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SHOEMAN will produce a set of 6 intellectual outputs that materialize the project objectives, supported by management activities and an exploitation plan that will ensure the dissemination of its results even after the project has ended. The activities include:
Output 1 – The development of a research report, based on desk and field research, depicting the state of the art for the footwear sector, basis for the development of the other project outputs (2,3,4,5,6) and a comparative study of the footwear sector which can also be consulted by external stakeholders interested in studying the industry,
Output 2 – The development of a European Qualification Framework (EQF) of the New Manager for an Efficient and Innovative Footwear Industry, a descriptor of qualifications based on learning outcomes and with ECVET scores,
Output 3 – The development of the MOOC “New manager of the footwear industry”, a freely accessible and open licensed training platform dedicated to the improvement of knowledge and skills of managers and potential managers,
Output 4 – The creation of the Virtual Challenge Community, a community made of relevant stakeholders active in the sector of footwear, that will serve as a platform for the Innovative Footwear Products Competition and that will, at the end of the project, lead to the launch of a crowd funding campaign for the winners with the most innovative footwear products,
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Pope Benedict XVI has invited the curia and the conferences of Catholic bishops to examine the relative effectiveness of the two sequences of confirmation and First Communion.1 Confirmation precedes first communion throughout the Eastern rites and in the cases when the three sacraments of initiation are administered together in the West, for example, when a priest baptizes catechumens at the Easter Vigil. Although there are instances in the Roman Rite when children baptized infancy receive confirmation prior to their first communion, the reverse order more commonly prevails. Benedict writes, "Concretely, it needs to be seen which practice better enables the faithful to put the sacrament of the Eucharist at the center, as the goal of the whole process of initiation." 2
At first, it appears that Benedict has reached a proleptic conclusion by establishing as the criterion for this examination the centrality of the Eucharist. On the other hand, this criterion can be easily explained by the context of this statement. Sacramentum caritatis is the pope's apostolic exhortation following the synod bishops convened to discuss the Eucharist. In one section, the Holy Father draws attention to the relationship between the Eucharist and the other sacraments of the Catholic Church. In most cases the connections are complaisant. The Eucharist perfects the gifts received at baptism.3 Catechesis on the Eucharist requires a call to penance.4 The anointing of the sick includes an opportunity for viaticum.5 Jesus bracketed the Eucharist and orders at the Last Supper.6 As the sacrament of charity, the Eucharist has a special alliance to marital love.7 Confirmation, though, is another matter. Here a disconnection emerges. "It must never be forgotten that our reception of Baptism and Confirmation is ordered to the Eucharist. Accordingly. our pastoral practice should reflect a more unitary understanding of the process of Christian initiation." 8
Benedict therefore argues that "attention needs to be paid to the order of the sacraments of initiation." 9The variations in sequence are matters of pastoral practice, not of dogma. So by authorizing an examination of current practices, the pope anticipates that "the faithful can be helped both to mature through the formation received in our communities and to give their lives an authentically eucharistic direction, so that they can offer a reason for the hope within them in a way suited to our times (cf. 1 Pet 3:15).10
When the bishops of the United States met in Washington, D.C. in November 1998, the age of confirmation landed on the agenda. Bishop Emil Wcela of Rockville Center reported on a conversation he had had with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Bishop Wcela said that he had "asked Cardinal Ratzinger if there was any movement in Rome toward a theological or general, universal understanding what the sacrament of confirmation meant. He said. . . the time wan not yet ripe—not mature yet for a decision." Bishop Wcela remarked that without definitive guidance on this issue, bishops are left with the conflicting advice of liturgist, catechists, and sacramental theologians.11
Apparently, the pope now believes the time is ripe. This is a unique development in the history of confirmation in the Latin Rite. Prior to this time a variety of practices has co-existed, legislation has been enacted, and rationale has been given. But no pope has ever requested a survey of these data to unify the praxis, and no pope has offered and evaluative criterion. This has now been done.
It may prove helpful to survey the recent history of the sequence of confirmation and First Communion. The entire history of this sequence is complicated and often misconstrued. But a glance at the last 150 years or so will suffice to show where the matter currently stands. The main reason for focusing away from the earlier history is that First Communion ceremonies arrived on the scene rather late. They did not become widespread until well into the seventeenth century, and the age for First Communion was settling in around twelve or older. At the same time, the age of confirmation fluctuated quite a bit. Seven was becoming the minimum age, overturning the time-honored yet rarely-observed practice of Roman-Rite bishops confirming the infants they baptized. There was never a maximum age for confirmation; many people even went unconfirmed throughout their lives. Consequently, there was non consistency between the sequence of confirmation and First Communion, nor was there andy awareness that these deferred rites pertained to initiation. By the nineteenth century, a number of church councils addressed the issue in a search for consistency.12 This background is illumination because it is precisely from bishops that Pope Benedict is asking for an examination.
In the mid-nineteenth century, several councils of French bishops legislated that First Communion should precede confirmation. For example, the Council of Tours argued that this sequence would permit confirmation to bear more fruit. "In order that the faithful may obtain more abundant fruit from the confirmation they have received, we decree that no one may be admitted to this sacrament until he or she comes to First Communion, unless of course a grave reason argues otherwise in the judgment of the bishop." 13
The Council of Avignon recognized the universal custom of confirming after the age of 7, but preferred the local custom of waiting until after First Communion, several years later. "In the Latin Church the custom has been in force for a long time that confirmation not be conferred before age seven, and in the province of Avignon, this sacrament my not be administered to children until after their First Communion; the fathers of the council agree that this usage must be retained, although certain cases may be excused by the judgment of the bishop." 14
The Council of Sens believed that older children would bring more intelligence and belief to the celebration of confirmation, which would then bear more fruit for tem. "We considered it profitable that children generally not be admitted to confirmation until after First Communion, trusting that proven then to have more intelligence, doctrine, and piety, they will therefore receive more certain and abundant fruit." 15
In Rouen, candidates for confirmation were expected to have been fittingly instructed, and prepared themselves through sacramental confession and Communion. "People may not be admitted to the sacrament of confirmation except those who have been sufficiently taught the rudiments of the faith, have already received Holy Eucharist, and who according to the precept of the last council of Rouen, have prepared themselves piously for the anointing with a previous sacramental confession." 16
The Diocese of Auch followed suit, establishing its preference that candidates not come for confirmation until they had previously shared First Communion. "According to the current discipline of our province, they are not admitted to the sacraments of confirmation who are not equipped with the use of reason and have not been taught the rudiments of Christian doctrine. Indeed, according to the same discipline, and by which the confirmed may better retain the memory and fruit of confirmation, we decree that only those should ordinarily be presented for this holy anointing who have become sharers of the body of Christ, unless limitations of time and situations suggest otherwise." 17
France was not alone. A Council in Prague concurred with these preferences. It interpreted confirmation as a time to instruct people to fight for the faith. "Although the sacrament of confirmation may be administered to everyone after baptism, it is however less fitting that this be done before children acquire the use of reason. For confirmation bas been ordained for this in the first place, that we may be found instructed in its power and prepared when we must fight for the faith of Christ. No one prudently judges children who lack the use of reason to be fit for this kind of battle. Children who have obtained the use of reason, for whom the riches of receiving this sacrament are rather frequently offered, should not easily be brought to the mysteries of holy chrism without reasonable cause before they have been admitted to First Communion.18
Back in France, the Diocese of Mende spelled out the practical reasons for deferring confirmation: It kept children engaged in religious education."It is often good and useful not to admit children to confirmation immediately after First Communion, in order to keep them longer in catechism class and thus to complete their religious instruction." 19
A catechetical manual by Felix Dupanloup reveals the practice of celebrating confirmation and First Communion together, but expresses a preference that the celebrations be separated. At the time, he thought that a week of special sessions was enough. "There are parishes where confirmation closely follows First Communion. If it is on the same day, or on the next day, it seems to us, in general, much to be regretted; the preparations for these two sacraments cannot be kept sufficiently distinct, and there is a risk of the children confusing everything, and understanding nothing rightly. But seven or eight days afterwards is quite another thing; the special preparation for confirmation is then possible." 20
These arguments are similar to those heard today: Confirmation should come long after First Communion because children can better understand the meaning of the sacrament, which can therefore offer them more fruit. Perhaps because of its semi-pelagian cast, this argument met constant resistance form Rome—even in the nineteenth century.
Shortly after Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez was ordained a bishop and appointed to the new diocese of La Réunion, he convoked a council that considered, among other matters, the age of confirmation. The council agreed to a practice that Desprez knew form his home diocese of Cambrai: confirmation followed First Communion or who should make it within the course of the year." 21
However, when this statute was read by the Sacred Congregation of the Council in Rome, a change was requested because of historical precedence and the teachings of the Roman Catechism and a previous pope. "Since for a long time a lower age has been required for admittance to the sacrament of confirmation than for admittance to First Communion, as the Roman Catechism offers "Confirmation", (number18) and as Benedict XIV teaches in "Diocesan Synod" (book 7, chapter 10, numbers 2 and 3), it is proposed to you that the doctrine reported (article 22, p. 19 in the Synodal Acts) be reformed accordingly, so that the first place may be for conferring confirmation, and then, at an opportune time, for supplying First Communion." 22
The First Vatican Council was planning to take up the matter. Although a statement on this question was never promulgated, the words form the schema are noteworthy. It calls the sequence of confirmation before First Communion a "perpetual practice" and the reverse order "absurd." "Since in some places a custom contrary to the perpetual practice of the church has grown up, in which confirmation is administered by an absurd order only to those who have already been admitted to the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist, we wish this to be corrected completely; especially since one who has already begun to fight against the enemy should not be kept from armor. It should be clear, as St. Thomas Aquinas says, that many in the age of childhood have fought bravely for the sake of Christ because of the strength of the Holy Spirit they have received." 23
Rome also intervened in the final statement of the Council of Algiers. The bishops proposed keeping their custom of having confirmation follow First Communion: "According to the praise worthy custom of this province, children may not be confirmed before they arrive at the years of discretion and have already been admitted to First Communion, so that they may receive the sacrament with greater piety and benefit." 24
But the final version shows a more tolerant practice because of Rome's preference: "Children are not confirmed before they arrive at the years of discretion, so that they may receive the sacrament with greater piety and benefit." 25
Pope Leo XIII sent a letter to Bishop Joseph-Jean-Louis Robert of Marseilles, approving his decision to celebrate confirmation before First Communion. Because this had not been previously legislated in France, Robert had requested clarification from the pope, who obliged with high praise. "We praise your proposal to the greatest extent. For that opinion which had grown strong there and in other places corresponded neither to the old and constant intent of the church, nor to the advantage of the faithful. For the beginnings of cupidity are in the souls of children. Unless they are erased as early as possible, they gradually grow stronger, entice those inexperienced in matters, and lead to great danger. Therefore the faithful, even from the tender years, have a need "to be clothed with strength from on high,' which the sacrament of confirmation was born to produce. In it, as St. Thomas Aquinas rightly notes, the Holy Spirit is given for the strength of the spiritual fight and humanity is advanced spiritually to a mature age. Moreover, adolescents having thus been confirmed become more conformable to understanding precepts, and more fit for receiving the Eucharist afterwards, and they grasp more abundant benefits from what they receive. Therefore we desire that the things which have been decreed wisely by you be kept faithfully and perpetually." 26
The faithful and perpetual observance of the sequence of these sacraments was not to be. In 1910 Quam singulari famously lowered the age of First Communion to seven, without addressing its sequence with confirmation. Confusion resulted. The Synod of Laval modified the previously held practice of requiring Communion before confirmation and said "at the age at which children begin to take Communion, they may also be confirmed." 27 The Statutes of Limoges said, "It is very desirable that all children presented for confirmation already have been admitted to Communion." 28 But twenty years later these were revised: "It is very desirable that children admitted to Communion have been presented for confirmation." 29
In 1932 the Sacred Congregation on Sacraments made the most direct statement from any Roman congregation, and for the first time linked confirmation to baptism. "It is truly opportune and more conformable to the nature and effects of the sacrament of confirmation, that children should only approach the sacred table for the first time after the reception of the sacrament of confirmation, which is, as it were, the complement of baptism and in which is given the fullness of the Holy Spirit (St Thomas, III, q.72, art. 2). However, these same should not be considered prohibited from the same table before they are admitted, if they had attained the years of discretion, even though they were not able to receive the sacrament of confirmation previously." 30
The Second Vatican Council introduced a number of revisions to the sacrament of confirmation. The rite opens with a decree from the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship that states, "In the sacrament of confirmation. . . the initiation in the Christian life is completed." 31 However, every other statement from the council, and even the ordering of chapters in the Code of Canon Law, places confirmation between baptism and First Communion. The Rite of Confirmation foresees the possibility that the children celebrating this sacrament will also receive First Communion: "If the candidates for confirmation are children who have not received the Eucharist and are not admitted to their First Communion at this liturgical celebration or if there are other special circumstances, confirmation should be celebrated outside Mass." 32
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, "Although Confirmation is sometimes called the 'sacrament of Christian maturity,' we must not confuse adult faith with the adult age of natural growth, nor forget that the baptismal grace is a grace of free, unmerited election and does not need 'ratification' to become effective." 33
Surveying this history, one can see two tendencies. One, from local gatherings of bishops, favors the deferral of confirmation for its catechetical and inspirational value. Another, from Rome, favors the celebration of confirmation before First Communion could be advanced: to draw the practice between the Latin Rite closer to the Eastern Rites of the church, to unify the theology of the sacraments of initiation, and to release the tension over the age of confirmation in pastoral practice in the West.
Pope Benedict, however, has laid out a new criterion: which practice better enables the faithful to put the sacrament of the Eucharist at the center, as the goal of the whole process of initiation. Now that the Roman Catholic Church has had some years of experience with the restored catechumenate, with deferring the age of Confirmation, and with weathering the struggles of this sacrament, perhaps the time is indeed ripe for a decision to be made.
from Worship, 82:2 (March, 2008), pp.132-140.
1 Pope XVI, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis (Sc), 22 February 2007, http://www.vatican.va/holyfather/benedictxvi/apostex hortations/documents/hfben-xviexh20070222sacramentum-caritatisen.html.
11NCCB Report. http://www.adoremus.org/1298-NCCBReport.html (site accessed on 22 October 2007).
31Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, Decree (Prot. N. 800/71). See The Rites of the Catholic Church, A Pueblo Book (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press 1990) 471. Howerver, Pope Benedict XVI cites John Paul II's Apostolic Letter Dominicae Cenae (24 February 1980)7; and the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests, Presbyterorum Ordinis, 5; to state in Sc 17 that "The Holy Eucharist, then, brings Christian initiation to completion and reepresents the center and goal of all sacramental life."
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Live Happy ~ Choose Joy
6 Tips To Help You Finding Happiness When You’re Down In The Dumps
Nothing is worse than feeling sad or depressed. In some instances, it results from a chemical imbalance in the brain that requires medication. So, you should always book an appointment to see your doctor and explain your situation. However, there are lots of situations in which people feel down due to external issues they can change. With that in mind, this article will offer some advice you can use to turn things around and find happiness. You don’t have to use all the tips from this page, but they are designed to rectify your problem. For that reason, it’s sensible to read the post and then work out which ideas will work for you. At the end of the day, nobody wants to go through life feeling deflated or unhappy.
1. Create a Relaxing Atmosphere at Home
Before you do anything else, it’s sensible to create a stress-free environment at home. You spend your free time in that property, so it’s wise to ensure it helps you to unwind. Products like Himalayan Salt Lamps for stress reduction could work well. Paint the walls in warm colours and lay some carpets on the floor. While laminate looks good, it’s never as comfortable as carpet.
Also, the colour of your rooms could make a significant impact on your mood. Lots of people look at interior design magazines or home decorating tv shows for ideas, that is why the minimalist look is so typical. However, cream and beige walls make your home seem sterile.When all’s said and done, you’re not living in a hospital. You should style your house in any way that makes you live happy and feel cozy. Ignore those interior design magazines and shows.
2. Spend more Time with Friends
As we grow older, many of us lose touch with our buddies. They are the people you loved when you were younger, and so you should make an extra effort. It’s easy to find individuals you used to know these days thanks to social media websites. So, perhaps you could get in touch with them and arrange a reunion. You probably have a lot to talk about after spending time apart. Some of you might have had children and started families. Others from within your group might have achieved impressive career moves.
Meeting for a coffee or a day out could help to lift your mood in many different ways. So, get yourself on Facebook as soon as possible and start adding your old friends. Just bear in mind that some of them might have different last names these days.
3. Consider a Career Change
If you’ve worked the same job for the last few years, the routine might have an adverse effect on your mood. With that in mind, it’s sensible for you to look for something new. There are hundreds of excellent job websites online these days. You just need to create an account and upload your CV. You can then browse through the best job search sites until you discover something suitable.
You’ll always get better results if you apply for roles in which you have some experience. However, nothing is stopping you from going back to university to gain more qualifications. Indeed, sometimes that is the only solution if you want to try something different. Thankfully, you can take courses online in your spare time these days. So, you don’t have to become unemployed to pursue your ambition.
4. Start a New Social Hobby
Starting a hobby is a brilliant strategy if you want to keep your mind occupied. Still, lots of activities would leave you sat alone at home. For that reason, you should consider a social hobby that will enable you to meet lots of new people. Who knows? You might make some friends or even create a social network. If you’re young, the idea of joining a local women’s sports team might appeal. Older people would probably benefit from knitting classes or something similar. At the end of the day, the possibilities are endless. You just need to search online for groups and opportunities in your local area. That way, it won’t cost you a fortune to take part every week.
5. Eat Healthy Meals
Research shows that junk food and caffeinated drinks can increase the chances of depression. With that in mind, you should try to consume a healthy diet as much as possible. There are lots of ways you can make that happen. If you want to start strictly eating healthy meals, you have to plan your meals ahead of time. Decide what you want to eat for the next seven days, and then create a list of ingredients. When you head down to the local store, you should only purchase the items on that piece of paper. Do your best to avoid impulse buys and leave chocolate on the shelves. Not only will your mind become healthier, but your body will too. That is going to help a lot if you choose to take the next piece of advice.
6. Get some Exercise
Ask your doctor for holistic mood lifting ideas, and he will tell you to exercise before anything else. Most of us work in offices these days. That means our bodies aren’t as active as they should be during the week. For that reason, it’s essential that we workout at least three or four times a week. The movement will encourage your brain to produce more serotonin. That’s the chemical that makes you feel happy and energetic. Of course, you don’t have to spend money to get in shape. Nothing is stopping you from jogging around you local streets or purchasing a fitness DVD. Joining a local gym would just help you to meet new people, and so it could kill two birds with one stone.
I promise that if you keep working towards happiness, you will find it someday sooner or later. As I mentioned at the start of this post, sometimes depression could be one of the different documented chemical imbalance symptoms. If that’s true in your case, your doctor will provide medication. It’s not a permanent solution, but it could assist you in navigating the worst areas of your condition. Still, everyone should try to learn how to live a healthy and happy life in a natural way, regardless of whether taking drugs for the problem or not.
Take very good care of your Happiness!
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Cocktail-party factoid for the day: German chocolate cake–that messy and ridiculous pile of layer cake, coconut, and pecans slathered with caramel-infused goo–has nothing to do with Germany. It’s actually named for Samuel German, an employee at Baker’s Chocolate Company who, in 1852, invented a new kind of sweet baking chocolate. In his day, most chocolate was far less sweet than the bars we’re used to now, and so he created German’s Sweet Chocolate Bar, which has more sugar and less cacao, saving cooks the trouble of adding sugar.
German was long dead by the time a Dallas housewife sent a recipe for this cake to a local newspaper in the 1957. General Foods, which owned the Baker’s brand back then, made that lady’s life by distributing the recipe nationwide. It was a clever marketing move; the popularity of the cake reportedly stoked sales of Baker’s–now owned by Kraft–by well over 50%.
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Quit smoking-no ifs, ands, or butts
There are many advances you can take to assist with safeguarding your health and blood vessels. Staying away from tobacco is truly outstanding.
As a matter of fact, smoking is one of the top controllable risk factors for heart sickness. Assuming you smoke or utilize other tobacco items, the American Heart Association (AHA), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) all urge you to stop. It can have an enormous effect on your heart, however your general health, as well.
Power up your salsa with beans
When matched with low-fat chips or new veggies, salsa offers a flavorful and cancer prevention agent rich tidbit. Consider blending in a jar of dark beans for an additional increase in heart-healthy fiber. According to the Mayo Clinic, a diet wealthy in dissolvable fiber can assist with bringing down your degree of low-thickness lipoprotein, or “terrible cholesterol.” Other rich wellsprings of solvent fiber incorporate oats, grain, apples, pears, and avocados.
Allow the music to move you
Whether you favor a rumba thump or two-venture tune, moving makes for an extraordinary heart-healthy workout. Like different forms of high-impact work out, it raises your heart rate and gets your lungs siphoning. It additionally wrecks to 200 calories or more each hour, reports the Mayo Clinic.
Eating a diet wealthy in omega-3 unsaturated fats can likewise help avoid heart sickness. Many fish, like salmon, fish, sardines, and herring, are rich wellsprings of omega-3 unsaturated fats. Attempt to eat fish something like double seven days, proposes the AHA. Assuming you’re worried about mercury or different impurities in fish, you might be glad to discover that its heart-healthy benefits will generally offset the risks for a great many people.
Don’t only LOL in messages or Facebook posts. Roar with laughter in your regular routine. Whether you like watching interesting films or cracking jokes with your companions, chuckling might be great for your heart. According to the AHA, research recommends giggling can bring down pressure hormones, decline inflammation in your veins, and raise your degrees of high-thickness lipoprotein (HLD), otherwise called “great cholesterol.”
Stretch it out
Yoga can assist you with working on your balance, adaptability, and strength. It can help you unwind and assuage pressure. As though that is sufficiently not, yoga likewise can possibly further develop heart health. According to explore distributed in the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, yoga shows potential to diminish your risk of cardiovascular illness.
Raise a glass
Moderate utilization of liquor can assist with raising your degrees of HDL, or great cholesterol. It can likewise assist with forestalling blood cluster formation and corridor harm. According to the Mayo Clinic, red wine specifically may offer benefits for your heart. That doesn’t mean you ought to swallow it at each supper. The key is to savor liquor control as it were.
On the off chance that the whole U.S. populace diminished its normal salt admission to simply a large portion of a teaspoon daily, it would essentially cut the quantity of individuals who foster coronary heart illness consistently, report specialists in the New England Journal of Medicine. The authors propose that salt is one of the main drivers of rising healthcare costs in the United States. Handled and eatery arranged food sources will generally be particularly high in salt. So reconsider topping off on your favorite cheap food fix. Consider utilizing a salt substitute, like Dash, assuming you have hypertension or heart disappointment.
Move it, move it, move it
Regardless of the amount you gauge, sitting for significant stretches of time could shorten your life expectancy, caution analysts in the Archives of Internal Medicine and the American Heart Association. Habitually lazy person and work area jockey ways of life appear to horribly affect blood fats and blood sugar. In the event that you work at a work area, make sure to enjoy customary reprieves to move around. Take a walk around your mid-day break, and appreciate normal practice in your recreation time.
Know your numbers
Keeping your blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, and fatty oils under tight restraints is important for great heart health. Become familiar with the ideal levels for your sex and age bunch. Take more time to reach and keep up with those levels. And make sure to plan standard check-ups with your doctor. If you have any desire to satisfy your doctor, keep great records of your vitals or lab numbers, and carry them to your arrangements.
Dull chocolate not just preferences delightful, it likewise contains heart-healthy flavonoids. These mixtures assist with decreasing inflammation and lower your risk of heart illness, propose researchers in the diary Nutrients. Eaten with some restraint, dim chocolate – not over improved milk chocolate – can really be great for you. The following time you need to enjoy your sweet tooth, sink it into a square or two of dull chocolate. No responsibility required.
Kick your housework up an indent
Vacuuming or cleaning the floors may not be just about as invigorating as a Body Slam or Zumba class. Yet, these exercises and other family chores truly do get you rolling. They can give your heart a little workout, while consuming calories as well. Put your favorite music on and add an energy to your progression while you complete your week by week chores.
Almonds, pecans, walnuts, and other tree nuts convey a strong punch of heart-healthy fats, protein, and fiber. Remembering them for your diet can assist with bringing down your risk of cardiovascular infection. Make sure to keep the serving size little, recommends the AHA. While nuts are brimming with healthy stuff, they’re likewise high in calories.
Be a child
Wellness doesn’t need to bore. Allow your internal identity to start to lead the pack by partaking in an evening of roller skating, bowling, or laser tag. You can have a great time while consuming calories and giving your heart a workout.
Think about pet treatment
Our pets offer more than great organization and unqualified love. They additionally give various health benefits. Studies reported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommend that claiming a pet might assist with working on your heart and lung work. It might likewise assist with bringing down your possibilities passing on from heart illness.
Begin and stop
Begin and stop, then, at that point, begin and stop once more. During stretch preparation, you substitute eruptions of serious actual work with episodes of lighter movement. The Mayo Clinic reports that doing so can help the quantity of calories you consume while working out.
Eliminate the excess
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On Thursday, leading representatives from mortgage banks, servicers, suppliers, non-depository institutions, and government agencies engaged in a series of collaborative discussions focused on sustainable solutions for this island in recovery during The Five Star PR18 Conference (PR18) in San Juan.
It’s been more than a year since Hurricane Maria left a trail of devastation to life and property in the island nation of Puerto Rico. But even now, its shadow looms with Puerto Rico’s government estimating the amount required to rebuild and restore the region at around $139 billion. Even more sobering are the death tolls for the storm that were raised from 62 to 2,975 according to a report commissioned by Puerto Rico’s Gov. Ricardo Rossello and released in August 2018.
“The People of Puerto Rico are not nameless, faceless statistics. They are our countrymen, with the same dreams, values, and aspirations. Our solemn duty as an industry and as a society is to help restore and revitalize an island that so many call home,” said Ed Delgado, President, and CEO of the Five Star Institute during his address at the conference.
Some of the key topics discussed during this two-day summit included an overall “State of the Island,” a look at the policies and programs shaping the island’s recovery, an examination of Puerto Rico’s ongoing foreclosure crisis, borrower outreach options, a legal services update, and a breakdown of the unique property preservation challenges presented by Hurricane Maria’s aftermath.
“Mainland firms are not familiar with Puerto Rico, and parties based in Puerto Rico need to work with mainland partners they can trust,” Steven Horne, Founding Member of HMB Law Group told DS News in its November feature story titled “Rebuilding Paradise”. “The beauty of the Five Star PR18 Conference is that it is the perfect time in the recovery process to build those relationships.”
Supported by Auction.com and Co-supported by The Home Depot Renovation Services and RES.NET, PR18 featured representatives from industry-leading organizations. They included Banco Popular de Puerto Rico; Clear Capital; DIMONT; Fannie Mae; Five Brothers Asset Management Solutions; Freddie Mac; Gilbert Garcia Group; Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery; Hladik, Onorato & Federman; HMB Law Group; HOPE NOW; JGM Property Group; National General Lender Services; NAHREP, USRES; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; and Xome.
At the crux of the conference were two key focus areas—proactive response and collaboration.
“When crises happen, we must all react quickly and collaboratively to effect change,” said Ali Haralson, Chief Business Development Officer, Auction.com. “This proactive response is in line with the message of PR18: hope and restoration. By convening in Puerto Rico for this important summit, our industry leaders will be bringing visibility to the needs of the island and supporting relief and recovery efforts collectively.”
The road to recovery for this paradise is a long one indeed but it is one that the industry is taking action to walk on to restore the island.
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210 THE CHILDREN'S BIBLE
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, Withdraw not thy holy spirit from me. Give me back the glad sense of thy help, And with a willing spirit sustain me.
Then I will teach sinners thy ways,
And wrong-doers shall turn unto thee.
Save me from bloodshed, O God,
That my tongue may sing of thy righteousness.
O Lord, open thou my lips,
That my mouth may declare thy praise!
For thou takest no pleasure in sacrifice, No delight in gifts of burnt-offering. The sacrifices pleasing to thee Are a broken and a contrite spirit. | <urn:uuid:00c9c3dc-c325-4d53-853b-0d60399a0e38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.childrensnursery.org.uk/childs-bible/childs-bible%20-%200310.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.772936 | 165 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Tuesday, April 05, 2016
Hillary Clinton Roundly Criticized for Referring to the Unborn as a "Person"
By Alan Rappeport
Hillary Clinton campaigned Saturday at the Wisconsin Democratic Founders Day Gala in Milwaukee. Credit: Joshua Lott for The New York Times
Hillary Clinton faced criticism from both sides of the abortion debate on Monday after she waded into the fraught argument about when life begins by describing the unborn as a “person.”
Mrs. Clinton, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, made the comment during an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” after she was asked about abortion restrictions and the rights of the unborn.
“The unborn person doesn’t have constitutional rights,” Mrs. Clinton said.
She added: “That doesn’t mean that we don’t do everything we possibly can, in the vast majority of instances to, you know, help a mother who is carrying a child and wants to make sure that child will be healthy, to have appropriate medical support.”
Presidential candidates have been struggling to discuss the sensitive topic of abortion, and Mrs. Clinton’s remarks came less than a week after Donald J. Trump, the leading Republican candidate, came under fire for saying that abortion should be banned and that women who have abortions should be punished. He later backtracked, saying that doctors who perform abortions should be punished. Then he said that the current laws should not be changed.
A longtime advocate of abortion rights, Mrs. Clinton is often criticized by anti-abortion groups. In this case, however, she frustrated some abortion rights supporters who said that her characterization of the unborn as a person shamed women who choose to terminate a pregnancy.
“Hillary Clinton further stigmatizes abortion,” Diana Arellano, community engagement manager for Planned Parenthood of Illinois, wrote on Twitter. “She calls a fetus an ‘unborn child’ and calls for later term restrictions.”
Abortion opponents also seized on the remark as evidence of Mrs. Clinton’s hypocrisy, arguing that if a fetus can be considered a person then it should have constitutional protections.
Rebecca Kiessling, the spokeswoman for the Personhood Alliance, which opposes abortion, said that defining fetuses as persons should mean that they are entitled to a right to life under the 14th Amendment. She considered Mrs. Clinton’s comment to be a “big gaffe” from the abortion rights perspective.
“It’s interesting that Hillary has now recognized the unborn as person and that she wants to deny them equal protection,” Ms. Kiessling said. “You can’t have it both ways.”
Mrs. Clinton’s use of the word “person” was also seen as a rhetorical victory by those who oppose abortion and a sign that the debate was shifting in their favor.
“I was actually pretty surprised, because usually when you hear her talk it’s about the fetus,” said Tina Whittington, executive vice president of Students for Life. “To acknowledge it’s a human person, a human child, to us it’s huge.”
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Speaking in Parliament, Imran has urged the Chancellor to invest in the accelerated adoption of 5G internet technology across Yorkshire to allow the region to take advantage of the opportunities that it presents and rebalance the digital economy away from London.
According to research recently published by the Centre for Towns, the Yorkshire and the Humber region accounts for just 4.4% of all digital jobs in the country, whilst the South East alone makes up over half of these roles due to poor broadband connectivity hampering investment in the North. In Bradford, just 4,000 jobs are in the digital sector compared to 14,000 in Leeds and 11,500 in Manchester.
However, with the forthcoming rollout of 5G internet technology which will bring faster data speeds, higher capacity and faster responsiveness, there is a real opportunity to rebalance the economy in favour of the North according to Imran. The rollout of 5G is expected to be able to boost Yorkshire’s economy by as much as £1bn a year by 2025, andImran has therefore called on the Chancellor to make funding available for its accelerated adoption in Yorkshire.
The Government’s strategy for future digital infrastructure in 5G and full-fibre networks was set out in DCMS’s ‘Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review’ (FTIR) in July 2018, with funding support since 2016 allocated through the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) which after extensions, now stands at £37 billion overall running to 2023 to 2024. The FITR set a target that “the majority” of the population would be covered by a 5G signal by 2027.
Speaking on his call for investment in better technology infrastructure in Yorkshire, Imran said:
“The Government’s plans for the rollout of 5G technology brings a real opportunity for us to rebalance a digital sector that has for too long been heavily weighted towards London and the South East at the expense of Yorkshire and the North, and the Government must honour commitments made to the Northern Powerhouse and ensure that funding is available for its accelerated adoption here.
“New 5G technology will open up a whole new world of possibilities in enhanced mobile broadband, in support for more interconnected devices and the ‘Internet of Things’, and in improved reliability to support near real-time communications, all of which Bradford is well placed to capitalise on with our young population, highly regarded University and renowned Media Museum if we are properly supported.” | <urn:uuid:2045c12a-0986-4c45-a53a-c7df67241efc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://imranhussain.laboursites.org/news/2019/04/09/imran-urges-investment-in-yorkshires-digital-infrastructure-to-take-advantage-of-new-5g-opportunities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.950296 | 509 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Growth and Development Across the Lifespan - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition
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Promote healthy behaviors and healthy lifestyles throughout the life cycle! Growth and Development Across the Lifespan, 3rd Edition helps you plan and implement appropriate care for patients at each age and stage of life. Explaining concepts of physical, cognitive, social, and personality development, this text provides strategies for improving patient health and quality of life for each age group. Healthy People 2030 objectives are used to set a framework for positive health behaviors. From noted educators and authors Gloria Leifer and Eve Fleck, this book shows how a knowledge of normal growth and aberrations can be used to design individual approaches to patient care.
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5. Theories of Development
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9. Middle Childhood
11. Young Adulthood
12. Middle Adulthood
13. Late Adulthood
14. Advanced Old-Age and Geriatrics
15. Planning for the End of Life
16. Loss, Grief, and Bereavement
Appendix A: Child, Adolescent, and Adult Immunization Schedules
Appendix B: Multilingual Glossary of Symptoms
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Central and regional banks are seeking ways to adopt fiat-backed cryptocurrency that will help facilitate cross-border transactions and payment systems.
As reported by Computer World, a recent report from accounting services provider KPMG revealed central and regional banks across different parts of the world are carrying out projects to develop blockchain-enabled central bank digital currencies (CBDC) that could potentially boost international trade.
Arun Ghosh, U.S. Blockchain Leader at KPMG, wrote in a blog post that the firm is looking to help its clients seek ways to adopt blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.
“In 2020, we at KPMG expect to assist regional and central banks in the development of well-defined technology frameworks that can anchor private-sector initiatives,” Ghosh wrote.
Dong He, deputy director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department, also revealed that fiat-backed cryptocurrencies has many advantages, such as the fact that crypto asset transactions can be cleared and settled without relying on an intermediary.
“The advantages are especially apparent in cross-border payments, which are costly, cumbersome, and opaque,” he said. “New services using distributed ledger technology and crypto assets have slashed the time it takes for cross-border payments to reach their destination from days to seconds by bypassing correspondent banking networks.”
Meanwhile, the Bank of England has published papers detailing the monetary policy and financial system implications of issuing CDBCs.
“If a central bank issued a digital currency, then everyone (including businesses, households and financial institutions other than banks) could store value and make payments in electronic central bank money,” the Bank stated.
“While this may seem like a small change, it could have wide-ranging implications for monetary policy and financial stability.”
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The torch-bearer of cultural exchange between The Netherlands and Japan
The torch-bearer of cultural exchange between The Netherlands and Japan
NL-Kanto is the interdisciplinary cultural programme of the Netherlands in Japan initiated by DutchCulture in collaboration with the Dutch Embassy in Japan. Themes of Inclusivity/Diversity and Beyond the Capital are at the heart of this programme, explains the Dutch embassy’s cultural officer, Kim Dang. “In Japan there is a lot of interest in how Dutch society works. This concerns for instance the field of LGBTI, but also the emancipation of disabled people. Through NL-Kanto we therefore choose to support cultural activities with projects centred on societal issues.” Originally NL-Kanto was planned as the cultural counterpart to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. But due to the pandemic the event was postponed, explains Dang. “The theme of the Olympics was Unity in Diversity; with NL-Kanto we connect to this perfectly.”
Kanto is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. With one-third of Japan’s total population (over 40 million people) living in this area, Kanto is the world’s second-largest sub-national economy. The focus on the Kanto region, with Tokyo at its centre, reflects the motto of the new multi-annual cultural strategy of the Netherlands towards Japan for the policy period 2021-2024: Tokyo and Beyond. This motto is grounded in the realisation that cultural production may take place outside Tokyo, but that Tokyo is where productions are presented. Dang: ”We want to get regions outside Tokyo to become involved in what happens in the capital.”
Amsterdam-based Japanese pianist, artist and film director Tomoko Mukaiyama develops art installations and performing arts projects that combine music with contemporary dance, fashion and visual art. She has collaborated with film directors, designers, architects, dancers and photographers, such as Marina Abramovic, MERZBOW, Jiří Kylián and Michael Gordon. NL-Kanto brings her project Super T Market, which she initiated in 2012 in Amsterdam, back to Japan. “It started as a mix of art and consumerism, inspired by the changes in Dutch culture policy. At that time in the Netherlands, we suffered a huge cut in funding for culture. Super T Market was my personal critique. I asked myself: if you are young and at the beginning of your career – with no funds or subsidy – where could you show your work, your music, your art? With Super T Market I organised piano concerts in prominent venues like Het Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, and decided to make the scale bigger, by sharing the place and audience with younger artists. I had only one condition: whatever the concept was, they had to sell their artwork there. Visitors had to pay for it. My piano concert would be in the middle, but after, in between or before there would be another performance, exhibition, film, shop, installation or party,” Mukaiyama says.
”For NL-Kanto I organised Super T Market in Japan , but because of COVID-19 I had to cancel it twice. Only last month, we had a rerun on-site. I chose the work of Dutch artists Koos Buster, Manuel Pellegrini, Noa Jansma, Simo Tse and Ting Gong. I looked for fancy, beautiful venues, in the centre of Tokyo, like Aoyama district – the most fashionable, cultural street. And we had seven round table discussions, all addressing the themes of inclusivity and diversity.”
Of course it has been difficult, she says. “But we must move along with it. I will keep performing, also for smaller audiences, as long as it’s inspiring. I always see opportunities to do something.”
Studio The Future is an experiment-focused publisher and a curatorial artist duo. They are organisers, designers, and creators of cultural networks and communities. Their project Free Haven is designed around the question: How open is our cultural sector? Due to COVID-19, their planned series of exhibitions and panel talks in Japan was cancelled. Instead, The Future has turned to a less fleeting medium to communicate its themes. Namely, a series of (video) interviews and essays with artistic practitioners from various fields in Japan and the Netherlands. Vincent Schipper: “The inspiration for Free Haven was our struggle with the idea of diversity and inclusivity in the cultural sector, especially in the Netherlands. Being an open society is an important aspect of Dutch society. But how open is our creative sector, really? Do people of different backgrounds, not just in cultural but also educational respects, have the same opportunities? What is the message that is out there? And what is the role of the creative sector in a society that needs to be both diverse and inclusive? We sat down with 16 creative practitioners (7 Dutch and 9 Japanese) and discussed these topics. All talks will be published on a dedicated website and as a series of zines, eventually to be compiled into a 704-page book.”
How does he see the future? “Brightly. A project like NL-Kanto is a way to link up different voices from Japan and the Netherlands in order to collaborate in the future. Like this we keep each other interested and inspired, tackling issues individually, but also globally. We as artists have a responsibility. We don’t talk politics, that’s a clear decision. It’s about people’s individual ideas, all deeply personal.”
MONO JAPAN, another participant in NL-Kanto, aims to introduce high-quality Japanese products to Europe. ”We’d like to show how Europeans respond to traditional Japanese objects and techniques and vice versa. Japan has long embraced the concepts of sustainability and circularity that are now also a driving force in Europe", says director Emiko Chujo. For Mono & Talks she wanted to introduce two artist-in-residence programmes in Japan by means of both presentation and discussion. However, she too had to change her initial plan due to the pandemic. At its core, Mono & Talks has become about how to use the restricted resources in a positive way.
Chujo: “We were able to organise this project mainly thanks to the support of the Dutch embassy and DutchCulture. However, there was also a limitation because of travel bans and lockdowns. I had to change my idea so many times, but because of that we came up with the concept of making our exhibition booths circular and waste-free, and we could realise this perfectly from a distance. Meeting, collaborating and spending time together online brought about inspiration through conversation. We soon realised that the process itself would also be quite interesting. And so, we organised the Mono & Talks event: like this our focus was not only on product but also on process. Not knowing anything was scary but liberating at the same time, as we constantly had to come up with solutions. It was risk management and opportunity all at once. I must say: COVID forged a bond. All online meetings were filmed and recorded. We’ll edit them and put them on our YouTube channel.”
Despite the hurdles, she feels they have taken Mono Japan one step further this year. “Next September we’ll also show the exhibition in our yearly Amsterdam event.”
In a post-COVID-19 era, it will be crucial to engage both Dutch and Japanese cultural practitioners in an exploration of future-proof formats or platforms for sustainable cultural exchange and cooperation. In doing so, the Dutch embassy in Tokyo will focus more on structural issues within the Japanese cultural sector, in order to contribute with Dutch experience, such as the promotion of Artist-in-Residencies (AiR) infrastructure in Japan with the help of DutchCulture | TransArtists.
The Dutch embassy also has a positive outlook. Kim Dang: “All projects were postponed by one year, but that’s the fun part of working with creatives: they find creative solutions, they manage to adapt. And we’ve moved along with them.”
DutchCulture organised an online talk on 10 December, focusing on the subject of inclusivity in the Netherlands-Japan cultural cooperation. The NL-Kanto programme was at the centre of the event to inspire creative minds that are interested in working in and with Japan in the future. NL-Kanto’s main goal remains to promote cultural exchange between the Netherlands and Japan generally – also after overcoming the hurdles created by COVID-19 restrictions.
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Brazilian Sofrito (Tempero Pronto)
A big batch of sofrito – a paste made of essential aromatics – makes cooking a breeze! Keep it in the fridge and sauté in your choice of oil whenever you need to add flavor to your homemade meals.
An easy homemade sofrito recipe!
Almost every Brazilian recipe starts with onion and garlic! Even our rice is sautéed with aromatics before simmering in water.
We call it “refogado” but I’m calling it sofrito to make it easier for non-Brazilian readers, as it is somewhat similar to Latin American sofrito. Feel free to call it whatever your heart desires!
Once you make your Tempero Pronto, just keep it in the fridge and use a few tablespoons at a time, whenever you’re cooking a savory dish.
The depth of flavor that comes from starting a recipe with an aromatic sofrito can’t be beat!
What is sofrito?
Sofrito is the base ingredient – consisting of a mixture of aromatics and vegetables – in lots of different cuisines.
It goes by different names in different countries – mirepoix in France, soffritto in Italy, refogado in Portugal and Brazil, and sofrito in most Latin American countries – but it serves the same purpose in all of them: to provide a foundation of amazing flavor that will take your recipe to the next level!
The ingredients will also vary depending on the cuisine. In Brazilian cuisine, our sofrito is simple and usually includes onion, garlic, some herbs (parsley and green onions in my version), salt, pepper and oil.
Instead of chopping ingredients every time you cook a dish, you can just make a big batch by processing everything together and keeping it in the fridge (or freezer) to be used as needed. That’s when the “refogado” turns into “tempero pronto”, which translates to “seasoning ready to go”.
In Brazil, even brands caught on the trend and started selling pre-made sofrito in the supermarkets. But, even if you have access to those, I highly recommend you make your own! Homemade is always so much better!
What’s the Fastest Way to Peel Garlic?
Whenever I’m cooking with garlic, I use the knife-smash method to peel my cloves. However, if the recipe calls for a whole head of garlic or more, it can be time consuming (and tedious) to peel them that way.
After trying a bunch of internet-popular tricks, I came to the conclusion that the shake method is the way to go when you need to peel a lot of garlic!
Here’s how I do it:
- Break the garlic bulb into single cloves.
- Transfer all the cloves into a large metal bowl, invert another metal bowl on top of the first one so the rims are pressed together, and vigorously shake for 15-30 seconds.
If you don’t have metal bowls, you can use glass bowls, a mason jar (depending on how many heads you need to peel) or even a pot with a lid. Just avoid plastic as you might impart a garlic scent/flavor to them that will be difficult to wash off.
- The paper should come off easily. Just pick the cloves out and dispose of the skin.
- If there are still some un-peeled cloves, just shake again until they are all peeled!
- Your garlic cloves are ready to be used!
Ingredients to make Tempero Pronto
These are the ingredients you’ll need to make Brazilian sofrito:
- Onion – You can use yellow or sweet onions.
- Oil – I use vegetable oil for its neutral flavor.
- Green Onions
Needless to say, sofrito is easily customizable. Onions and garlic must always be present (in the Brazilian version), but you can add other veggies, different herbs and/or other seasonings.
As you might know, I’m from São Paulo and the cuisine in this part of Brazil is quite mild. The Tempero Pronto from the Northeast of the country – known as Tempero Baiano – is quite different and the recipe often asks for spicy flavors, like cayenne, as well as lots of cumin and cilantro. But that will be the subject of a future post!
How to Make Brazilian Sofrito
Making sofrito is very easy! You will need a knife and cutting board to chop everything into smaller pieces and a food processor to transform the chopped ingredients into a paste-like mixture.
Here are the steps:
- Start by cutting all the ingredients into large chunks, to make the food processor’s life easier!
- Add everything to the jar of a food processor and pulse until you reach the desired consistency. You can keep it coarse or puree it completely.
- Transfer to a glass container with a lid and refrigerate.
How long will sofrito keep in the fridge?
Tempero Pronto keeps well in the fridge for up to one month! Why so long? The oil and salt help preserve it for longer!
Can I freeze Tempero Pronto?
Yes! You can freeze Brazilian sofrito for up to a year.
I like to pour it into an ice tray, freeze until solid and then transfer to a freezer bag. That way I can grab just the amount I need to use for the recipe I’m making.
No need to thaw before using! Just make sure to sauté a little longer so all the extra water can evaporate.
What can I make with sofrito?
Pretty much every savory recipe. Think soups, stews, chili and every dish that could benefit from a flavorful base! It can also be used as a marinade for chicken and beef.
- 4 large yellow onions, cut into chunks
- 2 heads garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 bunch parsley, roughly chopped into smaller chunks
- 1 bunch green onions, roughly chopped into smaller chunks
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons black pepper (freshly crushed)
- Combine all the ingredients in the food processor. Pulse until the desired consistency - coarse to completely pureed.
- Transfer the sofrito to a large mason jar or airtight container. Refrigerate for up to one month and use as needed.
TO QUICKLY PEEL THE GARLIC, transfer all the cloves into a large metal bowl, invert another metal bowl on top of the first one so the rims are pressed together, and vigorously shake for 15-30 seconds or until all the garlic cloves are peeled.
FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS - Pour into an ice tray, freeze until solid and then transfer to a freezer bag. No need to thaw before using! Just make sure to sauté a little longer so all the extra water can evaporate.
Nutrition Information:Yield: 40 Serving Size: 1 tablespoon
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 32Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 159mgCarbohydrates: 2gFiber: 0gSugar: 1gProtein: 0g
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A leading foe of Prop 200 promises to continue fight
The fatigue is evident in Alexis Mazón's voice. It's three days after last week's passage of Proposition 200, a new set of state regulations dealing with voting and access to public services. The controversial law is supposed to curtail violation of existing state laws - but, ironically, will create a new class of law-breakers.
Mazón was one of the state's leading voices in opposition to the initiative funded by out-of-state anti-immigrant groups. She was chairwoman of the Tucson-based Campaign to Defeat Prop. 200, a broad coalition of county residents and organizations.
There were other public faces voicing opposition to Prop. 200. They included former state Attorney General Grant Woods, former state Sen. Alfredo Gutierrez of Phoenix, Melanie Emerson of the American Friends Service Committee in Tucson, and hundreds of people who distributed leaflets and planted signs.
For weeks before the Nov. 2 vote, Mazón was on television and radio and in debates, often speaking in Spanish, presenting arguments against the initiative.
Last Tuesday night as it became evident 56 percent of state voters had approved Proposition 200, Mazón told reporters the struggle to defeat it would continue. She remained defiant and optimistic, a reflection of the initiative's opposition.
"We see it as one chapter of a broader struggle," said Mazón, who works in the city's Public Defender's Office.
Mazón, 30, is now a steely veteran of the state's racial and cultural politics. She has been preparing herself since high school.
At University High School, she and other students lobbied the Tucson Unified School District to recruit and admit more minority students to the district's prestigious college-prep high school.
She graduated from Stanford University and New York University Law School, and worked in San Francisco with the Youth Law Center.
Last November she decided to return to Tucson for family reasons. Then Proposition 200 came along.
Mazón saw through the proponents' rhetoric to see the effort for what it was: scapegoating immigrants, specifically Latinos, for the state's economic and political problems.
"There's no end to the number of things that people blame undocumented immigrants for," she said.
Proposition 200 supporters presented it as a way to stem illegal immigration from Mexican and Latin America. But it will not curb illegal immigration, which is caused by poverty in Latin America and demand for cheap labor in this country.
And while it may keep noncitizens from registering to vote and receiving public benefits, it will turn public employees into immigration agents. Those who don't report undocumented immigrants could be charged with a misdemeanor.
Proposition 200 is part of a national campaign to demonize immigrants, especially undocumented immigrants, Mazón said. A similar measure in California was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge.
Opponents of Prop. 200 are looking to do the same in Arizona. The proposition could violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act because it creates a two-tier level of voters, Mazón said. Under Prop. 200, voters at the polls have to show identification but people who vote by mail do not.
The proposition's vague language also could get it thrown out - or at least narrowed, she added.
Proposition. 200's victory invigorated Arizonans who support civil rights for all. With not enough time and money for campaigning, Prop. 200 opponents narrowed the margin of public acceptance by nearly 18 percent from early polls.
"In this area of the country, you need to be defiant and continue to work to preserve civil rights," Mazón said.
● Ernesto Portillo Jr.'s column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Reach him at 573-4242 or at eportillo@ azstarnet.com. He appears on "Arizona Illustrated," KUAT-TV Channel 6, at 6:30 p.m. and midnight Fridays. | <urn:uuid:cb8dfe5e-0856-4030-91a0-de7a28887f36> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://azbilingualed.org/AABE%20Site/AABE--News%202004/a_leading_fore_of_prop_200_promi.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964594 | 806 | 1.609375 | 2 |
This weekend, I evinced a big change in my youngest daughter. She emerged from her summer couch potato cocoon and blossomed into an active youngster chasing after fictional creatures in natural sunlight. Within 2 days of its launch, Pokémon Go had number of users almost at par with Twitter, the popular social media network that has been around for more than 10 years. What does this latest of mobile gaming phenomenon have in common with the latest global Cisco VNI Complete Forecast? Besides the fact that both are good for health (one for the body and the other for the brain) the common linkage is growing prevalence of virtual reality (VR).
Our latest global IP traffic forecast projects that virtual reality is on the rise and the traffic associated with virtual- and augmented-reality applications quadrupled in 2015 and is poised to grow 61-fold by 2020. One of the main applications of VR is currently in the gaming sector.
VNI service adoption research also projects that out of the 8 consumer mobile applications that we track, mobile gaming will be one of the higher growth services with a healthy 20.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2015-2020. The number of users for mobile gaming will grow 2.5-fold during this period. This growth is driven by improved hardware performance; launch of new form-factors, new interactive, social media integrated as well as VR augmented games.
While gaming is a growing mobile service, it is also growing on the non-mobile online platforms as well. Online gaming is forecast to be the fastest growing residential Internet service although at a more nominal rate of 5.3% CAGR from 2015-2020. Online-gaming growth is primarily influenced by technology enhancements in PCs such as graphics, motion sensing, gesture recognition, etc.
The slower growth in online gaming vs. mobile gaming reflects the different addressable markets in total number of users. The reach of mobile is more than double of the residential Internet users. By 2020, there will be nearly 5 billion mobile consumer users as compared to 2.4 billion residential Internet Users.
In summary, mobile/online gaming and virtually reality are on the rise and they are having a tangible impact on driving IP traffic up. As a mother, I’m delighted to see my daughter active and engaged in an outdoor activity, with a constant reminder to her of being watchful. As an analyst, I see that gaming has taken on a new dimension (and global networks will need to evolve to keep up). | <urn:uuid:7dac74c2-97ef-4539-9267-9d52ec344289> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogs.cisco.com/sp/game-on | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.951027 | 507 | 1.75 | 2 |
Jamie Newton said that when he arrived at the San Lorenzo transfer station on Saturday, smoke was beginning to rise out of the dumpster.
At the request of the attendant on duty, he called the local volunteer firefighters and the two began putting out the blaze using fire extinguishers that they had on hand.
“It became a substantial blaze quickly, with smoke undoubtedly heavily contaminated by fumes from burning plastics and other toxic debris,” Newton said. “There was a serious risk that flaming material rising with the smoke would ignite the thick, dry grasses in the field adjoining the transfer station, but fortunately the Upper Mimbres Volunteer Fire Department suppressed the fire before that happened.”
Ed Powers, the fire chief of Upper Mimbres Volunteer Fire Rescue, said that the cause of the fire was unknown, assuming that someone tossed in hot ashes but he couldn’t get the dumpster open in time to confirm. However, he added that he was grateful his team was able to extinguish the flames in less than 30 minutes.
“Luckily, the dumpster was only a quarter-full, so we were able to just put it out as is,” Powers said. “It’s undetermined, but that would be an assumption this time of year that there would be some ashes put in there accidentally.”
He reminisced about a previous fire at the transfer station that he helped respond to over a decade ago. The blaze took crews hours to put out and even reignited when the dumpsters were picked up the next day — a much different situation than Saturday’s blaze.
While the cause of this particular fire is still unknown, Powers said that people should never dump hot ashes at the transfer station, to avoid blazes like this one in the future.
“They should never, ever put any kind of ashes in at a transfer station,” Powers said. “Those should be kept in some kind of a barrel or something like that until they can be wet down and dumped.”
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Many of the games at the Olympics are meant to test skills that would be useful in the ancient or medieval battlefield. Take javelin throw, shot put, wrestling, fencing, shooting, archery, boxing, etc. for example. The origin of marathon is believed to be an event when a Greek messenger ran a long way to announce the victory of the Greeks over the Persians. And several other sports test skills that would have been useful in an ancient age. Take pole vault for example, which is based on earlier practices of crossing over marshlands. All the same, most of such skills have become obsolete in the context of our modern world. One can argue that pole vaulting skills would still be useful in jumping over to higher floors in a crowded shopping mall without having to wait at the queue for escalator or elevator. But the fact is that many skills that are required to survive in modern life are not tested in the Olympics.
Therefore, here are my suggestions for new games that should be included in the Olympics to reflect better modern day realities:
25 meter hurdle race: A sprint distance of 25 meters followed by a hurdle up to half a meter high. This game would represent accurately our frequent dashes to leap on to a public bus.
Parking time trial: This event deserves to be the one for the grand finale, where a car has to find a parking spot as fast as it can in a maze of car filled parking lots having just one hidden empty lot.
Dig out the sale dump: Every contestant can be given an identical sale container as seen in shopping malls where the items on super-sale are heaped up. The athlete who can take out all the items the fastest while writing down the price of each item takes the gold medal.
Voting sprint: It’s time to give American Idol viewers the respect they deserve. The athlete who can vote the maximum number of times in a three minute time window takes the gold.
Window closing: An event that test the ability to close down say 100 application windows running in a laptop after the gun goes off (simulating arrival of the boss).
Of course, there is a case for many other events; Gaming, Competitive Eating and Air Guitar playing to name just a few. But first things first, given that the International Olympic Committee has time and again rejected | <urn:uuid:8e35ab2b-e22e-4512-93d8-b2cf1a392ba9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://chutneyspears.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-should-olympics-evolve.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.954431 | 474 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Informe sobre el país: Seychelles
conscription does not exist
One source states that a two-year compulsory military service exists.
However, other sources suggest that the Seychelles have no military conscription, but a National Youth Service exists, which was compulsory until 1993. It comprised military training but now emphasises education.
It is not exactly known whether military training is still part of the National Youth Service.
National Youth Service
After four years of secondary school, all youths are 'encouraged' to participate for a year in the National Youth Service (NYS).
Although the NYS participation seems to be voluntary, it has been a requirement for getting a government job or for entering higher education (the Polytechnic School for Vocational Training). In 1993 the government abolished this requirement, but for admission to the Polytechnic, preference is still given to NYS participants.
In 1995 in the National Assembly the opposition proposed legislation to abolish the NYS but the proposal was rejected.
According to the government, enlistment in the armed forces is voluntary.
It is not known how the actual recruitment into the armed forces takes place and if there is any relation to the NYS.
2 Conscientious objection
There is no known legal provision for conscientious objection.
No information available.
Before the 1990s conscription existed in the form of a compulsory National Youth Service. From the age of 15 onwards, all youth were required to perform a two-year national service, which involved (para)military training and political indoctrination. The NYS was strongly criticised. In 1979 3,000 students protested against the compulsory NYS. In 1990 the NYS was curtailed to one year. In 1993 the NYS became really voluntary.
6 Annual statistics
The armed forces, consisting of an army and a paramilitary coast guard, are about 400 strong - 0.56 percent of the population.
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For the little white in the kitchen, is he tortured to […]
For the little white in the kitchen, is he tortured to death by the "appropriate" and "a little" in the recipe every time? What is the right amount, and what level is the right amount or a little? This is something that many kitchen noobs have been unable to understand. Why can't the recipes be accurate enough? I have to use the right amount of this vague explanation. For people who often cook, the right amount is all based on feeling, and you will be able to master this degree after doing it a few times.
We can cook rice by feeling, but baking is not good. All the ingredients in the baking are very accurate values. If there is a slight error, it may fail or have completely different results. Therefore, baking and dessert lovers must not lack an accurate kitchen scale in the kitchen, allowing you to "precisely" master the "degree" of the food.
The kitchen scales we often see are small electronic scales, which are very small and do not occupy any space at all, and are very suitable for baking. I have also bought several, but I don’t know if it’s the problem with my method of use or what's wrong. This kind of electronic scale has not been used for a long time in my house, and it didn’t take a long time for it to malfunction. There are no fewer than five. Later, I found that this scale is not very good, and always strikes every time I use it, so I re-dig out a smart scale, which is easy to use too much.
According to your preferences, there are two specifications to choose from, a smart scale and a smart measuring cup. After all, the frequency of using the scale is relatively high. This scale can also switch the weight of solids and liquids. No other containers are needed. You only need to put the ordinary cups at home to directly measure liquids. But remember to place the cup first, set the zero point and then pour the liquid you need to measure.
Do you think that only baking desserts need to use a scale, in fact, cooking is also needed. I often see how many grams of meat, a few grams of cooking wine, and how much oil are on the recipe. These are degrees that you can’t easily grasp for the kitchen novice. At this time, the smart scale can help you solve this big distress and prepare the ingredients according to the recipe. With so many choices, Kitchen Xiaobai can also become a master chef.
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What are uterine fibroids?
Fibroids are growths in or around the uterus that are benign (non-cancerous). Fibroids may produce uncomfortable symptoms such as painful periods and profuse menstrual bleeding. They can range in size from an apple seed to a grapefruit. If the fibroids are not treated, these symptoms could become more severe over time.
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Clinical research has shown that an incision-free treatment called the Sonata Treatment can lessen fibroid symptoms. Numerous different fibroid types, sizes, and uterine sites can be treated with this method. A single operation can be used to treat several fibroids.
Since the fibroids are removed from within the uterus, no incisions (and hence no scarring) are made, no tissue needs to be surgically removed, and the uterus is left intact. Depending on the quantity and size of fibroids treated, the Sonata treatment normally lasts less than an hour.
Women typically resume their normal activities in a few days. Within three months, most patients experience a reduction in excessive menstrual bleeding.
How Sonata Works
During the Sonata Treatment, a handpiece with a tiny, high-resolution ultrasound tip is used, enabling the physician to see the fibroids from inside the uterus and subsequently treat each one using a method known as an ablation.
The fibroid is located using ultrasound waves that are emitted from the tip.
The radiofrequency energy from the Sonata Treatment handpiece gradually causes the fibroid to shrink and lessen symptoms.
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Culture and ConneXions: Understanding Your Patients
A 30-minute educational, cross-cultural DVD geared towards the health sector. It captures the voice and perspective of the local community on health-related issues. In this DVD, people from three different countries – Somalia, Cambodia, and Peru – were interviewed on topics such as traditional beliefs and practices, doctor patient relationships, adherence to treatments, and the importance of interpreters in the context of health care.
The DVD is meant to assist monolingual health care providers in understanding the intricacies of dealing with a patient from a different culture.
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In the face of increasing power demand on the grid, aging electrical transmission infrastructures, and increasing numbers of violent storms worldwide, the subject of resiliency keeps many hospital administrators up at night. I’m sure many in the U.S. are aware of the backup generator failures that occurred at hospitals during hurricanes Katrina, Irene, and Sandy. It’s clear there’s a need for an onsite energy solution that delivers higher reliability, over longer periods, to the entire facility.
In addition, Deloitte notes “Global health care expenditures are expected to continue to rise as spending is projected to increase at an annual rate of 5.4 percent between 2017-2022.” Energy costs will continue to put pressure on operating budgets, given hospitals use up to 2.5 times the amount of energy as similar sized commercial buildings, and electricity costs are expected to trend upwards. Anything hospitals can do to reduce energy consumption will also make it easier to meet environmental regulations.
Microgrid solutions have been around for a long time, helping educational campuses, military bases, industrial plants, and other types of facilities intelligently coordinate a variety of onsite, distributed energy generation assets to optimize power stability and costs. They also include the option to ‘island’ from the utility grid to avoid exposure to outages or disturbances.
The technology has reached a high level of maturity. The overall cost of installing microgrids has dropped an estimated 25 to 30% since 2014, and the market is expected to continue to grow by more than 20% a year. Many hospitals have already adopted microgrid technology, and it makes sense, given their need for large amounts of continuous, clean, and affordable power.
In this post I’ll give a quick overview of what makes up a typical hospital microgrid. In the following three posts in this series, I’ll list out some key benefits, as well as running through some considerations for the optimal design and financing of microgrid projects.
The smart microgrid architecture
Hospitals typically have – and regulations require – some form of backup power system, usually one or more diesel generators, supported by an uninterruptible power supply. In recent years, many hospitals have adopted combined-heat-and-power (CHP) systems, which are highly efficient solutions for supplying (at least partially) the electricity needs of the hospital, plus useful heat. They can operate at a combined heat + electricity efficiency of up to 90%.
CHP systems can be configured as microgrids, but a more comprehensive solution can encompass a variety of distributed energy resources (DER), including CHP, renewables, fuel cells, and energy storage. A microgrid control system coordinates the use of all DER, but also manages safe and reliable transition to island mode in the event of a utility grid outage. A microgrid can also integrate with the facility’s building and energy management systems to enable even greater flexibility to optimize costs and reliability.
What DER options can a hospital choose from?
Diesel generators are ubiquitous for hospital backup applications, but they have potential weaknesses, including: limits to how much fuel can be stored (which limits runtime), and less than 100% confidence they will start reliably when needed. In contrast, CHP systems are often fueled by natural gas, which is an infrastructure not typically impacted by severe weather. And a CHP system usually run continuously, meaning it is ready and able to provide power in the event of a blackout.
Renewable energy is another option worth consideration, depending on availability and costs, policies and incentives, and electricity pricing and regulations. A number of renewable options are worth considering: solar panels, wind turbines, and biomass energy. The viability of each will depend on available optimal locations and other factors, with solar being a particularly good fit, as roof space is often plentiful.
Fuel cells are another DER option that is growing in market share. They can provide primary power, backup power, or combined heat and power. Fuel cells need hydrogen, which is most commonly produced from natural gas or biogas (methane). However, it can also be produced from water using a process powered by a renewable energy source, such as solar or wind. In this case, the resulting hydrogen fuel can be considered a renewable resource.
Finally, energy storage is an important part of a microgrid solution, supporting resilience in coordination with backup generators, CHP, and renewables. Storage also helps maximize the value of renewables by saving excess energy for use when photovoltaic panels or wind generators are not producing electricity output. Stored energy can also help reduce the amount of energy consumed from the utility grid during periods when energy is more costly.
In my next post, we’ll look closer at the broad scope of benefits that microgrids offer hospitals. To learn more, download the white paper “How new microgrid designs help hospitals increase resilience, cut costs, and improve sustainability.” Schneider Electric provides complete microgrid expertise and integrated solutions for hospitals. Discover these at our microgrid solutions page.
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16 November 1980
Pansy had a big crush on Draco. But Draco ended up marrying Astoria Greengrass.
Pansy later married Blaise Zabini, with whom she had a daughter and a son, named Carmen and Marco Zabini. They were happily married and died in love.
Pansy was born in 1979 or 1980. She was a member of the Parkinson family and a possible descendent of Perseus Parkinson, a former Minister for Magic. Her family is listed as one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. As Pansy was born after the directory was published, it is unknown if she was pure-blood herself.
Hogwarts years (1991–1998)
- "Ooh, sticking up for Longbottom? Never thought you'd like fat little crybabies, Parvati."
- — Pansy meanly mocking Parvati Patil and Neville Longbottom[src]
Pansy Parkinson began her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 and was sorted into Slytherin House. She soon became good friends with fellow Slytherin boys Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle and Blaise Zabini. She was also popular with the girls, possibly including Millicent Bulstrode, Tracey Davis, and Daphne Greengrass. Both she and Draco were like leaders amongst their friends, and used this position to bully other students.
During Pansy's first flying class, which Slytherin shared with its rival house, Gryffindor, she teased Parvati Patil for defending Neville Longbottom, after Draco Malfoy threw away his Remembrall.
This was the start of a long-lived mean streak for Pansy. Throughout her education, she would belittle countless other students whom she disliked.
- Pansy: "They should fire him straight away!"
- Dean Thomas: "It was Malfoy’s fault!"
- Pansy: "I’m going to see if he’s okay!"
- — Pansy's concern for an injured Draco Malfoy[src]
In 1993, the Hogwarts Express was stopped and entered by Dementors searching for Sirius Black. During this infiltration, Harry Potter fainted in the presence of a Dementor and Pansy was one of the Slytherin students who took to mocking him for this throughout the rest of the school year.
During a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Draco Malfoy was attacked by Buckbeak the hippogriff after he approached it without caution and insulted it, even after Hagrid had stated that this was an extremely dangerous thing to do. She was in tears after the attack and was concerned enough to follow him to the Hospital Wing. Afterwards, she frequently fawned over Malfoy's injury, which he exaggerated in order to get attention and in an attempt to get Rubeus Hagrid into trouble with the Ministry of Magic, which evidently he did, as it resulted in the planned execution of Buckbeak, much to the delight of Pansy and her friends.
- "Pansy Parkinson in very frilly robes of pale pink was clutching Malfoy's arm."
- — Pansy as Draco Malfoy's Yule Ball date[src]
During Pansy's fourth year, Hogwarts hosted the Triwizard Tournament, a special wizarding event that attracted a lot of media attention. Pansy was among the students who gave Daily Prophet journalist Rita Skeeter false information on Harry Potter, Rubeus Hagrid, and Hermione Granger. One piece was the making up of false rumours which detailed that Harry and Hermione were romantically involved. She was highly amused by the Potter Stinks badges passed around by her fellow Slytherins, and laughed when Draco's Densaugeo hex accidentally hit Hermione when he and Harry started a duel in a school hallway, leaving Hermione with temporarily over-sized front teeth.
Pansy accompanied Draco to the Yule Ball that Christmas, wearing frilly pink robes. While there, she expressed outrage upon seeing famous Quidditch player and Triwizard Champion Viktor Krum escort Hermione Granger to the ball, and again later when a Daily Prophet article commented on how stunning Hermione looked at the event. Also that year, a slightly softer side of Pansy was shown when she clearly expressed (although she tried to conceal this) a fondness for Unicorns during a Care of Magical Creatures class.
During this school year, she was known to wear a watch, which Nifflers tried to bite off her wrist during one of Hagrid's classes.
- "Hey, Johnson, what's with that hairstyle, anyway? Why would anyone want to look like they've got worms coming out of their head?"
- — Pansy taunting Angelina Johnson and the Gryffindor Quidditch team[src]
In her fifth year, Pansy became a Slytherin prefect along with Draco. At the start of the school year she shared a Thestral drawn-carriage with Draco for the ride up to the castle. This school year would see Ministry official Dolores Umbridge appointed as the school's Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Later on in her regime, Umbridge created a group called the Inquisitorial Squad, of which Pansy was a member. While Hagrid was away, Professor Grubbly-Plank stood in for his position as Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
During one lesson Draco imitated Hermione by raising his hand over-enthusiastically, which caused Pansy to shriek with laughter, only then to be startled by the pile of sticks they were studying as they turned out to be Bowtruckles. When Hagrid returned to his teaching post, Pansy crudely remarked to Dolores Umbridge that it was difficult to understand him when he spoke, and that everyone hated his subject, while giggling herself.
During Quidditch matches that year, Pansy directed her fellow Slytherins in singing Weasley is Our King to mock Ron Weasley, as well as other Gryffindor players. Pansy attempted to unsettle Harry before a game by telling him that C. Warrington planned on knocking him off his broom. Harry was unfazed and responded that Warrington's aim was so pathetic, he would be more worried if he was aiming for the person next to him. Later on in the year when she saw Harry Potter and Cho Chang out on a date on Valentine's Day, Pansy insulted them both.
When Dumbledore's Army members attempted to escape from the Room of Requirement later in the year, Pansy searched for female D.A. members in the girls' bathrooms and grabbed the list of names as evidence. Pansy and other Squad members were jinxed, hexed and cursed during a student rebellion after Fred and George Weasley's departure from Hogwarts; Pansy missed a day of classes while recovering from a spell that made her sprout a pair of antlers.
- Pansy: "Even you think she's good looking, don't you, Blaise, and we all know how hard you are to please!"
- Blaise Zabini: "I wouldn't touch a filthy blood traitor like her whatever she looked like."
- — Pansy and Blaise Zabini discussing Ginny Weasley's looks[src]
In 1996, on her way to Hogwarts for her sixth year, Pansy sat in the same train compartment with Draco, Blaise Zabini, and a few other Slytherins. Draco had his head in Pansy's lap, and she stroked his hair while smirking, like anyone would have loved to be in her place. Although upset by Draco's suggestion that he might not return to Hogwarts for his seventh year, Pansy seemed impressed by his implication that he had taken the Dark Mark and joined the Death Eaters. Harry Potter got the impression that she and Draco were cosier than ever during their sixth year. When the train stopped Pansy held her hand out in offer for Draco to take it. He told her to go ahead without him, as he wanted to check to see if Harry really was spying on him, as he thought he saw Harry's trainers.
At the Welcoming Feast this year Albus Dumbledore announced that Severus Snape would now be taking on the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Pansy, along with the all students in the Slytherin House, roared with applause at this, save for Draco who was still brewing over his decision to become a Death Eater. Also in Potions that year Horace Slughorn would be filling in for Snape after he took on his new position as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor. In her sixth year, Pansy took N.E.W.T.-level classes in at least Defence Against the Dark Arts and Potions.
Later on in the year, after Harry Potter discovered that it was Draco behind Katie Bell's injury, Harry injured Draco with the curse Sectumsempra. Upon hearing the news, Pansy rushed to visit him in the hospital wing, and "lost no time in vilifying Harry far and wide". At the end of the year, Albus Dumbledore was killed by Severus Snape, and students attended his funeral service in which he was buried next to the school lake, an event Pansy may or may not have attended herself.
- "Before Harry could speak, there was a massive movement. The Gryffindors in front of him had risen and stood facing, not Harry, but the Slytherins. Then the Hufflepuffs stood, and almost at the same moment, the Ravenclaws, all of them with their backs to Harry, all of them looking toward Pansy instead, and Harry, awestruck and overwhelmed, saw wands emerging everywhere, pulled from beneath cloaks and from under sleeves."
- — After Pansy suggests turning Harry Potter over to Lord Voldemort[src]
Pansy was present on 1 September, 1997 aboard the Hogwarts Express when Death Eaters stormed the train in search of Harry Potter. During Pansy's final year at Hogwarts, Lord Voldemort was in indirect control of the school through Severus Snape as headmaster and Amycus and Alecto Carrow as the Dark Arts and Muggle Studies professors. As a Slytherin, Pansy was probably one of the favoured students and would not have been on the receiving end of their brutal and unfair punishments.
On 1 May, 1998, Lord Voldemort approached the school with his Death Eater army, and offered those inside the Hogwarts castle a chance to turn Harry Potter over to him in exchange for sparing them all. When in the Great Hall, Pansy was the only person to stand up in favour of doing so. The students of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw houses rose as one and drew their wands on her as a result, and Professor McGonagall dismissed Slytherin house from the Great Hall first, starting with Pansy.
Pansy left Hogwarts with her house-mates, and likely was not one of the few to return as reinforcements during the Battle of Hogwarts with Professor Slughorn. Instead, she may have been among the Slytherin students that Voldemort told Lucius Malfoy had come to join him. However, this is unlikely as Pansy seemed terrified of the thought of Voldemort attacking Hogwarts, so it is more likely that she didn't take either side.
Later life (Post 1998)
Very little is known of what happened to Pansy after the Second Wizarding War or her later life. Her friendship with Draco apparently ended sometime after they completed school.
- "Looking down, Harry saw the pug-faced Pansy Parkinson right at the front of the stands, her back to the pitch."
- — Harry Potter's opinion of Pansy's appearance[src]
Harry Potter thought of Pansy as "hard-faced" or "pug-faced" on more than one occasion. This opinion may have been influenced by his enmity with her friend, Draco Malfoy, and her Head of House, Professor Snape.
However, Rita Skeeter described Pansy as "pretty and vivacious" in her article about Hermione Granger during her fourth year. This could simply have been flattery on Rita's part, or because in her fourth year, Rita seemed to hold grudges, that most likely were not personal, against Harry Potter and was rude to numerous others.
Personality and traits
- "Hey, Potter! Potter! The Dementors are coming, Potter! Woooooooo!"
- — Pansy cruelly taunting Harry Potter[src]
Sadistic, mean-spirited, and petty, Pansy often bullied and teased Gryffindor students, as well as other students in general. She might have targeted them in particular because of Harry Potter's aforementioned hostile relationship with Draco Malfoy (and also his general unpopularity among Slytherins), but it seems that by all appearances, she just had a fondness for tormenting others in general. Pansy apparently had some sort of friendship with the Gryffindor Parvati Patil at one point, or at least respected her to an extent, though this possible friendship appeared to have fully evaporated by the time of their fifth year. During their first Flying lesson in the 1991–1992 school year, Pansy disapproved of Parvati defending Neville Longbottom (after he injured himself during the lesson), saying she "never thought Parvati would like fat little cry-babies".
Similarly, Pansy and her fellow Slytherins joined Hufflepuff in supporting Cedric Diggory, whom they considered to be "the real Hogwarts champion" for the Triwizard Tournament during the 1994-1995 school year, but this was likely done less out of kindness or respect for Cedric, and more out of a desire to denigrate and antagonise Harry Potter (who Pansy and most Slytherins looked down upon). However, she did later refer to Cedric as "good-looking" when she saw his former girlfriend Cho Chang with Harry, indicating that she liked his handsomeness if nothing else.
Hermione Granger once described Pansy as "thicker than a concussed troll". This may not have been totally inaccurate, as Hermione typically showed respect for genuine talent and skill in people, even if said people had upset her, as Professor Snape did on a few occasions. Therefore, if Hermione had no such praise to give, it indicates that Pansy probably didn't lack talent or intelligence, due to the fact that she was made a prefect and got a high score in at least her Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L. should be considered.
Pansy was a girl who was scared when she heard that Lord Voldemort approached the school. She wanted people to grab Harry to keep the rest of the people safe. However, her actions was backfired since many people wanted to protect Harry. Since Pansy was the only one who spoke up, this revealed that she was actually strong. She didn't want another battle coming to Hogwarts.
Judging by the amusement Pansy expressed when Blaise Zabini made an offensive comment about Ginny Weasley being a "filthy blood traitor", her association with the then-prejudiced Draco Malfoy, as well as the stance she expressed just before the Battle of Hogwarts, she was most likely a prejudiced pure-blood supremacist herself.
Magical abilities and skills
- Defence Against the Dark Arts: Pansy attended N.E.W.T.-level Defence Against the Dark Arts classes, during the 1996–1997 school year. She must have achieved either an "Exceeds Expectations" or "Outstanding" at O.W.L. in this subject, showing her proficiency in this field.
- Potions: Pansy took N.E.W.T.-level Potions in her sixth year, meaning she must have achieved either an "Exceeds Expectations" or "Outstanding" grade in the subject at O.W.L.-level.
- Wand: Being a Hogwarts student, Pansy owned a wand, which was of an unknown length, wood and core material. Like most wizards and witches in Great Britain, she likely purchased it from Ollivanders in Diagon Alley, London, prior to staring her first year in 1991.
- Watch: Pansy owned a small wrist-watch, which she used to tell the time at Hogwarts.
- Prefect badge: Pansy owned a Slytherin Prefect Badge, due to her becoming a Prefect at the start of the 1995–1996 school year, which she would have worn during her Prefect duties.
- Potter Stinks badge: Pansy wore one these derogatory badges in 1994 to mock Harry Potter about his participation in the Triwizard Tournament.
- Dress robes: Pansy wore dress robes that were pale pink in colour and very frilly to the Yule Ball on 25 December 1994.
- "You go on, I just want to check something."
- — Draco Malfoy rejects Pansy's offering hand[src]
Pansy got on seemingly well with Draco Malfoy during their school years. They were both sorted into Slytherin house and each had dominant personalities, both being leaders in their house. By her third year, Pansy had developed tender feelings for Draco, appearing quite concerned by his injury to his arm caused by Buckbeak during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, after which she rushed out of class to the hospital wing to visit him. She was often seen fawning over him and Draco seemed to greatly enjoy her attention.
By 1994, possible romantic feelings between the two had developed, as they attended the Yule Ball together. In their fifth year, Pansy and Draco were both made the Prefects of Slytherin, and both had joined the Inquisitorial Squad. On the Hogwarts Express journey to school for their sixth year, Pansy and Draco sat together, with Draco's head in her lap as she stroked his hair. They were clearly affectionate. Draco did not confide in Pansy about the mission Lord Voldemort had given him that year. However, this may have been due to the Dark Lord's command that Draco and his mother not speak of the mission to anyone. After Draco was sent to the hospital wing because of Harry's Sectumsempra curse, Pansy immediately visited him.
Sometime after Pansy and Draco had finished their education, their friendship ended. Draco's changed views on pure-blood supremacy, caused by the events during his last year of school, may have contributed to this. He eventually married Astoria Greengrass, who had a more tolerant stance about Muggles and Muggle-borns, much to his parents' chagrin. Draco and Astoria also had a son together, whom they named Scorpius.
- Dolores Umbridge: "Do you find, that you are able to understand Professor Hagrid when he talks?"
- Pansy Parkinson: "No... because... well... it sounds... like grunting a lot of the time...."
- — Pansy and Umbridge cruelly insulting Rubeus Hagrid[src]
Like other members of Slytherin, Pansy respected their Head of House, Snape, and enjoyed his teasing and taunting of Gryffindor students. She joined the other Slytherins in applauding him when he was finally given the job of teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts in 1996. He favoured students in his own House but still had high expectations of them. As mentioned previously, it is possible that he was pleased with Pansy and selected her as a prefect in 1995, unless prefects were chosen by the Headmaster.
Pansy was unkind to at least one of her teachers, Hagrid. When Dolores Umbridge inspected his Care of Magical Creatures class, she questioned Pansy about the lessons. Pansy took the opportunity to openly criticise him, and laughed spitefully when Umbridge openly made disparaging remarks about him.
- "Potter, have you split up with your girlfriend? Why was she so upset at breakfast?"
- — Pansy's mean-spirited teasing of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger[src]
Pansy did not seem to get along with any students in a house other than Slytherin (possibly Ravenclaw), particularly other girls and Gryffindors. At some point during her time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Pansy had either teased or offended Angelina Johnson, Neville Longbottom, Parvati Patil, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and multiple members of the Weasley family.
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DEFINITION OF SIMPLE TERMS
Electrolysis – Is the process whereby a liquid conducts electricity by the movement of positive and negative ions within the liquid while undergoing chemical changes.
Electrolytes – Are liquid, which allows the electricity through them is called electrolytes. Such electricity is salt solutions, alkalis and dilute acids (acidulated water).
Non-Electrolytes – are liquids, which do not allow electricity to pass through them. Such liquids include distilled water, alcohol, liquid paraffin and sugar solution.
FARADAY’S LAWS OF ELECTROLYSIS
Faraday’s first law sate that the mass of a substance liberated during the process of electrolysis is proportional to the quantity of electricity passed through the electrolyte
Faraday’s second law of electrolysis states that the relative masses of substances liberated by the same quantity of electricity are proportional to their chemical equivalents.
If M is the mass of substance deposited when a current q flows for time t, then the quantity of electricity of electricity which flows is flows is It, and
m = Z It.
Where, Z = electrochemical equivalent of the substance
Z = m
I = current in A
t = time in seconds
m = mass of substance in grams
APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROLYSIS
- What is electrolysis? Mention at least two uses of electrolysis
- What is an electrolyte?
- State Faraday’s laws of electrolysis
- A current of 3A maintained for 50 minutes deposits 3.048g of zinc at the cathode. Determine the electrochemical equivalent of zinc.
- In an electrolysis experiment, a cathode of mass 5g is found to weigh 5.01g after a current of 5A flows for 50 seconds. What is the electrochemical equivalent of the deposited substance (a) 0.00004gC-1 (b) 0.00002 gC-1 (c) 0.02500 gC-1 (d) 0.00001 gC-1
- The electrochemical equivalent of a metal is 0.126×10-6kgC-1. The mass of the metal that a current of 5A will deposit from a suitable bath in 1hour is (a) 2.268×10-3kg (b) 0.378 x10-3kg (c) 0.0378 x10-3kg (d) 0.227 x10-3kg
- The electrochemical equivalent of platinum is 5×10-7kgC-1. To plate-out 1.0kg of platinum, a current of 100A must be passed through an appropriate vessel for (a) 5.6hours (b) 56hours (c) 1.4×104hours (d) 2.0×104hours
- Which of the following statement about the defects of simply cells is not correct? (a) Polarization defect is minimized by use of manganese oxide as depolarizer (b) Polarization may also be reduced by brushing the plates occasionally (c) Local action occurs because zinc is not pure (d) Local action also occurs because hydrogen bubbles accumulate at the plate.
- Which of the following instrument is most accurate for comparing e.m.f of two cells? (a) Wheatstone bridge (b) galvanometer (c) potentiometer (d) meter bridge
- What is meant by the statement “the electrochemical equivalent of copper is 0.000 33 g /coulomb”?
- In electrolysis of copper tetraoxosulphate (vi) using copper electrodes, 1.53g of copper wire deposited in 30 minutes. Determine the average current used (z=3.29 x 10-4)
- (a) Name two industrial applications of electrolysis. (a) Calculate the time to deposit 1.56g of nickel using a current of 2.34A in a nickel-plating process. (Assume that 1/20g of nickel are deposited per ampere-hour) | <urn:uuid:af5d223d-a8bb-477a-8d2a-66ff4708e698> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://schoolportalng.com/electrolysis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.863546 | 889 | 3.6875 | 4 |
March 31, 2015
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As we enter into Holy Week and make our final Easter preparations, I think the spirit of this week presents us with an accurate picture of who we are. The rapidly changing and confusing nature of the events of this week can easily be seen as fitting into our modern world. We've seen stars rise and fall in relatively short amounts of time. We can also see ourselves in the events of this week. Like the Apostles, we cheer for Jesus on Sunday, only to abandon Him on Friday.
On Palm Sunday, it's easy to see ourselves in the crowd, waving palm branches and being exuberant over our belief that real change is about to occur. Jesus’ entrance to Jerusalem may have had the festive spirit of a presidential inauguration with scores of supporters lining the street filled to the brim with excitement over the great things that are about to happen. The Jewish people viewed themselves as slaves to the system, meaning that the salvation that they expected Jesus to bring to them only intensified their emotions of hope. Here was the promised Savior who would free them from brutality and oppression.
Yet, like the Apostles, by time we get to the end of the week, we're quick to flee. Like Peter, we don’t know this man. The hopeful anticipation wears off and we're tempted back to our daily routine of sin. Yes, Sunday was a pinnacle, but its promises didn't materialize fast enough, so we're back to sin. We all live this hypocrisy. We all go to Mass on Sunday and experience the peace and serenity that following God's law offers, but when we get out of Mass and back into our lives, it's a real challenge. We have to figure out how to beat this cycle, recognizing that there's no silver bullet.
I think one of the other traps that we fall into is the belief that it's solely up to us to overcome our human weakness and defeat evil in our lives. In a sense, when we believe that it's all on us we fall victim to our pride. Objectively, we can do nothing on our own; it’s our Creator who makes us and sustains us in existence. We aren't pre-determined, rather, we're allowed to make our choices that God respects. Our choices convey a message to God about what our heart truly desires. Instead of having sole responsibility for defeating evil in our lives, it's up to us to start the process. The path to holiness is one part us, two parts Him. God provides the grace, opportunity, and protection, but that grace is only available to us when we're willing to accept it.
When we fail, when we find ourselves, like Peter, weeping over our rejection of God and His love, the Sacrament of Reconciliation is our way back. It's not only how we get back to a state of grace, but how we gain the strength to do better in this fresh start. We have failed, we have failed, we will fail again. The difference between Peter and Judas is that Peter got back up, dusted himself off, and moved forward.
Holy Week is an exciting time as Easter appears on the horizon. As we spend this final week contemplating the mysteries of our faith and the renewed sense of hope that the season of Lent has given us, take time to envision yourself in the events of Holy Week. Celebrate Christ's entry to Jerusalem, be with Him in front of Pilate, follow Him on His journey to Calvary, and find His empty tomb on Easter morning. As you picture yourself living out these events, resolve to be open to the grace that you need in your life to more closely and lovingly follow Christ through His passion, death, and resurrection. | <urn:uuid:0a6a5b85-40f5-414e-b07e-5c73e78c8e3b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://catholichusband.com/index_files/holy-week.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964812 | 776 | 1.515625 | 2 |
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In many parts of the world, mosquitoes are more than just a summertime nuisance. Their ability to carry and spread disease to humans causes millions of deaths every year. (World Health Organization). Using the GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper, citizen scientists will be able to augment broad scale satellite-based research with targeted ground-based observations at a high level of granularity.
“Satellites don’t see mosquitoes,” says Dr. Assaf Anyamba, a scientist using satellite data to study mosquitoes at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. “However, satellites provide us observation platforms from which to monitor the environmental variables that indicate where mosquito populations can flourish. This helps us identify areas where disease can emerge.”
Learn how to use GLOBE Observer to take Mosquito Habitat Mapper observations in your own community! Submit your own observations, even if larvae are not found in the mosquito habitat.
“By generating local, ground-based data with the help of citizen scientists, the app gives scientists supplementary data as they model mosquito population outbreaks,” says Dr. Rusty Low of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Arlington, Virginia, one of the NASA-funded organizations that helped develop the Mosquito Habitat Mapper. | <urn:uuid:e68ecc99-2d52-4777-85ad-a1165e8fa799> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nasaviz.gsfc.nasa.gov/13308 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.890223 | 299 | 3.5 | 4 |
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that any adaptation of Jane Austen’s timeless classic “Pride and Prejudice” will be met with either hostility or obsession, but will most definitely grab the fanatic attention of Austen disciples. And it will most likely make money.
Most recently, “Pride and Prejudice” entered my life through a staged romantic comedy adaptation my family saw over spring break at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. While I thoroughly enjoyed parts of the show, I thought it was miscast and the characters reduced to annoying shells of their most recognizable traits. Elizabeth was confident and witty, but in a “shut up, no one wants to listen to you” way, and Darcy was reserved and bitter, but to the point of seeming constipated.
Despite my criticism for the adaptation, people seemed to go gaga for it. Not only was the show’s run extended, but each performance sold out — an unprecedented event for such a small theater with a niche audience. This is the power of “Pride and Prejudice” — even a mediocre performance of the beloved story can draw in more people and revenue than Shakespeare’s greatest masterpieces. How can this be? Why is “Pride and Prejudice” so prone to adaptations that keep Austen’s fan base spellbound?
On the “Pride and Prejudice” Wikipedia page, there’s an entire section devoted to adaptations, ranging from the 2005 film with Kiera Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet to “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” — the 2009 novel that adds the living dead to the social circle of 19th-century England. Colin Firth stars in both the classic six-hour BBC made-for-TV miniseries and the clever rom-com adaptation “Bridget Jones’s Diary.” Dozens of books start where Austen left off, imagining the lives of the beloved characters post-last page, or telling the story from Mr. Darcy’s point of view. Another BBC miniseries, “Lost in Austen,” features a modern 30-something (obsessed with “Pride and Prejudice”) who finds a portal in her bathroom directly leading her to the attic in the Bennet house. She swaps places with Elizabeth and everything goes crazy. There is also Sir Elton John’s rumored film adaptation “Pride and Predator” which adds an alien invasion to the rolling farmland of Longbourne.
A sense of timelessness isn’t the only reason “Pride and Prejudice” has stayed in the public eye and creative mind for all these years — the book is also boundless. There seems to be no tweak too bizarre for the fans. You could place the Bennet sisters at the bottom of the sea, with shell bras and fish fins, and I bet people would lap it up. It’s already been made into a musical and a Bollywood film, but where is the Disney version, complete with talking animals and an Alan Menken soundtrack?
I’m sure that, for some, these adaptations are blasphemous taints on the holy ground upon which the sacred work of fiction sits. Others may be amused by these new spins, but uncompromisingly claim that the book will always be better than any variation. And for a lot of girls in my high school, it was the idea of a sexy, misunderstood Mr. Darcy — played by either the simultaneously regal and adorable Firth or the much rawer and emotional Matthew Macfadyen — that kept the pages turning and the obsession ignited.
But the universally acknowledged truth remains that if you love “Pride and Prejudice,” any mention of it in a contemporary context is going to set your heart pounding. My grandma and aunt have a theory: It’s the brilliance of Austen’s writing, her ability to make the inane drama of an average fictional family seem relatable to readers — but also magically illusive — that captures our attention and that of the adapters who offer their own spin on the Bennets. Austen (probably not intentionally) balances between identifiable characters and enough wiggle room for adaptations to be born.
As a self-proclaimed Austen fan, I believe that my kind and I swarm to adaptations because they give us something new to talk about, swoon over or laugh at. The novel isn’t novel anymore — it was written over 200 years ago. Everything that can be said about the original has been said. The only novelty comes with adaptations — sometimes the more ridiculous, the better.
It’s like Shakespeare. Contemporary casts are striving to find new lenses through which to perform classics like “Hamlet” or “Romeo and Juliet.” Like adaptations of “Pride and Prejudice,” these interpretations range from interesting — like switching gender roles — to ridiculous, like having the characters bounce around on jazzercise balls.
And, for me, the adaptations of “Pride and Prejudice” represent something more important. Jane Austen is a bridge between the generations of women in my family. Maybe my grandmothers, aunts, and mother won’t appreciate “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” — which, as connoisseurs of the weird, my sister and I find hilarious — but we all went to see the somewhat-biographic “Becoming Jane” together in theaters and spent quality time with each other.
While I can’t begin to fully understand why adaptations of “Pride and Prejudice” continue to captivate an audience that changes with each passing generation, I can hope to be continually amused by adaptations of “Pride and Prejudice” — I’m looking at you Elton John — and to keep sharing the Jane Austen experience with my family. | <urn:uuid:75a4f78e-f151-4f57-902d-180a348f6164> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/leah-burgin-pride-and-prejudice-jane-austen-adaptations/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.944902 | 1,254 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Rethinking Learning for the
The mission of Cohort 21 is to build a community of passionate CIS Ontario educators who are interested in refining and redesigning their practice through the exploration of new pedagogies, ideas and tools.
Your First Step
Registration for Cohort 21 opens in May. CIS Ontario Schools can submit educators from any division, department or role. The Cohort 21 experience runs from October to April. It is made up of four face to face sessions inter-connected by rich online discussion and supported by our passionate team of volunteer facilitators and coaches.
May - June
The first face-to-face session is dedicated to building relationships. It is here that we setup the framework and mindset for the year. This session is also about professional learning networks and the tools that enable them. Participants walk away with a new toolkit and community with whom to connect, collaborate and learn.
It is during the 2nd session that the “Action Plan” is launched and innovation begins. Through rich Design Thinking protocols participants are asked to think deeply about their practice and identify a challenge that needs addressing. The day concludes when everyone publishes their thinking to their Cohort 21 blog to allow for personalized feedback and support.
Each year the third face to face session is held at a non-school location. Cohort 21 has formed unique partnerships with many different start ups and learning organizations. Throughout the day members will hear from special guests, thought leaders and Cohort 21 alumni to help ignite inspiration and continue to support the Action Plan process.
The End of the Beginning
The final face-to-face session is a celebration of learning. Cohort members connect in small groups to share and reflect on their Action Plan journeys and commit to bringing their learning back to their own schools. The day ends just as the Cohort 21 experience began: with a commitment to the ongoing process of refining practice and exploring new pedagogies and tools. | <urn:uuid:a78e8616-8ebc-499f-96b5-ecf9d961974b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cohort21.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959564 | 412 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Lunch & Nutrition
We strongly encourage students who live in the surrounding community to return home for lunch. It is important to the general health and well being of every child, that where possible, one has a break from school and enjoy some fresh air.
All students who remain at school for the noon hour must obey the lunchroom guidelines including eating lunch in the designated rooms and not leaving the school grounds. Students who do not follow these established guidelines will not be permitted to eat lunch at school. It is expected that most students will eat their lunch within one-half hour. If the weather is favorable, students will then be supervised outside. The Lunch Program contract may be found on SchoolZone.
Noon hour supervision is provided for all students who bring lunch. The Lunch Program is an optional service operated on a shared cost basis between home and school. Fees are payable to McKee School. Fees for the 2021-20212 school year are $26.00 per month per child. Fees are due on the first day of each month. Please log in to SchoolZone and click on Fees to make your payment. | <urn:uuid:4c636d59-31bf-4779-a19e-5133f467d9c9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mckee.epsb.ca/forparents/lunchnutrition/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.968687 | 225 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Editors’ Note: This week we’re managing a mini-series on Argentina’s present crisis that is financial. By having an election coming up, it is a moment that is important think on the problems of President Mauricio Macri’s guarantees to replace the country’s economy. Component 1 covers the details of Argentina’s macroeconomic policies and exactly why a renewed alliance because of the IMF is only going to exacerbate austerity policies at the expense of the class that is working. Component 2 covers President Macri’s stunted efforts to create fracking to Argentina. Will Argentina carry on down this path, or will the social individuals search for an alternate? Here’s role 1:
Three. 5 years after Mauricio Macri stumbled on energy in Argentina in December 2015 regarding the vow of repairing the country’s economy, it offers alternatively dropped right into a recession that is deep. As a result, the federal government has looked to the Overseas Monetary Fund (IMF) for help, with memories regarding the final IMF bailout nevertheless fresh into the minds of Argentinians.
Today, just exactly what small credit existed in Macri’s start has dry out, and sky-high rates of interest are motivating monetary speculation over effective investment. Jobless and poverty prices have actually increased sharply, because have actually the number of individuals with basic requirements unmet. Plunging financial task has adversely impacted fiscal income, therefore fulfilling the zero-deficit target calls for brand new spending cuts. To top it all down, inflation has increased, reaching nearly 50 per cent in 2018. Financial growth and development are terms which have been practically erased from official discourse that is public policy goals.
This panorama is based on stark comparison to Macri’s campaign claims, including reducing inflation to a single digit and a “downpour of assets” that could arrive from abroad whenever investors saw just just how business-friendly the newest federal government ended up being. This in turn would trigger greater stability, financial development, and much South Dakota payday loans near me more jobs, and all sorts of is well again, he reported.
Macri’s election accompanied 12 several years of center-left rule under Peronists Nestor Kirchner (2003–2007) and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, referred to as CFK (2007–2015. ) In the 1st years underneath the Kirchners, Argentina’s economy had enhanced steadily. 1st two Kirchner administrations had been marked by a stronger recovery that is economic the 1998–2002 recession and massive 2001–2002 crisis, with a high prices of financial development, razor- sharp reductions in poverty and jobless, and an amazing upturn in genuine wages and usage. This lead from the heterodox policy that is economic geared towards developing the domestic market utilizing expansionary financial and financial policy, and a managed exchange price that favored domestic consumption and manufacturing.
Yet during CFK’s 2nd term, but, dilemmas started to appear. First, worldwide commodity rates begun to drop, increasing stress on Argentina’s international sector reports. In reaction, CFK implemented trade controls, or government-imposed limits on foreign exchange operations, which resulted in the introduction of a black-market trade price where Argentines traded pesos with dollars along with other currencies while the value of their money depreciated. 2nd, inconsistencies within the handling of monetary and exchange rate policies lead to inflation and appreciated trade prices. Third, ny Judge Griesa’s 2012 ruling and only hold-out vulture funds suing Argentina temporarily interrupted financial obligation solution re payments and usage of capital that is foreign, prompting worries of the federal government standard. The us government struggled to answer challenges policy that is requiring until it absolutely was far too late. Moreover, sectors regarding the electorate became discontented with trade settings and inflation, decisively affecting the results of this 2015 presidential election.
Big company, and particularly finance, had been positive when confronted with Macri’s electoral success. Bloomberg welcomed Macri by having a headline that is revealing “Wall Street Is in Argentina (Again). ” These were appropriate. From their very first time in workplace, Macri implemented typical trade that is neoliberal finance liberalization policies-removing many obstacles to your free motion of products and solutions and, moreover, finance, including eliminating trade settings. The government’s hope was that by “neoliberalizing” the economy, international investment would move in and so proper outside imbalances. This move risked making external imbalances worse for a country experiencing a shortage of foreign exchange. The consequence of these policies would be to overflow the market that is local imported products, killing neighborhood jobs and organizations and worsening the trade balance, while international investments never materialized.
When it comes to first couple of years, the Macri management issued massive levels of general public financial obligation to program the country’s outside deficit, nearly all of it denominated in foreign exchange. But, by February 2018, international money areas had mostly stopped bankrolling Argentina, triggering a run regarding the peso, leading to devaluation and a surge in inflation. The possible lack of usage of foreign credit suggested that Argentina had been headed for the next default, or even a forced debt restructuring at most readily useful. | <urn:uuid:be47519b-6229-4a23-8c38-eae7e8623b3b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://smileyopticalservices.com/another-imf-bailout-in-argentina-component-1-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.947405 | 1,095 | 1.835938 | 2 |
St Vincent’s Hospital addiction medicine specialist Martyn Lloyd-Jones said he was aware of the shortage following reports from patients who were unable to access the drug. He said the drug was not his first choice for alcohol-dependent patients but was helpful for some who had been unsuccessful on other treatments. The medicine can help people who are dependent on alcohol to remain abstinent when taken daily, particularly under supervision. The drug, Antabuse, causes unpleasant effects if a person drinks alcohol, which can include headaches, nausea and difficulty breathing. If you are having difficulty obtaining a medicine that has been prescribed to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist to discuss suitable options to continue your care. Antabuse, a medicine used for alcohol dependence, has proved so powerful for weight loss, University of Sydney scientists couldn’t believe their eyes – but there’s a catch.
- Even the small amount of alcohol contained in mouth wash can cause vomiting; in extreme cases continuing to drink with the implant can lead to heart failure, coma and even death.
- The intensity of the reaction varies with each individual, but is generally proportional, albeit in a nonlinear fashion, to the amounts of disulfiram and ethanol ingested.
- Do not hesitate to report any other side effects to your doctor or pharmacist.
- A few patients would require higher doses of disulfiram and longer duration of treatment under close supervision.
- Antabuse, a medicine used for alcohol dependence, has proved so powerful for weight loss, University of Sydney scientists couldn’t believe their eyes – but there’s a catch.
- It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist.
The effects of chlordiazepoxide and diazepam, but not oxazepam, are increased and prolonged by the concurrent use of disulfiram. Antabuse tablets are contraindicated in individuals who are hypersensitive to this drug or to other thiuram derivatives used in pesticides and rubber vulcanisation. Disulfiram also diffuses readily into cells and raises intracellular -SH levels, and therefore can act on intracellular oxidation-reduction reactions. Notably, disulfiram has been shown to inhibit the enzymes xanthine oxidase and succinoxidase. Disulfiram has been shown to possess an antithyroid action attributable to the presence of the NCS grouping, common to many antithyroid compounds, presumably reacting with free iodine to form a stable complex substance. Disulfiram is tetraethylthiuram disulphide, which occurs as a cream white, almost odourless, slightly bitter crystalline powder, practically insoluble in water (0.02 g/100 mL), soluble in ethanol and chloroform.
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All orders of Prescription items will receive FREE Deliveryregardless of order value. Excluded material owned by third parties may include, for example, design and layout, images obtained under licence from third parties and signatures. Antabuse is a medication that works by blocking the way alcohol is absorbed in the body . If a person has taken antabuse and then drinks alcohol, they will be very sick with nausea, vomiting, headache and diarrhoea.
The addiction has cost him his family, his job, financial stability, and even landed him in a correctional facility for four weeks. It was there, surrounded by “resentment and dysfunction” that Byrnes decided to go ahead with the implant. Even the small amount of alcohol contained in mouth wash can cause vomiting; in extreme cases continuing to drink with the implant can lead to heart failure, coma and even death. First made available here seven years ago for special cases, it is designed to deter people from drinking by making them violently ill if they touch alcohol. Yet it doesn’t work for everyone, and some alcoholics will persist in drinking no matter how bad it makes them feel. There is a current shortage of Antabuse effervescent tablets which may not be available to patients until end of this year.
The principal toxic clinical effects to disulfiram administration alone are drowsiness, lassitude , and sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy. Some of these reactions have been known to occur in dosages Antabuse price ranging from 200 mg to 400 mg daily and in associated combined toxicity, e.g. with metronidazole or isoniazid. The foot of the bed should be elevated raising the patient’s feet by about cm.
Byrnes is just one of tens of thousands of problem drinkers in Australia. According to the Australian Education and Rehabilitation Foundation the cost to society of the misuse of alcohol is $36 billion. So desperate he had an implant inserted in his abdomen this week which could poison him if he hits the booze again. Dr Wodak said the supply of should be guaranteed for patients who needed it.
English footballer George Best continued drinking after being fitted with an implant, and ultimately died. Byrnes hopes his implant, which stays inside him for a year, will help him finally win his battle with the drink. One doctor who used to fit the implants believes previous controversy about inserting naltrexone implants in drug addicts who later died has led to the “demonisation” of https://www.pharmacyonline.com.au/ impants by association.
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Compared with his old friends—Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka–Max Oppenheimer’s name has faded from the memory of all but specialists in German Expressionism. Born July 1, 1885 in Vienna, Oppenheimer, who later called himself “Mopp,” bounced around Europe, moving from Vienna to Prague to Zurich and finally fleeing from the Nazis to the safety of America. Schiele admired Oppenheimer’s work enough to paint a portrait of the artist in his signature skeletal style. Oppenheimer returned the favor, in a way, in his gallery poster (above, from 1912) borrowing from Schiele’s tortured take on the human figure while also fleshing out the depiction with some Kokoschka touches on the side. Like many other German Expressionists, such as Emil Nolde and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oppenheimer created many graphic works, such as this advertisement for a larger exhibition of his work. Oppenheimer’s work may lack originality, but it does reflect the same raw, primitive quality of the Expressionist school.
Despite showing some talent, Oppenheimer matched his geographic rootlessness with a stylistic nomadic streak. It seems as if Oppenheimer tried out every style that came his way as easily as trying on a new hat, discarding each new fashion as quickly as he put it on. Before Schiele even died, Oppenheimer had moved on to Futurism in works such as The Klinger Quartet (above, from 1916), which does make innovative work of trying to link the worlds of music and painting. Reducing the musicians to a swirling vortex of hands and instruments, Oppenheimer’s painting seems like one of Picasso’s Cubist guitars caught in a blender. But Oppenheimer arrested even this promising development when he moved to Zurich and fell in with the Dada crowd, adopting the “Mopp” moniker probably just to fit in.
Because of his Jewish background, Oppenheimer fled from the Nazis in the early 1930s and moved to America, where he lived out his days in seclusion until 1954. In New York at Night (above, from 1951), Oppenheimer returns to his graphic arts roots but no longer in the Expressionist style. Instead, he works in a cleaner, almost Vorticist style of blacks and whites arranged in contrasting planes. After donning so many styles, Oppenheimer seems to want to leave all of them behind along with all his other unpleasant memories of Europe. Like so many European exiles of World War II, Oppenheimer idealized his adopted country, depicting a purer, cleaner, and more hopeful ideal rather than the everyday reality. In his final years, Oppenheimer allegedly tried his hand at the newfangled Abstract Expressionist style, reverting back to old form but in a whole new world. | <urn:uuid:c00e9a84-d4e7-4295-a27f-131b53904310> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2008/07/self-exile.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.970892 | 606 | 2.71875 | 3 |
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|Power||AC 110V/220V; 50Hz/60Hz |
|Dimensions||22.5 × 31 × 10 cm |
|Weight||6.5 kg |
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The cultural and social life of Athens plays out amid, around and in landmarks that are centuries old, if not millennia. The remnants of Ancient Greece get the most attention, of course, thanks to a little thing called democracy. Oh, and mythology, and drama, and philosophy. But don’t overlook the ‘later’ years: thousand-year-old Byzantine churches, for instance, which squat, unruffled in the middle of streets and attached to hillsides. Ottoman traces can be seen in architecture and in food. And the neoclassical style of the 19th century adds elegance all over the centre.
Although individuals have endured difficult circumstances since the start of the economic crisis in 2009, the city as a whole crackles with energy in art shows, political debates and even on the walls of derelict buildings, as Athens has become one of Europe’s most noted spots for street art. There are plenty of surprises to be discovered, so make sure to leave room in your schedule for spontaneous discovery: buy a ticket to that dance show that’s just starting as you walk by, or sit down at the restaurant where the musicians are setting up. You’ll be rewarded.
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Two Khans, Shah Rukh and Mahira — the former, India’s most iconic film star in the last two decades; the latter, Pakistan’s most sought-after actress in recent times. For cine-goers, any film having the two working opposite each other is nothing less than a monumental event. But when they did work together in the recently released Raees, Pakistan’s censors banned their film.
Why? Nobody seems to really know.
Cinema audiences had been eagerly anticipating the first blockbuster Bollywood release after a self-imposed ban on Indian films by Pakistani exhibitors — which had decimated cinema attendance across the country — was belatedly lifted. And they and the film’s distributors howled in protest when the decision to deny the film’s release in Pakistan was officially announced.
But the reasons for the ban are as murky as the February fog in Punjab.
Officially, the censors banned the film for being ‘anti-Islam’ and ‘anti-Pakistan.’ How they came to that conclusion has never been explained, especially since no other Muslim country where the film was released, such as the UAE, found anything ‘anti-Islam’ in the film.
For her part, actor Mahira Khan says there is absolutely nothing in the film that can be construed as anti-Islam or anti-Pakistan. In addition, the ban came after the film was actually cleared by the Sindh and Punjab censor boards which, it is reasonable to assume, would not actually want to promote anti-Pakistan propaganda.
What is going on in the name of film censorship in Pakistan would itself make an intriguing, mystery thriller. Or at least an absurdist film.
Before the 18th amendment to the Constitution, there used to be one censor board in Pakistan known as the Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC). After the amendment in 2010 which devolved the ministry of culture to the provinces, provincial governments in Sindh and Punjab set up their own censor boards under their culture ministries (KP has yet to establish a board and Balochistan has no cinemas remaining).
The CBFC’s jurisdiction was limited to the capital territory of Islamabad, the ‘Central’ in its name only a hangover of earlier times. In the absence of a federal culture ministry, it was placed under the federal Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. In theory, at least, the Sindh and Punjab censor boards are independent and are not beholden to the decisions of the Islamabad censor board. In practice, however, this is not the case.
Bureaucrats in the provincial censor boards often still follow unofficial guidelines sent to them by the Islamabad board and by various establishment functionaries who attempt to influence outcomes in a non-transparent manner. This is in direct contravention of the constitution and often of the desires of many of the board members themselves who are drawn from the film fraternity and civil society.
The Maalik issue
This is not the first time Islamabad has taken arbitrary decisions, ostensibly beyond its mandate. Take for example what happened last year on April 26 with the Pakistani film Maalik. Maalik was taken off the cinema halls by decree when it had already had a run of more than two weeks in the cinemas. Interestingly, the film had been given a clearance, with a universal certificate, by all three boards.
An afterthought hit the Sindh Board of Film Censors (SBFC) and, under political pressure, it revoked its clearance. A hue and cry by the filmmakers forced the ban to be retracted the very next day. But things did not get back to normal.
Immediately after that, the federal government via the CBFC jumped into the fray and put a nationwide ban on Maalik. All of that happened because, apparently, the film portrayed politicians in a bad light. Subsequently, the Supreme Court of Pakistan lifted the ban after the filmmakers won a case against the ban in court. But by then the damage had been done.
Maalik had already suffered considerable financial loss. In the case of Raees, importers of the film point out that despite the film being cleared for release – in the case of Sindh without a single cut – the certificate was not issued and was held back pending ‘approval’ of the Islamabad board.
The censor boards speak out
“Five people saw Raees in Karachi and it was passed uncut,” says Satish Anand, whose Eveready Pictures was to distribute the film in Pakistan in collaboration with Hum TV. Under SBFC rules, only three board members need be present for censor screenings. “Why didn’t they issue the certificate? It is a collective judgment of the people from civil society who have the responsibility to view and make a decision, and that should be respected.” Anand points out that there have been instances earlier where a film was passed in Islamabad and Karachi but was banned in Punjab. Ragni MMS, for example, ran in two centres but not in Punjab. “This is how it works as per devolution and the law.”
Saeed Shiraz, a member of the SBFC, corroborates Anand’s statement. “For the last three to four months, things have become sensitive as far as Indian movies are concerned,” he says and adds in disgust: “Our position is like that of a clerk. Not just Sindh, I think Punjab also passed it. All said and done, I feel nothing can happen. It’s a gloomy scenario.”
Eminent actress and director Zeba Bakhtiar is also a member of SBFC. “We are wasting our time here,” she says with the same disgust as Shiraz. “I was abroad when the Raees issue came up. My understanding is that the Sindh members were okay with the film.”
“Our position is like that of a clerk. Not just Sindh, I think Punjab also passed it. All said and done, I feel nothing can happen. It’s a gloomy scenario,” says Saeed Shiraz, a member of the Sindh censor board
Shiraz feels what compounds the problem is that Sindh doesn’t have a chairman ever since Fakhr-i-Alam resigned from the post in June last year.
Another board member, who did not wish to be named, says however that the problem began under Alam. “He turned an independent board into just an appendage of the Islamabad board because he was interested in appeasing the establishment rather than carrying forward the board’s independence. It was different before he came along.”
Hum TV’s Athar Waqar Azeem puts another spin on the whole scenario. “There were two to three other parties that were interested in releasing the film, who might have had a role to play in involving powerful people in it and not allowing the movie to be shown,” he says.
Sohail Butt, a member of the Punjab censor board, validates Azeem’s opinion. He says three out of four members had cleared the film and only one raised objections. Before the matter could be resolved internally (the censor certificate is issued on a majority decision but disagreements are usually handled by consensus), “instructions from the government came that the film could not be given the go-ahead because it showed Muslims exploding bombs and selling liquor.”
Actor and director Usman Peerzada, who is the vice-chairman of the Punjab Censor Board, says he wasn’t present at the time when the board saw the film and “probably passed it.” He asserts, however, that had he seen it, he’d have done the same that Islamabad did. “Gujarat is the place where Muslim genocide happened and they’re showing Muslim gangsters blackmailing politicians? How can we tolerate such a film? It’s a bad film anyway.”
Mr Peerzada’s personal opinions notwithstanding, the question remains: how did Islamabad arbitrarily override the opinions of the duly constituted provincial boards?
CBFC Chairman Mobashir Hassan claims innocence. “We had nothing to do with it,” he says. “Our jurisdiction is Islamabad territory and cantonment areas. Provincial boards are autonomous. They don’t report to us. We don’t regulate them.”
So there we have it: nobody willing to take responsibility for a decision that has impacted the rights of millions of viewers to make a choice and caused huge losses to those in the film business. This is aside from adversely affecting the growth of the film industry itself – since the decision to ban Raees, a number of cinema construction projects — which were in limbo since the Indian film ban — have finally been abandoned.
But this raises a number of fundamental questions regarding the whole process of film censorship in Pakistan. Is it the job of censor boards to make decisions about artistic choices made by filmmakers and about their right to freedom of expression? Why is there no transparency in the process, including in how members are appointed to the boards? Is presenting a sanitized view of all members of a religion or ethnicity and international events the duty of the censors? And how can bureaucrats and government officials undermine the intent and the letter of the constitution with immunity?
Finally, it should not need reminding but culture needs a freer space to thrive in. The more we try and keep tabs on it, the more it will wither away into nothingness.
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Postdoctoral Trainee Natasha Duell Receives Grant to Study How Emotions Impact Adolescent Learning
Natasha Duell, PhD, a postdoctoral trainee at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, has received a Jacobs Foundation Young Scholars Grant for her project "Effects of Feedback Sensitivity and Emotion Regulation on Learning and School Performance in Adolescents from Multiple Countries."
This $87,500 grant will allow Duell to work with co-principal investigator Laura Di Giunta, PhD, at Sapienza University of Rome on two studies that examine cross-cultural patterns in feedback sensitivity, emotion regulation, and learning in adolescence.
Duell says that adolescents are highly sensitive to rewards, but their self-regulatory capacities are still in the process of maturing. In the classroom, they experience a continuous stream of successes and failures—namely, rewards and punishments.
"We know from prior literature that reward sensitivity can facilitate learning, but we know less about the role of punishment sensitivity in learning. Further, adolescents with poor emotion regulation strategies may struggle to cope with the various rewards and punishments that are inherent in the learning environment, such as receiving praise from a teacher or failing an exam," she says. "This research brings these areas of inquiry together to examine the intersection of emotion regulation and feedback sensitivity on learning."
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"We wanted to design a study that would have practical relevance to educators. We merged our respective expertise and interests to design two studies assessing how individual differences in emotion regulation strategies and feedback sensitivity influence adolescent learning," says Duell. "Further, to address the biases in current research on adolescent development, which is based heavily on individuals from 'WEIRD' (white, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic) countries, we chose to examine our research questions in a cross-national sample."
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What carried me through, however, was the collective and infectious DIY—no, QIY (Quality Improve-it-Yourself) attitude of the group. We were all learning, and regular participation in the collaborative essentially guaranteed improvement. We achieved our aim of 90% communication with PCPs within two days of discharge. The secret was simple: The more you do, the more you learn.
Pediatric hospitalists can transform care delivery through a focus on safe and quality care, but the tools to accomplish this must come through post-residency, on-the-job learning. This QI know-how must efficiently spread among our ranks through practical and project-based educational efforts. It’s “see one, do one, teach one,” but we’re not talking about lumbar punctures anymore.
This is a journey in which we all take on the responsibility of rolling up our sleeves and simply learn by doing. And here is where the third leg of my as-yet-unfinished QI course unfolds.
Through my involvement with the Value in Inpatient Pediatrics (VIP) Network, I’ve gained a newfound vision for what the future might hold. VIP has evolved from a benchmarking project focused on bronchiolitis to an improvement network that will incorporate projects similar to the discharge handoff collaborative above.
In the process, a model for how to rapidly spread QI learning has emerged. The capacity lies in the network’s rapidly growing connectivity. The power comes from the individuals: motivated, card-carrying pediatric hospitalists from a wide array of sites. Collaborative learning harbors the potential to exponentially increase the pace at which we improve.
The future of our quality care is bright. I see an open network of improvement doers and learners. I see collaboration on quality and safety initiatives in all manner of hospitals and communities. I see that this will all be built upon a foundation of hard work and a QIY attitude.
You, too, will play a role.
Just don’t be afraid to get your hands a little dirty. TH
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1921. On this day 96 years ago, my Mom was born. Notable events of that year include:
• The De Young Museum in San Francisco opens.
• Women get the vote in Sweden.
• The first Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City is held.
• Charlie Chaplin’s full-length movie The Kid is released.
• Warren Harding begins his Presidency.
• World War I ends and the Allies decide that Germany has to pay 33 trillion dollars in reparations for World War I. (It was finally paid off in 2010.)
• Hitler becomes the Fuhrer of the Nazi Party
• White Castle hamburger restaurant opens, the first of the fast-food chains.
• Albert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize.
• The vibraphone is invented.
• Donna Reed, Carol Channing, Betty Friedan, Errol Garner, Steve Allen, Jon Hendriks are born (my Mom outlived them all except for Jon Hendriks, still alive at 95 years old!)
• D.H. Lawrence publishes Women in Love, Langston Hughes his poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
• Picasso paints Three Musicians, Mondrian Composition in Red, Yellow, Blue.
• Schoenberg composes Opus 25 for Piano.
• Hit songs include Irving Berlin’s Say It With Music, Zez Confrey’s Kitten on the Keys (part of my Pentatonics Jazz band’s repertoire) and April Showers (a song I played at my Mom’s Memorial Service in 2014).
• Louis Armstrong goes to Chicago to play with Joe Oliver.
• A pound of bacon costs $.52, a pound of coffee $.47, a pound of cheese $.38.
• There were 7 million cars in the U.S. (now 263 million).
That was the world my Mom was born into. Growing up in Coney Island, she was 8 when the Great Depression hit, 12 when Hitler rose to power in Germany, 24 when World War II ended, 28 when my sister was born, 30 when I was born, 71 when she moved to California, 87 when she moved into The Jewish Home for the Aged (thanks to those Liberals who gave us Medicare) and two weeks short of her 93rd birthday when she left us. The world changed more in her lifetime than it had in the previous 500 years.
Yesterday driving to school, I listened to a recording of a concert I gave in her honor. Titled “Flowers for Florence,” it was all jazz tunes that had to do with flowers—April Showers, Lotus Blossom, Passion Flower, Blue Orchid, Menina Flor and more. At the end, I told a story to the audience of coming to visit her when she was in one of her belligerent “I’m-old-and-tired” moods and I managed to soothe her with some ice cream and conversation. Then I wheeled her over to the piano and asked her, “What would you like to hear?” and without missing a beat, she replied, “That you love me.” And I ended that little story with “Easier words were never spoken.”
So Mom, I’ll say it again. I miss you pinching my cheek and showering me with your praise and conducting at my side while I played piano. Tonight I’m going with Ginny to see a show about Irving Berlin and I’ll let him say those words “I Love You” with the song he wrote the year of your birth: Say It With Music. That’s what I’m trying to do, every time I sit down at the piano, at least part of the time, I’m playing a love letter to you. No more counting the years when April 27th rolls around, but still and always, I’m so happy you were born and I had the privilege to be your son. Your name won’t make the Wikipedia list, but for me, the most important event of 1921 is that you were born. That’s my history lesson for today. | <urn:uuid:cce276b3-1420-43b8-88f3-e7c05bbed912> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://douggoodkin.blogspot.com/2017/04/history-lesson.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.96482 | 878 | 1.59375 | 2 |
The nasolacrimal duct (also called the tear duct) carries tears from the lacrimal sac of the eye into the nasal cavity. The duct begins in the eye socket between the maxillary and lacrimal bones, from where it passes downwards and backwards. The opening of the nasolacrimal duct into the inferior nasal meatus of the nasal cavity is partially covered by a mucosal fold (valve of Hasner or plica lacrimalis). Excess tears flow through nasolacrimal duct which drains into the inferior nasal meatus.
The lacrimal apparatus. Right side.
Outline of bones of face, showing position of air sinuses.
This is the reason the nose starts to run when a person is crying or has watery eyes from an allergy, and why one can sometimes taste eye drops. For the same reason when applying some eye drops it is often advised to close the nasolacrimal duct by pressing it with a finger to prevent the medicine from escaping the eye and having unwanted side effects elsewhere in the body.
Obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct may occur. This leads to the excess overflow of tears called epiphora. A congenital obstruction can cause cystic expansion of the duct and is called a dacryocystocele or Timo cyst. Persons with dry eye conditions can be fitted with punctal plugs that seal the ducts to limit the amount of fluid drainage and retain moisture.
During an ear infection, excess mucus may drain through the nasolacrimal duct in the opposite way tears drain.
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Few things in the world of technology have earned so much simultaneous love and hate as the social media colossus that is Facebook. It is an essential 21st century tool that allows friends and families to stay connected, and yet at the same time can be one of the most damaging factors to productivity for a typical office workday, as hundreds of millions of people sneak a few minutes here and there from work to check their computer or their phone to see what’s going on with their Facebook feed, or interact with others there.
The Internet has dramatically changed the way people process information. When there were only a few ways to do research on a product, such as reading a pamphlet, listening to a radio ad, or watching a television commercial, people had little choice but to consume the marketing content in its entirety, because there weren’t very many alternatives.
There’s no second chances for making a first impression. It matters as much in online marketing as it does in life. There are three straightforward rules for making a good first impression on new customers: deliver what’s promised, build personal relationships with customers, and deliver unexpected value and extras.
The ability to shop online has brought about both radical changes in the way people think and buy their goods, as well some behavior that would otherwise never be seen in the real world. For example, just imagine groups of people going into a grocery store. Most of them do what you’d expect, pulling out their shopping carts or baskets, wandering from shelf to shelf, picking up goods, and then lining up at the checkout counters to pay for their goods.
The rise of personal computers combined with Internet has changed the landscape of consumerism is a way that has simply never been seen before. Prior to this, the history of capitalism was pretty straightforward, and, in many ways, it was blunt. There was demand, there was supply, and the suppliers rushed to fill the demand. If someone did it better, the demand shifted over to the new supplier.
Human psychology is a capricious, fascinating thing. It doesn’t always follow conventional logic, but it does have a logic of its own that can be understood, and exploited. This is especially true in the world of marketing, where understanding the way people think, figuring out why they want things, and encouraging them to engage and purchase products is all contingent on knowing what triggers will cause someone to buy something, and what will cause them to pass on by.
When analysts talk about the trends, numbers and statistics that make up the ways in which people look at a business and evaluate its success, one tricky concept to look at is the Customer Lifetime Value. It may sound like a mouthful, but what the CLV essentially is, is a measurement or prediction of the net profit you may expect from a single customer over the long term.
Email subject lines are the headlines that give readers a reason to open your messages. And often they’re what readers use to decide whether to read the rest of your email or send it straight to the trash. Following some straightforward rules lets you create subject lines that boost opens and clicks.
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Welcome to LFA’s video on Magnesium Stearate.
Magnesium Stearate is what is known as a dry lubricant or a flowing agent. It is a white water-insoluble powder that reduces the friction at the point of contact between the surfaces of processing equipment. Magnesium Stearate is one of the most commonly used flowing agents and most supplements you’ll find on shelves will include it within their formulation.
It is a magnesium salt that also has two stearic acids. Magnesium is an essential mineral and stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid that’s found in many common foods such as chicken, walnuts, cheese, grass-fed beef and many more.
This is one of the most popular flowing agents in the industry due to how effective it is. It’s also inert meaning it won’t react with other ingredients in your formulation making the tableting and encapsulating process much easier.
Whilst it’s main purpose is as a lubricant, it does have other benefits in a formulation such as an emulsifier, binder, anticaking, thickening and antifoaming agent.
Only a very small amount of Magnesium Stearate needs to be used in any formulation, it commonly ranges between 0.25 to 5% of your total blend
A lubricant is extremely important in a formulation and there are 3 main roles it will play:
- To lessen friction between a tablets surface and the die wall during ejection.
- To prevent the solution from sticking to the parts of a machine that it is currently running through.
- To increase flow by reducing friction amongst the particles themselves.
An excellent lubricant will form a strong layer over the surface. Another positive factor is that it is adverse to a change in process variables. Process variables are a dynamic part of the process that can change in a given way. This will generally be flow, pressure and temperature. If any of these changes occur, it shouldn't affect the manufacturing process.
Magnesium stearate is recognised as GRAS or generally recognized as safe by the FDA.
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Two Regionalist works by noted 20th Kansas City Art Institute alumni will be auctioned by Selkirk Auctioneers and Appraisers on July 16, 2022 to benefit Bread & Roses Missouri. See the catalogue links below for details!
Join us for a complimentary Auction Preview Reception on July 15th
Regionalism in American Art
During the Great Depression in the 1930s, Regionalism became the unofficial style of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Federal Art Project, and the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture, all of which provided employment for artists through mural and painting commissions.
Regionalism was an American art movement that emerged in the Midwest in the early 1930s and continued into the early 1940s. At the height of the movement in the 1930s, Regionalist artists drew most of their subject matter and inspiration from local traditions such as the Midwestern farm landscape and the history of the native Midwest region. Regionalism’s propensity towards traditional American values and lifestyles became especially popular during the Great Depression as a symbol of the strength and endurance of the American people. [Source Chapman University]
JOHN STOCKTON DE MARTELLY | American, 1903-1979
Looking at the Sunshine | See Auction Catalogue – lot 194
John de Martelly was born in 1903 in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in Florence, Italy, as well as the Royal College of Art in London. In the 1930s and 1940s, he taught printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute to the same students who studied painting with Thomas Hart Benton.
De Martelly became a close friend of Benton, and was influenced by his Regionalist style. When Benton was fired from the Art Institute, the Board of Governors offered de Martelly Benton’s job as head of the Painting Department. De Martelly was furious and quit. De Martelly’s lithographs, sold through the Associated American Artists Galleries in New York in the 1930s and 1940s, captured the essence of the rural American landscape.
In 1943, de Martelly began teaching at Michigan State University in East Lansing, where he was named artist-in-residence in 1946. By the late 1940s, de Martelly abandoned Regionalism for Abstract Expressionism and closely studied Daumier.
ERNEST HUBERT DEINES | American, 1894-1967
Joy on Kaw Valley Loam | See Auction Catalogue – lot 195
E. Hubert Deines (1894-1967) was born in a rural section of central Kansas, near Russell. Even at preschool age, before any kind of public instruction was available to him, he was enthusiastically making drawings of things imaginary or observed in a rustic scene. Later, after the usual educational courses, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design at Kansas City, Missouri. This art study period was interrupted during World War I by military service. After serving overseas with the 109th Engineers of the 34th Division, he spent some time in France. Under a special government arrangement for qualified servicemen, Deines studied at the famous Julian Academy in Paris.
Upon returning to the United States, he held a position for twelve years on the art staff of a metropolitan daily newspaper. Following newspaper work he established himself in a studio in the old, historic Westport district of Kansas City, Missouri, where for several years he carried on some book and magazine work that required both typographical knowledge and artistic execution. During these commercial assignments a long-desired ambition was also undertaken—to enter the field of Fine Arts. Printmaking had always been his underlying goal, and after many experiments in various media, gradually and by self-taught methods, wood engraving became his principal medium. | <urn:uuid:6935cf6e-1312-4fe8-9156-92791a49f58a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.breadandrosesmo.org/2022/07/07/regionalism-the-unofficial-style-of-depression-era-art-projects/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.970227 | 771 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Matt Drudge is estimated to be worth $90 million. Why? Because he is the greatest headline writer in history.
He knows what interests readers. He has millions of readers.
Here is what interests readers this morning.
This indicates the public’s fascination with Ebola. It is not panic yet, but great curiosity.
This creates a problem for the federal government. The FedGov has no plans to deal with Ebola. It has no theory to guide a plan. We get multiple stories. The disease is not spread by airborne means, but if someone sneezes, it may be transmitted. Excuse me?
Authorities in Spain just killed and cremated the dog of a dead nurse. Dogs carry it? The authorities in Spain were taking no chances.
They just don’t know. This is an accurate message. But they must go through the motions of pretending that they know.
The public is beginning to figure this out: government bureaucrats who are in charge don’t know what they are doing.
This is true in most fields, most of the time. These stories get no coverage. We are not reminded of the degree of incompetence of our tenured, faceless rulers. But this story is getting coverage. The emperor has no clothes, and his wardrobe planners are as naked as he is.
This is the little man behind the curtain. He has just killed and cremated Toto.
An Ebola pandemic will create a “distrust in government” pandemic. It did during the Black Death of 1348-50. The public lost confidence in its rulers, both civil and ecclesiastical. Historians date the birth of the Renaissance with the decade of the 1350’s. The medieval social order never recovered.
We do not get many opportunities to see government officials frantically running around, offering reassuring soundbites, while the headlines undermine them. It is happening in West Africa. It is happening in Spain. It is happening here. | <urn:uuid:19ab19c5-ff8f-4da7-9345-eeb49e3dc8fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://teapartyeconomist.com/2014/10/09/drudge-takes-daily-temperature-ebola/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.960222 | 408 | 1.664063 | 2 |
With iClicker Anonymous mode, you can ask any iClicker Polling question without connecting responses to individual student records. When you ask Anonymous questions, you put the focus on honest reflection instead of right or wrong answers. So what’s the best way to use this unique mode?
Use Anonymous mode to give students privacy. You may be connecting your lesson plans to current events and long to know your students’ thoughts unfiltered. You also may want to give them a place where they can talk about their experiences with the pandemic, especially when it touches your subject. With Anonymous mode, students can fearlessly discuss the complicated world we live in without connecting their experiences to their academic achievement.
Collect student questions fearlessly. There’s really no such thing as a stupid question when it can be asked anonymously. Using iClicker to collect student questions also gives you a record of what your students are really wondering, so it can help you refine your future lesson plans. Giving students a private way to ask questions is especially important in classes that may be changing from in-person to online classes!
Preview responses before displaying them to the class. Anonymous responses are truly anonymous, so be sure to preview the responses to your short-answer questions before letting your students see the results. The easiest way to preview your results is to use the iClicker Cloud Instructor App on your mobile device.
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What makes Ireland a unique country to travel to?
Ireland is a highly developed democracy with a modern economy. Tourist facilities are widely available.
A Garda Síochána (Garda), translated as "Guardians of the Peace of Ireland,” is the national police force providing all state security, policing and immigration enforcement duties countrywide. Ireland has a relatively low rate of violent crime. Petty crime and residential crime is much more common, especially in urban and tourist areas. Rates for residential break-ins, theft, burglary, and purse-snatching have all risen in recent years, and thieves often target rental cars and tourists, particularly in the vicinity of tourist attractions. In rare cases, these crimes have involved physical assault or violence, more commonly in Dublin. Avoid parks after dark and avoid showing signs of affluence in addition to guarding your valuables, passport and wallet. We recommend you leave your passport in a secure location separate from your purse or luggage. Do not leave your drinks unattended at bars or restaurants, as there have been reported incidents of drinks being spiked with illegal substances, leading to robbery and sexual assaults. Please practice sound personal security practices and maintain an awareness of your surroundings during your stay in Ireland.
ATM Fraud: Crimes involving ATMs are a concern. Protect your PIN at all times and look closely at ATMs for evidence of tampering before use. Criminals have used “skimmers” on ATMs, especially in tourist areas. Skimmers are usually small electronic devices attached to the outside of an ATM to steal the ATM or credit card data. Most ATMs in Ireland now have signs or electronic warnings that advise customers to look closely at the ATM for evidence of tampering before using. Be aware that in busy areas, thieves use distraction techniques such as waiting until the PIN has been entered and then pointing to money on the ground or asking for loose change. While the ATM user is distracted, another person will quickly withdraw the cash and leave. If you are distracted in any way, cancel the transaction immediately. If the machine does not return your card, report the incident to the issuing bank right away.
Internet scams: Online fraud scams have been reported in recent years, and travelers should verify through local authorities, family, or friends, the authenticity of any solicited or unsolicited requests for assistance. If you receive an email from family or friends requesting assistance, we advise you to try first to contact the loved one at the last known phone number and/or to verify the story/circumstances with a neutral third party you know and trust before sending any funds.You should view with skepticism any unsolicited invitations to travel to Ireland to collect winnings or an inheritance. There are no licenses or fees required when transiting Irish airports, emergency medical treatment is never withheld pending payment of fees, and hotels in Ireland will not detain guests for lack of funds without involving the police. A claim that a hospital or hotel will not let someone depart until the bill is settled is usually a sign of a scam. Visit the U.S. Department of State's website for more information on International Internet Financial Scams and how to protect yourself.
Do not buy counterfeit and pirated goods, even if they are widely available. Not only are the bootlegs illegal to bring back into the United States, you may be breaking local law, too.
While you are traveling in Ireland, you are subject to local laws even if you are a U.S. citizen. Foreign laws and legal systems can be vastly different from our own. If you break local laws in Ireland, your U.S. passport won’t help you avoid arrest or prosecution. It is very important to know what’s legal and what’s not where you are going. In some circumstances, driving under the influence could land you immediately in jail. These criminal penalties will vary from country to country. There are also some things that might be legal in the country you visit, but still illegal in the United States. Engaging in sexual conduct with children or using or disseminating child pornography in a foreign country is a crime in Ireland and also prosecutable in the United States.
Persons violating Ireland’s laws, including its tough drunk-driving rules, even unknowingly, may be arrested, imprisoned and/or deported. Penalties for possessing, using, or trafficking illegal drugs in Ireland are severe, and convicted offenders can expect long jail sentences and heavy fines.
Arrest notifications in host country: Based on the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, bilateral agreements with certain countries, and customary international law, if you are arrested in Ireland you have the option to request that the police, prison officials, or other authorities alert the U.S. Embassy of your arrest.
Medical Facilities and Health Information
Modern medical facilities and highly skilled medical practitioners are available in Ireland, but due to high demand, access to medical specialists and admissions to hospitals for certain non-life-threatening medical conditions may result in extensive waiting lists. It is not unusual for emergency room (ER) services to be very busy or for post-treatment admissions to include a long wait (sometimes overnight) on a gurney in a hallway rather than in a shared or private room.
Over-the-counter medications of most types are available, but many U.S. brands are not. (Ask the pharmacist about substitutes.) Some medications available over the counter in the United States may require a prescription in Ireland. Irish pharmacists may not be able to dispense medication prescribed by U.S. physicians and may direct you to obtain a prescription from an Irish doctor before providing your required medication.
If you are traveling to Ireland and may require medical treatment while in the country, consult your personal physician prior to traveling. A list of Irish general practitioners in each area of Ireland may be obtained from the website of the Irish College of General Practitioners. Emergency services usually respond quickly.
Safety and Security
Travelers should exercise sound personal safety practices to minimize their chance of becoming a victim of petty street crime. Travelers should be aware of their surroundings and avoid unlighted, non-tourist areas
We remind you that even demonstrations and protests intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and possibly escalate into violence. You should avoid the areas of such gatherings if possible, and be careful within the vicinity of any demonstrations. You should stay current with media coverage of local events and be aware of your surroundings at all times.
Travelers to Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland should consult the Country Specific Information for the United Kingdom and Gibraltar for more detailed information. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom but shares a mostly unpatrolled land border with the Republic of Ireland.
Traffic Safety and Road Conditions
Motorists drive on the left side of the road in Ireland, and road conditions can differ significantly from those in the United States. If you do not have experience driving on the left, you should be especially cautious as tourists driving on the incorrect side of the road are the cause of several serious accidents each year. Most intersections in Ireland use circular “roundabouts” instead of signals, and it is important that motorists pay close attention to signs and yield the right of way to those already in the roundabout. At signals, turning on a red light is illegal; you must wait for either a full green (any direction turn permitted) or directional green light (which could be straight, left, or right) before proceeding with caution. Most rental cars in Ireland have manual transmission; it can be difficult to find automatic transmission rental cars.
Road conditions are generally good, but once you exit the main highways, country roads are likely to be narrow, uneven, and winding. Roads are more dangerous during the summer and on holiday weekends due to increased traffic. Police periodically set up road blocks to check for drunk drivers. Penalties for driving under the influence can be severe.
You may use your existing U.S. driving license in Ireland for a temporary stay; this can be for any period of time up to a maximum of one year. Some insurance and car rental companies may request an International Driving Permit in addition to your existing driving license. If you wish to apply for an International Driving Permit, please contact the American Automobile Association. You are required to apply for an Irish driving license if you become a resident of Ireland.
More information on driving in Ireland can be found on U.S. Embassy Dublin’s website. For specific information concerning Irish driving permits, vehicle inspection, road tax and mandatory insurance, please visit the official tourism guide for Ireland.
Taxi rates vary with time of day and location. Ask your hotel or innkeeper for the number of a call-dispatched taxi service if you plan to be out during less busy times. Bus service in the cities is generally adequate, although many buses are crowded and they frequently run late. Pay close attention to where bus stops are in both directions, as the drop-off and pick-up locations could be several blocks away from each other. Intercity bus and train services are generally good. | <urn:uuid:20ecb7a1-5ac2-4550-a570-b46904311df5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.countryreports.org/country/ireland.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.941907 | 1,870 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Yoga exercise is a collection of psychological, physical and also spiritual exercises. Its aim is to regulate the mind, still it, and acknowledge a separated ‘witness-consciousness’ which is untouched by the activities of the mind. The even more you method, the closer you will certainly come to the ‘watcher’ awareness. This state is the crucial to experiencing a greater feeling of tranquility and health. However what is the true goal of Yoga?
Words “yoga” is originated from the Sanskrit word “yog”, indicating “union.” The main goal of Yoga exercise is to bring specific symptoms of life into the best reality, which is a union of body and mind. Each of these private indications are surface bubbles that originated from the same planet. The aim of Yoga exercise is to move past the surface of these bubbles, as well as realize the actual nature of life.
The word “yoga exercise” literally means “to unite”. According to the old texts, Yoga exercise aims to bring specific indications of life to the ultimate fact. These private kinds are just bubbles in the process of creation. A coconut tree, a mango fruit, and a body appeared from the very same earth. To put it simply, yoga exercise has to do with moving from experiential fact to a state of recognition of the best nature of presence.
The word “yoga” indicates “to bring into truth”. The term yoga exercise describes the method of bringing private manifestations of life to the supreme fact. These surface area bubbles, or asanas, are part of the procedure of development. The very same planet created a mango tree and a human. The idea of ‘yoga exercise’ is about moving toward experiential reality, to understanding the essence of presence. If you would like to learn more regarding the fundamental principles of yoga, please see the main internet site.
One of the major concepts of Yoga exercise is that it targets the whole core of the body. For example, a side plank tightens up the love handles, a boat present maintains the boosts in the air. An additional prominent present is the side plank. Both of these are great for tightening the love handles. Exercising yoga exercise will certainly aid you become extra balanced and also familiar with your total body. You will certainly likewise discover the results of your initiatives.
Practicing yoga exercise will certainly help you overcome tension as well as improve your general health and wellness. The heart is one of the most important parts of our body, pumping blood throughout the body and supplying the tissues with nutrients. The technique of yoga exercise might decrease your threat of creating cardiovascular disease and also various other conditions associated with hypertension. So, it is not a surprise that a great yoga exercise course will certainly help you handle your stress and anxiety. You can practice it throughout the globe. It is not just useful for your mind and body, yet it will certainly also make your life extra tranquil as well as pleased.
Words yoga is an ancient Indian word that suggests “to give truth”. It refers to the experience of being in today minute. It also describes a state of remaining in which the individual symptoms of life are united with the best reality. Initially, they are simple bubbles that have actually appeared from the planet and also have evolved. Nonetheless, when exercising yoga exercise, the specialist is able to recognize their true nature and also to stay in the here and now. visit site
The Spiritual Publications of India are thought about the structure of yoga. These publications include thorough descriptions of numerous asanas as well as the benefits of each one. The Upanishads are thought about the earliest messages and can be located at the Oxford University Press. The Upanishads likewise have numerous recommendations to Patanjali and also his approach. They are both vital for comprehending the beginnings of the technique. Its owner, Patanjali, is the owner of yoga.
It is also claimed that Yoga exercise brings us to reality. Words itself has a mystical significance. It is the method to connect with truth nature of truth. Basically, yoga implies to join all symptoms as well as emancipate yourself from all external impacts. By doing this, yoga exercise is a type of living. As well as the best method to do this is to practice as often as feasible. It is the only method to discover the definition of life.
While the technique of yoga exercise has many benefits, it is not always a simple course. Different kinds of people experience it in different ways. Some people locate it loosening up, while others may locate it tough to recognize. The yoga arm or legs are broken down into five smaller limbs: Ahimsa (non-harming), Satya (reality), and Asteya (no-taking). The limbs are the fundamental concepts of the course and also are suggested to help individuals realize their potential.
The word yoga exercise literally implies “union”. The technique of yoga is a journey to the best fact. The specific symptoms of life are surface bubbles in the process of development. For example, a mango tree appeared out of the planet similarly as a human body. There are lots of animals that derived from the very same soil. This way, the experience of yoga is a union. Yet, it is not a plain union.
Words yoga essentially indicates “to bring one into truth.” The supreme purpose of yoga is to join the individual symptoms of life and also the ultimate reality of existence. All life is a part of a higher whole. In this feeling, each individual indication is a bubble. A coconut tree popped up out of the very same planet as a person. All animals belong to the exact same universe. By practicing yoga, we can move towards the higher and also achieve this level of consciousness.
Among one of the most prominent forms of yoga exercise, rheumatoid arthritis impacts greater than 1.3 million Americans, a lot of whom are ladies. In addition to boosting discomfort and also tightness, rheumatoid can take advantage of boosted series of motion, and strength. Along with these, specific kinds of yoga exercise have actually been revealed to lower exhaustion. Whether you are dealing with MS or simply wish to increase your energy degree, it will certainly benefit you to try yoga. click to find out more
In the modern-day globe, Yoga exercise is a superb method to remain physically fit and mentally well. It’s not just an excellent way to remain in form and remain healthy and balanced, it can additionally improve your quality of life. It’s likewise a good way to make friends. It is just one of the most crucial aspects of the art. It is a fantastic means to discover on your own and also your surroundings. You can locate a range of yoga resources, including a Sadhguru YouTube channel that includes brand-new videos weekly. | <urn:uuid:4c0cea1b-e6fa-4dc9-a606-2b4c1be47294> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://radioxotic.com/2022/01/15/yoga-that-will-really-make-your-life-better/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964322 | 1,417 | 2.75 | 3 |
Canada’s Agriculture and Agri-Food industry is a vital component of the Canadian economy and contributes more than $110 billion annually to the country’s gross domestic product.
In order to attract and retain the workers needed to sustain and grow this output, the Government of Canada introduced the three-year Agri-Food Immigration Pilot to provide eligible temporary foreign workers in the sector with a pathway to Canadian permanent residence.
NOTE: The Government of Canada says details on how individuals can apply for Canadian permanent residence through the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot will only be available in early 2020.
The occupations and industries eligible under the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot include:
Candidates with work experience in the above occupations must also meet the following eligibility requirements in order to be considered for Canadian permanent residence under the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot.
Eligible employers in the meat processing sector who use the pilot will be issued a two-year Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).
In order to be eligible, meat processors will be required to outline their plans to support the temporary foreign worker in obtaining permanent residency.
Unionized meat processors will require a letter of support from their union and non-unionized meat processors will have to meet additional requirements to ensure the labour market and migrant workers are protected, IRCC says. | <urn:uuid:9576c84c-9677-4081-a1be-93206ba24cef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://emmkayworld.com/immigrate/canada-agri-food-immigration-pilot/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.930772 | 269 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Twice a year, the weather prophets of the Muota valley, an area near Lake Luzern, meet to present their predictions for the forthcoming six months.
The six prophets, also known as the Weather Frogs, are all men of the outdoors, who say their love for, and proximity to, nature has endowed them with special divining talents. In Switzerland, they are also known as Wätterschmöcker, a Swiss-German term used to describe those who claim an ability to “smell” the weather.
Before an ever-growing crowd of members, the prophets convene at club assemblies to give their forecasts for the upcoming half year. The sage with the most accurate predictions receives a trophy and a five-franc coin wrapped in a red handkerchief.
Some ten days before the formal announcements, the six prophets meet in secret together with the club president, a priest, an actuary and the club treasurer, in a small room at the Kreuz guest house in Seewan, canton Schwyz, in central Switzerland.
“They are very special and original people,” guest house owner, Peter Rickenbacher, says of the prophets.
“They certainly have a talent for what they do – I could not do it,” he tells The Local.
The Weather Frogs first organised themselves in a formal club known as the Meteorologists’ Club of Central Switzerland in 1949. This was originally known as the Catholic Meteorologists’ Club of Central Switzerland, perhaps reflecting an age-old belief that divining the weather had a religious element.
The motivation for establishing the club came partly in response to the increasing reliance for weather forecasting on radio broadcasts, as it was feared that the skills of natural interpretation would be lost.
But the club was never intended to be a serious organisation, as evidenced by its statutes, and the sages are well known for their tongue-in-cheek predictions.
“The club is a very funny organisation, full of humour,” Rickenbacher said.
So popular has the tradition become in recent years that membership of the club has grown to some 3,500 strong.
“It’s become world-famous,” he says. “A real hype has developed.”
Membership costs just 10 francs ($11) a year, and entitles weather watchers to receive the twice-yearly forecasts by mail as well as to attend both meetings and dinners.
With the frogs’ pronouncements held in high esteem by many, it’s not uncommon to see them in the country’s newspapers or on the television news.
In 2010, Swiss filmmaker Thomas Horat charted their progress in a documentary film, “Wätterschmöcker” (“Weather Smellers”). A year later, the Swiss Tourism office made two advertisements featuring prophet Horat Martin.
Predicting the weather has been a long-practised tradition in central Switzerland. In the country’s mountainous regions, where weather can change with great speed, the skill to interpret signs in nature and to predict the weather forecast was of great importance to local communities.
The first known prophet, Jörlieni (Georg Leonhard) Schmidig from Bisisthal, was recorded as far back as 1749, although the practice may well have been common in earlier times.
The current prophets are chosen by the club, and can maintain their position for as long as they like. They are: Alois Holdener (“Pine cones”), Martin Holdener (mouse man “Musers”), Horat Martin (“Weather missionary”), Karl Reichmuth (“Ibex hunter”), Peter Suter (“Sandblaster”) and Karl Hediger (“Nature man”).
With the next formal gathering set to take place on April 20th, the Weather Frogs don’t want to give too much away. But Martin Holdener did offer a sneak peek into what’s in store for Switzerland in the coming weeks.
“The spring won’t really arrive until after Easter. I got that from watching the mice. They haven’t taken their bikinis out yet,” he tells newspaper 20 Minutes.
Taking his inspiration from the small rodents, Holdener says he also knows what the summer and autumn will bring.
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Country report and updates: Bermuda
Conscription is enshrined in section 4 (3) (b) of the 1968 Bermuda Constitution Order.
The legal basis of conscription is the 1965 Defence Act.
Military service is performed within the Bermuda Regiment, which has four roles: supporting the police in the preservation of public order, assisting in times of natural disaster, particularly hurricane relief, performing ceremonial duties and defending Bermuda from external threat.
Bermuda is the only British dependent territory in the Caribean that uses conscription.
There are no separate provisions for conscription in wartime. The British government, the Bermudan government and the Bermudan Regiment seem united in the belief that the armed forces will never be used in any war, as Bermuda faces no conceivable military threat.
All men between the ages of 20 and 22 are liable to military service (Defence Act, section 13A).
The length of military service is three years and two months. It involves part-time service in the Bermuda Regiment (Defence Act, section 19) and involves attendance in weekly evening drills (at least 40 such excercises) and an annual 15-day camp (Defence Act, section 21).
"In the interests of public safety or defence" the Regiment may furthermore be "embodied". Service is to be full-time for the period of embodiment (Defence Act, section 32).
There are no reservist duties.
postponement and exemption
Postponement is possible during full-time studies, including studies abroad (Defence Act, section 25 (1) (b)).
Exemption is possible for medical reasons (Defence Act, section 17).
The Governor has special exemption-power (Defence Act, section 22), as does the Exemption Tribunal (Defence Act, section 23).
Special exemption seems to have been granted to members of certain religious groups such as Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and Rastafarians.
Exemption seems to be granted restrictively, although no precise figures are available. One or other of the above-mentioned procedures appears to have been used to exempt eight individuals from military service from 1989 to 1992.
Call-up takes place annually. As there are more eligible conscripts than the requisite number of recruits, selection of conscripts is by annual computer ballot of 19 to 22 year olds so as to achieve the needed quota of app. 200 men (Defence Act, section 16).
2 Conscientious objection
The right to conscientious objection is enshrined in the 1968 Bermuda Constitution Order (Defence Act, section 4 (3) (b)).
Its further legal basis is laid down in section 27 of the Defence Act.
There is no clear definition of conscientious objection, each case being treated on its own merits. There is no evidence of any bias for or against any particular motivation.
right for whom
Any person called for conscript military service has the right to claim CO status (Defence Act, section 27 (1)). Apparently it has been difficult to apply for CO status while performing military service, but this is becoming easier.
There are no formal provisions for professional soldiers to apply for CO status.
There is no separate application procedure for CO status in wartime, which anyway the authorities insist is a purely hypothetical contingency in the case of Bermuda.
There is no legal means of removing a CO's exemption once granted.
procedure and practice
Applications must be made to the statutory Exemption Tribunal, to which those liable to serve may apply 'at any time' after initial registration for the ballot. The Tribunal transmits its decision to the Governor, who is required by law to implement the Tribunal's decision.
There is a right of appeal, the applicant being entitled to appeal to the Governor. Furthermore an applicant may apply to the Supreme Court for enforcement of fundamental rights (Bermuda Constitution Order, section 15), and afterwards to the Bermuda Appeal Court, then finally to the judicial committee of the Privy Council in London.
A particular 1994/95 case illustrates the inadequacy of the legislation. The Defence Act (section 27 (4)) provided COs with the sole option of non-combatant service within the Regiment, while the Bermuda Constitution Order (section 4 (3) (b)) mentions civilian labour as a possible alternative to military service. So an applicant, who had been accorded the sole option of non-combatant service, having appealed in vain to the Governor then applied to the Supreme Court, again without success. Finally, the Bermuda Appeal Court ruled that the Defence Act contravened the Constitution and ordered the applicant to serve as a conscientious objector, but not by having to perform non-combatant service within the armed forces. Since part-time compulsory alternative service was not feasible, the applicant was actually wholly exempted from any service. In 1998 a bill was introduced to amend the Defence Act by providing COs the option to apply for for non-combatant service or 'alternative community service'.
Another case illustrates a different problem. The Exemption Tribunal had arbitrarily refused even to hear a particular applicant, without offering any reasonable explanation. The Supreme Court ordered a hearing in which the applicant was successful.
The above mentioned 1994/95 case got good press coverage, which must have been noticed by most people. Subsequent cases have also received front page coverage in the Bermuda press.
It has been asserted that the authorities have in effect granted special exemption members of certain religious groups such as Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses (see: postponement and exemption). It is not known whether this may be because of possible refusal to perform military service.
As stated above, the amended Defence Act provides for 'alternative community service' as well as a non-combatant service within the Bermuda Regiment. The legal status, length of service and pay of non-combatants in the Regiment is exactly the same as that of other soldiers.
3 Draft evasion and desertion
Refusal to respond to a call-up notice is punishable by up to three months' imprisonment and/or a fine of maximally USD 900,- (Defence Act, section 17(2)). Prosecution is in a magistrate's court, which is civil (not military).
A conscientious objector declining to perform some or any non-combatant duties is in the same situation, facing the same possible punishment.
The military requirement is not ended by imprisonment, and a new call-up notice can be served after release from prison. A new application for CO status can then be made to the Exemption Tribunal. This cyclicle situation comes to and when the person concerned has reached the age of 33 (Defence Act, section 17A).
Statistics on draft evasion are not known, but call-up is believed to be not generally evaded.
The Bermuda Regiment publicizes names and dates of birth of all those failing to register for military service, adding that they may face imprisonment or a fine if they don't present themselves.
A leading Bermudian newspaper suggests conscription is widely criticized for being discriminatory and unfair, and has issued reports of new conscripts being humiliated and sworn at. However, the same source acknowledges positive aspects of military service as "it has probably saved many young men from a slow but sure brain death from rampant illegal narcotics usage".
6 Annual statistics
The Bermuda Regiment includes 27 professional staff (full-time officers and non-commissioned officers) and 400-500 part-time conscripts.
The number of men reaching conscription age every year is not known, although it is believed to somewhat exceed the 200 quota obtained by the ballot.
These are the figures for the people granted CO status:
1989 -1992 17 granted non-combatant status
It is not known how many have applied for CO status, but this may well constitute the entire number of applicants.
Most of the information was provided by Hetherington, Bill 1996-1998. Responses to CONCODOC questionnaire, 13 December 1996, 13 February 1997, 28 February 1997 and 9 July 1998. Peace Pledge Union, London. Royal Gazette 1997. Bermuda Online, online presentation of the Royal Gazette. Bermuda Regiment 1996. Online presentation of the Bermuda Regiment, created by St. George's Preparatory School. Supreme Court of Bermuda 1992. Civil Jurisidiction 1992, No. 527.
Anti-conscription campaigners are vowing to head to London’s Privy Council again after losing their latest battle in Bermuda’s Court of Appeal, the Royal Gazette reported on 9 November 2011. Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD) had been appealing against Puisne Justice Norma Wade-Miller’s April ruling that Government did not act unconstitutionally by conscripting Jamel Hardtman and brothers Larry Jr and Lamont Marshall. The three appellants had argued their constitutional right to be protected from inhuman treatment would be breached if they had to do military service.
The Privy Council, Bermuda's highest court, will hear a case against conscription brought by Bermudans Against the Draft (BAD) next year in February. BAD first launched the court action in late 2006. They lost their first hearing in the Supreme Court in March 2008 and lost again in the Court of Appeal in November 2008. However, the Court of Appeal gave permission to take the case to the Privy Council because it agreed it is of sufficient public importance to be considered further. | <urn:uuid:038de2a9-6907-412f-b932-851d3130226a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://updates.wri-irg.org/en/programmes/world_survey/country_report/en/Bermuda | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.949253 | 2,002 | 2.65625 | 3 |
If there’s one thing we love more than apps, it’s different cultures. We have a tonne of language games helping people learn languages from all over the world. In this series, we look at some of the locations that fascinated us so much that we created language games for them. They are helpful for students, teachers, and travellers. Last week, we looked at Turkey. This week, let’s take a look at Japan.
Japan is an island country in East Asia which is located in the Pacific Ocean. It is called the “Land of the Rising Sun”. Aside from Anime and Origami, there are many fascinating facts about Japan that you’ll be surprised to know. Here are some of them:
- Square watermelons are grown in Japan so they can fit more compactly in fridges and cutting will be easy. It was invented by the graphic designer Tomoyuki Ono in 1978 which was also patented in the US.
- In Japan, they are so fond of using mobile phones in the shower so they came out with a solution to avoid water damages and made mobile phones waterproof. According to statistics, 90% of mobile phones in Japan are waterproof.
- Japanese can sleep on the job and it’s acceptable. They call it “Inemuri” which literally means “sleeping while present”. A committed and hardworking employee spends more time working and do not sleep enough at home that he/she needs to do Inemuri while on duty.
- On December 16, 1997, 685 kids were rushed to hospitals after an intense Pokemon episode that caused dizziness, vomiting and seizures. The episode has certain repetitive visual effects which induced photosensitive epileptic seizures. The incident was referred to as the “Pokemon Shock” .
- The Gate Tower Building is a 16-storey office building in Osaka, Japan where a highway passes through it. The owner didn’t agree to sell his land so it ended up to a road-combined building.
- Japanese use more paper for comics than for toilet paper. They are crazy about Manga, that’s why in Japan, people of all ages read it. Manga in Japan refers to both comics and cartooning but when Manga is used outside Japan, it refers to comics originally published in Japan.
- Japan has been developing Maglev Technology Trains which use magnetic levitation that makes it float above the train tracks. They broke the world maglev speed record in April 2015 with a train travelling at the speed of 603 km/h (375 mph).
I bet you’re now thinking of travelling to Japan because of those interesting facts. And there’s more! But before you go, make sure to bring the right kind of clothes based on the season they have during the time you plan to go there. You can also read more about their culture, their way of life and some Japanese phrases so you can enjoy more of your trip.
A language learning app like Learn Japanese Bubble Bath can help you learn Japanese words and phrases so you can speak in the native tongue and make your stay in Japan meaningful. After all, being able to understand each other can open doors to friendships and other opportunities.
ありがとうございました！さようなら！ Arigatōgozaimashita! Sayōnara!
- Square watermelon:
By Flickr user laughlin from Tokyo, Japan (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
- Gate Tower Building
By ignis (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
- Maglev Train
By Saruno Hirobano (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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HOT MARKETS FOR WATER RIGHTS
ELECTRIC POWER - DESALINATION PROJECTS
The energy crisis in California has created an incredible surge in the acquisition of water rights for power production. Major energy companies are selecting sites along major natural gas pipeline routes in the Western United States for peaking power plants. These power plants require water for steam generation and cooling purposes.
In Oregon, there are several plants under construction. There is also very little additional water to be appropriated so the power plants are offering cash in exchange for a promise not to pump agricultural water.
In New Mexico, new power plants is are under construction in Deming and Clovis. New plants are planned near Belen, Clovis, and Las Cruces. There is talk of another plant site in the Estancia Basin east of Albuquerque.
Elsewhere power plants are under construction in Saipan and Gaza though the Gaza plant has been suspended while the intifada continues.
WaterBank has a client with land, water and natural gas available in Wyoming.
In Eastern Pennsylvania, WaterBank has a client with 40,000 acres, a private river, banked high BTU coal, natural gas and high voltage power lines and close proximity to two Interstates.
WaterBank has received many calls from landowners with water rights to determine how to respond to the new interest in their property. If you are contacted by a power company seeking your water rights, WaterBank may be able to help you negotiate a favorable transaction.
WaterBank is in the process of obtaining water for a plant near Belen, New Mexico.
ELECTRIC POWER - DESALINATION PLANT SYNERGY
All electric power plants produce heat as a by product. The heat is commonly wasted. If the waste heat is used in conjunction with a desalination plant using the RSD technology fresh drinking water can also be produced.
WaterBank® is presently in discussion with two power companies to provide RSD technology together with their power plants. A combined power production and inexpensive fresh water production plant will make their offers more competitive. At present, the new power plant in Saipan has no desalination component though elections are immenent in Saipan and fresh drinking water is a hot topic. In Gaza, the initial proposal from Enron was for a power plant and a desalination facility. The cost of the desalinated water was estimated at $1 per cubic meter which was more than Palestinian authorities were willing to authorize and the desalination component was dropped. | <urn:uuid:8f0cb6fa-509d-4f29-a982-63d56b7e6eba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://waterbank.com/Newsletters/nws27.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959229 | 529 | 2.078125 | 2 |
- NOAA's National Weather Service - National Air Quality Forecast Capability
- Twitter feed
- Facebook page
- AirNow app
- How AirNow Works: The Air Quality Index and You Poster
- Guidelines for Developing an Air Quality (Ozone and PM2.5) Forecasting Program
- Why is Coco Orange? - picture book about the Air Quality Index:
- EnviroFlash Toolkit - helps state and local EnviroFlash partners market and promote the system. The toolkit includes business card templates and public service announcements, including four radio PSAs.
- AirNow Publications
- Publicaciones (en Espanol)
- Download Images
- Air Quality Flag Program: EPA's Air Quality Flag Program alerts organizations to the local air quality forecast and helps them to take actions to protect people’s health, including those with asthma.
- Burn Wise: EPA's Burn Wise is a partnership program that emphasizes the importance of burning the right wood, the right way, in the right wood-burning appliance to protect your home, health, and the air we breathe. | <urn:uuid:ea50bed1-0742-4b30-9cf7-227913708cda> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.airnow.gov/partners/for-partners/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.805074 | 240 | 2.515625 | 3 |
By: Natasha Archary
We never know when Eskom will implement loadshedding, so it may just make life easier if South African’s braced themselves for future outages with indoor fun ideas.
Having no power during these icy cold fronts is more than an inconvenience and it can take a toll on family life?
This Friday on Kaya Drive with Sizwe Dhlomo, the team took things old school and played “Where in the world is Sizwe?”
A fun way to pass an hour on-air with listeners guessing where Siz was based on the descriptions he shared with everyone.
The game is one of the ways families can pass the time when loadshedding hits and the team thought it would be a good idea to share other indoor fun activities to bide your time until the power returns.
Take a listen to the fun that was had with “Where in the world in Sizwe?”:
Kaya Drive’s ideas for fun indoor activities during loadshedding
Kids need to let their imagination run wild, it’s part of the magic of youth and there’s this “don’t let your inner child go”, quip that comes to mind for moms and dads too. Whip out the blankets and sheets, grab every cushion, pillow and solar light you can find and get to work.
- Build a fort
Your mission should you choose to accept it, is to help your kids construct the most indestructible fort that’s ever existed. Defend your territory from the threat of invasion from the Eskom aliens that have catapulted your country into the dark. You catch my drift?
- Bonfire it up
If you have a patio area, garden or cool outdoor space you use to entertain or set up a braai, go ahead and start that fire. Toast marshmallows, get your dinner on the grill, grab the kids for a snuggle and spend this time sharing stories about the good ol’ days.
- Board games
I don’t know a family that doesn’t get competitive during a game of monopoly, 30 secs or scrabble. It’s old school but it can be loads of fun. Set the stakes high by giving everyone something worthy to play for. It doesn’t have to be monetary at all because we’re not about teaching kids about gambling. It can be as simple yet effective as, whoever wins gets off all chore duties for a week. Not watch things turn interesting.
- Family concert
Ah man, your childhood was LIT if you put together an entire stage performance for the entire family. Comedy, talent shows, magic shows, circus acrobatics, singing contests or full-on drama productions and plays, guys the sky is the limit with this one. It’s so much fun and if you let go of your inner control freak and allow the kids a silk blouse to use as a cape, you can watch them bring to life their innocent little dreams.
If load shedding hits at night then this is the perfect time to spread a blanket out on the lawn and point out the patterns in the starry sky. Granted we don’t have the best views of the stars in the city but stargazing is such a relaxing time. That and it can actually be educational. Provided you know a thing or two about constellations and nebula zones. See two birds.
South African’s are known to be resilient and find the humour in any and every dire situation. Many challenges have come at us and we’ve dodged them all like we’re extras in the Matrix. Loadshedding is no match for us. | <urn:uuid:8030f47d-9c47-4e8f-aa13-18743e80e199> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kaya959.co.za/kaya-drive-indoor-fun-for-those-days-loadshedding-hits-home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.934145 | 782 | 1.609375 | 2 |
This class comprises all instances of E7 Activity that create, alter or change E24 Physical Man-Made Thing.
This class includes the production of an item from raw materials, and other so far undocumented objects, and the preventive treatment or restoration of an object for conservation.
Since the distinction between modification and production is not always clear, modification is regarded as the more generally applicable concept. This implies that some items may be consumed or destroyed in a Modification, and that others may be produced as a result of it. An event should also be documented using E81 Transformation if it results in the destruction of one or more objects and the simultaneous production of others using parts or material from the originals. In this case, the new items have separate identities. If the instance of the E29 Design or Procedure utilized for the modification prescribes the use of specific materials, they should be documented using property P68 foresees use of (use foreseen by): E57 Material of E29 Design or Procedure, rather than via P126 employed (was employed in): E57 Material. | <urn:uuid:914d5e37-433a-4604-bcc1-7e2973709a0c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://research.ng-london.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Category:E11-Modification | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.879293 | 225 | 2.171875 | 2 |
NEW DELHI (AP) - India successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon Monday, a week after aborting the mission because of a technical problem.
Scientists at the mission control center burst into applause as the rocket lifted off in clear weather as scheduled at 2:43 p.m. from Sriharikota in southern India. K. Sivan, head of India's space agency, said the rocket successfully injected the spacecraft into orbit.
The spacecraft - named Chandrayaan, the Sanskrit word for "moon craft" - is scheduled to land on the lunar south pole in September and send a rover to explore water deposits confirmed by a previous mission that orbited the moon.
If India did manage the soft landing, it would be only the fourth to do so, following the U.S., Russia and China.
India's first moon mission orbited the moon in 2008 and helped confirm the presence of water. The country plans to send its first manned spaceflight by 2022.
India's launch coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission this month. It came at a time when the world's biggest space agencies are returning their gaze to the moon, seen as an ideal testing ground for technologies required for deep space exploration, and with the confirmed discovery of water, as a possible pit stop along the way. The U.S. is working to send a manned spacecraft to the moon's south pole by 2024.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country's lunar program will get a substantial boost, writing on Twitter that the country's existing knowledge of the moon "will be significantly enhanced."
Sivan said at a news conference that the successful launch of the spacecraft was the "beginning of India's historic journey" to the moon.
The launch of the $141 million moon mission a week earlier was called off less than an hour before liftoff because of a "technical snag." Media reports said the launch was aborted after scientists from the Indian Space Research Organization identified a leak while filling helium in the rocket's cryogenic engine. The space agency neither confirmed nor denied the reports, saying instead that the problem had been identified and corrected.
The spacecraft that launched Monday is carrying an orbiter, lander and rover that will move around on the lunar surface for 14 Earth days. It will take around 47 days to travel before landing on the moon.
India put a satellite into orbit around Mars in the nation's first interplanetary mission in 2013 and 2014.
With India poised to become the world's fifth-largest economy, Modi's ardently nationalist government is eager to show off the country's prowess in security and technology.
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Norme ASTM D2847-07
1.1 This practice covers the procedure for evaluating corrosion protection and performance of an engine coolant in passenger car and light truck service.
Note 1—Coolant evaluation in vehicle service may require considerable time and expense; therefore, the product should be pretested in the laboratory for general acceptability. Tests may vary from small, closely controlled tests, to large tests where close control is not always practical.
1.2 The units quoted in this practice are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are approximate equivalents for information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precautionary statements are given in Section 7 and Note A1.1. | <urn:uuid:5c00b71e-31ea-4f8e-81b3-36c7da6e646c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nbn.be/shop/fr/norme/d2847-07_67351/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.920001 | 191 | 1.851563 | 2 |
REALITIES OF YOUNG WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD
Within the framework of the UN International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2010) a small group of young Syrian women and Palestinian / Iraqi refugee women were provided with a two-week participatory photography workshop that has taken place at the Institute of Applied Arts in Damascus. The workshop allowed this group of women to develop basic knowledge in photography as well as to look into their own living environments and depict the reality of their daily lives from the inside. The pictures of the workshop were shown in an exhibition.
Project partners: Photography Department of the Institute of Applied Arts, Danish Refugee Council (DRC), German Embassy and Swiss Embassy to Syria (Syrian Arab Republic), Mustafa Ali Gallery.
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No matter what type of workout you are doing, stretching is essential. No matter if you are a professional athlete or a seasoned yoga teacher, stretching and warming up are vital to prevent injuries.
Stretching is also great for preventing stiffness and soreness from your post-workout. For others, stretching can relieve the pains of working on a desk job.
That’s also one of the reasons why Alex Larsson developed this program. The program can be used on its own as a gentle exercise.
This program sounds too good to true. We will therefore be reviewing it in depth. We will also examine its benefits and how it functions, as well as determine if the cost is worth it.
Do you prefer to watch a video? Don’t worry; we got you covered! This video by Ysaiany Ferreira on YouTube is worth a look.
If you prefer to read, let’s get started.
A quick overview of hyperbolic stretching Hyperbolic Stretching Affiliate
The Hyperbolic stretching program is a 4-week training that consists of various stretching videos. It can improve your sport performance or decrease the chance of injury.
With only 8 minutes a day, you can improve your muscle strength and flexibility.
These videos are part of the program:
- Pike Mastery
- Dynamic Flexibility and Stretching
- 4 Weeks to Front Splits series
- 4 Weeks to Side Splits series
- Lifetime Support and Updates
- Easy Bridge
- Complete Upper Body Stretching
The program’s main purpose is to increase your flexibility and make you more fit. It promotes a healthier lifestyle. The program also includes everything you will need to stay healthy over the long-term.
What is the program about?
The program is all about helping you gain strength and flexibility. You’ll learn to do high kicks and complete splits through this program.
You can also incorporate dynamic and static stretching into your routines and workouts. Additionally, you can do the program anywhere since there isn’t any equipment involved.
Although the website states that anyone can use it, they recommend it to those who are active and want to live a healthier lifestyle. Dancers, yogis, athletes, and gym buffs will be the ones who will benefit the most from this program.
This program provides a 3-second muscle contract technique that will gradually increase your flexibility. The stretches involved are similar to yoga poses, but that doesn’t mean you should be intimated.
The program has a designated timeframe so that your daily stretches gradually increase with the levels as you go on.
With only 8 minutes a day, your body will become more flexible each week. It’s also an excellent way to add to your warm-up before your competitions or main workout sessions. It’s also a great way for muscle strength and mobility, even if you aren’t competing in it.
But before you proceed, always remember to warm up and stretch before this. It’s also best if you do a cool-down stretch after as well.
How helpful is it to your health?
Here are some reasons it is good for your health.
It expands your range of motion.
The program includes dynamic stretching routines to improve your range of motion. Although 8 minutes might seem like a long time, the research backs it up.
Additionally, they found that an 8-minute stretching session per day is more beneficial than doing a longer one once a week.
The key to this is the number of times you do it over a long period. Allotting a few minutes a day is better than doing it occasionally.
Also, if you find the stretches lacking in intensity, that’s because the program was built that way. It takes time to increase your range of motion. It needs some time. You also need to build it up gradually to avoid injuries.
It helps strengthen your muscles.
A lot of debates surrounding whether stretching helps you strengthen your muscles. However, there are different types of stretches, and each one serves a purpose.
Hyperbolic stretching is designed to strengthen your muscles and allow you to exercise more effectively. It targets areas that are more stretched than others.
But if your main goal is to increase muscular strength for better performance at the gym, then incorporating this routine as a post-workout activity will benefit you.
It increases your flexibility.
Hyperbolic stretching can help you achieve more flexibility and mobility. Most people experience problems with hip mobility due to sedentary living.
There are many types of stretching that you can do to help with these problems. It’s a great way to relieve stress from a stressful day at work. It can be done even when you are not working, so that you can relax.
It can help you to be more balanced.
You’ll gain flexibility and balance as you go through the program. These two things always go hand in hand. You should be able to gain a better understanding of your body and its limits.
This will allow you to take better control over your movements.
What is the process of the program?
There are currently 5 stages to the program. These are:
- The warm-up series
- The Split Test
- Week 1 – Week 3: Exercises
- Week 4: Exercises
- Flexible maintenance
As you move through the program, the difficulty of the exercises will increase.
The Hyperbolic Stretching program has many contents, as we have already mentioned. Let’s take a closer look at each one to get a better understanding of what’s inside.
High Kicks with Dynamic Flexibility
The exercises involved here are geared towards improving your flexibility to maintain high split kicks. You also get a wider range of motion. These programs can also increase your kick speed, acceleration, range of motion, and kicking speed.
Easy Bridge and Backbending
The Easy Bridge and Back bending workouts were programmed to support your muscles to widen your shoulder’s mobility. This exercise targets your abdominal, lower back, and shoulders muscles. If this is too advanced for you, don’t push yourself too hard.
Pike Mastery and Front Bending
To increase your flexibility on your glutes, lower back, and hamstrings, you’ll need to do a set of complex stretches. You’ll also learn why some people are able to do splits but not pikes.
The Complete Side Splits
Splits are often the most popular ways to gauge whether you’re flexible or not. While that may not be entirely true, there are also many different types of splits.
Side splits can help open your hips so you can strengthen your pelvic. They also included a trick to help you gain flexibility with ease.
The Complete Front Splits
You can strengthen your pelvic floor, hamstrings and front splits. It can also help you relieve stress from your lower back while improving your overall posture.
Who should use this program?
Before you start the program, it is important to understand who it is best suited for. The Hyperbolic Stretching program is recommended for people with active lifestyles.
Dynamic stretching is a technique that professional athletes, dancers and yogis are familiar with. This means they don’t run a greater risk of injury when following this program.
It’s important to warm up your body before you start the day. This is especially true if you’ll be working on dynamic stretches.
Stop immediately if you feel any discomfort other than the normal pain you get from stretching. If you feel the need to minimize your risk of injury, consult immediately.
Who shouldn’t use the program?
Although the program claims anyone can use it, there are still some things you should be careful about when engaging in physical activity. With that, we advise you to consult with a physician first or a physical therapist, especially if you experience any of the following:
- A beginner with no prior experience in stretching
- Person who is currently recovering from an injury or surgery
- A person who has chronic pain issues
How much does it cost?
The digital program costs $199 They sometimes offer promos and deals. Also, when you buy, you’ll notice that they separate the workouts for women and men. The approach is different for each, but you still get the same program.
However, both require you to incorporate the 8-minute stretching into your daily routine at least four times a week.
They may offer discounts and promotions to customers from time to time. You can get it as low as $27, and you have a 60-day money back guarantee if it doesn’t work out.
After purchasing from their website, you’ll receive a download link to your email from Clickbank. You can access and download it from any device as soon as you can.
You can reach their team to get a refund if it doesn’t work within 60 days.
The Final Verdict
Is it worth it?
That is the simple answer.
Not only does it help you become more flexible, but it also helps you build a daily routine. It’s a program that’s simple and quick, so you won’t have any excuses.
You can do it anywhere, anytime. Hyperbolic Stretching Affiliate
The program reinforces your strength and balance by making sure your muscles are well stretched. It can also help relieve tension and reduce the risk of getting an injury when you’re doing intensive activities.
All you need to do is dedicate at least 8 minutes a day, four times a week. You don’t have to visit the gym or purchase equipment. Hyperbolic Stretching Affiliate
You can also relax and release stress while achieving your goals for a healthier body.
FAQ Hyperbolic Stretching Affiliate
Where to buy the program?
Only the official website can access this program. If there are any offers on Amazon, it would be best to avoid those. They don’t currently offer third-party distributors.
This is also a great way to avoid frauds.
What is the shipping time?
The program operates on a digital platform. Clickbank will send you a link to download the program after you have made a purchase from their website. It should have all the manuals that you need. These manuals can be accessed via your smartphone, tablet, or computer.
Is the program safe for pelvic floor muscles?
The Hyperbolic Stretching program is safe for the pelvic floor. It will help you gain strength and relax your muscles at the same.
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In 2014, 22,392 youth emancipate* — or "age-out"— from the foster care system when they reach age 18 or finish high school. (Some states have extended care through the ages of 20 or 21.) Youth in foster care often do not get the help they need with high school completion, employment, accessing health care, continued educational opportunities, housing and transitional living arrangements. Studies of youth who have left foster care have shown they are more likely than those in the general population to not finish high school, be unemployed, and be dependent on public assistance. Many find themselves in prison, homeless, or parents at an early age.
1 in 4 will end up in the justice system – males 4x more likely to commit a crime, females 10x more likely to commit a crime. 7x more likely to develop drug dependency.
Less than 2 percent will graduate college by age 25. Seventy-one percent of young women become pregnant before they reach 21, according to the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, a St. Louis-based foundation. Each cohort of young people leaving foster care costs society an additional $8 billion in welfare, Medicaid, lost wages and incarceration costs compared to people of the same age who were not in foster care, according to the Jim Casey initiative.
There are nearly 12,000 foster children who age out annually in Texas and 3,000 in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Roughly 1,500 foster youth leave the states care without a permanent home or family to help them transition to independent adulthood. As a result foster children who reach adulthood before finding a permanent home face heightened rates of homelessness, incarceration, joblessness, teen pregnancy, poverty and mental illness.
On issues facing foster children aging out our elected officials should be dealing with the issues of instability, lack of education, mentorship, homelessness, incarceration, pregnancy, and mental illness. 70% want to attend college only 2% receive a college degree.
In 2015 a little over 4 million dollars was allotted to foster care system. Yet the youth aging out still need ongoing support and direction to thrive. Allowing foster children aging out to fall through the cracks represents lost potential, economic and social expenses for years to come.
Youth in foster care that are transitioning to adulthood tend to find that losing support can be a major barrier to success due to responsibilities and circumstances occurring immediately.
We believe it is our social and moral responsibility as a non - profit organization to be a bridge to opening doors of information for direction, confidence and hope on behalf of our aging out youth and closing the doors on hopelessness. | <urn:uuid:4485b29f-b5b9-4520-941c-eab27fd53a87> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sodfoundation.org/transition_insights/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.944615 | 543 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Spins, Bits, and Flips: Essentials for High-Density Magnetic Random-Access Memory
The magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ), a device comprised of two ferromagnetic electrodes with a thin (about 1 nm) insulating tunnel barrier in between, was first proposed in a Ph.D. thesis by Michel Jullière in 1975 and reached widespread commercialization nearly 30 years later as the read sensor in hard disk drives. MTJs became essential for data storage in consumer laptop and desktop computers, early-generation iPods, and now in data centers that store the information in “the Cloud.” The application of MTJs has expanded even further, becoming the storage element in non-volatile memory, first in toggle magnetic random access memory (MRAM) used in automotive applications and outer space, and now in the production of spin-transfer torque MRAM as a replacement for embedded flash memory. As computing capabilities advance and drive demand for high-performance memory, innovation in MTJs continues in order to deliver faster, high-density MRAM that can support last-level cache, in-memory computing, and artificial intelligence.
In this talk, I will describe the seminal discoveries that enabled MTJs for pervasive use in hard disk drives, MRAM, and magnetic sensors, such as the discovery of tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) at room temperature, the invention of spin-transfer torque as the means to flip magnetization without a magnetic field, and the prediction and realization of high TMR using MgO tunnel barriers. As the demand for faster and higher density memory persists, still more breakthroughs are needed for MTJs contained in device pillars (or bits) just tens of nanometers in diameter. These advances require tuning of material properties at the atomic scale as well as across arrays of millions of bits in a memory chip. I will describe the magnetic properties of MTJs that are essential for high-performance MRAM, including perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, damping parameter, exchange constant, thermal stability factor, and TMR, and how to engineer these properties to deliver high spin-transfer torque efficiency and high data retention in spin-transfer torque MRAM devices , .
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J. S. Moodera, G.-X. Miao, and T. S. Santos, “Frontiers in spin-polarized tunneling,” Physics Today, vol. 63, pp. 46-51, April 2010.
T. S. Santos, G. Mihajlović, N. Smith, J.-L. Li, M. Carey, J. A. Katine, and B. D. Terris, “Ultrathin perpendicular free layers for lowering the switching current in STT-MRAM,” J. Appl. Phys. vol. 128, 113904, September 2020.
G. Mihajlović, N. Smith, T. Santos, J. Li, B. D. Terris, and J. A. Katine, “Thermal stability for domain wall mediated magnetization reversal in perpendicular STT MRAM cells with W insertion layers,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 117, 242404, December 2020. | <urn:uuid:59cc88fa-4533-4633-acd8-0b4933be5b9e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ieeemagnetics.org/presentation/spins-bits-and-flips-essentials-high-density-magnetic-random-access-memory | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.883294 | 764 | 2.578125 | 3 |
By Joyce Lewandowski
As part of the Vision 2020 Youth Education Initiative sponsored by Wells Fargo, the Vision 2020 team hosted the 11th annual Philly Girls Play Chess Tournament, which took place on Tuesday, May 14, at Drexel University's Creese Student Center.
The annual tournament is organized by After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP), a Vision 2020 Allied Organization, and it included more than 120 of Philadelphia’s young female chess players from ASAP’s Philadelphia Youth Chess Challenge.
Girls of all ages exhibited their skills in an informal tournament offering sections for beginner, intermediate and advanced players. This initiative’s mission is to increase the number of chess-playing girls, motivated by statistics that reveal that chess-playing contributes to strategic thinking and often results in pursuit of STEM interests, and that the number of girls playing chess drops dramatically after fourth grade. Philly Girls Play Chess aims to recruit new — and maintain current — female players (1st through 12th grades) to ensure that girls share in the benefits of chess.
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- The parliament of the EU has been convincing the states for common charger rules
- Consumers of EU have a choice to buy a new device with or without an external power supply
- In 15 different categories, EU has agreed to make USB Type-C a common charging port for all devices
European Union co-legislators have provisionally agreed on common charging solutions for smart devices like smartphones, tablets, laptops and other small and medium-sized electronic devices.
It has been reported that in 15 different categories, the nation has agreed to make USB Type-C a common charging port for all the devices, by autumn 2024.
This is a must to mention that the laptop makers are being given a little longer to implement the common charging solution in Europe. The laptop manufacturers will have 40 months after the rule will get implemented and adapted by the region, to install the new Type C charging kit on the upcoming laptops.
The parliament of the EU has been convincing the states for common charger rules to be implemented for all the devices, for over a decade now.
The Commission finally came forward with a proposal last fall — and it’s notable that today’s compromise only took a matter of months to agree upon.
Under the incoming rules for Europe, the consumers in the region will have a choice to buy a new device with or without an external power supply. They must be informed of the charging characteristics for the new devices which they are looking forward to buying so that they could easily tell whether their existing chargers are compatible or not. | <urn:uuid:b0598991-94ef-4a0e-8f70-c0724c5c54b6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news/europe-implements-usb-type-c-common-charger-rules-all-you-need-to-know-2022-06-08-782972 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.953165 | 316 | 2.484375 | 2 |
PDFmdx can read information from PDF documents via defined areas and assign them to a field. However, there is also information in a document that occurs several times. For example, position data of invoices – quantity, article number, price etc. These are usually executed as tables in fixed columns and a variable number of rows.
PDFmdx is also able to read position data from PDF documents with the help of “sliding groups”. Fields are assigned to a “sliding group” and positioned on the template document. Criteria define conditions to identify a row as a “sliding group” record. Two delimiters determine in which vertical area of the pages such data records are searched for.
The following video also shows the use of “anchor fields” to find and read information which is “moving” on a page and has no fixed position, e.g. the final amount of an invoice. | <urn:uuid:728b9e60-24c6-4659-9603-9bafe284901c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pdfblog.at/category/pdfmdx-en/page/2/?lang=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.930853 | 198 | 1.804688 | 2 |
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National Ijtima Nasiratul Ahmadiyya Canada 2022
Etiquette of Meetings:
- One should greet the Nasirat already present in the meeting place with the salutation of peace at the time of entering and leaving the place.
- One should sit where one finds place in the meetings, and should not jump over other people’s shoulders to go to the front.
- One should not indulge in vain or improper talk while sitting in company.
- One should listen attentively to the speaker in the meeting, silence should be observed during the speech. It is against Islamic tradition to make noise in meetings. When the recitation of the Holy Quran takes place, complete silence should be observed to gain the blessings of God.
- Remembrance of Allah is obligatory in the meetings; one should also engage himself in asking Allah’s forgiveness and in invoking blessings on the Holy Prophet (sa). The angels of Allah seek such meetings where the remembrance of Allah is practiced.
“It is important for the education of girls that they have a loud voice. Their voice should not be soft or hesitant. Their voice should have bravery, determination and power.”
Hazrat Musleh Mau’ud (ra)
Al Fazl January 14, 1927
Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih V (May Allah be his Helper!) gave the following guidelines for the moral training of Nasirat:
- In these countries, it is more important to take care of the Nasirat. The focus should be on Tarbiyat, leave everything else.
- Provide answers to the questions they ask regarding whatever they learn at school.
- Make sure Nasirat are offering regular prayers and reciting the Holy Qur’an daily.
- Nasirat aged 12-15 years should learn the Holy Qur’an with meaning to a certain extent. At least they should learn the translation of those Surahs that have already been memorized listening to Friday Prayers, Sermons and understanding them.
- Assess how many listen to the Friday Sermon and how many understand it. If they don’t understand Urdu then how many listen to the English translation. If not that, then every Sermon has a summary made available in English on Alislam or from Tahrik Jadid in Pakistan. It should be read or readout. The summary from Wakil `Ala [Tahrik Jadid] should be taken from Jama’at and sent to Nasirat.
What is Waqf-e-jadid and tehrik-e-jadid?
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San Francisco (CA) - In an exclusive interview with Tom's Hardware Guide this morning at the Fall Intel Developers' Conference, Stephen L. Smith, the company's vice president for desktop platform operations, revealed the following information:
- The design philosophy for the company's next-generation Pentium architecture - which still lacks an official name - is entirely new, Smith said. Although its inspiration was the cooler, more efficient Pentium M architecture developed by Intel's Israel Design Center, he said the new architecture is not directly derived from any previous project.
- Expect to see very modest performance gains over the lifetime of Merom/Conroe/Woodcrest. Speed is no longer key.
- Contrary to reports yesterday, hyperthreading is not dead, if you consider life support as "alive." The role of HT in Intel architectures going forward will be diminished somewhat. Expect to see HT as a feature of CPUs in the server space and high-end, said Smith, but certainly not for notebooks.
- L2 cache size may become the key distinguishing factor for raw performance going forth, said Smith. Yesterday, Intel CEO Paul Otellini, in his keynote address to IDF, characterizing the new "performance-perwatt " figure would be the principal variable distinguishing the performance of future CPUs, replacing the traditional megahertz value. But Smith's comment today touting L2 size as the key factor, may indicate that Intel has yet to formalize a new "power scale" strategy to replace megahertz. While Smith could not confirm the specific L2 cache size for Conroe processors, he did not deny the possibility of an 8 Mb L2 cache - a figure previously reported in Tom's Hardware Guide as likely.
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Lexum started investing efforts into what would eventually become Qweri in response to the demand of online legal publishers in need of a better solution for the delivery of secondary legal information. It has become obvious that large PDF files are inadequate for the online publishing of complex text-heavy documents used as reference material. Qweri was thus designed as a simple way to convert various input file formats into an interactive online user interface. Lexum quickly realized that the same recipe could also be applied to other type of legal information, such as legislation and collective bargaining agreements.
What Lexum has not initially anticipated is the interest from manufacturing and high tech companies looking to improve the experience of their own clients accessing product documentation. Having spent the last 20 years focusing on the legal sector, no one at Lexum has ever heard of technical writers or technical communicators before. But when you start thinking about it you come to realize that lawyers authoring legal publications fit the definition of the Society for Technical Communication: they help people understand or use something (a legal concept instead of a product).
Those publishing annotated legislation or complex product manuals run into the same kind of issues. First of all the documents they are handling are made out of tens, hundreds, or even thousands of pages of text that are at the same time obscure for the neophyte and often boring even for the specialist. Nobody wants to read those documents from top to bottom. The typical user has a very narrow question in mind and want to quickly locate the portion of content addressing it, before moving on to something else. For the user, efficiency is the key.
Proponents of wiki-like solutions argue that the best approach to this situation is to break down long documents into small bits of information. Unfortunately it is not always possible or desirable to do so. It is sometime essential to scroll up and down in order to understand the context in which a complex procedure should be undertaken or not. Clicking back and forth between short paragraphs proposing partial answers will not do. The more complex the concept or product, the more inadequate this approach happen to be.
That is precisely why Qweri process large documents into an HTML5 paneled interface, while preserving their integrity. Its dynamic table of contents allows users knowing where to look to immediately drill down into content. This is always done in a snap, since content is displayed in chunks of approximately 150kb. In other words, clicking on the title of a large chapter does not trigger the download of the complete chapter, let alone the complete file. Mobile users can be in and out in seconds as well, since Qweri is loaded in the device native browser without requiring the installation of any application. For users not knowing where to look, Ctl-F are replaced by an intelligent search engine integrating technologies such as subphrase queries (identifying expressions within queries), stemming (searching for plurals and derivatives), and proximity search (searching within a sentence or paragraph). Advanced users can even build a personal layer of knowledge by inserting personal notes over the content, and share some of these notes with colleagues.
Another common ground between legal and technical publishing is that changing how content is authored is not always an easy task. The drafting of reference material is often completed collaboratively and implies complex processes. In some environments content is produced using Microsoft Word, as others use more advanced authoring platforms generating HTML, XML, or proprietary formats. Replacing those processes and platforms involve costs and risks that are not necessarily welcome. By accepting a wide range of input file formats and fully automating the conversion process, Qweri completely remove these costs from the equation.
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CANADIAN BUSINESSES DOING BUSINESS IN THE USA
Taking the confusion out for business owners! Do you need to collect and pay US sales tax? Where and how do you register?
Women’s Millionaire interviews Dena Oberst, accountant and indirect tax consultant from Gable Tax Consulting Group, Inc. California, USA.
Dena Oberst has been in the multi-state sales and use tax industry for over 28 years. Starting her sales tax career in corporate industry followed by an experienced management role at Arthur Andersen she continued to climb the corporate ladder and was the former Practice Leader and Office Managing Partner of a global tax firm.
Throughout her career she had unlimited opportunities to serve Fortune 500 companies, while assisting start-up companies with the same determination. If you’ve ever had the opportunity to receive Dena’s help, you know to expect dedication, professionalism, and unprecedented knowledge in all areas of sales tax. With having the vast sales tax knowledge, she developed throughout her career, all of her clients reap the benefit of her capabilities.
On March 1, 2017, Dena decided it was time to start her own company and created Gable Tax Group. Gable Tax Group is a safe landing for clients to be treated with the upmost importance.
WM: There is a lot of confusion for Canadian business owners selling to their US customers, on whether or not they have to collect sales tax. How do Canadian business owners determine if they have to collect and pay US sales tax to the US government or if they are exempt? How much do they have to collect from their customers and pay to the government?
DO: Due to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, many U.S. states have passed Economic Nexus legislation which may require all businesses, both foreign and domestic, to collect U.S. sales tax. The term “Nexus” is defined as a connection between the business and the state.
Historically, in order for a state to impose sales tax collection on an out-of-state business, the business must have some sort of physical presence in the state. The term “physical” presence has many different definitions and may vary by state.
However, under the new Economic Nexus legislation, a business must register to collect and remit sales tax in a state if they have reached a certain income (revenue) threshold in that state. Therefore, there are several types of sales tax nexus creating activities that a Canadian business owner needs to take into consideration, and each state has different nexus creating thresholds.
Let’s start with the basic sales tax nexus criteria which is “Physical Presence”. If a business has physical presence in a state that activity will most likely give that business sales tax nexus and they will be required to hold a sellers permit and collect sales tax on all taxable transactions in that state. Physical presence can be described/defined as: Brick-and-mortar location, employee, inventory, sales rep (including independent 3rd party reps), trade show attendance, board meeting/retreat, on-site training or installation, essentially any physical activity in that state that constitutes solicitation of a potential customer in the state. This is not an all-inclusive list of physical presence activity, but it will give your readers an idea on the types of activity that could create nexus for sales tax collection purposes. If the business does not have any “physical” presence in a state, there are other business activities that could require a business to register for a seller’s permit.
WM: What if you are not physically present in the USA but still selling from Canada and exporting merchandise there to a direct customer. What is the minimum dollar value of product does one have to export in order to collect sales tax from their customers?
DO: For those states that have imposed Economic Nexus legislation, the minimum dollar amount varies from state-to-state and can be as low as $10,000 to as high as $500,000 in total gross or taxable sales over the past 12-months.
WM: What if they are shipping to a US distributor, are they exempt, or do they charge the distributor tax?
DO: If a Canadian business sells goods to a U.S. distributor and the U.S. distributor turns around and sells the goods to their customer, then the distributor is the retailer of those goods. In light of the new Economic Nexus legislation, the Canadian business may still meet the revenue threshold in that state which may require the Canadian business to hold a seller’s permit. However, as long as the U.S. distributor provides a valid Resale Certificate to the Canadian business for their purchase of the goods, then the Canadian business will not be required to charge sales tax. However, if the Canadian business ships goods to a U.S. fulfillment center then the Canadian business may have physical presence in that state due to inventory and will be required to hold a seller’s permit
WM: What if you are not exporting any products and just doing consulting in the US?
DO: Sales tax is generally imposed on the sale of tangible personal property unless specifically exempt whereas Services on the other hand are generally not subject to sales tax unless specifically taxable. Therefore, depending on the type of consulting service performed by the business, it may be subject to sales tax.
WM: What exactly are the new tax laws for Canadian owned businesses? What year did they change?
DO: Historically, if a Canadian business had no physical presence nexus activity in the U.S., they would not be required to hold a state sellers permit. However, over the past several year’s many states have passed legislation to require an out-of-state business to collect and remit sales tax. Here are a few examples of remote seller nexus creating activities that may require a Canadian business to hold a U.S. state seller’s permit: Affiliate Nexus, Click-Through Nexus, Economic Nexus, and Marketplace Nexus.
WM: What about selling on Amazon? What do you have to do and what Canadian businesses have to register? Are the big stores such as Amazon, eBay and Walmart not responsible for collection sales tax on behalf of their sellers?
DO: This is tricky as there are several things a business must understand when it comes to their sales tax collection responsibility when using a 3rd party facilitator. If the business was using Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon), then the business had physical presence in every state that Amazon stored their goods in Amazon’s warehouses (e.g., inventory) therefore if the business sold goods to a customer in a state where Amazon had a warehouse, the business had a sales tax collection and reporting responsibility. If the business did not register to collect and remit sales tax in those states, then the business may have exposure and owe sales tax on those prior transactions.
There is a very new law that many states have adopted, and it is called the Marketplace Facilitator Law. This law essentially forces the 3rd party marketplace platforms like Amazon, Etsy, eBay, and Walmart to collect and remit sales tax on behalf of all sellers. However, not all of the states have adopted the Marketplace Facilitator Law yet and therefore the business may still need to register for a seller’s permit in a few states. Additionally, to add more complexity and confusion to businesses, each state has different requirements as to whether or not a business stills needs to hold a seller’s permit even if 100% of the sales tax will be collected and reported by the 3rd party marketplace facilitator. Furthermore, if a business sells to U.S. based customers from their own hosted website, in addition to Amazon, then the business must still hold a seller’s permit for each state where they have inventory (e.g., Amazon FBA). Are you confused yet? There are so many parameters to consider in order for a business to understand their sales tax responsibility that it is highly advisable that they contact a multi-state sales tax consulting firm, like Gable Tax Group, to ensure they are not financially impacted for non-compliance in the various U.S. states.
WM: How often do you need to report sales tax in the US for your business? What if you don’t sell very much? How much do you have to sell before you have to comply?
DO: The filing frequency of a sales tax return vary by state and could range from Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annual to Annual and the frequency is sometimes determined based on total gross revenue generated by the business in their respective state. Additionally, if the sales tax volume is high, the state may require the business to make monthly or weekly prepayments. Lastly, there is no extension to file a sales tax return so please be sure to track the filing frequency due dates and monitor federal, state, and banking holidays to ensure the sales tax returns are timely filed or there will be penalties and interest. | <urn:uuid:bcd080df-c145-4669-93f5-0433ba57a7a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.womensmillionairemagazine.com/dena-oberst-gable-tax-consulting-group-inc/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.965768 | 1,855 | 1.75 | 2 |
Preventive care for your cat or dog helps protect your pet from issues before they arise. Today, our Clarksville vets discuss the importance of preventive care for your pet and what you can do to keep your companion healthy.
Why Preventive Care is Important
Bringing your cat or dog into the Sango Veterinary Hospital for preventive care allows our vets to find any issues before they become worse and gives your vet the opportunity to provide your pet with any vaccinations or preventive medications they need to keep parasites from invading their bodies.
Preventive care for your companion is an important measure to ensure they live a long, happy, and healthy life. Your pet’s preventive care should incorporate regular check-ups, pet dental care, and grooming to keep them looking and feeling their best.
As our pets get older, they are at risk for developing age-related illnesses and issues like arthritis, diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, and cancer. Regular pet preventive care helps your vet identify your pet’s specific risk factors such as age, lifestyle, weight, or genetics, and quickly treat any issues.
Routine preventive care for your pet should include:
Good pet preventive care helps maximize our companions’ health, wellness, and quality of life, which is what every pet owner wants for their furry friends.
The cost of preventive examinations is also far less than what it would be to treat diseases, illnesses, and parasitic conditions when they have become more serious. Preventive exams and early detection can also save your pet from experiencing more pain or discomfort.
Preparing For Your Pet's Preventive Exam
If you are planning on bringing your pet in for a preventive care examination with your vet, here are a few tips on how you can prepare:
- Schedule an appointment slot where you have no time restrictions because the length of the exam will depend on your pet's breed and medical condition.
- Arrive about 10 minutes early to fill out the new patient forms if it is your first visit.
- Bring records of your pet's medical history and past and present medications and dosages.
- Take notes of your pet's food, exercise routine, and bowel movements to help your vet understand your pet's lifestyle.
- Inform your vet of any recent or previous tick bites.
- Your vet may ask you to bring in a fresh sample of your pet's stool for a fecal exam or a urine sample for a urine test.
- To help your pet stay calm at their appointment bring their favorite blanket or toy.
- Record any symptoms or behaviors that your cat or dog is displaying that's concerning you to share with the veterinarian.
- Prepare any questions you have for your vet ahead of time.
- Call your vet to ask them if it is okay for your furry friend to eat before their appointment (some tests require fasting).
- Make sure to bring your cat or small dog in a carrier, if you have a larger dog keep them on a leash
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The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.
~ Gustave LeBon
Hardly a day passes in which the reporting of political events does not bring to mind the teachings of, perhaps, the greatest of all psychiatrists, Carl Jung. He reminded us of a truth that most of us reject, namely, that there is a "dark side" to our unconscious minds which can easily be mobilized for destructive purposes to which our conscious minds would never subscribe. We are uncomfortable with the thought that we might harbor inclinations for dishonesty, violence, laziness, killing, etc., and unconsciously project such traits upon others, against whom we can take action. Such forces often find expression when fears and perceived threats from others cause us to fall victim to mob-like thinking, capable of being organized into political or other violent undertakings. The state thrives on conflicts it has helped to generate among people, which accounts for the parallel proliferation of disputes and increased political powers. Such dynamics have been most evident during these past nine years, as the least reflective have found it easy to accept any group identified by political leaders as a threat to some imagined sense of security.
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A virulent form of this pathology has arisen in recent weeks over the proposed construction of an Islamic cultural center a few blocks from the site of the former World Trade Center. With the same irrational, self-righteous posturing that would lead white supremacists to react to a black family moving into their neighborhood, various groups have sounded like a Greek chorus in attacking the Muslims for their alleged "insensitivity" to the "feelings" of those still traumatized by 9/11. That condemning an entire religion for the actions of a handful of its members — particularly when the 9/11 attacks were driven by political rather than religious considerations — is a form of the collectivist thinking of which Jung warned. How far might such shrieking reaction extend? Would a modern businessman properly be criticized for his plans to build a sushi restaurant near Pearl Harbor? Should the Ayn Rand Institute be charged with "insensitivity" to the religious feelings of Mormons were it to establish a facility in Salt Lake City? Is anything which the most neurotic person finds offensive to be defined as a "hate crime," or an act of "insensitivity"?
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Is there any purpose to this tirade against an Islamic cultural center other than helping U.S./Israeli warmongering efforts against the Middle Eastern enemy-of-the-month? Can these fomenters of hatred expect to be taken seriously in posing as agents of "sensitivity" on behalf of victims of past wrongdoing? If they are truly concerned with respecting gravesites — even though the proposed Islamic center would not be located on the World Trade Center land — the Islamaphobes might look further than just the dead of 9/11. They might consider providing due sensitivity to earlier victims of wrongs committed in the environs of Manhattan.
The Wall Street area is the site of an earlier cemetery that functioned for more than one hundred years. Known as the African Burial Ground, it was the final resting place for what some archeologists estimate may be as many as ten thousand former slaves and black freemen. This burial site was discovered fewer than twenty years ago, during the construction of a federal office building. Somehow, I do not expect to hear the political establishment or its mainstream media campaigning against the federal government’s "insensitivity" to the victims of slavery!
For reasons that the "sensitive"-minded voices of political correctness prefer to downplay or completely ignore, Manhattan had been a major center of the African slave trade into the nineteenth century. Slaves were brought into New York City ports, there to be sold. The book, Slavery in New York, published by the New York Historical Society, offers this encapsulation of this slave market:
For nearly three hundred years, slavery was an intimate part of the lives of all New Yorkers, black and white, insinuating itself into every nook and cranny of New York’s history. For portions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, New York City housed the largest urban slave population in mainland North America, with more slaves than any other city on the continent.
It has been estimated that, by the mid-1700s, some 25% of the workers in New York City were slaves, while half the work force beyond the city was so constituted. During this same period, about 40% of New York City homes were served by one or more slaves.
Many of the erstwhile slaves who had been set free prior to the Civil War saw the importance of owning property, rather than being the property of others. These persons formed a community in the mid-Manhattan area, called Seneca Village. Irish and German immigrants also bought land in this village. A number of white New Yorkers became troubled with the success of Seneca and, concerned about the impact this might have on the future development of Manhattan, called upon the New York City mayor — a Democrat — to use eminent domain to eliminate the village. The stolen land became a part of today’s Central Park.
The black property owners resisted being removed from their homes, and were forcibly removed by police officers. As with later "urban renewal" projects in various cities — programs that destroyed the orderly nature of established neighborhoods, thus contributing to the modern disorder of the inner cities — the residents of Seneca Village were left to fend for themselves. Will any organized campaign of "sensitivity" to these victims of urban renewal be forthcoming from the current trumpets of bigotry?
Private property interests have succumbed to the socialistic nature of eminent domain elsewhere on Manhattan. When Wall Street banking and other financial interests — particularly the Rockefellers — saw the enhanced property values that would come from having a World Trade Center constructed in their neighborhood, local government employed the powers of eminent domain to forcibly deprive small businesses and other property owners of their lands. Being driven more by political interests than market demand, the resulting WTC became a white elephant unable to sustain itself without the state government — then under the governorship of Nelson Rockefeller — moving numerous state offices to this facility.
I have often wondered whether some parcels of land might be affected by a "power of place," whose influences might continue from one owner to another, and from one time period to another. It may be no coincidence that the remains of thousands of slaves — whose claims to self-ownership were so viciously denied by state and federal governments — are buried in the same area as the dead of 9/11, lands from which subsequent owners were forcibly despoiled of their property in order to serve private banking interests. Perhaps there is added symmetry in the fact that Alexander Hamilton — whose inconsistent attitudes toward slavery, and whose politically interventionist predilections would have brought him down on the side of the Wall Street banking interests — lies buried in a churchyard not far from the ruins of the World Trade Center.
Perhaps the sordid history that lies buried within this region is contributing to the playing-out of the "dark side" forces that now militate against the efforts of Muslims to build their recreation center. There is a long line of politically-generated abuses of people on Manhattan Island — and elsewhere — to be attended to before addressing the construction of a religious center that does not depend on violating the property interests of anyone. The inconstancy of the "sensitivity" to the claims of property ownership has been too unsightly and morally offensive for any of us to tolerate yet another denial of the principle of inviolability which, alone, can civilize us. | <urn:uuid:399f56d3-0c9b-4071-bdba-72dff16ed5d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lewrockwell.com/2010/08/butler-shaffer/a-virulent-pathology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.969752 | 1,628 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Microbial quality assurance in cosmetics: This book is written by R. Baird and Sally F. Bloomfield. You can download it freely in pdf format. As a topic, microbial quality assurance continues to this day to test the minds of those involved in the manufacture of non-sterile cosmetic, toiletry, and pharmaceutical products. Over the years, scientists working in this field have developed increasingly sophisticated measures to minimize the risk of product contamination. Not only by understanding the problems of microbial contamination but also by appreciating its importance, considerable improvements have been made in contamination control through the implementation of good manufacturing practices and the application of new technologies. Despite these many advances, microbial contamination problems continue to cause concern on a regular basis, although less frequently than in the past.
The first edition of this book was published following a meeting held at the University of London at a time of considerable change in working practices. Combining information from many disparate sources, it presented a unique review of the most advanced approaches not only to contamination control but also to the broader issues of microbial quality assurance in general. The book was consulted by a wide readership and served as a valuable reference source for several years.
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Overview of Microbial quality assurance in cosmetics pdf freeAccording to R. Baird and Sally F. Bloomfield, in compiling the second edition, the opportunity arose not only to produce a ‘stand-alone’ text with new and substantially updated information but also to reorganize the presentation of the material into four sections, thus guiding the reader through a step-by-step approach. to pollution control. At the same time, the editors have sought to provide an authoritative overview of microbiological issues affecting the manufacturing and quality control of cosmetics, toiletries, and non-sterile pharmaceuticals, compiled into a single book. Guidance is therefore provided on wide-ranging microbiological issues, ranging from early formulation considerations and manufacturing requirements for different dosage forms to final product testing according to internationally agreed standards and guidelines. In this edition you will see that particular emphasis has been placed on issues affecting both toiletries and cosmetics, thus addressing many of today’s consumer concerns. The appearance of this edition is both timely and appropriate and the new format is expected to present a fresh complexion.
In the manufacture of cosmetics, toiletries, and all kinds of pharmaceuticals, quality assurance is an important consideration. This book is particularly concerned with one aspect of quality, namely ensuring that products are not contaminated with organisms that may affect their safety, efficacy, or consumer or patient acceptability.
Topics of this EditionPART ONE: IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES
PART TWO: CONTROL IN MANUFACTURE
PART THREE: CONTROL THROUGH PRESERVATION
PART FOUR: MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROL: METHODS AND STANDARDS
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60 Self Care Ideas
Self- care practices come in many forms from the mental, the physical, the emotional, to the spiritual.
Sometimes it is difficult to know what to do, or where to start our individual health care routines.
Ask yourself these questions to see if you need to instigate self-care strategies:
Do you understand what self-care is all about?
I know I didn’t really understand what this meant because I had no idea that you needed to take extra care of yourself,even if you were not sick.
Do you really know what self-care activities are?
Did you know that daily self-care activities can improve your: health, increase mindfulness, and make you feel spiritually connected, thus helping you clarify your path and your purpose?
Is taking care of yourself the furthest thing from your mind?
Do you have too much on your plate to even consider care for yourself?
Do your self-care practices consist of only the basic necessities?
You bathe, you eat, and maybe get some good sleep when you can shut your mind off long enough. But. Did you know that there are other simple self-care practices you can do?
Did you also know, that if you keep forgetting to take proper care of yourself, the consequences could be devastating to your overall well-being?
In this day and age of constant stress, it is important to do extra rituals to ensure your body/mind is being supported. Quite often these things can impinge on, not only your personal life, but also your work-life. Taking good care of yourself literally, keeps the doctor away.
I know it’s hard to balance everything in life and have a consistent self-care routine. But incorporating some enjoyable self-care activities into your day isn’t as hard as you may think.
In the sections below I will show you 60 simple self-care practices for a healthy mind, body, and soul that you can begin implementing today.
Let’s get started.
Firstly, let’s define what we mean by self-care so we are all on the same page.
So, what is the definition of self-care anyway? According to the Oxford Dictionary, self-care is “the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health” ….“the practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own well-being and happiness, in particular, periods of stress.”
You can see that self-care is an action and actions require plans and strategies. It requires routines and daily procedures that need to be undertaken regularly, in order to progress, improve or maintain good health. Because, the objective of a self-care regimen is, to feel better, in some way. In essence, ALL self-care leads to some personal development and improvement.
So, let’s look at what types of self-care strategies are available to implement.
The strategies for self-care revolve around developing a plan to bring some regiment or routine into your daily life, so that you can feel better on all levels.
These strategies for self-care are divided into: the mental, the physical, the emotional and then for the soul, your spirit.
In the dialogue below the emotional level has been intertwined within the other levels.
In all of the articles in this Personal Development Blog, Wellness That Works, our overall goal is to help you reach self-actualisation. This is that place of increased awareness where eventually you will become more present more often. This means that along the way you will have done the necessary work to overcome those self-esteem and self- concept roadblocks, and have dealt with the underlying issues behind those two negative values.
So, in summary, all self-care is leading you towards that final goal. The thing to note about self-care strategies is that you can do these yourself.
This then takes the burden of excessive cost for different programs out of the equation, and gives you the power and responsibility for looking after your own health and wellbeing. And. This is where it needs to be, because choosing personal development and improvement, is a commitment. It takes time. And, it becomes a way of life.
You can see that any strategy you adopt first, whether it is for: the mind, the body, the emotions or the soul, are all plan or maps, that you choose specifically, as a possible course of action. The lists below are guides that might give you some idea of what you might consider.
Let’s now look at the types of activities that we could undertake to increase our personal self-care.
The types of self-care activities fall into these categories:
- Actual physical actions or increased movement
- Pattern interruption to break bad habits
- Taking action on things that you have overlooked
- Acknowledging your thoughts and feelings and writing about them
- Helping you become more aware
- Taking more time out
- Increasing your observation
- Increasing your self-love
- Choosing better habits
- Actively choosing a healthier lifestyle
- Becoming more aware of your surroundings
- Being more observant of your emotions and feelings…
… and so on.
These are general categories which you will notice cover all of the different self-care practices.
Having looked at the broad range of activities that we could undertake, let’s now delve into each level of self-care activities that will improve all aspects of our body/mind and soul. It is your choice. You are solely responsible for your own health and wellbeing. We are just here as your guide.
Let’s tackle the impact your mindset has on your body first.
Simple Self-Care Ideas for A Healthy Mind
Your brain produces between 2,100-3,300 thoughts per hour. Literally, mind-boggling, if that’s accurate! I don’t know if scientists have that number right, but I do know my own experience.
I’ve had a full conversation with someone and never heard a word they’ve said, or remembered any of my responses. Unfortunately, most of those thoughts are repetitive and are negative. This has consequences. And. The consequences make it harder for you to change your default position from a negative position to being more positive more often.
It is all noise!
You must quiet the noise in your mind, so your body and spirit have a chance to engage in the world around you.
With all the chatter in your brain, some conscious and some unconscious, how do you self-care about your mental health?
How do you shut off the brain noise and give yourself a break?
The good news is you can. But it’s also important to channel your mind in different ways to keep it healthy and strong.
Three key ingredients to taking better care of your mind are:
- Give your brain the proper oxygen it needs to circulate healthy blood for your heart.
- Give your brain periodic moments of rest.
- Channel your brain energy in different ways to work its muscles.
The most important thing you can do first is to master your breathing. Doing correct breathing. Mindful breathing is an essential part of cleaning your blood and providing healthy, clean oxygen for your brain and heart.
For this reason, you will find (Breathe) at the top of all three of my self-care practices tips lists. It’s my secret ingredient to simple self-care practices for a healthy mind, body, and soul.
Below are 20 simple self-care practices for a healthy mind. And the best part is you can easily build these into your daily routine with very little effort.
Let’s transfer these simple ideas into practice self-care for a healthy mind first.
Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Mind
- Breathe –Intentionally breathing deep breaths slows your heart rate and tells your brain to release calming endorphins.
- Make one simple change to your routine – A change in routine will break the monotony. Try a different drive to work or change up what you do on the weekends.
- Daily meditation – Schedule 15 minutes daily for reflection. You can’t shut your mind off, but you can quiet your thoughts and channel your energy by meditating on your breaths.
- Journal your thoughts – The simple act of putting your thoughts on paper is like doing a 20-minute cardio routine for your heart.
- Use your calendar – Schedule your quiet time. Block off just 10 minutes a day on your calendar and DO NOT schedule anything over this.
- Define your life goals –Writing down your goals gets them out of your mind. It makes them real. Start with something simple that will give you a quick win. Like, read 2 new books this month.
- Create a routine for better sleep – Make sure rest is a priority. Schedule your sleep and stick to it. Go to bed at the same time every night.
- Do something creative – Doing something creative creates a euphoric response in the brain. The feeling of satisfaction helps to calm your restless mind and gives you energy. Here are some ideas:
- Work on a puzzle
- Draw or color
- Do some gardening
- Organize your work and living space –You know how you feel when you take your car through the car wash or vacuum the floors. You dread doing it, but when it’s done, there is a sensation of satisfaction and order.
- Unplug – Unplug from everything that requires your attention. Stop and enjoy the gift of life that has been given.
- Say NO – Over committing causes you to feel overwhelmed. Find your balance and respectfully say no when it doesn’t make sense to say yes.
- Schedule time with a friend or loved one – Spending time with someone you love and enjoy being with is a therapy for the mind. That interaction kicks in the brain chemical dopamine and helps you feel pleasure.
- Learn something new –New learning experiences speeds up your brain and makes it more responsive. Learning new things has also proven to slow the onset and progression of dementia as well as prevent the slowing of your mental functions.
- Laugh more – Laughter is an incredible cure for anxiety and depression. It releases those pain and stress fighter endorphins and improves your mood while lowering stress hormones called cortisol.
- Look through your photographs –Taking a walk down memory lane decreases stress, stimulates enthusiasm, and ignites authenticity. Your brain connects your past self with the present and boosts your mood.
- Get a pet or spend more time with your pet – Studies show that pet owners have lower blood pressure and deal with stress more efficiently.
- Enjoy nature – Take a walk, go for a swim, put up a bird feeder outside your window. Or just sit outside and listen to all the beautiful sounds you usually don’t notice in your busy day.
- Sit in the sun – Natural sunlight to the skin triggers your body to produce vitamin D. Vitamin D is a crucial ingredient for overall health. One of the best benefits is that it improves brain function. Just make sure you use a high-quality sunscreen.
- Take a bubble bath – Most people take a quick shower and go on about their day. There are new studies that prove a relaxing bubble bath reduces fatigue, stress, and pain.
- Tantalize your sense of smell – Light a candle or take a walk in the woods and smell the fresh air. This calms your mind and boosts your spirits.
Now that you have some valuable tools for taking better care of your mind let’s look at some simple self-care ideas for your body.
Simple Self-Care Ideas for the Body
So, you’ve kind of neglected your mind but what about your body? You’re starting to feel sluggish and tired. It’s not like you don’t do anything.
In fact, it seems like you’re always on the go. But here’s the truth. Your body knows the difference between busy and physically fit.
Not only that, your body needs some TLC. But you feel you don’t have time for that.
Not only do you need to improve your physical fitness you also need to take care of your skin, your eyes, and your hair, too. Goodness! All these things most of us don’t factor in, when we think about having a healthy body.
These little acts of kindness for yourself can make all the difference in the world for your mood, health, and general well-being.
It’s exhausting when your mind goes straight to the thought of spending hours at the gym. And naturally, that thought is often a deterrent from doing the wonderful things you really could be doing to take care of your body.
Caring for your body is good for your mind and your soul. It doesn’t have to be a Fast 45 routine, or a boot camp regimen to be effective.
Let’s change that thought process from this point forward. You are no longer going to just think about grueling exercise when you think about being physically fit. Just think about increasing your movement. Any movement.
Below are 20 simple self-care practices that you can start doing today to better care for your body. And the best part is, incorporated with healthy mind activities, you will be well on your way to a brand new you.
Simple Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Body
- Breathe – Remember, I said this would be at the top of all my lists. It’s important!
- Take a daily walk – Just 20 minutes a day of a nice brisk walk can improve your heart health and improve your memory.
- Take up yoga – You can practice simple yoga techniques right at home. Spending time on a yoga mat can improve your mind, heart health, and it’s good for your bones and muscles.
- Incorporate healthy food into your daily diet. You don’t have to over complicate this. Pick a few of your favorite fruits, veggies, and nuts and add them in. Simple.
- Drink more water – 8 glasses of water a day helps curb your appetite and flush out your kidneys. It will give you more energy and help nourish your skin too.
- Reduce your caffeine intake –Caffeine can increase feelings of stress and anxiety. And it dehydrates the skin. The worst part is it interferes with healthy rest and sleep.
- Drink less alcohol – Too much alcohol can cause high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, and anemia. It can wreak havoc on your liver and digestive system too.
- Go get a physical check-up – It’s essential to keep up on your yearly visit to the doctor. Getting a check-up relieves your mind and catches problems you may not realize are brewing.
- Take supplements – let’s face it, we don’t always eat the way we should. Sometimes our bodies need a little extra help. Check-in with your doctor on what you may be missing in your diet.
- Join a health club or a sporting activity – Make a commitment to exercise by investing in a health club membership or sporting league. Working out with other people can help motivate us and provide a support network to encourage commitment.
- Take a swim – A few laps in a pool or body of water is an excellent way to exercise that’s easy on your joints. Swimming works your whole body, and it’s fun.
- Get a massage – Rubbing out fatigued and overworked muscles is an excellent way to nourish your body. It improves circulation, eliminates toxins, and reduces stress.
- Get a manicure and/or pedicure – Your hands and feet take a beating. Manicures and pedicures improve blood flow and relieve aches and pains. It provides crucial hydration for your skin, too. Plus, it feels fantastic!
- Take care of your skin – Our skin is exposed to harsh climate changes, chemicals, and excess exposure to the sun. Drinking plenty of water and using a moisturizer hydrates your skin and helps slow the process of skin aging.
- Take care of your teeth – Brushing your teeth is essential. But flossing routinely can prevent dental disease and protect your heart from plaque and bacteria.
- Take care of your eyes –Other health concerns can be detected by an eye exam. Conditions such as diabetes, glaucoma, high blood pressure, and heart disease can be detected during an eye exam. Your eyes are strained every day from the computer and phone use. So give them a break throughout the week.
- Take a break from the noise – Your ears need time to rest and recover just like the rest of your body. Use ear protection when necessary and turn down that loud music or podcast.
- Start your day with a good stretch routine – Stretching helps your muscles work more effectively. It gives you more energy and helps get your joints moving.
- Rest – Your body needs downtime. Take a nap or just sit in a quiet place and relax your body.
- Move – Make a point to get up and move at least once an hour. Your joints and muscles stiffen when they sit stagnant too long. Movement increases energy, helps clear the mind, and works your body.
We’ve covered the mind and the body, but what about your soul? Caring for the soul is just as crucial in your self-care practice as any other exercise or another healthy habit you can adapt.
Let’s dive into some simple self-care ideas for the soul.
Simple Self Care Ideas for the Soul
Nourishing your soul can often be the catalyst that engages the rest of your senses.
Research has proven that people who are more spiritual experience increased health benefits.
You are more in tune with the world around you when things feel good in your heart.
This isn’t surprising since spiritual self-care practices are comforting and provide tremendous stress relief.
When your thoughts are turned toward something bigger than yourself, the small things that bog you down aren’t as bothersome.
Healthy spiritual practices are like food for the soul. And, it’s the positive impact it has on our thinking that is truly the key.
Caring for the soul goes beyond just spiritual practices though. Caring for others can be equally therapeutic. Doing something kind for someone else brings us joy.
Peace and satisfaction come from giving of yourself. Not only does this action bring a smile to someone else’s life, but it also makes you feel good.
Simply feeling better about yourself, makes all the trials that come your way seem less significant. That helps reduce stress and gives you more emotional energy.
Here is a list of things you can do to feed your spirit and practice self-care for your soul.
Simple Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Soul
- Breathe– Breathing has health benefits for your mind, body, and soul. It’s incredible how many of us do it incorrectly.
- Find peace through prayer – Prayer brings clarity and peace to your soul. Regardless of your belief system, prayer helps relieve stress and promote a positive outlook on life.
- Be kind to yourself first – Do something for yourself. The act of kindness for yourself feels good and helps you focus on the things that really matter in life.
- Do something for someone else – A phone call or handwritten note to a friend can significantly boost your mood. And it makes another person feel good too.
- Practice gratitude – Gratitude is medicine for the soul. Being grateful improves both psychological and physical health. Gratitude enhances empathy, reduces aggression, and improves self-esteem. Start a gratitude journal and write down all the things you are grateful for each day.
- Read inspirational quotes – Post quotes where you will see them each day. Reading a positive note changes your mood, makes you smile, and activates your emotions. It helps to get the creative and critical thinking flowing and keeps us in touch with our soul.
- Reignite your passion – Remember what it feels like to have a deep passion for something. Get back to that thing you love and watch how your outlook on life changes.
- Show someone close to you, extra love – The act of giving and showing love alone is therapeutic. It nourishes the soul. When you make someone else happy, you feel happy too.
- Engage with a faith community –Engaging with a population of people that have similar beliefs as your own, helps you grow in your spiritually. It provides an extended support network and helps you grow beyond where you are now.
- Listen to uplifting music – Music is an excellent way to distress and get in touch with your spiritual side. Uplifting music increases your heart rate, boosts your mood, and helps you feel joyful.
- Sing – You don’t have to be a rock star or even carry a tune. The action of singing kicks in those feel-good endorphins automatically.
- Dance – Dancing is an exercise for the soul. It’s great for the body too! Dancing is excellent for both your physical body and your emotional psyche. Meditative dance can also bring self-awareness and deepen consciousness.
- Practice forgiveness – Let go of the grudge and forgive your way to a healthy soul. Forgiveness frees you from negativity and releases you to move on.
- Remove toxic people from your life – Being around negative people can increase negative thinking and increase feelings of anxiety and depression. Feed your soul by being around people who lift you up and focus on the good things in life.
- Stop being a control freak –Free your soul from things that you simply can’t control. Let go and only focus on things you can change to boost your spirits and help you experience a more precise direction.
- Give yourself grace – Failure makes you stronger, wiser, and more resilient. Embrace failure and use it to progress in your life. Your soul will thank you.
- Avoid drama – Don’t allow yourself to get dragged into negativity. Keep peace with yourself and others by staying positive and engaging in uplifting conversations.
- Be intentional – Don’t just go through the motions. Only do things that move you forward. Spend time with people that inspire you and are in line with your goals and dreams.
- Do an emotional download – Take time to list out your emotions and reflect on what’s causing you to feel them. Write things down on paper like anger, doubt, and fear helps you process them. It also enables you to get them out of your mind so you can rest.
- Seek help through a therapist – When life gets to be too much. It’s okay to ask for help. Talk to a therapist who can help you process your emotions.
Now that you have some simple practices for the mind, the body and the soul, you can start implementing these, as soon as possible.
Let’s look at all the benefits of self-care you will experience.
Benefits of Self-Care
Practicing simple self-care techniques and investing in your personal well-being can feel selfish. But that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The reality is that if you don’t take care of yourself, you will eventually burn out.
It’s time to love yourself more. It’s time to admit you’ve neglected yourself. It’s time to practice some simple self-care for your mind, body, and soul.
When you start doing some things I’ve suggested in this post, you will feel better.
Some things will bring immediate relief, and some things will need to be practiced.
- Feel more emotionally balanced
- Get better sleep
- Have more energy
- Experience a clearer mind
- Feel less stressed
- Be happier
- Feel healthier
- Experience greater spiritual connection
- Have more peace in your life
- Be more engaged in your relationships
… and much, much more.
I know it seems too simple and too good to be true. But just a few steps toward self-care will bring relief that you probably haven’t felt in a long time, if ever.
The hardest part is getting started. You are one decision away from making that happen. So now that you have decided, you are probably thinking, how do I get started.
How to Start Self-Care
All these ideas are great, but now what?
Don’t try to tackle these changes all at once. Ease your way into them. Practicing good self-care is a life-change, and you will be more successful taking it one step at a time.
What area of your life needs your immediate attention?
Start there and figure out what steps are most easily adapted next. These ideas are simple for a reason.
But I insist that you begin with learning how to breathe. As I mentioned in the very beginning, breathing is the most important thing you need to do correctly to experience all the benefits of simple self-care.
To be successful, you don’t need complicated mumbo jumbo to figure out. You need simple actions you can take that will bring quick results.
That’s why I’ve given you simple, easy things you can incorporate into your daily routine.
Conquer Those Self-Care Habits: You’re Ready Now
This world can drive you to your knees. But you know what steps to take now. You know how to implement simple self-care strategies into your daily routine.
You are on a path to a healthier mind, body, and soul just by reading this post.
Close your eyes, breathe in, exhale, and take the next step. You’ve got this!
These gradual changes in your self-care habits will produce significant benefits for your health, your well-being, your life!
What will you choose to do first? Do let me know.
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Have you thought about college for your kids? If you were like Josh and me – we really didn’t think about college for our kids until they start Highschool! On top of that, we never considered that they could go to college and be debt free!
If this gets you pumped up as it does us then read on!
Well, Jeannie Burlowski has a step-by-step book that helps parents start thinking about college and has a book with a step-by-step guide based on what grade your kids are in.
Look into your options as soon as possible
Do your research or talk to other people to find out all the different options that you have for your kids. You could hire a consultant that is a professional to walk alongside you and your child to have not only a debt-free experience but a pain-free one too!
Josh and I did not do this for our kids – We were extremely blessed with the first three. Jordyn basically did all of her own stuff because she is a girl! Little Josh applied to colleges once he was a junior and HS and was able to be accepted into MSU. My oldest went into the trades. We have one left that is a senior and we need to start with him now because we have done nothing! This episode has inspired us to take action!
Get Jeannie Burlowski’s Book!
This is self-explanatory – You can order her book on amazon for $34.99! (order here) We asked Jeannie during the interview – how stressful is it when using this book because getting your kids ready for college IS a stressful task. She said that with her book everything is a step-by-step guide. You don’t need to jump ahead or look back. You need to start reading the book in the exact grade and month that they are in and she walks you right through it. Isn’t that a relief?!
Communication between the parents is key
Sometimes in marriage ESPECIALLY in blended families – there is some tension when it comes to money. It is best to start having those conversations about it as soon as possible. You can recommend Jeannie’s book to your spouse or your ex too! Jeannie addresses in the podcast that you do not need to go to an Ivy League college to have the career of your dreams. But, let’s not make the transition into college even more stressful for our kids by arguing about money.
This is essential in blended families – this needs to be talked about sooner rather than later. One thing that josh and I learned is that you need to try to think of all things to talk about in your blended family. So how do you both and your exes feel about college, money, savings, discipline, curfews, and so many more? Nothing should be left out because you want to stay ahead of some of these things before it’s down to the wire and THEN you’re stuck bickering with the exes or each other and your kids are in the middle. 🙂
Here is the episode to watch that’s all about getting through college debt free!
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How to Automatically Move Email To Specific Folder in Outlook
I have a friend of mine who wants to move email to specific folder in Outlook with all messages. Could you please suggest me how do I help her with her task of moving the emails? Thanks in advance.
The user needs to move all emails from a default folder to a specific folder in Outlook, for example, to a public folder.
Solution to Move Email To Specific Folder in Outlook
Before we run through the instructions, we need to know something about rules in Outlook. A rule is that action which is automatically performed on the received and sent messages in MS Outlook. The user can choose what can trigger the rule as well as set the actions for the rule. So for example, a rule can be set to delete all messages with the subject line “Buy Now” or a rule can be created to move all the messages from the manager to some other specified folder. The advantage of using the rules is that the manual and repetitive actions are reduced thus managing the email messages becomes easy.
The steps for the process to Move Email To Specific Folder in Outlook are:
Step 1: The Public Folders Structure
- In the Outlook menu go to the default ‘Sent Items’ folder and select Tools, Rules, and Alerts.
- Now you need to click the New Rule option.
Step 2: The Rules Wizard
- In this, you need to locate the ‘Start from a Blank Rule’ section and then the ‘Apply rule on the messages I send’ is to be selected before clicking Next.
- Here check ‘through the specified account’ box option and click on the underlined ‘specified’ link.
- The list of all the defined accounts is displayed in a dialog box. Select the account for this rule.
Step 3: The selection of the specified folder
- Again in the Rules Wizard window, check the ‘move a copy to the specified folder’ box and in the bottom sub-window click on the underlined ‘specified’ link.
- A browser window opens wherein you need to select the public folder to which the messages will be moved. Select the folder to where the emails have to be moved and then click OK.
Step 4: The naming and tweaking of the newly created rule
- When you click on the Next button, you will be taken to the Exceptions window. Here the user has the freedom to define the exceptions where the rule may not be applied.
- After defining the exceptions, click the Next button. The Summary Dialog box will be displayed and it is here that you can set a name for the newly created rule.
- After typing the name for the rule, press Finish button and then click OK. The new rule is thus saved.
Advantages of Above Method
- In organizations where the emails sent from multiple folders need to be accessed in a single public folder; the above method is the solution for this. This enables the tracking of the emails according to whether they are replied to or not and if yes, by whom are they replied.
- Also, this rule can be used to move emails to specific folder in Outlook in your system itself. This can be done either to organize your emails or to sort out some important emails. When the emails in your inbox are disorganized, you can move them to a different specified folder and then organize them in the folder.
- In an organization when you need to sort the emails according to the company that has sent the mails, then a new rule can be created to move only those emails sent by the client company to a specified public folder. This helps in categorizing the mails as per the client list and enables easy tracking of the emails sent by the client company.
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SAMSHA National Prevention Week
Cross Addictions: Trading One Habit for Another
National Prevention Week is an annual national awareness week that takes place during the third week in May (May10th-16h this year) in order to improve community involvement, enhance mental health partner engagement and increase mental health resource sharing within a community, state and national level.
Substance abuse and mental health disorders affect millions of individuals each year. Substance use disorders are tightly linked to mental health disorders and oftentimes individuals struggle with both simultaneously, a term known as co-occurring disorders or cross addiction. It is nearly impossible to talk about substance use disorders without understanding mental health disorders and how the two are tightly interconnected.
Have you ever known someone who was in recovery for drug or alcohol abuse and later became addicted to an entirely different substance or behavior, maybe gambling or shopping? The feel-good hormone dopamine is known to drive addictive behaviors. When someone enters treatment for their addiction, the craving for that feel-good hormone may never go away, even if their addiction is no longer present. Sometimes this craving for instant pleasure is so intense that this individual becomes addicted to a new vice that triggers the dopamine reward center in the brain.
Cross addiction, also known as addiction transfer or Addiction Interaction Disorder, is when an individual trades one addiction for another, often unintentionally.
Why does cross-addiction occur?
Cross addiction can occur for many different reasons.
- Mental illness: An individual can have an undiagnosed mental illness such as depression or anxiety and engage in addictive patterns and behaviors to ease their emotional discomfort.
- Lack of understanding in regards to the addiction process: Individuals may not be aware of the dopamine reward system in the brain and its relation to addictive behaviors. As a result, an individual who is in recovery for alcohol may view opioids as harmless because it is an entirely new substance.
- Accidental: Maybe an individual is in recovery for substance abuse and later decided to get a tattoo and within time, becomes addicted to tattoos. Trading one addiction for a “harmless addiction” unintentionally without even realizing it is quite common.
Cross addiction can occur at any time but is more common in the early stages of recovery
In the early stages of recovery, an individual is still learning coping mechanisms and battling their urges to use. There is a higher chance of relapsing in the early stages of recovery, hence why cross-addiction is more common during this timeframe. However, cross-addiction is still possible for individuals who are 20 years out of recovery. Maybe an individual is recovering from their alcohol abuse disorder and has been sober for 20 years but underwent knee replacement surgery and became addicted to their painkillers. It is important to remember that recovery is a lifelong journey and is something that must continually be worked towards daily. Cross addiction can happen at any time at the most unsuspecting moments.
Cross addiction can seem relatively harmless
If an individual is in recovery for methamphetamines, is it a big deal if they later become addicted to video games? Many individuals believe that trading a severe drug addiction for a less harmful behavioral addiction is not a big deal. Feeding this addictive behavior cycle is unhealthy and can take away from many important aspects of an individual’s life.
Preventing cross-addiction is possible by providing the right education and coping skills to the individual throughout the treatment and recovery process. The following can prevent individuals from engaging in cross-addiction patterns:
- Educating the individual on the science behind addiction
- Teaching the individual to avoid all addictive medications
- Providing ongoing psychotherapy to teach healthy coping skills
- Encouraging active participation in recovery support groups
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Realistic anatomical illustrations of several domestic animal species for a necropsy manual targeted at veterinarians and veterinary students. The book describes the dissection techniques and specificities for several domestic and exotic animal species, from dog and cow, to bird, fish, and even snake.
My goal was to elevate the quality of veterinary anatomical illustrations to similar standards as in Human Medicine, trying to develop a didactic, high-quality product that had not been seen before.
Working in a grayscale color scheme, it was crucial to give the organs their characteristic textures and play with light to come up with the best discrimination possible between the different structures.
The book can be purchased here.
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Based on Research by Petr Janata, Ph.D., Frederick S. Barrett. Psychology Science Minute written by Sarah W. Arnett, Psy.D.
Psychology Science Minute brought to you by the School of Psychology at Florida Institute of Technology, I’m Dr. Sarah Arnett.
Most of us remember the song that was playing on our first date, first kiss, and most painful break up. In fact, hearing a song from our past instantly transports us back in time to some of our most emotionally charged memories. Music has a much bigger impact on our mood than most of us realize.
Can music alter our mood states? Yes, upbeat music is likely to give us a positive mood just as somber music can make us sad.2,3,5,6 In addition, recognition of a positive song triggers an associative network of memories laden with emotions implicating the potential to positively impact our mood.1
Psychologists have found that when we listen to a song that is nostalgic, it elicits mood states and experiences similar to those experienced with the memory associated with the song. 1 Research indicates that listening to our favorite songs may improve our mood states as well as improve our performance with high cognitive demand activities.4,6 The most notable finding is that it does not require conscious effort to alter your mood, you simply have to play one of your favorite songs.1,3,5.
So the next time you find yourself feeling down just press “play” for your favorite song!
That’s your Florida Tech Psychology Science Minute, I’m Dr. Sarah Arnett.
1Barrett, F., Grimm, K., Robins, R., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., & Janata, P. (2010). Music-Evoked Nostalgia: Affect, Memory, and Personality. Emotion, Vol. 10, No. 3, 390–403.
2Clark, D. M. (1983). On the induction of depressed mood in the laboratory: Evaluation and comparison of the Velten and musical procedures. Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy, 5, 27-4
3Davis, C. (2009). Music And Its Effects On Mood And Affective Experience. Dissertation. Long Island, New York: Adelphi University.
4Lesiuk,T. (2010). The Effect of Preferred Music on Mood and Performance in a High-Cognitive Demand Occupation. Journal of Music Therapy, XLVII (2), 2010, 137-154.
5Martina T. Mitterschiffthaler, Cynthia H.Y. Fu, Jeffrey A. Dalton, Christopher M. Andrew, and Steven C.R. Williams (2007). A Functional MRI Study of Happy and Sad Affective States Induced by Classical Music. Human Brain Mapping 28:1150–1162.
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Can noise help separate causation from correlation?
How to tell correlation from causation is one of the key problems in data science and Big Data. New Additive Noise Models methods can do it with over 65% accuracy, opening new breakthrough possibilities.
Correlation isn't causation
It hasn’t always been well understood that correlation does not imply causation. In the late 1940s for example, public health experts recommended that people stop eating ice cream as part of an anti-polio diet. It turned out however that there was only a correlation between polio incidence and ice-cream consumption, because outbreaks were most common in the summer.
The distinction between correlation and causation is now much better understood. Even if we accept that people who sleep with their shoes on often wake up with a headache, we’d more likely blame both incidents on their having too much to drink the night before than believe that the one is the cause of the other. But what would be the best way to proceed if we did want to determine whether the shoe wearing caused the headache?
Intervention: the gold standard for determining causation
If you can influence A and observe how this modifies B, you might be able to make conclusions as to causation. For example, you can force yourself to go to bed with shoes. Observing that you don’t have more headaches than when you don’t wear shoes, you can tell that the shoes are not causing the headaches.
Most of the time, however, you won't be able to use intervention because:
- it's too expensive (for example if you have to run an experiment with 10,000 patients)
- it's not ethical (for example you can't force people to start smoking)
- it's not possible (for example you can't change the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere)
So, can we deduce causation from pure observational data? If we’re given data about two variables X and Y, such as the one illustrated on the right, and we know that it’s either X→Y or Y→X (no common ancestor, etc.), can we pick the right direction for the arrow?
Researchers are divided on this question.Some argue that it is simply impossible , others, like J. Mooij, are more hopeful and argue that studying the distribution of noise can help us determine the cause and effect .
Their intuition is that if X causes Y, then noise affecting X will also affect Y.
Let me take the example of traffic vs commuting time, borrowed from . When the amount of traffic increases, it takes me more time to commute; when the traffic varies, my commuting time varies also. However, the opposite is less true. Sometimes, it takes me more time to commute than others: I might hit different red lights, be in more or less of a hurry, etc.
More precisely, the core idea of these so-called Additive Noise Models (ANM) is that if X→Y, then the variability observed in Y will be either explained by X, or by some noise that is independent of X.
To test if “traffic” affects “commuting time”, they construct the following model:
commuting time = f(traffic) + noiseThey then use a regression to estimate f and noise (ie the residual).
This is where it begins to get a tiny bit tricky:
1. They look at the correlation between traffic and noise (ie the variations of commuting time that are not explained by the traffic).
2. If traffic and noise are independent, it means that the variations of commuting time are independent of the traffic.
3. This leads to being able to state that the noise affecting commuting time does not affect traffic. But, if X → Y is true, we have seen that the noise affecting X should also affect Y (here X is commuting time and Y is traffic).
4. It follows that commuting time is unlikely to cause traffic.
5. We can thus only choose the other direction: traffic → commuting time.
Does this work?
In their paper , J. Mooij study the accuracy of these so-called Additive Noise Models (ANM) over 88 datasets and conclude that ANM methods can put the right direction on the arrow with more than 65% accuracy. This opens new possibilities for inferring causation in circumstances where traditional methods make it unethical, impossible, or too expensive to do so.
My name is Francois Petitjean (@LeDataMiner), and I try to develop useful solutions for big data. I completed my PhD working for the French Space Agency in 2012, and since then have been working in Geoff Webb’s team at Monash University’s Centre for Data Science.More at www.francois-petitjean.com.
L. Wasserman. All of Statistics. Springer, New York, 2004.
J. Mooij, J. Peters, D. Janzing, J. Zscheischler and B. Schölkopf, “Distinguishing cause from effect using observational data: methods and benchmarks,” arXiv:1412.3773
Mathematicians have finally figured out how to tell correlation from causation, QZ
- Causation vs Correlation: Visualization, Statistics, and Intuition
- Dancing Statistics – who says statistics cannot be fun?
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National Vegetarian Week
Food As A Billy Bargain
I love vegetables. Love ‘em, love ‘em. As someone who’s always needed to watch my weight I love the quantity of vegetables you get for little calorie expenditure. All that nutrition, for little cost - Food as a Bargain.
Yet… Do I love them enough that I could live a life solely on them? No.
But… Do I admire those that have made the decision to do so? Yes.
For those that have made the commitment the vegetarian diet can be good for your diet and is often espoused as a healthier way of life. While this can be true it’s also very easy to become a “cheese and chips” vegetarian, particularly when faced with restrictive restaurant menus (when eating out once, a vegetarian friend of mine had to resort to tomato soup and chips).
The Vegetarian Challenge (no, I don’t mean trying to find a good vegan wine)
The most obviously challenged macro nutrient for vegetarians is protein. Although eggs are a good source and rennet-free cheese is available it’s all too easy to become overly cheese dependent (à la Wallace And Gromit). And, while cheese does have nutritional benefits it is still high in sodium and is energy dense. So those watching their weight, or have issues with digesting lactose or whey / casein (dairy sugars and proteins) may need to avoid it.
To get around this vegetarians need to explore the world of grains. Not just the usual rice or wheat but also exploring higher-protein grains such as buckwheat, spelt, quinoa, amaranth and millet. By including many different sorts, vegetarians should be able to include all the essential amino acids. Combining different protein sources in the same meal is simple, with classic examples such as rice and beans, beans on toast, peanut butter sandwich and Ezekiel bread.
Of course there is now a whole industry devoted to vegetarian ready-meals and processed foods. Many of these rely on the following ingredients, which although ok as part of a balanced diet should not, for various reasons, be singularly relied upon to form a foundation.
5 Vegetarian Foods To Avoid Living on Constantly
- Seitan. Basically wheat gluten. This is the wheat protein that it seems half the population is trying to avoid. For good reasons too - many people are intolerant to gluten, and many others, such as coeliacs, have severe reactions. If you have no digestive problems, then fine. Just bear in mind (as with many vegetarian proteins) it’s not a “complete” protein and is limited by the amino acid tryptophan.
- Soy. It’s everywhere. Vegans couldn’t avoid this if they tried. It appears as tofu, milk, vegetable spreads, yoghurts, tempeh, soy sauce, natto, TVP and edamame. It does have its beneficial properties: for one- it’s a complete protein and two - natto and tempeh have the advantages of being fermented so are also considered probiotics. Soy also though, contains phyto-oestrogens (isoflavones). Although naturally weaker than our own oestrogens excessive amounts may still have the ability to disrupt our hormonal profiles. Bad enough in female vegetarians but something men should be additionally wary about (moobs in case you were wondering).
- TVP – Textured Vegetable Protein. It’s soya, and soya processed with some interesting chemicals such as hexane (a solvent used to extract plant fats) in order to give it texture.
- Anything processed, packaged and longlife, with an ingredient list longer than your arm with the 1st ingredient as sugar, the second as high fructose corn syrup. The label may say “vegetarian” but it doesn’t always equate to “healthy”. Oreos are vegetarian. Oreos are not something that should be considered a diet staple.
- Ditto vegetarian frankfurters, bacon, burgers, sausages. Basically anything that gives the appearance of meat, yet isn’t. Meat generally has just one the one ingredient and although many processed meats have ingredient lists that don’t bear up to close scrutiny neither do “fake meats”. Most will be based on TVP. Go for an organic product if possible, to minimise any thing completely laboratory created.
It is as easy to eat an unhealthy vegetarian diet as it is to eat an unhealthy omnivore diet. A balanced diet low in processed foods, with healthy fats, protein and fibre is crucial to everyone, regardless of your moral stance or lifestyle choice.
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You can choose to run your life instead of stress. If you let stress win, you will always have the feeling of stress now and in your future. The tips provided here can make a difference in how much stress level and improve your day-to-day life.
Take the issues that are causing you out and assign each one a number it from 1 through 10. One would represent the minor problems, while ten would be something catastrophic.This method can often help you not stress due to minor things.
If you keep telling yourself you are very hungry, chances are you will be stressed. Saying or thinking this word can make you to feel it, so do yourself a big favor and find another name for it!
When you are feeling stressed, take a deep breath and inhale the scent of the vial’s contents.
For instance, if you’ve got a comrade that creates stressful situations for you, you should figure out how to avoid this relationship.
Take a look at the methods you can deal with stress more effectively.Try keeping a period of a month or so. Looking back at your notes will allow you to decide if it was productive and healthy. If not, then try to devise a new coping strategy that will help you to deal with things on a day to day basis.
If you currently use unhealthy habits as a way of dealing with stress, focus on developing more positive, more productive habits to replace them. For example, instead of eating a lot when you are under stress, you should instead consider exercising. If you find better techniques to deal with your stress, instead of bad ones, you will feel much better.
A great escape from stress is daydreaming for short periods. Allow your mind to wander wherever it wants to go and time of fantasy. This type of mental exercise is a short while.
You can avoid a lot of stressful situations by preparing for worst case scenarios in advance.Keep an extra key stored outside somewhere, have some small snacks at work, and a babysitter on call in case something goes wrong. Knowing how to handle your problems ahead of will make them much easier to deal with.
Listening to music has proven to be a great way to reduce stress. It is commonly known that music therapy can cut down on stress if you find the type of music is soothing to you. Music can help you breathe more deeply and is known to elevate serotonin in your body which is a natural mood booster.
To lessen the amount of stress learn some deep breathing exercises. This is a sure fire stress reliever and you should add it to your daily routine when attempting to relax and reduce stress.
Forgiving others can ease your life.
One way of coping with stress is to identify the things in your life that matter the most to you. By dealing with the things that are most important to you first, you can dramatically reduce your overall stress levels.
Learn how to say no if you tend to take on too many tasks and your own responsibilities. Even if you are naturally a pleaser, if you over commit yourself you are sure to get stressed out.
Whether you believe it or not, deep breaths can give you a relaxed feeling because there is is more oxygen in your bloodstream. Shallow breathing can add to feeling stressed because heart rate and adding tension to your chest muscles tighten.
Try drinking a stress relief. Homeopathy is a way to help decrease stress and anxiety. These methods can be quite effective and are absolutely safe and all-natural. Try the herb Kava, which some research has stated works just as well as alprazolam, better known as Xanax.
When you are looking forward to something fun in your life, you are less likely to focus on any momentary stress. Make plans to go see a movie or visit an amusement park.
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The DeFi sector can embrace a positive future by following comprehensive security audits and by ensuring best practice in due diligence and quality assurance.
Decentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi, has grabbed the attention of mainstream financial and technology audiences alike. While the sector has been applauded for bringing about innovative digital finance solutions from lending to payments, progress has been overshadowed by high profile security breaches. Adhering to these security guidelines will ensure that DeFi solutions will be better equipped to offer users a more instant, safe and secure network than traditional banking services.
New DeFi market opportunities overshadowed by security threats
When governments enforced lockdowns to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the mainstream financial and banking system buckled under the enormous weight of souring loans and the need to process fiscal stimulus payments. Businesses and individuals waited several weeks for government handouts that should have taken only a couple of hours. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a shortfall in the financial system that had long been evident to DeFi proponents: namely, the inability to provide direct and instant capital access.
Amid the economic and financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and banks’ inability to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises, startups and entrepreneurs have been suffering the massive economic toll. Important businesses are being cut off from essential credit lines as governments unwind temporary stimulus packages earlier than expected. In this new economic environment, DeFi has been offering clear and tangible solutions to capital access and payments processing through the ability to remove cumbersome manual processes associated with traditional payments with instant and low-cost transactions.
Despite promising applications for the technology, critics of DeFi solutions assume that security concerns will continue to overshadow the growth and mainstream adoption of peer-to-peer financial networks. However, through efficient smart contract integration, combined with high-quality coding, DeFi platforms can fully protect users’ funds and prevent hacks, such as those that hit the dForce network earlier this year, from occurring again in the future.
DeFi lessons from the dForce hack
The DeFi community celebrated a host of breakthroughs in 2019, including sizable investment rounds, such as Andreessen Horowitz’s $15-million investment in MakerDAO, and big names, such as ConsenSys entering the DeFi ecosystem with a new product suite, dubbed Codefi. In February of this year, DeFi hit another significant milestone when loans locked into decentralized lending contracts surpassed the $1-billion mark for the first time on record.
However, the DeFi community was given something of a rude awakening when news emerged in April that Chinese platform Lendf.me, part of the dForce network, a decentralized finance protocol, was hacked to the tune of $25 million. In another plot twist, a couple of days after siphoning $25 million of funds away, the hacker returned almost all of the funds back to its original location. The incident has since left DeFi industry analysts picking up the pieces in understanding how an attack on this scale occurred, with many alluding to a complex algorithm designed by the hacker.
Analyzing the dForce hack in several parts paints a more straightforward picture, however. The reality is that dForce fell victim due to a lack of thorough due diligence. This lack of due diligence meant dForce relied on using unoriginal code copied from Compound, a leading player in the DeFi lending market; it had little to no security checks or audits; and there were no emergency stop processes in place for smart contracts.
Having been rocked by the dForce hack, can the DeFi community better prepare itself for security threats in the future? By prioritizing security audits and best practice in coding and due diligence, the DeFi industry can once again be reckoned with as a serious force in providing real and tangible digital finance solutions to a global audience without boundary restrictions.
DeFi security solutions
A full external security audit, original coding and a testnet launch to ensure the functionality of security measures are only some of the essential steps that should be prioritized to protect users and provide enhanced security on DeFi networks. Writing test and migration scripts is a quick and efficient means to ensure the security and quality of smart contracts. This can be supplemented by deploying other advanced auditing tools, such as code coverage, gas cost analysis, testing with mainnet fork ganache, code linting and continuous integration.
After deploying the relevant advanced security auditing tools, it is worth using any time and resources available to conduct an external security audit. Not only does this sit well with prospective investors but it provides a blueprint in identifying any potential issues that may have been overlooked during the coding stage. Choose a security auditing firm that is well versed in DeFi technology — this will help speed up the auditing process, saving your company time and money.
Once the audit is complete, the next stage of your process should be the testnet launch. This can provide you with invaluable time and the opportunity to identify any bugs on your network. Invite close community members and your team to test the smart contracts. Spend the time and resources at the testnet stage wisely, as it will be more difficult to rectify problems once the beta mainnet is launched. The testnet launch is also a useful opportunity to engage with community members and to make preparations for the beta mainnet launch announcement before launching to the public. These steps taken during the testnet launch will allow you to generate positive user traction and community attention.
The final stage of the internal security audit should include a bug bounty program: an invitation to community members that rewards them for identifying any security breaches or vulnerabilities. This can be done in two stages: the pre-beta launch and post-launch on an ongoing basis. The pre-launch bug bounty has the benefit of inviting hackers to test the smart contracts, allowing them to report any vulnerabilities. After the beta launch, the bug bounty program should be opened up to the hacking community on an ongoing basis. This will ensure that any potential security glitches are identified and resolved accordingly, mitigating any risk from hackers.
Security solutions provide a promising future for DeFi
Borrowers and lenders across the globe have been demanding more financial solutions and alternatives in managing their wealth. Mainstream financial services have thus far failed in delivering tangible digital finance solutions. Banks, too, have been beset by security breaches, including online fraud schemes and hacks that have stolen credit card and login information from users.
As the coronavirus exposes the cracks in centralized systems and banks come under more strain to process payments quickly and efficiently, the security of centralized systems may yet again be in doubt. This new market environment has unveiled the enormous potential for DeFi solutions to gain further traction in placing financial control back in users’ hands while offering a better and more secure alternative to traditional banking.
Already, we have begun to see significant developments being undertaken across the DeFi landscape with the growth of new financial products from savings, payments and lending. For the DeFi community to reap the rewards from progress being made in the space, conducting security best practice — as outlined above — should be a top priority. By ensuring users’ safety and preventing external hacks, DeFi will be on the path to mainstream adoption. Ultimately, thorough security audits and quality assurance will provide the essential trust and transparency needed for the sector to grow and flourish in this new digital age.
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C sharp is a programming language used to create and execute the program we do in other programming languages, including this ‘Hello World’. In C sharp programming language, the most basic code for the execution is the “Hello World” program. It prints the sentence on the console, the output screen. The basic C sharp source code program contains some features. These are described as:
- Declaration of Library.
- Using a namespace.
- Declaration and definition of the class.
- Members of the class, including methods, variables, etc.
- Main method.
- Statements you want to print or the expressions.
We will consider a simple example of the “Hello World” source code.
The output of the above program is:
A system is a library used to add some commonly used types. This namespace is specified to be declared with the ‘using’ directive of the system.
It is a user-defined name that is given to the namespace. It is the user’s choice to provide any name to the namespace. The purpose of namespace is that it is used to handle and organize the classes. The namespace’s name is followed by the curly bracket containing the namespace body.
The class is the keyword used to declare classes in the program. For example, here sample is the name given to it. Like namespace, the name of the class can be any word.
Static void main (string args)
While defining the main program, we use the word static with it. The static keyword shows that the main program can be accessed anywhere without creating an object or an instance. The second keyword is void; it shows that the return type of this program is zero; in other words, this void keyword shows that the main program does not return any value. It specifies the main method and its relation with the expressions used inside it, especially with the statement Console.Writeline(“Hello World!”);
The writeLine() is a built-in method that is declared in the console class and is defined in the System namespace. That is the reason for using the system class library in our source codes of C sharp.
Like the WriteLine() function, this is also a built-in method. It takes the input entered at the console and lets it be stored in the variable to the program. This allows the program to wait until any key is pressed, and it also prevents the console screen from closing and running quickly.
Execute a C Sharp Program
To run the source code of C sharp, there are several ways to be followed. But the basic two approaches that are used are described below.
Use a visual Studio
A visual studio is a tool developed to execute programs in different languages like Visual basics, C++, C sharp, etc. We need to buy a license for the commercial use to install and then configure the visual studio in our system. For non-commercial purposes, Microsoft gives authority to the usage of Visual Studio Community Version. The visual studio also has a process to write a new code, compile it and execute it. But one advantage it has over the local compiler is that the built-in compilers compile and execute the code without specifying any compiler.
The second and most commonly used method is the Command-Line option. It uses some basic steps to be followed. We have also used this approach as it is highly recommended and can be applied easily. As we have implemented the code in Linux so, go to the applications of Ubuntu.
First, go to the menu, and open the text editor. Write the source code in the editor and then save the file at any location with the extension of .cs. We use the Linux terminal and MCS compiler to execute and see the result. Add the file name along with the compiler.
If the program has no exception, error, or warnings on the compilation, it will create an executable file file.exe in the same folder where we have saved the file.cs. For this file.exe, we use Mono to execute the file.
By following the above steps, you will see that the console’s statement ‘hello world!’ is displayed.
Another way of declaring the same program is that if you forgot to use the name of the library ‘system’ at the start, you could also use the system namespace and the console statement.
System. Console. WriteLine (“Hello World!”);
On execution, you will see that the statement is displayed on the console.
Printing on Console
C sharp contains two basic methods to display output on the console and get the console’s input, as we have declared one of them as writeline(). It is used to display the value.
It is an output function. It is the built-in method used to display all the contents on a single line on the console. But if you want to display each word on a separate line, we use the ‘WriteLine()’ method.
Similarly, this is the function used to get the value for the console that the user enters. It is an input function.
Now we will elaborate on this approach in the example. Using the same namespaces and the main program, we will use a string to store the input value from the user. Then through the writeline, the user will be asked to enter a value.
Console.writeline(“Enter a string – “);
After that, the user will enter a value stored in the string taken at the start.
Teststring = Console.ReadLine();
Using the writeline() function again, we will display the value entered and stored by the user.
On execution, you can see the results.
Similarly, if we take two strings separately for each word in the string, then with the help of readline, each word will be entered on separate lines, just like the method writeline().
But to display the string on a single line, we will use a simple write() method.
On execution, you can see that both separately entered values can be combined through the write() method.
‘Hello, World!’ is mostly the first program in every programming language. Similarly, C sharp also has this program as its introductory source code. A simple program in C sharp contains many important features; a program can be easily executable. All of them are explained in this tutorial with an elementary example to demonstrate the working of the C sharp program.
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From today's Breaking Defense publication
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.,
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – One of the most secretive agencies in the Navy didn’t just invite reporters to its headquarters today: It offered them cookies and cake.
The agency? The Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program. The occasion? The 60th anniversary of the first submarine ever to sail under nuclear power. But there’s a lot more going on at “Naval Reactors” than nostalgia, an edible USS Nautilus, and affectionate jokes about the late Admiral Hyman Rickover, the notoriously tough founder of NR in whose honor the Navy is naming its next sub. As soon as the celebration’s done, Rickover’s heirs have to get right back to work on the design that will carry the force through the next 60 years: the Ohio Replacement.
At an estimated $95 billion for 10 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), the program faces daunting technological, schedule, and fiscal challenges. So what’s foremost on the mind of NR’s director, Adm. John Richardson?
“You’ve heard a couple of people mention today the ’40-year core,'” Richardson told reporters as the festivities wound down. The current Ohio subs and the nuclear Nimitz aircraft carriers require an expensive, lengthy mid-life overhaul to replace their reactor cores after 15 to 25 years of service. The new Virginia attack subs have cores designed to last the life of the sub, 33 years, although none of them is that old yet. The Ohio Replacement reactor core is supposed to last an unprecedented four decades.
“That has tremendous implications,” said Adm. Richardson, “about a $40 billion saving over the life of the program…but that’s by no means a done deal.”
Bypassing the multi-year mid-life overhaul means each submarine can spend more of its service life at sea, instead of in the shipyard. The Navy calculates the 40-year-core will allow 12 Ohio Replacement submarines to do the work of the current 14 Ohios. It will also save on maintenance funds, spare parts, and more. But it’s also making a huge bet on the core’s reliability.
“You’re talking about putting something into a reactor plant and leaving it there for 40 years at high pressure, high temperature, [and] radiation flux — all the things that come with nuclear power,” Richardson said. “Doing that safely and reliably [is] not a trivial matter. So each step, each move along that path, takes a tremendous amount of attention to detail.” | <urn:uuid:12b825ca-35ad-4a52-a83f-e94ecbe6bf7d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://carllavo.blogspot.com/2015/01/navy-developing-sub-reactors-than-can.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.92201 | 559 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Sports players are never terrified to get hurt; in fact, it goes with the territory. Whats petrifying to them, though, is getting injured and spending a lot of downtime at home. When an athlete gets injured from playing sports, the healing period could take weeks or even months, and that means taking time off from playing on the field.
Players who participate in contact sports enjoy being at the heart of the action all the time. Thats why they hate being thwarted by serious injuries affecting joints, ligaments, and muscles because this means needing more time for treatment, therapy, and rest. But if the inevitable happens and the player gets injured, he or she doesn’t have a choice but to take time to heal.
Reducing healing times for sports injuries require religiously obeying doctors orders and maintaining self-care practices. Apart from physical conditioning, players may need to regain their mental well-being, too. To facilitate a swift and smooth healing process from a sports injury, take note of the following tips below:
Use The R.I.C.E Method to Treat Soft Tissue Injuries
At the onset of a sports injury, your body protects itself from further damage by displaying signs of inflammation: swelling, redness, pain, and warmth. As the fluids rush to the affected area, the body tries it’s hardest to remove the tissues damaged by the impact. At this stage and up to 72 hours later, it helps to apply cold therapy to facilitate faster healing.
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to do it right:
- Rest: One of the cornerstones for the treatment of basketball and other injuries, is to rest the affected area. This does not mean completely being immobile, as muscle atrophy or loss of muscle tissue can strike you instead. At the minimum, avoid putting pressure or weight on the injury for at least two days. Use a splint or brace if necessary. You can perform gentle, cardiovascular exercises such as biking and swimming instead.
- Ice: Physicians recommend placing ice over the injured area every 10 to 15 minutes, every two or three hours, and for the first and second days from the date of injury. Cold therapy is effective in reducing swelling and pain. It works by slowing down the pain receptors, making you less sensitive to pain. Low temperatures also act as vasoconstrictors; minimizing blood vessels and instigates a more efficient lymphatic system.
- Compression: When mixed with proper pressure or compression, cold therapy becomes more effective. If you are using an ice pack, look for an elastic bandage and wrap it around the affected area. The pressure should be snug enough to reduce swelling, but not too much to cause blood flow interruption. When you feel numb or tingly, or notice skin discoloration, loosen the bandage. Also, make sure to remove it every 15 minutes to prevent frostbite or tissue damage.
- Elevation: Raising the injured area above your heart level is also critical to further reduce swelling. Elevating also helps reduce pain as it relieves pressure. All you have to do is prop the injured area with pillows.
- Visit A Doctor
If your injury is classified as a minor strain, the R.I.C.E method may be able to address it in a week or two. If your symptoms persist or get worse, it’s best to visit a sports injury clinic such as Eastern Idaho Spine, Sports and Rehab Center, for proper diagnosis and treatment.
A sports doctor will likely ask you to undergo a series of imaging tests to determine the extent of the injury and identify the parts affected. Knowing where your specific problems lie enables healthcare professionals to devise a more effective treatment plan that could involve both physical and mental rehabilitation.
Perform A Range of Motion Exercises
A few days following the injury, you can perform a mild range of motion movements so your muscles, joints, and ligaments can function properly. Gentle, controlled movements should be done properly so that you don’t exert too much effort that can further cause injuries. It’s important to do this right; as doing too little won’t contribute to faster healing either.
If you haven’t seen a sports doctor for your injuries, it’s best to consult a physiotherapist to monitor your execution and progress. A person who is still in the healing process has a high chance of getting re-injured. The worst part It will take longer to heal when this happens.
Most common sports injuries typically benefit from gentle exercises such as tai chi, yoga, walking, and swimming. Ask your doctor for advice. Consider getting massages too.
Take Food And Supplements That Can Help With The Healing Process
Food is your bodys fuel. When you are still in the healing process, it’s best to eat nutrient-rich foods that help strengthen your muscle tissues, ligaments, bones, and joints. Experts would usually suggest to increase your intake of the following:
- Protein-Rich Foods: This includes eggs, meat, and fish are critical in boosting your bodys muscle-building and repair processes.
- Calcium: Good sources of calcium include milk, almonds, and cheese. These are highly beneficial for individuals suffering from bone fractures. To facilitate calcium absorption, your body needs vitamin D from sunlight exposure, which helps boost the immune system.
- Essential Fatty Acids: This could come from salmon, avocado, and certain types of beans. Essential fatty acids can regulate swelling and inflammation that go with sports injuries. There are also fish oil supplements that you can take in place of organic food sources.
- Vitamin C: This facilitates collagen production and minimizes inflammation. Collagen helps joints maintain their flexibility and strength at the same time.
Don’t Forget To Take Care Of Mental Health
Many athletes are at risk of falling into depression after getting injured from a game. As they can no longer do the things that they used to do, they may feel that they have lost their purpose and motivation. Apart from physical rehabilitation, doctors may need to consider mental conditioning, as well. If you are an athlete, it’s important to exercise patience and accept that healing takes time.
If you are a caregiver or a family member of an injured sports player, observe whether there are signs that could indicate a potential mental health issue. Irritability, severe mood swings, oversleeping or insomnia, and loss of interest are key symptoms of depression. An injured athlete should be able to recognize these feelings and learn to develop coping mechanisms in order to get through them.
The Bottom Line
Recovering from a sports injury can be challenging. With a mix of first aid and professional help, an athlete can recover physically, mentally, and emotionally in no time. It’s important to take baby steps and not rush the healing process. So, consult a doctor, follow the treatment plan, and slowly get back on track with a mild range of movements.
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Framework for volunteering in health and social care
Volunteering delivers social value and plays a key role in delivery of health and social care and preventative health, meaning that there is a return on investment.
This Framework is a resource that supports those involved with health and social care volunteering to ‘hold the gain’ that they have experienced during the pandemic. This is essential if the value of volunteering is to be fully recognised and sustained, not just in respect of the emergency response that was experienced in 2020, but also the wider unique value that volunteering brings to health and social care.
This Framework offers a series of common questions that should be considered by all organisations involved in volunteering. Signposting to wider resources, case studies and a self-assessment tool allow each organisation to develop an organisation-appropriate response, recognising the diversity of health and social care organisations in Wales.
The Framework focuses on those areas where volunteering supports a third party health or social care outcome. Although we have not included initiatives such as social prescribing and arts for wellbeing, we recognise and fully support the benefits that these bring. By volunteering, we mean:
- Not for financial gain
- For the benefit of others beyond the volunteer’s household and/or family
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A connection between pet abuse and human violence was identified in the United States as early as 1894 by the American Humane Association, an organization with the goal of protecting children and animals from mistreatment. American Humane now calls this connection The Link, and the group is pushing to get September recognized as National Link Awareness Month.
U.S. Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., recently introduced House Resolution 1046 to designate September as National Link Awareness Month to address The Link’s impact on abuse victims. The bill’s main points are to recognize that the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence is a national concern; and laws that recognize such link are critical in protecting countless domestic violence survivors and their pets.
“This resolution would highlight the need for more attention and resources to be focused on how violence toward animals is indicative of other violent tendencies,” Davis said in a statement. “By investigating The Link further, information could be gathered that will help mitigate social violence.”
The resolution is currently pending before the House Agriculture and Judiciary Committees with 19 co-sponsors, and American Humane is working with Davis to move the resolution to a favorable House vote soon. | <urn:uuid:d6305544-3514-4c85-b577-dacb695d36ec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.veterinarypracticenews.ca/september-proposed-as-national-link-awareness-month/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.956477 | 241 | 2.5 | 2 |
Are We All “Trust Fund” Babies?
At Crooked Timber, John Holbo considers whether the Social Security Trust Fund (legally, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund) exists or not. And like Yglesias, whose response to a Planet Money podcast on the topic spurred Holbo’s post, he concludes it does. To paraphrase one of our more linguistically nimble former presidents, I’d say it all depends on the definition of “exist” being used.
Far more problematic to me, however, is the extended metaphor Mr. Holbo uses to facilitate his own analysis:
Here’s the way to think about it, so it seems like the Trust Fund exists. The parents (government) agree that the child (Social Security) should have an allowance. The child wants to save the money. So the parents keep a running account. Every week, the parents write the child an IOU, which the child dutifully puts in a little box. Over time the box comes to contain a lot of IOU’s from the parents. Meanwhile, the parents are not separately putting funds that would correspond to those IOU’s into yet another box. They are just running the household. But the IOU’s exist, and are backed by the parents.
Not only no, but hell no! Okay, I understand it’s only a metaphor, a rough analogy for purposes of conceptual analysis. But not only are there few such metaphors more likely to give libertarians the vapors, it’s a really lousy and completely inappropriate comparison in this particular case.
And here’s at least one important reason why. I have children. They get an allowance or, more accurately, money for chores, etc. Their mother and I have also saved over time for their future needs. But their mother and I don’t get all our money from our children in the first place. In fact, we don’t get any of our money from our children.
To make Mr. Holbo’s metaphor even roughly analogous, let’s assume our kids have actual income producing jobs. Now, let’s imagine they give us some of their actual, honest to goodness cash money which we, in turn, promise to hold in trust for their future needs but which we, in fact, fritter away buying, e.g., far more handguns and rifles than we actually need to provide for our Household Defense. Even before we get to the question whether we as parents will be able to make future payments as promised, we would at the very least call this current behavior an intentional breach of our fiduciary responsibilities as administrators of the money we were supposedly holding in trust. More to the point, what we’d really call such behavior is fraud.
But let’s flash forward. Mr. Holbo “if they are good for the money, eventually, everything is fine.” In this regard even the staunchest critic of Social Security would have to admit that the federal government has the important advantage of being able to borrow as much money as it needs to cover its current expenses. At least it always has been able to do so. There is a definite limit, on the other hand, to the parents’ creditworthiness, to their ability to earn additional income or to restructure their budget to make more money available to pay their IOUs.
Ah, but let’s look at those IOUs a bit more carefully. The federal government borrows vast sums of money from outside investors all the time by selling marketable securities. For those unfamiliar with those terms, securities come in two basic varieties: equities, such as shares of stock in a publicly held corporation, and bonds, which are essentially IOUs. They are marketable if they can be sold by the original purchaser to any third party willing to buy them.
Every investment involves some risk even if that risk is negligible. Admittedly, to say that the federal government has for many years been spending like drunken sailors is to insult the financial responsibility of drunken sailors. It is also true that the total national debt is distressingly large and that the annual cost of servicing that debt is a distressingly large part of the federal budget. Even so, for reasons I won’t address here, the risk of the U.S. defaulting on any of the marketable securities it has sold is, to all intents and purposes, zero. Moreover, at least for the medium term – in the long term we’re all, well, you know – there is no practical limit on the amount of money the United States can continue to borrow. As profligate as the federal government has been, marketable Treasury securities are nonetheless considered to be so safe that investors were even willing recently to purchase them at what amounted to a negative interest rate.
However, none of the reasons why the U.S. will never default on its marketable debt apply in the case of Social Security. The Social Security Trust Fund is funded with “special series, non-marketable bonds.” Which is to say that they are not bonds at all. They have no market value because they are not marketable. There is not even any legally enforceable promise to pay because the legal entity that ‘issues’ these instruments is the very same legal entity they are issued to.
Which is to say that unlike a real trust where there are real marketable assets which the administrator of the trust fund is legally barred from using for any non-trust purpose, the federal government has created a sham trust funded with sham bonds. Mind you, however, that unlike the case of the parents writing IOUs in lieu of some portion of their children’s allowances, real assets (our money) are routinely collected to be putatively transformed into these ‘bonds.’
I wouldn’t go so far as saying that all of this means that the Trust Fund “does not exist,” although I do think it is fair to say that the federal government is, at best, disingenuous in its public explanation of how Social Security is being funded.
Clearly, there is an accounting entity maintained by the federal government informally referred to as the Social Security Trust Fund. (Formally entitled the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund.) Clearly, also, after current expenses are paid from current revenues, the revenues from taxpayers are ‘deposited’ into that accounting entity with the express purpose of paying both present and future Social Security benefits.
As matters stand, current FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) payroll deductions more than “fund” current Social Security benefits payments, the “excess” supposedly being “invested in the Trust.” In fact, however, the system remains dependent on future contributions from future worker to pay for future benefits payments. Then again, that’s more or less how the system has always worked. If the average American probably believes that his contributions are being ‘invested’ to be used to pay for his own eventual retirement benefits, he probably believes this because stupid and dishonest politicians have talked about Social Security in these terms. Then again, the average American probably believes the money he deposits in his savings account is sitting in the vault of his local banks, too. So much for the average American.
As long as there were significantly more contributors to Social Security paying in for significantly longer than retirees were receiving benefits, the system worked just fine. Well, maybe not all that fine. The current Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program has been vastly expanded beyond the scope of the original 1935 Social Security Act. How big is it today? The omniscient Wikipedia states:
By dollars paid, the U.S. Social Security program is the largest government program in the world and the single greatest expenditure in the federal budget, with 20.8% for social security, compared to 20.5% for discretionary defense and 20.1% for Medicare/Medicaid. Social Security is currently the largest social insurance program in the U.S., constituting 37% of government expenditure and 7% of the gross domestic product….
Most significantly, however, we Baby Boomers came along just as average life expectancy lengthened significantly and the birth rate began to drop. Yes, the system’s resources have already been stretched, but the real crisis in funding Social Security (and, let’s not forget, Medicare) comes when my cohort entirely becomes eligible for benefits and unreasonably refuses to die off quickly. What will happen then?
Well, at some point, assuming no change to the current system, current FICA revenues will not equal current benefits paid, the “Trust Fund” will run out of money (assuming it ever had any in the first place) and the difference will increasingly have to be paid out of general revenues. As explained above, however, one can reasonably conclude that in terms of actual federal spending, the distinction between FICA revenues and general tax revenues isn’t much of a difference.
What can or should be done to “fix” Social Security and related entitlement programs is a topic better reserved for another discussion. I want to return, though, to Mr. Holbo’s metaphor of the state being to the citizen what the parent is to the child. Mind you, I don’t know what his politics may be and it could well be that the analogy simply occurred to him as apt in this particular case without implying anything further.
But the notion of the state as parent is antithetical to the very notion of popular sovereignty. It is one thing to say that we endow the state with sufficient authority to accomplish those functions which we, the ultimate sovereigns, require of it. It is quite another to suggest that our welfare is in any sense dependent upon the beneficence of the state, and that is a connotation unavoidably entailed by the ‘state as parent’ metaphor.
I have no illusions in this regard. If there is any lesson at all to the aftermath of 9/11, it is that people will willingly sacrifice real rights and real liberty for the illusion of safety and security, and that is a bargain the state will gladly make every time.
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Each of the Forts required a record book of armament, equipment and manpower to be maintained. I've placed each in the respective years in which the last notation was made on the copies that I was provided. Take along a copy of the photo the next time you go for a walk in Stanley Park or UBC and see what you can see of the old forts.
Narrows North - 1942
Point Grey - 1944
Stanley Park - 1945
I also came across an 'Ammo State' report from 1943. How much ammo do you think was kept in location for the defence of Vancouver two years after Pearl Harbour, the year after Kiska was occupied?
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Bernie Sanders, the second leading Democratic candidate in the Democratic race for Presidential nominee, was given access to the DNC's voter files after the DNC suspended access to the Sanders campaign. The suspension came in retaliation for the Sander's campaign exploiting a bug the in the security system of the DNC's voter file records and accessing information regarding Hillary Clinton's campaign.
After stating that the campaign was preparing to sue the DNC for obstructing the democratic process, the DNC bowed and allowed re-granted access to the Sanders campaign.
The Clinton campaign has become notorious for buying out much of the media in order to drown out Sanders' campaign. This most recent development shows what chaos the democratic race and party is in, and to what lengths the democratic candidates will go to win their elections.
How can the average citizen support the official decisions of these candidates in office when they can't be trusted with their actions during the campaign?
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Wolfsbane is a magical plant. It used to be widely distributed, but now it can only be found in the wild. The flowers of wolfsbane can be used to make magic medicine, and its leaves are highly toxic. Wolfsbane is an important ingredient of Stellera chamaejasme. The root of wolfsbane can also be used as a potion ingredient.
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Acetylsalicylic acid and Anger - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Anger is found among people who take Acetylsalicylic acid, especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Acetylsalicylic acid and have Anger. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 119,478 people who have side effects when taking Acetylsalicylic acid from the FDA, and is updated regularly. You can use the study as a second opinion to make health care decisions.
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
119,478 people reported to have side effects when taking Acetylsalicylic acid.
Among them, 160 people (0.13%) have Anger.
What is Acetylsalicylic acid?
Acetylsalicylic acid has active ingredients of aspirin. It is often used in high blood pressure. eHealthMe is studying from 115,981 Acetylsalicylic acid users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
What is Anger?
Anger is found to be associated with 2,105 drugs and 1,568 conditions by eHealthMe.
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Time on Acetylsalicylic acid when people have Anger *:
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Common conditions people have *:
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Acetylsalicylic acid and have Anger?Check whether Anger is associated with a drug or a condition
How to use the study?
You can discuss the study with your doctor, to ensure that all drug risks and benefits are fully discussed and understood.
Related publications that referenced our studies
- Alokaily FA, Alghamdi M, Almalki AS, Alhussaini H, "Aspirin induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis, lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage and acute renal failure (mimicking systemic vasculitis)", Saudi medical journal, 2013 Apr .
How severe was Anger and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of aspirin:
- Anger and drugs with ingredients of aspirin (682 reports)
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Acetylsalicylic acid:
- Acetylsalicylic acid (115,981 reports)
Common Acetylsalicylic acid side effects:
Browse all side effects of Acetylsalicylic acid:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Anger treatments and more:
- Anger (35,665 reports)
COVID vaccines that are related to Anger:
- Anger in Moderna COVID Vaccine
- Anger in Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine
- Anger in Johnson and Johnson Covid Vaccine
Common drugs associated with Anger:
All the drugs that are associated with Anger:
- Anger (2,105 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Anger:
All the conditions that are associated with Anger:
- Anger (1,568 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on aspirin (the active ingredients of Acetylsalicylic acid) and Acetylsalicylic acid (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 600+ medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
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April 6, 2015
TEHRAN (FNA)- Hundreds of Yemeni and Arab-American protesters took to the streets of the US city of Dearborn, Michigan state, and slammed the Saudi [and U.S.]-led air attacks on Yemeni people.
Waving flags, carrying signs bearing graphic photos of mutilated children and chanting in Arabic, the protesters gathered to protest the Saudi Arabian-led bombing campaign of Yemen, Detroit News reported.
“What’s going on in Yemen is genocide,” Yemeni-American activist Wali Altahif said during the protest outside the Henry Ford Centennial Library on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn that included area religious leaders and activists. “They’re bombing schools, hospitals and killing innocent civilians.”
Altahif said most of the Dearborn protesters have family in Yemen. “They’re terrified,” he said. “They have no food, no electricity, and the bombing has been nonstop, day and night.”
Adnan Alwazer, shouting to be heard above the chants of the protesters in Dearborn on Sunday, said his mother and sisters are still in Yemen. “There is no reason for the bombing,” he said. “What they’re doing is against humanity.”
Altahif added: “War does not solve anything. The Yemeni people have agreed to a negotiation that is, ironically, a Saudi initiative. Unfortunately, the Saudis started bombing Yemen.”
Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for twelve days now to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The eleven days of the Saudi-led aggression has killed at least 887 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.
Hadi stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite calls by Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement.
Despite Riyadh’s claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi warplanes are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.
Five Persian Gulf States — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait — and Egypt that are also assisted by Israel and backed by the US declared war on Yemen in a joint statement issued on March 26.
US President Barack Obama authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to the military operations, National Security Council Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said late on March 25.
US-backed airstrikes on Yemen kill civilians – and hopes for peace
Monday, April 6, 2015
America saw my country primarily through a counterterrorism lens, which was a mistake. Instead of fixing the problems, drone strikes only made them worse
You can’t bomb a country into existence, however much America seems determined to try.
In the last week, 164 Yemeni civilians have lost their lives in the Saudi bombardment of my country. In media reports – full of geopolitical talk of “proxy wars” and “regional interests” – the names of the dead are absent. As always, it is ordinary Yemeni families who are left grieving, and forgotten.
The US has a central role in all of this. As US officials told the Wall Street Journal, “American military planners are using live intelligence feeds from surveillance flights over Yemen to help Saudi Arabia decide what and where to bomb”.
Investigating US drone strikes on my country, I have seen the aftermath of aerial bombardment time and time again. The weeping father; the young girl unable to walk from shrapnel wounds; the mother, mute from shock. I try to record what has taken place; most of them just ask in return what my questions will do to bring back their loved ones. The few that find words express powerlessness and confusion as to why the might of a distant US military has been visited on their simple lives.
I represented the youth in Yemen’s revolution in 2011. I had never been particularly politically interested before the revolution, but those remarkable days changed my life forever, and I was proud to take my place in the process that was set up by the international community to guide my country to democracy. Over months of hard negotiation, we created the framework for Yemen’s new constitution.
Meanwhile, inexplicably, US drones continued to drop bombs on communities across the country . The blanket claims by the American government that these attacks were clinically picking off terrorists were patently untrue: I went to the attack sites, and met the bereaved relatives of builders, children, hitchhikers.
I know my country, and my fellow countrymen; the people I was meeting were simple souls, scraping a living in Yemen’s tough agricultural hinterland. Large political questions were far from their minds. When asked, they would all condemn the terrorist groups who had provided the pretext for the attacks.
We took reports of our investigations to President Hadi, and begged him to stop the attacks. They clearly destabilised all our genuine political efforts. Hadi would try and change the subject: he knew full well that the US economic support propping up our country was dependent on turning a blind eye to American counter-terrorism activities.
Even last week, as Saudi warplanes were refuelling to fly more sorties, anti-aircraft guns were barking over the capital, and President Hadi was fleeing the country, the White House Press Secretary was still trying to defend the so-called “Yemen model” of counterterrorism that was founded on these drone attacks. I listened to his words with incredulity, that he could so blindly ignore the evidence of his own eyes.
I understand that Yemen’s problems are complicated, and need time to resolve, but America’s desire to see my country primarily through a counterterrorism lens was a grave mistake. The National Dialogue was the forum for mending Yemen; US drone attacks consistently undermined our claim to be the sole, sovereign forum for Yemenis to resolve Yemeni disputes.
Truly concerning is President Obama’s belief that Yemen should act as some sort of model for other conflicts – notably the one being waged in Iraq and Syria. Reporters have already revealed Centcom’s efforts to cover up a drone strike in el-Bab in Syria in which 50 civilians died, as well as the botched attack on Kafr Daryan in which 12 more were killed.
When I read those reports, I am taken straight back to the awful drone attack sites I have visited in Yemen: 12 dead when a wedding convoy was hit in Yakla; a mother, father and young daughter all blown up together when a minibus was hit in al-Saboul.
The surest way to ensure America’s security isn’t bombing my countrymen and women; it’s to help countries build strong institutions, which doesn’t happen through the crosshairs of a drone feed. It’s been tried in Yemen. Please take our current pain as proof it won’t work anywhere else.
http://securitydata.newamerica.net/drones/yemen/analysis.html : (Toll U.S. drone strikes have taken on Yemeni people.)
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