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Taking Conversational AI to the Next Level With Unstructured Data
The contact center is undergoing a major transformation. Traditional customer service models simply aren’t working for many customers. Customers are using chat, voice, and digital channels to interact with businesses in new ways. But current AI chatbots are too static, and lack the ability to learn and adapt on the fly. The question is... Why?
The need for a more human-like experience with customer service is critical. Customers want conversations that are more personal, and they want businesses to understand their problems before calling or visiting in person.
To achieve these goals, businesses will need data technologies that can serve as the foundation for building human-like capabilities into their customer service methods. It’s not enough to have contact center data — you’ll also need access to external conversations that your prospects and customers are having around you, captured in their own words. A data engine that can combine these multiple sources and facets of human interactions is a first step to building next-gen customer experiences we all aspire to deliver.
Let’s explore conversational AI, its impact on customer engagement and its challenges. Then we’ll provide a view of the future of conversational AI with a more human approach to customer service for contact centers.
What are some examples of conversational AI?
Conversational AI is all around us. Consider Amazon’s Alexa. Amazon employs a team of researchers and developers to build one of the world’s best personal assistants. You can ask Alexa anything you want, from how many stars are in the galaxy to what the weather will be like over Memorial Day weekend.
Another example is Facebook Messenger. Messenger is programmed to understand questions, provide answers, and execute tasks — whether it’s scheduling a hangout or finding restaurants nearby. Apple's Siri, Google's Assistant, and Microsoft's Cortana are also examples of conversational AI.
What is the Difference Between a Chatbot and Conversational AI?
A chatbot is a computer program that offers responses to users in text or speech. Non-AI chatbots simply listen for keywords and phrases from its users. Once it identifies those keywords, it will offer some type of relevant response.
Conversational AI (CAI) is a broader category of technologies that use natural language processing and machine learning to understand user intent and provide responses — but not via simple if-then statements. Instead, users can interact with CAIs dynamically, as if they were talking to a person. In this sense, CAIs can power chatbots to be more human-like.
Consider these examples: A business could create an AI bot that serves as the customer service representative for new users on their platform. Or they could leverage an image recognition tool to identify issues with their products based on images captured by customers during product usage. In both cases, the businesses are leveraging technology to improve customer satisfaction through AI.
Why is conversational AI challenging?
Building conversational AI involves a lot of steps, including:
- Preparing dependencies in programming languages like Python
- Importing classes
- Training models on large, diverse datasets
- Designing conversational flows
- Integrating the models into a chat interface
- Deploying the models in a scalable way
As you can see, there’s a lot to take on — and the steps above only include the high-level technical aspects. For businesses that aren’t experts in programming or data science and don’t have teams of developers at their disposal, building this technology might seem like an impossible task. On top of all that, integrating it into your chat interface could mean having to write integration code for every new page or bot they want to deploy.
For businesses that lack the resources to build their own CAI systems from scratch, it’s often easier and more cost-effective simply to use an AI platform as a foundation. These platforms offer pre-built models for common tasks such as sentiment analysis and language processing, so you can focus on other parts of your conversational experience instead of building these components yourself. By taking advantage of these platforms, you can launch your chatbot much more quickly without risking any gaps in functionality.
Conversational AI for Contact Centers
The contact center is fast becoming a vital source of business insights. As more and more people are turning to chat messaging and voice calls, businesses are moving to AI-powered contact centers to address growing demand and increased volume of data.
Conversational AI offers contact centers many benefits. They can serve more customers by allowing them to self-solve basic issues - like bill payments, order status, and account inquiries - freeing up real agents to focus on higher-value interactions. AI-powered contact centers can also reduce the time to execute on call to actions. For example, AI chatbots can speed up the sign-up or purchase process for campaign-related activities, thereby directly impacting business performance.
Equally important, conversational AI helps monitor and enhance agent performance. By capturing and analyzing call scripts, the AI can extract insights around agent sentiment, keywords, and customer issues to provide opportunities for enhanced agent coaching and training. All of this feeds into better customer service and experience.
Transforming Contact Center Conversational AI with Unstructured Public Data
With AI-powered contact centers, businesses can amass more data and insight into each customer interaction. Companies gain visibility into why people call, how they need help, and what types of responses work best. This becomes templated to help inform and structure future interactions.
However, customer visibility only goes as far as the data it is built upon. Currently, contact center data relies mainly on call scripts, or internal private data. This reliance can be effective for businesses that operate in a vacuum, or have products, services or customers that do not change. But for businesses in dynamic conditions, where customer needs are ever changing, where competitive pressures are constant, and where customers are using and turning to outside channels to express opinions, offer feedback, and share experiences, internal data now starts to show a limited, one-sided view of the customer.
As contact centers become the first line of engagement for innovative businesses, contact centers need solutions that tap into a holistic view of the customer journey, make sense of the data, generate actionable insights, and transform insights into business value.
The best way to do this is with a massive dataset of customer interactions - across formats and sources - paired with advanced machine learning models that can identify patterns in the data and extract insights. This can give businesses the ability to connect with customers on a deeper level, create new products or services, or even automate processes entirely.
Commerce.AI's data engine is designed from the ground up with this approach in mind. It comes with data integrations to consolidate and unify data across sources, and uses pre-built machine learning models for sentiment analysis, trend identification, issue spotting, landscape analysis, merchandising, inventory management, and more. These insights can lead to deeper, more impactful interactions and positively impact company performance.
Let’s explore the different use cases and impact of using a human-centered approach to conversational AI.
Using Public Conversational AI to Extract Customer Sentiment
A key part of any AI-powered contact center is the ability to extract customer sentiment — and Commerce.AI has built AI models for that.
These models allow you to quickly and accurately identify overall sentiment, as well as identify positive and negative language across sources, including chat transcripts, product reviews, forum comments and other sources. This allows businesses to respond with personalized messages based on customers’ actual sentiment.
You can also use these models to segment customers into different buckets based on their sentiment toward your brand or product by channel, allowing you to target marketing campaigns more effectively.
Customer sentiment is the foundation for many other AI capabilities. For instance, you can use sentiment to understand what products customers are interested in — and how to prioritize your merchandising, inventory or product development life cycles accordingly.
Similarly, customer sentiment is central to the customer experience, and therefore your bottom line. Optimizing the customer experience and delivering on your brand promise is critical for retaining customers — and we’ve built models to help you do just that.
Using Public Conversational AI to Extract Competitive Mentions
Another key feature of a successful AI-powered contact center is the ability to identify competitive mentions.
Many product and service markets are highly competitive, so being able to know when your customers are talking about your competitors is critical. By extracting competitive mentions across channels - for example, from chat transcripts, online forums, and third party marketplace reviews - you’ll be able to quickly respond to customers who mention a competitor and find opportunities to drive brand retention and customer loyalty. This sort of AI-driven engagement is crucial to improving the customer experience, cementing your brand in the minds of customers, and ultimately driving revenue.
Building a competitive advantage takes more than knowing what your competitors are up to. You need a better understanding of what your customers want — and the data engine behind Commerce.AI can help you do just that.
Using Public Conversational AI to Gain Competitive Advantage
Businesses often want to gain a competitive advantage over other brands within their industry. They may do this by talking about topics that help differentiate their offerings from those of their competitors — but that could be risky if they end up losing business altogether.
An AI-powered contact center gives businesses the tools they need to create trust between themselves and customers, while also gaining insight into what customers think about their competitors. In doing so, businesses can build trust with consumers and differentiate themselves from other brands in the market. This helps make sure that consumers always choose the brand they prefer over one of its competitors.
Generating Ideas and Content Based on Customer Needs
One of the most exciting aspects of AI-powered contact centers is how they can help businesses create new products and features based on customer needs.
For example, suppose you're a consumer electronics firm, and our product data engine highlights that many consumers are complaining about battery life on one of your product lines. You could use this data to create a new battery-saver feature, or even iterate the next product line to address the issue directly. And later create new marketing content to highlight this feature.
This sort of AI-driven innovation can have a huge impact on business growth and profitability. And it’s not just about solving problems — it’s also about moving the needle on customer satisfaction by delivering new features and benefits based on what customers want.
Commerce.AI’s data platform gives you the ability to tie together contact center and public data in a centralized fashion, so you can easily access it from any application or system within your business. It also gives you the ability to transform all this data into actionable insights that help guide your business decisions as well as fuel growth opportunities for your business.
Using Pre-Purchase and Post-Purchase Data
The traditional definition of CX, or Customer Experience, focuses solely on the post-purchase phase of the customer journey. However, there is plenty of important data during the pre-purchase phase that can be used by contact centers to deliver exceptional conversational experience.
For example, Commerce.AI’s data platform can help businesses gain insights into how their customers are using products in the market more broadly. By leveraging public conversational data, contact centers can now share use cases, offer solutions, and recommend products to customers during the purchase process, ultimately supporting customer acquisition by converting shoppers into buyers and driving business performance.
During the purchase process, businesses can also share how customers are using their products after purchase. For example, contact centers can learn about features or attributes associated with repeat purchases and loyalty and share these points with shoppers. Alternatively, Insights into areas for improvement can also help contact centers better support customer decision making — ultimately impacting customer satisfaction and future purchases.
Public conversational data offers a wealth of information that is not available through traditional contact center data and access. By combining public conversational AI with internal contact center AI, businesses can gain a massive competitive advantage — and truly transform their customer experience.
The Future of Conversational AI
In one word, the future of Conversational AI is automation.
Consumers have become comfortable with the idea of conversing with a machine as they would a friend, and AI-powered contact centers are helping businesses welcome this new era. And once businesses begin automating customer interactions, the possibilities for innovation are truly endless.
Businesses can now create experiences that go far beyond responding to requests for help. With a deeper understanding of the customer journey, businesses can proactively provide insights and solutions along the way, guiding customers through their problems so they never have to think about them again. And because these experiences are powered by AI rather than human agents, businesses can scale these capabilities across multiple channels at once, rather than having to wait for each channel to fulfill its own promises, and free up human agents to focus on more complex and high value customer interactions.
As more and more customer agent tasks are automated, we will see a shift to AI-powered contact centers — and this will require businesses to rethink how they interact with customers.
Businesses that embrace the future of AI-powered contact centers will set themselves apart from their competitors and gain a competitive advantage — just as companies like Amazon and Google have done in the eCommerce and advertising spaces, respectively.
Beyond automating simple Q&A tasks, empowering automation with data can go far beyond just answering questions. For example, businesses can use AI to help customers understand the differences between products so they can make better decisions when making purchases. By using both pre-purchase and post-purchase data, businesses can not only gain a competitive advantage, but also foster a deeper level of customer loyalty.
The combination of public data and contact center data is the future — and it’s already here. The time to start thinking about how you can leverage this powerful combination is now.
The days of the traditional contact center are numbered. Businesses that embrace the future of AI-powered and even automated contact centers will gain a massive competitive advantage.
With Commerce.AI’s data engine, you can gain deeper insights into your data, enabling the next level of Conversational AI.
For example, you can leverage your customer sentiment data to create targeted campaigns based on customer needs. You can also use this sentiment data to identify patterns in what customers like and dislike — and proactively reach out to help solve these problems in real time, without requiring action from an agent every time. Further, you could analyze competitive mentions to know exactly where you need to improve or focus your efforts.
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Found an indent directly on the top center of skull recently. scalp feels painful to the touch and hair moving around in that area hurts. what is it?
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Cranial suture: One possibility- a cranial suture. This is a line formed from the joining of two plates of the skull. There may be a large one you can touch, under your hair. Every skull is a little different. There are also bumps and ridges. These are rarely pathological, but it is not a bad idea for someone to see it in person to learn more.
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Needs to be seen: It would be good to have your doctor take a look at it. One thought would be prior trauma/infection (even a year ago) that you just came upon, but it would be good not to assume it's a benign process.
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You remember Oskar Schindler, the German savior of 1,200 Jewish souls during World War Two.
Well, Schindler the Righteous Soul had co-conspirators. Yitzchak Stern we already know from the movie, in which he was ably portrayed by Ben Kingsley. Another was Mietek Pemper who, per the Czech news site iDNES, died today in Augsburg, Germany at the age of 91. It was Pemper who had supplied Schindler and Stern with lists of names of people who could be saved. He had access to inmate names because he worked as scribe for the infamous camp commandant Amon Göth (portrayed by Ralph Fiennes) in the Krakow-Plaszów concentration camp. Pemper also managed to get access to secret Nazi documents that included an order to destroy all camps that weren’t involved in war production and to exterminate all their inmates. He passed this information to Schindler as well.
Thanks to Pemper’s timely warning, Schindler was able to switch production from enamelware to munitions, thereby saving “his Jews” from certain death. When Amon Göth was arrested by the Nazis in 1944 for profiteering, Schindler was able to add Pemper’s name to his list, saving him as well.
After the war, Pemper remained in Poland, where he studied industrial psychology. He emigrated to West Germany in 1958, settling in Augsburg. Six years ago, Augsburg honored him with the title Honorary Citizen.
Pemper doesn’t figure in the movie Schindler’s List. Instead, he and Stern are combined into one person, namely the Yitzchak Stern (Ben Kingsley) character. In real life, Stern was just Schindler’s accountant without any access to secret documents.
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Think tanks in the United States and Cuban researchers agree on one thing: the policy of more sanctions and the extension of the U.S. blockade will not change the socialist course of Cuba. In the case of the island, punishment produces the exact opposite of weakness. It has been that way for more than 60 years and nothing indicates that it will change, just because Donald Trump wants to win Florida in 2020 and satisfy the Cuban-American right by raising his fist against the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel.
The resumption by the Trump administration of the hegemonic presumption that contemplates punishment and hostile policies will not change Cuban policy. On the contrary, it will again polarize foreign relations with other countries, both inside and outside the Western Hemisphere, while negatively affecting jobs in both the United States and Cuba, concludes a study just published by U.S. lawyer Bruce Zagaris for the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, where he addresses the excessive use of sanctions by the U.S. government and how they produce unintended consequences.
One of the most informed analysts on relations between the two countries, Cuban Jesús Arboleya, acknowledges that successive administrations in the White House have not succeeded in making the Cuban revolution yield or betray its principles, and will not do so now in the face of Washington’s decision to insist on conditions for Cuba’s relationship with Venezuela.
In spite of the deployment of forces carried out,” Arboleya states, “neither the intelligent power of Obama nor the ‘counter-intelligence’ of Trump have achieved the purpose of altering Cuba’s alliance with Venezuela and, much less, defeating their respective revolutionary processes. This calls into question the real capacity of the United States to do so.”
It would add an additional reason exposed by Arboleya. The U.S. government has already gone through similar situations of blackmail and conditioning of the island, and it failed miserably. For example, the government of Gerald Ford put an end to clandestine talks with Fidel Castro’s envoys to normalize relations, when it became known that Cuban troops were confronting the racist South Africans, then allies of the United States. Nelson Mandela would remember learning of the Cuban victory in Angola while he was imprisoned on Robben Island, “I was in prison when I first heard of the massive aid that Cuban internationalist forces were giving to the people of Angola. …We in Africa are used to being victims of other countries that want to tear apart our territory or subvert our sovereignty. In African history, there is no other case of a people that has risen up in defense of one of our own.”
In 1980, the Democrat government of Jimmy Carter also proposed lifting the blockade if Cuba withdrew its fighters from Angola, as documented by Johns Hopkins University researcher Piero Gleijeses. Cuba did not give in and history rewarded the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Cuban soldiers who returned victorious and with no reward other than the remains of their comrades who had fallen in combat.
The presence of Cuban troops in Africa not only guaranteed the independence of Angola and Namibia, but, in Mandela’s words, “destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the white oppressor and inspired the fighting people of South Africa… The battle fought by the Cubans in Cuito Cuanavale (Angola) marked the turning point in the struggle to rid the continent and our country of the scourge of apartheid.”
For decades, day-to-day life in the Caribbean has begun with one consistent premise; Cuba remains determined not to change its system, not because of stubbornness, but because this boldness has been and continues to be the driving force that makes the nation’s existence viable in the face of the obsessive hostility of its powerful northern neighbor. Modifications are being introduced, such as those that were recently made to the Constitution, but they are those that Cubans want to give themselves freely, in the exercise of their culture, their interests, their dreams, their projects and their sovereignty.
For the ordinary citizen, the blockade means that you can spend an hour and a half in line to buy detergent or to get on public transport, but socialism guarantees the right to receive an education and an organ transplant free of charge that only a millionaire could afford anywhere else in the world. Everyday life on the island makes it clear that it is hard to break out of the capitalist mold–that it is hard to put a new system in place when you are 90 miles off the coast of the United States. We are not forgiven for being a country that has tried to build an ideal, which may be the one that the U.S. government does not want, but it is our ideal, President Díaz-Canel said as much in this week in dialogue with the foreign press accredited in Cuba during a tour of the island’s east.
When I was standing in line this Wednesday for detergent at a small shop in front of the port of Havana, I was struck by a woman who was standing very tall while carrying a bulky backpack, with things she had bought elsewhere. In the hour and a half she waited, she never laid her luggage down, as if it were a matter of principle. I ended up asking her why. The answer was brutally simple and it comes to the point: You don’t let go of what you have if you have the strength to hold it.
This column originally appeared in La Jornada.
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SWOT analysis of PwC analyses the brand by its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats. In PwC SWOT Analysis, the strengths and weaknesses are the internal factors whereas opportunities and threats are the external factors.
SWOT Analysis is a proven management framework which enables a brand like PwC to benchmark its business & performance as compared to the competitors. PwC is one of the leading brands in the management & consulting sector.
The article below lists the PwC SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats), top PwC competitors and includes its target market, segmentation, positioning & Unique Selling Proposition (USP).
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SWOT Analysis of PwC
For PwC, SWOT analysis can help the brand focus on building upon its strengths and opportunities while addressing its weaknesses as well as threats to improve its market position. Let us start the PwC SWOT Analysis:
The strengths of PwC looks at the key aspects of its business which gives it competitive advantage in the market. Some important factors in a brand's strengths include its financial position, experienced workforce, product uniqueness & intangible assets like brand value. Below are the Strengths in the SWOT Analysis of PwC :
1. PwC is one of the largest professional services companies and have a large client base many of which are loyal clients
2. It has many business units apart from financial services like, consumer & industrial product service, private company service etc.
3. PwC have a very extensive geographical reach with presence in over 150 countries
4. PricewaterhouseCoopers have a workforce consisting of the best talent pool
5. It is the world's largest professional services firm and one of the largest of the "Big Four" accountancy firms
6. The company has more than 200,000 employees globally
7. PwC has excellent advertising through commercials, which has created a strong brand awareness
8. The company has been regarded as one of the best places to work and has won several awards
9. PwC has created brand awareness by various sponsorship deals as well
10. The annual revenue of the company is approximately $40 billion
11. Several acquisitions and strategic partnerships have enables the company to strengthen its portfolio and services
The weaknesses of a brand are certain aspects of its business which are it can improve to increase its position further. Certain weaknesses can be defined as attributes which the company is lacking or in which the competitors are better. Here are the weaknesses in the PwC SWOT Analysis:
1. Stiff competition from other leading industry players means restricted market share for PwC
2. Certain work related controversies and allegations have marred the brand image at times
The opportunities for any brand can include areas of improvement to increase its business. A brand's opportunities can lie in geographic expansion, product improvements, better communication etc. Following are the opportunities in PwC SWOT Analysis:
1. PwC can benefit from the growing prospects in emerging economies
2. There are many opportunities in providing compliance solutions to almost all types of companies
3. Increase in companies looking for expert business solutions can be an opportunity for the company
4. Acquisition of smaller consulting and financial firms can benefit PwC in increasing its client base
The threats for any business can be factors which can negatively impact its business. Some factors like increased competitor activity, changing government policies, alternate products or services etc. can be threats. The threats in the SWOT Analysis of PwC are as mentioned:
1. Recession resulting from the ongoing Euro crisis can affect the business
2. Expansion of competitors can affect PwC's business globally across sectors
3. Fluctuating global economy & financial recessions can affects operations
There are several brands in the market which are competing for the same set of customers. Below are the top 8 competitors of PwC:
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Kim Jong Un tightens his iron grip on North Korea
7/7/2022 3:36 AM
While the United States and South Korea fear North Korea’s upcoming nuclear test, Governor Kim Jong Un is trying to gain more power in the country’s interior. He called for a special meeting to make the citizens of the isolated country more harmonious.
Governor Kim Jong Un is consolidating his party’s influence over North Korean citizens. With the meeting being called for the first time, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, he wants to strengthen the “harmonious” leadership role of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in society at large. The aim of the congress was to achieve organizational and ideological unification of the party’s ranks in all respects.”
The event focused on the Party Lifestyle (PLG), a powerful organization that controls the loyalty of officials and members. According to the US-based Human Rights Commission in North Korea (HRNK), the PLG monitors trends and patterns in individual behavior, particularly those that may harm the interests of the ruler.
In his remarks at the conference, Kim referred to the People’s Liberation Party as the “vein and nerve cord” that firmly links party organizations to the Central Committee, the Korean Central News Agency reported. It is the most important basis for implementing the party’s ideas and policies. According to the HRNK report, methods used by PLG include regular self-criticism sessions in which participants have to admit their error and confront allegations from other members. It is responsible for conveying orders from senior officials and plays a role in selecting candidates to run in elections.
Meanwhile, the United States and South Korea announced on Wednesday that North Korea is preparing to conduct a seventh nuclear test. South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol has announced “immediate and severe” retaliation in the event of North Korea’s provocation. In a meeting with top commanders, he called on the military to have “strong defensive capabilities” ready to protect South Korea, according to the presidential office. Yun took office in May by promising to take a tougher line on North Korea. North Korea’s last nuclear test was in 2017. Since then, several rounds of negotiations for the country’s nuclear disarmament have failed. | <urn:uuid:e5209307-fe55-4d65-b805-570f89b7b77a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bioprepwatch.com/people-are-closely-watched-kim-jong-un-tightens-his-iron-grip-on-north-korea/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.95574 | 493 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Occasionally I am asked if I get nervous singing at church. The short answer is no, but the one ministerial task that trips me up from time to time is reading the name(s) of those for whom mass is being offered. When I have a name of unclear pronunciation I make something up and hope that the people sitting awkwardly near the gifts table don’t happen to be the entire extended family of the deceased, now even more distraught at having heard their family name butchered by the church singer.
Having mass said for someone is one of those peculiar Catholic customs that you hope doesn’t come up in mixed company. Since it usually involves a donation, on the surface it might look like a moneymaking scheme, reinforcing the misconception that Catholicism is pay-to-pray. There are as many reasons for requesting mass be said for someone as there are families and friends who have sent mass cards or gathered a memorial liturgies. There is grace in gathering together loved ones for worship, but there must be something more to it than that it makes us all feel nice to be in one place.
In the Eucharist we encounter Christ broken – could it be that that is some comfort in our own time of brokenness?
Death is such a great mystery that most of us avoid giving it much thought. It doesn’t surprise me that we bring this mystery to the great mysterion, the Eucharist. I have found comfort in a faith that doesn’t avoid mystery but sanctifies it, insisting on frequent celebration of a ritual we can never understand. We celebrate that magnum mysterium, that God got down in the muck with us and suffered just like we do. When we hold someone in our heart during the sacrifice of mass we offer their memory and ourselves up to that great mystery of a Triune, loving God.
I am remembering today two loved ones who died a year ago, so what began as a prosaic reflection on mispronounced names and grandkids bringing up the gifts has turned into something more serious. How fortunate I feel to participate regularly in ritual that doesn’t depend on answers but revels in questions: How is it that our community is knit together by bread broken? Why does God continue to meet us- sinful, silly, distracted people that we are?
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In what appears to be more evidence that we are living in a computer simulation that has finally gone off the rails, the Internal Revenue Service has awarded a multi-million dollar contract to Equifax, the least-trusted credit reporting agency in the entire world, so that it can verify taxpayers’ identities.
On September 30 — the last day of the 2017 fiscal year — a contract worth $7.3 million was awarded to the agency that exposed the sensitive data of 143 million Americans this summer. The contract was posted Tuesday on the Federal Business Opportunities website. According to the IRS notice:
This action was to establish an order for third party data services from Equifax to verify taxpayer identity and to assist in ongoing identity verification and validations needs of the Service.
The contract has been awarded so that the IRS doesn’t experience a lapse in identity checks while it resolves a dispute with its previous contractor.
In case you’ve been living under a rock, it was discovered in September that from May to July, a breach to Equifax’s cybersecurity exposed the highly sensitive data of of the company’s American, Canadian, and British consumers. The information included people’s names, birthdays, driver’s license numbers, credit card numbers, and Social Security numbers, providing a treasure trove for identity thieves.
In the midst of being awarded large sums of money in government contracts, executives at Equifax are also being investigated by the the Department of Justice. Joseph Loughran, Rodolfo Ploder, and John Gamble sold about $1.8 million in company shares after the breach was discovered, but before it was publicly announced. | <urn:uuid:9fad8dec-d27c-4d17-abf8-7ebd6f1218a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.inverse.com/article/37081-irs-equifax-security-contract | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.97119 | 341 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Keep Your Kids From These Awful Cartoons, Says Wisconsin Police
This is not the first time something like this has happened. Back in 2018, there were faux-Peppa Pig videos that slipped through YouTube Kids' content filter.
The videos were as uncomfortable as those mascot costumes pictured above. Some of the cartoons depicted characters stabbing another, cutting off others' heads, and more. Understandably so, some children were frightened by the videos.
Another form of frightening content was the "MoMo Challenge." This primarily involved WhatsApp where kids were "challenged" to add and contact "Momo". Whoever ran the MoMo account would then send messaging encouraging acts of violence and even suicide. The account would also send frightening images.
Oddly enough, the #TidePod challenge occurred in 2018 too.
This week, police in Wisconsin sent out a lengthy warning to parents of young children. Like those fake Peppa Pig videos, a news series of graphic cartoons are out there with a new character. It comes from the game Poppy Playtime. Its name is “Huggy Wuggy.”
According to the warning from the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office, the game was originally released with a rating of 8+, not 12+ like it is now. Based on the description, this is a "thriller" survival game much like Five Nights At Freddy's, which can be scary for younger children.
Here's The Problem
In some of these videos Huggy Wiggy is doing graphic and violent things to other cartoon characters.
You may think it's laughable but a child being frightened by something like this can have a lasting effect. There's a slight chance you are a child psychologist and if you're not you probably don't know the ins and outs of a little one's brain.
Here's one that isn't graphic in comparison to other animations circling YouTube.
Here's the warning issued in Wisconsin.
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Ford: how it all started
The huge automobile concern whose history began on June 16, 1903, with the personnel numbering more than two hundred thousand employees representing the Ford brand, began with a dream and efforts for its realisation of one and only person – Henry Ford. In this article you will learn about the amazing details of creating this grand automobile company. Sit back, you’ll enjoy the story, and if you are also a Ford fan, it will be doubly interesting, we promise!
Ford Motor Company and its founder
The founding father of the company is Henry Ford, an American born in 1863 in Michigan. He was the eldest among the six children of William and Mary Ford. Henry, like all boys of that time, grew up curious and liked to take risks. The parents’ farm allowed him to go to school and farm, helping adults. Henry was easy with horses and was interested in technology. Once, a ride on a horse ended unsuccessfully – the guy fell off and hurt quite badly. After that, Henry decided to create a kind of transport that would be safe for people. The teenager continued to mess with different pieces of iron in a small workshop which was built by himself. It was there that Henry began his experiments in the design, including the first steam engine.
When he was 16 years old, the guy decided to move to Detroit and get a job there as an assistant driver. At the age of 19, Henry moved again, this time to Dearborn. For five years, the young man was engaged in the repair and construction of steam engines. By the age of 25, Henry became one of the leaders of the sawmill. In 1891, the Edison Illuminating company got a new engineer, quickly moving up the career ladder through perseverance and technical ability.
At the age of 30, Henry Ford got the position of chief engineer of the company. He had a decent income, enough free time to do his favorite thing at leisure – inventions. His goal was to create an internal combustion engine, and he achieved it. Right in the kitchen of his own house, Henry connected the engine parts to the bicycle frame and attached four wheels. The world’s first quadricycle appeared before his eyes, it also became the first Ford car. It happened in 1896.
Three years later, 36-year-old Henry left Edison Illuminating to found his own company, called Detroit Automobile. With the efforts of the founder, in just one year, several models of racing cars appeared. Alas, the new company quickly went bankrupt. However, this didn’t prevent Henry from becoming a participant in several car races, including the one in which then US champion A. Winton participated, and defeat him.
Henry Ford was almost 40 when he organized eleven of his friends to establish a manufacturing facility called Ford Motor Company. In June 1903, twelve partners managed to collect 28 thousand dollars, which became the startup capital of the company. Henry was promoted to Vice President of the company and served as chief engineer. At the same time, his share in the company’s capital was 25%.
To create an automobile manufacturing plant, the company bought a wagon factory Mack Avenue in Detroit and converted it into its own line of business. Ford hired work crews from two or three people, and they produced spare parts to order under his leadership.
Through the efforts of the organizer and other employees, on July 23, 1903 (five weeks after the founding of the company), the world received a gasoline carriage, or “the Model A” with eight horsepower. On the market, it was presented as a simple and affordable car, in which even a 15-years-old teenager can sit behind the wheel. After that, Henry Ford became the main owner and chief president of Ford Motor, the principles of which remained unchanged – cars for people should be affordable, modern and reliable.
Henry Ford was in charge of the common production work. Over the next five years, under his management, nineteen letters were involved from the Model A to the Model S, some of which remained at the initial or research levels and did not reach the level of production and placing on the car market.
History of the Ford logo
Thanks to the first representatives of the company, Schreiber, Thornton, Perry from the UK, in 1907, the Ford logo in the form of an oval was invented. It characterized Ford cars as a symbol of reliability, efficiency, and personified the “brand of the highest standard”. The author of the logo was the chief engineer and designer of Ford, C. H. Wills. The Ford trademark was registered with the U.S. patent office in 1909.
In 1912, the Ford logo took the form of a triangle with wings that were supposed to symbolize speed, lightness, elegance and reliability. The logos were blue and orange.
In 1927, the Model A was the first to show the Ford logo in an oval silhouette on the grille. Most Ford vehicles, until the late 1950s, were produced with a dark blue logo icon, which is now known to many buyers. But, despite the fact that the oval pattern was approved as the official logo of the company, it was not applied to the cars until the mid-70s of the last century. In 1976 and further, the official oval-shaped Ford logo with a blue background and silver letters appears on all car bodies.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Ford in 2003, it was decided to slightly change the design of the well-known blue icon, giving it some features of the first logos (there are eight in the history of the brand). This gives the opportunity to recognize Ford cars anywhere in the world.
Achieving a dream
The year 1908 came. The Tin Lizzy (or the Model T) was born. This model has become the most famous in the history of the automotive industry. The base price of the car was 260 dollars. During the first year of production, eleven thousand Model T cars were sold. Its appearance on the market was seen as a new era or evolution of the mode of transport.
At the same time, Ford cars did not require complex maintenance, they could travel even on rough rural roads, in general, they were simple and unpretentious to drive. As a result, the demand for this car was constantly growing, and it became the object of mass production.
Also, on the main base of the Model T construction, cars of other modifications are produced: vans, ambulance vans, small trucks, small phaeton vans, etc. In addition, a version was made for military ambulance.
With the increase in labor productivity and product quality, consumer demand among buyers also grew. Henry Ford was the first in the world who decided to introduce an assembly line into automotive production. Thanks to it, the worker, staying in one place, performed only one operation, so every ten seconds the completely new Model T rolled off the production line. Assembly-flow production has become one of the most important stages in the revolution of automobile production.
Meanwhile, Ford’s heir grew up (Henry married, back when working at the sawmill). Edsel was about thirty years old when, in 1919, he and his father bought all the shares of Ford Motor from the other founders of the company for 105 568 858 dollars, after which the company became their family firm, and the Fords – its only owners. In addition, Edsel Ford inherited from his father the post of Chief President of Ford Motor and held this post until he died suddenly in 1943. Later, after the death of his son, Henry Ford had to re-lead the management of the company.
After the Second World War, in 1945, Henry Ford handed his powers as head of the company to Henry Ford II (this was his eldest grandson). In addition, in May 1946, Henry Ford Sr. received the honorary award for services in the field of automotive industry, as well as, at the end of the same year, was awarded the gold medal for services to society by the American Petroleum Institute.
Henry Ford Sr. died on April 7, 1947, in Dearborn, at the age of 83. His death was the end of the initial and turbulent period of Ford Motor and, despite this, opened the door to a new automotive era. The grandson of Henry Ford Sr. is worthy of continuing the work and the dream of his grandfather.
The history of the company founded by Henry Ford continues. Now, Ford produces for sale worldwide more than seventy modifications of cars under different brands. These are Ford, Lincoln, Aston Martin, Mercury, etc. Also, Ford Motor Company has a stake in other companies such as Kia Motors Corporation or Mazda Motor Corporation. Each of these cars finds its owners who prefer the Ford brand. But without a driver’s license, you can’t even drive the Tin Lizzie! We invite you to quickly and easily process an international driver’s license on our website. It won’t take you a lot of time and effort, but this document is useful when driving not only Ford. | <urn:uuid:4d9f5e40-ca72-4e91-acf5-722fe0d83aaf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://idaoffice.org/posts/ford-how-it-all-started-en/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.981827 | 1,873 | 3.03125 | 3 |
A friend recently brought me a couple of 50g balls of New Zealand sock yarn from Australia – I decided to make it up into socks straight away.
This variegated pattern, as is all of them, dependent on the number of stitches you’re knitting. I started with 72 stitches and got one pattern for 20 rows; I decreased to 68 stitches and got a second pattern; then I decreased to 64 stitches for the lower leg and the foot which resulted in a third pattern. With a yarn like this, dyed in very short segments, the difference in patterns is very noticeable. In most of the other variegated yarns, the dyed portions are of much longer length so the pattern isn’t disrupted by a change in the number of stitches. What emerges in this yarn at 64 stitches is the lime green spiral with blue patches and short red stripes.
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As part of The Money JAR’s ongoing series highlighting cool careers, Mindy and Rishika spoke with a chemist! Callie Sendek is a Method Development Chemist at Church & Dwight, a major American manufacturer of household products. In this episode, Callie offers advice on how to explore STEM careers. She emphasizes how personal passions and hobbies don’t have to take a back seat to a career in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. There are many important skills that contribute to a workplace, from activism to art, and people can find creative ways to work their interests into their careers. Callie says, “Just because you want to be a scientist, you don’t have to give up your other interests. You can also be an artist or an activist or a writer. There are so many skills you’re going to use in your job!”
Callie Sendek is a Method Development Chemist with over five years of professional experience in quality control laboratories. She has a BA in Geology from Scripps College and a Master’s in Geology from San José State University. Following graduation, Callie transitioned to working as a Chemist with a focus on elemental analysis of environmental and nutraceutical samples. Callie joined the quality control lab at Church & Dwight in 2018, performing routine testing on raw materials and finished products for their gummy vitamin product line. She became a Method Development Chemist in 2020, and currently works on developing and improving test methods on a variety of analytical instrumentation. Outside of work, Callie loves spending time outdoors and has been a search and rescue volunteer with Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue for five years. | <urn:uuid:ad3275ed-25aa-4b35-930a-07dd7893ec68> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://juniorachievementradio.com/185-cool-careers-chemist/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.961815 | 346 | 1.625 | 2 |
Cloud-based Project Management Software can be a great tool for your business
In this technologically changing world, businesses must remain competitive. It is essential to stay on top of the latest trends in all industries. Businesses need to be able to access their information beyond the 9 to 5 shifts of previous year in order to maintain their competitive edge.
Those who are still trying to manage hard data in older systems are finding it difficult to keep up with the changing world. This is especially true for project management.
Don Reisinger, Eweek, stated that cloud project management applications are a popular investment because employees are more productive and can access their work information from anywhere they are. ”
Cloud-based project management software can have many uses, depending on what type of software you require.
Cloud Project Management for Small Businesses
Cloud-based software was initially geared towards large corporations and large businesses. However, these large conglomerates no longer hold the keys to the new tech world. There are many cloud resources and tools available that have been designed specifically for small businesses. They can find cloud-based project management software that covers almost everything required to support small businesses at an affordable price. Project management software is now accessible to all, no matter how small or large they may be.
American Express was told by Jerod Powell, founder and CEO of InfinIT Consulting that the greatest benefit to free tools is when you are just starting. These services can be used by entrepreneurs to launch their business and then migrate to them. ”
These cloud-based tools can handle the needs of smaller businesses. As their business grows, they will always be able to upgrade their cloud tools to a more functional and productive paid program if necessary.
Cloud Based Apps
There are many apps that can be used to help with business needs in the cloud. No matter what project it is, a business owner can choose any app to meet his needs. From an app that can manage and monitor HR records, contacts or meet customer demands, a small business manager can be prepared for almost anything. They can also spend less money than if they kept their workload in-house.
Other ways small businesses can benefit from PM Apps
Cloud-based project management software allows businesses to collaborate with colleagues from faraway locations. This saves money on travel expenses for meetings and conferences. Project managers no longer need to be tied to a telephone line or restricted to an office to access files. They can store all their files in one location that can be retrieved from any location. They can communicate with their project team from any mobile device. These benefits are invaluable for project managers, but they also provide small businesses with the same freedoms that large corporations enjoy.
One customer told PC World that if you have remote employees, board members or vendors who need to access your data, Ai cloud computing is the best option. ”
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SUVA, Fiji, Feb 17 2022 (IPS) - All over the world, students who attend tertiary education do so with the belief that the investment of their time, money and effort will provide them with returns on that investment that will change their lives and the lives of their families for years to come. As qualified graduates, those students emerge from their tertiary programmes with recognised skills and knowledge making them employable in their chosen fields, moving them forward along a career pathway and in many cases, bringing recognition to the institutions that trained them as they experience success and achievements related to their expertise.
While it is relatively straight forward to see that the graduates of a given program from a specific institution will be recognised and employed in the community and even the country that houses the institution, taking those qualifications to other jurisdictions, either for employment or further education, becomes much more complicated. While the institution that has awarded the qualification stands fully behinds its content and quality, the employers, regulators and institutions in other places don’t have that same depth of knowledge and therefore trust, to give the same level of recognition. This is where accreditation, particularly regional and international accreditation, come into play.
The accreditation of a qualification is a formal confirmation that the qualification is recognised and meets quality assurance and industry standards and requirements. Employers look for accredited qualifications as they know they are quality assured and are deemed “fit for purpose”. The industry’s trust in the qualification will translate to increased employability for the graduates.
National accreditation by a recognized authority provides students with assurance that their qualification will be accepted and paves the way to employment in the country in which it was awarded.
In the Pacific, however, a region where remittances from those who have moved to live and work abroad is a significant portion of national revenue, labour and student mobility is critical. Students need to know that their tertiary programmes open doors to employment and further education opportunities beyond their national borders. For graduates, students, and faculty to become more mobile in the region and internationally, regional and international accreditation of qualifications; and development of regional qualifications are necessary.
A qualification accredited internationally is generally widely recognised. Learners can therefore move across borders, in search of qualifications that are recognised internationally, and completion of which will qualify them for employment opportunities in different countries and regions.
By encouraging and supporting institutions of higher education to seek international recognition of programs, there is a strengthening of both the institution in terms of its appeal to prospective students and faculty, and the programs themselves by way of ongoing efforts to meet and maintain internationally agreed standards in program content, delivery and assessment.
A regional qualification is one that is developed and endorsed with input from stakeholders in the region, is accredited regionally, is available for delivery by providers in the region and is owned by the region. The learners enrolled in a regional qualification also have the option of moving from one provider to another to complete a qualification, and similarly, the faculty involved in the delivery of a regional qualification could move from one institution to another almost seamlessly as the learning outcomes and requirements of the qualification remain constant across all institutions delivering the programme.
International accreditation and regional qualifications have a great deal to offer for higher education in the Pacific. However, one of the greatest challenges to increasing the mobility of graduates, students and faculty are fears, at institutional and national levels, of losing individual identity and autonomy. The Tokyo Convention can become the catalyst for increased labour and student mobility.
The Convention is significant in providing the platform for countries to appreciate and respect the differences that exist in their education and qualifications systems and to work towards embracing a common recognition system. Strong and robust institutional as well as national quality assurance systems are instrumental in ensuring national recognition mechanisms are recognised and valued and they consequently can become the pillar upon which a regional recognition process is built. To facilitate and support the establishment of a regional recognition process, it is imperative that national mechanisms exist to enable institutions to recognise each other’s programs and qualifications.
Ratification of the Tokyo Convention by countries in the Pacific Region will strengthen and fortify the efforts already being undertaken to establish a regional recognition process mutually agreed to by the countries; it can become the next step in the process where national and regional mechanisms already exist.
Through the continued collaboration of governments, higher education institutions, and regional and international organizations it is our hope that Pacific Island students and graduates will reap the benefits of international recognition of their education and at the same time, the world at large will benefit from the contributions of Pacific Islanders in their workplaces and higher education institutions.
Dr Michelle Belisle is the Director of the Educational Quality and Assessment Programme (EQAP) at the Pacific Community (SPC).
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A logo design is a company’s first introduction to its audience, where they get to know about the brand. The logos usually do not have the brand names integrated on them, but 99% of the people can recognize the brand name by just looking at their logos. In other words, logo design is an appealing introduction of your brand to your customers and logos that are designed well tell the customers about your company’s vision, mission and leaves them curious about the company.
Brands often find themselves racing against consumers’ shortened attention spans and for which they tend to create newer or more memorable logos. Huge businesses will invest more in a logo designer to craft their new logo design so every logo designer must stay one step ahead of the competition.
Brands look for professional logo designers and being a good designer is not about having the best design software, and that’s it. Being creative, executing creative ideas into the design is the most necessary element before having the latest logo design software.
So, are you designing logos? There are some tools you need to get started with it. Here is a list of the tools necessary to be a logo designer,
Pencils & Papers:
The most obvious and the initial tool is to have pencils and papers to start with your sketching. A professional logo designer is the one who has a creative mind, who brainstorm ideas, sketch, and ink it before making it on logo design software.
Tip: Using a mechanical pencil will let you sketch the ideas regularly without sharpening the tip. Also, you can have some colored pencils to highlight the ideas before designing them on the software.
The final logo design is a graphical vector file whereas initial paper designs are your field. Sketchbooks are your design world- it is where you gather your ideas, synthesize them and give your thoughts a graphical meaning. Pro Designers carry mini sketchbooks with them and ink all the ideas; it’s the best way to scribble through your ideas and get something creative out of it.
Now, it’s Time to Create Your Design,
Logo Design Software:
Before having a logo design software, you must have a laptop/ computer. When creating a logo, raster images are no more in the league, and it’s the era of vector graphics. Vector graphics have paths, points, lines, curves, and shapes that let the graphics scale accurately without any loss in the design quality.
What is next?
It is the most standard and widely used software created by Adobe Systems. A bit tricky to understand the features and tools but once you get to know about it, you can explore a lot to play with textures, colors, fonts, etc.
For design, the industry standard vector software is Adobe Illustrator which is a paid software. However, there are other choices available, including those that are free. Free logo makers are the not in the game of professional logo designers as they do not provide enough tools to create your ideas into a design. The design of industry-standard vector graphics software is Adobe Illustrator. Therefore, if you’re serious about designing logos professionally, it should be your preferred choice.
Learning About Typography:
There are hardly any logo designs that will not use typography; almost every logo design will make use of typography. The internet is filled with millions of fonts out of which some are free or paid. For newbies, you can look for the fonts that are free and available to download.
Moreover, before purchasing or downloading a font, a designer must understand the types of fonts available and their use. Additionally, paid fonts are always better than any freebie, and is still a worthwhile investment since you have purchased, you can use the font again and again. However, again, take a step by step approach and start with free fonts and then opt for the paid ones.
It’s Time for The Final Files:
When it comes to delivering the final logo to a client, it must be assumed by every designer that your client is a lame man and does know how to download your provided files. You only become a professional designer when you work professionally. It is recommended that designers send files in all the formats to ensure complete fulfillment of client’s web and print needs.
Here are some formats,
• PSD File
• PNG File
• EPS File
• JPEG File
In A Nutshell,
The design industry is endless, and a designer must keep on learning the latest trends and tools to inspire the audience with their design skills. Knowledge is to read, learn and practice; without practicing the tools and exploring the designs, you may not be able to grow.
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The Scientific Method
Student Laboratory Kit
Materials Included In Kit
(for 15 groups of students)
Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO4, powder, 150 g
Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO4, fine crystal, 150 g
Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO4, small crystal, 150 g
Graph paper, 50 sheets
Spoons, plastic, 15
Cups, 15 of each type
• PETE, 10 oz
• Polystyrene (PS), clear, 10 oz
• Foamed PS, white, 8 oz
• Wax-covered paper, 8 oz
Additional Materials Required
(for each lab group)*
Ice cubes, 6-8
Beaker or pitcher, 1-L
Graduated cylinder, 100-mL
Stopwatch or timer
Thermometer (digital recommended) or temperature sensors
*Materials needed are for Experiment 1. Other materials may be needed for Experiment 2, depending on the students’ designs.
Copper(II) sulfate is moderately toxic by ingestion and inhalation and is a skin and respiratory irritant; avoid all body tissue contact. Wear chemical splash goggles, chemical-resistant gloves and a chemical-resistant apron. Remind students to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water before leaving the laboratory. Please review current Safety Data Sheets for additional safety, handling and disposal information.
Please consult your current Flinn Scientific Catalog/Reference Manual for general guidelines and specific procedures, and review all federal, state and local regulations that may apply, before proceeding. Many states regulate or limit the amount of copper(II) salts that may be disposed of down the drain with excess water. See the Lab Hints section for recycling options. Copper sulfate solutions from Experiment 2 may also be disposed of according to Flinn Suggested Disposal Method #26b and leftover solid copper(II) sulfate may be stored for future use or disposed of according to Flinn Suggested Disposal Method #26a.
Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)†
Science & Engineering PracticesAsking questions and defining problems
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Disciplinary Core IdeasMS-ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems
MS-ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions
MS-ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution
HS-ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems
HS-ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions
HS-ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution
Crosscutting ConceptsEnergy and matter
Systems and system models
Structure and function
Stability and change
MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Answers to Prelab Questions
Answers to Questions
This kit contains two experiments that will give students practice using the scientific method. The first experiment is a consumer product-testing lab in which the insulating ability of cold beverage cups will be tested and the second is a solubility lab in which factors affecting the rate at which a salt dissolves in water will be tested. The two experiments are independent of each other and need not be performed in any particular order. You may choose to do only one of the experiments. On the other hand, you may choose to do both, using the first one as an introductory activity and the other as a guided-inquiry activity.
Consumer Reports. Product Testing Activities; Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993; pp 6–4 to 6–5.
The Scientific Method
The natural world is filled with problems that need to be solved and phenomena that are puzzling. Scientists attempt to investigate the natural world in search of explanations. Science is the field of study that aims to provide explanations and answers to the many questions we have about our world.
The scientific method is a way of solving problems using a systematic approach. An organized strategy, such as the scientific method, is an effective way of approaching a problem. A wide variety of strategies may be implemented and the following is a list of steps that scientists may use to solve a problem.
Variables: The factors that influence the outcome of an experiment.
Keep in mind, however, that although the above list of steps may be a “typical” approach, the strategy and the order of steps may vary greatly from problem to problem.
Two experiments will be conducted. The purpose of the first experiment is to find which type of beverage cup keeps cold water cold the longest. All student groups will follow the same standard procedure and evaluate the reliability of the test results. The purpose of the second experiment is to investigate variables that may affect the rate at which a solid dissolves in a liquid. For this investigation, each student group will design, conduct and evaluate its own teacher-approved experiment.
The materials in this lab are considered nonhazardous. Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water before leaving the laboratory. Please follow all laboratory safety guidelines.
A = Wax-covered paper
a. Only one variable is tested at one time and it is the only one that will produce the observed results.
Submit your experimental design to the instructor for approval.
On a separate sheet of graph paper, construct a graph of the averaged data. Note: The independent variable should be plotted on the x-axis and the dependent variable on the y-axis. Label the axes with the variables and the units as needed.
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Over the years, I’ve
written and researched many water topics that impact Denver Water and our customers. During this time, I’ve traveled to the headwaters of the Colorado River, learned about the river’s tributaries, paddled through canyons in western Colorado and ventured to Lake Mead.
But I’d never been to
The pictures that follow were taken during a visit to Lake Powell’s southern end near Page, Arizona, from Sept. 21-25. There are some added photos from past stories and from additional resources.
While water use is often taken for granted, I hope these pictures and information will help give you a basic understanding of the connection between Denver Water, the Colorado River, Lake Powell and our water supply here in the Front Range.
Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Arizona, was completed in 1963 and created Lake Powell along the Colorado River. The dam is managed by the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The dam is 710 feet high and is the second-tallest concrete-arch dam in the U.S., second to Hoover Dam near Las Vegas. Photo credit: Denver Water.
While Lake Powell is known for its recreation, its primary purpose is to store water for Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah in wet years for downstream water supply obligations in dry years under the 1922 Colorado River Compact. Photo credit: Denver Water.
President Herbert Hoover and representatives from seven western states sign the
Colorado River Compact in 1922 near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Compact allocated the amount of Colorado River water that Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming could legally use for water supply. Photo credit: U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.
This map shows the Colorado River Basin and the seven states connected to the river and its tributaries. The Upper Basin includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming and a small part of Arizona. The Lower Basin includes Arizona, California, Nevada and small portions of New Mexico and Utah. The Compact states that water from the Colorado River is to be shared equally between the two basins.
The Colorado River, which feeds into Lake Powell, begins its 1,450-mile journey in Rocky Mountain National Park near Grand Lake, Colorado. Denver Water gets half of its water from tributaries that feed into the Colorado River. These tributaries include the Fraser River in Grand County and the Blue River in Summit County. Photo credit: Denver Water.
A tranquil stretch of the Colorado River near the Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon, Arizona. The river supplies water to 40 million people across seven western states and is used to irrigate 5.5 million acres of land for agricultural uses. Photo credit: Denver Water.
The hydropower plant at Glen Canyon Dam can generate 1,320 megawatts of electricity that is distributed to people in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Photo credit: Denver Water.
Lake Powell ended the 2020 “water year” at an elevation of 3,596 feet above sea level. That is 104 feet below what is considered Powell’s full capacity. “Water year” is a term used by the U.S. Geological Survey to measure the 12-month hydrologic cycle between Oct. 1 and Sept. 30. The October start date is used to mark when snow begins to accumulate in the mountains. Photo credit: Denver Water.
Glen Canyon Dam with the town of Page, Arizona, in the upper left. Lake Powell was at
46% of capacity on Sept. 30 after dropping 19 feet during the previous 12 months. The last time the lake was full was in 1987, but the reservoir levels remained at near-full capacity through the late 1990s. Photo credit: Denver Water.
This picture of Glen Canyon Dam from Sept. 23 shows the “bathtub ring” around Lake Powell’s sandstone canyon walls. The ring was created by mineral deposits when the lake level was at higher elevations. The distinct line in the rock is a clear reminder of how far water levels have fallen since 2000. Photo credit: Denver Water.
The large boat ramp at Antelope Point near Page, Arizona, provides another glimpse of what Lake Powell looks like when the water level is down 104 feet. As water levels drop, some boat ramps around the lake can no longer be used. Photo credit: Denver Water.
Lake Powell’s shoreline near Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona. Lake Powell’s water level goes up during the annual snow runoff from May through July and then goes down the rest of the year. Powel’s overall level is dropping because more Colorado River water is being used for water supply and irrigation than is coming in from the mountains. Photo credit: Denver Water.
The Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend about 7 miles downstream of Lake Powell. The period between 2000 and 2019 marked the driest
20-year stretch in the Upper Colorado River Basin since Lake Powell opened. There were only four years in that timeframe during which there were above-average inflows into Lake Powell. Warming temperatures due to climate change have had a significant impact on reducing water flows on the Colorado River. Photo credit: Denver Water.
In 2020, snowpack in the region that supplies water to Lake Powell was
about average. However, the amount of water that flowed into Lake Powell was only 55% of normal. Above-average temperatures in late spring and early summer combined with below-average precipitation helped contribute to the low flows into the reservoir. Photo credit: Denver Water.
This is the Lees Ferry gauging station located on the Colorado River 15 miles downstream from Glen Canyon Dam. The gauge is used to measure the amount of water flowing down the Colorado River from the Upper Basin to the Lower Basin. Photo credit: Denver Water.
Looking downstream from
Lees Ferry, Arizona, on Sept. 24. The location is the only place for hundreds of miles with easy access to the Colorado River. John Doyle Lee, for whom the location is named, used a ferry to shuttle settlers heading from Utah to Arizona across the river in the 1870s. The site is now used as a launching spot for rafters who plan to voyage through the Grand Canyon. Photo credit: Denver Water.
The Colorado River at the confluence with the Paria River. This spot marks the boundary between the Upper and Lower Colorado River basins. Water from this point flows through the Grand Canyon and on to Lake Mead. Photo credit: Denver Water.
In May 2019, Colorado joined six other western states and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to sign a
Drought Contingency Plan to find temporary solutions to the Colorado River’s supply and demand imbalance. Photo credit: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, May 20, 2019.
A canal carries Colorado River water to communities in Arizona. As part of the 2019 Drought Contingency Plan, Arizona and Nevada reduced water diversions from the Colorado River in 2020 to help keep more water in Lake Mead. Photo credit: Central Arizona Project.
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, near Las Vegas in April 2019. Lake Mead serves as a “bank account” for Arizona, California and Nevada to store Colorado River water. Lakes Mead and Powell are the first and second largest reservoirs in the U.S. respectively. They are managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Photo credit: Denver Water.
Lake Powell as viewed from the southwestern shore near Wahweap Bay. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are looking at the feasibility of programs that manage water use as part of the Drought Contingency Plan to boost water supplies in Lake Powell. Photo credit: Denver Water.
Low water levels along the Colorado River in Palisade, Colorado, on Sept. 25. If implemented,
demand management programs would involve having farmers, ranchers, industries and cities voluntarily and temporarily reduce how much water they deplete from the Upper Colorado River Basin. The water left in the river would be stored in Lake Powell to create a water savings “bank account” that would be used in dry years to meet Colorado River Compact obligations. Photo credit: Denver Water.
The Colorado River at sunset below Glen Canyon Dam on Sept. 21. The seven western states linked to the Colorado River and the U.S. Department of Reclamation are working on revisions to the
2007 Interim Guidelines that were put in place to preserve and balance water in lakes Powell and Mead. The new plan is scheduled to be implemented Jan. 1, 2026. Photo credit: Denver Water.
Paddleboarders experience the incredible scenery of the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam. The river faces many challenges in the future, with climate change and population growth putting added pressure on river habitat and water supply. Changes in climate in the Upper Colorado River Basin and river management will have impacts on Denver Water customers in the future. Photo credit: Denver Water.
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Chiropractic Care for children is modified depending on the age of the child and Paul has undertaken numerous hours of extra study to ensure the best techniques are available for our chiro kids and babies. Most adjustments on babies and children are very gentle and do not involve direct joint manipulations, rather we use specific low force adjustments, often with an instrument called the activator.
Many parents seek out chiropractic care for many different reasons or conditions and we do a comprehensive initial consultation with parents and child to see if chiropractic is appropriate for your child. Birth trauma, falls and accidents, poor posture, too much time on devices (see our Slouch Busters Program) and stress all have the potential to effect your child’s spine from birth and through their growing years. Chiropractic is well placed to correct these dysfunctions and improve the neuromuscular/ skeletal health of your child.
Chiropractic care is valued by many of our parents and forms part of their overall comprehensive approach to paediatric care.
Not sure if chiropractic care is for your baby or child? Paul is happy to have a chat, at no cost, to discuss your concerns and see if it’s appropriate to bring your child in for a check.
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On the purchase of assets for use by your business, you may be able to benefit from the availability of capital allowances and therefore reduce your tax bill.
We can provide you with advice and support to help correctly identify the availability of capital allowances, including particular areas where allowances are often missed, including
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The rates of relief range from 100% to 8%, depending on the type and amount of capital expenditure.
Prior to 29 October 2018, all capital expenditure relating to the structure of buildings was not eligible for capital allowances. However, since then the Structures and Buildings Allowance (“SBA”) became available for costs incurred in relation to the construction, conversion, and/or renovation of non-residential structures and buildings. Further information regarding the SBA can be found on our blog.
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Man from Java in Formal Dress, 1884
Oil on canvas, H. 2.2 m; W. 1.2 m
Signed and dated middle right: André Collin 1884
Provenance: Private collection
- Le Hardy de Beaulieu, “André Collin 1862-1930”, Aux Sources de la Lesse, 1999-2, p. 25, ill. 35.
Collin was trained at the Fine Arts Academy of Brussels under Jean-François Portaels, who was in turn a disciple of Navez who had brought to Belgium the teachings of David. After winning the Godecharle prize in 1884, Collin moved to Paris where he worked in the studios of Jules Lefèbvre and Gustave Boulanger, both of whom were successful painters and professors at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian. Around 1886, he moved to Liège for a few years and then opened a large studio in Brussels. He became friendly with his patron Henri van Cutsem who invited to him to his property and bequeathed the Chateau of Ronfays to him. Collin lived there until 1918 when he moved to Menton for health reasons. He exhibited regularly at the Brussels salons. He left beautiful landscapes of Belgian Luxemburg and the Cote d’Azur, as well as interesting interior scenes and genre subjects.
Probably created during his time in Paris, our painting is typical of his early style. Both realistic and precise in the treatment of the figure’s formal costume, the work shows the scene’s diffuse light and shows great sensitivity to the rendering of the atmosphere. The young man is wearing a “sarong” which is tied at the front. This large piece of cloth was worn both by Indonesian women and men, who folded it and knotted it around their waist. His thick fitted shirt is typical of Java and is called a “beskap”. Generally dark in colour and without a pattern, the “beskap” was worn for ceremonies and important occasions. On his head, we can see a “blangkon”, the traditional headgear of Javanese men. He is also wearing a “kriss” a sword with a straight or curved blade, sharpened on both sides. Both an arm and a ritual object, the “kriss” was traditionally considered to have magical powers and was passed on from father to son. On Java and Bali, the “kriss” was worn on the back, as Collin has shown here. | <urn:uuid:c6ca8ce4-2590-422d-abe8-d6dfb3810c26> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://galerieheim.com/en/stock/man-from-java-in-formal-dress/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.974866 | 559 | 2.078125 | 2 |
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Haydee Garcia-Lazaro, Audrey Wong-Kee-You, Yavin Alwis, Santani Teng; Visual experience modulates sensitivity to statistics of reverberation. Journal of Vision 2021;21(9):2926. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.9.2926.
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Scene analysis is fundamental to successfully perceiving, interacting with, and navigating through the environment. In the absence of visual information, scene analysis relies largely on auditory signals such as reverberation, the aggregated acoustic reflections from multiple nearby surfaces. Sound sources and the spaces surrounding them are separably coded (Teng et al., 2017), an operation contingent on spectral and temporal statistics of the reverberant background (Traer & McDermott, 2016). It remains unclear how these perceptual heuristics develop or how they are influenced by experience. Here we investigated whether visual experience modulates reverberant perception. The experience-dependence hypothesis predicts higher fidelity in early- and congenitally blind listeners, who are more heavily dependent on acoustic cues. Alternatively, the calibration hypothesis predicts that, deprived of a visual “scaffold,” blind listeners would be impaired in reverberant coding. To test these predictions, we conducted an online experiment in which sighted and blind participants listened to pairs of spoken sentences, each convolved with a reverberant impulse response (IR). The IRs were recorded from a real-world space or synthesized to match or deviate from the temporal and spectral features of that same space. Manipulations included the temporal decay rate and the spectral distribution of the IRs. The task was a 2AFC judgment to indicate which of the spaces was “real.” We found that blind as well as sighted participants were highly sensitive to temporal deviations from ecologically valid reverberation, and less sensitive to spectral deviations. Interestingly, while sighted listeners reliably distinguished spectrally altered reverberation at above-chance levels, preliminary results indicate markedly reduced performance in blindness. Some below-chance performance in these conditions suggests a sensitivity to spectral alterations (cf. Voss et al., 2011), but an ambiguity in assigning them to the correct category. Taken together, our results suggest that visual experience modulates representations of auditory environmental statistics.
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Battle Creek Shop Aims to Boost Brands Created by Women of Color
A company in Battle Creek has made it its mission to promote brands created by local women of color. And I am here for it!
When shopping for products like, for example, skincare and hair products it's easy to notice just how many options there are. However, it's also easy to observe that amongst those products very few are catered to women of color. There's a small section for 'textured hair' products, a small section of make-up created for darker complexions, and so on. You see it in just about every major store.
That's why I love seeing products not only made for but made by people of color gaining more and more popularity. Everyone should be able to have as many choices as they want instead of having to choose from a very small selection.
Target, for example, now has a section on their app where you can shop for Black-owned or founded brands. Locally, however, there's a company called Bread and Basket that's specifically aiming to promote brands and products created by women of color.
Bread & Basket, in Battle Creek, works as a public market and social enterprise, as stated on their website. According to Forbes.com, prior to the pandemic women of color were among the fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs. With that in mind, Bread & Basket's mission is to,
develop, promote, and provide a network of resources for women of color entrepreneurs in order to build a resilient and thriving community. Our motto is simple: share the bread, secure the basket.
Whether you're shopping for yourself, for a friend, or just shopping to support a local entrepreneur, Bread & Basket makes it very convenient to browse through multiple brands all on one site.
For example, simply clicking the 'shop now' button on the home screen of their website takes you to a page with a number of categories including:
- Michigan Made - WOC Owned
- Bath & Body
And a lot more. You can see all the categories, including a 'featured' category (for when you feel like shopping but don't know what for) here.
If you happen to be out and about in Battle Creek you can also stop by their physical store at 38 East Michigan Ave.
Why It's Important to Support WOC and POC Owned Businesses
It's not uncommon to see the question posed online, "Why does everything have to be about race?" Whether it's in regards to the first Black man to win Big Brother (he's from Kalamazoo, by the way. Congrats Xavier!) to actual conversations about racism...that question is brought up frequently.
I could go on, in my own words, about why I believe supporting Black-owned businesses is so important. But, let's turn to the experts instead. This is not to say that you shouldn't support other businesses. But, hopefully, by reading through the following articles you can gain a better understanding of why supporting Black-owned businesses is critical:
- From Forbes.com: Why It's Crucial to Support Black-Owned Businesses on Both Corporate and Consumer Levels
- From Zenbusiness.com: Minority Small Business Owners: Why They Matter and How to Support Them
- From Beautyindependent.com: What Does Being "Black-Owned" Mean in 2021?
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Failed promises of the right wing: Andrzej Wajdaby Sharad Raj May 12 2021, 12:00 am Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins, 10 secs
Sharad Raj transports you back to the film Ashes and Diamonds - an all-time masterpiece of Polish cinema, directed by one of the most important filmmakers, Andrzej Wajda.
Cinema and art are often vehicles of a country’s history. Ashes and Diamonds is a great piece of filmmaking in the realist tradition that tells the stories of its people caught in a political and social web between the end of World War II and Soviet occupation of Poland. People make histories and histories make people of any country. East Europe found itself in a crisis of identity when both the Nazis and the Soviet Union were gunning to appropriate it in the 1940s. It was that moment in time when people lost any control they had over their history, and the film documents that chaos, which was socio-political as well as personal.
Personal narratives are best served when in tandem with the political, thereby fulfilling a symbiotic commitment. But when the rulers and ideologies control destinies of nations they unleash their brute power. Battle lines are drawn. Personal becomes political and vice versa. People take sides and relationships fracture. People find themselves in an abyss not of their making. This is what the filmmaker documents, also a personal favorite of makers like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. The film is an adaptation of a 1948 novel of Jerzy Andrzejewski, drawing its title from a nineteenth century poem of Polish poet Cyprian Norwid - it refers to the manner in which diamonds are formed from heat and pressure acting upon coal. This sort of symbolism is the hallmark of most East European cinema.
In an unnamed small Polish town on May 8, 1945, the day Germany officially surrendered, Maciek and Andrzej are former Home Army soldiers, who have been assigned to assassinate the communist Commissar Szczuka. They fail in their first attempt, killing two civilian cement plant workers instead. They are given a second chance in the town's leading hotel and banquet hall, Monopole.
While Maciek and Andrzej bide time to strike Szczuka, Maciek becomes infatuated with the hotel's barmaid, Krystyna. Szczuka is attempting to locate his son Marek, who has ironically joined the Home Army under the influence of his right wing aunt.
Maciek makes love to Krystyna as the time to assassinate Szczuka approaches. He tells Andrzej that he has fallen in love with Krystyna, and he cannot continue killing and hiding. Maciek wants to lead a normal life. Andrzej suggests that Maciek would be a deserter if he failed to carry out the order to kill Szczuka. Maciek shoots Szczuka. As Szczuka falls, fireworks celebrating the end of the war fill the sky. The following morning, Maciek flees and runs into a patrol of Polish soldiers. He is shot and ends up dying in a trash heap.
In Wajda’s world, Poland is a country stifled between the Nazis and the Soviet occupation - a country devoid of freedom to make choices. If you are not with the communists you are with the right wing and vice versa. It is a country in which history made it mandatory for people to wear labels and abide by them. Crossing over was never an option. This is what Maciek the sharpshooter protagonist realizes after he falls in love. Krystyna and Maciek want to lead their own life but that is a choice they do not have. Similarly the communist army detains Szczuka’s son, Marek, despite his father being a commissar. The father and son are on the opposite side of the ideological divide.
Zbigniew Cybulski, the first international star from Poland plays Maciek. He was known as the James Dean of Poland for his handsome personality. Wajda was most influenced by Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane. Ashes and Diamonds, like Citizen Kane, uses deep focus and low angle shots to cover the expanse of the banquet and the authority of totalitarian leaders. The brilliant last sequence intercuts between the celebrations of the surrender by the Nazis in the banquet and the killing of both Szczuka and Maciek. Wajda thus takes no sides, as representatives of both the sides the right wing and the left pay with their lives for the sides they took.
The biggest tragedy in Ashes and Diamonds is the unfulfilled love of Krystyna and Maciek. Krystyna seems to have a hunch of the inevitable. She says she prefers fewer attachments for that keep the pain of loss to the minimum. But Maciek is optimistic. Perhaps he misinterpreted the “promised freedom” by the right wing, till he got the rude shock that he would be killed if he refused to kill Szczuka. He loses his life in the end thus meeting a tragic end for having dared to dream of a free life. Finally Ashes and Diamonds is a human document about people who are trapped in their country that has just freed itself from the Nazis. The paradox could not have been more loud and clear. | <urn:uuid:a368f267-17ec-476d-a8d0-e256d52678ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thedailyeye.info/post.php?id=01df1df7658a0410&title=Failed-promises-of-the-right-wing:-Andrzej-Wajda | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.961895 | 1,117 | 2.03125 | 2 |
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Within the framework of the European Civilian Training Initiative (EUCTI), Clingendael Academy was invited to organize and co-fund a training mission on Intercultural Communication to Kyiv, Ukraine. The training was the first in-mission activity within the framework after the pandemic outbreak. The programme was developed by the EUCTI consortium in coordination with EUAM Ukraine, and took place on November 22 and 23, 2021. Next to EUAM Ukraine, participants represented the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine and NATO Professional Development Programme in Ukraine.
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ST. PAUL WROTE, "Now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed." (Romans 13:11.) God's people of today are surely justified in expressing the same sentiments. The salvation of the Church through the glorious "change" of the First Resurrection is nearing every day, we are sure, even though we do not know exactly how many days still remain before that glorious consummation. So also the world's salvation—the world's rescue from Satan, sin and death—is nearing every day, notwithstanding the fact that we cannot say positively just what day or hour Satan will be fully bound for a thousand years and the Messianic blessings begin to supplant and to roll away the curse which for six thousand years has rested as a great pall over humanity—a dark night, soon to give place to the glorious Millennial Day and the bright-shining of Messiah's Kingdom.
Nothing could shake our faith in the Divine Plan of the Ages epitomized in God's great Oath-bound Covenant made with Abraham, confirmed unto Isaac and Jacob and Israel. There is absolutely no ground for questioning that all the families of the earth will eventually be blessed. There is no room to doubt that God has laid a broad foundation for that blessing in the sending of His Son, who became man's Redeemer. There is no reason for questioning the fact that the Church for more than eighteen centuries has been called out of the world to be sharer with her Lord in the sufferings of this present time and in the glories that are to follow.
There is absolutely no question about the fact that "faithful is He who called us, who also will do it." We have His promise that "if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ" our Lord. We have the Divine Word that Jesus the Head and the Church His Body, Jesus the Bridegroom and the Church His Bride, constitute the antitypical Spiritual Seed of Abraham, through whom, when glorified, God's blessing will be poured upon humanity. "If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's Seed, and heirs according to the Promise" (Galatians 3:29), which promise reads, "In thee and in thy Seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed."—Genesis 12:3; 28:14.
There is absolutely no ground for Bible students to question that the consummation of this Gospel Age is now even at the door, and that it will end as the Scriptures foretell in a great Time of Trouble such as never was since there was a nation. We see the participants in this great crisis banding themselves together under the leadership of Capital and Trusts, Labor and Trade Unions. The great crisis, the great clash, symbolically represented as a fire, that will consume the ecclesiastical heavens and the social earth, is very near.
But when we have said this we have said about all that it is safe or proper for us to say. We have never claimed inspiration nor prophetic vision. All that we have ever claimed is that "Wonderful things in the Bible we see," and that the dearest is the love of the Heavenly Father and our Heavenly Lord Jesus, and that the time for the establishment of the Kingdom is very nigh.
We remind our readers here that in these columns and in the six volumes of STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES we have set forth everything appertaining to the times and seasons in a tentative form; that is to say, not with positiveness, not with the claim that we knew, but merely with the suggestion that "thus and so" seems to be the teaching of the Bible. The Berean Lessons are running now in Volume Second of STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES in order that all of our readers may have fresh in mind the Bible chronology as furnished there in Chapter II. We have pointed out that the chronology is the basis of nearly all the suggestions of prophetic interpretations set forth in STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES. We have pointed out there that the chronology of the Bible is not stated with great clearness, that fractions of years are ignored and that there are certain breaks in it.
We have suggested that ordinarily the chronology would be quite insufficient as evidence and that our acceptance of it is based on faith—on the supposition that God wished to give us a chronology, wished that we might have some knowledge of the times and seasons, and yet wished that it might be so obscure and indefinite as to require faith on the part of His people. We pointed out further that we could not exercise that faith were it not for the fact that this chronology seems to be interwoven and interlocked with numerous prophecies—and these prophecies, in turn, interwoven and interlocked with other prophecies and fulfilments not dependent upon the chronology. Having thus set the matter before the minds of our readers, we asked each to judge for himself as to how much faith he would repose in the chronology and in the application of the prophecies connected with it. We announced that to our own mind it seemed reasonable to accept the chronology and the prophecies from this viewpoint.
Having laid this broad foundation, having put all of [R5450 : page 135] our readers on notice to use their own judgment, we proceeded to use this chronology in connection with the various prophecies, drawing various hypotheses and conclusions. We did not in any case remind the reader afresh that all these conclusions were based upon the chronology, and that the chronology is admittedly supported by faith. We assumed that all intelligent readers realized this, and that all such were using their own judgment, not ours, in respect to the chronology and in respect to the applications of the prophecies along the lines of that chronology. We ask you all still to do this.
The chronology still seems as strong as ever to the Editor. He sees nothing to alter or amend. Nevertheless, the Editor wishes to put all THE WATCH TOWER readers on notice, as he already has done twice this year, that to his judgment it now seems unreasonable to expect during the present year all that he had anticipated, as suggested previously. He sees no possibility that the Church Federation will reach its climax of organization and power, and then reach its fall, during the remaining months of this year. And he surely looks for this to occur prior to the full ending of this Gospel Age and the glorification of the last members of the Church, which is the Body of Christ.
This does not prove the chronology wrong, nor does it prove that the Times of the Gentiles do not end with this year. It may be that Gentile Times will end before the ecclesiastical oligarchy attains sacerdotal power. We must wait and see. The Lord is still our Shepherd. No good thing will He withhold from those who follow Him as His sheep, harkening to His Voice and ignoring the voice of strangers. His promises will stand sure, and [R5451 : page 135] these, as all other things, shall work together for good to those who love Him—the called ones according to His purpose.—Romans 8:28.
The Lord declares through the Prophet David (Psalm 149:5-9): "Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgments written. This honor have all His saints." Heretofore we had not questioned that this description of the glory of the saints applied to them beyond the veil—beyond the completion of the First Resurrection. But a more careful investigation of the words forewarns us that we may not be too sure in such a supposition. We suggest as a bare possibility that a time may come when a part of the saints will be in glory beyond the veil, and when those on this side the veil in the flesh will enter very fully into the joys of their Lord and into participation in His work.
If we interpret the statement, "let them sing aloud upon their beds," in harmony with the significance of similar statements elsewhere in the Scriptures, the expression would signify that the saints in glory will be telling the good tidings of great joy—singing, presenting in melodious cadences the messages which none can learn except the one hundred and forty-four thousand. But the word beds here, in harmony with usage elsewhere in the Bible, would signify a rest of faith—that these saints were at rest in the midst of conditions to the contrary. This could hardly be the case if the reference be to those who have experienced the First Resurrection "change." Theirs will not be a rest of faith, but an absolute entering into rest.
Again, while the high praises of God are in their mouth they have the two-edged sword in their hand, according to the prophecy. This "two-edged sword" is evidently, as elsewhere, the Word of God. We can scarcely imagine the saints beyond the veil as handling the Word of God. On the contrary, this would seem to imply that the saints described are on this side of the veil, using the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, in connection with the showing of high praise to God—clearing His name from the dishonor attached to it through the ignorance, superstition and creeds of the Dark Ages.
The next statement, that these saints will use the "sword" to execute vengeance upon the Gentiles and punishments upon the people [of Israel], seems to imply that these saints, whatever their condition, will be in authority; for the Scriptural injunction to them elsewhere is that they should "judge nothing before the time." This Psalm, therefore, describes the time when they are to do a judging work in respect to the world in general, as well as in respect to Israel, God's people.
A somewhat similar description of The Christ in glory is given us in Revelation 19:11, where He that is called "Faithful and True" goes forth in righteousness to judge and make war. The Heavenly armies follow Him (V.14), and out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations.—V.15.
We know not why this prophecy speaks of Heavenly armies—in the plural. We merely suggest that the Heavenly army may possibly be in two divisions—one on this side of the veil, the other on the other side of the veil. We are waiting to see, and merely watching while we wait, and noting with possibly still greater care our Father's Word. We may be sure that if any commission be given to the Lord's people to execute judgment this side of the veil it would be so explicit as to leave no room for doubt, remembering that the Divine requirement throughout the Age has been that the saints of God shall be subject to the powers that be. Any change from this order to the effect that we should execute judgments upon them will need to be very positively and very clearly understood before being executed.
Just how the kings and nobles—financial, political and social—will be bound, and just what kinds of fetters of strength will be used, we may not know until qualified; but the outworking of all these will be, as expressed in Psalm 149:9, "to execute upon them the vengeance written; this honor have all of God's saints." Whether we participate in this work on this side of the veil or on the other side makes no difference to us. In any event, whatever we shall do at any time under the guidance of the Lord's Holy Spirit will be in harmony with justice and all the time intermingled with sympathetic love. None except those possessing and controlled by this, the Holy Spirit of God, will ever be permitted participation in the Kingdom glories and power. | <urn:uuid:2641c1ac-f93f-4390-9b67-0e25a08615ab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://htdb.space/1914/r5450.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964012 | 2,486 | 1.703125 | 2 |
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This report, done for the Solar Works for Minnesota campaign, explores the value of solar power on schools, libraries, and other public buildings in Minnesota. It was co-authored by John Farrell of ILSR and Christina Mills of IEER.
- Minnesotans spend more than $20 billion dollars every year on these energy imports.
- With an estimated $378 million dollars in electricity costs for Minnesota’s public buildings, there is a significant opportunity for cost savings.
- Hennepin County alone pays more than $9 million every year to provide electricity to its offices, hospitals, jails, libraries, courts, and other buildings. That’s equivalent to over $8 per resident.
- 87% of Minnesota voters support increasing the use of solar power in the state, and 82% of Minnesota voters support policies that encourage the use of solar specifically on Minnesota’s schools.
- Solar PV could generate as much as 30% of the electricity needs of all Minnesota’s schools.
What Policies Would Help
- A study of the precise solar potential for public building rooftops
- A solar energy standard (e.g. 10% by 2030)
- A CLEAN (Clean Local Energy Accessible Now) program to promote simple financing for solar
- Enable the public sector to partner with the private sector to install solar
- Streamline the local permitting process
- Establish spending criteria for Xcel Energy’s Renewable Development Fund that promotes solar on public buildings
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PMS or Peri – what are the signs of Perimenopause?
What is Perimenopause
It is a natural phase in a woman’s life and spotting the first signs of Perimenopause can truly help you stay in tune with your body. Perhaps we hear more about Menopause but the years before stepping officially into Menopause are crucial.
So let’s discover the signs of Perimenopause and how to prepare for it.
3 Phases in a woman’s life
There are 3 phases in a woman’s life: premenopause, perimenopause, menopause also called postmenopause. My focus today is to help you establish whether you may be experiencing premenopause symptoms (PMS) or perimenopause symptoms. Once you understand your body fully, you can then explore natural therapies to help you feel better. The sooner you address symptoms of premenopause and perimenopause, the smoother the transition into menopause.
Premenopause – what is it?
The period before menopause is called premenopause, from your very first menstrual cycle to the first sign of perimenopause. Women experience a fluctuation in hormones through their life with different symptoms. Here are the possible symptoms of premenopause or PMS:
- Abdominal cramps
- Mood swings
- Low mood
- Bloating / IBS symptoms
- Breast tenderness
At what age does Perimenopause start?
Yes, it may sound like an early start but some women can experience hormone imbalance throughout their live from puberty right through to Menopause.
During perimenopause, the ovaries start to reduce the production of oestrogen. Ovaries will stop releasing eggs and a woman will stop having periods. A woman can be in perimenopause and still get pregnant.
When perimenopause hits, you may just experience one or two symptoms but you will probably still have your periods (albeit irregular). Doctors’ tests may even show you that everything is normal. At this stage, it can be difficult to link those symptoms to perimenopause. But it is always worth investigating so you can do something about it. The symptoms will become more obvious as you approach menopause.
What are the signs of Perimenopause?
Every women is different due to their background, health history, genetics and individual lifestyle. For some, one symptom will show up and it is difficult to link it to perimenopause. Hormones fluctuate every month so you may be feeling more than one symptoms to start with. Here is a list of signs and symptoms women have experienced when approaching perimenopause:
- Poor memory and foggy brain
- Poor sleep
- Mood swings
- Irregular periods
- Hot Flashes / Night Sweats
- Tender breasts
- Vaginal dryness / infection
- Dry skin
- Loss of libido
- Persistent bloating
- IBS symptoms
- Weight gain
What happens during Menopause?
The years leading up to that point are called perimenopausal years. If you have a total hysterectomy that involves removing your ovaries, you’ll experience the menopause immediately after your operation.
During menopause, the ovaries stop making female hormones, including oestrogen. The adrenal glands are able to produce a small amount of oestrogen. But any presence of stress can deplete the adrenal glands and inhibit their ability to produce oestrogen. This can aggravate the menopausal symptoms. The symptoms experienced during perimenopause may carry on into menopause.
What you really need to know today
Some women may experience symptoms before (perimenopause), during (for a year or two) and after menopause. Others stop experiencing symptoms once they are postmenopausal. Those symptoms vary from one person to the next and can be extremely intense. This is likely to have a huge impact on your daily life including your relationships with your work colleagues and family members. It is highly recommended to prepare yourself by being proactive as soon as you can (ideally in your 30’s) so that you are not taken by surprise. Let’s not keep it a secret.
What to do about Perimenopause
Once you have noticed the first signs of perimenopause, the first step to explore is Nutrition. Indeed, the right nutrition can play a big role in this journey to hormone balance. There are several steps you can try to help prevent or decrease the symptoms associated with Perimenopause.
- Eat the rainbow to provide your body with lots of valuable nutrients
- Eat regularly to balance your energy levels.
- Address any stress in your life to support your adrenal glands. Adrenal fatigue can cause hormone imbalance
- Work on improving your digestion – the balance of bacteria in your gut plays a key role in hormone balance. Download your free guide “5 steps to reduce bloating after eating.”
- Keep things moving with hydration and plenty of fibre rich foods.
Perimenopause relief starts here.
If you want to be fully empowered to take care of your body during perimenopause, why not look at the Perimenopause Freedom course: it is designed specifically for women over the age of 35 who want to manage the first signs and symptoms of perimenopause naturally.
This Perimenopause Programme is not just designed to troubleshoot individual symptoms, instead, it takes a full 360° view of your health, considering the body as a dynamic set of interconnected systems that all have the potential to influence each other. So as well as focussing on your hormones, you will also learn how to achieve optimum health.
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Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-9046 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Windows Optimization Master Project Windows Optimization Master 126.96.36.1994
In Windows Master (aka Windows Optimization Master) 188.8.131.524, the driver file (WoptiHWDetect.SYS) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0xf100282d.
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Server Side Include (SSI) Injection An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
- Cross Zone Scripting An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
- Cross Site Scripting through Log Files An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
- Command Line Execution through SQL Injection An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host. | <urn:uuid:4af4c454-2d56-4940-92e8-22f7a4a6c572> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cyber.vumetric.com/vulns/CVE-2018-9046/improper-input-validation-vulnerability-in-windows-optimization-master-project-windows-optimization-master-7-99-13-604/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.90644 | 817 | 1.875 | 2 |
Things We Do Together.
Edited by Marianna Dobkowska and Krzysztof Łukomski
Things We Do Together. The Post-Reader is a collection of essays and honest conversations with practitioners, based on experiences and observations of long-term processes taking place at the intersection of art, education, and activism.
Collaboration is more than just a mechanism for the collective management of resources. It can be a way of disrupting the systems existing both in the art world and in everyday life, where capitalism and extreme individualism lead to the collapse of communities and the deepening of social inequalities.
Artists, activists, researchers and educators initiate social situations all over the world—in places where institutions fail them, they establish their own. They work collectively for the benefit of the community and in cooperation with the community. The scope of influence of their practices is more often located outside the gallery than inside. They treat art as a tool for building a community, not for producing sellable goods. Their practices are based on research, process, and long-term collaboration involving exchange, generosity, and trust. They are willing to bear the associated risks. They oppose the laws of the market and focus on teamwork, solidarity, and the gift economy. They redefine the concept of art and help to hack systems. They produce alternative teaching and unlearning systems, new economies and spaces of imagination.
In their practice, the authors and protagonists of this post-reader use skills from across a number of fields, they support and create communities around the world—in Ursus, Poland; in the Amazon, in a village in Java, or in the suburbs of New Orleans. Collected in this volume, the reports from many years of experience of practitioners from Ukraine, Poland, Indonesia, Mexico, the USA, and Brazil can be treated as a road map, a compendium of approaches, recommendations, and as inspiration for action.
The publication’s starting point was the exhibition-meeting Gotong Royong. Things We Do Together at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, at the turn of 2017/2018.
Texts by Irwan Ahmett and Tita Salina; Tainá Azeredo and Cláudio Bueno; Imani Jacqueline Brown; Jakub Depczyński and Bogna Stefańska; Marianna Dobkowska; Kamila Ferenc; Yulia Kostereva and Yurij Kruchak; Alfadir Luna; Krzysztof Łukomski; Joanna Pawluśkiewicz; Vincent Rumahloine; Igor Stokfiszewski; Arie Syarfiuddin, Arief Yudi, and Ika Yuliana; Kuba Szreder; Reinaart Vanhoe; Aisel Wicab
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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“the “FDA”) in enforcing laws related to marketing CBD products. The FDA has historically issued warning letters and pursued companies that illegally market CBD products with claims the products may treat medical conditions. The FTC has joined the FDA is this pursuit and announced settlements with six different CBD companies involves fines ranging between $20,000-$85,000 in addition to notifications provided to consumers. Pursuant to these settlement agreements the respondent companies are also prohibited from similar marketing efforts in the future, any health claims must have scientific evidence to support them.
Industry actors making any health or therapeutic claims are vulnerable to action by agencies such as the FDA and FTC, however, they may also be subject to civil suits based on enforcement by those agencies. In April of 2020 Charlotte’s Web Holdings, Inc. (“CWB”) was served with yet another (its second) class action lawsuit due to how their products are labeled. Benson v. Charlotte’s Web Holdings, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-00418 (N.D. Ill.) The suit based a significant portion of the allegations on FDA guidance:
“Based on available evidence, FDA has concluded that THC and CBD products are excluded from the dietary supplement definition under section 201(ff)(3)(B) of the FD&C Act [21 U.S.C. § 321(ff)(3)(B)]. Under that provision, if a substance (such as THC or CBD) is an active ingredient in a drug product that has been approved under section 505 of the FD&C Act [21 U.S.C. § 355], or has been authorized for investigation as a new drug for which substantial clinical investigations have been instituted and for which the existence of such investigations has been made public, then products containing that substance are excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement”
Companies facing enforcement actions by the FTC may similarly be subject to civil allegations.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS
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The Morning Report
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you need to take on the day.
The moderator’s Monday question was this:
Are we dealing with an ever-more scarce resource that we’ll have to conserve to ensure there is enough for vital business and health needs? Or are we dealing with an ever more valuable resource that we’ll simply have to pay more to import or create?
The amount of water available from the current system is going to drop. Nearly every projection about the Colorado River system forecasts that there will be significantly less water available. There is significant uncertainty about the ability of the State Water Project to deliver present volumes. At least for now, there is going to be a significant amount of fresh water delivered to the Delta for environmental reasons.
Meanwhile demand is likely to increase. Demographers still project that the state will grow by 10 million between 2010 and 2030. Much of this increase will occur in hotter, drier interior regions. Climate change is likely to put upward pressure on the demand for water from the state’s agricultural industry and will require a massive reworking of the “plumbing” of the state’s water conveyance system. The “low hanging” fruit in water conservation, especially in respect to interior uses, has been plucked.
There are only a few reasonably settled issues in the social sciences. One of them is that a shrinking supply of a good plus increased demand leads to upward pressure on prices along with efforts to decrease consumption and develop new supplies. With hiccups along the way, we are seeing all of those responses to the new water reality in region’s like San Diego where, at least on the wholesale level, water is more “market-priced.” Prices are rising, conservation efforts are redoubling, and higher prices are encouraging entrepreneurs to deploy technologies like desalination to increase supply.
The biggest challenge, however, is that so much of the water in the state is NOT currently allocated by using price. Water “rights” conferred in the last century were conferred not on the basis of any bidding system but as a way of opening up land for “productive” agricultural uses.
State law prohibits approving transfers if it will lead to significant fallowing of agricultural land. While some urban areas (San Diego, Orange County, the Inland Empire) depend upon the state and federal water systems, the cities where the majority of urban Californians live (San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the East Bay have access, won by questionable means, to water outside of the state and federal systems.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and its near-monopoly power over the conveyance system that serve Southern California, creates serious barriers for negotiating large-scale water transfers between the Central Valley and Southern California.
Moreover, the wide economic disparities between the affluent urban coast and the relatively impoverished agricultural interior increase the political difficulties of implementing a statewide water market. If you ever want to see people actually tar-and-feather an economist, I suggest sending one to the Central Valley and have them argue that it is more “rational” to allow water prices to float so that coastal water users can buy expensive water to irrigate ornamental landscapes while agricultural lands sit fallow and large agro-businesses with historic water rights collect a check.
While economics offers some pathways out of the sticky wicket of third party effects, transaction costs and rent-seeking, it doesn’t offer any magic bullets to get our hypothetical economist out of town unscathed.
In sum, what I see as the biggest challenge for water in California is managing through a fractured system. Most, if not all, of the 80 percent of the state’s water that has traditionally been used for agricultural uses is unlikely to be priced freely. San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the cities served by the East Bay Municipal Utility District are NOT going to give up their monopoly rights to the cheap water from the Owens and Hetch Hetchy valleys and allow this water to flow to the highest bidder.
The rest of urban California, including San Diego, which didn’t get in on damming up irreplaceable scenic landscapes in the central Sierra or laying waste to bucolic farmland, are going to see water prices “float” to achieve a more efficient use of the resource. That arrangement is not going to please San Diegans but it is the probable outcome of the policy dispute.
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Fourthland, Imbue (moon scroll), 2018
The British Isles have a particularly strong relationship to magic and the occult with the chants of witchcraft echoing throughout their history. This exhibition looked to the importance of craft, ritual and land on the practice of the ever shifting figure of the witch.
Traditional witchcraft has a strong connection to the earth with an intimate knowledge of herbs, plants and the elements - as well as the human body. As gatekeepers to altered consciousness witches have been both feared and sought out for their dealings with the unknown. Historically persecuted as an outsider, the witch has been taken on by artists as a challenging force to prevailing norms and as a symbol of dissidence. Looking to symbols, tools and the coven as a space for focusing collective intent, the artists in this exhibition explored the path of the witch as one for how we can connect with the earth and each other.
Artists: Verity Birt, Anna Bunting-Branch, Nadine Byrne, Mary Beth Edelson, Fiona Finnegan, Blue Firth, Fourthland, Georgia Horgan. Ben Jeans Houghton, Serena Korda, Candice Lin, Katarzyna Majak, Monica Sjöö, Lucy Stein, Ayesha Tan Jones and Cathy Ward.
Contemporary art works were contextualised through archival material and periodicals, as well as loaned artefacts from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Glastonbury Goddess Temple, Feminist Archive South/Bristol University Special Collections and Rupert White/artcornwall.org.
Accompanying the tour was an events programme led by the exhibiting artists. Artist duo Fourthland led public workshops where the weaving of modern day spells formed a participatory grimoire - a contemporary book of shadows - which was collectively added to at each exhibition venue, and keeps developing. Serena Korda led participants in musical improvisation workshops through playing the ceramics in her piece Jug Choir. These workshops resulted in public performances at the venues. Ben Jeans Houghton performed modern day rituals at the exhibition openings.
The Exhibition toured to
Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 15 September - 7 November 2018
20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, 19 January - 23 March 2019
Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury, 10 May - 15 June 2019
Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, 27 September - 16 November 2019
For more information, to listen to episodes of a specially commissioned podcast by Blue Firth and to explore our interactive UK map of Witchcraft - developed by Ben Jeans Houghton - go to www.wakingthewitch.uk
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Your Roof: Does it Need Repair or Replacement?Any vulnerability in your roof needs prompt attention and repair. But how do you know when your roof needs full replacement?
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Professionals who carry out roof repairs in London are perfectly positioned to help you understand whether your roof needs repair or replacement. It’s crucial to make the correct decision regarding roof repair or replacement; the performance, safety and longevity of your roof and home depend on it.
Small leaks and damaged areas can often simply be repaired. Replacing shingles, for example, is a small job in many cases and can extend the life of your current roof. Sometimes, however, you really need to invest in a new roof.
Here are some distinct signs that you need to fully replace your roof:
- It is nearing its “use-by” date: an asphalt shingle roof, for example, will normally last between twenty and thirty years. Thereafter, it will not function well, even if it looks OK from ground level.
- Shingles are missing: Missing shingles are difficult to match when replacing. One here or there is OK, but for aesthetic reasons, you may be better to replace the entire roof. The same applies to the cracking of shingles – if cracking is not isolated to a single small roof section, the roof needs replacement.
- Curling or buckling shingles: Edges or the middle of shingles can become warped over time. These are signs of weathering and leaks can result. In the foreseeable future, you will need a new roof.
- Gutter granules: An older asphalt roof that is dropping granules into the gutters is a sign that shingles are no longer protected from the sun, and their quality will soon deteriorate. Note that a brand new roof dropping gutter granules is no cause for concern if it was professionally installed.
- Chimney flashing: Chimney flashing consisting of tar or roof cement needs to be replaced with a metal flashing system that is watertight and will last a long time.
- Moss or algae: While moss and algae on shingles is no cause for immediate concern, it does need to eventually be removed for aesthetic reasons and to reduce moisture. Trying to remove it yourself can lead to chipping of protective granules from shingles.
- Roof sag: A sagging roof is a very bad sign. This is a structural issue and can be dangerous. This requires professional, expert consultation immediately.
- Daylight passes through the roof: This screams “damage!” Spaces for light to pass into the house through the roof also allow for rain, snow, cold air, and potentially insects. Call the professionals as soon as possible for a full assessment.
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Monday, March 26, 2007 | Although Mayor Jerry Sanders has said he would rather cut services than raise money through new fees to replenish San Diego’s deficient budget, the City Council’s financial analyst has urged officials to at least consider generating revenue to bridge the projected $87 million gap for next year.
With less than a month remaining before Sanders reveals his spending proposal for the 2008 fiscal year, Independent Budget Analyst Andrea Tevlin argued in a report last week that the city should review the amount of money it costs to provide municipal services and whether San Diego’s residents, businesses and visitors are paying enough to receive them.
Talking About Fees
More than $30 million in revenue could potentially be raised for next year’s day-to-day budget through fee increases that the Mayor’s Office has already explored, the report states. The IBA says Sanders should consider including the 12 potential fees when releasing an update version of his five-year financial forecast next month.
Whether it’s tacking a surcharge onto car rentals or charging telephone customers for helping fund the 9-1-1 communications system, Tevlin said the city should not ignore any opportunity it has to shore up revenue. Experts have pointed to San Diego’s low-revenue tradition as one of the key symptoms to the cash-strapped government’s financial shortcomings.
“An ongoing dialogue is required to continually monitor and assess possible areas that may be appropriate candidates for new and/or increased revenue opportunities, now and in the future,” Tevlin stated in the report, which the council’s Budget and Finance Committee is expected to discuss Wednesday.
The push to increase revenue has been applauded by some who say the city cannot provide the appropriate level of services and infrastructure without increasing its revenues. The Center on Policy Initiatives, a pro-labor think tank, estimated in 2005 that San Diego could raise an additional $279 million for its general fund annually if it set its taxes and fees at the average level of the state’s 10 largest cities.
But San Diego has continued its characteristic aversion to taxes and fees, as demonstrated by the 2005 election of Mayor Jerry Sanders, who pledged to fill the city’s myriad of financial holes by trimming bureaucracy instead of raising taxes.
Sanders spokesman Fred Sainz said the mayor will continue that philosophy as he tries to surmount a projected $87 million funding gap in the operating budget for 2008 and $794 million over the next five years.
“Before anyone asks San Diegans to pay for increased fees, we need to articulate to San Diegans that the city is well-run,” Sainz said. “The mayor thinks it’s better to look at efficiencies before proposing increases.”
Sanders has proposed laying off close to 1,000 of the city’s nearly 11,000 employees by 2010 to help close the funding gap. But even with the 650 layoffs he has slated for next year, the general fund shortfall would still be about $24 million.
The city’s strained finances result from the big-ticket expenses Sanders says he wants to take on during his mayoralty. His five-year forecast contemplates large payments toward the city’s $1 billion pension deficit, $1.4 billion shortfall for retiree health care, thinned cash reserves, a sapped workers’ compensation fund and infrastructure backlogs.
The city’s past advisers and administrators have before recommended that the city plug its funding gaps with heightened fees, but with little success. In 2002, the Blue Ribbon Committee that former Mayor Dick Murphy commissioned advised the city to explore new revenue streams. Past city managers pitched fee packages with scant success, and two propositions to increase the hotel tax levied on visitors were both shot down by voters in 2004.
Last August, the Kroll Inc. consultants called again for the city to expand its revenue base in addition to the streamlining heralded by Sanders. The suggestion was one of the very few by Kroll that Sanders has not embraced.
“Those were really start-stop attempts,” said Penne Takade, the IBA’s deputy director. “We want to look at the situation comprehensively. Knowing more about the city’s fees and cost recovery can only help.”
The report suggests further examining some of the opportunities the Mayor’s Office shared with the IBA. (Sainz said no public reports about mayoral discussions of revenue opportunities exist.)
For instance, the city could examine whether telephone customers in the city should be charged $3 per month to help fund the 9-1-1 communications system. The idea, which has been implemented in other cities, would require some legal analysis of whether the government or voters would have to authorize it, but it has the potential to raise about $16 million annually, the report said.
Other ideas include charging for car rentals ($3 million a year), paramedic service ($2.1 million), replacement of old trash collection barrels ($4 million), and boat launches for nonresidents at city piers ($300,000).
The IBA also noted the potential of passing the administrative costs of the city’s parking meter card ($80,000) and business-improvement district ($190,000) programs to users. Also, the report suggested considering a surcharge on tickets to events at city facilities ($4.9 million), increasing the city’s storm drain fees (an undetermined amount), charging private valet companies for setting up business on city streets ($220,000), better chasing fees that are past due from delinquent businesses (undetermined). Lastly, the report said the city should examine all the services it provides to see whether they are being paid for fairly by users.
Jay Goldstone, Sanders’ top financial aide, said that despite the IBA’s suggestions, the mayor will not rely on new fees. “I will assure you that when the ’08 budget is done and presented, it will be balanced and not turn to fees.”
Lani Lutar, president of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, said she admired the mayor’s stance against new fees, but said that her group has not yet been satisfied that cost-cutting will take place. “I think taxpayers expect real reform to happen before they’re open to any real significant increase in fees and taxes, and we have not seen that real reform happen,” she said.
Wednesday’s meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee will be held at 9 a.m. on the 12th Floor of 202 C St.
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With Halloween on the horizon, it seems like a good time to talk about modern applications’ version of the undead and unseen — namely zombie and shadow APIs. While APIs have quickly become the de facto building blocks of applications, they also introduce a sprawling attack surface with new and unique risks. Zombie and shadow APIs are prime examples that can quickly undercut the security of an application. So, let’s take a closer look to see exactly what they are and what security teams can do to address them.
The Proliferation of APIs
To understand why shadow and zombie APIs have become such a big deal, we need to understand the incredible growth of APIs in general over the past several years. APIs became central to the way that applications work beginning in the early 2000s, and their growth increased up and to the right with the shift into cloud infrastructure. A recent survey found that 71% of organizations plan to use more internal and external APIs this year. Additionally, organizations have a LOT of APIs, with 40% of organizations having 250 or more APIs. APIs have transformed from a garnish to the main course of application development, and the signs are evident everywhere you look.
So, what is making APIs so popular? Well, there are a variety of factors at play. APIs provide developers with a fast, highly modular way to add capabilities to their applications. Developers can also integrate existing best-of-breed functionality without needing to reinvent the wheel. For example, developers could integrate existing mapping services instead of having to develop their own. Probably most importantly, APIs provide an adaptive way to work with mobile devices and cloud applications, while enabling enterprise digital transformations. Quite simply, APIs are central not only to the way applications are developed, but they have also become central to scaling business strategy.
Unfortunately, organizations are often focused on building the next great piece of code, and may lose focus when it comes to sunsetting and deprecating their old APIs. If these APIs aren’t properly removed, they can leave organizations with outdated, vulnerable points that attackers can exploit to wreak havoc.
Shadow, Zombie, and Rogue APIs … oh my
APIs are undeniably valuable, but they also come with their own risks. In fact, some of their most beneficial traits can be the source of unexpected API security problems. Shadow and zombie APIs are two important cases in point that application and security teams need to be aware of.
What are shadow APIs? (aka rogue APIs)
Rogue or shadow APIs are APIs that exist outside of an organization’s official security and operational maintenance processes. There are countless scenarios that can lead to a rogue API. For example, a developer may need to quickly stand up an API to resolve an immediate problem or maybe to develop a proof of concept for a larger project. Regardless of the motivation, the lure of quickly deploying a new API endpoint makes it easy for developers to get their work done in the moment and worry about security and maintenance later.
In many ways, this is the AppSec and DevOps version of the shadow IT problem and brings with it many of the same risks. Security teams can’t defend assets that they don’t know about, and shadow APIs will not receive the appropriate security testing, monitoring and protection. Likewise, a newly or quickly deployed API endpoint may not be properly secured and hardened. As with any new code, the API may have vulnerabilities or misconfigurations that can leave the door open to attackers, who constantly scour applications and APIs for new or vulnerable endpoints.
What are zombie APIs?
Zombie APIs are the APIs that time forgot. These are APIs that were previously valid and approved but were eventually abandoned or replaced by newer versions, left to be “swept under the rug.” Unfortunately, organizations are often focused on building the next great piece of code, and may lose focus when it comes to sunsetting and deprecating their old APIs. If these APIs aren’t properly removed, they can leave organizations with outdated, vulnerable points that attackers can exploit to wreak havoc.
Zombie APIs can also creep up in an organization due to the key role they play in supporting and integrating with other applications. Partners may build applications that rely on a particular API, or organizations may need to maintain an outdated API in order to support legacy versions of an application. Over time, organizations may be hesitant to remove an API simply due to the fear of what it might break, ultimately leaving them with a vast attack surface
However, these APIs quickly fall out of sight and out of mind for development and security teams. They can malinger within an application, and without ongoing maintenance and patching, can leave the app at risk of attack.
Delivering Protection Against Zombie and Shadow APIs
Even in the best cases, APIs need strong protection built for their unique needs and threat profiles. ThreatX gives security teams the tools and technology to protect all their applications and APIs, including the ability to find and protect any zombie or shadow APIs. This includes the following key capabilities:
- API Profiling and Discovery: Threatx automatically discovers active API endpoints and profiles the tech stack and responses seen from given endpoints to indicate operational health. This ensures security teams can find and appropriately protect APIs even as developers roll out new APIs on the fly. Automatically find and identify shadow APIs that have been deployed, or find zombie APIs that need to be deprecated.
- Native Decoding and Threat Prevention: ThreatX natively decodes and analyzes API traffic such as JSON and XML in order to identify any threats hidden within. This ensures teams can block injection attacks and other threats and exploits in the same way they do on the web front-end.
- Logic Aware: ThreatX can identify a variety of ways that attackers or bots may try to abuse exposed application or business logic. For example, ThreatX can identify if an entity is hitting password reset functionality without having visited the login page. Likewise, the solution can identify a spike in resource-intensive requests or an entity constantly refreshing inventory functionality, which could be a sign of an automated attack.
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Heavy rain resulted in significant flooding in the U.S. Midwest over the week of July 7 to 14, 2017. Using satellite data, NASA estimated the amount of rain that fell over those areas and used satellite data to create 3-D imagery of severe storms.
NASA's Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) data were used to show estimates of rainfall accumulation in the Midwest during the period from July 7 to 14, 2017. The analysis was conducted at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and indicates that parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio had the highest rainfall totals during the period with more than 152.4 mm (6 inches) of rain being seen in many areas.
This NASA IMERG rainfall calculation from July 7 to 14, 2017, shows the highest rainfall totals occurred in parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio with more than 152.4 (6 inches) of rain being seen in many areas. Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce
On July 9, 10 and 11, severe thunderstorms spawned tornadoes in the Midwest. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission, or GPM, core observatory satellite flew above the area when tornadoes were being sighted in northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio storms on July 10 at 21:01 EDT (July 11 at 01:01 UTC). One of those tornadoes was spotted in Huntington County, Indiana, at almost the same time that the satellite was scanning that area.
At NASA Goddard a 3-D view of the rainfall structure in the July 10 storm was constructed using data collected when GPM's Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instrument scanned the storm. Those GPM radar data showed that a few powerful thunderstorms had tops that were reaching altitudes above 14.7 km (9.1 miles). Rain was measured by GPM's Radar (DPR Ku Band) falling at a rate of more than 64 mm (2.5 inches) per hour.
At NASA Goddard a GPM satellite 3-D view of the rainfall structure in July 10 storm showed that a few powerful thunderstorms had tops that were reaching altitudes above 14.7 km (9.1 miles) and rain falling at a rate of more than 64 mm (2.5 inches) per hour. Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce
Water from the storms over those seven days flowing into the Fox River in northeastern Illinois caused serious flooding in that area. Central Indiana and central Ohio have also had remarkable flooding.
On Friday, July 14 NOAA’s National Weather Service in Milwaukee issued a flood statement for the Fox River at Burlington and near New Munster in addition to the Root River Canal at Raymond.
NOAA’s National Weather Service in Chicago continued river flood warnings for the Des Plaines River and the Fox River.
The warning included the Des Plaines River: near Russell, near Gurnee and at Lincolnshire, all affecting Lake County. Additional warnings affecting Cook County included the Des Plaines River near Des Plaines, at River Forest and at Riverside. The Flood Warning continues for the Fox River at Algonquin Tailwater affecting Kane and McHenry Counties and the Fox River at Montgomery affecting Kane and Kendall Counties.
Featured image credit: NASA/IMERG
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|Title||Islamic Perceptions of Other Countries and Peoples|
|Date/Time||Tuesday 4 July 2017: 14.15-15.45|
|Organiser||IMC Programming Committee|
|Moderator/Chair||Ann R. Christys, Independent Scholar, Leeds|
|Paper 727-a||Exploring the World of Others: New Perspectives on Transcultural Journeys of Muslim Travelers in the 10th Century
Philipp Meller, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
Index Terms: Geography and Settlement Studies; Islamic and Arabic Studies; Politics and Diplomacy; Social History
|Paper 727-b||Arabs and Persians: Making of Self and Other through Foodways at the Times of Shu'ubiya in Iraq, 9th and 10th Centuries
Audrey Caire, Institut de Recherches sur Byzance, l'Islam et la Méditerranée au Moyen Âge (IRBIMMA - UMR 8167), Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne
Index Terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies; Mentalities; Social History
|Paper 727-c||The Encounter with the Kafir (Infidel): Ottoman Perceptions of the Other according to Hindî Mahmud's Captivity Memoire
Semra Çörekçi, Department of History, Istanbul Medeniyet University
Index Terms: Heraldry; Manuscripts and Palaeography; Mentalities; Social History
Unlike Christian countries in Central Europe, the medieval Caliphate of Córdoba showed great interest in other cultures. One of many Muslim travellers was Ibrāhīm ibn Yaʿqūb al-Isrāʾīlī aṭ-Ṭurṭūšī. During his trip through the lands of the Franks, Italians and Slavs, Ibrāhīm visited famous cities, trade markets and even attended an imperial coronation. While historians have discussed the experiences of those travellers or merchants, they have not considered how they were received by the local population in the lands they visited. In which social contexts did foreigners come in contact with the local people? Where did cultural contact take place? These interactions reveal Ibrāhīm's journeys as a transcultural experience, important not only for him but also for those he visited.
The Shu'ubiya was an internal movement of the medieval Islamic society, struggling against any kind of Arab primacy. During the 9th and 10th centuries this conflict between Shu'ubites (mainly Persians) and the anti-shu'ubites (defending Arab primacy) became an important topic of the Arab literature and produced famous anti-shu'ubite literature. These works propound a definition of the Self (Arab) and the Other (Persian) and so a cultural, social, and moral portrait of the Arabs and the Persians. Food and foodways were one of the criteria which distinguished the Arabs from the Persians according to these authors. We can therefore study the making of otherness through their work. What were the distinctive type of food or foodways among Arabs and Persians? Can foodways be a relevant subject of research for identity construction?
Hindî Mahmud was a 60-year-old man when he attended the war of Lepanto in 1571. In the course of the war, he was enslaved and spent next four years in the prisons of Vatican. During those years of imprisonment, he wrote Sergüzeştnâme (adventure) revealing his experiences in the lands of Kafirs. His ideas about the Papacy, religious life of the 'infidel', as well as the conditions of the prisoners can give us a chance to understand how he - as a war captive - envisaged himself and the 'other'. Such works, ultimately, reveal the cultural assumptions of their era, they also elucidate common experiences of engagement with the Occident. | <urn:uuid:81987f2d-012b-4741-9fde-3cb0e1a8be48> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://imc.leeds.ac.uk/dbsql02/AQueryServlet?*id=30&*formId=30&*context=IMC&conference=2017&sessionId=7102&chosenPaperId=&*servletURI=https://imc.leeds.ac.uk/dbsql02/AQueryServlet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.916736 | 895 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The very particular architectural elements that constitute the Trajan's Markets complex provide fascinating examples of a range of building techniques used by the Ancient Romans.
Continuously transformed up to the present day from the administrative center of the Imperial Forum, to a noble residence, to a military fortress, to a convent and barracks.
Its location, so close to the archaeological area known as the Imperial Fora, makes it a particularly prestigious venue for any cultural or private event.
At the Trajan's Market it is possible to organize:
- private events on the terrace (max 120 people standing or sitting); in the rooms on the third floor (max 120 standing people / 80 seats);
- exclusive educational visits (max 200 people).
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- Takes note that China has nominated Raosanling, a ritualized cultural space of the Bai people in Dali for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, described as follows:
Raosanling is an annual three-day festival celebrated by the Bai ethnic group of Dali, Yunnan Province, China. The name refers to the synthesized religion and belief system comprising Buddhism, Taoism, veneration of Benzhu (local deities) and ancestor-worship, traditionally centred on three sacred places in the Erhai lake basin: the Chongsheng Buddhist Temple, the Qingdon Benzhu Temple, and the Erhe Benzhu Temple. From the 23rd to the 25th of the fourth lunar month, thousands of Bai converge, walking from their residential communities day and night to the three sacred places to make sacrifices to their village patron gods. Celebrating nature, participants wear hats decorated with flowers representing good harvests, decorate sun-like patterns on their foreheads, and hold gourds indicating fertility. In each village, at every temple, and in the woods and along the river banks, groups of men and women dance and sing ballads and folk songs. The festival is also the occasion for courtship, and dancers and singers celebrate human procreation. Regardless of social status, wealth or clan groups, Raosanling reflects equal communication and a harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, humans and gods, as well as humans themselves.
- Decides that, from the information provided in nomination file 00427, Raosanling, a ritualized cultural space of the Bai people in Dali satisfies the criteria for inscription on the Representative List, as follows:
R.1: Transmitted from generation to generation, Raosanling is a ritual and festive event integrating diverse cultural expressions, which unites the communities of the Bai people and stresses the coexistence of humans and nature, and humans and their gods;
R.2: Its inscription on the Representative List could contribute to raising awareness of the intangible cultural heritage, while promoting intercultural dialogue and mutual respect among groups and communities practising similar festive events;
R.3: Ongoing and proposed safeguarding measures highlight the efforts of the community, together with the local and State authorities, to promote the transmission of Raosanling and sustain its viability;
R.4: The nomination was elaborated with participation of the community and contains evidence of its free, prior and informed consent.
- Further decides that the information provided in nomination file 00427, Raosanling, a ritualized cultural space of the Bai people in Dali, is not sufficient to allow the Committee to determine whether the criterion for inscription on the Representative List is satisfied, as follows:
R.5: The State is requested to provide further information to demonstrate that the element is included in an inventory of the intangible cultural heritage present in its territory, as defined in Articles 11 and 12 of the Convention, as required in criterion R.5 of paragraph 2 of the Operational Directives.
- Decides to refer the nomination of Raosanling, a ritualized cultural space of the Bai people in Dali to the submitting State Party and invites it to resubmit the nomination providing the additional information specified as regards criterion R.5, with a view to its reexamination and potential inscription of the element by the Committee in a subsequent cycle. | <urn:uuid:87ef7641-af39-4629-9701-4e983dff17cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ich.unesco.org/en/Decisions/6.COM/13.6 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.941714 | 702 | 2.75 | 3 |
A Brief History of Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Unlike many Episcopal churches in Virginia, Emmanuel Episcopal Church was not an “established” colonial church. It grew with the town of Franklin which itself arose in 1835 and was incorporated as a town in 1876. Six years later Emmanuel Episcopal Church was organized on June 7, 1882 in the parlor of the Bogart house –– one of Franklin’s finest homes at the time.
A provisional vestry of four men was elected consisting of: Mr. John Pretlow, who donated the land on which the church is built, Captain Lewis Webb, Mr. A. M. Brownley, and Mr. Murdock Urquhart. The Reverend Frank Stringfellow, Evangelist of the Diocese, helped with the organization and served as Provisional Rector. There have been nineteen successor rectors, the most recent being The Reverend Edmund Pickup, who retired as rector on June 30, 2017.
The cornerstone for the first church building (a small wood frame, board and batten structure) was laid in November, 1882, and the first service was held there on August 28, 1883. A rectory was built in November, 1890, and consecrated in 1891. In 1898 a manual organ was bought in Baltimore and moved to Emmanuel. It was the first pipe organ in Franklin.
By 1913 the small wooden church (at age 31) was demolished and replaced with the present brick structure. Our Credence Table, Hymn Board, Prayer Desk, Bishop’s Chair and Baptismal Font came from the original wooden church. Also in 1913, the church bell was donated by the children of the Sunday School. The new church building was completed and the first service held there in April, 1914. Building the new church was a major financial undertaking for the parish. It has been reported that the ladies of the church operated a tea room to raise funds.
On June 4, 1943 the new church building was free of debt and was consecrated by Bishop Brown. On September 16, 1953 the parish house was dedicated by Bishop Gunn, and the addition to the parish house was dedicated on October 17, 1968 by Bishop Rose. The old organ was replaced by a generous gift in memory of Hugh D. Camp in 1976. It is a hand-built tracker organ by Kinzey Angerstein. The old organ was given to Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in Slaterville Springs, New York, near Ithaca.
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A prime concern for the United States today is the diminishment of its influence in Pakistan. It is still possible to prevent the more dire consequences of this decline. Doing so will require a new U.S. policy — one that does not, as in the recent past, alienate Pakistanis by fixating on American security goals in the Pashtun tribal areas that border Afghanistan at the cost of a partnership with the country as a whole. With a different approach, the United States has a real chance to gain the cooperation of new political forces emerging in Pakistan.
The United States’ strategic interest in Pakistan is undeniable. Pakistan has a nuclear arsenal; its north-west border territory has also served as a base for Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters operating in Afghanistan and is key to the resurgence of attacks on American forces there. But simply meeting Islamist extremism in Pakistan with force has not succeeded. In addition to the threat posed by extremists, Pakistan faces pressing crises in its economic, social, and political development, particularly in terms of poverty, food shortages, energy, and education. If the United States were to help address these crises, we could build partnerships across Pakistani society that would counter Islamist extremism throughout the country.
A bill known as the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act is working its way through the U.S. Congress. If passed, the legislation would provide a significant increase in nonmilitary aid to Pakistan. The bill has — and deserves — broad support. It would give the next American president an unprecedented opportunity to build a more positive and sustainable relationship with Pakistan. Additionally, the United States, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom on September 26 launched a “Friends of Pakistan” group of donor countries to coordinate urgently needed economic aid. The quick enactment of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act would serve to kick start the Friends of Pakistan initiative and for that reason should be immediately addressed by Congress.1
We believe that the United States can and should promote democratic pluralism, economic and social development, and nuclear non-proliferation simultaneously even while it pursues its war on terrorism in Pakistan and throughout the world. The dilemma and challenge for the United States is to mesh our security interests and other priorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan in an effective strategy.
The proposed Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act provides an opportunity for the United States to maintain its own security and promote democracy simultaneously, rather than pitting these two goals against each other. It will help align U.S. priorities with those of Pakistan and broaden our bilateral relations. For this legislation to work, a more detailed understanding of Pakistan’s politics, economy, and current conditions is vital. Significant strands of Pakistani society are open to establishing constructive relations with the United States, but they need to be effectively engaged and convinced that U.S. security priorities will not prevent broader assistance to Pakistan.
Network 20/20 is a New York-based educational organization that connects young private-sector leaders from the United States with their counterparts in other countries. Network 20/20 members have proved to be effective interlocutors with policymakers, providing fresh insights from professionals who are highly motivated and deeply engaged in issues of foreign policy but who have thriving careers outside of that sphere. A Network 20/20 delegation visited Pakistan in May 2008 with three goals in mind:
- To acquire a better understanding of Pakistan and Pakistani views of the war on terrorism and the danger of nuclear proliferation;
- To gain insight into the impact of the on-again, off-again quality of Pakistani-U.S. bilateral relations; and
- To make concrete recommendations as to how the United States can seize this moment to strengthen our alliances across Pakistani society, rather than just with the military.
In a 10-day trip to Pakistan flanked by side trips to Afghanistan and India, Network 20/20 conducted more than 60 interviews. Our subjects, in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Multan, Rawalpindi, Kabul, and New Delhi, represented a cross-section of Pakistani society: government officials, members of parliament, military officers, academics, business executives, journalists, community organizers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and religious leaders, including radical Islamists. Many interviewees spoke English; Network 20/20’s Urdu-speaking members conversed with those who did not. Overall, we found that Pakistanis see the war on terrorism — in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and internationally — as a U.S. agenda item that conflicts with Pakistan’s own interests. At the same time, Pakistanis strongly oppose fundamentalism and support democracy, as evidenced by the February 2008 elections, in which fundamentalist alliances were voted out of power in two provinces, the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan that had been their strongholds. While Pakistanis oppose Islamist extremists, condemn suicide bombing, and support democracy, they have more pressing priorities: addressing the severe economic stress brought about by rising food prices and longer and longer electricity cuts; the debate over how to fight insurgents; and the generalized demand for rule of law throughout the country.
To gain effective Pakistani support for the U.S. war on terrorism, the United States needs to reconcile our objectives with those of Pakistani society. We must forge alliances with multiple public and private constituencies and address the food and energy crises immediately to stem unrest and help stabilize the government. Our main recommendations to U.S. opinion leaders and policymakers are that:
- The Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act should be passed and signed into law quickly. It should also fund the creation of an advisory body of Pakistanis from government and civil society to plan its implementation, to evaluate the aid program and to prevent corruption. This body should meet regularly with representatives of the United States, and its findings should be disclosed publicly.
- Civilian aid should be uncoupled from sanctions. Such a step would neutralize a well-founded Pakistani fear that the United States is mostly interested in supporting military governments in Pakistan. This measure is contained in the proposed Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act, and should be approved in the final version of the law.
- Energy security for Pakistan should be a U.S. priority, because energy shortages are a major cause of instability and an impediment to economic growth. To do this the United States will need to be flexible on issues such as the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline and civilian nuclear cooperation, which could be negotiated in parallel with U.S. efforts to bring Pakistan into nuclear non-proliferation agreements.
- In addition to emergency food aid, the United States should provide emergency aid to the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by military actions against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the North-West Frontier Province, and Baluchistan. This should be approached with the same urgency as the successful U.S. relief effort after the earthquake in Pakistan’s northern areas in 2005.
- The next U.S. president should weigh the tactical gains from air strikes, military incursions, and detentions in Pakistan against the longer-term harm they do to our alliance with Islamabad and our reputation among the Pakistani people.
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By Lenis Rodrigues, Media Relations Staff
The Port of New York and New Jersey has seen its share of big and impressive cargo imports over the years, everything from a replica Batmobile, to NJ Transit subway cars, yachts and even a giant Marilyn Monroe statue.
But another Port claim to fame is its role in helping build the region, literally. And sometimes those imports, too, are spectacular in their own way. Take one extraordinary Hindu temple in Robbinsville, N.J., about 20 miles east of Trenton.
Back in 2014, BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a global religious and civic organization affiliated with the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism, imported Italian marble and 13,499 pieces of stone originally carved in India through the New Jersey Marine Terminals.
From the port, the marble sections and stones were trucked to Robbinsville, where it was used to build a massive mandir, a Hindu place of worship, adorned with 236 peacocks, the national bird of India, and 91 sculpted elephants placed inside the mandir. In all, the artistic and construction materials traveled more than 21,500 miles through an intricate supply chain before they arrived in New Jersey. The Hindu temple – 133 feet long, 87 feet wide and 42 feet tall – is an architectural marvel and mostly completed.
But work continues on other components of the facility, including the BAPS’ Swaminarayan Akshardham Mahamandir, a cultural complex that showcases and celebrates Indian art, culture, traditions and values. Also under construction are a visitor center, exhibition hall and a youth activity center.
“Thanks to the Port of New York and New Jersey, we were able to get the materials without trouble on time here. Today, the mandir is open to anyone, and it’s all thanks to them,” said Lenin Joshi, a mandir spokesman and volunteer.
The Hindu temple project illustrates the wide range of products and materials that flow through the Port, from furniture, beverages, clothing and food products to the type of Italian marble and stunning artistic flourishes used not only in the constructing the mandir, but in the development of the Oculus at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub.
Port Authority Port Department Assistant Director Bethann Rooney noted the remarkable range of goods that flow through the Port to become part of historic regional projects.
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Europe is in the midst of an unprecedented heatwave with temperatures soaring across the continent.
Extreme temperatures have suffocated Spain and Portugal with similarly hot weather set to grip the UK and France this week.
At least 360 people have died in Spain since 10 July and 659 in Portugal where thermometers reached 46 degrees Celsius.
In the UK, experts are predicting the hottest day on record this week as temperatures are set to soar to 41 degrees Celsius. France has also extended a red heatwave alert to more than a dozen regions warning of “hazardous conditions of exceptional intensity.”
And, as people look to escape the heat by flying abroad, ongoing airport chaos has left some travellers suffering from the heat while waiting for their flights.
How is the heat disrupting passengers on flights across Europe?
At Gatwick Airport in the UK, people were reportedly “passing out” due to heat after being left to queue at their gate “without air conditioning” on Saturday.
One traveller tweeted that it was “total chaos” at Gatwick Airport claiming temperatures had reached 26 degrees Celsius inside. Others said it was “boiling” inside the terminal with passengers feeling “unwell” due to the heat.
Total chaos @Gatwick_Airport 26 degrees inside people are passing out! Sort it out at gate 52 before people are hospitalized!
— Ross Harvie (@tweetingRH) July 16, 2022
Another traveller reported being trapped in a stairwell at their departure gate. EasyJet passenger Debbie Shipley tweeted “I would like to know if it's okay to lock 40 people in a stairwell? We’re still here after we were meant to go at 5:55 am.”
— debbie shipley (@debbieshipley14) July 11, 2022
Twitter users said the group had been stuck there for two hours. The airport has apologised for the delays and inconvenience caused to customers over the weekend saying staff shortages were to blame.
It comes after passengers were left without full running water and only two functional toilets on 14 July when a water main burst near the airport.
During the extreme heat in France last week, passengers at Toulouse Blagnac Airport forced their way onto a flight to Marrakech.
Due to depart on Wednesday evening (13 July), they were reportedly left to wait in “stifling heat” without food or water until they learned their flight was cancelled, according to French newspaper La Dépêche.
The exhausted passengers invaded the aircraft and refused to leave. A witness to the event said the situation wasn’t resolved until around 7:30 am the next morning. A flight to Marrakech finally departed Toulouse at 11 am.
Here we go, time to join the Schiphol queue. 🥲 pic.twitter.com/j4GSXNWOdr
— Simon ➡️ TwitchCon (@NincompoopEXE) July 18, 2022
Travellers have also been left to queue in the heat today at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. Lines stretched outside of the terminal building with the wait to pass through security reportedly between two and three hours.
Staff have been handing out water and ice creams to those lining up in the hot weather. Fans and tents have also been erected outside to try and keep people cool in the queues.
How do you stay safe at the airport during a heatwave?
Gatwick Airport’s website refers people to UK government advice on the red weather warning in place on 18 and 19 July.
Passengers travelling through the airport are being told to bring empty water bottles through security to fill up at water fountains in the departure lounge.
In response to the recent airport chaos, Heathrow is advising passengers to arrive no more than 3 hours before their flight. Travellers are also being reminded to check what they can and can’t bring in their hand luggage in order to keep queues at security moving.
For those looking to get to London’s airports via public transport, many rail services have been amended with Transport for London advising passengers only to travel if their journey is essential. Timetables are reduced with fewer services running during the heatwave - including the Gatwick Express.
On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July, @networkrail is expecting disruption to train services due to extreme temperatures. Timetables will be reduced, with fewer services running.
Plan your journey in advance at https://t.co/BxBH3j7619 https://t.co/oIaDNleW3c
— Gatwick Airport LGW (@Gatwick_Airport) July 16, 2022
If you have to travel, passengers are being advised to check their journeys in advance before setting out.
With temperatures high in the Netherlands, Schiphol Airport has also shared some advice for passengers waiting in queues. Travellers are being told to bring enough water for themselves and their families, wear light clothing and apply sunscreen if they have to wait outside the terminal.
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Technics and Civilization
"However far modern science and technics have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson: Nothing is impossible." I don't have the book handy. Could someone verify this? I doubt that a literate man of Mumford's generation would automatically capitalize the first word after a colon. That is a silly modern practice. AxelHarvey 05:31, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps his most attributed (About 43,500 results from Google) quote is: "Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf." After a brief attempt, I have been unable to locate the source. Anybody? For now I hope it is okay to put this under 'Unsourced'. ~Eric F 184.108.40.206 14:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
- Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not merely the duty to foster invention and constantly to create technological novelties, but equally the duty to surrender to these novelties unconditionally, just because they are offered, without respect to their human consequences.
- Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity. [FYI, I found this quote sourced as follow in several instances but have not access to the original full text to verify: Lewis Mumford, 1955, The Roaring Traffic’s Boom. ]
- I looked this one up. The correct quote is: "Most of the fancy cures that the experts have offered for New York's congestion are based on the innocent notion that the problem can be solved by increasing the capacity of the existing traffic routes, multiplying the number of ways of getting in and out of town, or providing more parking space for cars that should not have been lured into the city in the first place. Like the tailor's remedy for obesity—letting out the seams of the trousers and loosening the belt—this does nothing to curb the greedy appetites that have caused the fat to accumulate." Lewis Mumford, 1955 (Apr 16). "The Roaring Traffic's Boom—III," The New Yorker, p. 78-88 (quote on p. 78). --Harald Kliems (talk) 17:35, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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- According to a recent ADP survey, only 20% of workers feel that their job is stable and secure.
- Some reasons for widespread worry include the profound shifts in work environments over the past two years.
- If what lies ahead is indeed a rescission or a depression, workers are right to be worried about job loss which is a certainty of such unstable economic conditions.
As it stands, over the past year, there have been more jobs available than ever. Demand for work is at an all-time high, but companies are still struggling with labor shortages. Yet, currently employed workers are more worried than ever about job security.
Workers are worried about job security
According to a recent ADP survey, only 20% of workers feel that their job is stable and secure. Some reasons for widespread worry include the profound shifts in work environments over the past two years.
This includes the fact that job training is increasingly for tomorrow’s jobs, not today’s jobs. Moreover, since such training is not given to already hired employees, the prospect of layoffs becomes a more salient possibility from the perspectives of employed workers.
Another reason most workers worry about job security and stability is inflation. For most workers, wages do not go up in proportion with rises in inflation, diminishing the purchasing power of worker salaries.
Inflation is known conventionally as an economic phenomenon that precedes recessions and depressions. And if what lies ahead is indeed a rescission or a depression, workers are right to be worried about job loss which is a certainty of such unstable economic conditions.
In short, despite the actual numerical wage increases, real wages are decreasing. Likewise, many workers are apprehensive about being left behind as the world of work, and its technological infrastructure makes radical changes.
Workers are justifiably worried about the additional prospect of economic collapse in the wake of inflation.
Voluntary decreases in job stability
Job stability is almost guaranteed to decrease in the future of work because of the Great Resignation. Millions of workers each month have been quitting their jobs for nearly a year now, which is expected to continue indefinitely.
For example, according to Willis Towers Watson’s 2022 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey, 44% of employed workers can be categorized as job seekers.
This is one among many similar reports – indeed, one that is rather conservative. Other reports suggest that most American workers have been looking for a job since the start of the pandemic, and most still are.
What will job stability look like in the future?
Many workers are cynical about job stability in the future. For example, 60% of people think that very few people will have long-term stable employment in the future, according to the PWC Workforce of the future report.
But how representative of job stability in the future of work is this majority opinion? Will job stability considerably diminish over the next few years?
In many ways, there is no real way to answer this question definitively, as sometimes substantial market changes happen unpredictably, causing an industry or a company to tank. However, what is clear is that job stability in the future of work is somewhat precarious.
The Great Resignation will continue indefinitely and as will inflation, so predicting the nature of job stability across industries in the next couple of years tilts towards less job stability than more.
To learn about the future, we can look to history. For example, in times of economic instability, job stability will become less common and thus should not be expected as the necessary outcome of acquiring a job.
The best a worker can do in light of this distorted situation is to future-proof themselves on the job market. One way of doing this is by researching companies in your line of work with good long-term job stability records.
Keeping spirits and patience high will be of great necessity for maintaining well-being in the face of these problematic and harrowing economic conditions. There is both a good reason for cynicism and also a good reason for hope.
While job stability is likely to decrease over the next few years, the Great Resignation has given workers the upper hand in many ways never before thought possible.
Because of the Great Resignation, workers have much greater flexibility and drive to get better, higher-paying, and more flexible work for themselves, instead of being tied down to a job simply because of its benefit of stability.
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“Can India, population 1.3 billion, be isolated? He had not one word of sympathy to offer, only a lengthy, gloating boast about India’s infrastructure and Covid-preparedness. It’s unlikely this question was posed in very the very same way when the coronavirus was raging by way of the UK and Europe just a couple of months ago. But we in India have little ideal to take offence, provided our prime minister’s words at the Globe Financial Forum in January this year. ” the Washington Post asked rhetorically in a current editorial about India’s unfolding catastrophe and app to watch hindi web series free the difficulty of containing new, fast-spreading Covid variants within national borders. Modi spoke at a time when folks in Europe and the US had been suffering via the peak of the second wave of the pandemic. “Friends, I have brought the message of self-confidence, positivity and hope from 1.3 billion Indians amid these occasions of apprehension … I downloaded the speech simply because I worry that when history is rewritten by the Modi regime, as it quickly will be, it may possibly disappear, or come to be hard to locate. “Not very easily,” it replied.
There’s only the Statue of Unity, constructed in the likeness of the freedom fighter and very first deputy prime minister of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who the dam is named soon after. At 182 metres higher, it’s the tallest statue in the globe and price US$422m. Of course, you cannot see the river valley civilisation that lies destroyed, submerged in the depths of the vast reservoir, or hear the stories of the people today who waged a single of the most attractive, profound struggles the globe has ever identified – not just against that one particular dam, but against the accepted ideas of what constitutes civilisation, happiness and progress. The statue was Modi’s pet project. The buddy who messaged about Prabhubhai had spent years as an anti-dam activist in the Narmada valley. She wrote: “My hands shiver as I write this. Higher-speed elevators inside take tourists up to view the Narmada dam from the level of Sardar Patel’s chest.
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While addressing a crowd, a single of the latter died at the hands of a mob last Thursday. Given its quick adoption and use by the government to convey public messages, it really is no wonder that UN human rights specialists think the social network played a function in the spread of hate speech, according to Reuters. Please treat your fellow commenters with respect and civility. Some of our stories incorporate affiliate hyperlinks. The surging public sentiment and homicidal violence that pushed 650,000 of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority out of the country was fueled by hate speech that spread on the net like wildfire, primarily by means of Facebook. But it’s tougher to monitor what users are saying in those messages, offered the service’s end-to-end encryption. WhatsApp spokesperson Carl Woog told The Washington Post. Comments that are off-topic from the short article and comments that are insulting to other customers are against our guidelines and recommendations. Due to multiple violations of our guidelines and suggestions, the comment section to this post is now closed. All solutions encouraged by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent business. And it is happened before, with horrific consequences. This is far from the 1st violence caused by the spread of fake news on the net. Less than 1 percent of its population had world wide web access in 2014, but these days, a quarter of the country’s 53 million individuals use Facebook. If you buy one thing through a single of these links, we may possibly earn an affiliate commission. In the final few days, the Facebook-owned WhatsApp has provided group administrators control more than which members can post messages. But it is alarming to see so quite a few deaths triggered by those new to social media who don’t know to be skeptical of scams and deception. | <urn:uuid:a3a11abf-6870-440e-a7d4-7fc127edb1b0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gudu.gg/punjabi-newspaper-the-occasions-of-punjab-is-the-finest-supply-of-punjabi-news/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.962509 | 1,064 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Washington. Benjamin Whiteley went to the Safeway supermarket in Washington, D.C. to buy some things for dinner. But he was disappointed to find empty vegetable shelves and a meager amount of turkey, chicken and milk. “It looks like I didn’t find anything,” said White, 67. “Now I will have to look elsewhere.”
This shortage is widespread nationwide and has affected all kinds of products, both basic necessities – meat, vegetables, milk and bread – as well as canned foods and cleaning supplies.
Consumer discontent has been repeatedly expressed on social media in recent days. It is an unprecedented scenario for stores in the United States, where the shelves of supermarkets in the largest economy in the world are usually overflowing.
Food shortages in supermarkets have worsened in recent weeks, as new problems, such as the omicron variant of the coronavirus and bad weather, have led to supply chain problems and labor shortages that have affected retailers since the coronavirus pandemic began.
US grocery stores typically have 5 to 10 percent of inventory, but that rate now hovers around 15 percent, said Jeff Freeman, president and CEO of the Consumer Brands Association.
Some of the shortages consumers see on store shelves are due to pandemic trends that never abated and were exacerbated by the omicron variable. Americans are eating more at home than they used to, especially since offices and some schools remain closed.
The average American family spent $144 a week last year on groceries, according to the International Monetary Fund, a trade organization for grocers and food producers. This is below the 2020 high of $161, but still well above the $113.50 for families that spent it in 2019.
The truck driver shortage that started before the pandemic remains a problem. In October, the American Trucking Association said the country had lost about 80,000 drivers, a record number.
Additionally, merchandise shipments continue to be delayed, affecting everything from imported products to packaging manufactured abroad.
As with hospital, school and office staff, the omicron variant wreaked havoc on food production lines. Sean Connolly, president and CEO of Conagra Brands, which makes frozen Birds Eye vegetables, Slim Jim steak snacks and other products, told investors last week that supplies from the company’s U.S. plants will be limited at least next month due to absences. related to. for the omicron variable.
In addition, weather-related events, from snowstorms in the northeastern United States to wildfires in Colorado, have affected product availability and caused some customers to buy more than usual, exacerbating supply problems caused by the pandemic.
(With information from the editorial office)
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Category: Sustainable world
It's not rocket science!
What's this about?
Environmental impacts of space activities have often been omitted from key legislation and regulations despite rocket propulsion being the only manmade source of emissions to inject ozone destroying compounds directly into all layers of the atmosphere. To address this, a new tool has been created at the University of Strathclyde which can be used in the design of future space missions to assist decision-makers reduce the overall environmental impact.
More detail about the research
Although the space industry produces relatively low levels of pollution in comparison to other sectors, this may become more meaningful with the scaling up of space activities in the near to medium term future. In such an event, scientifically quantifying and reducing their environmental impacts will become an extremely important subject within the industry and may become a mandatory component of space mission design. As such, this research will allow the space industry to address this issue before it becomes a problem, through the development of a new tool which can be used by a variety of stakeholders within the sector.
Entrant: Andrew Wilson , University of Strathclyde
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To give students a comprehensive, holistic approach to their college education and well-being, and to connect them to on-campus and other useful resources, Cal State Fullerton has launched the YOU@Fullerton pilot program.
The virtual platform, coordinated by Student Affairs, is a one-stop shop to better serve and care for students and focuses on resources related to academics, physical wellness and mental health.
The start date for the web-based platform was moved up from late summer due to the coronavirus pandemic since students are now taking classes online, and may be experiencing isolation and missing their on-campus college experiences, said Kevin Thomas, associate director of counseling and psychological services. (See related story)
YOU@Fullerton is a partnership with the California State University Chancellor’s Office and is one of 14 of the 23 campuses selected to be a part of a two-year pilot program.
What is YOU@Fullerton?
YOU is a metaphor — a reminder — and the main idea is that the individual student has the power to learn information and to make changes. One of the slogans is: ‘Wellness begins with YOU.’
What is the mission of YOU?
YOU@Fullerton is an online tool designed to help students be successful during their time at CSUF. Accessible from their homes, on any laptop or mobile device, students — and faculty and staff, too — are able to explore online resources.
Why offer this platform for students?
Most of today’s college students are digital natives. The first place they look for help is online. Additionally, due to the stigma associated with mental health, it can be hard for certain students to go in person to a counseling center. YOU@Fullerton emphasizes individual well-being and self-awareness in order to connect students to evidence-based health information, campus resources, peers and opportunities. It’s a place where students can look up information without feeling stigmatized or ashamed.
What are the benefits to students?
Through YOU@Fullerton, students can take “Reality Check” quizzes that assess their overall well-being and help them to set goals. Students can use the online tools to explore relevant articles, videos and CSUF resources that support their personal goals and general wellness. All activities on the health portal are anonymous to protect privacy.
How is the online program different?
From academics and social life, to mental and physical health, YOU@Fullerton is a new kind of solution, focused on skill-building for holistic wellness, rather than focusing on specific deficiencies. Depending on the need, the want or the will, students can connect with hundreds of pieces of self-help content within each section. The site contains a wide variety of short, evidence-based articles, fact sheets and tips covering three broad areas: academic success, personal growth and overall physical and mental well-being. It’s a comprehensive health portal with information on all aspects of what it’s like to be a college student. All of the content is free, and is curated and vetted by behavioral health experts. The content is from quality, evidence-based original sources. Cal State Fullerton resources available to students are also listed on the YOU@ Fullerton website.
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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade needs to improve its data management systems and better implement the lessons learned during overseas crises, according to an audit report on DFAT’s consular services by the Australian National Audit Office.
The report, released on Tuesday, found that DFAT’s administration of consular services “is broadly appropriate”, and that “these services are generally delivered effectively”.
The ANAO did, however, make three main recommendations.
DFAT needs to strengthen its management and oversight of consular services to Australians overseas by ensuring it “improves the recording of key consular case management information in the relevant case management system” and implementing “an annual risk-based quality assurance process” for consular cases.
The report recommends the department “strengthen its crisis preparations and response capabilities” by carrying out post-crisis contingency planning risk assessments of secondary risks and making sure the findings of evaluations are properly implemented.
Improving transparency and reporting is the third area of concern for the ANAO, which suggested developing appropriate key performance indicators and targets and including reporting on whether consular services performance targets are being reached:
“While DFAT has in place consular services KPIs that are aligned to the program objective and deliverables, these indicators do not, at present, directly measure and provide an assessment of performance. The development of a set of KPIs, that measure key consular performance, provide a target for achievement, and illustrate trends over time, would better position DFAT and stakeholders, including the Parliament, to assess how effectively consular services are being delivered.”
DFAT has agreed to implement these recommendations.
The ANAO also argued elements of the department’s Smart Traveller program to raise awareness of consular services could be improved. The number of people who register with DFAT’s Online Register of Australians Overseas — used to help track down Australians in an emergency — remains very low, despite widespread understanding of the benefits of doing so.
Given that only 20% of those who begin the process of registering reach the end, there is some evidence a significant reason for low registration rates appears to be difficulty in using the website. The department’s consular strategy has flagged that it plans to make this system easier to use.
Greater demand is being placed on Australia’s consular services, as the report notes. The number of Australians travelling overseas — including higher risk individuals such as the elderly and children — has grown markedly from 3.4 million in 2002-03 to 9.2 million in 2013-14, thanks in part to cheaper airfares and improved standards.
Meanwhile, funding for consular services peaked in 2009-10 at $83.5 million and sat at $76.2 million as of 2013-14.
Another challenge to consular service provision is “the rising expectations of individuals and their families about the level of assistance provided, partly driven by media interest in higher profile cases”.
Alex Oliver, director of polling at the Lowy Institute, told The Mandarin in December that DFAT’s resources “have stagnated, and its budget is looking increasingly anaemic” because of these pressures.
The Abbott government last year signalled a crackdown on those who abuse the consular assistance system.
Releasing the Consular Strategy 2014-16 in December, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said it “emphasises there must be less latitude to the small minority who have unreasonable demands of consular assistance or whose actions are wilfully reckless”.
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Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have found that the three most commonly used drugs in the United States, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and aspirin, increase the risk of developing high blood pressure in middle-aged men. These findings are published in the Feb. 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
“Given the high levels of consumption of these drugs and the increasing rate of hypertension, these over-the-counter analgesics should be taken with greater caution,” says John P. Forman of the Renal Division at BWH, a Harvard-affliated hospital. “This is a potentially preventable cause of high blood pressure.”
Researchers analyzed questionnaires from 16,031 men with a mean age of 65 years old without a history of high blood pressure at baseline who are part of the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Respondents to the questionnaires were queried about their frequency of use of acetaminophen, NSAIDs, and aspirin as well as new diagnosis of hypertension by a clinician. Forman and his colleagues observed a significant independent association between the frequency of analgesic use and risk of hypertension among all three classes of drugs studied. Specifically, researchers report that compared to men who didn’t take that analgesic:
- Men who took acetaminophen six to seven days per week had a 34 percent increased risk of hypertension;
- Men who took NSAIDs six to seven days per week had a 38 percent increased risk of hypertension;
- Men who took aspirin six to seven days per week had a 26 percent increased risk of hypertension; and
- The number of analgesic pills taken per week as well as the frequency of use were associated with a similar increase risk of hypertension.
These findings are consistent with previous results found in women in the Nurses’ Health Studies.
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Construction businesses in the construction sector operate on construction projects that last for a certain amount of time and have specified goals that must be fulfilled within that time frame. However, before beginning any project, the marketing sector is critical in enticing prospective clients to acquire the construction company’s services.
Marketing is one of the most significant instruments for a construction firm to maximize its performance. Even if your company is incredibly successful, you will not reach the correct audience until you use the right marketing. As a result, do not underestimate the importance of marketing in the construction industry. Your business’s success is dependent on the process of researching, advertising, and finally selling your product or service.
Marketing’s Role in Construction
Following that, we will discuss the two techniques that construction businesses use to describe their marketing position.
Establishing a brand
Marketing’s involvement in the construction business may be divided into two categories. On the one hand, construction marketing is primarily concerned with branding. This method involves strategic and creative management focused towards digital media in order to develop a brand identity that is positional, distinct, and long-lasting.
Strategic marketing, to a lesser degree but no less significant, may be used in the construction business through a digital channel. Typically, this strategy will develop a buyer journey and begin producing leads. In other words, a group of people who are not yet ready to purchase an apartment but want to begin their search for reliable information.
How may branding and strategic marketing be combined?
Based on the foregoing, we can conclude that the role of marketing in construction is, on the one hand, branding and, on the other, strategic marketing, but without overlooking the importance of communicating the message to a larger number of people, and that this marketing must promote a commercial objective, because if the company does not have a commercial objective and a sales plan oriented toward strategic marketing, it becomes redundant.
Branding helps to improve brand image but cannot be used to assess sales generation. In terms of strategic marketing, it is feasible to create targets and gather metrics in a certain time frame that will result in outcomes.
Construction marketing may be really beneficial in this regard. Otherwise, branding is seen as a cost since it is comprised of unmeasurable, untraceable behaviors that lead to an unconscious impression of the human person. When you start using strategic marketing in your construction firm, your marketing efforts start to transform into sales possibilities. It is best to employ Industri for improved performance.
In this sense, marketing’s role in the construction industry may become increasingly important, because a website can begin to generate contacts who can be nurtured through email chains, educated, and given the impulse to buy apartments through a digital channel by the buyer persona who travels a defined conversion path. This will benefit your marketing efforts.
In the construction industry, there are two techniques to obtaining sales opportunities: branding and strategic marketing. The first is to increase brand awareness and client identification while staying in their minds for a longer period of time. The second is more focused on creating new leads and nurturing them so that the route to conversion and purchase is shortened.
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by Johannes Uys
As a GP, I deal with a lot of complaints where neck pain or neck stiffness is a symptom. Neck pain can vary from mild discomfort, barely noticeable as a symptom to quite significant with a lot of muscle stiffness and immobility where any movement, however small, hurts. The severity of the pain does not always relate to the seriousness of the condition causing the pain.
Neck pain can have many causes, but are commonly grouped into three distinct categories:
1. Neck pain as a symptom of an underlying medical condition
A lot of medical conditions will have neck pain as a common symptom. This is where the experience of the treating professional plays a vital role in prompt and correct diagnosis of the underlying cause. Again, this can vary from serious, but uncommon medical conditions like Meningitis and other infections, Brain tumours etc. to less serious and for more common conditions like stress / anxiety leading to neck stiffness and associated muscle pain.
2. Neck pain originating from Soft Tissue / Muscles around the neck
The most common cause of general neck pain seems to be from the soft tissue structures around the neck. This can be from injury (sports injuries, whiplash injuries etc.) or just sleeping in a different position. Most often, the cause is posture related and due to our modern lifestyle. Treatment tends to be aimed at strengthening the muscles or tendons causing the pain and addressing the specific weakness or posture leading to the pain.
3. Neck pain originating from the cervical vertebrae
Neck pain with a vertebral cause is more difficult to treat. Causes might include neck injuries or wear and tear leading to arthritis of the cervical vertebrae. We also see cervical disc herniation or facet joint pain or stiffness leading to acute neck pain. It is vital to get an accurate diagnosis where vertebral pain is concerned and this is where X-rays and MRI scans of the neck helps.
Treatment will again be focussed around Physiotherapy and Chiropractic. Sometimes we have to refer patients to a Neuro-Spinal Specialist or a Rheumatologist if the injury or disease process warrants specialist treatment and occasionally treatment might even involve spinal surgery. Again, accurate diagnosis is key in deciding what treatment will be needed.
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The Council adopted today a set of decisions establishing four assistance measures under the European Peace Facility (EPF) in support of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the Republic of Mali.
These measures aim to strengthen the capacities of beneficiary countries in military and defence matters, with the aim of promoting domestic resilience and peace. For Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, the EU also aims to enhance the capacity and interoperability of local armed forces to contribute to Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) military missions and operations. The measures are in response to requests sent to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy by the countries involved.
All assistance will be subject to compliance with relevant international law, in particular international human rights and international humanitarian law, as well as with relevant legal instruments and best practices based on international and EU rules, standards and policies regarding the supply of equipment to armed forces. None of the measures involve the supply of equipment designed to deliver lethal force.
This assistance measure will help strengthen the capacities of the Georgian Defence Forces, including their ability to provide their services to civilians in crises or emergency situations.
In particular, it will provide non-lethal medical and engineering equipment and civilian-type mobility assets.
This measure is worth €12.75 million over a period of 36 months.
Republic of Moldova
This assistance measure will help build the capacities of the Military Medical Service and the Engineering Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova, including their ability to provide their respective services to civilians in crises or emergency situations.
In particular, the EU will finance the provision of medical equipment for the Military Medical Service, and of explosive ordnance disposal equipment for the Engineering Battalion.
This measure is worth €7 million over a period of 36 months.
This assistance measure will enhance the overall resilience of Ukraine and help strengthen the capacities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including their ability to provide their services to civilians in crises or emergency situations.
In particular, it will finance military medical units, including field hospitals, engineering, mobility and logistics units, and support on cyber.
The measure is worth €31 million over a period of 36 months.
In conjunction with the EU Training Mission in Mali, this assistance measure will help strengthen the capacities of the Malian Armed Forces to enable them to conduct military operations aimed at restoring Malian territorial integrity and reduce the threat posed by terrorist groups. This should contribute to an enhanced presence of state services in remote areas and lead to better protection of civilians.
The EU will further professionalise the Malian Armed Forces in three main areas: supporting the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy in Banankoro; renovating the training infrastructure in Sévaré Mopti; and providing equipment to supported units of the Malian Armed Forces.
The EU follows closely the political situation in Mali and stands closely with the Malian people in promoting peace and stability in the country. The EU intends to continue its cooperation with the country, in particular when it comes to the provision of security to civilians. The measure is worth €24 million over a period of 30 months. The assistance measure will be carefully assessed and could be suspended if conditions for its good implementation are not met.
The European Peace Facility was established in March 2021 to finance EU external actions with military or defence implications, with the aim of preventing conflict, preserving peace and strengthening international security and stability. In particular, the EPF allows the EU to finance actions designed to strengthen the capacities of third states and regional and international organisations as regards military and defence matters.
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Confirmation Bias in Criminal Investigations
34 Pages Posted: 5 Jul 2006
Date Written: September 19, 2006
Confirmation bias is the tendency to bolster a hypothesis by seeking consistent evidence while disregarding inconsistent evidence. In criminal investigations, preference for hypothesis-consistent information could contribute to false convictions by leading investigators to disregard evidence that challenges their theory of a case. Two studies examine factors that influence confirmation bias in criminal investigations. In study 1, participants (N = 108) who stated hypotheses early in their review of a mock police file showed bias in seeking and interpreting evidence. In study 2 (N = 109), asking participants to consider why a hypothesis might be wrong remedied bias, but asking them to generate additional hypotheses did not. Implications for improving accuracy of investigations and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Keywords: confirmation bias, false convictions
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(3) Invasive plant species pilot program (A) Definitions In this paragraph: (i) Eligible entity The term “eligible entity” means a partnership between or among 2 or more entities that— (I) includes— (aa) at least 1 flood control district; and (bb) at least 1 city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State or Indian Tribe (as defined in section 5304 of title 25 ); and (II) may include any other entity (such as a nonprofit organization or institution of higher education), as determined by the Secretary. (ii) Invasive plant species The term “invasive plant species” means a plant that is nonnative to the ecosystem under consideration, the introduction of which causes or is likely to cause economic harm or harm to human health. (B) Pilot program The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall establish a pilot program under which such Secretary shall work with eligible entities to carry out activities— (i) to remove invasive plant species in riparian areas that contribute to drought conditions in— (I) the Lower Colorado River Basin; (II) the Rio Grande River Basin; (III) the Texas Gulf Coast Basin; and (IV) the Arkansas-White-Red Basin; (ii) where appropriate, to replace the invasive plant species described in clause (i) with ecologically suitable native species; and (iii) to maintain and monitor riparian areas in which activities are carried out under clauses (i) and (ii). (C) Report to Congress Not later than 18 months after December 27, 2020 , the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report describing the implementation of the pilot program. (D) Termination of authority The authority provided under this paragraph shall terminate on September 30, 2024 . | <urn:uuid:7fbd2e7e-5109-4344-9226-dfd401b4cd77> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=33-USC-392077900-1095580509&term_occur=999&term_src=title:33:chapter:12:subchapter:IV:section:610 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.925991 | 424 | 2.09375 | 2 |
students must earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar to receive capstone diploma
ABOVE VIDEO: Srimayi Tenali, a junior at West Shore Junior/Senior High School in Melbourne, Florida explains how AP Capstone allows students to choose their own topics of research and how the course taught her to write papers that are concise and effective. (Advanced Placement video)
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – West Shore Jr./Sr. High School is celebrating 43 students from the class of 2021 who have earned the AP Capstone Diploma. The AP Capstone Diploma program helps students to develop critical thinking, research, collaboration, and presentation skills that are critical to academic success.
“We proudly recognize the achievements of students who participated in the AP Capstone Diploma program,” said Rick Fleming, West Shore principal.
“Our AP Capstone students and teachers showed extraordinary commitment while facing historic challenges. This is a meaningful college readiness program that will serve our students well after high school.”
To receive the AP Capstone Diploma, students must earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar, AP Research, and on four additional AP Exams.
Unlike traditional AP subject exams with a single end-of-year assessment, AP Seminar and AP Research assessments are project-based and evaluate skills mastery through group projects, presentations, and individual essays completed throughout the year.
AP Capstone: A Student Perspective
Instead of focusing on one specific academic discipline, AP Seminar and AP Research are interdisciplinary: students are empowered to create research projects based on topics of personal interest and they are assessed on the critical thinking, research, collaboration, time management, and presentation skills needed to complete their projects
Students are increasingly participating in the AP Capstone program.
During the 2020-21 school year, over 2,000 schools participated in the AP Capstone program worldwide, and approximately 11,900 students earned the AP Capstone Diploma.
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Google on Friday announced yet another security improvement for Chrome 25. In addition to killing silent extension installation, the omnibox in Google’s browser will send all searches over a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection.
Chrome already does this for users who are signed in to Google: when they search from the address bar, their queries are sent over HTTPS. As of Chrome 25, however, the same will happen for users who aren’t signed in to Google.
We saw Google was experimenting with this feature last month, but couldn’t get the company to comment on the change. Either way, testing appears to be complete and Google is getting ready to roll out the security improvement.
For those who don’t know, Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a secure communications protocol. Technically, it’s not a protocol in itself: it actually consists of the SSL/TLS protocol with an HTTP layer on top.
In its announcement, Google provided a quick history lesson:
Serving content over SSL provides users with a more secure and private search experience. It helps ensure that malicious actors who might intercept people’s internet traffic can’t see their queries. Many major sites have begun serving content over SSL by default, such as Gmail in early 2010, Twitter in February 2012, and Facebook in November 2012. Search has also been moving toward encryption. Google introduced Encrypted Search in May 2010 and made encryption the default for signed-in users starting in October 2011. Firefox announced a switch to SSL for all Google searches in July 2012, and Safari did the same thing in September 2012. Chrome is continuing this trend.
The best part is undoubtedly that users shouldn’t notice a difference. We would guess there would be a slight slowdown, but Google says that searches will be slightly faster due to Chrome’s implementation of the SPDY protocol, which by the way Firefox also supports.
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Form W-9 LLC Classifications
A Limited Liability Company (LLC) can have one of several classification types for the purpose of federal tax treatment. Some LLC classification types require the members of the LLC to elect its tax treatment by filing a form with the IRS, and other LLC classification types provide default tax treatment based on the number of members the LLC has. When you complete IRS Form W-9 for compensation your LLC receives for services, you must indicate the classification of your company.
Filing as a C-corporation
Your LLC is treated as a C-corporation for tax purposes if you filed Form 8832, Entity Classification Election with the IRS. This form must be filed within the first 75 days of your business formation or within the first 75 days of a new business tax year if your company has already been in business for at least 75 days. C-corporations file Form 1120 to report business income and expenses.
As an owner of a C-corporation, you receive a regular paycheck and your earnings from the company are reported on Form W-2. If you filed Form 8832, or your business files Form 1120 to report business income, check the “Limited Liability Company” box on Form W-9 and write “C” on the classification line.
What if You Have a S-corporation?
Your LLC is treated as an S-corporation if you filed IRS Form 2553, Election by a Small Business Corporation to elect tax treatment under the federal S-corporation rules. Similar to C-corporation elections, this form must be filed with the IRS within the first 75 days of business formation, or for companies that have existed longer than 75 days, within the first 75 days of a new tax year. S-corporations file Form 1120S to report business income and expenses.
In addition, an officer of an S-corporation receives W-2 income from the company and a K-1 statement that lists the percentage of business profit or loss that is passed through to him each year on an individual level. If you filed Form 2553 or your LLC files Form 1120S to report business income, check the “Limited Liability Company” box on Form W-9 and write “S” on the classification line.
An Automatic Partnership
If your LLC has two or more members, the IRS automatically treats your company as a partnership for tax purposes. You do not make an election to receive this treatment. LLCs with two or more members file Form 1065 to report business income and expenses, and each partner receives a K-1 statement each year to report his share of partnership income or loss on his individual Form 1040 income tax return. If your LLC files Form 1065 to report business income, check the “Limited Liability Company” box on Form W-9 and write “P” on the classification line.
None of the Above Is a Disregarded Entity
If you operate an LLC and are the only member, but have not made an election to be treated as a C-corporation or S-corporation, by default your LLC is treated as a disregarded entity. Disregarded entities are companies that do not distinguish between the activities of an individual owner and the activities of the business. Essentially, you are self-employed.
Your LLC reports business income and expenses on Schedule C as an attachment to your federal individual income tax return, Form 1040. If your LLC is a disregarded entity, do not check the “Limited Liability Company” box on Form W-9 or write anything on the LLC classification line. You must check the “Individual/Sole Proprietor” box. | <urn:uuid:6c39b9b8-a4f2-48c5-ad81-89dab4040770> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://smallbusiness.chron.com/form-w9-llc-classifications-32971.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.95249 | 781 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Are You Struggling to Reach your Goals?
Simply following others or deciding the targets based on exterior purposes will leave you in the lurch and never give you a sense of accomplishment
Dreams, goals, aspirations, passion and inner calling are all synonymous terms. They can be used interchangeably. Napoleon Hill quotes, “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” There are lakhs of people who wake up planning, but only a few reach the destination.
What happens when you are not able to reach the target? You are bound to feel frustrated, agitated, let down and gloomy. However, there are reasons why the target couldn’t be achieved. Here are a few reasons which explain as to why you had to struggle to reach your goal:
1. Believe in Yourself
‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going.’
You have to keep the faith in you stronger with each step taken backward. There will be tough days, rainy days and days full of exasperation when you see the goal being unachievable. But you have to believe in yourself. Self-confidence is the key to keep pacing two steps forward when the direction has taken you a step backward. Anil Aggarwal, CEO of Parveen Brick Kiln strongly recommends having faith in one’s abilities, no matter how far the target is. He says, “Self-confidence is the best outfit you can adorn and gleam in even if you see darkness around you. Irrespective of the distance from your final destination, you must never give up.”
Parveen Daryani, CEO of A & A Business Consultancy also says, “Never be overwhelmed that the task is too difficult, the target is too far or the process of goal accomplishment is too tough. Keep going with faith in your abilities and confidence in your vision.”
2. Focus on the Main Goal
Sometimes you focus too much on the nitty-gritty of the events that you start deviating from the main goal. This deviation increases the duration and distance from the main goal and delays the tasks further. Stay focused on the main target and continue going with the right spirit.
3. Plan and Implement
Each time you envisage a goal, break it into actionable small goals. Charter adequate time for each sub-goal and completion of these sub-goals will give you the motivation and sense of fulfillment to work for the main task.
Sachin Jain, Director Girnar Global, says, “Dividing and sub-dividing the main goals gives you smaller and easily achievable sub-goals. A goal without proper planning is a boat without radar, a trip without an itinerary, a party without the venue. Divide and plan your goals with a step-by-step approach.”
4. Do not Trust People Blindly
This is one thing you must always keep in mind that it is your goal and your vision and others will not be able to perceive it in the same light as you. So do not be blindfolded when you entrust someone with a task. Make sure you keep a continual check and monitor the progress so that the main task does not suffer.
Ashish Gupta, CEO of Reva Enterprises says, “Trusting people blindly will alienate the efficiency and purpose of the goal. Do cross-check when you delegate the work and take the feedback regularly.”
5. Is it your passion?
You will struggle to reach a target if it is not your inner calling. The goals you set must be driven out of passion and not any monetary benefits or bandwagon effect. You will be able to do it with zeal and enthusiasm only if the purpose aligns with your passion.
Perminder Singh Malik, CEO of Rapid Skillz says, “Follow your heart and understand what you are meant for. Simply following others or deciding the targets based on exterior purposes will leave you in the lurch and never give you a sense of accomplishment.”
The Bottom line:
Are you giving up? Are you feeling low because you cannot attain your targets?
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Each year, the majority of people who file a tax return end up being due a refund from the IRS. And once you file your taxes, you'll no doubt want that money back quickly. But in some cases, you could end up waiting a lot longer than expected to get that refund. Here are some of the reasons.
1. You filed on paper
The IRS typically issues refunds for electronically filed tax returns within three weeks. For paper returns, the turnaround is generally twice as long. That's why it pays to submit an electronic return, and that especially holds true this year.
As of December 2020, the IRS was still sitting on 1 million unprocessed returns for the 2019 tax year. Since paper returns need to be manually processed, staffing issues during the pandemic could cause additional delays this year, but filing electronically can help you avoid having to wait longer for your refund.
2. You didn't sign up for direct deposit
When you file your taxes, the IRS will allow you to sign up for direct deposit. Do it. If you go that route, your refund will be sent to your bank account once your return is processed so you don't have to wait for a check to arrive in the mail. But if you request a paper check, it could get lost in the mail.
3. You signed up with the wrong bank account details
Though signing up for direct deposit is a smart idea, it only works if you enter your bank account details correctly. A mistake with your account or routing number could cause a refund delay. If you realize your mistake early on, you may be able to contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 before your refund is processed and attempt to update your information. Otherwise, what will generally happen is that the bank that gets your money will reject that payment, and once the IRS gets it back, it will issue you a check. But either way, you're looking at a delay.
4. Your return contained an error
Errors on your tax return could cause the IRS to reject it, thereby delaying the refund associated with it. Often, the IRS will attempt to correct mistakes rather than reject returns. But while the agency routinely fixes math errors, there are some mistakes it can't correct, like missing information.
5. You claimed a credit that's held up your refund
Tax credits can score you a pretty sizable refund, but thanks to the PATH Act (for Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes), filers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) will see their refunds held up until at least March this year. (Note that the IRS delayed the start of the 2021 tax-filing season to Feb. 12 this year, whereas it usually starts accepting returns in late January. In previous years, refunds held up under the PATH Act were released in February.)
These credits in particular are associated with high levels of fraud, so if you claim either one, the IRS will have to hang on to your whole refund for a bit longer -- not just the portion associated with one of these credits.
Stay informed, but don't panic
When your tax refund is delayed, it's easy to panic and assume you're getting audited. But that's not always the case. Sometimes, the IRS just needs a little extra time to process your refund, so do your best to sit tight while you wait on that money.
At the same time, you can (and should) stay on top of your refund by using the IRS's Where My Refund tool. That way, you'll get an update on where your money stands, and you'll know to dig deeper if something doesn't look right.
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No matter the field of practice, one of the tricky tasks architects and designers consistently face is communicating their three-dimensional ideas to their often vision-challenged clients. Going beyond the flat representations of floorplans and elevations to capture the volume and cohesiveness of a structure or interior environment is a skill that can be incredibly time consuming. That’s why the multitalented Melissa Marcy, AIA, Allied Member ASID, NCARB, ASAI, has established Virtuality, Inc., a company specializing in architectural illustration and animation. However, Melissa is not just an artist; her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (with a Concentration in Digital Media) and a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as her industry experience, give her the perspective (pun painfully intended) and understanding needed to work quickly and seamlessly with her design professional clients.
What is your first design memory” In other words, when did you start noticing elements of architecture and design and what interests did you take up as a result”
I think it was my kindergarten teacher who first mentioned to my parents that I may end up as an architect, but ever since I can remember I have been drawing things. Art in all forms has always been an important part of my life… and thus consumes most of my time.
What design positions have you had and how has each shaped you”
• Chicago Transit Authority – Engineering Department Intern (2000-2001)
CTA was a wonderful place to work – the people in the engineering department were all extremely nice and helped me to develop my drafting skills and understanding of construction documents. I was fortunate enough to be able to work on the blue line project and my experience with the CTA was invaluable to me.
• Postl-Yore and Associates, Inc. – Staff Architect (2002-2005)
Postl-Yore is a mid-sized architecture and engineering firm in the Chicagoland area that specializes in municipal, commercial, and large scale multifamily projects as well as civil engineering. While at Postl-Yore, I had the opportunity to work on some rather large projects such as a village hall, a teen center and a public works building. My experience there was a fundamental part of my growth as an architect – my boss, Alan Yore, always made sure that I received the experience I needed in every part of the design process from the early schematic design phase through the end of construction. I owe him a debt of gratitude as he has played the most influential part in my professional development out of all my mentors and I would not be where I am today without his help.
• Midwest Design Group – Architect (2005-2008)
Midwest Design Group is a small residential design firm in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. While working there, I was able to obtain a great deal of single family residential experience and after obtaining my license I had the honor of being promoted to the managing agent of the firm.
• Virtuality, Inc. – President (2008-Present)
I am now the owner and president of Virtuality, a small rendering and animation studio specializing in artwork for the architectural and interior design industries.
How did Virtuality come about and how long have you been at it”
I have always been drawn to the artistic portion of architecture and had been thinking of specializing in renderings and animation for a number of years. While working as an architect, I often provided rendering services either for our own clients or for other architects that we worked with. I was finally in a position to start my own firm in the spring of this year so I quickly seized the opportunity and started Virtuality.
What kind of services do you offer and what types of software / techniques do you use”
I offer both interior and exterior 3d renderings, 3d furniture and product illustration, 2d site and elevation illustration and walkthrough animations. My primary software is 3ds Max, but I also draw by hand when it is requested.
How are you getting the word out about Virtuality, how do you imagine it developing, and how do you see technology influencing the future of the architecture and design industry”
I am currently getting the word out mostly via the Internet, but I have also done some networking with other artists and architects/designers. My dream is to be able to expand Virtuality and give other artists work as well.
Technology has influenced the future of the architecture and design industry in two ways – first by creating both a global and national market for our work, beyond the local market of yesterday. The second way it is influencing the industry is by changing the way that we draw, present and market our projects. We can now develop and draft a building in 3d and show a client realistically what their project will look like long before the construction begins.
What is a typical day like for you”
Drawing, marketing, more drawing…
Compare the skills and wisdom that you learned in school to those that you have you learned only through your experiences.
In school I was taught how to design – in the real world I was taught how to build. School is meant to expand your creativity and teach you to think for yourself. Construction and professional issues on the other hand are much better learned under the watchful eye of a mentor than in a classroom.
How do you think that architects and interior designers can establish better communication and collaboration techniques”
Take advantage of events that your associations host to meet and network with your fellow designers. Use the Internet to market yourself and make connections with other people you might not otherwise meet. Most importantly, smile at and be kind to everyone you interact with and treat everyone with respect and sincerity – this is just as important in business as it is in all other areas of your life.
What is the best advice that you could give a student emerging from school”
Do your best, work hard and try to learn everything you can from everyone around you. Never forget how to play and keep in touch with your friends and family regardless of what life throws your way.
Now for the lighter side…
What trips were you fortunate enough to take in 2008″
My friend and I took a trip to Los Angeles over new years and spent a week with our friends from college that we hadn’t seen for a number of years. Now that it is getting cold in Chicago again, I would like to go back. I also took a trip with my mother and my dog Xena (she is a family member too!!) to visit Little Rock, Memphis and Nashville just prior to the opening of Virtuality. The artistic culture and warmth of the people from those places filled me with the energy, love and enthusiasm I needed to start my new business.
What’s your favorite cold weather holiday dish”
Hands down – pumpkin pie!
Are you an early bird or a night owl, and why do you think that is”
Definitely a night owl – I think from years of not sleeping during architecture school, my body is now accustomed to that off-schedule. Perhaps if I were to move to the other side of the earth, I would be considered normal.
What the one thing that you wish you knew more about”
I would like to know more about everything, but if I had to pick one professional thing to know more about, it would be architecture. The more I learn about the architectural field, the more I realize that there is so much more to know. One of my first architectural mentors told me that architects know a little about everything and a lot about nothing – I didn’t believe him at the time, but I now understand just what he was saying.
Need Melissa’s services or want to become one of her artists” Then put your best foot forward and email her at firstname.lastname@example.org. And if you really want to get in her good graces, show some love to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [ASPCA]. | <urn:uuid:57bcb60a-27aa-4c4c-9b4f-db58c6e095cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.plinthandchintz.com/influencers/200812-melissa-marcy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.976812 | 1,650 | 1.59375 | 2 |
The outsourcing industry has a few different terms for this. Onshore outsourcing is when a company hires someone from inside the country. The opposite of this is offshore outsourcing, which means hiring from outside the country.
Outsourcing work to a neighbouring country is a tactic called nearshore outsourcing. This could be the difference between receiving quality services for a better price and receiving excellent services at a higher cost.
The goal of onshore outsourcing is to let a third party handle nonessential activities in the HR department, such as recruiting and payroll. These can be a valuable resource for a company, even if they are not the core business.
Two of the most popular outsourcing options are onshore and offshore. Onshore outsourcing is more expensive than nearshore, but it has more benefits that offshore does not. For example, onshore outsourcing usually involves a more direct contact with the company that has outsourced the work, whereas offshore outsourcing does not.
Onshore outsourcing key advantages
One of the main benefits to onshore outsourcing is that all employees are fluent in the language. Any business can tell you that communication becomes so much easier when everyone can speak to each other in the same language. This means that sales, marketing, and customer service and support workers are fluent in the native languages for all customers.
Working with a company overseas means that the time zone needs to be considered. When you work with a provider in the same time zone, there is less chance for miscommunication.
No cultural differences! Companies who outsource onshore will not need to adjust for cultural differences. Cultural differences are actually one of the major reasons for outsourcing problems. Often, offshore outsourcing is the answer to localized troubles – however, if companies choose onshore outsourcing, they can avoid any cultural difficulties.
The way businesses are approached and managed may vary by culture. For example, some cultures may welcome feedback and ideas, while others may consider it a breach of etiquette to offer suggestions and ideas.
When you think of money, does “cost savings” come to mind? It’s one of the major reasons companies choose to outsource overseas, but it may not be the cheapest option. For example, you can resolve a problem in person quicker with an onshore provider. Overseas providers are hard to visit due to high travel costs, time lost, and the expense of currency conversion.
Another advantage for onshore projects is that there is less need for project management. Overseas freelancers often do not know how to contribute to the company’s procedures and protocols, which wastes time for project managers. Onshore freelancers are typically familiar with these procedures, making it easy for them to get started.
Quality control is always a priority, but it’s even easier with onshore outsourcing. If a company needs to train their supplier or service provider, they can easily meet in person to understand the expectations.
To save yourself from possible legal trouble, it’s important to have a protection plan in place for your intellectual property. Copyright and IP laws vary from country to country, so it’s important to be aware of the laws in your country.
Are you a company looking for software consultant onshore? Well, considering the points we have discussed in this article can help you make a conscious decision.
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Over the past few decades, standardized testing has caused quite a bit of controversy, with many parents raising concerns over their children being evaluated on the basis of tests that have nothing to do with the real learning.
Both public and private schools in the US use a standards-based grading system. However, since 2012, the number of states that require their students to take standardized graduation tests has decreased from 25 to 13. Idaho canceled graduation exams in 2017, and so did Rhode Island. Studies show that these tests do more harm than good, so an ideal solution to this problem would be to buy essay writing.
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- Since test results may affect students’ academic career, they do everything possible to pass them, including cheating.
- The results of standardized tests are not even returned to professors and students, while companies conducting them do not provide the latter with instructions on how to improve their results.
- Tests do not measure test-takers’ creativity. The trouble is that machines performing tests consider creative answers incorrect due to their non-compliance with accepted standards.
- Individuals taking standardized tests come from different cultural backgrounds, have dissimilar learning and thinking styles, and possess varying levels of experience. However, they’re all tested the same way.
- These days, a lot of attention is paid to test results, which is why teachers are focusing more on preparing their students for tests, and less on the actual teaching. Students spend a lot of their time taking or preparing for boring tests, which prevents them from learning something new or important.
- Standardized tests are conducted in an artificial learning environment which is characterized by time limits, lack of interaction, and non-availability of additional materials.
- High levels of stress during testing. Some students cope well with stress, while others may suffer greatly from it. According to leading brainologists, too much stress can be detrimental to psychological and physical health. And when stress becomes excessive, test-takers fail to come up with correct answers to standard questions.
- Standardized tests were developed by mediocre minds, not geniuses. One of them was Lewis Terman, a racist, while another one specialized in conducting experiments with rats and mazes.
- Test results may affect students’ confidence. One of the biggest disadvantages of standardized testing is that it can give rise to lower self-esteem and lack of motivation.
- People mistakenly believe that standardized testing ensures a neutral and authoritative assessment of students’ intellectual abilities. However, cultural factors, lack of awareness of testing methods, and stress can significantly reduce test-takers’ results. For example, a student with advanced writing skills will not be able to give a correct answer to questions pertaining to grammar and punctuation. On the other hand, the very same student can come up with a really great essay.
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- Parents get more information about their children’s academic progress. The information provided by test results shows how their kids perform academically based on a percentile rank.
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- This has to do with the collaboration of test-takers. Testing is a kind of competition for students. They work hard to get high scores and when they achieve the desired result, it fills them with a great sense of pride. This is especially true of talented and smart students who regularly receive the highest score.
- Standardized testing helps improve curriculum and teaching methods. Thanks to it, teachers and students can identify flaws in the educational system.
- Tests help teachers create a comprehensive learning structure. They make it possible for them to maintain the consistency of learning materials throughout the country and thus prevent subjective judgment.
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When faced with the thorny issue of whether Hillary's experience as first lady had any bearing on her potential as a presidential candidate, Obama conceded that she had done "some heavy lifting on issues" during Bill Clinton's time in office. The metaphor was damning and decisive, casting Hillary as a little oafish and clumsy, fit only for drudge work.
Kennedy knew the importance of words when he chose Robert Frost to speak at his inauguration. As he said in a speech in 1963 after the poet's death: "When power corrupts, poetry cleanses … When power leads man towards his arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations." But as Michael Donaghy pointed out, Kennedy wasn't beyond co-opting a little of this for himself: the rhetorical techniques deployed in his inauguration speech mirrored those of the Robert Frost's poem The Gift Outright.
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You just returned home after sustaining a neck injury at work. Your physician recommended a consultation with physical therapy which includes multiple visits to their facility over the next 12 weeks. Suddenly you are overwhelmed with the idea of scheduling these appointments and commuting to the therapist.
There is another option. The Cervifit Neck Strengthening System is a physician prescribed telemedicine home rehabilitation system, the first of its kind. This program not only avoids the long travel to the therapist office but it is also covered by Workman’s Compensation and PIP ( personal insurance protection). The name comes from combining the words “cervical” and “fitness”, an innovative route that creator Alan Philipson took after suffering for years from his own debilitating chronic back pain. The Cervifit Neck Strengthening System is also manufactured in the US, something Philipson strongly stands by.
“The device—it looks like a Spartan warrior helmet—essentially makes your head heavier, which challenges the muscles in your neck when it moves through various ranges of motion. This allows you to strengthen your neck in a more controlled manner without the need of a partner.” ( Haley A.,January 2016, Why Neck Strength Training is Becoming a Workout Requirement, Stack)
The science: Tri-axial accelerometer and tri-axial gyroscope provides highly accurate data points including ROM (Range of Motion) across all of the planes of movement.
It identifies the head angle of the patient providing real time Artificial Intelligence (AI) physical therapist interaction and correction, substantially reducing improper technique and improving patient compliance and progress. The mobile accessibility of the device allows the user to access PT whenever and wherever they desire. All data is then collected and backed up with secure cloud storage in accordance with, and adherence to strict HIPPA compliance guidelines.
In 2017 it was estimated that untreatable neck and back pain was costing the US $88 billion per year, the third highest bill for any health condition. Most causes of this “back pain epidemic” are unexplained but can be attributed to obesity, sitting at desks for long hours, bad posture, and various work related injuries. Treatments typically include opioid painkillers, injections, electrical nerve stimulation, and physical therapy.
Standard protocol is to prescribe physical therapy twice a week for 12 weeks per exacerbation. This cost is compounded by the time off required to commute and take part in physical therapy. With Cervifit patient costs are significantly reduced by not only rehabilitating at home- avoiding costly missed work, but also by purchasing the device as it is not available for rental or lease.
“If it saves dollars and improves patient outcomes, then it makes sense. While traditional physical therapy is onerous, expensive and provides a compliance challenge, we see a future where technology provides a desperately needed solution to a complex problem.” (April DeSantis; CEO of National Ancillary Network Solutions.) | <urn:uuid:6434cd8b-3cb5-49b5-9a2b-e499c226bf6a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://legacymedicalsales.co/cervifit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.93596 | 605 | 2.28125 | 2 |
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Daly Guris RJ, Doshi A, Boyer DL
Just-in-time simulation to guide workflow design for coronavirus disease 2019 difficult airway management.
This paper describes the development and enactment of a number of simulation exercises, increasing in complexity for clinicians to practice intubation of critically ill children while wearing personal protective equipment due to coronavirus disease. The simulations ended up aiding in a real-life situation that then occurred less than 12 hours later that validated potential failure points and effectiveness of rapidly generated guidance. From this simulation a COVID-19 airway bundle template was created.
AHRQ-funded; HS026939; HS024511.
Citation: Daly Guris RJ, Doshi A, Boyer DL . Just-in-time simulation to guide workflow design for coronavirus disease 2019 difficult airway management. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2020 Aug;21(8):e485-e90. doi: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002435..
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Old State House Museum
Also known as Boston's 'Towne House', the Old State House dates back to 1713. It was the center of all political life and debate in colonial Boston.
On July 18, 1776, citizens gathered in the street to hear the Declaration of Independence read from the building's balcony, the first public reading in Massachusetts. The Royal Governor presided here until the new State House was built on Beacon Hill in 1798.
The Boston Massacre occurred beneath the balcony, where the Declaration of Independence later would be read for the first time to the citizens of Boston, an event reenacted each July 4. The massacre site is marked by a cobblestone mosaic in the sidewalk.
The building underwent a dozen incarnations after independence, housing the Supreme Judicial Court, then City Hall, a lodge of Masons and commercial stores.
By 1875, officials planned to tear it down, but when the city of Chicago volunteered to buy the structure, irate Bostonians raised money to restore it in one of the first examples of historic preservation. Today, the building is run by The Bostonian Society as a museum commemorating Boston bloodshed in the American Revolution.
The Old State House remains the city's oldest public building, though it was renovated by an architect who used the wrong plans and put a spiral staircase where the assembly chamber was supposed to be. There were other indignities.
In 1903, the historic edifice was unceremoniously elevated to make room for the subway. One of its most interesting exhibits is a noise gauge that registers the rumble of the trains beneath.
Also inside, visitors can view displays of everything from corset hardware to ship models, including a vial of tea from The Boston Tea Party.
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Guided tours are available with the purchase of admission.
There are many interesting museums to visit in Boston - peruse our Boston Museums guide to find out which one you should visit next.
Labor Day - Memoral Day (including January) are 9am to 5pm.
Summer hours after memorial day are 9am to 6pm, not just July and August.
Closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day
Gallery tours are offered on the hour throughout the day.
Adult admission: $10
Student/Senior admission: $8.50
Children 18 and under are free.
206 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02109-1702 map
- Guided tours of this Freedom Trail stop are available by reservation only
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Public Works Director Strongly Encourages Homeowners To Install Cisterns Or Water Storage Tanks
Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 29, 2021 (SKNIS): Homebuilders in St. Kitts and Nevis are strongly encouraged to include a cistern or water storage tanks in their building design to promote sustainability and address water shortages.
A cistern is a large tank or a container that is used for water storage.
The twin-island Federation and other Caribbean countries have experienced reduced rainfall over the past five years, which experts suggest is a consequence of climate change. As such, Director of the Public Works Department (PWD) Cromwell Williams strongly endorsed building with cisterns.
“You should consider it when you are building,” he said on this week’s (January 27, 2021) edition of the radio and television programme Working for You. “There can be no argument against that. I strongly recommend persons to give that some serious consideration – including a cistern when you are building your house.”
Mr. Williams extended the recommendation to persons that already own a house of their own. Having a backup water supply “is definitely the way to go,” he stated.
To reinforce the usefulness of a cistern, the PWD Director referred to the implementation of a climate change adaptation project in September 2020. The project involved the installation of water storage tanks and the retrofitting of others in 17 educational institutions across the twin-island Federation.
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We see now the description of the “properties” of objects.
For “object properties” is mean the color, linetype, thickness of lines drawn on AutoCAD, and ending with the Layers.
You can operate the controls on these factors through the drop-down menu, on the “Ribbon”, the “properties toolbar” and “layer toolbar”, or via the “properties” tool and its window.
Color / Linetype / Line thickness
We will see these functions individually:
Autocad has a palette of 255 colors that can be assigned individually to each line we create.
Draw a random line on the screen and select it with the mouse clicking on them, the line will be highlighted.
Once selected, click on the first area of the “properties toolbar” to open the Color-control drop-down menu.
In this menu, there are several options:
…Plus the first seven main colors that AutoCAD provides us, finally, the last item which when clicked will open the full palette of colors available... but we will see shortly.
If you now select one of the colors on this drop-down, such as the red, line that we selected will change color.
If we still click the drop-down and select thecolorgreen, the line will turn this color.
We can change its color until it is selected.
Pressing the “Esc” key on the keyboard, the line is clear and colors of the menu returns the “BYLAYER”.
This means that the next line you create will have the color setting BYLAYER.
If you act now on the pop colors, while no line is selected, and choose yellow, we will ensure that the objects we designs from here on, will be this color.
We can then set a base color of our choice with which to draw and if necessary, we can change color to one or more objects at once, as we have just seen, after being select.
Color management through the “Ribbon”, is similar to that described above, with a greater choice of colors, here the "index colors" are the main.
Selecting the last entry in the drop-down, “Select color...” or “More colors...” on the ribbon, opens the following window:
In this window, we find the full colors palette of AutoCAD, that we can select with the mouse and then click OK to assign to objects.
As you will see on this window, each color corresponds to a number, except the first seven of which also gives AutoCAD the color name.
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Folks now surfing those sites offering multiple solutions. A significant change also took place with information circulation, since many around the globe favor video blogging as an alternative to textual upgrades. The procedure of medical information also went through significant transitional method, as men and women up-date medical information through online accessible health video sites.
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“I think a little bit of what’s happening is our fitness minded, sports-centric focus in the US is maybe a little bit ahead of everybody else. Our obesity epidemic was ahead of everybody else. So no we have this audience that has been interested in trying to get out of that with these products,” Susan Kleiner, PhD, told NutraIngredients-USA. Kleiner is Washington State-based sports nutrition formulation expert and the author of Power Eating, Fourth Edition (Human Kinetics, 2013).
“I would assert in my experience that is has always been the case that US brands do indeed convey a cachet or a halo, in China, Australia, or Europe,” said Anthony Almada, principal of the sports nutrition firm Genr8speed, based in Dana Point, CA.
More science backing
Kleiner and others said that increased science backing is driving the new flurry of product development among US brands.
“Go back 10-12 years and sports nutrition did not really exist as a field. If you wanted to do science on sports nutrition or dietary supplements you would be laughed at. Today, it is a legitimate field, and there are dissertations being written about dietary supplements and sports nutrition. Today, it’s a booming category for both academia and industry,” said Jose Antonio, PhD, CEO of the International Society of Sports Nutrition.
“I think there is a lot of innovation that happens here. I think that we have moved very recently into a time where industry funding of research is starting to take hold which is very exciting. That research is more and more university based and is so higher quality and it allows the development of higher quality products. The research field in the US has exploded in the last decade,” Kleiner said.
Almada, a longtime critic of the amount of research done in the dietary supplement sector, agrees with Antonio and Kleiner—to a point.
"If you put it into perspective, still only about one out of a thousand sports nutrition goods have even one study done independently showing their product is effective and safe. On an absolute scale that's laughable, but relative to a lot of other countries that's a lot," he said.
The regulation of sports nutrition products is more settled in the US than in Europe, which may help to drive some of that innovation. Sports nutrition products in the US are generally sold as supplements, and regulated under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, which has been in place since 1994. They are subject to supplement GMP requirements as well as other regulations, though they can be marketed as foods, too. Industry executives in the EU have bemoaned the regulatory limbo in which sports nutrition products find themselves there, as regulators have debated over the past decade whether to carve out a separate category for these products from general food regulations. That debate is slated to be decided within the next two years.
Third party certifcation
Kleiner said contrary to some observers who criticize the US supplement industry as being “unregulated” she sees that US sports nutrition products are gaining international respect for quality and oversight, especially in ensuring that they are free of banned substances.
“We are in the early days of this but there in an increasing emphasis on third party certification for purity and potency. It is clearly setting the bar that the whole sports nutrition industry. It is essential for drug tested athletes. That laboratory certification is still improving.
“I think that combination of data, product development and third party lab certification is positioning us very well for worldwide recognition,” Kleiner said.
Among the developments in the space recently that pointed to increased export potential was GNC’s purchase of the largest online sports nutrition marketer in the UK, Discount Supplements, Among the reason for the move was to give GNC’s own brands, which already account for more than 27% of the US market, a bigger export distribution footprint. And Boca Raton, FL-based supplement marketing firm Nutrition Products International has formed an arm called NPI Global Export specifically to give US brands, including sports nutrition product developers, increasing access to world markets. | <urn:uuid:284717ac-54d1-4ecb-873c-6666ac345c7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Article/2013/10/11/Science-certifications-drive-export-potential-of-US-made-sports-nutrition-products-experts-say | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.966785 | 863 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Meet Melissa. Melissa is happily single, has built her career over many years, owns her own home and is generally able to afford what she needs. Melissa is concerned about saving the right amount to provide for a comfortable retirement, travel, home improvements and the possibility of living to age 100. Melissa is an example of an executive woman.
Executive women are a rapidly growing segment of the population and, like anyone, can use guidance on how to properly invest for their futures. But if you are in this category, you may have different expectations of your financial advisor than men do, as you may have different priorities for your hard earned money. Here are just a few expectations that you, as an executive woman, may want to discuss with your financial advisor.
As women climb the corporate ladder, their sources of income may grow beyond salary and benefits. Saving in a 401(k) may not provide for their retirement lifestyle on its own. Corporations offer executive benefits, such as deferred compensation, restricted stock, stock options and ownership plans to supplement the traditional retirement plans. These opportunities can be daunting in that they are sometimes more complex to understand and often have tax implications. A good advisor can explain how the benefit works and the pros cons and deadlines involved.
It’s a fact that women, on average, will outlive men. This means that women may also spend many years living single. Women are often caretakers, but who will take care of them when the need arises? Developing a comprehensive financial and life plan will help relieve some of the stress of not knowing how much they will need to support themselves in retirement. Looking at long term care options is also important. But most important is knowing how long they will need to work and save. This is critical in the retirement planning process. Some women may even get a pleasant surprise! With financial planning, having action items and timelines will help ease the fear of the unknown.
Most executive women want to be actively involved in the financial decision making process. Understanding the pros and cons before choosing the best option can be both educational and empowering. Executive women might also want advisors who can help them make pivotal career decisions. Women executives are more likely to change careers early on, some to focus on family, some to focus on passion projects, some to climb the corporate ladder even higher. Again, presenting the pros and cons of career switches can help executive women weigh their options and the possible impact on their financial futures.
Women appreciate the ability to bounce things off of someone who will listen objectively and provide an experienced opinion. Often, single women feel they can’t impose on family and friends to help them through important decisions. “Should I keep the car or trade it in for a new one? When does it make sense to refinance the mortgage? Am I saving enough in my investment and retirement plans? Are the investments proper for me?” Other issues also arise, like, “Mom needs to go into assisted living. How do I manage that? Does she have the right paperwork for me to take over her finances?” An advisor can be a good sounding board to help women “think out loud” and be reminded of important milestones, as well as provide referrals for other important needs.
Most women who are widowed change financial advisors after their husbands die. Many are looking for advisors who care about their current stage of life and their whole life picture. The key to helping women invest wisely is for financial advisors to understand as much what they want as what they don’t want.
Like many people, executive women need financial advisors who will stick with them for the long haul, through early career changes, periods of caring for children and parents, changes in marital status – they need someone trustworthy to be there for anything that comes their way.
Sometimes the best person to advise an executive woman is another woman. Women advisors often are empathetic and truly understand their clients’ perspectives. After all, they occupy the same space in society and can fully understand what it means to be a woman in corporate America. They may have had similar experiences that can provide common ground.
If you are an executive woman, think about your specific needs before choosing a financial advisor. Make sure your advisor is in tune with your vision of wealth management and can offer informed guidance to help maximize your earnings and savings. That’s what Melissa did, and she is now semi-retired and working part-time on her own terms.
Don’t settle for just any advisor. Work with someone who works for you.
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Phi Delta Theta’s Christmas card featuring a dark-skinned Beyoncé sex doll is far from the first or most provocative fraternity incident in past years.
The racist and sexist implications drawn by some from the Phi Delta Theta photo were more explicit in an incident at Zeta Beta Tau in 1988. The fraternity was accused of hiring black women to perform at a rush event. The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that an estimated one to two hundred men attended the event.
“While the women were removing their clothing, members of the audience shouted racist remarks such as, ‘Where did you get them niggers?’" the DP article said. “Members of the audience helped to ‘insert quartered cucumbers into the vaginas of the two women and poured or squirted catsup on the women’s exposed genital area.’ A freshman rush, drunk according to some audience members, danced naked on stage with the women. The memo describes that, as the freshman danced with the women, the two engaged in oral sex.”
In 1965, three members of Beta Theta Pi allegedly violated regulations about entertaining women in fraternities. A female student was injured, and initially claimed to have slipped in the snow. However, she later confessed at the hospital that her injuries were inflicted upon her by one of the Beta brothers.
More recently, in 1990, 10 members from the fraternity commonly known as Castle — Psi Upsilon — carried out a plot to kidnap a particular Delta Psi brother, but they kidnapped the wrong man. William A. O’Flanagan was lured from a Delta Psi residence with a flower deliveryman as a decoy. He was blindfolded and tied at his hands and feet. Despite his insistence that they had the wrong person, the Psi Upsilon brothers proceeded to taunt him with racially-charged rhetoric — such as tapes of Malcolm X — and to subject him to a mock trial in which he was accused of being a racist and anti-Semitic. His captors also threatened him with a knife.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office sentenced nine of them to a program intended for defendants with no previous criminal record, which allowed the charges to be withdrawn and the arrest records expunged if they went a year without getting arrested.Comments powered by Disqus
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Soul Mind Body Medicine Series - Introduction, Part 1 — Introduction to Soul Mind Body Medicine - Part 1 - with Master Sha (Segment 1 of 6)
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In Soul Mind Body Medicine Introduction 1 Part 1 of 6; listen as Master Sha teaches about the three internal treasures that we already have inside our bodies. In this brief introduction Master Sha explains which is the most important. View an introduction to Master Sha. This introduction series contains a lot of important information about Modern Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha is a world-renowned spiritual healer, a grandmaster of Tao and ancient Chinese arts, and a bestselling author of 21 books on alternative medicine. As a medical doctor trained in Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, he is the creator of Soul Mind Body Medicine®. Master Sha has traveled the world healing thousands of individuals, and empowering them to transform their lives.
To learn more about Dr and Master Sha visit his website . If you wish to become a healer you can begin your understanding here. If you wish personal healing with one of Master Sha's certified World Wide Representatives or certified healers you may find them here. Thank you for the opportunity to serve your soul and its journey | <urn:uuid:7efc66f4-9159-4b04-8ff1-00b2723383cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://connecttv.drsha.com/vod/26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.904251 | 252 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Is it possible to become addicted to video games? While addiction remains a prime concern in most societies, whether drug addiction, alcohol addiction, gambling addiction, etc., becoming addicted to video games seems more controversial despite high-profile cases like the ones listed above.
Are You Video Games Addictive?
By Romeo Vitelli, Ph.D.
Media stories about extreme cases of video game addiction, especially online games, goes back to at least 1993 when Wired ran a story on MUDs (multi-user dungeons) and the players who become addicted to them.
In the newly-released Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), Internet Gaming Disorder has been included among the conditions being considered for future study and possible addition to later DSM editions. At this time, however, video game addiction (GA) is not considered to be a mental disorder. Yet research suggests that 0.5 percent of all gamers and 1.7 percent of ninth graders experience symptoms associated with excessive video game use. Along with Online Gamers Anonymous in the United States, clinics for video game addicts have been established in countries around the world including China, the Netherlands, and Australia. Even conventional addiction treatment clinics have been noting a rise in referrals for gaming addiction.
Adolescents (particularly male adolescents) seem especially prone to video game addiction though identifying young people who are vulnerable can be difficult given how popular gaming is in people of all ages. While researchers have linked excessive gaming to different personality factors such as impulsiveness, higher acceptance of violence and lower social skills, gamers having trouble coping with their lives in general can be vulnerable as well. Not only are people dealing with excessive stress and general unhappiness in their lives more likely to become addicted to video games, but gaming addicts are also more likely to be diagnosed with other disorders. These related diagnoses can include attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and anxiety.
But what other risk factors are associated with gaming addiction? Though researchers have looked at amount of time spent online as a risk for addiction, type of video game may be important as well. Not only are role-playing gamers more vulnerable to addiction but so are shooter and strategy gamers.
The motivation for playing also seems to be a factor in addiction. People who game for fun or socializing are less likely to become addicted than people who are caught up in the need for status or simply to escape from the problems in their lives. If you’re dealing with real-life failure, escaping from that stress by playing games that give you a sense of victory or control over your life can be a helpful way of coping. Spending too much time online or “shutting out” the real world with intense gaming can be a different story, though.
When it comes to problems in socializing that might make gamers especially vulnerable to video game addiction, the following factors seem to be important:
Lack of successful experiences in real life
Low parental support
High video game use by parents
Divorce or separation of parents
Behavioural problems or problems at school
Truancy from classes
Repeating a grade
Actual studies looking at risk factors for video game addiction tend to be scarce. A recent two-year longitudinal study of more than three thousand Singapore students found that longer gaming time, reduced social competence, and a history of impulsive behaviour increased the likelihood of gaming addiction after two years. Among the outcomes of pathological gaming are depression, anxiety, social phobias and poorer performance in school.
But can social anxiety and other problems linked to excessive gaming be causing the problem or are the result of gaming addiction? A Dutch study of 543 gamers found that reduced social skills appeared to result in increased problem game behaviour six months later though the opposite effect was not observed. Loneliness appears to be a cause of pathological gaming and vice versa though the same result was not found for life satisfaction.
Looking at how problem gaming behaviour was linked to social and personality risk factors over time, a team of German researchers studied students in schools in central Germany. Florian Rehbein and Dirk Baier of Hanover, Germany’s Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony surveyed 1,217 fourth-grade students and repeated the survey five years later. Questionnaires included information on how children interacted with their parents at home and social adjustment.
The fourth graders averaged 56 minutes of video game playing each day (76 minutes for boys and 38 minutes for girls). This rose to 207 minutes a day for ninth grade boys and 79 minutes a day for ninth grade girls. Of the adolescents in the study, 1.3 percent met criteria for video game addiction while an additional 2.65 percent were judged to be at risk. Overall, the single biggest factor that increased the likelihood of video game addiction was male gender. While being from a single-parent family was a significant factor as well, the effect size was relatively small.
Problem video game behaviour was also found to persist over time. Children who showed video game addiction in the fourth grade were more likely to show problem with addiction five years later. Therefore, children and adolescents who become addicted to video games do not simply “grow out of it” as many parents predict. Socialization also appears to play a role in video game addiction. Children and adolescents who are well integrated into their class and who show good social skills are less likely to become problem game players. At-risk children are also more likely to have difficulty making friends or are less socially active. Results shown by Rehbein and Baier’s research, as well as similar studies, suggest that children who are more socially isolated or who face problems in school or at home may use video games as a way of regaining control over their lives.
One surprising finding reported by Rehbein and Baier was that level of emotional support or supervision provided by parents did not play a significant role in video game addiction. Though video game addiction has often been blamed on parental neglect in the past, factors such as coming from a single-parent family really aren’t that important.
While most educational strategies aimed at preventing video game abuse involve having parents take greater responsibility over what their children are doing, this appears to be not that effective. Other recommended approaches, such as restricting time spent playing games and taking away X-boxes and other gaming devices don’t appear to be very effective either (except possibly for children under the age of ten).
A better approach for helping children overcome video game addiction would be to focus on the social problems that make retreating into video game so appealing to young people. Teaching children to improve their social skills, manage stress more effectively, and become less isolated may be the best approach to dealing with problem gaming.
Ultimately, people become dependent on video games for the same reason that they can become dependent on any other problem behaviour such as gambling or using recreational drugs. Getting away from problems in our lives by doing things that seem pleasurable or simpler to understand can be a potent lure for people in need, whether you are a child or an adult.
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- Rohde & Schwarz and Colby Instruments have developed a test solution that accurately simulates the the moving direction of UWB devices.
- Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology is a short-range wireless communication protocol that enables devices to geo-locate themselves based on distance, moving direction and position relative to other UWB devices.
Rohde & Schwarz and Colby Instruments, a manufacturer of high-precision programmable delay lines, have developed a test solution for characterizing angle of arrival (AoA) and phase difference of arrival (PDoA).
This solution combines the R&S CMP200 radio communication tester and Rohde & Schwarz’s WMT software service, dedicated to the automatic testing of wireless technologies in production, with Colby Instruments’ XT-200 family of high precision delay lines. The combination of these solutions enables measurements to be made in a conducted mode, including calibration and verification phases.
To determine the distance between two devices, UWB technology measures the time of flight of a UWB signal between a transmitter and receiver. By measuring the time or phase difference of a signal received by two UWB receiving antennas, the angle of arrival can be calculated.
The delay lines allow users to characterize the DUT with a delay range of 0 to 625 ps and a resolution of 0.50 ps. This allows for accurate simulation of angles and distances. The R&S CMP200 radio communication tester, which integrates a signal analyzer and a generator in a single instrument, enables transmitter and receiver measurements in both conducted and radiated modes. | <urn:uuid:644f408c-65c3-4197-9fba-e3cad3e7beb8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.temcom.com/rohde-schwarz-partners-with-colby-instruments-to-provide-a-solution-for-testing-the-localization-of-uwb-devices/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.901447 | 326 | 2.4375 | 2 |
WBRA-TV Roanoke is a PBS affiliate launched on Aug 1, 1967 and owned by Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc. It serves Lynchburg and is licensed to Roanoke, Virginia. The studios of the channel are located on McNeil Drive in southwest Roanoke with transmitter installed on Poor Mountain in unincorporated southwestern Roanoke County.
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PBS affiliate went on air on Aug 1, 1967 as first all-color educational service in the country. It was originally a NET: National Educational Television station before becoming Public Broadcasting Service in 1970 when the organization was renamed. In 1980’s the channel was rebranded as Blue Ridge Public Television as it was closely located with Blue Ridge Mountains. The calls were changed to Blue Ridge PBS on Feb 19, 2007.
WSBN-TV and WMSY-TV are the former translators that were launched in 1981 and 1971 respectively. Both satellites went silent in March 2017. It made WETP the only source of Public Broadcasting Service programming in Tri-Cities area. The channel completed its digital transition on June 12, 2009. Videos, Educational programs, kids programming, features and more can be watched online. Follow the channel on Facebook and Twitter. Here is the website: http://www.blueridgepbs.org/ | <urn:uuid:cf977a6d-880d-4caa-b8ed-391f2e8bb6af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.livenewsworld.com/wbra-tv-roanoke/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.972922 | 316 | 1.820313 | 2 |
New welfare program hopes to counter slowdown in country’s population growth.
Turkey’s government on Thursday unveiled a new reform package aimed at realizing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambition for married couples to have more children to counter a slowdown in population growth.
The new welfare program, announced by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara, includes several financial incentive measures including special commemorative gold coins for first time mothers.
Erdogan has made no secret of his desire for Turkish women to have more children, saying in December that “one [child] means loneliness, two means rivalry, three means balance and four means abundance.”
In addition to four months of paid maternity leave, the new measures allow mothers to work part-time—also paid by the government—until their child turns five. After the birth of a child, couples will receive a one-off payment up to 600 Turkish liras ($260). Those with more than one child will be given extra funding.
Davutoglu said the measures were necessary because the country’s economic future will be “at risk” if it fails to properly address the problem of an ageing population. He said that Turkey, a country of 76 million, needs to maintain its fertility rate of 2.1, or at least two children per woman, for the population to “replace itself naturally.”
“The economy can be restored after a crisis but if the fabric of the family is damaged, we cannot restore it,” he said in televised comments.
Davutoglu, whose wife Sare still works as a gynecologist, added that mothers should not be forced to choose between motherhood and their professional career.
Turkey’s population was barely 20 million in 1950 but grew rapidly in subsequent decades. However population growth had flattened off to just over one percent in the last 10 years.
Erdogan recently claimed that women were not equal to men and described birth control as “treason,” sparking a furious reaction from some women who accused him of undermining Turkey’s secular status. And last week Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu caused uproar by saying women should prioritize the “career” of motherhood before anything else. | <urn:uuid:816100dc-d71f-4f56-8d94-b6e2d5b5e178> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newsweekpakistan.com/turkey-unveils-plan-for-more-babies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.974099 | 468 | 2.125 | 2 |
We are going to be cleaning up the audio collection for the Dorothy Parker Society over the next couple of months. Many of the files are RealAudio files from 2000, and are being converted to MP3. We have the biggest online collection of Dorothy Parker reading her work, as well as rare interviews found no place else, and are working to present it better for new audiences.
Dorothy Parker: 1958 interview on the writing process and The Ladies of the Corridor. When The Ladies of the Corridor was brought out in a new book from Penguin Classics, we created a whole online series about the play. This rare interview with Mrs. Parker is exclusive to the Dorothy Parker Society. [Running time: 3:26]
Helen Beer: One of the highlights of touring Dorothy Parker’s former home in Pennsylvania in 2006 was meeting Helen Beer, who used to live on the property as a child. Her parents were Dorothy and Alan’s caretakers. She gave us great insight into life in the 1930s on the farm. Later, at the Algonquin Hotel, she told us more stories. [Running time: 3:05] | <urn:uuid:1cc77685-5b29-46af-a5b7-48d49e994bc9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dorothyparker.com/2011/02/audio-test-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959055 | 233 | 1.648438 | 2 |
IEEE Talks Big Data: Cicek Cavdar & Burak Kantarci
Dr. Cicek Cavdar and Dr. Burak Kantarci are both active in the IEEE Green ICT Initiative, which is driven, in part, by the advent of big data. Cavdar was coordinator of the project 5GrEEn: Towards Green 5G Mobile Network, now Swedish cluster coordinator of the project SooGREEN – Service Oriented Optimization of Green Mobile Networks, and a senior researcher in the Communications Systems Department at the School of ICT at KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Kantarci is a senior member of IEEE and an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, Clarkson University, New York. In the following Q&A they discuss drivers, implications and the future of Green ICT.
Question: What forces or developments are driving the need to develop Green ICT?
Cicek Cavdar: The growth in computing and the resulting Big Data, in general, demand it. And that growth is being accelerated by the advent of increasing data exchanges between billions of “things” rather than people. Device-to-device and machine-to-machine communications in the smart grid, in smart cities, in the Internet of Things will drive an urgent need for Green ICT.
Question: What are the implications for society and for people who are directly involved in developing Green ICT?
Cavdar: These developments create both opportunities and challenges. The opportunity to analyze Big Data for myriad insights could make data analytics the “oil of the 21st century.” The biggest challenge is to design sustainable and affordable data networks to accommodate those data flows. Sustainability is quite important. The biggest challenge, in my view, is that we need 1,000 times more network capacity in the coming 10 years, but with the same energy consumption as today. The opportunity is that ICT is being applied for greater energy efficiency in all things, and the challenge is how to make the growing ICT infrastructure more energy efficient. On the one hand, ICT will help our industries – for instance, in transportation or production – become more efficient. At the same time, ICT itself must become more energy efficient as we deploy more ICT capacity. And these ICT networks must be affordable, otherwise the mobile telecom network operators’ business models might collapse. They need to make profit while deploying higher-capacity networks. There’s also the environmental dimension. Energy consumption, in general, contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. So the carbon footprints of the networks must be reduced.
Question: The Green ICT effort, based on fundamental needs such as energy efficiency and network capacity, really affects a broad swath of modern life, doesn’t it?
Cavdar: Yes. Green ICT really presents a lot of parallel research problems that need solving. Researchers must now look more and more to the big picture. The whole topic is becoming more multi-disciplinary. We cannot solve the sustainability challenge in ICT or Big Data without considering them together. Greening ICT is one topic, but energy efficiency across industries is another topic and the two must be considered together. For instance, my own work involves the efficiency of next-generation mobile networks, but I must include energy delivery systems and smart grid in my thinking. That’s one of the objectives of the IEEE Green ICT Initiative: to be a connection point for bringing together different technical domains within IEEE, both in terms of raising awareness of the challenges in other domains and in making connections between individuals in each domain.
Question: Your research has addressed, among other topics, managed versus unmanaged systems and the implications for Green ICT and sustainable networks. Would you comment on this topic?
Cavdar: Certainly. As we move towards a system of systems, a network of networks, the distributed nature of this new paradigm makes it more unmanaged. Such a system is controlled by different entities, in different domains. We have smart power networks, smart cities, communication systems, transportation, manufacturing. These domains are all continuously growing and contributing to energy consumption. So to design a sustainable system of systems, we really need to take a holistic view across these fundamental industry verticals. Handling an unmanaged system of systems and making it sustainable is a serious and urgent challenge. Standardization will be very important but, unfortunately, multi-system standardization that leads to sustainability and energy efficiency is in its infancy, though initiatives in this area are underway.
Question: Burak, your work focuses in part on how the cloud impacts Green ICT. Would you comment on whether the cloud aids or impedes sustainability?
Kantarci: It’s a bit of both. The cloud offers a shared pool of resources to clients, which means offloading computing and storage resources to remote locations such as data centers. Data centers today are mostly run in a sustainable manner, according to current best practices, including the use of renewable energy, when available. On the other hand, offloading such services to remote locations also magnifies network traffic in the backbone, which challenges its energy efficiency. We’re re-engineering the backbone to gain more energy efficiency. New paradigms to achieve this goal include software-defined networks or network virtualization that can separate the control plane from the data transport plane. The cloud increases the affordability of its services, which drives further uptake, which increases the challenge of making the cloud more sustainable.
Question: Are there currently under-appreciated and possibly disruptive forces that could help or hurt Green ICT efforts?
Kantarci: I am working with my colleague, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, at Clarkson University in the chemistry and bio-molecular sciences department and they have developed some paper-based portable sensors that don’t consume energy. They are reusable, they last more than six months, and just based on the change in behavior of those sensors, they can detect changes in their environment. They can be interconnected via a mobile backbone, and they might be able to replace the conventional sensors used in environmental and other types of monitoring. I’m sure there are many other under-appreciated advancements that may impact Green ICT, but I’m sure the one I just mentioned will have such an impact in the future.
Question: In a sense, the Green ICT effort is a race against time. What needs to happen in the short-term, mid-term and long-term to meet the challenges to Green ICT?
Cavdar: Today’s systems were not designed with energy efficiency in mind. Performance was our target. We wanted to maximize system performance, but now sustainability has become paramount. In the short-term, we want to increase the number of functions that can go into “sleep” or “hibernation” mode. This involves modifying existing systems to make them sleep more and work more efficiently. In the long-term we want to redesign the system of systems to be intelligent, adaptive and optimized based on both performance and sustainability. The effects of this long-term strategy may vary between developed and developing countries. In industrialized nations, it’s not easy to redesign everything from scratch. But in green fields, in developing nations, it might be possible to leap-frog ahead. For instance, mobile payment systems in Sweden haven’t taken hold because the banks insist on the use of credit cards. Yet mobile payment systems took hold in Africa with unexpected swiftness.
Kantarci: I agree. Short-term goals will include energy-saving schemes in, say, data acquisition and in communications. Mid-term goals will include energy harvesting, which currently we do not do very efficiently. Long-term I think we’ll need to move towards no-power, battery-less devices. That’s my goal. Because if we succeed in connecting those no-power materials or nano/bio-sensors, that would be truly transformative in terms of its impact on Green ICT.
|Dr. Cicek Cavdar was coordinator of the project 5GrEEn: Towards Green 5G Mobile Network, now Swedish cluster coordinator of the project SooGREEN – Service Oriented Optimization of Green Mobile Networks, and a senior researcher in the Communications Systems Department at the School of ICT at KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.|
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Develop a sustainable knowledge portal for design study and research based on an integrated information management system with the applications of state-of-the-art ICTs.
The National Resource Centre (NRC) with its network of 16 Resource Centres (RCs) is the custodian of design intelligence and scholarship at NIFT. NRC was set up in 1986, the year NIFT was established. During the initial years the library and textile professionals, in cooperation with the faculty, painstakingly collected learning resources and cultural artifacts from all over India and abroad to develop this unique repository. Since its inception NRC combined the roles of a library and to some extent that of the other memory institutions such as archive and museum in preservation, discovery and dissemination. In 1995 NRC began coordinating development of the Resource Centres in seven new campuses of NIFT. With the emergence of the new millennium as NIFT developed into an institution of design research and added new campuses, NRC at New Delhi evolved from a static repository of knowledge resources into a full-fledged coordinating body of the Network of NIFT Resource Centres. Since then this Network has been functioning as a Fashion Information System (FIS) catering to the dynamic information needs of fashion professionals, would-be professionals and fashion educators. Its integrated collections of print, digital, audio and materials resources are the only systematically documented learning resources available in India for the study of international and contemporary Indian fashion.
At present NRC is exploring new vistas as it is situated at the intersection of multiple ideas related to Design Education, Material Culture, Cultural and Social Informatics including Digital Library and Virtual Museums.
Activities of NRC:
NRC coordinates development of all the Resource Centres (RCs) related to collection development, information service management, automation, standardization and planning of human resources and infrastructure. The department manages the consortium of all RCs to achieve optimum resource sharing and cost-effectiveness in acquisition of learning resources. NRC coordinates functioning of the cloud based multi-location library management software, e-Granthalaya of NIC, that offers access to students and faculty of NIFT to the union catalogues and user services of all the Resource Centres.
NRC has undertaken various activities related to digital preservation of select print and non-print materials in the collections of RCs. It is engaged in creation of an institutional repository with various sub-repositories such as that of graduation project reports, dissertations, theses and other intellectual and creative assets of the institution. A repository of craft cluster reports and artifacts is also under construction for the Craft Cluster project of NIFT. | <urn:uuid:1c5845f2-2918-4bf9-9fc2-95878f05aff6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nift.ac.in/nrc/nationalresourcecenter | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.925924 | 537 | 1.898438 | 2 |
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