sarvastivada really are in the full flavor of the Buddhist teachings. This can help us to avoid making the mistake of forsaking the Dharma by saying that any of Buddha’s teachings are not Buddhist teachings. When we understand different schools properly from their own point of view, we develop a great deal of respect for all of the teachings of the Buddha. This is very important. | <urn:uuid:4028c67a-47ef-4ad6-a683-6b366ab21541> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://studybuddhism.com/en/advanced-studies/abhidharma-tenet-systems/comparison-of-buddhist-traditions/hinayana-and-mahayana-comparison | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.947551 | 4,611 | 3.140625 | 3 |
A dozen of stories keep circulating, all following a very similar pattern
They might knock on your door on a late wintry night. You may see them approaching your car while you are waiting at the signal or a gas station. It might seem like they need help or they might just stand still for no reason.
These children do not look threatening. They would want to get in your house or your car. They will be persistent. Suddenly, you will notice something is not right about these children. Their eyes, pure black, from lid-to-lid, dead black orbs devoid of sclera or iris will chill up your spine; you have finally come across the black-eyed children.
Black-eyed children or black-eyed kids is an urban legend of paranormal creatures that resemble children between the ages of six and sixteen. These creatures with pale skin and black eyes have reportedly been seen hitchhiking, panhandling, or at the doorsteps of residential homes.
A dozen of stories keep circulating, all following a very similar pattern. Kids with eyes completely blacked out appear at people's home or vehicle, knock on the door, and then insist upon getting inside. Anyone who encountered them has almost immediately felt an overwhelming sense of dread.
Besides blacked-out eyes, these children typically appear normal. Sometimes, their attire seems outdated. In extremely unusual instances, people have reported encountering creatures with talon-like feet.
No one knows where or how these creatures pop up. Conspiracy theorists believe that Black-eyed children are aliens trying to reach out to their "Earth". Demonologists believe they are children of the devil himself and if you let them in, you are allowing the devil to enter your life. They want to enter your home to call their parents, however, upon making eye contact, it seems like there is a much sinister plot to the story.
Some people claim that these children have existed since the 1980s; however, most sources say that the legend originated in 1996 in posts written by a Texas reporter named Brian Bethel where he wrote about two alleged encounters with the black-eyed children.
He said that he encountered two children in Abilene, Texas, with pale skin and black eyes. In 2012, Bethel retold his story on the TV show Monsters and Mysteries in America; he then wrote an article for the Abilene Reporter-News where he described his experience again.
One of the stories goes like this; in the snowy town, within the middle of nowhere of Vermont, an elderly couple heard the sound of three loud knocks on their door. They opened the door and saw two children, a boy and a girl. "Parents will be here soon, may we come in?" The children did not make eye contact and just stood there in the doorway. The elderly couple were hesitant but after a while, they let the boy and girl inside.
The kids settled on the couch while the wife made some hot cocoa and the husband asked them questions that went unanswered. The wife returned and noticed that her cat was scared and angry with the children. "May we please use the restroom?"
The wife looked at the kids and she finally saw them. The children's eyes were as black as a starless universe. She directed them to the bathroom and returned to her husband who was covering his face with his hand. "Did you see their eyes?" the husband then show her his hand full of blood from a nosebleed.
The power suddenly went out and the house turned as dark as the kids' eyes. The wife headed to the restroom and was confronted by the voice of the kids at the end of the hall uttering, "Our parents are here." The kids then exited the house leaving the door wide open. The wife then noticed that there were two men at the end of the driveway. The men were very tall and slender; the wife waved but did not receive the same friendly gesture. The two men and children then drove away together in one car.
The power then came back on a little later after the kids left. Throughout the next week, weird things happened in the house; three out of four cats went missing and the fourth had been found dead in the pool of its blood. The husband continued to have nosebleeds and finally went to the doctor, where he was diagnosed with very aggressive skin cancer.
This legend even crossed bodies of water and landed in the great land of the UK where in 2014, the Daily Star wrote three front-page stories about sightings of the black-eyed children in the haunted pub in Staffordshire. Ghost hunters who believed that the black-eyed children were extra-terrestrials, vampires or ghosts took these alleged sightings very seriously.
Nowadays, people still claim to see the black-eyed children when driving late at night down an empty road, or outside of their window late at night, or even lurking in the shadows of their room. Many people have reported seeing the black-eyed children standing in the corner of their room during their episodes of sleep paralysis or even waking up in the middle of the night because they sensed someone was watching them and in the shadows were these children. | <urn:uuid:1b6b5d39-4919-42ae-978b-74f6e58efa6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-black-eyed-children-55705?amp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.984381 | 1,055 | 1.648438 | 2 |
The left-hand image is a Dawn FC (framing camera) image, which shows the apparent brightness of Vesta’s surface. The right-hand image is based on this apparent brightness image, which has had a color-coded height representation of the topography overlain onto it. The topography is calculated from a set of images that were observed from different viewing directions, which allows stereo reconstruction. The various colors correspond to the height of the area. The white and red areas in the topography image are the highest areas and the blue areas are the lowest areas. There is a white and red colored hill dominating the bottom left part of the topography image. Fabia crater is located on the side of this hill, offset just to the right of the highest, white-colored, part of the hill. The steep slope of the inner left side of Fabia is clear in the topography image because the colored topography contours range from white at Fabia’s rim to orange near its center. There is a large blue colored depression in the top left of the topography image. It is possible that this depression is part of an old, large, very degraded crater.
These images are located in Vesta’s Numisia quadrangle, in Vesta’s northern hemisphere. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained the apparent brightness image with its framing camera on Oct. 19, 2011. This image was taken through the camera’s clear filter. The distance to the surface of Vesta is 700 kilometers (435 miles) and the image has a resolution of about 70 meters (207 feet) per pixel. This image was acquired during the HAMO (high-altitude mapping orbit) phase of the mission. These images are lambert-azimuthal map projected.
The Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres is managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington D.C. UCLA is responsible for overall Dawn mission science. The Dawn framing cameras have been developed and built under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, with significant contributions by DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, and in coordination with the Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering, Braunschweig. The framing camera project is funded by the Max Planck Society, DLR, and NASA/JPL.
More information about Dawn is online at http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov.
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$16 million in new dollars for Erie Schools, later increased to $16 million annually.
It was a dark period for Erie’s public schools. The system was in debt and struggling to keep its doors open. Erie’s high schools — a center of the city’s identity and shared history — were at risk of closing. Students would be sent into neighboring districts, overwhelming those systems. And no one was fighting for Erie.
Then, Dan Laughlin entered the picture. Within months of taking office, Dan Laughlin announced an infusion of $16million in state dollars to save Erie’s schools and prevent the domino effect that would have hit neighboring districts.
Dan reached across the partisan divide to save our schools. Others talked. Dan got it done.
LECOM stays in Erie County
When Millcreek Township and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine were at loggerheads, Dan brought both sides to the negotiating table and won a settlement between the two sides. At stake were hundreds of good-paying jobs as LECOM considered closing its Erie school and relocating to Florida.
Dan’s leadership saved jobs, and kept the largest medical training facility in Pennsylvania right here in Erie. It was an important win-win for the citizens of the 49th District.
Fighting job-crushing overregulation
Dan took up the fight to stop a regulatory bureaucracy that has kept builders and businesses from expanding in our region — an overreach that has cost hundreds of construction jobs. Building Inspection Underwriters, a quasi-official agency, has negotiated single-source contracts with local municipalities, running up the cost of construction through a near-monopoly on inspections.
Dan is working on legislation to require local municipalities to engage more than one inspection agency, giving taxpayers and builders alike the savings of old-fashioned competition.
Six years ago, Pennsylvania enacted an innovative program called the City Revitalization and Improvement Zones. Tax dollars collected on investments in those areas would be directly returned to the community for reinvestment. It would encourage economic growth and focus the dollars generated in the community doing the developing.
The program has remained dormant. Erie, with its harbor front properties and changing downtown could be transformed through this program.
Dan Laughlin is committed to creating a CRIZ in Erie and has pressed both the city administration and the governor’s office to put this program back into action for Erie and other cities around the state.
Corporate Governance Bill SB 1205
Dan sponsored and successfully passed reforms to the state’s corporate governance regulations, streamlining government oversight and saving jobs at one of our largest employers, Erie Insurance, while ensuring sound government oversight.
Now, when the state’s Insurance Department audits companies, the process is streamlined and more efficient.
Tender years exemption to allow people with special needs to videotape their court appearances.
Working to lower prescription drug costs
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Sergey Alekseevich Danilin was a military pilot, navigator and engineer, Lieutenant General of the Aviation Engineering Service (1943), Hero of the Soviet Union (1937). In 1918 he graduated a commercial school, in 1919 he voluntarily joined the Red Army, in 1921 he graduated from the Moscow Aerial Photogrammetric School. In 1921-1924 he combined military service with studies at Moscow State University. Since 1922 he had served at the Air Force Research Institute as a timekeeper, then as an aerologist, an observer pilot, and a test navigator. From 1925 he was engaged in the development of methods and means of air navigation, in 1929 he headed the department of aircraft equipment of the Air Force Research Institute. He actively participated in the creation of aerial reconnaissance devices and solving problems of combat use of aviation. He created the first instrument piloting manual in the country, and in 1935 he wrote a textbook on air navigation. In 1931-1935 he participated in air parades over Moscow, in a number of long-distance flights around the country and abroad. July 12-14, 1937 as a navigator on an ANT-25 aircraft (crew commander M.M. Gromov, co-pilot A.B. Yumashev) he made a non-stop flight Moscow – North Pole – San Jacinto (USA) with a length of 10,148 km in 62 hours and 17 minutes, three world records were set, the entire crew (the first among domestic aviators) was awarded the de Lavaux Medals (FAI awards), on September 1, 1937 he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was appointed head of a group of special services departments and deputy head of the Air Force Research Institute in 1938. He participated in the Soviet-Finnish War, proposed the idea of an airborne radar station (radar) to detect enemy aircraft, in December 1942 the first Soviet serial radar «Gneiss-2» was used in the battles near Moscow and Stalingrad. Since 1943 he had been a member of the GKO Radar Council, which was engaged in the creation of an industry that produces radar equipment. He was Head of the Scientific Testing Institute of the Special Services of the Air Force in 1943-1944, Deputy head of the Institute and head of one of the scientific Departments of the Air Force in 1944-1951, one of the organizers of the navigator service in the Air Force. He was an Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force for Radio Engineering Service in 1951-1953, Head of the Scientific Department of the Air Force in 1953-1959, in 1959-1960, in the scientific group under the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force in 1959-1960, and he was retired in 1960. He lived in Moscow.
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Paris, Europe’s noise capital, is turning to new solutions to combat the city’s growing noise pollution problem. The city will place automatic sensors to collect data and crackdown on the loudest vehicles.
Source: FRANCE 24 English/Youtube
Paris’s population of more than 11 million people is a fast-moving city. The traffic backs up throughout the city, and cars combined with the other noises from 11 million citizens leave little to no quiet for residents.
“It’s hell over here,” Dominique Léchenet, a longtime resident, told Bloomberg. “There’s cars, motorbikes, a metro station, and a big road junction. I can’t stand the noise. It’s unbearable.”
Rue d’Avron, in the city center, is considered to be one of the noisiest roads in all of Europe. They installed the first-ever sound radar in Paris in February, soon followed by another in a busy area. The sound radars were also installed in six other places across France, including Nice and Toulouse.
The devices are dubbed “medusa” for their jellyfish-like resemblance. They have a multidirectional camera with eight dangling microphones and a sensor that can hone in on the sources of noise and even photograph license plates. They were developed by a non-profit to identify drivers and motorcycle riders that are causing the city’s huge noise pollution problem. In 2023, the city plans to begin giving out fines of 135 euros to drivers if their vehicles break the noise level regulations.
Motorcycles and scooters are very popular in the city and often have illegally modified systems to boost noise and power. Franck-Olivier Torro, a spokesperson for campaign group Ras Le Scoot (“Enough with the Scooter”), told Bloomberg, “The noise can be ear-splitting,” citing research by Bruitparif that found a single unmuffled scooter going across Paris can wake as many as 10,000 people at night.
The European Environment Agency found that Paris is one of the noisiest cities, with more than 5.5 million in the Paris region exposed to road traffic noise at 55 decibels or higher. A study from Rutgers’ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found that one in twenty heart attacks in urban settings may be linked to noise pollution.
According to research by France’s National Noise Council (CNB) and the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), the noise pollution in France costs the country 147 billion euros each year from a loss of productivity. Bloomberg reported that 25 million French residents have said that the noise impacted their lives, and nearly half a million were taking tranquilizers to cope with it.
Source: Tech Insider/Youtube
The city plans to continue to make Paris greener, less car-dependent, and cleaner. Although there has been pushback from the public about the new regulations, especially motorcycle owners, the city will continue to fight and work towards a healthy and renewable future.
Noise pollution affects humans, animals on land, and even animals in the sea. Noise pollution is impacting whales’ ability to contact each other, birds are suffering PTSD- like symptoms from noise pollution, and another study found that noise pollution can increase heart failure in women. This is just one more reason that we need to take pollution more seriously. We need to create a safer and cleaner environment for us, animals, and the planet!
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Remembering those who gave their lives for us in conflict is as important now as it has ever been.
Now, Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday have become an important part of British culture and heritage, with events taking place across the country to mark them.
The latter falls on November 12 this year. It's the official day that the nation takes time to reflect on all the servicemen and women killed in conflict.
The two-minute silence, meanwhile, takes place at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, marking the end of the First World War.
And, of course, in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Sunday people wear poppies to commemorate the dead.
But why the poppy?
Much of the fighting in the First World War took place in the once peaceful and beautiful countryside of Western Europe.
Landscapes, villages and lives were destroyed - torn to pieces by the shelling which took place over the four years of conflict.
The once beautiful countryside was transformed into bleak and barren fields of mud where no sign of life could be found.
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But, it was in one such seemingly-lifeless field that bright red "Flanders" poppies, surprisingly resilient for their delicate appearance, began to grow.
Inspired by the poem, American academic Moina Michael, began to make and sell red silk poppies to commemorate those who had died in the war.
Then, in 1921, the British Legion formed, and ordered nine million poppies to be sold on November 11 that year to help veterans' causes.
Unsurprisingly, the poppies sold out immediately, raising over £106,000 for the charity.
The following year a factory employing disabled ex-servicemen was set up, and from here the poppies were put into full production.
Today, the poppy remains the symbol of remembrance, with the British Legion's poppy appeal continuing to raise millions to help veterans and current servicemen and women across the UK.
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This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
I send you a plan of a small cold grapery, built about a year since, which I think combines neatness and cheapness. It need not cost, all finished, over $120. I cannot tell precisely what this cost, as I planned it and built it myself, as I had leisure and fancy, in the winter season. The cost of all the material, however, did not exceed $65, exclusive of border. The border is trenched two and a half feet deep under the building, and twelve feet each side, and five feet across the ends, using old hotbed manure, sods from the road-side, and old tan that had lain for five years. The building stands upon three tiers of cedar posts, levelled with the surface, and the sills spiked firm on to the outer posts ; the timbers used are 2 by 4 scantling entire, except the plates, which are 2 by 6, projecting over two inches, and a strip of board three inches wide fitted on the edge to receive the glass and carry off the drip.
1. Door on each end.
2. Ventilators each side and on each side of roof.
4. Glazed 12 by 14 glass, both ends glazed.
5. " 10 by 14 " " sides "
6. 2 by 4 scantling, rabbeted to receive the glass.
7. Supports and beams in the centre.
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Sugar Hypertension And Chronic Kidney Disease
Uncolas, to borrow from popular vernacular, arent immune from affecting the health of your kidneys, either. That is, carbonated beverages that arent colas can also cause damage. The sugars in them, particularly fructose in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, can have deleterious effects on your kidneys. In 2007, a group of kidney specialists reporting in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology said excessive consumption of fructose-containing beverages was a risk factor for kidney disease, marked by high blood pressure, as well as inflammation and damage to the kidneys. Although most of the fructose in soda is taken up by your liver, up to 30 percent of it goes through your kidneys, which can cause an increase in levels of uric acid, a waste product created as the kidneys break down food. That action, the researchers said, is a major mechanism through which fructose-sweetened beverages cause cardiorenal disease. They called it an environmental toxin and said people with kidney problems should be put under restrictions against fructose-containing food and beverages.
- Uncolas, to borrow from popular vernacular, arent immune from affecting the health of your kidneys, either.
- Although most of the fructose in soda is taken up by your liver, up to 30 percent of it goes through your kidneys, which can cause an increase in levels of uric acid, a waste product created as the kidneys break down food.
Effect Of Sugar In Carbonated Beverages
Carbonated beverages are typically sweetened with sugar in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. A study published in 2010 in the journal Kidney International reported that the high amounts of HFCS in soda can elevate uric acid levels. Your kidneys must work harder to clear this acid from your blood. The study found that compared to individuals who consumed less, drinking more than one carbonated beverage per day significantly increased the risk of chronic kidney disease.
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Is Carbonated Water Bad For Stage 3 Kidney Disease
Kidney disease refers to the incapacity of the kidneys to perform the required function of filtering blood for the removal of waste. Chronic kidney disease is the undemanding loss of kidney function over a couple of months or years. The damage moderately happens in the initial stages of CKD while in the late stages, kidneys become incapable of working out some important things for you. This happens in stages according to the glomerular filtration rate that signifies how well your kidneys are eliminating toxins and unwanted. The count of GFR depicts which stage of chronic kidney disease you are in.Is carbonated water bad for stage 3 kidney disease.
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What To Drink To Prevent Kidney Stones
Drinking of fluid is key to preventing kidney stones. It is the #1 thing you can do for kidney stone prevention. The American Urological Association recommends drinking enough to make at least 2 1/2 liters of urine every day. I recommend aiming for 3 liters of fluid per day for most people.
So, what should you drink?
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Get Crystal Clear About The Health Benefits Of Sparkling Water
Looking for a healthier alternative to sugary sodas or energy drinks loaded with caffeine and chemicals? Many people turn to drinking sparkling water to quench their thirst. But can drinking carbonated water beverages with all their guilt-free bubbly waters ever be unhealthy?
Some carbonated water beverages do have added ingredients that you should watch out for, especially flavored sparkling water drinks. But in its simplest form, carbonated water is plain water that has been carbonated.
What is carbonated water?
Carbonated water can occur naturally, such as mineral water pulled from a spring. It is also created artificially by infusing water with carbon dioxide .
The carbonation process produces those familiar tiny bubbles. It also produces carbonic acid, which is a weak acid that doesnt make your body more acidic. This acid has given rise to questions about the health effects of carbonated water.
Are carbonated beverages bad for you?
You may have heard some of the claims made about carbonated beverages. One is that it can rob calcium from bones. Another is that it can erode tooth enamel. Yet another is that it can irritate the stomach. These concerns stem from past studies on the health effects of carbonated soft drinks, also known as sodas or colas. These are drinks that contain chemicals, and artificial or natural sugars.
Drinking plain carbonated water has some health benefits, she adds.
Benefits of drinking carbonated water
Check the label to avoid hidden sugars
Is Seltzer Good For Your Stomach
Improved Digestive Health People who experience digestive problems may find some relief from seltzer water. Research indicates that consuming seltzer water may help soothe symptoms of constipation, such as stomach pain and irregular bowel movements. Seltzer water also has shown promise in relieving indigestion.
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Is Perrier Bad For You
Perrier is carbonated bottled mineral water sourced from the Les Bouillens spring in Southern France. Although the water from the spring is already naturally carbonized, carbonic gas is added to it again as it is bottled. Because of the many health benefits this water promises, it became very popular among Americans who wanted to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. Perrier soon became a widely-used substitute for soft drinks or cocktails and has gained a reputation for being an all-natural, refreshing, zero-calorie drink. But there are people who believe that Perrier is bad for your dental and digestive health. Is this true?
You Can Drink It During Exercise But Be Mindful
If seltzer is as hydrating as water, can you drink it when you work out? Yes, Feller says, but it really depends on your carbonation tolerance: I would suggest that each person see if they are able to tolerate the carbonation during vigorous activity.
Having seltzer water can keep a person hydrated however if the carbonation causes gas or bloating it may also cause cramps and can disrupt the persons ability/comfort to exercise, adds Marinucci. It is also more filling than plain water so a person may not drink as much as they need if they choose seltzer over plain water.
From my own experience drinking seltzer in a Pilates class today, I dont recommend it. The seltzer made me feel like burping and threw off my breathing flow.
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The Coke Treatment Is Useless
The featured image points to a widespread idea now on the web concerning how cola drinks might promote kidney stone passage. It has been called the Coke Treatment for Kidney Stones.Fluids are valuable for all stone formers, but the suggested usage may not be ideal and this post points out some of the drawbacks.
Milk Causes Kidney Stones Because Of The Calcium
MYTH BUSTED: Milk Really does a body good. Calcium is your friend, so drink on. The fact is one-way kidney stones are actually caused is a LACK of calcium. You should have a glass of milk at least once a day or yogurt. Try to also consume more magnesium as this binds oxalate which will help in kidney stone prevention. And no kids, this isnt an excuse to have chocolate milk for dinner, but thanks for playing.
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Pain Originates In Your Lower Back Near Your Kidneys
MYTH BUSTED: When the pain hits, it will most often center a little below your abdomen after the stone journeys into the ureter. The ureter is funnel shaped but gets much narrower the closer you get to the bladder. A kidney stone is like getting a rock through a straw, thats why the pain is so intense. You have an organ that has so many nerve endings and when it is irritated the pain is excruciating. The stones begin to block the urine flow, causing urine to fill up in the kidney and descend. This then causes nausea and pain beyond your imagination.
Can Carbonated Water Make You Gain Weight
While plain carbonated water is a better choice than sugary beverages like soda, juice, or sweet tea, a small 2017 study revealed that plain carbonated water increased a hunger hormone called ghrelin in men. Even the beloved LaCroix may not be so perfect.
Essentially, when your ghrelin levels are high, youll feel hungrier and are likely to eat more, which can lead to weight gain. But more research is needed to confirm this outcome on a larger scale and in women.
Its also important to note that not all carbonated water is created equal. While carbonated water is just water plus air, some bottled seltzers and flavor enhancers contain sodium, natural and artificial acids, flavors, sweeteners, and other additives.
All of these could contain hidden calories and extra sodium. Also, these additives can lead to cavities and weight gain over time, studies show, so read labels carefully.
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Small Amounts Is Best
If you have actually had kidney stones in the past, you are at increased risk for experiencing them once again. For that reason, taking dietary precautions against kidney stones may be necessary. While the Coca-Cola company indicates the comparatively low levels of phosphoric acid against other foods, the serving size is 100 mL, which is approximately 3.38 oz. Since a typical cola can include about 12 oz., the quantity of phosphoric acid can rapidly enhance. If you routinely drink numerous soda portions daily, you might be getting too much phosphoric acid in your everyday diet. Instead, practice small amounts when it pertains to enjoying soda pop soft drinks to lower the possibility kidney stones will form.
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Promote Good Bowel Movements
Another benefit of drinking more water is that you promote better bowel movements and a healthier digestive system. Another link was found between dehydration and constipation in people of all ages.
Not only can drinking more water help relieve constipation, but researchers have also concluded that drinking carbonated water is more helpful than spring water in reducing the effects of constipation.
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Is My Flavored Seltzer Bad For My Health
Pop, Fizz, oh what a gasPop the tab or unscrew the cap on your favorite carbonated beverage and you hear an instant pop and fizz. It tells your senses that a beverage is ready to enjoy, but there is science behind that distinctive sound. These drinks are mostly water with added carbonation, or CO2. The CO2 makes the pressure inside the can or bottle far greater than the outside air pressure, and the sound you hear is the initial pressure equalizing itself. C02 is added to soda, sparkling water and the very popular flavored seltzers, but be careful. That fizzing sound you hear may keep the drink from going flat, but the carbonation may be wreaking some havoc on your bladder, according to Shore Physicians Group Urologist Dr. Meredith Jankowski, a Penn affiliated surgeon.
The carbon dioxide that is used to give drinks their bubbles can be a real bladder irritant, just like caffeine, alcohol, and spicy food.
Healthier but not exactly healthyIn the last five years sales of carbonated, flavored sodas has declined while sales of flavored seltzers and sparkling waters has grown. According to Beverage Industry Magazine, sparkling water and seltzer sales have increased 15.8% over the past four years. Without the sugar and coloring, you might think seltzers and sparkling waters are the healthy choice over traditional soda.
I advise people to remember when they are drinking alcohol to also drink water so they remain hydrated.
What Is The Most Flavorful Sparkling Water
The 10 Best Sparkling Waters , According to Taste LaCroix. San Pellegrino. Perrier. Spindrift. Mountain Valley. Poland Spring. Schweppes. Schweppesline of sparkling water beverage has a nice pop and fizz thats creamy in the way it froths. Adirondack Seltzer . Experience something fresh and natural with Adirondack, which is calorie- and sodium-free.
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Does Drinking Carbonation Beverages Hurt Your Kidney
It doesnt affect them directly but the sugary beverage does increase your risk of kidney stones. One study has found out that drinking 2 or more carbonated beverages in a day resulted in kidney stones and it did not matter whether they are sugarless or not. People who drink soda regularly are at a 33% greater risk of developing kidney diseases.
The consumption of dark carbonated beverages makes you more vulnerable to stone than light citrus beverages. Additionally, consumers who drink beverages that contain high amounts of fructose or phosphoric acid are more prone to kidney failures.
Not just that but consuming large amounts of soda is linked with proteinuria or increased excretion of urine in the protein, which is an indicator of kidney dysfunction. It can lead to hypertension and diabetes which also causes kidney failure, reduced functions of the kidney and kidney stones. Other studies conducted in rats found that moderate fructose intake increases the kidneys protein sensitivity to a protein . Since kidneys regulate salt balance, it leads to increased salt reabsorption by cells in the kidney.
Foods That Can Cause Kidney Stones
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Kidney stones can go unnoticed for years if they remain small. However, in many individuals, they cause considerable pain and temporary disability. What causes these agonizing formations, and how can you prevent and treat them?
Some of the answers may lie in your diet. Here are ten foods that can cause kidney stones and an overview of this condition with your treatment options.
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What Effect Does Carbonated Water Have On The Body
Carbonated watercarbonated water doesbody
. Subsequently, one may also ask, is there a downside to drinking sparkling water?
The only downside to soda water is that it’s slightly acidic, and scientists speculate that it might erode tooth enamel. So to protect your pearly whites, choose regular water, which has no acid but can be fortified with good-for-your-teeth fluoride.
Beside above, is carbonated water bad for your kidneys? Carbonated beverage consumption has been linked with diabetes, hypertension, and kidney stones, all risk factors for chronic kidney disease. Cola beverages, in particular, contain phosphoric acid and have been associated with urinary changes that promote kidney stones.
Besides, can you drink too much carbonated water?
Nope! As long as it’s plain carbonated water. This was a big concern for seltzer lovers and has been debunked in several studies now. Any seltzer with citric acid or sugar added, though, can contribute to the erosion of enamel and should be avoided.
What are the side effects of carbonated drinks?
Many varieties of sparkling water have no calories or sweeteners, but still carry some side effects. Because of carbon dioxide, all carbonated beverages can contribute to gas and bloating. If you notice an upset stomach after drinking sparkling water, try cutting back and seeing how you feel.
Eat These Foods That Can Cause Kidney Stones In Moderation
If you have urinary health issues, you want to do everything possible to keep them from recurring. Please consume these foods that can cause kidney stones in moderation or eliminate them from your diet see if your symptoms abate.
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Can Sprite Cause Kidney Stones
Higher consumption of sugar-sweetened soda was associated with a higher incidence of kidney stones, which may be because of the fructose content. Fructose has been shown to increase the urinary excretion of calcium , oxalate , and uric acid , thus increasing the risk of stones .
Likewise, does Soda help kidney stones? To keep kidney stones at bay, drink plenty of cool, clear water. A study cited by the American College of Physicians found that kidney stone patients who agreed to change their beverage habits and abstain from soda specifically colas acidified with phosphoric acid cut their risk of a recurrence by about 15 percent.
In this manner, what drinks cause kidney stones?
Avoid stone-forming foods: Beets, chocolate, spinach, rhubarb, tea, and most nuts are rich in oxalate, and colas are rich in phosphate, both of which can contribute to kidney stones. If you suffer from stones, your doctor may advise you to avoid these foods or to consume them in smaller amounts.
Can Coke Zero give you kidney stones?
We know that one of the many reasons people are prone to stone formation is that they have alow dietary alkali intake or a low urinary citrate. Those with the lowest levels of malate and citrate were Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi, Coke Zero, and Diet Coke with Lime. The colas didnt do as well, Dr.
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“Letting the ATO link to other data sets may feel a little ‘big brother’ but it makes filling out my tax return massively simpler,” writes Hugh Miller as he considers the importance of trust in increasingly advanced use of data and models.
I love building models and am fortunate that I get to do this on a bunch of interesting data sets.
These data sets have trended towards being bigger and more detailed over time, which can make them even more interesting and potentially useful.
However, it is worth reflecting on how much of this trend depends on trust:
- Trust that the data is kept secure
- Trust that the models are built and used in an ethical way
- Trust that the use of data is in line with community expectations
- Trust that the work is being used to improve a service or product.
There have been recent cases for each of these categories where companies have failed to keep trust with users. Mandatory reporting of data breaches was introduced in February 2018, and we have already seen a number of reports on breaches to Ticketmaster and PageUp data. Facebook has been forced to change practices allowing advertisers to exclude groups based on race, religion and sexual orientation. HealthEngine has copped significant criticism for its practice of passing patient contact details to third parties such as accident compensation lawyers.
It is difficult to tell whether the recent spate of stories is part of a genuine broader pushback against increasingly advanced use of data and models. As with all things, there is a need for balance and perspective. While there is little excuse for not securing data or developing apps that are blatantly discriminatory, there is also a need to consider what is reasonable – rather than what is only fulfilling legal obligations.
Value to consumers
However, I want to spend some time on #4 on the list, because this is a key part of building trust.
If companies were only using data to optimise profits, with few benefits to consumers, then this would be a strong argument to limit the collection and use of data. So, demonstrating the value proposition is hugely important.
For example, the widespread collection of smartphone location data is incredibly invasive, but there are genuine benefits when you check live traffic and avoid a half-hour jam.
Telematic assessment of driver behaviour can reduce premiums but also encourage better driving habits.
Letting the ATO link to other datasets may feel a little big brother but makes filling out my tax return massively simpler. And I’m on the record for being a fan of government using data to improve and better target services. Such examples demonstrate how the benefits of increased data analytics can be shared.
Big data has arrived and is making its presence felt. The degree to which people trust governments and companies in this new world will depend on significant efforts to earn it.
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Water Play Fun
This week the Ducklings and Goslings linked their transport topic to the children’s core interest of exploring water and bubbles.
Then children loved sharing with their peers and adults the sensory experience splashing and exploring the different Transport models.
The children were keen to transfer from the different clear boxes, use their hands to splash and pat the water.
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This book focuses on bistatic SAR signal processing, mainly on imaging aspects. Topics include bistatic SAR resolution analysis, echo generation methods, imaging algorithms, imaging parameters estimation, and motion compensation methods. Qiu, Ding, and Hu begin with the history, present status and the trends of SAR development. The concept of bistatic SAR is then introduced and the key problems of bistatic SAR signal processing are described. To aid readers in understanding bistatic SAR more easily and establish a foundation of the concepts, the authors describe the theory of SAR imaging and briefly cover the traditional imaging algorithms of SAR. To give readers deeper impression of the subject the next chapters categorize bistatic SAR configurations and analyze resolution abilities for each configuration. This is followed by echo simulating methods of bistatic SAR. These are used to generate simulated scene echoes of bistaic SAR, which can provide data for the research of bistatic SAR imaging algorithms. Next, the authors describe several imaging algorithms for translational invariant bistatic SAR in detail comapre these algorithms, as well as introduce imaging algorithms for translational variant bistatic SAR configurations. This is followed by a study of the special working modes of bistatic SAR (forward- looking mode and three-dimensional resolving mode), analyzes the resolution of these bistatic SAR modes, and studies their imaging algorithms. Lastly, the authors focus on data processing technologies which are closely related to imaging, such as Doppler parameter estimation and the motion compensation method of bistatic SAR. | <urn:uuid:1214ec34-c618-4244-b86e-e583cc5deab7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tenlong.com.tw/products/9781118188088 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.88568 | 325 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Hook Tourism are delighted to announce that the Inaugural Baginbun festival will be held in Baginbun, Fethard on Sea on Sunday September 5th.
‘At the creek of Baginbun, Ireland was lost and won’ is well remembered here in Wexford. It refers to the Normans’ victory over the local forces who fought them on their arrival in Baginbun in 1170. Arguably, one of the most significant events in Irish history.
Starting at 1pm on Sunday September 5th, the main focal point of the day will centre around an unveiling of a new monument by the French Ambassador, Vincent Guérend which commemorates the Norman landing.
Prof Kevin Whelan, historian and author, will also be giving a talk about those events in Baginbun at the site of the still intact fortifications.
There is an action packed schedule which will also include a Norman Re-enactment group, Dunbrody Archery display, Medieval games and Music.
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Where the Art of Living REALLY BeginsMay 23, 2022
The art of living—what does that mean to you?*
What it means to live well and how one does it are central preoccupations of most ancient philosophical and spiritual disciplines.
Despite the lack of a definitive answer, we don't talk much about the art of living well these days. Why is that?
I think the art of living begins by embracing that life ends.
"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what is left and live it properly."—Marcus Aurelius
Marcus had some specific ideas for what he meant by "properly"—concepts like "living in accord with Nature" and "a life in pursuit of virtue" that are difficult to summarize succinctly.
That said, starting with one's ultimate end in mind seems like a suitable place to begin a discussion of what the good life really means.
How might practicing a little more memento mori ("remember you die") help you live more purposefully today?
*For more thoughts on the art of living, click here.
Scott Perry, Chief Difference-Maker & Catalyst Coach at Creative on Purpose.
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I just watched the movie "The Birdman of Alcatraz" on TCM. I had never seen it before. Burt Lancaster played Robert Stroud, and it was released in 1962.
- Stroud was actually imprisoned in cell #42 located in the D Block. According to Frank Heaney, a former prison guard (1948-51), Stroud was anything but the sympathetic character as portrayed by Burt Lancaster. He was an extremely difficult and demented inmate who, though highly intelligent, was a villain and a psychopath.
- After the film's release, many letters were written pleading for Robert Stroud's release. Despite his sympathetic portrayal by Burt Lancaster, Stroud was a conniving and volatile sociopath who killed two people in prison (one a guard he stabbed in full view of the Leavenworth cafeteria), stabbed an orderly who snitched on his escape plan, wrote child pornography and (as an old man at a parole hearing) said that he "had a lot of people left to kill and I don't have much time to do it." | <urn:uuid:c74f32a0-f8b8-40a7-b6c6-b9e685eb7384> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-birdman-of-alcatraz-robert-stroud?context=tag-bruce | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.992071 | 219 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Plain Language #9: Maintenance And Improvements Defined
Welcome back to another edition of NAI G2 Commercial’s ongoing series on commercial real estate (CRE) terms and definitions. In this blog post, we will be exploring two typical clauses or provisions for the maintenance or improvement of spaces – who pays, and what falls under which category.
If you haven’t already, check out the earlier blogs in the series. Follow the links to read the first, second, and third such blog posts, or find the entire series within the news and insights section.
Common Area Maintenance
Sometimes you will see a clause in a lease agreement regarding common area maintenance (CAM) for commercial businesses. This is typically an extra percentage or fixed amount added to rental owing and charged to a tenant in order to allow for the upkeep of shared spaces (beyond leased or usable area) and is most common in buildings like shopping centers and office blocks.
In a building with multiple tenants, this is a joint expense often divided pro-rata. Typical uses of this include maintaining the bathrooms, parking lots, the lighting and other fixtures in a lobby, or landscaping the gardens, even covering snow removal of walkways. It can also include security and certain insurance policies or applicable permits, as well as an administration fee for maintenance services.
If this clause is in effect, the landlord or their agent ought to account for such expenses when necessary, and the provision of receipts or to allow for auditing of those expenses may be negotiated into the contract by occupants.
A tenant improvement (TI) allowance is typically an incentive for new tenants taking up the occupation of a space. Other terms that function as synonyms include “TA, TIA, fit-out, or build-out allowance”. Landlords or their agents will offer a specific amount (in credit or funds) to cover some of the costs of making required or requested improvements that an occupier wants and needs.
Often, a TI will be worked out as a dollar amount per square foot or meter basis and will vary based on the state of the building as well as the strength of that particular market. This and variations thereof (such as rental discounts or full shopfitting) are most commonly decided between parties prior to occupation.
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Border Collies and Frisbees go hand in hand. They love to catch a frisbee and the exercise they get doing so is extremely beneficial to their health. Almost all Border Collies will quickly learn to catch and return a frisbee to their owner.
The key is to throw the frisbee away from the Border Collie and have the dog chase it down. Do not throw at your Border Collie, hitting them in the face is certainly not an enjoyable experience. The best way to do it is to have your Border Collie run behind you on your one side and shoot out on the other side as you are about to release the frisbee. In this way your dog is already accelerating and his eyes can already be watching the frisbee as it leaves your hand.
To make your Border Collie run behind you show him the frisbee in front of him as you spin around then throw it when you are facing forward again. Repeat this spin, add some voice command like “Go Behind” and a hand motion moving the frisbee quickly along your leg in the direction you want your dog to go behind. After some time, the hand motion alone will be enough to signal your dog to go behind you and you will no longer have to spin around.
Disc dog competitions are becoming increasingly popular. Border Collies tend to dominate disc dog competitions because of their agility, stamina, concentration and intelligence.
A Border Collie needs at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. Regular frisbee sessions are a great way of meeting your Border Collie’s needs.
Find level grass to play on. Holes in the ground can cause injuries to a dogs legs. Having plenty of space is important as well as a Border Collie may be so focused on the frisbee that they run into a tree trunk, table, fence or similar. The twisting in the air for the frisbee can also take a toll on your dog. Pay attention to your dog’s movements and stop if your dog is moving weird as he or she may be injured. Always consult a vet if your dog is injured. | <urn:uuid:12276b73-6758-4cfa-b94b-42a603cfa270> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://dogsbordercollie.com/training/frisbee/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.96512 | 439 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Though it might seem hard to believe, summer is already just about upon us. And, hopefully, that means we are going to be getting to spend a whole lot more time outside. But that doesn’t always mean taking part in crazy activities – like day hikes or jet skiing on the open ocean. Sometimes, we just want to relax and spend some time on the beach.
But, rather than just laying idle, it’s nice to be able to have something to keep yourself busy. And there are few things that can do that quite like a good book. So, whether you’re headed off to the Tropics, trekking out to your nearest ocean, or just hanging out down by your local lake, these are the 15 best books to read this summer.
This tome – part history, part cautionary tale – seeks to illuminate its readers to the very real looming threat of fascism by examining everything from the fall of ancient democracy, to the founding of the USA by our forefathers, to the current political climate. And it’s not just a bunch of hullabaloo, either. It was written by a bonafide historian and professor at Yale University. Whether you agree with author Timothy Snyder or you just want to look for holes in his arguments, this is an interesting read.
While the phrase “mind-bending thriller” might not rank up there in your expectations for a beach book, there’s no denying the psychological allure of this spooky science-fiction story that dabbles in quantum mechanics. Penned by the same author as the Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter forces us to ask what we might do if we were ripped from the world we know and thrust into another, how we might get back to those we care about, and how we might confront the darkest parts of ourselves.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is one of the greatest living minds. His book, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, takes some of his biggest ideas and whittles them down into a much more easily digested formula. But, don’t worry – if you’re looking for the universe shattering revelations that Mr. Tyson has become known for – they’re all still there. Just in smaller doses.
Although this is hardly a new book, it has just been brought to the small screen by the Starz network. The reviews on the show are mixed, to be sure, but if you really want the essence of what that story entails, you need to read the original. Penned by Neil Gaiman, the same mind responsible for penning much of Dr. Who and the graphic novel series Sandman, this science-fiction fantasy novel is sure to keep you guessing until the very end.
Happy is the New Rich
The author of this book is named George Resch, but most people know him by his online tag, tank.sinatra. And no, this isn’t a book filled with his favorite tweets and memes, nor is it a self-help book. Rather it is a clever series of what he calls “lightbulb moments” – small realizations that help put his and the reader’s life in perspective. It is heartfelt, more than a bit autobiographical, and might just get you through your day with a knowing smile on your face.
Not to be confused with American Gods, this breakout novel from author Omar El Akkad has garnered comparison to the writings of Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, The Road). That is to say, it is a bleak and gripping portrait of a post-apocalyptic United States and the tale of the poor folks left behind to pick up the pieces. Though not a happy read by any stretch, you’ll have a hard time putting this one down.
The full title of this memoir is The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior. Yes, this book was actually written by a member of the now-famous SEAL Team that took out one of America’s greatest modern enemies. Apparently, he was also involved in the attempted rescues of “Lone Survivor” Marcus Luttrell and Captain Phillips, too. And while there is plenty of controversy surrounding the penning of this series of war stories, it’s an illuminating look into the mind of a member of the world’s most elite class of warrior.
For as massive and ubiquitous as it is, the internet is still largely shrouded in mystery when it comes to the population at large. We think people should be a little more informed as to how their information and everyone else’s is spread throughout this vast network and what, exactly, that says about us and the world that surrounds us. Well Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are is, at the very least, a step in the right direction in that regard. And, although it covers what might be considered a very dry subject matter, it still garners a few laughs thanks to the author’s quick wit.
Theft by Finding
If you’ve never read anything by David Sedaris, you’ve been missing out on some truly rib-tickling laughs. And, while this might not be the best book to get you started, it is a must-read for anyone that appreciates this author’s acerbic wit and power of observation. An insightful look at one of the funniest minds of our generation, this book is a collection of the author’s private writings and misanthropic commentary across the span of several decades.
The Cubs Way
108 years passed between the times the Chicago Cubs won the world series. That’s longer than most people live, even now. But, it happened, finally. And that means a legendary curse was broken. This documentary-style book tells that story – how one of the losingest franchises in baseball managed to make what seemed impossible come true. It’s an inspiring story and an interesting look into what it really takes to win everything in the MLB;
Michael Crichton has written some of the most gripping science-fictions and thrillers of all time – including Jurassic Park, Congo, Sphere, and Timeline. Unfortunately, he passed away tragically after a battle with lymphoma in 2008. Thankfully, for his fans, he still had some unreleased books already written. Dragon Teeth is one of them. The story follows the real life story of a pair of paleontologists (fossil-studying scientists) and their rivalry that was, at times, stranger and more thrilling than fiction.
Gear Patrol Magazine
We’d be remiss in our duties if we didn’t put Gear Patrol’s newest magazine on our list. Without fail, this collection of adventure photography and killer gear highlights is one that we can never put down until we read it from cover to cover. And then we read it again. And again. Just for the record, this one might be their best release to date.
Best Graphic Novels
If you like your books with a few more pictures in them, then check out our list of the best graphic novels of all time.
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Ever gone into a bike shop and felt like the people working there are speaking a different language?
Identifying and explaining your problem when something goes wrong with your bike can be pretty overwhelming; there’s a lot to get to grips with, and you can sometimes feel like you don’t have a clue how your bicycle actually works.
That’s why getting to know all the parts of your bike is a crucial task for any cycling fanatic – doing this can seriously improve your riding experience.
In this article, we’ll be explaining everything you need to know about the bike cassette, covering:
- What Is A Bike Cassette?
- What Do Bike Cassette Sizes Mean?
- Road Bike Cassettes
- Mountain Bike Cassettes
- Gravel Bike Cassettes
- Getting To Know Your Bike
Ready to lift your cycling knowledge to the next level?
Let’s get started!
What Is A Bike Cassette?
Most modern bikes come with derailleur gears, which use a rear derailleur to move your chain up or down a set of sprockets attached to your rear wheel.
As a collective, the set of sprockets at the rear wheel is called the “cassette”.
Cassettes come in a wide range of sizes to suit all disciplines. A cassette typically has anything from 5 to 12 sprockets, or “speeds”.
The bike cassette is a surprisingly complicated bit of machinery.
Firstly, it’s important to note that the sprockets in a cassette are designed to work together as a whole, rather than just being a collection of cogs. Each individual sprocket is positioned in relation to one another in order to make sure the chain shifts smoothly between cogs.
Individual teeth on the sprockets are shaped in different ways to further ensure smooth shifting between gears, and there are usually ramps built into the sides of the sprockets, too.
Different manufacturers have developed different ways of structuring their cassettes. Shimano, for example, uses a system called Hyperglide, which is engineered to provide smooth shifting.
Other cassette suppliers, such as SRAM and Campagnolo, have also honed their own specific cassette designs. And it’s also worth mentioning that as they’re built as a whole system, the sprockets in a cassette aren’t usually sold individually, and need to be replaced as a group.
What Do Bicycle Cassette Sizes Mean?
Usually, the size of a cassette is expressed by quoting its smallest and largest cogs. Common examples could be “11-32” or “10-52” – but what exactly do those numbers correspond to?
Essentially, the numbers indicate the smallest and the largest number of teeth in the cassette. For example, on an 11-28 bike cassette, the smallest sprocket will have 11 teeth on it, whereas the largest sprocket will have 28 teeth.
The small and large sprockets have different jobs. The small sprocket is what you’ll use when you’re seriously cranking speed, meaning that in flats and down hills, the fewer teeth you have, the more power you’ll have for generating speed.
On the large sprocket, meanwhile, the more teeth you have, the easier it’ll be for you to climb hills. Now, you might think that the ideal solution is to have a cassette that does it all, with a very small sprocket for speed and a very large sprocket for easy climbing.
But this isn’t always the best solution.
That’s because when you have a really wide range in your cassette, the transitions between each gear become a little bit more noticeable, and a little bit less smooth.
Your best bet is to really think about what kind of rider you are, and what your priorities are.
Do you ride a road bike or a gravel bike? Do you tend to cycle hilly routes or flatter roads? How fast do you usually cycle?
With those questions in mind, let’s take a look at the major differences between road bike, mountain bike, and gravel bike cassettes.
Road Bike Cassettes
Road bike cassettes have grown in recent years in line with increases in cassette speeds.
A typical modern road bike cassette may be an 11-32t (teeth) cassette. While this used to be considered towards the larger end of the spectrum, it’s now the smallest cassette size available for some manufacturers.
Ultimately, different manufacturers take different approaches. Shimano’s latest R9200 is offered in 11-28, 11-30, and 11-34 options, while Campagnolo adds an 11-29 option for all of its 12-speed groupsets.
Meanwhile, SRAM has revamped its sizing, with road bike cassettes available in 10-26, 10-28, 10-30, 10-33, and 10-36.
The rise of 12-speed road bike groupsets means that cassettes can have a larger range and the jumps between each gear can be relatively small. Riders these days are also less likely to grind away in lower gears unnecessarily, which thankfully reduces the risk of knee pain.
Mountain Bike Cassettes
Mountain bike cassette sizes have also increased in recent years, largely due to the arrival of 1x drivetrains – with no small inner ring for climbing in a 1x setup, cassettes must now offer a wider range in order to equip riders with a suitable climbing gear.
For mountain bikes, a wider range of gears is important to help riders cope with the varying terrain that they may face.
For example, short, steep technical climbs will tend to require very low gearing (largest sprocket), while longer descents that will usually be cycled faster will make use of the smallest sprocket.
Typically, most mountain bikes will use anything between a 9-speed and 12-speed cassette, although more budget models can sometimes use as narrow as a 7-speed cassette.
A classic gear spread for a mountain bike cassette would be 11-34 or something similar.
Mountain bike cassettes also typically differ from road bike cassettes in having greater gaps in gearing between each sprocket.
Gravel Bike Cassettes
Gravel bikes take features from both road bikes and mountain bikes in order to reach an optimum balance between the two depending on the aims of the manufacturer.
Back in the day, the cassette on a gravel bike would be either a road bike or mountain bike cassette, but these days, there are also gravel-specific options available on the market.
SRAM’s eTap AXS XPLR groupsets are designed especially for gravel riding, while Campagnolo is the only mainstream groupset manufacturer to have a 13-speed groupset for gravel bikes.
The varying terrain that gravel bikers (or general hybrid bike users) will often end up riding on makes having the right bike cassette size all the more important.
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I’ve noticed some grousing online about the portrait of John F. Kennedy on his 2015 Presidential dollar.
I have to admit I was not thrilled when I first saw it.
It is not a profile. It is not full-facing. It is a three-quarters portrait where he is looking down and to the viewer’s left.
It is jarring.
I did a little more research.
What did I find?
For historical reasons, the portrait is fitting.
The other 2015 Presidential portraits show the holders of our top office looking directly toward the viewer.
If we were doing one of those school-days math questions that asks us which item does not belong in the set, every collector would throw the Kennedy image out of the set of 2015 Presidential coins.
It does not fit. It is different.
But does it belong?
That is the question.
I conclude that it does belong, precisely because it does not fit.
If you look at the gallery of official Presidential portraits you will notice that the Kennedy portrait does not fit there either.
His arms are folded and he is looking down.
That is the way Jackie Kennedy wanted it.
He died in office. That is the history. It still jars me almost 52 years later.
The Kennedy portrait on the Presidential dollar is being true to history.
When was the last time you felt something so sharply when you looked at a coin design?
Here are two links. Visit them and see what you think.
One goes to the Kennedy Presidential dollar image on the Mint website.
The other goes to the Presidential portrait gallery.
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“What I cannot bear, as a reader or as a person, is to be bored.” – Reginald Shepherd
Given what I wrote last time, this week’s column topic should not surprise anyone. I like difficult literature. I like books that surprise me, that subvert convention, that try to find not just a distinctive angle on a story, but actively meddle with that story. I like rich language that is not always to the point, that creates sensation rather than basic semiotic messages. I like to discover and spar with disquietude, unreliability, and perplexity in written art; I like works that create conundrums, that force you to defend and exercise your imagination and ideas, and that show us just how contingent and edifying the act of writing can be.
I became much more passionate about discussing this after reading Aidan Moher’s blog post that asked “Are Fantasy Readers ‘Dumber’ Than Science Fiction Readers?” The title comes from a commenter’s response to an earlier post, and resulted in an array of comments about the linkage (or lack thereof) between genre and intelligence, and between genre and complexity. Aidan encouraged the discussion by extending the (rather loaded) question and asking if Fantasy fiction was less “taxing” or if readers and writers felt that “smart fantasy” was not being published, but most commenters did not address these queries.
The debate focused on the presence of complex ideas and specialized knowledge in genre fiction; many commenters brought up the idea that publishers and the promotional structure generally (and this is a BIG generalization) like to focus on novels that they believe will appeal to a wider audience, which to them means books that are accessible reading or fit into discernable categories. I don’t think that this tendency is overwhelming, but I think it is true that many popular books are not difficult reading, and that some publishers, particularly larger ones, market the books that they feel will have the broadest appeal, which often means less support for the difficult and the poetic (which I see as fellow-travelers). But as the fiction market changes, there may be more opportunities to ask why we permit the system to favor the unelaborate, the mechanically precise, the predictable, or the self-evident in literature? Why can’t difficult literature acquire more visibility, more readers, and a stronger position as the literary terrain shifts?
The answer lies partly in assumptions about difficult literature and the reasons that people read fiction. The idea of difficult literature I am proposing here is a relative of Reginald Shepherd‘s notion of difficult poetry, which includes several discursive elements: lexical, allusive, syntactical, semantic, modal, and formal difficulty. He also offers an alternate typology of difficulties of explication, interpretation, and recognition. What unites these elements into an “anatomy” of difficulty is that they “are violations of readerly expectations.” A difficult work is not one that has only complicated ideas (scientific, social, or otherwise) or a dense, elaborate structure, but that offers the reader challenges to their preconceptions about fiction and language.
Difficult literature is designed to be so. As Shepherd also notes: “[d]ifficulty is not a virtue in and of itself, but obscurity is always a defect.” The goal of the work is to disrupt the reader’s presumptions, but not in an impenetrable or unthoughtful way. Difficult literature is a puzzle fashioned to challenge readers, to have them linger over the text and return to it, to ponder what’s happening and consider carefully what is being communicated. Poetic literature focuses more specifically on lexical and syntactical aspects to create a linguistic exercise to intoxicate the reader with sensual and manifold meanings. Both want to make the reader think, to do extra work in discerning what the text is telling them.
I am not making a utilitarian argument for difficulty here; that has been done before and we don’t read literature for its raw utility. I am arguing that difficult works have aesthetic and entertainment capacity. The utilitarian argument sets up a noisome corollary: if difficult texts make us smarter or more perceptive, more accessible texts make us dumber and blinder. That is a poor juxtaposition that I doubt reflects the intentions of the authors nor the desires and experiences of readers. We as readers want a variety of works to choose from, a range of pleasures and fascinations, and that range should be more inclusive of difficult works. The value of difficult literature is in the different sort of enjoyments it can provide, and moving away from either elitist or instrumental conceptions of difficult literature is necessary to open such art up to more readers. What makes a text difficult is not a lack of sophistication or knowledge on the part of the reader, nor is it that it contains submerged elements not found in straightforward works.
A difficult text does not have more “inside” it or “beneath” the text; as Samuel Delany noted, “They are all surface-that-endures-through-history.” A poetic text does not have unplumbed depths. Both have, instead, less obvious traits, a plasticity of meaning, a capacious margin of interpretation, words set in different relationship to each other, residing in unanticipated patterns and structures. Like the critic that Delany is referring to, readers create their own reading in dialogue with the text presented, influenced by their intellectual and emotional distance from the work and the perspective they bring to their reading. To champion the difficult and the poetic in fantastika is to reinforce the idea that readers do not need some great specialization to enjoy them, just time and the willingness to engage the text with greater discernment and suspicion.
I feel that what some publishers, and to some extent the umbrella culture of reading, have done is given readers cause to mistrust themselves, to think that struggling with a text is neither enjoyable nor something any good reader can do. I believe that fantastika, from the “hardest” SF novel to the most surreal and interstitial fantasia (or vice versa), can benefit from championing difficulty in the literature. The difficult and the poetic and the fantastic resonate with each other, indulging in that which is not-real, not immediately obvious and apprehensible, work which does not just impel towards a limited range of meaning but reminds us that our perceptions can be broader, that our imaginations are deep, and that some puzzles do not have just one resolution. Championing difficult and poetic fantastika means that we treat people like avid, adventurous readers and not just word-consumers, that we take our literature seriously, and that we nurture and show off all that it can do.
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We have done guided tours of Congress, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and the Pentagon. this trip, we were looking forward to a few others–Georgetown, the State Department’s Diplomatic reception rooms, and especially the White House. We had, for the first time, submitted an application for a White House tour in plenty of time (about five months in advance of our trip). Unfortunately, we happened to choose the year that all these tours would be cancelled. The bad news: our hopes of visiting the White House were dashed. The good news: we had more time to spend with the Capital’s many other sites and museums. So much for the tour we didn’t take. We did take the following:
Georgetown. We took a guided walking tour of the neighborhood with Washington Walks. The walk was pretty good. While our guide was reasonably knowledgeable, if somewhat slow and overly descriptive in some of his characterizations. The neighborhood itself is beautiful and historic. We learned about some of its history, from its 1751 founding and the potential reasons for its name (although no one seems to know for sure, it was not named after George Washington, who was only 19 at the time). The tour took us through beautiful streets of wooden and brick buildings, and explained the way of telling which brick buildings were built before the Civil War (when bricks were formed by hand from the clay on which the neighborhood is built) and which after (using more regular-shaped manufactured bricks that were manufactured in factories). We learned the meaning of the various historical plaques, such as those in which the owners agreed not to modify exteriors (except for painting them) in return for tax credits, and those that denote which buildings were protected by early fire assurance companies.
The tour covered much of the older, more historic, lower (from M Street to P) section of the neighborhood, from Rock Creek almost to the University, walking both of Georgetown’s main commercial streets (M Street and Wisconsin Avenue) and a number of smaller cobbled streets.
The guide discussed the evolution of the architecture, from the rather unadorned Federal Style, through various stages of Victorian and Georgian, and even some rather ornate Second Empire buildings. Then, of course, there are the historic buildings, (such as the Whitehorse Tavern, which hosted guests including Washington and Marquis de Lafayette) and many homes of Washington’s rich and famous, from John Kennedy to Bob Woodward and Julia Child.
After the formal tour, we walked along the canal and a couple other scenic streets, paused for a quick lobster roll (at Luke’s Lobster) and then crossed back over Rock Creek to begin our own self-guided walking tour through some of our other favorite neighborhoods. These included:
DuPont Circle with its more mainstream stores and loads of think tanks and other nonprofit organizations.
Massachusetts Avenue’s Embassy Row, where many of the early mansions have even converted into embassy’s of countries from England to Japan and Tonga;
Kalorama, which was built largely in the Victorian period, contains a number of its own embassies plus some of the cities largest and most expensive homes.
Hayes-Morgan, a more recently gentrified neighborhood whose different sections have very different styles of everything from multi-family dwellings to large single family homes and tiny cottages.
Upper 16th Street, one of Hayes-Morgan’s commercial streets, is particularly funky, lined with wildly-colored restaurants, boutique stores and murals.
U Street Corridor. One of the city’s best evening hotspots. Although we haven’t found much in the way of restaurants (unless you count the per perpetually packed, and from our experience, mediocre Ben’s Chili Bowl), the area is packed with bars. Many, including Marvin’s, the 9:30 Club and especially Bohemian Caverns, have music–especially Jazz.
Then back to the Lafayette Square and two of the prettiest public buildings in the District:
The White House and the Executive Office Building.
Lincoln Assassination Tour
Our guide for this Viator tour was a font of knowledge, not only about the assassination plot, but about the city. He fully explained Booth’s plan to “decapitate” the government by killing not only Lincoln, but also Vice President Johnson and Secretary of State Seward.
The tour, which began across from the White House in Lafayette Square, took us past and, in the case of the Willard Hotel, though some of the buildings that played a role in the conspiracy. These included the house in which Seward was attacked and almost filled, the hotel in which Johnson and his intended assassin (who did not carry out his role) had lived and on to Ford’s Theater (where the assassination took place) and the Peterson house (where Lincoln died). (See our recent DC Museum blog for a discussion of a tour of the Theater and the house.)
The guide discussed the president’s efforts to prevent the and, when it became inevitable, to recruit Robert E. Lee to lead the Union army. He described the history of Booth’s famous acting family and laid out, in somewhat too much depth the details and the timeline of the conspiracy and how it evolved from a plan to kidnap, to one to kill the President. We learned the role that each member of the conspiracy was intended to play and the details of what each did and did not do during the fateful day. We learned of Booth’s elaborate preparation to enter and escape from the president’s booth at the theater (at which Booth was an actor), got a blow- by- blow (or more accurately, a slash-by-slash) description of Lewis Powell’s attempt to kill Seward and understood the reasons that the other co-conspirators gradually distanced themselves from the plot or decided not to carry out their assigned roles.
The guide explained how Booth was likely injured as he jumped to the stage and how the words he uttered suggested that he saw himself as playing the same type of role in protecting the south that Brutus saw himself playing in protecting the Republic of Rome from the tyrant, Julius Caesar.
We learned how each of the conspirators (not to speak Mary Surratt, who may or may not have been involved) were apprehended and executed, and how one—John Surratt—was eventually captured in Alexandria Egypt and acquitted.
Although the guide knew his material cold, he had a burning need to share all his knowledge and evident passion for the subject. As a result, the tour, which was supposed to have been two hours, ended up lasting three hours.
State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms.
This is one of the government building tours that must be reserved in advance. After an elevator ride, you reach a top-floor lobby that provides entrance into a suite of about eight beautiful rooms that the Vice President and Cabinet officers use to receive and entertain foreign dignitaries. The rooms, which range from intimate drawing rooms to a large room that can accommodate more than 200 people for formal, sit-down dinners, are continually busy, hosting between five and twenty events per week.
The rooms themselves are beautiful. Many are wood-paneled and all have walls lined with American paintings, floors covered with beautiful Persian rugs and are illuminated by elegant English crystal chandeliers.
Each of the rooms is filled with beautiful Queen Anne and Chippendale antique furniture and innumerable historic objects including Paul Revere silver serving sets, the custom architect’s table on which Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and half- finished painting of the signers of the date? treaty of Paris (which ended the American Revolution). Best of all, the cost of constructing these rooms was all funded by private dominations and all items were either donated or lent to the Department of State.
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I am a therapist of many years' experience. I have written this collection of essays, short stories and reflections as my contribution to helping any reader to see more clearly what is happening in daily life in his or her immediate surroundings. The subjects in this collection of writings are drawn from a broad range of human experience, and they touch the daily lives of most of us, whether or not this is apparent. In our society, we are mostly helped to see what we are meant to see. But each household, be it single person or more, has much that is hidden from view, and society itself (the collective version of the household) shares many tacitly-agreed 'blindnesses'. Those who comment openly upon secrets and blindnesses find that they have a mixed reception. "The Tale of the Emperor's New Clothes" is far from having lost its relevance, and of course, we all accept that the world is not flat! Much of our understanding of life is programmed in us by what we have seen and experienced around us when we were small. Unless we make considerable efforts to find ways in which we can view this original patterning in an objective light, we are likely to continue to enact the habits and belief systems which we absorbed during our early years. Such causal links might not be obvious to those who live life without looking sufficiently beneath the surface, and the consequence of becoming aware of them can at times provoke feelings of denial and shock. However, we must accept the fundamental truth that full or partial obscurity only serves to enhance the power of the links and their consequences.
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Echo Hose Ambulance is a not for profit, emergency ambulance provider for the City of Shelton, Connecticut. Established in 1949, and originally part of the Shelton Fire Department, the advent of modern emergency medical service established the ambulance corps as an individual entity within the Shelton public safety system. As Shelton’s needs have evolved, so too has the scope of Echo Hose Ambulance. The ambulance service responds to approximately 5,000 emergency incidents each year.
Echo Hose Ambulance is committed to patient healthcare service delivery, expanding the horizons of community knowledge through layperson medical education and health advocacy, educating emergency personnel, and providing an enjoyable, welcoming environment for its volunteers and staff.
The organization is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors, Chief and Assistant Chief and a Director of Operations. The organization provides exceptional patient care to all those in need. In addition, our volunteers dedicate thousands of hours each year providing emergency ambulance coverage to the City of Shelton, ambulance standby coverage to community events, participating in health fairs, elementary school education programs, community classes, food and toy drives, while also providing hundreds of people each year with free CPR, First Aid, Bleeding Control and Narcan training.
The organization has the ability to staff up to 7 Basic and Advanced Life Support Ambulances, a Paramedic Fly car, 3 First Responder vehicles and a full deployment of special operations equipment that includes a Rehab Support Vehicle, an All-Terrain Gator, and four EMS bikes. With the help of over 75 volunteers, additional resources can be added as needed for scheduled pre-planned events, inclement weather and/or during an unexpected large incident. | <urn:uuid:85fd8e31-8de4-4866-9b50-0924479c46c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ambulance.echohose.org/about-us/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.938599 | 353 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Remember when we had several questions about how to move forward and change?
A few months back when we developed this year’s theme, we wanted to get answers from businesses, non-profits and governments on how they address climate change, inequity and other burning topics. With our Seminar Abroad we just did that. We got out and got the several organizations talking and showing us what they undertake today for a better tomorrow.
As the Seminar in Switzerland laid the foundation with talks from businesses mainly from Switzerland, we were now ready to discover what the situation looks like in Northern America. For that aspect, we hosted Online Days with several parties from all around Canada and the United States. We had Sheridan College and UCLA expanding on their programs for sustainability in the form of courses, initiatives and simple educational transfer to be better and create an impact.
From Silicon Valley on new tech, how to find, produce and push solutions as well as finance them, we got together Jeffrey and Alex from Swisscom Outpost in Silicon Valley and Ecosystem Ventures respectively. Both shed light on how important it is to be in the right place at the right time. We have also heard that the pandemic brought a whole other dynamic to finances, how fast solutions can be and need to be developed. YVR Airport and Microsoft introduced us to their measures, and the movement they foster within their organization and as role models for others in their fields. Keena McDonald from American Express educated us further on inequity and racism and gave us tools to spot it and improve.
We were also honored by two governmental bodies, the Swiss General Consulate in Atlanta and the Swiss Consulate in Vancouver. Both invited several speakers to the two meetings from both local economies of greater Atlanta and British Columbia.
After two years without travel, this year we could finally experience businesses abroad again. So we headed to the Swedish cities Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö as well as Copenhagen in Denmark as the second part of our Seminar Abroad.
We met with Stockholms city officials and were guided through their sustainability plans. Besides their plans, we enjoyed a walking tour through the royal seaport where we could see how a new development area grows with climate change and net zero in focus. Climate change and nature were also the focus of our visit to the Scandinavian Green Rooftop Institute in Malmö. They showed us how they test and implement solutions to battle extreme climate events such as heavy rain, high temperature and slowly changing urban architecture by creating green rooftops and sustainable urban drainage systems. Finding a meaning in their actions is what drives Nilas and Hugo from the SGRI. The company understands “Zero Insignificance” and that feeling purpose in the working life is generally recognized as essential motivating factor in today’s working life.
With Impact hub and Uni3 by Geely, we had two visits where we can see how they give tools, real estate, knowledge and space to startups to grow and realize their ideas to be better. During our visits with ABB, IBM and Novo Nordisk we could see how large corporations have grown more sustainable, are changing their products to become circular and are answering to the people’s demand for battling the climate. All three are using their corporate strengths and expertise to also push their industry and foster change. They also gave insight into how challenging it can be, but always closed that it must be done anyhow because the risks and stakes in it are higher. These companies definitely align with our Vision Zero and the vision to live and do business in a more purpose-oriented way, creating sustainability for themselves and the community.
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No, you don’t have to play sports to fall victim to this fungal infection.
You’ve heard the horror stories and warnings before: Always wear flip flops in public showers (at pools or gyms, or in college dorms), unless you want to deal with a particularly nasty skin condition: athlete’s foot.
While it’s fair to say that athletes are more affected than others by the condition—hence the name—the truth is anyone, regardless of age or activity level, can fall victim to athlete’s foot.
So what exactly is this menace to the skin on your feet? Here, experts—specifically dermatologists and podiatrists—break down what causes athlete’s foot, as well as the symptoms you might experience, and how to treat the issue.
What is athlete’s foot?
Athlete’s foot—technically known as tinea pedis—is an infection of the skin and feet, which can be caused by a variety of different fungi, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Though the infection can technically affect any part of the foot, it most commonly shows up in between the toes, on the sides of the foot, or on the bottom of the foot, Rajani Katta, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in Houston, Texas, tells Health.
There’s a good reason why it’s called athlete’s foot, too: “The fungus that causes athlete’s foot likes to grow in warm, moist places, so it’s often associated with athletes, who sometimes develop it when their feet stay in damp, sweaty socks,” says Dr. Katta. “You can also pick u p the fungal organisms from walking barefoot in [public spaces like locker rooms], which is another reason why it’s been associated with athletes, though it’s important to note that anyone can get it.”
What are the symptoms of athlete’s foot?
So, athlete’s foot is can actually be asymptomatic most of the time, Patricia Farris, MD, a board-certified dermatologist at Sanova Dermatology in Metairie, Louisiana, tells Health. “When an infection is on the bottom of the feet, it causes the skin to peel and flake, which you may mistake for dry skin,” she says.
When symptoms do present, however, one of the most common signs are red, itchy, raw areas between the toes, says Dr. Katta—that’s usually where symptoms show up first. You can also experience a flaking rash along the sides of the foot, or blisters along the instep (the inner arch of the foot), which can be itchy and painful. In severe cases, you may also experience cracking of the skin, David Pytowski, DPM, a podiatrist based in Austin, Texas, tells Health.
How is athlete’s foot treated—and how long does it take to clear up?
Usually, athlete’s foot can be treated with over-the-counter remedies such as powders, lotions, sprays, and ointments, all of which are generally effective for clearing up infections, says Dr. Pytowski.
In some more severe cases, however, stronger options may be necessary. “Many of the antifungal medications that are sold over the counter can be helpful, although in some cases a stronger prescription medication may be needed,” says Dr. Katta. “In rare cases, an [oral] antifungal medication may be used.”
One thing to note: Athlete’s foot can mimic other infections that are caused by bacteria such as eczema or dermatitis, so it’s best to check with a doctor before initiating any medication-based treatments, says Dr. Pytowski.
While the skin condition usually clears up with treatment, there are a few situations that require a follow up with a doctor. If you have diabetes, for example, sometimes these fungal infections can be more persistent and harder to treat. In rare cases, athlete’s foot can lead to small cracks in the skin, which can then allow bacteria to enter and trigger a more serious bacterial skin infection, which can spread to other parts of your body such as the groin, says Dr. Pytowski.
Another less common but still possible complication: toenail fungus. If you have a significant untreated infection of the skin and between the toes, your toenails will likely become infected, too, says Dr. Farris. That could make your athlete’s foot—and now, toenail fungus—even harder to treat. “Toenail fungus almost always has to be treated with oral antifungal medications and is often difficult to get rid of,” she says.
How can you prevent athlete’s foot?
People who’ve had athlete’s foot once are sometimes more susceptible to developing it again, says Dr. Katta. But following appropriate treatment recommendations can help prevent it from occurring again.
“If you’re exercising, make sure you change out of damp sweaty socks, and if you’re taking a shower at the gym or you’re at the locker room, try to wear shower shoes,” she says. “You should also try to avoid letting your feet stay damp by making sure you dry your feet carefully after you shower.”
Oftentimes, people who experience sweaty feet are also prone to frequent recurrences of athlete’s foot, Dr. Farris adds.
“Don’t wear occlusive footwear like tennis shoes and instead choose more open breathable shoes,” she says. “Throw out old shoes that might be infected and use an antifungal powder on your shoes to prevent reinfecting yourself.”
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Police have fined more than 1,000 people for breaching lockdown rules during the coronavirus crisis.
The figures were released today, hours after it was revealed deaths from the virus had risen by 917, taking the total number of deaths to 9,875.
The youngest victim was just 11-years-old and the oldest was 102.
Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said there had been 1,084 fines issued for breaching the lockdown.
No regional breakdown was issued.
But police have been forced to step up patrols in areas of Birmingham after large numbers of people flouted the coronavirus lockdown.
Officers have been carrying out increased patrols at open spaces in Handsworth and at Edgbaston Reservoir and also city parks.
The crackdown came as some people continued to flock to those particular spots to enjoy the sunny weather, despite the clear Government restrictions.
Instances of people flouting the rules have been a supposed baptism in Kingshurst Park lake, while police also dispersed sunbathers in Pigeon Park in the city centre.
Meanwhile, an angry dog walker took a picture of a group of mountain bikers who were chatting together at Sutton Park.
The woman was exercising her own dog at the beauty spot when she took the picture.
She spotted the group of seven men chatting to each other and not keeping the recommended two metres apart.
The government has told people to stay at home and only venture out to a shop to but basic essentials and to carry out around an hour of exercise per day either on their own or with people living in the same household
The watcher took to Twitter and tweeted: "So angry about this behaviour today at my local park. I was alone so dare not say a word How or to who can we report this to ? If you are out then obey rules of social distancing.She later went on to tweet: "They were there a good long while. I stayed for my dog to have drink and a swim. I was there about 10mins throwing the ball. They were still to be heard from a distance as I walked off."
Yet the message was getting through in some areas.
Pictures released today by police showed an empty Sheldon Heath Country Park, normally teeming with families on the Bank Holiday.
As well as the fines figures, Mr Hewitt also gave a number of examples of how the police continue to keep the country safe during the lockdown.
These included a man in London who was jailed for stealing PPE from a hospital, while West Midlands Police has arrested hundreds of domestic violence suspects in recent weeks.
The National Crime Agency is taking down fraudulent websites and email addresses.
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This animated map of Earth shows changes in Arctic sea ice and vegetation throughout the seasons. Each frame in the GIF shows one month out of the year. The map is made using open data from NASA, USGS, and Natural Earth. I've open-sourced all the code here in a detailed design tutorial, and you can buy a poster or print of the map here if you'd like. .
To design this map I first looked through the NASA Earth Observations data collection to find seasonal datasets. Some of the most interesting ones I found were fire prevalence (1), vegetation (2), solar insolation (3), and cloud cover (4). For my animation I added the sea ice dataset (5) to the Blue Marble dataset (6) as my own combination map (7).
I also used data from Natural Earth and the USGS for the tectonic plates, coastlines, and feature labels. The final scrollwork illustration consists of many grayscale shapes layered together, combined with multiple color overlays.
I also designed a cutaway diagram showing the interior layers of Earth. This figure were a little tricky because some of the layers on Earth were so thin that they were virtually invisible. To show even the thinnest layers, I designed an adjusted diagram in Python where every layer has a minimum visible thickness. Below, the left half of each figure shows the actual thickness, and the right half shows an adjusted version where each layer has a minimum thickness. Four other planets are shown using the same code for comparison. | <urn:uuid:970eac70-22ee-4e9c-bd30-4f17589739d7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eleanorlutz.com/animated-seasons-of-arctic-ice | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.939815 | 311 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Israel’s government Sunday endorsed a proposal to anchor in law the country’s status as the national homeland of the Jewish people, drawing fire from critics who said it weakened democracy.
Netanyahu also announced a separate initiative to strip Palestinians of their residency and welfare rights if they or their relatives take part in unrest.
Following a stormy meeting, the cabinet voted 14 to six in favor of the national homeland proposal, with ministers from the two centrist parties — HaTnuah led by Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Yesh Atid of Finance Minister Yair Lapid — voting against, media reports said.
The proposal would mean Israel would no longer be defined in its Basic Laws as “Jewish and democratic” but instead as “the national homeland of the Jewish people.”
Critics, who include the government’s top legal adviser, say the proposed change to the laws that act as Israel’s effective constitution could institutionalize discrimination against its 1.7 million Palestinian citizens.
By giving preeminence to the “Jewish” character of Israel over its democratic nature, the law in its current format is anti-democratic, they say.
The Israel Democracy Institute said that the state’s Jewish identity is already contained in its 1948 declaration of independence.
“However, that declaration also emphasizes the Jewish State’s absolute commitment to the equality of all of its citizens — an essential component missing from the proposals being presented to the government today,” IDI president Yohanan Plesner said in a statement.
Netanyahu insisted the law would give equal weight to both characteristics.
“There are those who would like the democratic to prevail over the Jewish and there are those who would like the Jewish to prevail over the democratic… both of these values are equal and both must be considered to the same degree,” he said.
The proposal has provoked uproar among MKs and ministers from the center and the left, who fear the text only institutionalizes discrimination.
There are also concerns about a plan to revoke the rights of any Palestinian resident who took part in or incited violence, even stone-throwing.
“It cannot be that those who attack Israeli citizens and call for the elimination of the State of Israel will enjoy rights such as National Insurance — and their family members as well, who support them,” Netanyahu told ministers.
Israel’s Palestinian minority, comprising some 20 percent of the population, are descendants of those who managed to stay after the establishment of Israel in 1948, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced and now languish in refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and throughout the West Bank and Gaza.
If the Jewish homeland proposal becomes law, it would mean “the institutionalization of racism, which is already a reality on the street, in both law and at the heart of the political system,” warned Majd Kayyal of Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.
“Democracy guarantees that all citizens have the same rights and are equal before the state, but this racist change introduces a distinction on the basis of religion,” he said.
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, the government’s legal adviser, has also criticized the proposal, saying it weakens the state’s democratic character.
The version of the bill approved by ministers on Sunday represents a nod from Netanyahu to the most hardline elements of his party and ruling coalition as talk grows of an early election.
But it will be incorporated into a hybrid proposal approved by Netanyahu, the Likud statement said.
“The bill will pass a preliminary reading in the Knesset this Wednesday and will be revised to conform with a government bill which will be drafted and approved by the cabinet soon,” it said.
The final version of the text submitted to parliament for approval is likely to be softened, predicted Denis Charbit, a political scientist at Israel’s Open University.
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When you have a nail fungus infection, the nail may become thick and yellow. It may also have white streaks or spots. This condition which is also known as onychomycosis becomes more common as one gets older. A nail fungal infection is quite a challenge to treat.
Defining a Toenail Fungus
Toenail fungus is a widespread nail fungal infection that affects one’s toenails. It affects the fingernails as well although less commonly. Toenail fungus occurs once fungi get through that space between the nail bed and the nail itself. This usually happens when you have a cut or crack in the toes.
Is It Common?
Toenail fungal infections are quite common, especially among older people. It affects 2 in every 10 people who are 70 years and above while 1 out of 10 is affected in those who are younger.
Numerous types of fungi may affect the toenails. Dermatophytes, a group of fungi, may cause several nail fungal infections. Dermatophytes are microorganisms that can’t be seen by the naked eye. They thrive because of the keratin found in the toenails and fingernails. Keratin is the protein that makes the nail hard.
How Do You Get Infected?
Most nail fungal infections are contagious. A person may become infected through contact with someone who has been infected or through contact with an infected surface. The following are the most common ways for one to be infected: walking barefoot around public swimming pools, using the public locker room and shower, and sharing personal items like nail clippers and towels.
The Nail’s Appearance
Nail fungus may change the appearance of your nails in several ways: nail discoloration, the nail becomes cloudy and chalky on its surface, the nail may become thick and distorted, and the nail may set off the nailbed, and the nail may break and crack in one or more spots.
How Is Nail Fungal Infection Treated?
A nail fungus treatment can be in the following forms: oral antifungal medications, topical medications, laser treatment, and in severe cases a nail removal.
1All about Pomelo
Pomelo is a popular large Asian citrus fruit that closely resembles grapefruit. This has a teardrop shape, and it comes with a thick green or yellow flesh and a pale and thick rind. It can grow up to the size of a cantaloupe or even larger. Pomelo has the same taste as grapefruit but only sweeter. The fruit contains antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, making it a healthy addition to your diet. The pomelo is quite tangy and juicy, much like tangerine. They are known to have originated from China around 100 BC. it is widely cultivated in Southern Thailand, Taiwan, New Guinea, Southern China, Southernmost Japan, Southern India, Tahiti, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Pomelo is also known as the paradise apple, citrus species, forbidden fruit, pummelo, Chinese grapefruit, pamplemousse, pumello, and pummelo.
Pomelos are known for being nutritious and a superb source of vitamin C along with various minerals. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said that pomelo contains the following: energy, protein, fiber, vitamin C, carbohydrate, and potassium. The fruit is also known to possess vitamins A, B1, B2, and C, healthy fats, fiber, protein, bioflavonoids, enzymes, and antioxidants. It is also loaded with beta-carotene and folic acid that pregnant women need.
As Antifungal and Antimicrobial
Pomelo has been established to contain antibacterial and antifungal properties that help treat various types of infections. The Vietnam National University conducted a study that revealed the pomelo essential oil to be effective against Penicillium expansum. The University of Bucharest also conducted another study that showed pomelo essential oil’s capacity to inhibit bacterial biofilm from developing on soft contact lenses. More studies have to be done to establish its effects on other microbial infections.
In another study, the ethanolic extract from Indonesian pomelo seeds and pulp has been investigated for its antimicrobial effects. The pomelo seed and pulp extract have shown inhibitory effects against Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Staphylococcus aureus. The pomelo seed and pulp ethanolic extract make for a great natural preparation as a food and cosmetic alternative.
Other Health Benefits
Pomelo is known for its multiple health benefits. Apart from the aforementioned ones, pomelo is also known to provide the following:
Weight loss support
This is one other area where dietary fiber in pomelo plays an important role. High-fiber foods stay in one’s stomach for a longer time, reducing hunger pangs. These also need more chewing which gives the body a long time to feel full, eliminating the urge to overeat.
Heart health support
Pomelo is known for its antioxidant content, which includes flavonoids, polyphenols, and ascorbic acid that have been considered to reduce triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and consequently cardiac arrest. Nevertheless, more research is needed to establish its effects on humans.
Bone health support
Pomelo is rich in minerals such as manganese, iron, copper, calcium, and zinc. Such minerals are needed for bone health improvement and maintenance. You can keep your bones healthy and strong by adding pomelo into your daily diet along with physical exercise.
May Boost One’s Immunity
The pomelo fruit is loaded with vitamin C. Vitamin C works as an antioxidant and fights off free radicals in the body. This helps enhance phagocytosis and microbial elimination. The fruit’s high dose of ascorbic acid may enhance the body’s white blood cell activity, which prevents and fights off infections. It may also prevent and cure systemic infections as well as many respiratory problems. Hence, you may strengthen your immune system by adding pomelo into your diet.
May Help with Digestion
Pomelo is loaded with dietary fiber. Dietary fiber helps ensure regular bowel movements. It also prevents constipation and avoids the formation of hemorrhoids. A study conducted in China suggested that adding dietary fiber into one’s diet may support the health of one’s intestinal microbes.
Helps Fight Off Aging
Pomelo is known for its spermidine content. This protects the cells from processes that are closely related to aging and also cell damage. It is capable of fighting off wrinkles and skin aging, allowing the skin to appear youthful, soft, and fair.
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Economic and Policy Analysis of Potential Deployment of Rural Broadband in Indiana
Wally Tyner, and
Issue Number: PAEPB-2018_12
Date: November 29, 2018
Tags: Rural broadband, rural electrification, benefit-cost analysis
Abstract: This policy brief projects the statewide net benefits that could be obtained from installation of rural broadband in all of the areas served by Rural Electric Member Cooperatives (REMC) in the State of Indiana. It also explains why despite the large projected net benefits, some form of policy intervention likely will be needed to achieve widespread rural broadband deployment.
Recommended citation: Grant, Alison, Wallace E. Tyner, and Larry DeBoer. “Economic and Policy Analysis of Potential Deployment of Rural Broadband in Indiana” Purdue AgEcon Policy Briefs (PAEPB-2018_12). Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, November 29, 2018. Available at: https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Pages/PAEPB-2018_12.aspx
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Information is a driver of growth and change in our 21st century economy, and information flows through the internet. Unfortunately, many of our rural communities lack access to broadband networks. This study quantifies the benefits and costs of extending broadband networks to rural Indiana. This analysis was done in three phases. The initial analysis that was done for the Tipmont Cooperative and contained detailed analysis of benefits and costs for rural broadband in their service territory. Then six additional Indiana REMCs were added, although with somewhat less precision than the original Tipmont analysis. On the basis of those results, the rural broadband net benefits were extrapolated to the State of Indiana. Finally, the federal and state revenue and tax implications for rural broadband deployment were estimated. Table 1 provides a summary of the benefit-cost metrics from the analysis. The benefit-cost ratios range from 2.97 to 4.09 for the seven REMCs. From a societal perspective, the rural broadband investment is clearly quite attractive. However, the anticipated revenue from customers would not be adequate to cover the total system costs (last column of table 1), so some form of assistance or policy intervention would be needed to incentivize the investments.
The sum of net present value of benefits for the seven cooperatives is $2,252,600,453. There are 92,726 members in these coops, so the net benefit per member is $24,293 (weighted average) for the seven cooperatives. Extrapolating the net benefits for these seven REMCs to the State, the total for the State of Indiana would be $11,976,222,899. In other words, the State of Indiana would receive about $12 billion in net benefits if the broadband investment were made statewide. That translates to $1.0 billion per year annuitized over 20 years at six percent interest rate. These net benefits are net of all investment and operating costs, and they accrue to households, businesses, and governments.
In addition to the benefit-cost analysis, this report also quantifies the additional State and Federal tax collections and cost savings that could happen with broadband investments in these seven REMCs. Table 2 summarizes the added federal and state tax collection and medical cost reductions that could result from the rural broadband investments. These tax/cost enhancements amount to $56.5 million in year three for the seven REMCs, or 27% of the total net benefits of $208 million. The shares should be similar for the duration of the broadband investment period.
These estimates are for the seven REMCs. Each year, added government revenues and cost savings would amount to about 27% of net benefits in the seven REMCs. The net benefits of broadband investment for the whole state of Indiana is about $12 billion, which translates to about $1.0 billion per year annuitized over 20 years at six percent interest rate. These net benefits include benefits that accrue to households, businesses, and to governments. If the rest of rural Indiana is like the seven cooperative service areas, then 27% of the $1.0 billion per year annualized total net benefit would be government revenue and health care cost savings, or $270 million per year. In terms of total net present value of benefits over a 20-year term, 27% of the $12 billion total is $3.24 billion of government revenue and health care cost savings. In other words governments stand to gain substantially from rural broadband investments reaping over a quarter of the total net benefits.
The major policy issue is that even though the estimated net benefits for the state are large, and about a quarter of the benefits accrue to federal and state governments, the cooperatives cannot capture enough benefits in the market place to warrant the rural broadband investments. The situation is somewhat analogous to rural electrification. In the 1930s, a very small fraction of rural households and businesses had electricity. Congress passed the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 which provided loans to rural electric cooperatives to deliver electricity to rural areas [1, 2]. The policy change was remarkably successful resulting in rural electrification at a rapid pace.
Rural areas are different from urban areas with respect to both rural electrification and rural broadband because the household density is much lower, and capital costs for providing service are much higher. In urban areas, the distance between houses may be 25 feet, whereas in rural areas, they can be 25 miles or more. That added distance between “drops” increases costs substantially. Markets would not provide these services in rural areas because the installation costs could not be recovered from the prices that could be charged. However, with federal loans to help cover the installation costs, rural electrification was achieved.
Congress has already recognized the importance of rural broadband with the passage of two laws in 2008 and 2014 [3, 4]. The 2008 Act made some provisions to support rural broadband telecommunications networks. The 2014 legislation provided for a pilot project for rural gigabit broadband networks. However, these limited legislative measures by themselves will not provide for widespread deployment of rural broadband. State and federal governments may want to consider other policy measures to help keep rural citizens from falling behind the “digital divide.”
- U. S. Congress, Rural Electrification Act of 1936, Public law 74-605. 1936: Washington, D.C.
- Wikipedia. Rural Electrification Act. 2018 [November 12, 2018].
- U. S. Congress, ‘Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Public law 110-246. 2008: Washington, D.C.
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Valorant is Riot Games latest entry in the 5v5 Team-based competitive FPS game genre, a firm challenger to CS: GO. Valorant has a lot of Pros in its favour and it being free-to-play and easy to run supports the growth of the game, worldwide. But that doesn’t mean the game is perfect as it is now. It has its fair share of problems, like smurfs, ping issues, etc.
But one of its major issues that many players must have faced, or are still facing, is the “Vanguard not initialized” error. The other name for this issue is “Error Code 57” and it is persistent and unpredictable for many users. If you are looking for a fix for this error then you must try the following fixes and your problem should be resolved.
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What is Vanguard in Valorant?
Valorant, like many multiplayer competitive games, uses an Anti-Cheat software to prevent cheaters from the game and maintain a healthy gaming experience. Valorant’s Anti-Cheat is named “Vanguard” and it is competent for the most part and keeps cheaters away from the game. Vanguard has faced a lot of criticism and is still a topic of controversy for many people.
What is this Error Code 57?
This Anti-Cheat system works on the user’s PC with Kernel Level 0 access. Vanguard needs to be up and running when the system starts and if closed when not in use, users need to restart their computer to run it again in order to play the game. Valorant won’t run if this is closed or not running.
But many times, you will boot up your system and check your task tray, just to find out that Vanguard is running. But when you switch Valorant on it hits you up with “Error Code 57”, meaning that Vanguard has not been initialized and is not running. This doesn’t make any sense and Users have to reboot their systems again just to lay the game.
This tends to be annoying as for some, this is not a one-time occurrence and happens all the time. Don’t worry, we have some working solutions that should fix your problem, be sure to follow these.
Step 1– Start-up Options
Go to Task Manager, and navigate to the ‘Start-up’ tab. Find Vanguard in the options below and check the ‘Status’ column to see if it is Enabled or Disabled. If It is the latter, you must enable it and if it is already on ‘Enabled”, try Disabling it and then Enabling it again.
This works often for users but it doesn’t for you then try the next option.
Step 2– Reinstall Valorant and Vanguard
You should first try uninstalling just the Vanguard and click on Valorant, which will then automatically download Vanguard again. Then reboot your system to initialize it and check if the problem persists. If it does then try uninstalling bot Valorant and Vanguard and have a fresh download and installation.
Step 3 – Update Drivers and Windows
Make sure your Windows is up to date and all your software and hardware drivers, including GPU drivers, are also up-to-date.
Step 4 – Reinstall Windows
Yes, it is a long shot and not a possible solution for most but it is the harsh reality that may work when nothing else does. I have personally faced this problem myself and tried the above-mentioned options, which worked for a while. But after some time, the problem struck again, so I had to reinstall Windows with a fresh installation and it seems to have done the job.
Since then, I haven’t faced the Error Code 57 for more than two months now and fortunately may never will. This is only the last resort so try with the first two options first and see if the problem is resolved or not.
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Heads of Department
Heads of Department
|Prof David Tarlinton |
|Prof Fabienne Mackay |
|Prof Michael Brendt |
|Prof Ban-Hock Toh |
|Prof James Goding |
|Prof Richard Nairn |
1963 - 1984
Professor Richard Nairn came to Australia as the foundation professor of Pathology at the newly opened Monash University in 1963. Prior to this he was a senior lecturer/consultant pathologist at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, having previously completed his medical training and MD and PhD degrees at the University of Liverpool, England. During the war for three years he served as a surgeon lieutenant with the Royal Navy, honing his discipline and effective organisational skills, invaluable for his subsequent career. His initial task at Monash was to organise the undergraduate pathology program for the first intake of medical students. Based at the Alfred Hospital but without a formBiochemistry atrvice commitment, he made clinical immunology the department’s banner. He established one of the first diagnostic immunology services in Australia, with his staff comprising experts on renal, skin and auto-immune diseases. He was a founder of the medical discipline of clinical immunology in Australia and made a significant contribution to the development of training and research at a time when the essential nature and clinical importance of the immune system were just unfolding. At the same time, his vision of immunology as a future area for exciting development in biomedical research led him to develop teaching and research programs in immunology for science, another pioneering activity in Australia. Professor Nairn had a passion for developing technology for immunofluorescence and fluorescence microscopy, editing a seminal text “Fluorescent Protein Tracing” which remained such for many years. He embraced the arrival of flow cytometry with enthusiasm, acquiring one of Australia’s first flow cytometers for the Department. He utilised these technologies in his studies on lymphocyte subset marker identification, tumour immunology and autoimmune diseases.
Professor Nairn was an excellent communicator, both spoken and written. He was a strong and forceful leader, and played a major role in shaping the faculty of medicine at Monash in its first quarter century. He utilised his considerable tactical skills effectively at the University as well as on the chess board. He retired in 1984 and later returned to England where he became honorary archivist for the British Society of Immunology. He died in 1995.
1985 - 1995
When Professor James Goding was appointed as Chairman of Pathology and Immunology at Monash University in December 1984, he was the first Monash undergraduate to return to the university as full professor. With a background in medicine and immunology research at Havard and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, he set about reinvigorating the Department’s infrastructure and research achievements. In particular he made a number of excellent medical and science academic appointments, leading to a steady increase in research grant success and strengthening the Department’s teaching resources. He also played a key role in the initiation and design of the new Monash research laboratories at AMREP. He was an enthusiastic and innovative educator of both medical and science students. Following the Department’s restructure in 2004, he became the Chair of Experimental Pathology in the School of Biomedical Sciences, from which he retired in 2013.
1995 - 2005
Professor Ban-Hock Toh held appointments at Universities in Singapore (1967-1968) and Malaysia (1969-1970), before joining Monash University in 1972. He was Head of the Department (1995-2005) and Senior Staff Specialist in Immunology at the Alfred Hospital (1997-2005). In addition to his teaching and research activities focusing on autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anaemia, he played a key role in the Department’s Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory before it was absorbed into the Alfred’s Pathology service where he maintained a role as consultant immunopathologist. He was Chief Examiner for the Royal College of Pathologists Australia in Immunology (1995-2000) and Regional Editor (Australasia) for Autoimmunity (1993-2001). After retiring as Head of Department at the end of 2005, he continues his active research programs with collaborators at the Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash Medical Centre and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. He is now an Honorary Professor, Monash University, Professorial Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and Immunologist, Healthscope Pathology.
2006 - 2008
Professor Berndt was appointed Head of the Department of Immunology at Monash in 2006. With a strong background in biomedical research at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and the Department of Biochemistry at Monash University, as well as serving for several years as Deputy Dean for Research in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash, he provided excellent research career mentorship for staff and students. He has received numerous national and international research awards, including a Distinguished Career Award from the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in 2003. His particular research interests in inflammation and vascular biology provided important new linkages for the Department’s research programs in immunology. In 2008, he accepted the position of Head of the College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Ireland and subsequently, Interim Director of the Biosciences Institute, UCC. He is currently Pro-Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences at Curtin University, Perth.
2009 - 2015
Prof Mackay obtained her PhD in 1994 at the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, co-supervised by Dr Werner Lesslauer (Hoffmann La Roche, Basel Switzerland) and Prof Diane Mathis. She then joined BiogenIdec Inc in Boston where her work on autoimmunity and cancer led to many patents and the development of a new treatment. In 2000, Prof Mackay joined the Garvan Institute in Sydney as a Wellcome Trust senior research fellow. Her lab at the Garvan discovered the role of a new molecule named BAFF/BLyS as a key B cell survival factor. In July 2009, Belimumab, a therapeutic antibody neutralising BAFF met the primary endpoints in a phase III clinical trial with lupus patients, run by GSK and Human Genome Sciences. This treatment was approved on March 9th 2011, the first new treatment for lupus in over 50 years.
In 2009, Prof Mackay became the 5th Chair of the Department of Immunology at Monash University. She is a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and has authored over 100 articles/reviews/book chapters, many in high impact factor journals such as Nature, Journal of Experimental Medicine and Journal of Clinical Investigation. She is a consultant for several biotech and pharmaceutical groups. In 2012, Prof Mackay received the Thomson Reuters Australia citation and innovation award.
Professor David Tarlinton is Head of Department and laboratory head for the Immune Memory Laboratory in the Department of Immunology and Pathology. He completed his BSc degree with Honours at the University of Sydney before undertaking a PhD with Professor Len Herzenberg at Stanford University, California. This was followed by a three year post-doctoral period with Prof Klaus Rajewsky in Köln, Germany before returning to Australia as post-doctoral fellow with Prof Sir GJV (Gus) Nossal at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne. He was appointed a laboratory head and NHMRC Research Fellow in 1997, a Senior Research Fellow in 2002, Principal Research Fellow in 2009 and Professor in Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at University of Melbourne in 2014. | <urn:uuid:76c1126a-bb3b-49d7-a6ff-71c71cb0962d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/immunology/history/dept-heads | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.95649 | 1,597 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Youth is always a stage characterized by a lot of issues. The youths are always in the primary stages of recognizing themselves and hence will always need to try out different things. This group of people does need guidance from time to time in order to lead a good life that will be productive to them. Youths do need to be mentored and talked to from time to time. This has hence made youth programs to come up around the world. People do hence look for the various programs that they can have their youths join. There are numerous youth programs hence one needs to be careful in order to settle for the best one. This article, therefore, gives some highlights that will be very vital in picking the best youth programs.
Look if the youth program will cost you or not. There are some programs that are always funded while others are not. You hence need to know if you will be needed to pay for the youth program. Look at the amount of money the youth program will cost. It is good to look at the prices of the youth program if there is any.
You settle on youth service providers that are professionals. They need to have the skills that can enable them to engage well with the youths from time to time. They should have the needed knowledge and experience that will make them be able to deal well with the youths. They should have knowledge of the various topics that they will be discussing with the youths from time to time.
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Almost 20 billion packages will be delivered through the mail this holiday season. Even at $5 per package, that’s more than $100 Billion in value going through the mail–a scale too large and tempting for criminals to ignore.
Why do thieves target us during the holidays? In addition to the volume and value of holiday mail, criminals are taking advantage of the perfect winter storm:
- Trucks are overloaded, mail & UPS carriers are overworked and shoppers are overwhelmed, which makes theft easy and attractive
- Thieves take advantage not just of our good nature during the holidays, but of how distracted we are
- Criminals see our generosity of giving as a goldmine waiting to be exploited
But picking packages off of your doorstep isn’t the only type of crime that skyrockets during December. Thieves don’t just want to steal the gifts inside your packages, they want the identity information that goes along with them: credit card numbers, bank accounts, invoices, even the checks that grandma sends in a holiday card. Check washers want to soak your checks in acetone, erase the Pay To field and replacing it with the word CASH.
How do we protect our mail and packages during the holidays, or any day?
- Install a locking mailbox at your home and retrieve your mail early in the day, before criminals have a chance to steal it
- Get a PO box during heavy mailing times and use that address for packages, sensitive documents or payments
- Instead of putting outbound packages in your mailbox, drop them directly at the post office. Even the blue USPS boxes are commonly emptied by thieves at night.
- Tell Grandma to stop sending cash! It’s too easy to steal and impossible to trace.
- If you must send a physical payment through the mail, use high security checks like those provided by Deluxe.
- Use UPS or FedEx to ship packages so that you can track their progress, insure the contents and require a signature at the other end.
- If you generally aren’t at home when packages are delivered, have them shipped to your work so that they don’t sit on your porch for hours.
- Check out our 12 Days to a Safe Christmas for more tips on protecting yourself against cyber crime, party crashers and Facebook stalkers during the season.
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- When should a case study be done?
- The first step is to pick a case.
- The next step is to construct a theoretical framework.
- Step 3: Collect all of your information.
The fourth step is to describe and investigate the case.When should a case study be done?When you wish to gather tangible, contextual, and in-depth knowledge about a particular topic that exists in the real world, the research approach that you should use is called a case study.
How to write a good case study?
- Before commencing a case study, the first thing you should do is look for the topic that you have been assigned to learn as much as possible about it from a variety of sources.
- Make advantage of the library as well as other sources online in order to get the pertinent material on the subject that you may utilize for subsequent usage.
- Put your attention on the problems that need to be solved.
How do you write a research paper for a thesis?
- Draft an introduction that provides an outline of the topic you’re investigating.
- You should come up with a thesis statement and summarize the findings of your observation in no more than two phrases.
- It would be helpful if you could include some background information as well as the most pertinent details.
Determine the specific problems.Evaluation of the Case Separate out the parts of the study on which you wish to concentrate your attention.
How long does it take to prepare a case study?
It takes a significant amount of effort to put together a case study. It’s possible that the research process and other activities may take more than a few days of your time, but it will be time well spent. One of the many approaches of conducting research, whether it be in the field of social science or even more generally in the social sciences, is the case study.
How do you structure a case study?
A case study example
- Begin with a concise heading statement. This should be similar to a headline that would appear in a newspaper and offer the most crucial information
- Give us a quick overview.
- Present the customer to the audience.
- Describe the issue, its repercussions, and your reservations.
- Describe the answer to the problem.
- Discuss the outcomes and the advantages.
- Conclude with some wise remarks and a call to action
What are the 3 methods of case study?
He has done us a great service by classifying the three primary kinds of case studies as intrinsic, instrumental, and collective. In most cases, a person will do an intrinsic case study in order to get insight into a certain occurrence. The researcher has to explain what makes this phenomena different from all the others by identifying its distinctive characteristics.
What should a good case study include?
- 5 essential actions to do when creating your case study Please allow me to present the customer. Through the use of an introduction, you will set the stage for your case study.
- Please explain the problem. Each and every good and service on the market is intended to fix an existing issue.
- Please describe your product. This is where you start working towards a solution to the problem
- Display the findings. The shocking revelation
- Demonstrate it
What are the key elements of a case study?
According to Yin (1994), the design of the case study must have the following five components: the research question(s), its propositions, its unit(s) of analysis, a determination of how the data are connected to the propositions, and criteria to interpret the findings.
What is an example of a case study?
Methods of prospective case studies are those in which an individual or group of persons are watched with the purpose of determining the results of the research. For the purpose of tracking the development of a specific illness over a considerable amount of time, for instance, a sample population may be monitored throughout the course of a long length of time.
Is a case study qualitative or quantitative?
Case study research, in contrast to the other methodologies that we cover, does not originate from a specific school of thought within the social sciences. Case studies can also use either a qualitative or quantitative approach to their findings. According to Stake (1994), it is entirely possible that researchers who are doing case study research are referring to it by a different name.
How do you write a case study research proposal?
Documentation on How to Compose a Case Study
- The purpose(s) of the research
- A hypothesis or idea that you would want to put to the test.
- The particular inquiries that you intend to respond to
- The technique, which refers to the methods used to acquire the information
- The information that was obtained or that will be collected
- A look at how the data were analyzed.
How many references should a 15000 dissertation have?
Masters: The minimum number of words required for a master’s level dissertation is 15,000 and the maximum number of words allowed is 25,000. For this, a reference list consisting of 50 to 95 or even 100 sources would most likely serve as an adequate standard.
Can a Masters thesis be a case study?
Quantitative and qualitative case studies are the two most common types of examples that may be used to demonstrate how to implement a case study in a master’s dissertation. To begin, a case study gives you a foundation upon which you may conduct a comprehensive investigation of a scenario and create the level of academic research that is required for a master’s degree.
How long does it take to write a 6000 word dissertation?
Writing 6,000 words will take the typical writer around 2.5 hours if they type them on a keyboard and approximately 5 hours if they write them by hand. On the other hand, the duration can increase to twenty hours if the material has to contain in-depth research, links, citations, or visuals, such as for a post on a blog or an essay for high school.
How do you make a case study look good?
Here Are Eight Pointers That Will Help You Build a More Powerful Case Study (With Examples)
- Describe a person to whom your ideal client may relate by writing about them
- Recount the entire saga in chronological order
- Make sure that your case study is simple and easy to read.
- Include Numbers That Are Real
- Discuss the Particular Strategies You Employed in Your Case Study
- Test Different Content Formats
How do you title a case study?
A title that is ambiguous or lacks specificity runs the risk of failing to grab their attention. Consequently, the word ″case study,″ ″case report,″ or ″case series,″ depending on how the information is organized, ought to be included in our title. The nominal and compound forms are the two that are used for titles the most frequently.
How do you start a case study introduction?
How to properly respond to a case study in writing
- Introduction. Introduce the primary objective of the case study and provide a high-level overview of the issue that needs to be resolved
- Description. Write a quick synopsis of the case that is being discussed while also providing an overview of the primary problems that are at play
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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday pushed forward a labeling bill that would require foods sold in the United States to reveal the presence of genetically modified organism, known as GMOs.
In a procedural vote that presaged almost certain passage, 65 senators — including Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken of Minnesota — agreed to close debate on legislation that would establish mandatory on-package designations of genetically engineered ingredients. That paves the way to an approval vote that needs only a simple majority to pass.
Shouts of protest from the Senate gallery accompanied the vote to close the GMO debate. They came from food labeling proponents who saw the bill as too friendly to big food and agriculture.
If passed and signed into law, the federal labeling bill will immediately ban state food labeling laws like one that took effect July 1 in Vermont and replace them with a national standard. But it will take two years to phase in.
Some Minnesota food companies and many in the state’s agriculture industry pushed for a national ban on mandatory GMO labels, as well as a ban on state laws. But a proposal to do that did not pass in March. The result was a bipartisan compromise that food and agricultural interests, as well as some consumer groups, accepted.
“This is a true example of compromise,” said Minnesota Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap, who wanted a voluntary GMO labeling standard. “Nobody got everything they wanted. But I think this package will provide consistency to consumers while protecting interstate commerce.”
Hormel has called for the bill’s passage since the compromise was announced two weeks ago. On Wednesday, the company praised the Senate for showing “strong, bipartisan support to provide American consumers with transparent, consistent, science-based product ingredient information.”
Chris Policinski, president and CEO of Land O’Lakes Inc., lobbied personally against mandatory on-package GMO labels. But in a statement Wednesday, Policinski said he was “pleased with the Senate action today to advance a more robust and transparent conversation about food.”
General Mills, which spent $2 million fighting state GMO labeling laws in California and Washington, changed its national packaging to comply with the Vermont GMO law after the March Senate vote failed. The company welcomed Wednesday’s compromise as an “additional step toward a national solution.”
Franken, Klobuchar views
Franken and Klobuchar, who both voted against the earlier labeling law, viewed the new labeling bill as a necessary compromise.
The new legislation “will help consumers know what’s in their food,” Franken said in a statement, “It’s not a perfect bill, but unlike the previous version of this legislation — which I opposed — this compromise includes a mandatory federal labeling standard, which I strongly believe is necessary for this to work.”
In a statement, Klobuchar said the new legislation creates “a national mandatory labeling standard” that avoids “subjecting our entire food supply to a patchwork of state laws.”
“Minnesota will go from having no labeling to mandatory labeling — either on the package or on your smartphone,” she said. “Consumers will have the information they need to make decisions about feeding themselves and their families.”
In Minneapolis, angry opponents of the new Senate bill vowed to make the labeling bill an election issue for Franken and Klobuchar.
“Obviously, I’m extremely disappointed,” said Right to Know Minnesota’s director, Heather Kurth Flesland, who was demonstrating at Franken’s Minneapolis office on Wednesday when the senator announced his support for the bill. “All we heard are industry talking points.”
In addition to the two-year phase-in, groups like Center for Food Safety and Food & Water Watch question the bill’s definitions of genetically engineered contents and the ability of companies to use a smartphone scan code to signal the presence of GMOs. Critics say the definitions could exempt products containing genetically modified sugar beets, soybean oils and high fructose corn syrup from GMO labels. They also say words and symbols on food packages are less confusing than digital product codes.
Earlier House action
The House passed a bill earlier this year that banned a national mandate. Whether it will accept the Senate’s terms is unclear. But for those who want more, not less, GMO disclosure, the last hope may lie in the White House. Chances there are better than in the House of Representatives, but the Obama administration has so far ceded decisions about GMO labeling to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has not supported mandatory labels. | <urn:uuid:d303e4cc-5f7a-454f-8b61-1e7f1b399b3a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.startribune.com/franken-will-support-gmo-labeling-bill/385721661/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.947881 | 966 | 1.945313 | 2 |
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Our country continues to struggle with racism and issues of inequality. How did we get here and what do we need to know to move forward? Host Dan Baum talks with Mary Bachkosky and Kymberly Jackson of AACC's Legal Studies Institute about what we gain from an understanding of civil rights history.
Mary Bachkosky, J.D., attorney, engagement coach and mediator, also is an assistant professor for the Legal Studies Institute at AACC. Bachkosky provides instruction and curriculum development for law-based courses like Constitutional Law, Legal Ethics, Business Law and Civil Rights Law. As LSI's paralegal internship coordinator Bachkosky places paralegal students in internships with local law firms, nonprofit associations, courts and government agencies assisting students in finding value in the application of academic knowledge to real-world scenarios. Her work at AACC spans more than 13 years of teaching and serving on a variety of collegewide committees and initiatives including Online Policies and Practices, the Social Justice Collaborative, TFO, Academic Council, and the School of Business and Law’s Social Justice Committee. She collaborated collegewide to create Domestic Violence Awareness events for students and the community and provides support to new students as the Law and Criminal Justice Field of Interest Liaison.
After earning her undergraduate degree in Economics at the University of Maryland in 1990, Bachkosky studied law at American University's Washington College of Law, earning her Juris Doctorate in 1993. She was admitted to the Maryland Bar in December 1993. While in law school she served as a Dean's Fellow for the law school and as a law clerk for the legal department at the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, D.C. After working in the environmental regulatory field for several years providing guidance on state and federal environmental regulations, Bachkosky started her own law practice where she guides clients on estate planning and business organization. However, teaching law has always been her passion, and the re-creation of the Civil Rights Law course for AACC has been the highlight of her legal career!
Kymberly Jackson, J.D., began teaching at Anne Arundel Community College in 2016, and became a full-time assistant professor in 2018. She teaches and develops curriculum in criminal law, criminal justice, business law, torts, college readiness and civil rights. She also lectures about ethics in the information age and ethics for mental health professionals.
Jackson has previously taught law, legal research and writing, and ethics at Bowie State University and at John F. Kennedy University in Northern California. She has a certificate in court mediation and often serves as an election judge for Anne Arundel County. She’s also completed a certificate program for engagement coaching.
Jackson has had her own law practice since 2009, and has litigated matters for hundreds of clients. Prior to owning her own firm, she spent 10 years with the U.S. Department of Justice as an assistant United States attorney/criminal prosecutor. Early in her career she served as a law clerk in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and as a legal research and policy associate at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc. She’s served on the boards of the YWCA and the March of Dimes. Jackson serves on the boards of trustees for The Wayman F. Smith III Scholarship Foundation and The Ethics Project. She also volunteers with the AACC VITA project.
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The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.01. In 1928, the first suburban development, Kinsey's Garvendale, a residential subdivision, was created. On March 13, 2019, Brookfield Asset Management announced that it had agreed to buy most of Oaktree Capital Management for about $4.7 billion, creating one of the world's largest alternative money managers. The first white settler, William Howe, arrived in 1820 with a Presidential Land Grant giving him title to the area. Suburban development was encouraged by a lack of housing, the baby boom, and government sponsored building programs, which further grew the town, and after several annexations of neighboring communities, an incorporation drive started. The sub-continental divide passes through Brookfield; on the eastern side of this divide, easily marked by the crest at Calhoun Road and Capitol Drive, water flows to Lake Michigan on its way to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; on the western side of this divide, water flows to the Fox River of Illinois and Wisconsin on its way to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. It was the subsidiary in which Brookfield Asset Management held all of its renewable energy assets, whereas the Brookfield Renewable Power Fund's scope was limited to the 1,652MW of generation capacity located in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and New England.
The Elmbrook School District serves residents of Brookfield excluding a small section of southwest Brookfield, which is in the Waukesha School District. The company disclosed the investigations on several 6-K forms between 2013 and 2015. , In March 2017, the company announced it would acquire a controlling interest in TerraForm Power and 100% of TerraForm Global, together representing a 3,600 MW global renewable power portfolio. , In the 1900s, Brookfield gained a new reputation. For the adjacent town, see, Location of Brookfield in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1874,' Biographical Sketch of Henry J. Clasen, pg.
In May 2015, the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal which was also dismissed. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. , Brookfield Asset Management claims to have "more than 100 years of experience as an owner, operator and developer of hydroelectric power facilities." Les premiers colons blancs s'installent vers 1836. 23.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.5% were from 25 to 44; 33% were from 45 to 64; and 19.9% were 65 years of age or older. They serve four-year terms, with one member from each district up for election every other year. In these 1840s, George Gebhardt started trading with the surrounding Potawatomi and Menominee neighbors. Today, Brookfield covers 27.66 square miles, and numbers 37,920 residents..
The Elmbrook Historical Society hosts several events annually celebrating the lives of early Brookfield settlers, including Caroline Ingalls, who was born in the Brookfield area. , In 2016, the company and its investment partners acquired a majority stake in Colombian power company Isagen, which operates Colombia's largest hydropower plant, for approximately C$2.8 billion. Capitol Airport (02C) serves the city and surrounding communities. The Elmbrook Historical Society hosts several events annually celebrating the lives of early Brookfield settlers, including Caroline Ingalls, who was born in the Brookfield area. The population density was 1,399.8 inhabitants per square mile (540.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 94.20 percent White, 3.83 percent Asian, 0.83 percent Black or African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.02 percent Pacific Islander, 0.23 percent from other races, and 0.81 percent from two or more races. Brookfield is the third largest city in Waukesha County. The firm provides financial services technology (software, for the most part) for banks, thrifts, credit unions, securities broker dealers, leasing and finance companies, and retailers, among others. The company subsequently increased its interest to almost 100%. The company provided electricity and tram services in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and the Brazilian side after a later restructuring still operates as Light S.A., short for Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Co. Ltd., In 2005, after 37 years, Brascan Corp. was renamed to Brookfield Asset Management Inc., In November 2008, in a process supervised by the Alberta courts, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was appointed receiver of a separate public company, Birch Mountain Resources, after Birch Mountain had defaulted on its debts. In 1850, cholera again went through Brookfield, and according to one Earl Thayer, "The cholera returned... more terrible than the year before. D'après le recensement des États-Unis de 2010, elle compte 37 920 habitants. , In 1979, the company's Brazilian assets were transferred to Brazilian ownership (Eletropaulo and Light S.A.), the company meanwhile having diversified to other areas.
It is 60% owned by Brookfield Asset Management. The city is often visited by fans of her daughter, Laura, author of the Little House on the Prairie book series. , For the fiscal year 2018, Brookfield Asset Management reported earnings of US$3.584 billion, with an annual revenue of US$56.771 billion, an increase of 39.2% over the previous fiscal cycle. , In 2009, Brookfield sued financial and insurance giant American International Group (AIG) in a Manhattan federal court, alleging that AIG's collapse caused default provisions in interest-rate swaps. The suit stemmed from AIG's acceptance of a $182.3-billion bailout package from the federal government. Brookfield Days is held annually in June, at Wirth Park supported by the local community. Much of the land was still in agricultural use, so the city's founders encouraged orderly development of office and industrial areas to cause the community to function with strong industrial and commercial base. The first mayor was Franklin Wirth, and he oversaw the new city, which at the time had a population of 7,900 and covered an area of 17.5 square miles. On April 1, 2014, incumbent mayor Steve Ponto again defeated former two-term Mayor Jeff Speaker by a vote of 4,512 to 2,539. The median age was 42 years. The first mayor was Franklin Wirth, and he oversaw the new city, which at the time had a population of 7,900 and covered an area of 17.5 square miles. Brookfield has a mayor–council government. In 1928, the first suburban development, Kinsey's Garvendale, a residential subdivision, was created. Annual Report", "Brookfield to merge hydro power assets into global renewable energy powerhouse", "Canada income fund to acquire 15 hydro projects from Brookfield", Brookfield Announces Strategic Combination of its Renewable Power Businesses, "Brookfield to create renewable energy heavyweight". La dernière modification de cette page a été faite le 14 juillet 2018 à 08:55. Overview Brookfield Renewable Partners operates one of the world’s largest publicly-traded renewable power platforms. After five years of litigation the case was dismissed. There were 14,576 households, of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 24.5% were non-families. The deal raised suspicions that the Qatar Investment Authority, a major investor in Brookfield, was attempting to influence the Trump administration. There were 14,208 housing units at an average density of 522.4 per square mile (201.7/km2).
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They say that the bathroom and kitchen are the most dangerous places to be in your home in regards to getting into an accident. While that is probably true, accidents can really happen just about anywhere. But some places you can help prevent or reduce the chances of injury. It just takes a little planning and preparation.
The gym is one of those places where injuries can occur. Unfortunately most accident or injuries that occur while working out are usually serious with long recovery times. Since our goal is health and fitness, being down and out because of the gym is extremely counter-productive. So let’s do something about that!
Tips to Avoid Injury
- Warm Up Properly – Get the blood flowing before you really start pushing it. That means do some light cardio at a slow clip for 5 to 10 minutes before you do anything else. Make sure to stretch before and during warm-up sets. If you are just doing a cardio session then stretch before your start and warm-up a full 10 minutes before you increase the intensity.
- Lighten Up – Way too many people try to lift more than they can. Most of that is ego driven. You either want to lift as much as you did when you were younger, or you want to act as strong as other people actually are. Honestly nobody at the gym cares what you bench. That only happens in high school. So check your ego at the door.
- Take it Easy – Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither will your body. People often do too much in a single session assuming that more is better. This is especially true after missing time for one reason or another. But excess work can easily lead to overly sore muscles or even overtraining. Understand your limits for recovery and don’t overtax your system.
- Performing New Exercises – I see this all too often; people try squatting or deadlifting and have no idea how to really do it. If you want to learn new exercises you can look at pictures and watch videos. But when you are the gym to try it then use very light weight to start to ensure safety. Also ask a trainer for a quick example.
- Slow Down – Repetitions should be done in a slow, controlled manner. Improper form just to lift a weight quickly results in injuries to joints and tendons. Controlling the weight slowly is a better workout anyway.
- When doing cardio, hold on to the machines and use them properly. Don’t be the person who trips and falls face down on your machine.
- Stretch Post-Workout – The best way to start recovery and prevent muscle pulls is to stretch out the entire body after a workout. NEVER bounce when you stretch.
- Stop if it Hurts – If you feel actual twinges of pain then stop your session. Don’t work past the pain or ignore it. Stretch out if you can, pop some aspirin, and ice whatever hurts. The fastest way to make an injury worse is to ignore it and not treat it. | <urn:uuid:6db1ea16-9caf-4cee-8ac3-c32c6e401d1c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://blog.garagegym.net/2013/04/16/tips-avoiding-injury-gym/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.950165 | 623 | 2.25 | 2 |
Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality of women in the United States. Since the majority of cancer deaths are due to metastases rather than the primary tumor, a better understanding of the biological mechanisms that lead to metastatic disease is critical to reduce breast cancer associated mortality. Current adjuvant therapies use the same broadly cytotoxic and targeted strategies against metastases as are used against the primary tumor. However, resistance to chemotherapy due to the cellular dormancy, high genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity between primary tumor and metastases as well as among individual metastases, and the limitations in detection of disseminated tumor cells and micrometastases significantly hinder the efficiency of currently available therapies. While it is crucial to directly address the issue of metastatic dormancy and evaluate for anti-metastatic therapy the relevance of molecular targets chosen based on primary tumor profiling, it is also imperative to address metastasis-specific mechanisms of growth and survival that are likely to be distinct from those of the primary tumor. We believe that a three-pronged approach to therapy will be necessary to deal with progressive disease: blocking of further dissemination after diagnosis; eradication of disseminated tumor cells and prevention of the dormant-to-proliferative switch of those remaining; and elimination of established metastatic tumors. The implementation of this strategy requires a greater depth of knowledge of metastasis driver and maintenance genes and suggests the need for a “Metastasis Genome Atlas” project to complement the current investigations into cancer genomic landscapes.
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Workers are being made to pay through inflation the cost of the pandemic which could have been financed through a wealth tax
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Ready to shake up your vacation? Want to add a little spice to your day?
We’re talking about Gatlinburg’s Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum, one of only a handful of salt and pepper shaker set galleries in the United States.
The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum in Gatlinburg features an amazing collection of over 20,000 shaker sets and 1,500 pepper mills from around the world.
Understandably, it’s only natural at this point for the average non-shaker-aficionado to roll their eyes and ponder and ask, “what’s so great about a salt and pepper shaker museum?”
The history of the Salt and Pepper Museum
Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum owner Andrea Ludden is an archaeologist by training. Surprisingly, her collection began with a simple search for the perfect pepper mill for her kitchen. Later, the collection burgeoned as she became fascinated with the history of salt and pepper shakers.
Ludden was struck by the variety available and became fascinated by the cultural significance many held. In fact, just like a historical artifact found at a dig site, these collector’s items tell a story of the era in which they were created.
The museum, opened by Andrea and her husband Rolf, features sets organized chronologically, beginning with the vintage shakers from the 1800s. Here, you’ll find shakers made of glass, tin, metal and even wood.
As you move into the early 20th century section, the shaker sets begin to feature more color and novelty shapes.
Fast forward a few decades and you’ll notice the salt and pepper-shaker world went crazy in the 1950s.
In fact, any popular piece of pop culture or historical reference including a presidential themes section, you can think of from “I Love Lucy” to Dwight D. Eisenhower is there, in the form of a shaker. The vast museum collection is a true labor of love.
The abundant salt and pepper shaker themes
Some themes seem more abundant than others. I guesstimate at least 200 sets featuring various forms of corn alone.
The vegetable collection isn’t limited to just corn. There’s also a plethora of veggie-themed miniature works of art: Cauliflower, broccoli, beans, peas and all kinds of peppers.
I’m pretty sure I even saw a set of artichokes.
While some might consider some items a little kitschy, no one can doubt the value and beauty of the shakers located in “The Vault.”
The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum has a vault?
Yes, and “The Vault” is located in the center of the museum. And this is where the REALLY valuable sets are housed.
Antique shakers sit among those made with precious metals and gems. Some look to be depression-era glass and some were made in occupied Japan. In truth, the stunning sets are actually an art form.
A beautiful pair of pearls made into tiny shakers caught my eye.
The Vault also houses shakers made by some of the world’s best china companies, including a very impressive assortment made by Royal Delft.
The second half of the museum is home to a more modern collection – representing shaker sets from recent decades.
This is when the collection becomes “cool” – at least to my young nephews, who originally wanted to wait in the car but were thrilled to see their favorite cartoon characters, superheroes and sports teams celebrated in their full-glory shaker form.
I found my favorite set here – John F. Kennedy and his rocker.
I was also really impressed by a visitor map.
Non-collectors are asked to mark their hometown with a stick pin. Collectors, like myself, mark their location with a push pin.
Why the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum holds a special place in my heart
You see, I was born into a family of shaker enthusiasts.
My mother began her collection with a set of ceramic lobster claws she found while on vacation with my dad in Rhode Island ten years before I was born.
As the years went on, her collection would grow to over 5,000 shakers before we stopped counting.
I’ve spent years caring for, dusting, organizing, researching and pouring (shaker joke) over information about the pieces in my mother’s collection.
I’ve even gone to conventions and scoured eBay for her “must haves”.
Mom’s collection became a passion and is the archeology of her life. And the sets represent the places and the people she loved.
The curio cabinets, spread throughout my house with hardly room for another set, tell my family’s story.
So this is why this vast collection of what some would call “knick-knacks” holds a special place in my heart. And also how it helped me form a deeper understanding, and a deeper connection to my own mother.
How much does the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum cost?
General admission is just $3 per adult, children 12 and under are free.
Your $3 admission price can be used toward the purchase of a set in the museum’s gift shop. My nephews selected a “Dr. Who” set to add to mom’s collection.
The museum is open every day from 10 am-2 pm.
Hours may vary due to inclement weather, but the museum is great about posting last-minute closures on their Facebook page – so always check there first if there’s any doubt.
The museum is located in Winery Square at 461 Brookside Village Way in Gatlinburg TN near the Great Smoky Mountains. The hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm and Sunday, 10 am – 2 pm. Visit TheSaltAndPepperShakerMuseum.com for more information.
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Incident during a ceremony – level 1
Ayahuasca is a drug. It is made from plants. The drug gives people psychedelic experiences. The drug is popular. There is even ayahuasca tourism.
Ayahuasca is usually safe. Nothing bad usually happens during an ayahuasca ceremony. However, there is an incident in Peru. It happens during an ayahuasca ceremony.
A man has a knife. He is from Britain. He wants to attack a Canadian. The Canadian fights back. The Canadian kills the British man.
Both men are young. They are in their twenties. Police arrest the Canadian.
Difficult words: psychedelic (something that changes how you see the world), experience (something that you see, do or feel), ceremony (a special event).
You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.
What do you think happened at the ceremony?
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Ed Harrold returns to discuss breathing health during COVID-19
(21 minutes) Ed is an author, motivational speaker, inspirational leader, coach and educator. Ed’s mastery in the science of breath has guided him to apply mindful, conscious breathing practices in the fitness & athletic training industry, wellness and organizational performance in corporate settings, professional trainings and retreats along with lifestyle coaching for individuals. He is a Faculty Member of the Medical Wellness Association, and is a contributing editor for many publications including Thrive Global, HuffingtonPost, and MindBodyGreen. Ed discusses maintaining breathing health during the coronavirus, utilizing breath for mindfulness, and my we should always breathe through our nose.
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Welcoming back Ed Harrold
DR. HACKIE REITMAN (HR): Hi I’m Dr. Hackie Reitman. Welcome to another episode of “Exploring Different Brains”, and today it’s my distinct pleasure to have my old friend, Ed Harrold, the world’s breathing expert come and teach us all about breathing today. Ed, why don’t you introduce yourself properly.
ED HARROLD (EH): My name’s Ed Harrold, and I have a company called “Go Be Great” and for the past 25 years I’ve worked in the healthcare market with doctors and nurses trying to reduce stress and produce peak states of mental activity. I work with athletes, individuals, and teams trying to win a lot of medals and really find a lot of happiness in sports, and I also work with corporate America in reducing stress, reducing absenteeism, removing a lot of the traditional ailments that we see in healthcare America so that we can provide the greatest result as possible.
The Role of Healthy Breathing
HR: Ed, because we’re coming to you now, it happens to be in the middle of this coronavirus chapter in our lives, let’s address the importance of breathing in general, but even more so during these coronavirus times.
EH: Thanks so much. Well number one is we know this is an airborne pollutant which enters our body, and it creates havoc. So, one of the first things that we need to do is we need to keep our mouth closed. No mouth breathing. When the air comes in through the mouth, it’s unfiltered, it goes directly into our lungs and if there is toxins there, it’s going to enter your body and wreak havoc. God’s created this great, this great nose and this nose has a filtration process that removes airborne pollutants before it enters the body. There’s thousands of villi in the nose, and these villi structures, little turbinate’s will remove particles that once they get in our body create inflammation, they create a host for a virus like COVID-19. So, shutting the mouth, breathing as slowly as you can through your nose is a wonderful tool to keep your immune system strong.
HR: You know some of the Premier Medical institutions like Mass General have been coming out with a lot of information lately on nasal, on nitric oxide. Can you explain to our audience what is nitric oxide? What does it do? And what does this have to do with our breathing?
EH: So, when we breathe through our mouths or we breath shallow there is no nitric oxide created by the brain, it just affects your circulatory system. When we breathe through our nose, we amplify the nervous system and the circulatory system all at once. One of the benefits that we get from nostril breathing is the brain secretes this amazing molecule called nitric oxide and in the most simplistic terms it is an anti-inflammatory molecule that removes mucus, phlegm, and fat from the alveoli sacs in the lungs, from the cells of the body. Remembering that COVID-19 lives in our fat cells, it lives in inflammation, in mucus and we create a host for those types of intruders. So, when you’re breathing through your nose and you learn simple breathwork strategies, your brains going to create nitric oxide. It’s an anti-inflammatory molecule. The alveoli sacs in the lungs are going to be able to exchange more oxygen and carbon dioxide so the blood stream is more oxygenated. It becomes difficult for you to become a host for the virus, and when you improve respiratory function, when you improve the quality of your breathing, taking less breaths per minute and closing your mouth when you breathe, the major benefactor of that is your digestive function, and your digestive function plays a huge role in the strength or weakness of your immune system.
Reducing Stress & Anxiety
EH: So, just right now everyone watching this video, if you could just slow your breath down, straighten your spine, and relax your eyes and jaw. Now that slow motion inhale is going to activate your abdominal diaphragm muscle, which is going to interact with the enteric nervous system of the gut, which is imbued with serotonin and dopamine. So, it slows the thoughts down, it stabilizes the mental activity of what you’re choosing to occur. So, slowing down that inhale through the nose and getting “feel good” hormones and neurochemistry. Number two, exhaling longer than your inhale, so if you inhale for a count of five, at least try to inhale exhale for a count of 6 or try to build up to 10 and during the process of lengthening our exhale, we create a parasympathetic or a relaxation response to move through our body, to move through our brain. Most of the anxiety that we have is coming from the subconscious brain, it’s coming from events that have occurred prior to this moment, and as you begin to exhale longer than your inhale and you trigger a relaxation response in your autonomic nervous system, your neurochemistry has a chance to reorganize itself in regard to past events and habits that are intruding on your ability to be totally present right now and make the best choice as possible.
HR: Ed, what are some of the problems you’ve seen in some of the elite athletes you work with on their breathing?
EH: Number one, the coaching is very outdated. They have very limited knowledge or science behind how the breath plays a huge role in peak performance state. So, what I like to do with that athletes is number one, is you get your breath under control you strengthen your muscles of inhale, and your muscles of exhale. As you strengthen these inspiratory and expiratory muscles you take pressure off the cardiac system, so that you can keep your heart rate lower in the heat of battle. And when your heart rate’s slower you have greater command over the patterns of movement that you’ve honed from hundreds or sometimes thousands of hours of training, and when you have the breath control which is going to reflect what your heart rate is, and when you can control your heart rate with your breath, you have a greater command over choosing what thought you’re going entertain at any given moment in athletics. Being completely present with a large supply of norepinephrine in the brain, so there’s not a lot of really great coaching going on in athletics around the importance of breathing, but at the end of the day it’s your breath that is either sustaining you and helping you grow, or it’s debilitating you in regard to trying to get to the next level of where you are.
Misunderstandings About Breathing
HR: What’s the biggest thing that society misunderstands about breathing?
EH: Well, we forget about breathing because our autonomic nervous system does it for us on our own. We don’t have to concentrate on it. When we just begin to see folks place attention and consciously try to control the length, depth, pace. The length of the inhale and exhale, the depth of the inhale and exhale, and the pace of the inhale and exhale, amazing things begin to happen that create a strong mind-body connection and you stay connected to your lower body mechanics, which is so important in what’s happening in your upper body and it’s super important in regard to what’s happening in our perception in our brain.
Mindfulness and Breathing
HR: Ed, because you’re one of the world’s leading breathing experts, let’s talk a little bit about the intersection of breathing and mindfulness.
EH: Well, for thousands of years breath has been used as the bridge to move us into more of a meditative or reflective state. Every mindfulness practice initially is going to begin with some sort of breath control. So, from my standpoint being mindful first begins by placing our attention only on the flow of breath moving in and out of our nostrils, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. It’s about slowing the breath down. Anytime you slow your breath down you’re going to slow your mind down and you’re able to interact with the film that you’re watching internally in the subjective states of your brain slowing the breath down, slowing the film down in your mind, and when the flash cards of our mind move slower it’s very easy for us to grow, and create neuro-plastic states in the brain. Let go of what’s already happened. Don’t worry about what’s going to happen. Be in the present moment. The foundation of mindfulness for America in my opinion begins by first emptying the mind of all thought forms habits and behaviors that are moving you away from your intention of what you want to manifest in this moment, in this life.
HR: What role has technology played in people’s breathing habits.
EH: There’s a lot of great technological gizmos out there that we can attach ourselves to that are going to help the mind work with the breath to get us calm. In my opinion, you don’t need it, okay. What you need to do is, you need to use some basic common sense, when life starts to move too fast for you mentally you begin to slow your breath down the balance the external world challenges. When life outside of you begins to move a little bit too slow and you feel stagnant, or you have a foggy mind, or there’s low energy, or no creativity, you need to breathe fast through your nose for 20 or 30 rounds to flush the two prefrontal lobes, to get some fire going in the gut, to allow your blood to become more pH alkaline and balanced. So, simple strategies that you can turn onto internally will really help you interact with the technology outside of you, but a lot of times outside of us when we start to get help we constantly set in motion on our mind, like we have to get something outside of us to help us. So, the technology is great, you know, I’m happy it’s out there and it’ll help many people but at the end of the day, most of the folks, you don’t need it.
HR: What are some of the nutritional tips or supplements that you might know of, that help us with our breathing.
EH: Probiotics helping digestion. You know, the more energy that the body uses per day for digestion, elimination, and assimilation, the less energy the body can send up to the brain for high-level thinking for high-level reasoning and strategies. So, when the gut health becomes dynamic, in other words, you’re removing mucus, phlegm, and fat from the internal walls of our gastrointestinal organs you’re getting to remove inflammation from the glutes, and the hips and the bottom of the belly area. Areas that are very hard to move, they’re very stable. Once we start to remove inflammation from the internal walls of the organs and where we traditionally put on a pound or two as we age, that energy that we used to use for digestion is then shot up into the brain, and there’s so much more energy for the brain to help us grow, to help us expand, to help us become more intuitive, especially during these challenging times.
A brief breathing exercise
HR: Is there a quick breathing exercise we can share with our different brain’s audience, just to get them on the track of thinking more about this.
EH: Wonderful. So, let’s sit up tall everyone. Everybody’s probably in a chair and you just sit up tall and you roll your shoulder blades back and down, so you get a lot of length between the shoulders and ears. So the trachea is long, you’ll sense your chest broaden like the swimmers V. Now place your hands on your thighs, and just hinge at your hips and bring your chest forward three or four inches, like you’re going to stand up, but don’t. Now press into your feet, squeeze your thighs like an ancient redwood and then bring your chest back to the neutral position. That’s going to ground the lower body. You can feel how the brain enjoys that. Now relax your eyes and jaw completely. There’s facial nerves, that when they become taunt or stressed, it affects our cardiac system and our digestive hormones.
So, soften the face, here we go, breathing through your nose, slow motion inhale from the belly to the collar bone. Hold the breath in for 2 seconds. Slow motion exhale through your nose. Hold the breath out for 2 seconds. Let’s do this three more times. Engage your legs. Slow-motion inhale from the naval to the collar bone. Hold in for 2. Exhale slowly through your nose. Hold the breath out for 2. Repeat slow-motion inhale. Hold. Slow-motion exhale. Hold. Last one. Super slow. Pay attention inside. And on your next inhale turn your palms up. Beautiful. On the next inhale take your arms out and up overhead. Open your rib cage. Interlace your fingers overhead. Press into the Earth like you’re going to stand up. Squeeze your belly and hold the breath. Exhaling through your nose, take your hands out across the ceiling, back down the opposite walls and to your legs. Then do another one. Press down, sweep up. Hold in. Squeeze your thighs, squeeze your bi’s, squeeze your belly. Isometric contraction. Now release it slowly. Hands come out. Relax. Take a resting breath. Feel that fire, that energy moving through your brain. Feel your heart rate come back down. Feel the love, and joy, and happiness that’s inside each breath for you. And then open your eyes and re-engage the outer world.
HR: That was great. I feel better and I want to share with our audience. When you and I first met, when you were giving a keynote speech out at the Aspen Institute at the Aspen brain lab and I was out there speaking too. I remember you had everybody stand up and do some exercises, and I remember afterwards everybody talking to each other about how much better they felt, you know. A good, good thing this is to make you feel good every day.
EH: Yeah it works every time it’s tried. A little bit of this goes a really long way to having more energy. To keeping the brain clear of what you would prefer not bring your attention to. To burn fat, not store fat. Remember, the coronavirus lives in our fat cells, it doesn’t live in our glucose or sugar. So, you want to be in that fat burning mode all the time. You’re working with the computer, every couple hours step back, stand up, do some stretching, do some mindful movement, do some breath control, reboot your brain, and then sit back down and re-engage the technology, and you just get so much more out of the day where there’s so much more there for you, especially during these times of separation.
HR: Ed, where can our audience learn more about you.
EH: My website is www.EdHarrold.com. I’ve got a couple new books out. Well this 3 months during the COVID, I have Ed TV and we’re giving this away for three months while everybody is quarantined as I really think it’s really good time to give rather than get. I want to do my part to help make the world a better place. So just go to EdHarrold.com. There’s all sorts of ways we can work together and I really hope to support everyone as we move through these challenging times.
HR: It’s very kind of you and very good and well, I’m sure we’ll be taking you up on that. Do you happen to have any of your books handy to show our audience?
EH: I do not. My first my first book is called “Life with Breath IQ + EQ = NEW YOU”. And it’s got a lot of great science, and it has a little bit about my story about how I came to be, who I am today. And it has a wonderful 30-day breathing program that you could practice at home that’s going to give you tools, so that you never get sick, so that you don’t get stressed, or in fact when you do get stressed you use the stress to grow as a human being. My second book is “Body Mind Business”, and it’s applying the foundational breathwork and movement practices into a corporate environment, to have peak performance at work with the lowest heart rate as possible, and not sacrifice our health for the desires and passions that we have in the working world.
One tip for promoting health through breathing
HR: Ed, what’s one thing people can do to use breathing to promote their health.
EH: One thing folks need to do is, I have requested you close your mouth while you’re awake and breathing during the day and notice if you don’t have more energy during the day Notice you don’t, notice if you don’t get a better night’s sleep. Notice if the cravings and habits of food that we’re putting into our body that we shouldn’t be putting into our body do not creep into your mind. And you feel more grounded. You feel more centered. So, zip the mouth. The mouth is for eating. The nose is for breathing. Slow your breath down. Energize yourself from the inside out and make it a great day.
HR: Well, that’s great Ed. I want to thank you so much for being with us again today. It’s been a pleasure. I learned a lot and I’m sure our audience learned a lot. So, thank you so much for being here on another episode of “Exploring Different Brains”.
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Dark Chocolate Bodybuilding Super Food?
Chocolate is not your typical bodybuilder friendly food choice. Usually we associate it with high sugar high fat and leaving it only to have for cheat meals.
However, chocolate, specifically dark chocolate is high in flavanols and has several health and performance benefits for the bodybuilder. Being a large bodybuilder we have main concerns of protecting the heart and brain, but also want nasty pumps in the gym. Dark Chocolate fits the bill!
Cocoa, Cacao, Chocolate?
So to understand all these similar terms and which to pick we first start at the source of the chocolate bar, the cacao tree. The cacao tree produces cacao beans which are roasted and separated into cocoa solids (cocoa liquor) from the fats (cocoa butter). The cacao liquor is the main component to create dark chocolate or dried into cocoa powder. The liquor is what contains all the flavanols we are seeking for the health benefits NOT the cocoa butter.
What are the benefits?
- Nutrient Density:
- High in fiber, iron, magnesium, copper, manganese, potassium and selenium.
- Metabolic Function:
- Cocoa flavonoids improve insulin sensitivity and lower chronic inflammation, particularly in arterial vessels and the liver.
- Flavanols and other dietary antioxidants may decrease insulin resistance by ameliorating Nitric Oxide(NO) bioavailability
- Brain Stimulant and Protectant:
- High in caffeine and theobromine act as a stimulant on the CNS
- Delayed perception of fatigue during training
- Improved memory and reaction times
- Increase brain blood flow and lower neuroinflammation and guarding against degenerative brain disease.
- Cardiovascular System
- Reduce oxidation of LDL lipoproteins and lower total LDL and raises HDL. (LDL decrease of 6mg/dL)
- Several meta-analysis combining multiple studies have shown dark chocolate consumption is associated with lowering of CHD risk and cardiovascular mortality, heart failure, and stroke.
- Stimulate endothelial production of NO to relax arteries and lower blood pressure (Application of hypertrophy and pumps!)
How much do you need for the above benefits?
300-900mg of Chocolate Flavanols
At a standard serving size of 40 grams, many bars can easily provide at least 200 mg of flavanols. Now this must be Dark Chocolate (not milk chocolate, not white chocolate) and I would look for a bar that is at minimum 85% cacao. The issues is only 14g of Dark Chocolate also comes with 8g of fat, 4.5g of that being saturated fat. To avoid the fats and still get flavanols go for cocoa powder.
Consumer Labs found Hershey’s 100% cocoa natural unsweetened cocoa powder contained one the highest flavanol concentrations containing 24mg per gram of powder. Meaning 15-20g of powder will achieve dosages of clinical effectiveness and only 1.5g of fat total.
How to take it?
I add 20g of Cocoa powder into my pre workout cream of rice or whey protein. You can also mix the powder with stevia and a small amount of water to make a chocolate spread for a rice cake. Tip on the powder is to avoid ones that go through “Dutch” processing as this process removes bitterness but that is also the part that contains the flavanols.
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People struggling with alcohol and substance abuse who want to join a professional rehab facility for treatment often wonder about its cost and other aspects. Rehabilitation program costs vary from one center to another depending on several factors such as length of stay, types of treatment services offered for various drugs, type of facility, amenities offered, and others.
Read along further to find information about how much rehab costs, how much does detox cost, the factors that determine rehab prices, and other information about alcohol rehab costs to get an idea about how expensive rehab is.
Is Drug Rehab Cost Worth It?
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse statistics, substance abuse costs more than $740 billion annually in costs related to crime, health care, and lost work productivity. Drug addiction treatment has been shown to reduce these costs manifold. Treatment is also considered less expensive than its alternatives, such as incarcerating addicted persons. According to another National Institute on Drug Abuse report, methadone addiction treatment costs roughly $4,700 per patient. In contrast, if that person were to be imprisoned for a year, it would incur a total cost of approximately $24,000. Other studies from the National Institute of Health also suggest that drug and addiction treatment reduces drug use by 50% to 60% and improves employment prospects by 40% to 60%.
According to a study carried out to determine whether substance abuse treatment is worth it price-wise, substance abuse treatment costs $1,583. It is associated with a monetary benefit to society of $11,487, representing a greater than 7:1 ratio of benefits to costs in the form of reduced costs of crime and increased employment earnings. Furthermore, another research shows that chemical dependency treatment bore economic benefits for the employers in the form of more productivity and less work loss.
All these statistics show that when one considers how much is rehab and compares it with the cost reduction that is caused as a result of treatment, the cost of drug rehab is minuscule.
How Much Does Rehab Cost? Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Cost Overview
Substance and alcohol rehab costs lie within a wide range depending on several factors such as the length of the program, amenities offered, type of program, and others. But there are several options to pay for rehab, which makes it affordable for anyone who wants help.
Often, people can receive recovery support services at little to no out-of-pocket cost. Individual counseling and therapy sessions can cost more depending on whether the patient sees an in- or out-of-network provider. In addition, there are many peer support and recovery groups run by either non-profit organizations, charities, or churches that people may attend for free. For example, Alcoholics Anonymous accepts donations to help pay for things like rent for the meeting space or coffee, but enrolling in the program does not cost anything.
The Basic Options of Paying for Rehab Are Discussed Below:
Paying Out Of Pocket
This is the option where one pays out of his pocket completely for addiction treatment. This is the most costly option where out-of-pocket expenses cover all the treatment. However, it does give one the choice of choosing a treatment center based on their preferences of location, treatment services, amenities, and other factors.
Public insurance is an insurance plan that the federal government subsidizes. Depending on how much is rehab for a particular center, this subsidy can be full or partial. The most common types of public insurances are Medicare and Medicaid. They cover substance abuse treatment as a whole, but certain rehab centers do not accept Medicare or Medicaid. This limits the choice of rehab facilities that one might have shortlisted for treatment.
Private insurance is the one that employers usually offer to their employees that the government does not subsidize. Private insurance often covers more treatments and therapies than public insurance plans, but it also results in higher out-of-pocket expenses. One can contact their private insurance providers to get information about what kinds of treatments they cover to get an idea of how much out-of-pocket expenses there will be. The patient would also need to check with the rehab centers to check how much is rehab and if the particular private insurance covers their treatment.
For people who do not have insurance or cannot afford one, there is the option of low-cost rehab that the federal and state governments subsidize. They offer sliding scale payments, no-interest loan plans, income-based payments, and scholarships for the deserving.
For people who cannot afford any of the insurance mentioned above or self-pay options, there is the option of free rehabs where the treatment is completely free for whoever is eligible. However, there is usually a long waiting list of patients for free rehabs.
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Factors Affecting Drug Rehab Prices
Rehab prices vary widely from one type of program to another and can even vary quite a bit within each category of treatment programs.
How Much Does Rehab Cost Depends on Factors That Include the Following:
Type Of Treatment Facility
The type of rehab facility also affects the alcohol rehab cost. For example, a residential facility will cost more than an outpatient facility because they provide lodging, meals, and other resources to their residents in addition to other treatment services.
Location Of Treatment Facility
The location of the treatment center also affects its price depending on how easily accessible it is or what kind of an experience it offers. For example, a resort rehab facility in the mountains or near the beach will cost more since it provides its residents with an exotic and close-to-nature environment conducive to healing.
The more amenities offered at a rehab center, the greater its cost will be. Amenities can include several recreational and holistic elements such as a swimming pool, gym, sports grounds, massage therapy, nutrition counseling, wilderness experience, etc. In addition, the kind of lodging services that the patients receive will also affect the alcohol rehab cost, such as private rooms or suites, gourmet meals, and other five-star services.
Treatment Programs Offered
Length Of Treatment
The length that a person’s treatment lasts will also affect the cost that will be incurred in treatment. For example, some patients may need to be at the facility for 30 days, whereas others may be required to stay for 90 days or more. The cost will therefore increase with the length of treatment.
Total Number Of Patients At The Facility
The program’s size also plays a role in determining the average cost of rehab. This means how many patients are at the facility and the staff to patient ratio. Lesser patients mean the staff will be able to focus on patients more intimately, and thus, they charge more in case of a more intimate rehab environment.
How Much Does Detox Cost?
Addiction treatment usually starts with detox programs and recovery support services. While insurance may cover all or some of the costs for detoxification, out-of-pocket costs for a detox program can range from $250 to $800. Insurance may cover detoxification in part or in whole, but one may only be allowed to choose from a certain set of providers if one wants a portion of the costs to be covered. Out-of-network facilities always cost more. But remember, just ridding a person’s body of toxins doesn’t keep them sober. Actual recovery starts when the detox stage is complete.
Services Offered During Detox Include:
- A doctor’s evaluation and assessment
- 24-hour medical supervision
- Medication administration for detox and administration of medicines to ease withdrawal symptoms during detox.
Outpatient Addiction Treatment Programs Cost
Treatments for addiction recovery often include different forms of counseling that promote cognitive, behavioral, and lifestyle changes that will encourage patients to stay sober long enough to realize that sobriety is the better path in life.
The following numbers are simply there to provide a possible range of cost so those seeking help can prepare themselves for the possibilities and get an idea about how expensive is rehab.
|Program Type/Service||Duration||Price Range|
|PHP||1 – 4 months||$350 to $450 per day|
|IOP||90 days||$3000 to $10,000|
|Counseling/ Therapy Sessions||90 minutes||$100 to $200 per session|
Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) Programs Cost
These programs host recovery groups and provide other forms of peer support and dispense medical detox treatments. Patients visit a rehab facility three to five times each week for four to six hours at a time and then return home at the end of the day to be with family and sleep. This option cuts down on rehab prices significantly compared to an inpatient facility due to the elimination of room and board and other living expenses.
On average, PHP costs clients $350 to $450 per day and lasts for several weeks.
Services Offered in PHP Include the Following:
- Meeting at the center for 4-6 hours a day, 3 to 5 days a week.
- All hospital facilities and services are available for the patients during their time at the center.
- Therapies such as group therapy, individual counseling, medication management to improve mental and psychological health.
Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)
An IOP allows patients to continue on with their everyday lives—to continue going to work or school—while receiving treatment. An IOP can also be a healthy way for people to transition back to normal, daily life after being in an inpatient facility or a PHP. IOPs encourage patients to set both short-term and long-term goals to help them maintain sobriety. These programs typically last for eight to 12 weeks. A survey conducted by Open Minds Consulting, which incorporated cost data from the programs of 44 private providers, found the average to be around $7,000 for a 10-week program.
The alcohol rehab cost of a 30-day IOP program ranges anywhere from $3,000 to 10,000.
Generally, Services Offered at Top Programs Include the Following:
- At least three meetings or counseling sessions per week, lasting anywhere from two to four hours, sometimes longer.
- Therapies such as group therapy, individual counseling and therapy, mental health counseling, drug tests, relapse prevention, and medication management
- Monitoring for substance abuse to ensure that there is no relapse
- Round the clock crisis coverage
- Workshops that can introduce patients to several holistic approaches like yoga and exercise, or even new hobbies, such as painting or learning to play a musical instrument which improves mental health
- Community support groups
- Vocational and employment training
- Involvement of family in treatment and therapies
Outpatient Treatment Programs (OP)
Clients are required to report to a rehab facility between three and seven nights per week for a one- to two-hour group or individual counseling session. Depending on the program, general outpatient care can range from $20 per day to $350 per day, though other sources estimate the weekly costs of outpatient treatment to be less than $500 per week.
Inpatient Addiction Treatment Programs Cost
Inpatient treatment is a great option for those who have tried other recovery support services and outpatient programs but are still struggling with external temptations at school, work, home, or other environments. There are short-term and long-term treatment lengths available. Short-term treatment ranges from a week to under 30 days, whereas long-term treatment is often available in 30-, 60-, and 90-day programs.
The cost of inpatient rehab can be as little as $7,500 per month for standard treatment and as much as $100,000 per month for treatment at high-end luxury facilities like the ones celebrities attend when they need help with addiction. Most well-known rehabilitation facilities cost between $10,000 and $20,000 per month. Things like Medicaid, Medicare, and other types of insurance can help cover these costs in many situations. Many rehab facilities also offer some form of a payment plan or other financial assistance.
|Program Type/Service||Duration||Price Range|
|Basic 30 day program||30 days||$6,000|
|Standard 30 day program||30 days||$6,000 to $20,000|
|Luxury 30 day program||30 days||$30,000 to $100,000|
|60 days Program||60 days||$24,000 to $45,000|
|90 days Program||90 days||$45,000 to $60,000|
Ultra-luxury Rehabilitation Facilities
These facilities may have different programs and different rules of operation in general. For example, some luxury rehab centers allow children and/or pets. Some facilities offer new mothers 24-hour access to a pediatrician. Luxury rehab centers often have scenic views and an overall serene setting, state-of-of-the-art exercise facilities, and other extracurricular activities. These are the ones that can cost up to (or more than) $100,000 per month.
Services Offered in a Luxury Rehab Facility Can Include the Following:
- 24-hour access to medical facilities, doctors, and staff
- 24-hour monitoring and supervision
- Daily group counseling sessions and individual therapy
- Private rooms/suites
- Gourmet meals
- Holistic treatments such as massage therapy, acupuncture, meditation, yoga, herbal treatment, etc.
- Holistic therapies such as art therapy, music therapy, equine therapy, wilderness therapy and experience, resort living, etc. that aim to improve mental and physical health
- Nutritional counseling
- State of the art gym, swimming pool, sports grounds, and other recreational activities.
Standard Rehabilitation Centers
Though standard inpatient rehab facilities often charge between $10,000 and $20,000, the average cost of rehab for an inpatient rehabilitation center in 2014 was reported to be $18,000 per month, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
In addition, these treatment facilities may allow children or pets and have things like swimming pools or other tools used to promote physical fitness.
Other Services at a Standard Rehabilitation Center Can Include:
- Access to medical facilities, doctors, and staff
- Monitoring and supervision
- Daily group counseling sessions and individual therapy
- Shared accommodation
- Outside activities and weekend activities
- Access to swimming pool, gym, yoga, and meditation
- Standard meals
- Aftercare and sober living
Basic Rehabilitation Centers
The cost of inpatient rehab at a basic rehabilitation center can approximately be $6,000 for a 30 days inpatient program. The services offered at a basic facility differ from standard and luxury facilities which, in turn, account for the lower costs.
These Services May Include:
- Supervision and monitoring
- Daily group sessions and individual therapy
- Shared accommodation
- Daily chores
- Access to counselors
- Standard meals
Government-Funded and Non-Profit Rehabilitation Centers Pricing
Government-funded rehabilitation centers can provide treatment at almost no cost to the patient. However, because these centers are state-funded, they may not treat addiction in the same ways as other facilities. For example, some programs offer detoxing and medical management services only instead of counseling programs or other recovery support services in addition to detox. Is important to know about state-funded rehab centers because there are often waiting lists to get into one because of limited funding and the high demand for low-cost addiction treatment. Though each state agency has its standards, a person applying to attend a state-funded rehabilitation center is typically required to provide proof of residency, income status, and personal information about the history and degree of their addiction.
Contact information for the different state agencies that manage these programs may be found here.
Additional Addiction Treatment Services Cost
How much does rehab cost also depend on additional services apart from the above-mentioned programs and services? These are discussed below:
Amenities And Luxuries
The amount and types of amenities and luxuries offered at a rehab center can increase the total alcohol rehab cost. These can include amenities such as gourmet meals, spa, massages, executive swimming pools, private and executive rooms, gym, workout facilities, meditation and yoga classes, and executive experiences such as wilderness experience, horseback riding, spas, and others. These can increase the cost of inpatient rehab up to $100,000.
Alcohol Intervention Cost
People who abuse alcohol and drugs are mostly aware of the dangers their addiction can cause to them and their families. Still, they are convinced that their problem is not a big issue and can be handled without any professional help in some cases. In such cases, the friends and families of addicted individuals may make the person understand the dangers and consequences of addiction on their health and make them understand that they need treatment. This is called an intervention. Some families may choose to hire a professional for an intervention thinking that the professional would better convince the addict to get help and provide all of them with all the relevant resources. How much does rehab cost also includes this intervention fee?
An intervention may cost a flat amount of anywhere between $2,500 and $10,000. In addition, the professional person may ask for additional expenses such as boarding for himself. After the intervention, the family may ask the professional to take the addict with them to the rehab, which would incur an additional cost.
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Medical detox is often the best option for those withdrawing from alcohol, opiates, and benzodiazepines because of the dangers associated with sudden discontinuation of use. Local clinics can supply withdrawal and craving-reduction medications at reduced costs based on income due to government subsidies. Other times, medications may be included in the cost of an inpatient rehabilitation program.
If participating in an outpatient program or with a prescription from a regular doctor, Medicaid and Medicare can help cover the costs of some medications that help people get through the different stages of recovery. Different prescription discount websites also have coupons available that can help people pay for rehab medications with co-pays that may be lower than their insurance offers.
Regardless of how one pays for them, co-pays for medications used to treat addiction (including co-occurring disorders such as anxiety and depression) can be anywhere from $2 to $400+ for a 30-day supply.
Methadone Treatment Prices
Methadone treatments cost an average of $18 per day from an outpatient clinic and around $76 per day when included in the cost of an inpatient rehab program. This makes the year-long average cost of rehab treatment with methadone to be around $2,600 to $5,200.
Suboxone Treatment Costs
Suboxone treatment costs are also an additional expense on top of the regular rehabilitation prices. Suboxone, a combination medication containing buprenorphine and naloxone, is a medicine used to ease the symptoms of withdrawal from detox and long-term maintenance. Suboxone treatment costs for a year can be around $4,000 to $5,000.
Extended Addiction Treatment Options
Although there are a number of factors that determine the cost of certain extended treatment options (truly ranging from $50 to $10,000 per month), sober living, or “halfway houses,” tend to cost between $1,500 and $2,500 per month. Churches, charities, and non-profit organizations sometimes offer sober living arrangements at no cost to a limited number of individuals.
Get Addiction Treatment Irrespective Of Costs
Alcohol and substance abuse addiction treatment costs may seem overwhelming when one considers how expensive is rehab. But when compared to the costs that addiction incurs in the form of lost work productivity, healthcare, crimes, and incarceration, the cost of addiction treatment would still be considered less.
There are different options of rehab facilities available, each with its own costs and expenses, which ensures that one can find a facility that best suits them. How much does rehab cost should never be a reason for an addict to not opt for treatment and be able to achieve better health and sobriety.
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- Why Should We Treat Addicts Anyway? The Solution We Refuse to Use. Archives.drugabuse.gov. https://archives.drugabuse.gov/why-should-we-treat-addicts-anyway-solution-we-refuse-to-use. | <urn:uuid:19ea8dd8-b86c-4076-af4b-8368f859ab46> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://addictionresource.com/rehab-answers/how-expensive-is-addiction-recovery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.933474 | 5,007 | 1.851563 | 2 |
- 1 What is the genre of Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
- 2 What is the order of Brown Bear Brown Bear?
- 3 What to do if you see a brown bear?
- 4 Why is brown bear banned?
- 5 Is a grizzly bear a brown bear?
- 6 Where does the brown bear live?
- 7 What family are brown bears?
- 8 What do brown bears like to eat?
- 9 What does Brown Bear book teach?
- 10 How rare is the brown bear in Adopt Me?
What is the genre of Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children’s picture book published in 1967. Written and illustrated by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle, the book is designed to help toddlers associate colors and meanings to objects.
What is the order of Brown Bear Brown Bear?
Readers first meet Brown Bear, followed by Red Bird, Yellow Duck, Blue Horse, Green Frog, Purple Cat, White Dog, Black Sheep, Goldfish, Teacher, and Children. Rhyming and predictable text combined with tissue paper collage illustration makes this a delight for young readers.
What to do if you see a brown bear?
Here’s what the experts say:
- If you encounter a grizzly, do not run.
- Avoid direct eye contact.
- Walk away slowly, if the bear is not approaching.
- If the bear charges, stand your ground (you cannot outrun it).
- Don’t scream or yell.
- If you have pepper spray, prepare to use it.
Why is brown bear banned?
Someone on the board decided that Ethical Marxism may not be the best book to be molding young Texan minds, and so they banned it. To be safe, they banned all of Bill Martin’s books. Including the very innocent Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, written by an altogether different Bill Martin.
Is a grizzly bear a brown bear?
All grizzly bears are brown bears, but not all brown bears are grizzly bears. The bears you are watching on the cams are brown bears. Grizzly bears and brown bears are the same species (Ursus arctos), but grizzly bears are currently considered to be a separate subspecies (U.
Where does the brown bear live?
The awe-inspiring brown bear lives in the forests and mountains of northern North America, Europe, and Asia. It is the most widely distributed bear in the world. The world’s largest brown bears are found in coastal British Columbia and Alaska, and on islands such as Kodiak.
What family are brown bears?
Some black bears can be brown, grey, cinnamon-colored or even white. But black bears can be bigger, and brown bears can be smaller. Shoulders: Brown bears have a hump on their shoulders, and their rear end is lower than their shoulders. Black bears don’t have a hump, and their rumps are higher than their shoulders.
What do brown bears like to eat?
Brown bears are omnivorous, eating a mixed diet of plants, berries, fish, and small mammals. Unlike black bears, brown bears have long, strong claws that they use to dig for food, pick fruits, and catch prey.
What does Brown Bear book teach?
Comprehension. While we are on the topic of early literacy, ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear’ also allows for increased comprehension skills. This story goes through a series of animals in a particular order. The more you read it, the more your tiny readers will remember all of the animals that were in the story!
How rare is the brown bear in Adopt Me?
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Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
A major aspect of assessing reality is one's ability to think abstractly. Can the Habs' scoring woes be attributed to the coaching staff struggling with this abstract thinking?
Any discussion about reality is incomplete without talking about the idea of existence. What does it mean to exist? Does math hold the key into expressing the existence of things seen and unseen? Are we even here right now? What is life?
I think in the end, we can all agree there are many layers, or dimensions, to reality. How we perceive an event may be different from someone else depending on our beliefs, attitudes and desires. So, when it comes to the question as to whether or not the Habs are a successful franchise, it would depend on who you ask. | <urn:uuid:287e0c2f-5f89-4282-abee-60d7a6cd3a16> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/a-hockey-city/2016/1/17/10779520/a-hockey-city-reality-montreal-canadiens-habs-comic-gohabsgo | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.968412 | 177 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Digital cameras might be found just about everywhere. Mirrorless cameras are catching up, integrating on-sensor part-detect elements, but still have some ways to go. If you wish to guarantee your star child you have zoomed in on the soccer discipline is in focus as she’s working toward the purpose, you will likely fare better with the ‘tried and true’ devoted AF methods DSLRs offer.
This technique was introducing a consumer-grade digital SLR on order to featuring stay preview and became the usual of most DSLR makers. The lens and camera are crucial, however the ability to set the scene, regulate the cameras settings, and maintain the digicam very still or use a tripod with auto or distant shutter actuation when required is what will get the nice photos.
Most current consumer digital cameras use a Bayer filter mosaic together with an optical anti-aliasing filter to scale back the aliasing as a result of decreased sampling of the different primary-shade pictures. With the near simultaneous announcements of the Canon 6D and the Nikon D600, owning a full-frame digicam simply received a bit of extra reasonably priced.
Now, the corporate is again one yr later with a barely upgraded model – the Nikon D610 – that includes a new shutter mechanism that not solely boosts the digicam’s steady capturing velocity, but additionally eliminates the persistent oil-on-sensor problem that marred the D600’s in any other case top quality photographs.
At $999, this helped firm up Nikons client lineup, by creating an outstandingly succesful superior consumer DSLR in the Nikon D90. The LCD size is in the range of two.0 to 2.5″, nonetheless smaller than the ones on skilled cameras. Entry degree DSLR is just more reasonably priced than mirrorless unless you’re ready to drop the viewfinder and of course DSLR comes with an enormous inexpensive lens provide. | <urn:uuid:c172e40a-9497-4d5b-8f37-6d1983253df2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://triobienal.com/digital-camera-buying-information.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.93671 | 404 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Individual psychotherapy is a way for you to learn about yourself including items such as diagnosis and symptoms, behavioral and communication patterns, thought patterns, and relational patterns. It can also be used to clarify one’s values and direction in life. It can be used for ventilation and as time to de-stress. But it can also help to address unresolved issues from the past in order to gain closure and to begin again on a new, positive path.
No two people are alike—each person requires an individualized approach in order to change, grow, and heal.
The role of the therapist is to act as an empathetic non-authoritarian guide. This is your time to discuss your needs. We can work on issues in your present life, we can delve into items from your past, or a combination of both. We can use a variety of techniques, such as Gestalt, REBT, CBT, psychodynamics, supportive counseling, and Motivational Interviewing, to name a few.
These are examples of things some of patients have worked on:
- Feelings of loneliness, sadness, anxiety, worry, depression
- Difficulty in forming or maintaining intimate relationships
- Difficulty with family and friends
- Sexual orientation issues such as coming-out
- Gender identity issues
- Professional or career challenges
- Understanding symptoms and mental illness, of either themselves or of a loved one
How long does psychotherapy take?
The length of time spent in therapy varies widely from person to person. Some people elect short-term therapy, lasting a few weeks, while others find it beneficial and attend therapy for years in order to better manage stress. We do not have any particular requirements regarding how long we expect patients to attend sessions but we do that patients schedule their sessions on a weekly basis for the first two months.
Is individual psychotherapy covered by insurance?
Individual psychotherapy is typically covered by insurance as long as the patient receives a diagnosis. This is known as medical necessity. However, if you have an insurance plan that comes from your employer, your coverage will be based on what your employer elects. Some employers elect behavioral health coverage with no limits, some impose a number of the amount of sessions you can have in a calendar year, and other employers choose to forgo behavioral health coverage altogether. Some employers may also elect to have behavioral health covered by an insurance plan that is completely separate from your health insurance. Regardless, the Refresh team will have your coverage verified prior to your intake appointment.
**Please be advised that we only work with adults over the age of 21.
Relationship therapy is a safe space where people begin to communicate their needs and feelings without fear of being attacked or criticized. Communication includes both being listened to and being open to listen. In such an atmosphere, people are able to experience how old ways of destructive conflict can change into productive dialogue. They see one another as if anew.
Not every couple who seeks counseling is in crisis. Different kinds of couples seek counseling –from friends who want to explore their friendship, people who are dating who want to communicate better, to people who are wondering if they should take a next step in their relationship with a variety of levels of commitment – from friends or people who are romantically involved and considering deeper commitment. This is called, “pre-commitment counseling.”
People Come To Relationship Counseling For Different Reasons:
- Dissatisfaction by one or both partners needs to be explored.
- Emotions have become too hot with conflict- or cold with indifference.
- Issues of sexuality or satisfaction need to be addressed.
- Relationship “skills” need to be enhanced.
- An amicable ending to the relationship needs to be found.
- Family, parenting or financial concerns trouble the couple
- Better communication skills and techniques need to be found in order to explore present and future relationships.
- People are preparing to make a commitment to one another.
Many of these issues involve difficulties in communicating. As problems become more severe, communication breaks down further, leading to more problems, leading to more difficulty in communicating and on and on.
Some of these involve improving existing communication skills or simply finding ways to discuss sensitive topics.
Is relationship therapy covered by insurance?
Unfortunately, the answer to this question is a resounding “no”. While we, as behavioral health professionals, understand the importance of relationship counseling and its positive impact on mental health and overall wellness, it is not considered by insurance companies to be a medically necessary service. Please contact us regarding rates and packages.
Pre-commitment counseling helps people understand their current relationship no matter what level of commitment they have made to one another.
Many people can be understandably hesitant before entering into a new relationship commitment, such as moving in together or getting married. They might wonder if this step is too soon or even with the right person.
They wonder if they will need to learn new communication skills, techniques to keep intimacy strong, and ways of building trust.
Independent of any commitments, people who are at different stages in friendships or relationships might seek counseling to understand themselves better or to get through some difficulties they might be having with one another.
Is pre-commitment counseling covered by insurance?
Unfortunately,this is not a service covered by insurance. While this is certainly vital to a healthy, flourishing relationship that is headed in a direction of permanence, it is not considered by insurance companies to be a medically necessary service. Please contact us regarding rates and packages.
Discernment Counseling is meant to be a short-term intervention, typically lasting under two months. It creates a forum for “mixed agenda” couples- where one partner wants to work on the relationship and the other partner is leaning toward a permanent ending, such as divorce, and is ambivalent about couples counseling. Discernment counseling creates a space for couples to take one more look before making a permanent decision with long term consequences. The focus is not on solving problems within the relationship, but rather on seeing if they could potentially be solved.
The counseling sessions are structured with each partner given one-on-one time with the counselor to discuss how the relationship got to this point, and then for each partner to tell each other what they have learned about their relationship. The therapist emphasizes the importance of each party seeing his or her own contributions to the problems in the relationship and the possible solutions. At the end of the process, couples are more at peace and with more clarity with the decision they have made (either ending or reconciliation) and have confidence that they are doing the right thing.
Discernment Counseling offers you and your partner a smooth transition to either a recommitment to the relationship or to separation and/or divorce, and it reduces the current emotional conflict surrounding this important decision. And if you feel that divorce is the right option at the end of the sessions, it can make the divorce process smoother with less fighting.
Is discernment counseling covered by insurance?
Just as with other types of relationship counseling, this is not a service covered by insurance. While professionals certainly value the importance of sound decision-making and healthy communication, discernment counseling is not considered by insurance companies to be a medically necessary service. Please contact us regarding rates and packages.
Family therapy helps families who are experiencing relationship conflict and perhaps are experiencing a volatile home environment or families who have experienced a crisis or tragedy that is difficult to cope with. Family therapy provides support and perspective by reflecting and encouraging each participant to gain a better awareness about themselves as well as the feelings and needs of others within the family system. Family counseling will help each participant develop necessary insight and skills to approach relationship difficulties and challenges in a way that is helpful and effective. The ultimate goal of family counseling is to improve family functioning through mutual trust, communication and conflict resolution skills.
The therapist may ask all or several family members to participate in the therapy process and participants play an active role and have input on treatment goals and who attends appointments during scheduled sessions.
Family therapy can take place in the office or in your home and all family members will have input as to where the sessions will take place.
Is family therapy covered by insurance?
No, this is not a service covered by insurance. While professionals certainly value the importance of healthy communication and a harmonious home life, family therapy is not considered by insurance companies to be a medically necessary service. Please contact us regarding rates and packages.
Group therapy helps people work through problems by interacting with a therapist and a group of individuals with similar struggles. In a safe, confidential setting, each group member can share personal experiences, feelings and issues and receive feedback and support from the rest of the group.
The therapist leading the session may draw from a variety of therapeutic approaches, such as cognitive-behavioral, psychoanalytic and humanistic. In addition to talk therapy, group therapy can involve:
- Educational lectures or workshops
- Support groups or skills training groups
- Expressive therapies such as art, drama, poetry and dance
- Integrative therapies such as yoga and acupuncture
- Social, cultural and educational group outings/activities
In general, group therapy sessions last one to two hours and are limited to six to 12 members and one or two therapists. Depending on the needs of the individual, group sessions may meet weekly, more often or less often, and can be co-ed or gender-specific.
What are the benefits of group therapy?
Research clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of group therapy to treat a variety of conditions. Some of the benefits of group therapy include:
- A safe, supportive setting to discuss difficult emotions and experiences
- Less isolation and loneliness when surrounded by others with similar struggles
- Interactions with others quickly brings issues to the surface, allowing them to be resolved under the guidance of a therapist
- Improves self-awareness and motivation to change
- Feedback from peers can be highly influential
- Improves interpersonal and communication skills
- Builds trust and self-esteem
- Ideal setting to practice new skills and behaviors
To gain the maximum benefit of group therapy, individuals must be willing to participate. The more open and honest an individual can be, the more they can get out of the experience. Group therapy is often most effective in conjunction with individual therapy.
What conditions does group therapy treat?
Group therapy is used to treat a wide range of disorders, including:
- Relationship problems
- Communication and social skill deficits
- Emotional trauma
- Low self-esteem
The group format is also extremely beneficial for individuals who are often more influenced by the opinions and experiences of their peers than a therapist, partner, or family member.
At Refresh, we will create groups as needed to meet the needs of our patients.
Is group therapy covered by insurance?
In short, our answer is maybe. Your insurance will be verified first to confirm that this is a service that your plan covers with a diagnosis. Groups surrounding diagnoses and symptoms- such as anxiety and depression, are considered medically necessary and would be coverage if your plan allows for group therapy. Groups surrounding topics such as bereavement, communication, and relationships are considered normal life experiences, and therefore, would not be covered by insurance as treatment of these issues would not be considered medically necessary. | <urn:uuid:2592eee8-5cfe-4bdf-b935-6db779cca915> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.refreshtherapynyc.com/services/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957419 | 2,323 | 1.921875 | 2 |
A Look at Sea Pollution
Pollution is often thought of a problem that affects cities, forests and other large areas of land. Man-made pollution is not just confined to solid ground, however; sea pollution is likewise a major environmental issue.
Last Stop – the Arctic
A 2017 study has found that discarded plastic is steadily accumulating in the Arctic waters. Issued by an international team of researchers, this report identified two areas that have become reservoirs for floating plastic. These two areas are known as in the Barents and Greenland Seas, and receive their unwanted plastic gifts thanks to ocean currents.
A Plastic Problem
Sea-borne plastic pollution is a problem for multiple reasons. For starters, plastic has a magnetic-like pull on nearby chemicals. It can also prove highly harmful to seabirds and fish, who often mistake plastic waste for floating meals. Not only can these animals choke on plastic junk, but such items can occupy large sections of bird and fish stomachs, potentially leading to starvation.
Tons of Junk
So exactly how much plastic resides in the Barents/Greenland seas? According to the study authors, the answer is shocking – anywhere from 100 to 1200 tons of floating junk currently pollutes the Arctic ocean. Moreover, the problem appears to be getting worse; currents traveling between Scotland and Iceland deliver an estimated 20 tons of aquatic plastic on a yearly basis.
From the Laundry Room to the Ocean
Recent research found that sea pollution has an unexpected source – your closet. Specifically, microfibers from yoga pants, comfortably jackets and sweat-wicking athletic clothes have found their way into bodies of water across the United States.
The way in which these pollutants get to water is fairly straightforward. When placed in washing machines, synthetic clothes shed a significant number of microfibers, which are removed from the machine via wastewater systems. From these systems, microfibers are ushered into natural waterways, which in turn transport them into seas and other sizable bodies of water.
One person who has conducted research on this topic is Sarah Egner, director of research and curriculum development at MarineLab in Key Largo. Discovering large amounts of microfibers in near the Florida keys prompted her to make changes to her wardrobe. “I look in my closet, and I’m like, ‘Man, I’ve got a lot of synthetic material in here,'” stated Egner. “Look on your tags: If you have something that’s 100 percent cotton, you’re good right there. But generally, it’s a mix of things, which is not so good.” | <urn:uuid:ea8108ec-adf6-485a-b404-e18e3650961b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thealdenreport.com/rough-waters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.95816 | 545 | 2.875 | 3 |
I’m going to share with you 3 career truths that I’ve learnt through 20 years of working in the pensions industry. Giving career advice, or indeed any advice, to younger people is fraught with difficulty. Firstly you won’t listen. Why the hell should you? Secondly, what do we know anyway? We’re the sum of our poor choices, unrealised dreams and shocking mistakes. And thirdly, we may well be wrong. But I guess the beauty of listening to advice is that you can choose to ignore it, and you never know, in some small way, you may take away a tiny grain of truth that resonates with you and helps you to make better decisions at certain points in your life, when related options or situations present themselves.
But what we have to say here is less about homespun advice from a disillusion older generation, and more about a pragmatic forecast of the future of our working lives.
Know these three truths: you won’t be able to save enough money to retire on, you will have to work for much longer than you think, changing careers maybe two or three times, and you will not be fulfilled in your work. Statistically speaking that is.
The best chance of being extraordinary is to plan for being ordinary. Let me explain.
1. You won’t have enough money to retire when you want to retire
The three-stage life (learn, work, retire) is disappearing in the rear view mirror. (Read Lynda Gratton’s and Andrew Scott’s, ‘The 100 Year Life’).
Unless you are prepared to start putting aside 15% (Pension Policy Institute – Engagement Pathways in Workplace Pensions) of everything that you earn today, the probability of you retiring at 65 on anything approximating a comfortable income is virtually zero. You need to know this and you need to know it now, whilst you can still do something about it. But this forecast is highly unlikely to phase you in the least because, at the back of your mind you think you’ll make a lot of money at some point and you will find yourself in the top 2.5% of society that never has to worry about this sort of thing. And even here, the bar is relatively low with ‘a lot of money’ being defined as over £100K (HMRC stats tell us that in the UK 1.3% of women and 3.8% of men earn over £100K) – There’s a reason why there’s only 2.5% of them though.
The overwhelming likelihood, statistically, is that you’ll be like everyone else. Problem is that the human brain is poor at absorbing statistics and conceptualising what they tell us. Because there is a 2% chance that we may be very rich, the brain simply registers this as ‘a chance’, which is a sound enough foundation (in the brain’s estimation at least) to manifest a strategy of hope over evidence.
Plan as though you will be like the majority of other people because, paradoxically, this is what is likely to set you apart.
Assume you will have an average job, earning an average salary. Assume you will have a family and a home to maintain. That doesn’t mean that you actually have to do those things, but plan for it. Start saving early, even if it’s just a small amount. The magic of compound interest is one of the wonders of the universe. So, if retiring early (and for your generation, 65 is early) is your strategy, then start saving today. And save ALOT. Do the math as the say and work on a rule of thumb of 5%. If you want to live off £25k a year, you’ll need a pot saved of, at the very minimum, £500k. But you know and I know that you aspire to a lot more than that. So if you nail this one, the next ones may be of less importance.
But it’s unlikely you’ll nail it.
2. You are going to have to work a lot longer than you think
It’s unlikely that you’ll be super rich. That doesn’t mean that you won’t be super rich, or shouldn’t aim for it, but the reality is that you probably won’t be.
Planning for conditions that are likely to happen is a better strategy than ignoring them on the basis that there is a slim chance that they won’t happen. So saving a lot of money is one strategy but, statistically, the overwhelming probability is that you won’t do this. And probably for very good reasons, which are the same reasons that most other people don’t.
But there is a companion truth to the issue of retirement funding, and that is longevity. For every decade that passes life expectancy increases by roughly two years. (The 100 Year Life) If you are 21 now, it is very probable that you will live deep into your 80s or 90s. The state, the economy, the country, simply will not be sufficiently robust enough to support an ageing population.
When the welfare state first emerged, it was designed to support retirements of less than 5 years, for a relatively small demographic. It was never intended to support a third of the population through a 30+ year holiday.
So unless you are uncommonly wealthy, your alternative will be to work for longer culminating in expensive medical care. And if you are going to work for longer, you’ll need to start thinking about what this could mean for you. The chances that the skills, knowledge and experience you gain now will be equally relevant in 30 or 40 years’ time are slim. The chances that you will be content to do the same thing into your 50s and 60s is slim. You may even be physically unsuited to maintain the career if the job is particularly strenuous.
The value that you can bring to the labour market now may be less valuable in 20, 30 or 40 years’ time. So how do you plan for working longer? Answer, you learn to adapt and change.
The key to a longer, and fulfilling working life, is the ability to transition. You build the adaptability muscle.
And this bring me to my last point.
3. It’s OK to not know what you want to be when you grow up
I’m very grown up and I’m only just starting to get to grips properly with the question. Really, it’s ok to not know. It’s normal. Nobody knows. Except for the tiny minority who really do know and who, invariably, pursue it relentlessly. And good for them. Are they happy? Who knows. Maybe.
Most of us lurch from one job to the next not knowing. A good proportion of us don’t even know that we don’t know, and there’s genuine benefit in that naivety perhaps. But for those that do know, it can be miserable. You are beset by the constant accompaniment of the voice that reminds you that you aren’t all you could be. You know you’re not, but you don’t know what the hell to do about it.
The die is cast early in life, forged through ignorance, inexperience, weight of expectation, and ill-considered choices – and it’s incredibly difficult to break and recast.
It’s a bit like Brexit: you’re asked to make an impossibly complex choice about a subject on which you know virtually nothing and then expected to live with the consequence of that decision for the next 45 years or more (I’m assuming by that time we’ll be going back into the EU again, after a war with the French no doubt).
So don’t believe entirely the ‘follow your dreams, follow your passion’ advice. Unless you are exceptionally lucky, talented, well-furnished financially or in possession of superhuman levels of industriousness and purpose, this is a very high risk strategy. A better strategy is to try to figure out what you like (not what you’d like to like but what you actually like), what you’re good at and where your temperament will be most nurtured and nourished.
But isn’t that the same as following your passion I hear you ask? No, it isn’t – because at 20 what you think is your passion will not be the same when you are 30, or 40 or 50. You think it will be now, but it won’t. Unless you are exceptional. And you don’t know if you’re exceptional or not. Just because your mum says you are, doesn’t mean that you are.
Better to find work that utilises your strengths. Down that path lies success, fulfilment, achievement, a sense of purpose and freedom from doubt and anxiety.
If you get it right you have done far more than found work in a passion, you have found passion in your work.
And if you can do it once, you can do it again. And you will need to because a longer working life means multiple careers. This will give you the resilience to adapt to new jobs and careers, whilst maintaining that continuity of truth, which is your constant companion. So learn to find work that you are good at and utilise your strengths.
This is about knowing yourself well, understanding yourself and then telling the truth. Build the habit of telling the truth. If you know you are extroverted don’t be talked into a job that requires you to undertake hours of solitary analysis just because you’re qualified for it. If you know you are introverted, don’t take a sales job.
In summary then…
Think about these three truths:
The chances that you will save up enough money to allow you to stop work at 60 or 65 is small.
You will live longer than you expect and you will have to work for longer than you think.
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—Amanda M. Czerniawski
This summer, the eco-friendly clothing brand Summersalt launched its swimwear collection with the “Every Body is a Beach Body” marketing campaign, which featured a diverse group of women of various sizes and body types. The goal, according to brand co-founder Lori Coulter, is “to help women find their swimwear soulmate so they can enjoy their summer exactly as they are.”
Summersalt is following in the footsteps of other brands that have launched viral body-positive marketing campaigns, such as American Eagle’s lingerie line, Aerie. In 2016, Aerie made headlines with its #aerieREAl no-airbrushing campaign featuring plus-size model Iskra Lawrence. Since then, the campaign has evolved to include a number of celebrities, athletes, and social media influencers in photoshop-free ads.
Among the most recent cohort of Aerie Role Models is Jameela Jamil, actress and creator of the @i_weigh Instagram account that challenges individuals to measure their worth by their accomplishments rather than their body weight. Most recently, she fought to not have her image retouched in the promotional ads for the television show The Good Place. Likewise, model Kate Upton appears unretouched on September’s cover of Health magazine.
These anti-Photoshop campaigns that stress “real” bodies “exactly as they are,” serve to counter the narrow and quite distorted image of beauty presented by Hollywood and Madison Avenue.
The media landscape is inundated with heavily processed and manipulated images of idealized women who are remarkably smaller than the average woman. The typical commercial fashion model, who appears in catalogues and commercial print ads that sell anything from clothing to laundry detergent to the masses, wears anywhere between a women’s size 2 and 6. According to the CDC, the average weight for adult women 20 years and over is 170.5 lbs. (She also has an average height of almost 5 feet 4 inches and a waist circumference of 38.7 inches.) This translates to about a size 16 or 18 in women’s sizes.
It is important to note that a fashion model is not an ordinary woman. She works in fashion because she stands out due to her atypical bodily features in terms of height, weight, symmetrical facial features, and proportional frame. Her body becomes a blank canvas to clients. A slew of aesthetic professionals—photographers, stylists, makeup artists, and hair professionals—work on her. Then, photographers and image editors manipulate the photos either by airbrushing or photoshopping, a practice illustrated in Dove’s Evolution commercial. The final product that appears in print or on the Internet is, ultimately, a carefully constructed fantastical image, i.e., an illusion, that hides the active work done by and on the model.
While Summersalt and Aerie alter the landscape by eliminating Photoshop from their image production process, their attempt to increase size diversity actually maintains the status quo. The plus-size models on display are typical commercial plus-size models.
The commercial print world is dominated by a specific image of plus-size beauty involving bodies on the smaller end of the plus-size spectrum. The typical, commercial plus-size model is tall with a minimum height of 5’8’’ and wears a woman’s size 10 to 16.
Modeling agencies that focus on commercial print work represent plus-size models who fit within this narrow range in size because there is not enough work for models larger than a size 16. While conducting my ethnographic research in New York City, one agent told me, “that is what advertisers want,” even plus-size ones, echoing a circle of blame commonly expressed within the industry: agents blame designers for their model demands and designers blame agents for their supply of models. This institutionalized tradition results in the increased visibility of models (like Robyn Lawley at a size 12, Iskra Lawrence at a size 14, and Ashley Graham at a size 16) who inhabit the small end of the plus-size spectrum. Consequently, size 18 and up models are virtually absent in print but, instead, work predominately as fit and showroom models, since 18 is a common sample size in plus size.
Plus-size fashion companies produce lines of clothing that range from a size 14 to 24. These companies usually build their lines from a pattern based on a size 18 fit model. Designers and clothing manufacturers hire fit models to try on garments at various stages of production to determine the fit and appearance of the pieces on a live person. When it comes to selling these garments, however, smaller models are more often hired to appear in the print advertisements. “Larger” plus-size models work behind the scenes in fashion while the “smaller” ones are out in the spotlight.
Fashion has a tendency to hide bodies over a size 16 from consumers. An estimated 67 percent of American women are considered plus size, but plus-size bodies only appear in 2 percent of media imagery, but, with every new body-positive campaign, we get a step closer to revealing real bodies in media.
Amanda M. Czerniawski is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Temple University and the author of Fashioning Fat: Inside Plus-Size Modeling, available from NYU Press.
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What Is Self-Sovereign Identity?
Data is one of the most valuable assets in a digital world. Self-Sovereign identity puts you back in control of your personal data for more privacy and protection.
Do you have control over your digital identity?
When you register for a new online account, you are being forced to hand over personal data. It’s only a matter of time before those accounts become compromised and malicious actors gain access to your personal information. By using blockchain technology, Self-Sovereign Identity puts you back in control of your personal data.
Your online identity will become critically important to you as AI begins to flex it’s muscle. Data cloning is happening and the Internet has become high-risk for phishing and data theft for decades, now ID fraud is beyond epidemic and the blockchain has arrived just in time.
Your data is yours. Currently, it belongs to any service provider you register for when creating new online accounts.
The internet is forever, and so is your personal data once it’s online. Keep your personal information safe and choose when to share it.
Why is Self-Sovereign Identity Important?
To use any application, visit a website, or access a device in the digital world – your first step is authentication. Who are you? Are you really who you claim to be? This is the foundation of all interactions with technology, and it’s deeply flawed when you don’t control who you are in a digital world.
Your data is getting more concentrated in the hands of a few large institutions. They are storing information about your browsing history, shopping habits, location data, bank statements, medical history, and much more. With the rising threat of data breaches, security threats, and loss of privacy – your information is increasingly at risk because you do not own your identity. As your life becomes increasingly digital, the data you create forms a clear construct of who you are. Instead of storing the data on centralized servers that could be at risk for hacks or misuse, we believe there is a better way. You, the identity owner – should own and control your own information.
Using blockchain technology, the SelfKey Wallet provides an identity platform where you can manage all of your personal information. You’ll be able to choose what information you want to share, who gets access to it, and for how long. This will revolutionize how you interact with the online world, while protecting your information and privacy. Welcome to the future of identity: where you are in complete control. Where you are self-sovereign. | <urn:uuid:6d838126-de12-4478-9eb7-9efddb02bc3d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.siliconpalms.com/self-sovereign-identity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.921108 | 541 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Offering Care For The Caregivers
One of the toughest jobs in the world is caregiver for a loved one. The organization Share the Care aims to ease the burdens of caregivers
A knight in shining armor is not going to swoop in and remove the stress and fatigue associated with caregivers of those who are afflicted with a debilitating ailment.
“We’re going to have to do it ourselves,” says Sheila Warnock.
The founder of Share the Care, a volunteer organization designed to help caregivers of friends and family with conditions such as terminal illness, visited the island recently in hope of generating more interest in the local chapter that officially launched on Kaua’i more than a year ago.
Share the Care offers a solution to the demanding job of caregivers by providing them with volunteers who assist with various tasks so they don’t burn out.
“Caregiving touches everybody at some point in their lives,” says Warnock.
In 2012, 52 million Americans served as care-givers for family and friends older than 18 with a disability or illness, according to Family Caregiver Alliance. Taking responsibility for someone in this capacity is not an easy task, especially if the caregivers have full-time jobs and families.
Yet caregivers are often the most reluctant to ask for help, even though sharing responsibility is the key to avoiding fatigue.
“No matter what the case, a Share the Care program can help,” says Warnock.
Each volunteer brings different attributes to the table and anyone can be a part of the team.
“We adapt every family situation according to their needs,” says Tamara Jeffries, Share the Care’s regional coordinator for Lihue, Puhi and Hanamaulu. “If they don’t have family and friends, we become their family and friends.”
Jeffries is in charge of organizing her team in order to provide the best support for caregivers in the area.
She currently has some 10 regular volunteers, but it is difficult to recruit people.
“It’s about creating an incentive so people want to help,” she says.
Volunteering for the organization may seem frightening to some and the commitment overwhelming, but sometimes all that is needed might be as easy as food delivery. In addition, anyone can help at any age.
“We are trying to reduce the fear people have about it,” says Jeffries at a recent meeting at Kaua’i Hospice, the umbrella organization under which Share the Care falls.
“If everyone helped, we wouldn’t need them so much.”
In addition, there are many benefits that come from volunteering.
“You can give something to somebody,” Jeffries says. “And being a part of someone else’s life is rewarding.”
“Caregiving is one of the most incredible life-changing experiences there is,” says Warnock. “In order for us to survive and thrive, it’s through service to others.”
Share the Care originally began in 1995 on the Mainland. Since then, it has grown to 48 states and 11 countries.
Since its inception on Kaua’i, the group has assisted some 30 families.
“It’s a wonderful solution to the problem of taking care of those who are dying,” says Deborah Duda, Share the Care’s Kaua’i coordinator. “We’ve got to take care of our own.”
“Caring for and supporting one another during difficult and challenging times really strengthens the wholeness and oneness of our island community,” says Lori Miller, Kaua’i Hospice executive director. “We have tremendous resources here on Kaua’i, and I believe its people are the greatest. I am witnessing humanity at its very best. People are taking time and paying attention to neighbors in need.”
“During the tough times, you’re rowing the boat together,” says Warnock.
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Today, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Spring Meetings close, UNDP commends the decisions of the IMF, the World Bank Group, and the G20 to immediately suspend debt service payments of 76 countries for one year, including 40 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This debt relief will play a critical role in helping countries to prepare, respond and recover in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, including to navigate its devastating social and economic impacts.
However, as the UN Secretary-General sets out in his new report, Debt and COVID 19: A Global Response in Solidarity, the agreed suspension of debt is not enough. Focusing on the poorest countries alone will not be sufficient to address the scale of this emergency.
Debt relief should not be based on the level of income but on vulnerability. A hurricane can wipe out an economy in the course of 8 hours. A pandemic will put a continent on freeze for months. These have nothing to do with income, wealth or GDP. They have everything to do with vulnerability.
The United Nations encourages all parties to put in place a debt moratorium for the next two years for all vulnerable countries. If the virus does not discriminate between countries based on their income level, nor should the international community.
As laid out in the UN Secretary-General’s report, we are calling on all creditors – public and private, bilateral and multilateral - to take three steps towards debt sustainability in these extraordinary times.
First, to establish an immediate debt moratorium for all developing countries to provide “breathing space” for all that need it to focus on crisis response.
Second, to provide targeted debt relief for countries with unsustainable debt levels and provide the policy space needed to achieve the SDGs.
Third, as the immediate crisis recedes, to revisit the long-standing challenges of the international debt architecture, to prevent debt defaults that could lead to prolonged financial and economic crises.
In line with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, all actions taken should be in line with countries’ strategies to finance progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Shutting down economies to prevent the spread of this virus saves lives, but without simultaneous action, decades of hard-won development progress could be lost. More than half a billion more people could be pushed into poverty, according to recent research.
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04 SES 05 C, Teacher Training
In order to include children with special educational needs (SEN) in regular education, a nationwide campaign ‘education for all’ has been undertaken by the government of India. It is estimated that under this campaign around 1.5 percent children in the age group of 6-14 years have SEN. In the year 2006-07, the percentage of children with SEN in primary school is 0.79. However, the number of children with SEN is constantly increasing but not their proportion of enrolment in the elementary schools (Singal, 2009). This raises a grave concern that despite of policy development why such huge number of children with SEN are not in regular schools.
In western countries several factors have been addressed to implement inclusive education. Pijl and Meijer (1997) suggest three broad factors in implementing inclusive education: a) external: (e.g. legislation, and funding) , b) school factor: (providing special services in schools, and the support system), c) teacher: (attitude, knowledge, skills). Internationally, studies have pointed teachers as the most important factor in implementing inclusive education. More specifically, attitudes of teachers, knowledge and pedagogical skills are regarded to be important to implement inclusive education (Avramidis et. al., 2000; Bishop and Boag, 2006; Rix et. al., 2009). In Indian context teacher factor seems neglected as there is little literature available about teacher-trainings to manage SEN. There is a serious lack of empirical research evaluating the effectiveness of trainings regarding SEN (Singal, 2009).
The aim of this study is: 1) what is the impact of an in-service training on knowledge, skills about SEN and attitude of the regular school teachers of Jaipur, India? And 2) What is the effectiveness of INSET for teachers in India measured by an increase in attendance of students with SEN in their classroom?
Avramidis, E., Bayliss, P., & Burden, R. (2000). A survey into mainstream teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of children with special educational needs in the ordinary school in one local education authority. Educational Psychology, 20(2), 191-211. Bishop, M., & Boag, E. M. (2006). Teachers' knowledge about epilepsy and attitudes toward students with epilepsy: Results of a national survey. Epilepsy & Behavior, 8(2), 397-405. Florian, L. (2009). Towards an inclusive pedagogy. In P. Hick, R. Kershner & Farrell.P. (Eds.), (pp. 38-51). London: Psychology for Inclusive Education: New Directions in Theory And Practice. Mahat, M. (2008). The development of a psychometrically-sound instrument to measure teachers' multidimensional attitudes toward inclusive education. International Journal of Special Education, 23(1), 82-92. Pijl, S. J., & Meijer, C. J. W. (1997). Factors in inclusion: A framework. In S. J. Pijl, & Meijer, C.J.W, and Hegarty. S (Eds.), Inclusive education - a global agenda (pp. 8-13). London: Routledge. Rix, J., Hall, K., Nind, M., Sheehy, K., & Wearmouth, J. (2009). What pedagogical approaches can effectively include children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms? A systematic literature review. Support for Learning, 24(2), 86-94. Singal, N. (2009). Education of children with disabilities in India. Retrieved Jan, 23, 2013, http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001866/186611e.pdf
00. Central Events (Keynotes, EERA-Panel, EERJ Round Table, Invited Sessions)
Network 1. Continuing Professional Development: Learning for Individuals, Leaders, and Organisations
Network 2. Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
Network 3. Curriculum Innovation
Network 4. Inclusive Education
Network 5. Children and Youth at Risk and Urban Education
Network 6. Open Learning: Media, Environments and Cultures
Network 7. Social Justice and Intercultural Education
Network 8. Research on Health Education
Network 9. Assessment, Evaluation, Testing and Measurement
Network 10. Teacher Education Research
Network 11. Educational Effectiveness and Quality Assurance
Network 12. LISnet - Library and Information Science Network
Network 13. Philosophy of Education
Network 14. Communities, Families and Schooling in Educational Research
Network 15. Research Partnerships in Education
Network 16. ICT in Education and Training
Network 17. Histories of Education
Network 18. Research in Sport Pedagogy
Network 19. Ethnography
Network 20. Research in Innovative Intercultural Learning Environments
Network 22. Research in Higher Education
Network 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education
Network 24. Mathematics Education Research
Network 25. Research on Children's Rights in Education
Network 26. Educational Leadership
Network 27. Didactics – Learning and Teaching
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historical usage of homeostasis
Greek has many compounds formed with homoio-, especially technical terms in rhetoric ( homoitéleutos “having similar endings or codas in phrases or verses"), biology ( homoiótropos “of animals, displaying similar behavior"), and physics ( homoiotachḗs “moving with equal velocity”).
Hómoios is a derivative of the adjective homós “the same, one and the same,” from Proto-Indo-European somós, source of Germanic samaz, which becomes Old Norse samr, adopted into English as same. Sanskrit has the adjective samá- “the same, similar”; Slavic (Polish) has sam “the same.”
Stásis forms many compound nouns in Greek, such as stasíarchos “(political or factional) party leader,” xenóstasis “inn for strangers,” and anástasis “standing up, removal, expulsion,” also meaning “resurrection” once each in Aeschylus’s Eumenides and in the New Testament's Epistle to the Hebrews. Anástasis forms the Greek proper names Anastásios (masculine) and Anastasía (in Late Latin Anastasius and Anastasia ).
OTHER WORDS FROM homeostasisho·me·o·stat·ic [hoh-mee-uh-stat-ik], /ˌhoʊ mi əˈstæt ɪk/, adjectiveho·me·o·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb
How to use homeostasis in a sentence
Older animals would be expected to have better homeostatic controls than younger individuals.
British Dictionary definitions for homeostasis
Derived forms of homeostasishomeostatic or homoeostatic (ˌhəʊmɪəʊˈstætɪk), adjective
Medical definitions for homeostasis
Other words from homeostasisho′me•o•stat′ic (-stăt′ĭk) adj.
Scientific definitions for homeostasis
Cultural definitions for homeostasis
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Humans involuntarily move their eyes when retrieving an image from memory. This motion is often similar to actually observing the image. We suggest to exploit this behavior as a new modality in human computer interaction, using the motion of the eyes as a descriptor of the image. Interaction requires the user’s eyes to be tracked but no voluntary physical activity. We perform a controlled experiment and develop matching techniques using machine learning to investigate if images can be discriminated based on the gaze patterns recorded while users merely think about image. Our results indicate that image retrieval is possible with an accuracy significantly above chance. We also show that this result generalizes to images not used during training of the classifier and extends to uncontrolled settings in a realistic scenario.
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Now comes the four-finger rasgueo, starting with the little finger. I have used
the letter l for this finger. After thorough practice of the three finger pattern,
this will seem easier. However, without the prior work to free the ring finger,
it becomes a meaningless scrape. Following the example above (rhythm of Malgueñas),
we have a triplet instead of the two sixteenth notes. Expressed in words, tum ta-ta
tum ta-ta tum becomes tum tiddly tum tiddly tum. The four downward strokes time
to the tiddly tum. It is still important to try for clear sounds. Here it is in
As before, all strokes are in a downward direction.
Once you can play this, try the Malagueña study that follows. I have simplified
the notation in the same way.
Although most of this study is rasgueado, there are some short segments of single
notes (punteado). For simplicity, I have marked these with a v mark over the notes.
Try to keep the count of three going throughout.
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INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD AND PRELIMINARY SETTINGS
I will give to assume that you have the software already installed on your computer and ready for use.
If you do not have the program, you can download a trial version from Autodesk's website at following address:
Below I show you some pictures of the interface of different versions of AutoCAD, from the oldest to the most recent, which the various control buttons are been slightly updated in both graphically and in the layout.
Do not worry for now; keep in mind
that in general the symbols represented are the same.
AutoCAD is produced in LT (light) version and in the
normal version, (Full).
The light version does not have the ability to create 3D designs (three-dimensional), but can open and view it, and with the most comprehensive and expensive full version, you can create it, through dedicated instruments and additional functions.
This course will describe the basic functions of the 2D software.
Over here an “old” version of AutoCAD that as you can see, similarly to almost all programs for Windows, it appeared with a line of pop-up menu at the top, with the commands “File, Edit, View, Insert etc...”.
We have also various “toolbars”,
that is all those buttons corresponding to the various commands that we
will see later, which are divided into groups that can be customized by
making them visible or not visible and moved to the desired position.
In subsequent years, the interface has changed.
Image above AutoCAD 2010 – Image below AutoCAD 2012
Above AutoCAD 2014 “drafting workspace”, below “classic workspace”
Above AutoCAD LT 2015 with classic interface settings, below AutoCAD LT 2016
From version 2009 onwards has been
made a fairly significant update of the program interface, in particular
it has been given a completely different layout to the command buttons
now grouped in a “Ribbon” at the top on the screen, in groups that
previously (but also now) distinguished individual “toolbar”, we will
Depending on your preferences, we can work with the classic interface, or with the most recent.
Up to version 2014, this was rather simple since it was present a special command that allowed to quickly switching between one interface and the other, usually positioned in the lower right and upper left of AutoCAD screen, marked by a symbol similar to a gear. This is the “Workspace” key.
Clicking this button and selecting “AutoCAD Classic”, we got back the old interface with toolbars.
In the latest versions 2015 and
2016 is the key to set the work area, but was taken off the setting
Is still possible get it but we will have to set manually, I will explain in a moment how.
First, to start anything you need to open a new design, with the latest versions of AutoCAD, on the screen that appears when you start the program click on “Start Drawing”.
This will open a new design and we can start working.
At this point, a particular note is that in versions with the “ribbon” is not initially present the “menu” bar:
Do not confuse it with the entries below "Home, Insert, Annotation, etc. which are the names of tabs containing groups of commands.
In the upper left, there is a small
“toolbar” for quick access, by clicking the arrow to the right of this
bar you can tick the "Show Menu Bar" to make it appear.
On the same menu, tick also “Workspace”.
It will be necessary for the indications that I will give you during the course.
Then we have the central area, or drawing area (usually a black background), with the center of the cursor or “crosshairs” controlled by the mouse.
In addition to this in the bottom left, still in the drawing area, you should see an icon with two arrows and the letters X, Y.
This is the icon called “UCS” and represents the coordinate axes X, Y on which you move the crosshairs.
Another very important part, and I ask you to remember is the “command line”, which is the window at the bottom on two or more lines where you see write “Type a command:”.It is very important especially in the beginning you pay attention on what is write in this window when you run the command, AutoCAD every time you use a command, here shows you the steps to run it.
The command line, in the course of the updates has changed slightly aspect; in particular, in the latest versions 2015 and 2016 it has reduced to a small line located at the bottom in the drawing area.
It is manageable as a toolbar that can be closed also, be careful not to do it and eventually just press CTRL + 9 to reactivate it.
Under the command line, we have another button bar, which we will call the “bottom bar”.
On older versions of AutoCAD it was different and on
each key there was a name that called the function in question, with the
latest software versions these names were replaced by symbols.
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Sorrow is a powerful emotion that seldom finds an appropriate release. Be it curled up in your bed, or around the arms of your loved ones, the act of crying has been rather personal, and not widely explored, says this 62-year-old expert.
In a eureka moment, Kamlesh Masalawala claims to have found a magical therapeutic procedure of crying out loud, to rid people of all their grief, quite literally.
And, he is doing so, in a one-of-a-kind Crying Club!
With a mention in the Limca Book of Records, Kamlesh has been known as the man who could make anybody laugh away their worries. His sessions were doing well, until two years ago, when the renowned laughter therapist came across something which changed his outlook towards therapy altogether.
He soon realised that the healing process had to be complete. In his words, the other side of the coin was missing.
Speaking to The Better India, he explains, “Human personality is like a coin, which needs clear imprints on both its sides to be truly valuable. No human can be eternally sad or eternally happy, and so they need to let go of both the emotions, by laughing and crying out loud.”
And, that is exactly what this Surat-based Healthy Crying Club does every single month.
The club is meant to provide a safe space and platform for people to confront their sorrows and frustrations head-on and vent them all out in tears.
With the motto ‘Tears to Cheers’, they conduct one session on the last Sunday of every month, between 8 am, and 10 am in Surat, Gujarat. And, participation is open to everyone.
However, Kamlesh shares that convincing people to let off their barriers and inhibitions and embrace their sorrows to eventually release them is indeed a challenging task.
“As we grow older, we form walls that prevent us from expressing ourselves clearly. And, for the same reason, children are emotionally and physically more healthy when compared to adults, as they can cry without a whim. It is not embarrassing or a sign of weakness at that point in time. And, it should be, even now. Strength is not in suppressing your feelings but in letting them go to liberate yourself,” he said.
Thus, challenging this notion, along with the support of a few psychologists, the club began in 2017.
“I was introduced to Crying therapy by one of the top psychologists in the city and was instantly interested. Further studies helped me to realise the benefits of the therapy, how it can reduce almost 50 per cent of the medication for patients with psychological issues,” he says.
Scientifically, he explains, that the benefits of crying are because the act helps one release a toxic hormone, cortisol, from the body.
“People cry, either when they are sad or when they are happy. But the liquid excretion during both the actions is different. Only when a person cries out of sorrow, stress and frustration, that the body is freed from the toxin cortisol, which can be very harmful to the body in the long run,” he explains.
And, owing to this, people of all ages, be it 20-year-olds to even 80-year-old senior citizens, have been making visits to the club, once every month.
With the growing number of people, Kamlesh and his associates are planning to expand their procedures to reach better results. One such plan includes integrating laughter and crying therapy.
As per the principle, this integrated therapy will fill the void created after a good cry with oodles of laughter.
He concludes,“Most people feel lighter after crying. We want to utilise that blank space and fill it with happiness. Just like a beautiful day arrives after every night, a burst of joy fills our lives after every sorrowful episode!”
(Edited by Shruti Singhal)
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A gentle touch or gesture of fondness, tenderness, or love.
tr.v. ca·ressed, ca·ress·ing, ca·ress·es
1. To touch or stroke in an affectionate or loving manner.
2. To touch or move as if with a caress: soft music that caressed the ears.
[French caresse, from Italian carezza, from caro, dear, from Latin cārus; see kā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: caress, cuddle, fondle, pat1, pet1, stroke2
These verbs mean to touch or handle affectionately: caressed the sleeping baby; cuddled the kitten in her arms; fondling the dog's ears; patted the child's head; petting his pony; gently stroked the patient's hand.
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[Originally published on July 13, 2020]
By Joanne Lynn, MD
Nursing homes are so widely shunned as being thoroughly undesirable that many advocates have proffered that they should be shuttered, and all care of disabled persons should be “in the community” and not in facilities. That refrain is growing with the obvious risks of COVID-19.
I believe that we need to take this crisis as an opportunity to revise how we deal with long-term disability and the need for services and supports by persons who cannot manage daily living for themselves. Who makes up the populations that probably should have nursing homes available? I think there are five general categories for adults (I’ll leave children to others who have relevant experience):
(1) Adults discharged from hospitals who need a short period of around-the-clock support and therapy in order to be capable of going home (or to another community setting), often in part because their home situation does not provide enough appropriate and reliable support;
(2) Severely brain-damaged persons, e.g., from severe dementia, strokes, or hypoxia, who are unaware of their surroundings, and lack available family or loved ones to assist with in-home care, even though most will still be capable of suffering from adverse symptoms;
(3) People who need a great deal of personal assistance or supervision (for example, around-the-clock paid care) and who do not find it very important to live independently in the community rather than in a home-like and reliable congregate setting;
(4) Elderly people with substantial care needs who prefer congregate living and either can pay for it privately or the costs to public funds are lower in this setting; and
(5) People who need an in-patient setting while dying. Inpatient hospice should be available for serving this group. It is a serious shortcoming of the present arrangements that dying elders are often sent to skilled nursing for “rehab” because Medicare covers that service, when what they really needed was inpatient hospice care for a short time, mostly less than a month.
What sort of facility environment is ideal for each of these populations? We might especially consider the post-hospital and unaware categories (1 and 2 above), in contrast to persons who need long-term supports due to substantial disabilities (3 and 4 above). For those first two groups, the nursing facility can be set up to feel rather like a hospital – let’s call it “post-hospital.” The post-hospital resident will not stay more than a few weeks and does not expect to make friends. The severely unaware resident may stay for years, but still will not be able to make any personal connections. The staff will care about these residents, but a less home-like setting is not likely to have a negative impact on the residents.
In contrast, the usual elderly person living with serious disabilities (#3 and 4 above) needs an environment that is set up for living – comfortable, home-like, conducive to conviviality, and responsive to personal preferences and priorities. This really should become the resident’s home. The care plan needs to be anchored in the resident’s situation and preferences, and it needs to be flexible to accommodate communal living, just as it is in family living. In general, these facilities need to be set up to be, or to seem to be, relatively small groups where staff and residents get to know one another and collaborate.
The hospice in-patient environment needs to be home-like and comfortable for visiting, but it does not need to try to create long-term relationships, create a home or have shared activities like a long-term residence should.
Whatever images you fill in to customize your vision of ideal long-term care facilities, you’ll agree that current nursing homes mostly fall far short. Not only might they be regimented, understaffed, and unresponsive; but with COVID-19, they have become very nearly prisons without visitors. For more than three months, most nursing homes have barred nearly all family and friends – and even ombudspersons and consultant physicians. Residents have been restricted to their rooms and, if the facility has all the recommended personal protective equipment, the residents have not seen a smile or felt a human touch for all that time. Neither the residents nor their families were asked about this plan.
Imagining myself as a nursing home resident with profound physical disabilities but substantial awareness, I would prefer to take my chances with COVID-19, prudently, in order to visit with family, to experience group activities, and to hold a hand. I don’t know how many residents would feel as I do, if they were aware of their likely future course with “protection” and with more “openness.” But I do know that none were asked, and none are being asked, about the merits of these policies. I’d consider this to be age-ist in a most repugnant way. Public health has the authority to constrain self-determination for a while, but surely not for so long. We’ve been willing to impose solitary confinement on 1.3 million nursing home residents without input from them or from those who love them – for about 4 months, which is a large proportion of the rest of their lives.
We must not allow the experience of COVID-19 to mean that all facility-based long-term care becomes as sterile as hospitals often must be. Directions that would be more helpful and appealing would include having much smaller settings, so that outbreaks of COVID-19 or future infections would be easier to contain. Staff should be paid enough and should have career satisfactions so that they can work in one setting and continue to support and befriend a set of residents over time. Facilities should be ready to deal with necessary isolation and potential expansion to help serve their communities. Families, friends, and community groups should be welcome, except for short periods when community infection risks are too high. All residents should have comprehensive care plans, including how to address worsening health status. Medicaid rates must be high enough to support good care and fair wages. Facilities that rely on Medicare or Medicaid payments should be required to spend 85% of their revenues in direct patient care, parallel to the “medical loss ratio” for medical care insurers.
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1) Have students each collect a shoe box from home for their diorama.
2) Copy the Amazon background sheet, the animal key/forest floor sheet and the animal sheet (one set per student). Only the animal sheet needs be copied onto card stock or cover stock paper.
3) Instruct them to color all the sheets doing their very best work.
4) Have them glue the background sheet to the back of their diorama box.
5) Have them cut the animal key apart from the forest floor and glue the forest floor to the bottom of the diorama box and the key to the back or side (outside) of the diorama box.
6) Have them cut out the animals on the heavier animal sheet leaving the space under their feet intact.
7) Fold back the bottom flaps and glue the animals to the floor of the diorama (or walls for branches).
8) Or to keep animals mobile, cut out each animal stand, then carefully cut the dotted, vertical lines on their stands and slide them together with the animal so they stand upright.
9) Add them to your diorama.
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Misinformation and attacks from well-funded international non-government organizations are among the key obstacles to the adoption of tobacco harm reduction (THR) and mitigation of deaths from smoking in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to health policy experts.
Representatives from countries like India, Ukraine, Kenya and Mexico enumerated the factors that are hindering LMICs from adopting a harm reduction approach in tobacco control during the Global Forum on Nicotine held virtually from Liverpool on June 17 to 18, 2021.
Dr. Sree Sucharitha, a public health researcher and medical doctor from India, said there was a lack of political will to help 300 million smokers in India and make available tobacco harm reduction products such as electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products (HTPs) and Swedish snus.
“In articulating tobacco harm reduction in other national policies and realizing the potential of tobacco harm reduction in a country like India with almost 300 million tobacco users of various smoking forms, that would be the top-most barrier or challenge and followed by other challenges like medical professionals’ lack of awareness about tobacco harm reduction and the application of tobacco harm reduction as a main strategy in clinical practice,” said Dr. Sucharitha who is the founding-director of Association for Harm Reduction Education and Research.
She said the third challenge is the unavailability of THR products in the market. “With the lack of availment, the opportunity is lost in educating other folks about the opportunities and options available to them,” she said.
LMICs, including the Philippines, are drafting policies to regulate smoke-free products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products which are considered much less harmful than conventional cigarettes. The Philippines now has 1 million vapers and users of HTPs, following the introduction of IQOS in the country last year. Other LMICs, however, prohibit the use of these products.
The panel discussion was hosted by two medical doctors–Dr. Sudhanshu Patwardhan, co-founder of the Centre for Health Research and Education (CHRE) in the United Kingdom and Dr. Delon Human, president and CEO of global health consulting group Health Diplomats based in South Africa.
Meanwhile, Nataliia Toropova, an international health expert from Ukraine, and former World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco-control program coordinator, said about 220,000 people in the Russian Federation die annually of smoking-related diseases.
“Yet, the harm reduction strategy in the region is absolutely missing. If we have to name three reasons why, the biggest obstacle to a harm reduction strategy I would say is the lack of objective solid information, evidence-based on the risk reduction products. There is simply no data, no information available to policy makers available to general public,” said Toropova, who now runs international think tank “Healthy Initiatives” to promote and strengthen public health and well-being in the former Soviet Union.
“Second would be a lack of trust. And number three would be the theory of equalizing. Starting in 2016, several countries—Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Georgia and several others started to equalize combustible cigarettes with risk reduction products. As a consequence, we see that snus has been banned in several countries, as well as nicotine pouches,” said Toropova.
Joseph Magero, an avid tobacco harm reduction advocate from Kenya, said the first challenge in his country in tobacco harm reduction is the affordability of safer nicotine products. “The second challenge we have is inadequate policies support, which is driven by misinformation and also lack of research. The third challenge we’re facing is a lack of support from WHO and FCTC. And then the last one is, of course, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and what they’re doing here,” he said, referring to a well-funded organization that vehemently opposes the use of safer nicotine products.
Magero is the former director of the Africa Tobacco-Free Initiative, but after extensive research, consultation, and direct engagement with ex-smokers, scientists and tobacco harm reduction consumer advocates, he became convinced that giving smokers the option of switching to significantly safer and enjoyable nicotine products could provide a vital addition in reducing smoking related diseases. He is now the chairman of Campaign For Safer Alternatives, a regional organization that advocates for the adoption of tobacco harm reduction policies in Africa.
Meanwhile, Tomás O’Gorman, a Mexican lawyer said another challenge is the ideological position being forced by international non-government organizations like Bloomberg Initiative and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
“Another challenge I think we must overcome is the lack of information. There is no research in Mexico regarding safer alternatives. So there is some misinformation and ignorance,” said O’Gorman, co-founder of Pro-Vapeo Mexico, a Mexican consumer association that advocates for tobacco harm reduction and non-combustible alternatives.
He said e-cigarettes have been banned in Mexico for more than 10 years. “So during these 10 years, we have been, as population, receiving a lot of misinformation regarding safer alternatives. So the principal effect is that people don’t believe that e-cigarettes are much safer alternative for nicotine consumption. That’s the main effect and that’s an obstacle that we should overcome because these misinformation also affects legislators and other authorities and maybe even doctors,” said O’Gorman.
Toropova also slammed the recent attacks on THR advocates perpetuated by well-funded organizations like Bloomberg Initiative (BI).
“That’s a very huge issue for the APAC [Asia-Pacific] region. The BI attack is very, very obvious, and it has very negative impacts in our countries in terms of harm reduction products. It’s basically about massive lies about harm reduction products,” she said.
She said that in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, there were posters and billboards attacking electronic cigarettes as equal to the harm caused by conventional cigarettes.
Dr. Sucharitha said philanthropic colonialism was also evident in India, with money from NGOs being infused into health and tobacco policies. She said while tobacco harm reduction products are accepted in developed countries, they are being discredited in LMICs.
“So if the landscape of tobacco harm reduction in the developed world is offering electronic cigarettes, Swedish snus, heated tobacco products, it should also be widely available for low and middle income country population. So my first belief is harm reduction for all,” she said.
Toropova said e-cigarettes and other safer nicotine products have the potential to substantially reduce the deaths from smoking. “If the doctors are willing to take up this very tool and actually tied to cessation the way it should be, then this is something that we should encourage,” she said.
She said the role of the tobacco industry in the APAC region is also quite crucial in promoting harm reduction products. “One of the things the industry can actually do would be not to create obstacles in promoting tobacco tax increase in terms of conventional cigarettes. Because once the tobacco tax increase takes place for conventional cigarettes, that gives a great chance actually to promote harm reduction products,” she said.
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According to a Nov. 3 report published by The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong is set to ban retail investors from trading on unregulated crypto exchanges.
From now on, all exchanges that operate one of the world's largest financial markets are required to be licensed.
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong released a comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges back in 2019 that required crypto trading platforms to only serve professional investors. It also included rules combating money laundering and asset management.
The latest regulatory push is significantly more aggressive since it also concerns cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin separate from those digital assets that are classified as securities or futures.
CEO Ashley Alder explains that exchanges will no longer have a choice as to whether to apply for a license or not:
This is a significant limitation, as under the current legislative framework if a platform operator is really determined to operate completely off the regulatory radar it can do so simply by ensuring that its traded crypto assets are not within the legal definition of a security.
Hong Kong regulators have now moved to officially end the honeymoon phase of local crypto exchanges, and BitMEX might be the last straw that caused this clampdown.
After famously renting the entire floor of Cheung Kong Center—the most iconic high-rise building in Hong Kong—in 2018, the exchange ended up getting sued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) a little over two years later.
Neighboring China—which is vying to seize more control over the autonomous region—imposed a blanket ban on digital currency trading and initial coin offerings (ICO) back in September 2017.
The new regulatory regime is expected to bring consolidation to Hong Kong's crypto industry instead of stamping it out, according to BC Technology Group CEO Hugh Madden:
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DHS’s Main Issue
The DHS has grown to be a leading generational security department that works around the clock to protect our borders and people of the US. As of present day, the DHS is actively focused on our southern-most border where Mexico and various American cities/states meet. According to the DHS, this crisis of illegal immigration has hit a 12 year high where more than 76,000 migrants illegally crossed our border (DHS, 2019). This has caused chaos at the border as well as chaos amongst speculators.
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There are some policies in place to address the influx of immigrant families and asylum seekers at the southern border. For instance, under domestic and international law, any immigrant who arrives into a US port of entry has the right to apply for asylum where the process is not simple and easy. There is narrow categorical definition that will determine that person to be a refugee, under US law where everyone is entitled to the standard procedure (Chuzi, 2019). This seems like a feasible method even though the amounts of arriving immigrants is tremendous. Proper resources given to the DHS could support this movement in an effective and safe manner.
Yet, what’s not being addressed is the real crisis happening at that very same massive influx. The required small number of people that are allowed to present themselves per day has created a back-flow of immigrant presence that has been overwhelming to the DHS and US officials to handle and control. According to Chuzi, it is a paper and pen system with no integrity (2019). The DHS needs enough resources to accommodate what they are dealing with at the border. Everyone has the right to humanitarian basic needs including those who were not born on free soil.
What’s more alarming though, is the separation of young children from their parents. One source claims that this separation is based solely on the consideration and acknowledgement of a US Customs agent-rather than a system or procedural workflow (Gomez, 2019). This has caused a slew of disastrous conditions for young vulnerable children where it seems as though quality care is not provided. The lack of proper care and attention to this matter have resulted in horrendous media claims of sexual assault and fatalities amongst the youngest of migrant populations stuck at the border. It is a saddening humanitarian DHS crisis that should have gotten the amount of care to facilitate the needs. | <urn:uuid:a057372f-5456-497c-b170-f75dcbb00296> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ivyleagueassignments.com/response-to-discussion-below-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.96363 | 537 | 2.1875 | 2 |
New browser to challenge Microsoft
Mozilla hopes Firefox will attract Web users away from Internet Explorer.
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(CNN) -- Microsoft's dominance of the Web browser market faces a fresh challenge on Tuesday with the release of the final version of Mozilla's Firefox browser.
The Mozilla Foundation, a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing open source software, hopes Firefox 1.0 will attract millions of users away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Last month more than eight million people downloaded the preview edition of the browser, contributing to its final development.
Like other open source software, such as the operating system Linux, Firefox's code is freely available for any programmer to examine and improve.
"We are delighted to be announcing this major milestone for the Mozilla Foundation and for the Firefox browser, which has been made possible thanks to the tireless effort of hundreds of community volunteers and developers around the world," said Mozilla president Mitchell Baker.
"Now millions more will be able to enjoy a better web experience."
Although development editions of Firefox have existed for several years, 1.0 is the first version intended for a full release.
Its developers claim it is more stable than previous editions and more secure than Explorer, which has become a popular target for hackers because of its near-ubiquitous presence on PCs.
Firefox features a pop-up ad blocker, online fraud protection and the ability to display several web pages in a single window, using "tabbed browsing."
"Open source projects have a much higher standard," Mozilla director of engineering Chris Hofmann told Reuters. "It's the engineers that actually build the software that label when it's done."
Mozilla has already made inroads into Explorer's share of the browser market. According to the Web usage tracker WebSideStory, Microsoft's share has slipped to 92.9 percent from 95.5 percent since June. In the same period Mozilla's share increased from 3.5 percent to six percent.
Explorer, which is packaged with Microsoft's Windows operating system, hasn't been seriously challenged since usurping Netscape, the browser instrumental in the development of the Internet, in the late 1990s.
Mozilla was set-up to complete a project set-up by Netscape, which stopped development last year, to make the code of its browser publicly available.
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Truth cleared from reproaches and scandals : laid upon it by those, who goes by the name of judges, and who went the northern circuit. Also some examinations of those whom the world calls Quakers.
|Author / Creator:||Hunter, Cuthbert.|
|Imprint:||London : [publisher not identified], Printed in the Year of our Lord, 1654.|
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Miller v. Mitchell, 2013 CarswellOnt 15556 (Ont. S.C.J.)
This case involved an unusual child support application. The applicant was the 23-year-old son of the Respondent parents who were divorced from each other. There was some estrangement between the child and his father. The child claimed support from his parents to help cover the costs of his attendance at university. The child was in his final year of an undergraduate program at McMaster University and had been enrolled since September 2010.
Justice Parayeski found that the applicant was a child of the marriage pursuant to the Divorce Act and was therefore entitled to support by virtue of his being a full-time university student. However, although the child was certainly a child of the marriage, there wasn't actually an application under the Divorce Act as the applicant was the child and not a party to the divorce. There was no discussion about whether the child had a right to receive support directly as opposed to bringing a claim through one parent with whom the child resides, which is how these applications are typically brought.
The annual expenses for the child's university attendance averaged approximately $18,000.00. Justice Parayeski believed this amount was reasonable as it reflected a modest lifestyle. He further found that the child could pay for one-third of that by working full-time at minimum wage for the summer, which he had already been doing while financing the shortfall between his earnings and expenses with OSAP loans. He ordered that the remaining two-thirds ($12,000.00) should be paid by the respondent parents in proportion to their relative incomes.
Retroactivity and Ongoing Payment
The child also requested that his parents be ordered to pay support retroactive to the commencement of the 2010-2011 academic year, when he began his post-secondary studies. Justice Parayeski thought this would be unfair. While the father previously resisted child support payments, he did so partially upon the basis of a prior court order that was in good standing. The mother assisted the child financially throughout the prior years and the applicant’s requests for financial assistance before commencing this application were sporadic and unspecific. The judge therefore believed the parents should each only pay one year’s worth of arrears followed by monthly payments.
Duration of Support
The final issue in this case was how long child support payments should continue. Justice Parayeski ordered the following:
"The support payments shall continue for so long as the applicant is attending university on a full-time basis. The old rule of thumb that only a first degree should be contributed to by the parents has been eclipsed by the present reality, in respect of which I take judicial notice, that such a degree no longer provides an automatic entrée to remunerative employment."
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With the average person checking their smartphone more than 150 times a day, being connected is more alarming than ever — and people are finally taking notice. According to Ofcom’s Communications Market Report, 15 million UK citizens took a break from technology in 2016, and 67% of Americans tried to unplug at some point last year.
Giving up your gadgets isn’t easy, but taking a digital detox trip can make it manageable. Whether you’re craving adventure or relaxation, look up from your screen and head to one of these destinations.
1. The Westfjords, Iceland
It’s no secret that airline stopovers increased tourism in Reykjavik, but the Westfjords remain off the beaten path. Find peace and quiet in remote seaside villages, or make some new (puffin) friends at the largest bird cliff in Europe.
Detox Tip: Stop searching for a phone signal and seek out protected Artic foxes instead. At the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, you can hike mossy hills, bird watch, and take in epic views of the Denmark Strait.
2. Golden Bay, New Zealand
Get a glimpse of limestone formations on the scenic drive over Marble Mountain to the Bay. Once there, try some adventure activities like kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park, or plunge into the Te Waikoropupu Springs.
3. The Amazon, Ecuador
The local tribes deliberately isolate themselves from the modern world — and you should, too. Embark on a seven-hour canoe ride from the town of Coca to catch a glimpse of the Amazon’s exotic inhabitants, including nearly 300 different species of mammals and 1,600 types of birds.
Detox Tip: Arrange a stay at the Kapawi Amazon Lodge to get the lay of the land from the locals. You’ll forget why you ever needed Google Maps in the first place.
4. Molokai, Hawaii
Your detox begins when you spot the airport exit sign that says, “Slow Down, This is Molokai.” Walk along Make Horse or Kawakiu Iki beach to focus on your surroundings and take in the fresh air. The island has spotty cell service, so it’s nearly impossible to fall into the technology trap.
Detox Tip: Hike through the Halawa Valley to connect with the history of the island. Keep an eye out for hidden places of worship, and don’t miss the 250-foot Moa’ula Falls. Not even Instagram can do this natural beauty justice, so leave your phone at home and live in the moment.
5. Butterfly Valley, Turkey
This natural preserve is the perfect place to rough it like a true outdoorsman. Because Anatolia Tourism Development Cooperative outlaws any permanent buildings in the valley, you can sleep under the stars in tents and bungalows. While there’s nowhere to charge your phone batteries, the great outdoors is the perfect place to recharge your own amongst hippies and backpackers.
Detox Tip: Hoist yourself up with vertical ropes or hike along a cliff-side path to the village of Faralya. Congratulate yourself by grabbing a beer at the makeshift bar, which is best enjoyed on a hammock beside the edge of the cliff.
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The Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) is a collection of Geospatial Data, and serves as a mechanism for distributing spatial (GIS) data throughout the state of Florida. The FGDL is warehoused and maintained at the University of Florida’s GeoPlan Center, a GIS Research and Teaching Facility, with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. The GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (“data sources”) who are data stewards, originators, producers, or publishers.
GeoPlan’s experienced analysts work with staff from the data origin to bring Florida spatial data into the FGDL library, follow good data management procedure, and guide data sharing within a framework for standardization. Ultimately, the FGDL serves as a data housing operation that provides a full spectrum of users with access to open source information. The FGDL therefore supports research and improves decision-making through many practices, throughout the state.
FGDL data categories are very diverse, and include land cover, hydrography, soils, environmental quality, conservation, transportation, and boundaries. In 1998, when the project was launched, the website consisted of 80 layers. The site currently contains over 400 layers and continues to expand into new disciplines and practices. FGDL has grown into an integral academic library for the College of Design, Construction, and Planning in the University of Florida and is a valuable resource for a variety of professions in the state of Florida. | <urn:uuid:53210696-7a69-4d13-8279-d11c2fce015f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/portfolio/fgdl/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.93994 | 307 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Why are these two terms in the same headline? Because a sustainable society is an inherently resilient society with a broad-based economy, making it much better equipped to face a pandemic threat than a globalised, grow-forever consumer society. Sustainable societies develop a wide technological base. They embrace biophysical and well-being metrics to illuminate both a bigger picture and a very detailed view of the physical inner workings of a society, compared to the commercial economy’s one-metric-to-rule-them-all, GDP.
Would a sustainable, resilient society be immune to the effects of a pandemic? Absolutely not, but it would be better equipped to handle them just as it would be better prepared to navigate the even larger challenges of climate change, the transition to renewable energy and environmental decline.
To this point, humanity’s response to global warming has been a muddled, ineffective patchwork of slogans ranging from the oxymoronic “clean growth” to “business-as-usual, the market will solve it.” And this, 30 years after the official and stark warnings from scientists began in earnest which are now reaching eardrum piercing levels. But here we are, scarcely eight weeks into a pandemic crisis, and politicians all over the world of every stripe are now laser-focused on minimising the human toll of COVID-19 regardless of where the economic chips may fall.
The coronavirus pandemic represents a clear and imminent threat. Its impact is an exponentially growing number of sick and dead with the sobering promise of truly epic human suffering. If there are any pandemic deniers left, their voices have faded dramatically.
Our response to the coronavirus has quickly evolved from a monetary response into one based solidly on the real economy. Governments, with their disconnected perspectives shaped by finance and media corporations, have been forced to climb down and get their hands dirty in the mechanics of the medical, energy and food sectors. Coronavirus policy decisions have not been determined by the amount of dollars we will spend but rather by the number of masks, gloves and ventilators which have to be applied to a given patient load in a given region.
Market Based Solutions
In the realms of climate change, environmental health and resource depletion, the argument has often been heard that the commercial market will automatically adjust to our changing planet and repair it, just as government budgets have been forecasted to automatically balance themselves. Market forces, it was thought, would not only deal with problems, but continue to generate ever higher levels of consumption. Clearly, despite the passage of numerous decades, market forces have not delivered the necessary results or even progress towards this goal.
Non-performance has been tolerated to this point because these issues have not been deemed by the public and political leadership to be immediate threats. It took a pandemic to show us what we really felt was an immediate threat.
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Indoor palm trees are slow-growing and stay smaller when grown in containers, making them ideal house plants. Indoor palm trees are ideal for decorating homes and offices. They create an elegant tropical feel and beautify the interior. Most types of palm trees are native to tropical regions and grow best with indirect light and moderate humidity.Lease-A-Leaf offers immaculate Macquarie park Indoor plant hire services that can help you naturally clean, freshen and beautify your environment with plants.
As an indoor palm tree you can grow an Areca Palm, Bamboo Palm, Lady Palm, Majesty Palm, Kentia Palm, Pygmy Date Palm, Sago Palm and several others. Let’s discuss some of the most common varieties of Indoor Palm trees which are suitable for low light conditions indoors and easy to care.
- Lady Palm: The Lady palm(Rhapis excelsa) is one of the most popular and robust indoor palm trees. It will give an oriental look and create a lush tropical atmosphere into your home interior.
- Queen Palm: The queen palm(Syagrus romanzoffiana) is a fast-growing, evergreen tree and grows well in full sun.
- Areca Palm: The Areca Palm is a very popular indoor palm tree. It will accent your decor and bring the feel of the tropics into your home. It also adds moisture to the air and removes all environmental toxins.
- Bamboo Palm: The Bamboo Palm is a perfect indoor palm tree that improves an indoor air quality, accents your decor and gives oriental appearance to your home.
- Majesty Palm: This indoor palm tree has elegant feather-shaped, arching leaves and a smooth, flared grey trunk.
- Pygmy Date Palm: The Pygmy Date palm is a fantastic indoor palm tree that makes an exotic statement in any room corner or office.
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What Is Pompano Fish And How To Cook It
Have you seen this fish?
Have you tried cooking pompano before? What's great about the pompano is that it's an easy fish to prepare since there's no need to remove the scales prior to cooking it. You can have it gutted at the fishmonger before bringing it home and it's ready to cook!
Don't know what a pompano fish is? Here's what we know:
What is a pompano fish?
A pompano fish is an ocean fish. (You might also know it as "pampano".) It's under the Trachinotus genus of the Carangidae family, also known as "jacks" which are actually hard to catch since jacks are what are known as fighting fish. This makes it a prize for sport fishermen but it can be raised commercially as it is done here in the country. Its scientific name is Trachinotus blochii, the silver pompano or just "pompano" as it is known by the locals.
The pompano looks flat when you see it on display, more like a flatfish because it has a very narrow fish so it lies flat. Unlike flatfish, however, it doesn't have a flat underside nor does it have its eyes on one side of its head like the sole, flounder, or the fluke. Instead, it has the look of a typical fish with its eyes on both sides of its body but with a much more narrow or tall body.
The pompano has large eyes and a small mouth. It has very tiny scales that you do not have to remove prior to cooking! The scales give the fish a shimmery silver look hence its name. It's a fish that is usually marketed once it reaches a maximum length of around 8 inches or 20 centimeters. One pompano fish can be as heavy as 400 up to 800 grams but it can and has been known to grow even bigger and heavier if left to mature beyond this size in the wild. (One of the biggest pompano caught on record is around 4 kilos or a little over 8 pounds in weight.)
How to Cook Pompano
There is little preparation to do before cooking the fish. However, there is a danger to simply frying any kind of fish: overcooking. If frying, scoring the fish is a quick and easy way to ensure that the inside of the fish can cook as fast as the outside. Here is what you do:
- 1 Pat dry the fish. Using a sharp knife, make shallow diagonal slices across the flesh of the fish. (Cut deep enough to cut through the skin and scales but not so deep that the bones are exposed.) Do it again in the other direction to create diamond-shaped slices on the body of the fish.
- 2 Flip and repeat these diagonal slices on the other side, so both sides of the fish are scored in this way.
- 3 Lightly season the fish with salt, rubbing the seasoning into the cuts. Add other seasonings as desired.
- 4 Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add enough oil to coat the bottom of the pan.
- 5 Once hot, place the fish in the pan and let fry until golden brown. Flip. Repeat frying until cooked through.
- 6 Remove from the pan and serve while hot.
This is fantastic served as is with a side of veggies since the pompano fish is a firm white fish with a delicate taste.
The easiest way to cook pompano may be to fry it, but you don't have to stop there! Feel free to treat it like other fish that has been fried first and then topped with a chunky sweet and sour sauce ala escabeche, served with a tamarind sauce or added to a sinigang sa sampaloc soup.
Thinking about what to cook next? Join our Facebook group, Yummy Pinoy Cooking Club, to get more recipe ideas, share your own dishes, and find out what the rest of the community are making and eating!
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No introduction needed for Tsujimura Shiro, a classic rugged vase, notice all the melted feldspar and the one coveted ‘landscape’ of the bursting stone known as ishihaze; the vase holds water just fine. In perfect condition with a signed box, 25cm.tall.
One earth; using 5th century anagama technology and materials of life itself that haven’t changed since the first pottery was made (clay, air, water, fire) here is a visual reminder of where we all live. Every tilt brings a new horizon, made by Shigaraki veteran Kato Takahiko–a RYYG… More
Museum quality, yet hope these end up on someone’s table for use; dating to 1991 and only a few sets made by Mori Togaku. The hidasuki-straw markings are quite radical and better in person than the reflective photos of each. Each is 4cm.tallx26.5-27, stamped on base, perfect condition with a… More
Suzu is one of Japan’s lost stoneware styles that few collectors know about. As the Suzu Ceramic Museum in the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa prefecture notes, “Suzu ware is a kind of pottery made in Suzu from the latter half of the 12th century to the end of the 15th century. It was… More
Here are two jars by two important ceramic artists; a seihakuji bluish-white porcelain by Fukami Sueharu(b.1947) and a neriage marbled one by Matsui Koyo(b.1962). Each is very uniform all around in terms of glazing and design, both better in person in terms of color. The Fukami is… More
Kato Katsuya(b.1947) was born into an ancient potting family in the town in Nishio, not far from one of Japan’s most important potting centers from long ago, Seto in Aichi prefecture. His specialty is yakishime–high fired unglazed stoneware–and since 2005 has been firing an… More
We recently listed a Kakurezaki Ryuichi eared-vase yet neglected to mention that recently he was designated an Intangible Cultural Property for Okayama Prefecture. He truly is a pioneer for creating new forms for Bizen seen here on two large platters. The first shown is 9.5cm.tallx40-42.5cm.across… More
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The other day, a friend of mine shared this extraordinary quotation by one of my heroes – Fr. Alfred Delp:
A community that gets rid of someone—a community that is allowed to, and can, and wants to get rid of someone when he no longer is able to run around as the same attractive or useful member—has thoroughly misunderstood itself. Even if all of a person’s organs have given out, and he no longer can speak for himself, he nevertheless remains a human being. Moreover, to those who live around him, he remains an ongoing appeal to their inner nobility, to their inner capacity to love, and to their sacrificial strength. Take away people’s capacity to care for their sick and to heal them, and you make the human being into a predator, an egotistical predator that really only thinks of his own nice existence.
Fr. Delp was a German Jesuit and those words were his response upon viewing a 1941 Nazi propaganda film.
Who, in our lives, is appealing to our inner nobility?
Who is drawing us out of ourselves and our “own nice existence”?
To whom do we let ourselves to explode our inner capacity to love?
For whom do we let our sacrificial strength be tested?
These may not be the most natural questions to ask ourselves, which is why luminaries like Fr. Delp are so important.
Photo: My mom visiting her brother-in-law’s mother Mrs. Hall. My mom’s care for Mrs. Hall in her final years is one example among many of my mom’s inner nobility and sacrificial strength.
As I reflect on the elderly who are, far too often, subjected to our cruel and dehumanizing throwaway culture, I recall an oft-repeated story about Mother Teresa.
She was tending to the poorest of the poor and the sickest of the sick when someone exclaimed, “I wouldn’t do that for a million dollars!”
To this, Mother Teresa replied, “Neither would I.”
It is important for caregivers to be well compensated for their deeply important and meaningful work of accompanying persons in their vulnerability, particularly as they near the end of their lives.
But do we understand that this kind of work cannot be reduced to being a means to a paycheque without creating a crisis in the hearts and minds of those who come face to face every day with human suffering, weakness, and fragility?
Mother Teresa, of course, saw herself as capable of doing the work that she did insofar as she could see God in His “distressing disguises.”
What is it that will enable caregivers today to do the necessary service about which many would say, “I wouldn’t do that for a million dollars?”
This evening I read a short book written by my friend and colleague’s grandmother.
In the brief memoir, Walk with Me: growing rich through relationships, author Judy Rae reflects on the experience of caring for her husband Joe while he developed Alzheimer’s.
Presented with honesty and infused with a faith, Rae offers a window into how caregiving can be a school in humanity.
Judy recounts the pain and sorrow of watching her husband lose his memory and she does not skirt the undeniably tragic dimensions of this disease.
“I have been told that when a person is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, he is introduced to a world of loneliness, rejection, terror, confusion, misinformation, and termination. Can this tragedy bring with it any victory into our lives?” she asks.
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- 1 Are there two airports in Seattle?
- 2 How far is Seattle airport from downtown Seattle?
- 3 Is Seatac the only airport in Seattle?
- 4 What airport do you fly into for Seattle?
- 5 What is the cheapest day to fly to Seattle?
- 6 Why is it called SeaTac?
- 7 What is the best area in Seattle to stay?
- 8 What is the best way to get around Seattle?
- 9 Does Seattle have a subway system?
- 10 How many gates does Seattle airport have?
- 11 What is the main Seattle airport?
- 12 Does Southwest fly into Seattle?
- 13 What are the best days to fly?
- 14 How safe is Seattle?
Are there two airports in Seattle?
SEA serves for the other two airports (BFI and LKE airports). SEA is the Primary and Largest international airport in Seattle and it serves major passengers travelling in and out of the city. BFI is mainly used for domestic aviation and Cargo services while LKE is under the main airport (SEA).
How far is Seattle airport from downtown Seattle?
Yes, the driving distance between Seattle Airport (SEA) to Downtown Seattle is 15 miles. It takes approximately 19 min to drive from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Downtown Seattle.
Is Seatac the only airport in Seattle?
SeaTac, Washington, U.S. Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (IATA: SEA, ICAO: KSEA, FAA LID: SEA), also referred to as Sea–Tac Airport or Sea–Tac (/ˈsiːtæk/), is the primary commercial airport serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.
What airport do you fly into for Seattle?
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is the airport where the majority of Seattle flights land.
What is the cheapest day to fly to Seattle?
High season is considered to be January, November and December. The cheapest month to fly to Seattle is January. Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Seattle flight deals.
Why is it called SeaTac?
SeaTac /ˈsiːtæk/ is a city in southern King County, Washington, United States. The city is an inner-ring suburb of Seattle and part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The name “SeaTac” is derived from the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, itself a portmanteau of Seattle and Tacoma.
What is the best area in Seattle to stay?
The 10 Best Neighborhoods in Seattle for Tourists
- Pioneer Square.
- Seattle Center.
- South Lake Union.
- Capitol Hill/First Hill.
- University District.
What is the best way to get around Seattle?
The best way to get around Seattle is by car, especially if you want to explore outside the city. However, be prepared for heavy traffic during rush hour and high prices for parking around downtown and at your hotel (nightly parking rates can cost as much as $50).
Does Seattle have a subway system?
Two public transportation agencies serve the city of Seattle: King County Metro Transit and Sound Transit. The Sounder commuter rail system consists of two lines, linking Seattle with Lakewood along its Southern run and Seattle with Everett along its Northern run.
How many gates does Seattle airport have?
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) consists of one terminal with 6 gates.
What is the main Seattle airport?
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) Home | Port of Seattle.
Does Southwest fly into Seattle?
Southwest Airlines® has direct flights from Oakland International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Don’t forget to explore Southwest Vacations® to find package deals on flights, hotels, rental cars, and more. Explore Oakland to Seattle/Tacoma flights and book your trip now!
What are the best days to fly?
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Travel experts generally agree on the cheapest travel days of the week. Fare tracker site Airfarewatchdog, SmarterTravel’s sister site, notes that Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the two best days of the week to fly if you want to save some coin.
How safe is Seattle?
Overall, however, Seattle has a pretty low crime rate. The normal stuff applies for cities though: after dark, you probably shouldn’t go wandering around by yourself. Especially not in quiet and/or poorly lit areas. Basically, we’re going to say Seattle is pretty safe – much safer, in fact, compared to other US cities. 6 дней назад | <urn:uuid:1d4e1bd2-ae42-4459-bcbd-d75bfcee3488> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gaairportcoalition.org/faq/question-where-is-the-airport-in-seattle.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.935952 | 1,010 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Purpose: Reflection is a key element in learning from experience, but the impact of most programmes of reflection on daily practice remains unclear. We investigated students’ perceptions of adding a daily written reflection assignment to a clinical rotation. Methods: Third-year medical students on a single two-week rotation completed daily reflections analyzing their performance. Programme evaluation used a 33-question anonymized survey. Quantitative data were summarized and qualitative responses coded for recurring themes. Results: Twenty-six students completed the survey (90 % response rate). Eighty-five percent of students felt that the daily reflections had a positive impact on their learning from clinical experience. Seventy-seven percent of students reported that the programme changed their awareness of their thoughts and actions, and 80 % felt that it improved their recall of experiences. A greater sense of mindfulness and focus on self-improvement were major themes that emerge from students’ descriptions of the role of daily reflections in their learning. Conclusion: Overall, daily reflections demonstrated a positive learning influence. This exploratory study suggests students may benefit from more frequent, short reflections as opposed to more typically spaced reflective assignments.
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