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Carrigdhoun Cable Hat (PDF Knitting Pattern)
Carrigdhoun is a traditional Irish ballad that, like so many, speaks of lost love. In part the lyrics say:
“The heath is green on Carrigdhoun,
Bright shines the sun over Ardnalee.
The light green trees bent trembling down
To kiss the slumbering Owen na Buidhe.”
This cabled hat begins with a tubular cast on and is worked bottom up. Both Judy’s Magic Cast On and Magic Loop are used for the cast on; internet links are provided for both techniques.
Beginning with 1 x 1 ribbing, the overall cable design culminates in braided cables at the crown. The stitch pattern creates a surprisingly stretchy hat. A few stitches need to be sewn to close the cast on row. To accommodate the cable crossings at the end of a round, the EoR marker is repositioned at the end of rounds 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 and 13 in Chart A.
Both charts and written directions for charts are provided. For row-by-row stitch counts during crown shaping see the written directions.
Adult Small (Medium, Large)
Finished Circumference: 17.5 (20, 22.5)“ / 44.5 (51, 57)cm
To Fit: 18.5 – 21.5 (21 – 24, 23.5 – 26.5)” / 47 – 54.5 (53.5 – 61, 59.5 – 67.5)cm
Height: 8.25 (8.75, 9.25)” / 21 (22, 23.5)cm
255 (305, 355)yds / 233 (279, 325)m sock or fingering-weight yarn
This pattern uses Magic Loop configuration for the tubular cast on. Once the ribbing is established, the knitter may use their preferred method for knitting in the round.
2.75 mm / US2 needles for small circumference knitting in the round or size required to obtain gauge
3.25 mm / US3 circular needle 32” / 80cm or longer for CO only
32 sts and 42 rows = 4” in Stockinette stitch in the round, blocked, using smaller needles
45 sts and 43 rows = 4” in cable pattern
Cable needle, stitch marker, tapestry needle
A huge thank you to the test knitters: Ravellers dragonxser, ftmhling, janetknitwitch, KateB660, ladywulf, lindaran, Woollykim and bgow
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Many libraries offer free or discounted passes to local attractions and cultural destinations, so before paying to visit nearby museums, zoos or other places, see what your library has available. Some libraries have physical passes you must pick up and return, while others provide access to tickets online through programs like Discover & Go in California. Getting free and low-cost admission tickets through your library is an affordable way to explore your area’s attractions.
Audiobooks, e-books and digital magazines
Go beyond the books on your library’s shelves. Many branches provide free access to e-books, audiobooks, digital magazines and newspapers through apps like Hoopla, Libby, Flipster and PressReader. You’ll find an almost limitless selection.
TV, music and movie streaming
If you subscribe to one or more streaming services, you may want to see what your library offers. Many libraries provide access to online services such as Kanopy, Hoopla and Freegal for free music, TV and movie streaming. The options may not be as up-to-date as some paid-for services, but you’ll find quality content.
Study rooms and meeting spaces
Need a change of scenery from your work-from-home setup, a quiet space for your book club or a conference room to hold a meeting? Many libraries allow patrons and community groups to reserve study rooms and meeting spaces for free, so you can skip the day rate at the pricey coworking space in town. Some libraries may even equip their rooms with video conferencing equipment, interactive whiteboards and other items.
Career training and small business resources
With job search platforms, career coaching, interview training, and test-prep and resume-writing help, many libraries offer free career and business resources in person or through online platforms like Learning Express and LinkedIn Learning. The Broward County Main Library in Florida has a complete Small Business Incubator and Hub, including a coworking space, tech equipment and other career and business resources.
Before paying to get important documents notarized, see if your library offers notary services. Many branches provide it free or for a small fee or suggested donation.
Electronics and tech support
Your library may have a variety of electronic devices you can borrow. For example, at Scranton Library in Madison, Connecticut, patrons can borrow laptops, iPads, Kindles, digital cameras, video cameras, podcasting equipment and more. And 3D printing is available at many libraries — for a small fee, in some cases. These offerings provide an affordable way to explore new technology or test a device before buying. And if you need help with new devices or ones you already own, many libraries also have tech support.
Many libraries loan out instruments such as the guitar, ukulele, keyboard and more. Head to YouTube for music lessons; boom, you can learn how to play an instrument for free!
Household items and appliances
Many library branches have a Library of Things — a collection of household and recreational items. For example, the Center Moriches Free Public Library in New York has a microscope, a telescope, a Cricut Joy Machine, an inflatable outdoor movie screen and a sewing machine in its collection. Richland Library in South Carolina has nearly 200 items in its Library of Things, including a metal detector, a bird-watching kit, gardening tools, a tent, and folding chairs and tables. Your branch may have various useful items you can borrow instead of buying.
Workshops, classes and groups
Your library may have classes and workshops for multiple interests in person and online, from self-defense and yoga classes, walking and crafting groups, writing workshops and discussion series. Be sure to browse your library’s events calendar to discover its offerings.
If you want to pick up a new language or brush up on one, your library is an excellent place to start. Some branches have language classes — for example, the Free Library of Philadelphia offers Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish. But in addition to classes, many libraries provide free access to online language platforms such as Mango, Rosetta Stone and Transparent Language, which offers over 100 languages.
Summer meals for kids
Many children lose access to free or affordable meals when school’s out. Thankfully, many libraries run food initiatives through the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program and local partnerships. For example, Richland Library offers free lunch to children ages 18 and under through its Summer Break Café. And the Miami-Dade Public Library System in Florida provides seven breakfasts and lunches to kids weekly in the summer.
Puzzles, games and toys
You may be able to borrow board games, puzzles, toys and other similar items from your library. For instance, Scranton Library loans out chess sets, beach toys and backyard games. Many libraries also create themed toy kits — perfect for kids or grandkids.
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Dare To Be Primary/Elementary
Dare to be...® is an exciting brand new initiative from North East Dance specifcally designed for and aimed at young people. The Primary School programme covers seven issues and a bonus course which affect young people in society today. Dare to be...® is accredited by OCN Credit4Learning resulting in participants receiving accreditations on completion of each course. Our vision is to provide secure, creative and empowering learning opportunities to support young people. This is underpinned by our commitment to carry out our work within a strong ethical framework of social justice, self-determination, participation and reflective practice intended to promote equality of opportunity and to recognise diversity.
The Primary School dare to be… workshops focus on important subject that affect children in a daily basis. We aim to support and enhance the learning process through education, physical and creative activity. Dance is an excellent engagement tool and our primary aims are to engage with, support, raise awareness and nurture talent in young people to help them to reach their full potential. Many are under enormous pressure to conform to peer groups or media influences, this can cause young people to do things they would not normally do such as promote hatred, smoke, alcohol, participate in youth disorder or crime. | <urn:uuid:49de3aad-fd0d-410c-abc2-1c3d9ec8051f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.northeastdance.com/programmes/dare-to-be-primary-elementary | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.949178 | 254 | 1.84375 | 2 |
The number of “traditionally” produced print titles rose 3.3% in 2012 to 301,642, according to new figures released Tuesday morning by R.R. Bowker. The total includes print books from both traditional publishing houses as well as self-publishers, but does not include works from nontraditional companies that specialize it reprints of public domain titles. Output from those companies rose 10.9%, to 1,460,168. Taken together, total print output rose 9.5% in 2012 to 1,761,810.
According to Bowker, the number of fiction print books rose 10%, to 47,420 titles. The number of business books jumped 38% in the year, to 13,998 titles, but the number of biographies fell 10%, to 10,931. The number of juvenile titles rose nearly 6% in the year, to 32,624 and the number of religion books rose 2% to 18,971.
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There are no major health risks associated with travelling in Holland. No vaccinations are required. For general health issues, check out the official health recommendations issued by your government. There are some specific health issues you need to be aware of if you’re cycling in Holland, such as dehydration & heat exhaustion, Lyme disease and oak processionary caterpillars. For emergencies ring 112.
Beware of the oak processionary caterpillar! Photo © Holland-Cycling.com
Dehydration and heat exhaustion
Dehydration and heat exhaustion in Holland? Yes, heat related illnesses can be a problem and not only in the height of summer. Holland has a lot of flat and open landscape with little protection against the sun. As there is usually a cool breeze, you don’t always realise how hot it actually is and how much fluid you’re loosing through sweating. If you feel thirsty, it’s a sign you’re dehydrating. Make sure you drink enough to produce pale, diluted urine. Dutch tap water is of exceptionally good quality (some even say it's better than bottled water, in any case it's a lot cheaper), so make sure you fill up your bottles.
Dehydration can result in heat exhaustion. Symptoms include headache, dizziness and tiredness. If you’re suffering from heat exhaustion, you need to make sure you drink enough to replace the fluids you have lost. Salty fluids such as soup or bouillon and salty foods will help replace the loss of salt. Cool your body e.g. with cold water.
Ticks are a problem in deciduous woodlands (especially with oak trees) and grassy areas. Usually cyclists only get tick bites when they go off the cycle paths for a break. In Holland ticks can carry the borrelia bacteria, which causes Lyme disease. The estimated chance of getting Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick is 1-3%.
Tips to prevent Lyme disease
Symptoms may vary, some people even have no symptoms at all. If you’ve been bitten by an infected tick, you might get a red welt and a 'bull's eye' around the spot within a day or two. Sometimes you may have mild flu-like symptoms (e.g. headache, nausea). If this happens, go and see a doctor immediately. If left untreated, Lyme disease can cause serious damage to the nervous system.
Oak processionary caterpillars
Holland has a large number of lanes with oak trees, which are the ideal home for the oak processionary caterpillar (Thaumetopoea processionea). As a cyclist you rarely get to see the caterpillars themselves. You will notice oak trees marked with red and white tape with the inscription Pas op processierups (Beware of the oak processionary caterpillar). This is to warn people who may have an allergic reaction to the poisonous setae (hairs).
Health problems are most common in late May and early June. This is when the oak processionary caterpillar is in its last stages of development, before becoming a moth. The caterpillars are covered with thousands of poisonous hairs that break off easily and get blown away by the wind.
If the toxic hairs come into contact with your skin, you can come up with a very itchy skin rash. The hairs might also give you itchy eyes. Less commonly, they have been reported to cause sore throats and respiratory distress, particularly among those with a pre-existing condition. Usually the symptoms will disappear within several days or weeks.
Tips to remove the toxic hairs
Emergency number 112
In emergencies ring 112. You can ring this emergency telephone number free of charge from any telephone or mobile phone to reach emergency services (Ambulances, Fire & Rescue Service and the Police). The staff should be able to assist you in the English language.
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As the discussion around Apple and Google’s COVID-19 contact following application system keeps on developing, numerous individuals are asking how they can cripple it.
Not long ago, They stirred to find that my internet based life systems were humming with a similar informing: Apple and Google had unexpectedly introduced a COVID-19 following application to iPhones and Android gadgets without consent. As is regularly the situation with regards to viral strings that flood informal communities, the reality of the situation was to some degree distinctive to the cases being made.
While trying to explain what was going on, They distributed a reality checking article that day: Have Apple And Google Uploaded A COVID-19 Tracking App To Your Phone? The Facts Behind The Furor. The bottom line is that neither Apple nor Google had transferred an application to cell phones without consent; no covert and programmed following application establishment had occurred.
Befittingly, that article itself went sort of viral and has been seen mutiple and a half multiple times to date. It likewise produced a lot of criticism by method of messages and direct messages, most by far of which was from individuals asking how they could debilitate or erase the ‘following application’ on their telephone at the present time.
Is there a COVID-19 following application on your telephone?
OK, how about they move this unequivocally: the COVID-19 presentation warnings system that has been remembered for both Android and iOS stage refreshes isn’t an application. It’s an application programming interface (API) to empower following, or contact following, applications to work effectively when they are introduced.
Without a doubt, as an Android client theirself, when I click on the presentation warnings section, it reveals to me that they should either introduce or wrap setting up the taking an interest application before the notices can be turned on. A joint explanation from Apple and Google, distributed May 20, makes this understood: “What we’ve built is not an app – rather public health agencies will incorporate the API into their own apps that people install.”
In this way, in the event that you haven’t introduced an official state or government following application, there’s nothing to stress over. Or on the other hand so you may think, however not every person would concur with you as their letter box so appropriately illustrates. They even took to Twitter to check the sentiment of individuals with regards to introducing and utilizing an Apple or Google COVID-19 presentation warning based following application, when accessible. With only 231 individuals partaking in their survey, it is anything but a factually substantial thing, yet that is unimportant.
The fact of the matter is that it reflected what I definitely knew, that conclusion is divided into halves on this issue: 40.7% said truly, 46.8% no with 12.6% so far uncertain.
An ongoing report by Avira recommends that 71% of Americans won’t download such an application, 88% of those matured 55 or over and 84% of government or human services laborers. The greatest worry among that example was protection, firmly followed by a misguided sensation that all is well and good.
Strangely, that reflects the reactions of my little example. The vast majority of those in the no camp were stressed either by what governments proposed to do with the information or whether the innovation included even functioned admirably enough to be compelling. One thing is clear, for any such framework to be powerful it must have the sponsorship of the general population. “User adoption is key to success,” the joint Apple and Google proclamation stated, “we believe that these strong privacy protections are also the best way to encourage use of these apps.”
The decentralized introduction warning model more or less
Things being what they are, how accomplishes presentation notice work in this Apple and Google decentralized model? More or less, irregular IDs are traded utilizing Bluetooth between your telephone and the telephones of other people who have selected in around you. These irregular IDs are put away on your telephone and are not imparted to any focal database server.
Except if that is, somebody is determined to have COVID-19 and offers that data with the official contact following application. Now, the ID reference points from the past 14 days are, with your authorization, transferred to a focal server from where coordinating clients can be told of the presentation on the off chance that they have likewise selected in.
This framework isn’t keen on following your area, simply the gadgets you have been in contact with. It doesn’t impart other clients’ personalities to the application itself or with Apple or Google so far as that is concerned.
In addition, the arbitrary ID allotted to your telephone is changed each 10 to 20 minutes to forestall following instead of contact following, and these IDs are erased following 14 days.
“All of the exposure notification matching happens on your device, which means that only you and your app know if you report having COVID-19 or been exposed to someone who has reported having COVID-19,” as per Google. That equivalent Google proclamation said that “the public health authority app is not allowed to use your phone’s location or track your location in the background.”
It merits calling attention to that there are additionally plans to permit the actuation of Bluetooth ID reference points, following another working framework update in the coming months, without the prerequisite of a different application being introduced. “If a match is detected the user will be notified, and if the user has not already downloaded an official public health authority app they will be prompted to download an official app and advised on next steps,” an Apple and Google introduction warning FAQ expressed. By and by, be that as it may, this will be pick in, and no different prerequisites as before apply.
How to handicap Apple and Google COVID-19 introduction notice
On the off chance that you’ve chosen, for reasons unknown, that contact following isn’t something that you need to take part in, at that point you’ll likely be searching for approaches to incapacitate or erase the introduction notice system.
Keep in mind, notwithstanding, in the event that you don’t empower introduction notices, at that point you won’t be informed on the off chance that you have possibly been presented to COVID-19. Just only you can decide whether that is a hazard worth taking, and the flip of this is you may likewise uncover other people who might be oblivious in the event that you had the contamination.
First of all, at that point: you don’t have to ‘disable’ introduction warnings as they are not empowered as a matter of course. As I’ve just clarified, the presentation notice structure right now possibly works on the off chance that you have introduced an official following application and selected into utilizing the notice framework. Regardless of whether, or when, it turns out to be a piece of the working framework without the requirement for an independently introduced application, it will even now be a pick in thing.
Google said that you can kill introduction notices in your Android telephone settings or uninstall the official general wellbeing application on the off chance that you’ve recently introduced one when it opens up. Simply go to the settings application, click on Google|COVID-19 presentation notices, and you can flip them on or off from that point. From a similar spot, you can likewise erase any arbitrary IDs that have been put away by tapping on Delete irregular IDs|Delete.
Apple said that the “choice to use this technology rests with the user, and he or she can turn it off at any time by uninstalling the contact tracing application or turning off exposure notification in Settings.” As with Android clients, the switch for presentation logging is off as a matter of course in iOS 13.5 and later. On the off chance that you have introduced an authoritatively approved application and selected into introduction warning use, at that point you have to go to Settings|Privacy|Health from where you can flip them on or off. You can likewise erase any presentation logs, saved for 14 days similarly as with Android gadgets, from similar settings page.
Keep in mind, in the two cases, you won’t be informed on the off chance that you’ve been presented to COVID-19.
Why uninstalling the introduction warning structure is an impractical notion
They would firmly educate you not to follow any concerning the aides you may discover online with guidelines for how to expel the system out and out. These include moving back to a past variant of the working framework and guaranteeing that programmed refreshes are debilitated to keep any further updates from being introduced. As a cybersecurity individual, I can’t pressure enough what a poorly conceived notion it isn’t to be secured against assailants who might misuse unpatched vulnerabilities in either Android or iOS.
On the off chance that you are on edge about the security of your information, and this is the reason you need to debilitate the COVID-19 introduction notice capacity, at that point it looks bad to open up your gadget to assaults with the possibility to get to your information.
They have moved toward both Apple and Google for additional remark, and will refresh this article should any be approaching.
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Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains an uncommon but devastating complication following total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), with a relatively low incidence of ∼1% to 2% of all primary TKAs and THAs but a variably higher incidence following revision surgery. The gold standard and most widely employed treatment for chronic PJI in the hip and knee is a two-stage exchange revision with the main goals of infection eradication and preservation of prosthetic joint function. Typically, the first stage comprises explantation of all total hip and knee components along with irrigation, infected tissue debridement and placement of a high-dose antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ALBC) spacer. This is followed by an extended course of antibiotics and a delayed second-stage procedure entailing antibiotic spacer removal and reimplantation of revision TKA or THA components once the joint is declared free of infection. The success of a two-stage exchange revision in eradicating hip and knee PJI is reportedly as high as 80% to 90% but is highly predicated on several factors, including the causative organism, extent of surgical debridement, and medical status of the host.
Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement Spacers in the Hip and Knee
The goals of ALBC spacers are local antibiotic delivery, provision of joint stability, alignment, and prevention of severe soft-tissue contracture before the second-stage reimplantation. They are broadly classified as articulating or static ( Fig. 30.1 ). , Articulating spacers are designed to allow for hip and knee range of motion in the interval between the two revision stages with the advantages of potentially increased range of motion after second-stage revision, less soft-tissue contracture and easier exposure, and increased patient function and satisfaction. These can be created using a variety of techniques, including hand molding, commercially available prefabricated spacers, sterile molds for intraoperative preparation ( Fig. 30.2 ), and metal with all-polyethylene components ( Fig. 30.3 ). Static spacers function as a temporary knee arthrodesis, providing more rigid joint stability than articulated spacers, which protect the collateral ligaments and the extensor mechanism, creating a more favorable environment for soft-tissue and wound healing. They are typically prepared with a manually placed antibiotic cement block, filling the extension gap along with intramedullary femoral and tibial antibiotic cement dowels with or without the use of Steinmann pins or small-diameter intramedullary rods for stability reinforcement ( Fig. 30.4 ). Static spacers of the hip are reserved for massive acetabular or femoral bone loss in which an articulating spacer cannot be placed but do not function as an arthrodesis of the hip. They can be handmade with ALBC hand-packed around rush rods or Kirschner wires (K-wires) or can be fashioned as a dowel from a cement gun nozzle (see Fig. 30.4 ).
There is controversy over which type of spacer overall provides the more superior treatment of PJI following TKA or THA. However, orthopaedic surgeons typically decide on which technique to use depending on multiple patient factors and the degree of bone and soft-tissue compromise. There is evidence suggesting equal infection eradication rates between the two methods but improved function and knee range of motion following revision with an articulated knee spacer. , In the hip, there is evidence suggesting equal infection eradication rates and functional outcomes when comparing static versus articulating spacers. Both articulating and static spacers carry the risk of complications, which may vary depending on technique. Nonetheless, these complications need to be recognized, avoided if possible, and, in the case of occurrence, must be managed appropriately by the treating surgeon.
Medical Complications of Hip and Knee Spacers
The mortality rates surrounding ALBC spacer treatment of hip and knee PJI are an important consideration. In a retrospective review including 326 two-stage exchange treatments of knee PJI with cement spacer implantation, the 2-year mortality rate was approximately 12%. The mortality rate was even higher, at 18% at a mean of 3.7 years, in a different retrospective study of 134 patients who underwent the first of a two-stage treatment of knee PJI with antibiotic spacer placement. The literature on mortality during two-stage exchange of the hip is very similar to the knee. One retrospective study of 202 patients who underwent two-stage exchange for THA PJI found that 14 patients (7%) died before reimplantation, with a 90-day mortality rate of 4% after the first stage. With a minimum of 2-year follow-up, their overall mortality rate during their study period of 13 years was 48%. These data highlight the significant risk associated with two-stage treatment of chronic knee and hip PJI and the importance of medically optimizing patients undergoing this staged treatment.
The primary function of an ALBC spacer is the local elution of high doses of antibiotics at the site of infection. However, the elution of certain antibiotics—particularly vancomycin and aminoglycosides (gentamicin, tobramycin)—with subsequent systemic absorption can result in nephrotoxicity. A prospective study of 21 patients (10 THA and 11 TKA) who underwent placement of an antibiotic cement spacer demonstrated persistently detectable serum levels of vancomycin, gentamicin, and tobramycin for 8 weeks, indicating prolonged systemic absorption of these antibiotics. Patient factors—including age, male gender, diabetes, and blood urea nitrogen levels—correlated with serum vancomycin or aminoglycoside levels. Another prospective study encompassing the same cohort as part of a 37-patient sample (17 THA and 20 TKA) monitored postoperative serum creatinine levels to assess the risk of nephrotoxicity (acute kidney injury [AKI]). A total of 10 patients experienced some degree of renal insufficiency (27%), while 2 subjects (5%) developed renal failure. No patient risk factors were identified as predictors of nephrotoxicity in this study; however, the sample size was limited. A different prospective study of 50 patients who received tobramycin (± gentamicin) ALBC spacers (THA and TKA) demonstrated a 20% incidence of AKI and identified intraoperative blood transfusions, the postoperative use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatories, and the use of gentamicin-added bone cement as risk factors for AKI. A higher incidence of AKI (26%) was found in a larger retrospective study of 247 patients (THA and TKA) who underwent two-stage exchange revision with placement of an ALBC spacer. Risk factors for AKI included high body mass index, lower baseline hemoglobin levels, and concurrent medical comorbidities.
The incidence of nephrotoxicity following ALBC spacer placement is not negligible and warrants careful consideration of antibiotic dosing when preparing ALBC spacers for revision TKA or THA. Timely recognition of nephrotoxicity following ALBC spacer placement is important and possible through close monitoring of serum creatinine levels postoperatively, particularly in patients potentially at risk based on the risk factors identified earlier. Appropriate management includes adequate hydration and the avoidance of nephrotoxic medications in the immediate postoperative period. Considering the balance between delivery of high doses of local antibiotics and the risk of nephrotoxicity, we routinely use 2 g of vancomycin and 2.4 g of tobramycin per 40-g bag of high-viscosity cement when making a cement spacer.
Surgical Complications of Hip and Knee Spacers
The incidence of wound complications following antibiotic spacer placement is not uncommon given the frequency of a compromised soft-tissue envelope in patients undergoing two-stage treatment of knee PJI. The reported incidence is around 6% to 7.4% in institutional case series of patients undergoing two-stage exchange. , This predominantly includes poor healing, wound dehiscence, and superficial infection. Depending on severity, it may require a secondary procedure in the form of irrigation and debridement and possibly spacer exchange. In a single institution’s retrospective review of its complications of hip ALBC spacers as part of a two-stage exchange, 4 of 82 patients (4.9%) developed a draining sinus between stages that required repeat debridement. This lower rate of wound complications in the hip compared with the knee may be attributed to a larger soft-tissue envelope that may be protective from persistent drainage. Systemic host grade and local extremity grade are major factors associated with wound complications following spacer placement. Careful host and extremity selection for static versus articulated spacers may also play a role in the occurrence of wound complications. However, current wound complication rates are similar between static and articulated spacers. Given the potential for complexity of these wound complications in a compromised soft-tissue envelope, early consultation with plastic surgery may be appropriate for wound management.
Another potentially catastrophic complication following the placement of a static or articulated ALBC spacer is dislocation or fracture of the spacer itself or the surrounding host bone ( Fig. 30.5 ). This may compromise the bone stock available for subsequent revision or may cause soft-tissue injury ( Fig. 30.6 ), including extensor mechanism disruption. The incidence of fracture around a static spacer was reported at 10.5% in a case series of 133 patients who underwent two-stage treatment for PJI with a static spacer. The majority of those were fissures on the tibial side. In a larger institutional database study that included 326 knee PJI cases treated with a two-stage exchange with articulated or static spacers, there were 5 cases of spacer dislocation (1.5%) and only 1 case of tibial fracture (0.3%). All 6 of these cases required spacer revision, adding to patient morbidity and cost of care. The incidence and risk of spacer fracture or dislocation increases with spacer retention for prolonged periods of time. A retrospective review including 34 retained knee spacers due to being medically unfit for reimplantation found a 21% spacer revision rate at 2 years, most frequently for supracondylar femur fractures and spacer dislocations. | <urn:uuid:2e6ba782-b96c-4e44-a413-d2075e9cb935> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://musculoskeletalkey.com/antibiotic-spacer-techniques-in-hip-and-knee/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.917153 | 2,182 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Magical education for entrepreneurs. (Because you're not a muggle, dammit.)
You’ve been taking endless business classes full of step-by-step formulas, done-for-you downloads, and sales-ready templates for a long time. But something feels… off…about each one of ’em.
They’ve got some useful information, and sure you might need more accounting and general how-to skills, but they’re missing vital components that you can’t put your finger on.
That’s because your business, much as it has Google-able bits and easy-to-implement strategies, is as
much an inward journey as an outward one.
You can master SEO, hire a staff of twenty, make millions, and still be an absolutely hopeless muggle.
You, friend, are magic.
Your business, by extension, is also magical.
We magical creatures don't work like our non-magical, muggle counterparts.
Muggles loooooooooooove money and are happy to work harder and harder for endless hours to make more of it, no questions asked. No anguish about being good enough, about bringing worth to the world, or about having a voice without contributing to today's endless noise.
Magical creatures need meaning. We need to know we’re working toward
something bigger, better, or more deeply influential than selling a few more of those things over there. We yearn to make a difference in the world, and we do best when we have a cause to back. (See: Dumbledore’s Army.)
Magical creatures need meaning. We need to know we’re working toward something bigger, better, or more deeply influential than selling a few more of those things over there. We yearn to make a difference in the world, and we do best when we have a cause to back. (See: Dumbledore’s Army.)
M-School means we magical business owners stop pretending we're muggles, once and for all.
We'll explore and grow and enjoy geeky Harry Potter references while tinkering in our businesses. We'll discuss the horrors of living in the physical world (hydrating, cleaning, taking things to the post office, UGH), while mastering both muggle and magic modalities in the business world.
M-School is for bringing your particular brand of magic to life.
In M-School, you'll enjoy six audio classes (and a shit-ton of bonuses) to help bring your magical nature to business.
Part 1: Expelliarmus! Clear the way for magic.
I: Get off the Unicorn Blood.
Why you’re addicted, how it’s messing with your life, and how to get
off that nasty stuff in no time flat. Unicorn blood stifles your
creativity, binds you up in arbitrary and boring rules, and frustrates
you on a daily basis.
II: Deal with dementors. We’ll learn to handle these fiendish creatures who ruin your health, threaten your stability, and suck your soul. Of course we’ll also learn to conjure a patronus and identify the skills you need to share in order to keep these suckers at bay.
II: Heal the horcruxes. These are the objects and ideas you’ve been giving way too much influence over your life. We’ll find ’em, bust ’em, and call your power back to you in tangible, practical ways that retrain your brain and stop muggle thinking in its tracks. We can undo years of training, classes, and education that have left you stuck, stagnant, bored, or hopeless when it comes to running your (business) life the way you’d like.
Part 2: Accio! Bring magic into your business.
IV: Embrace the mystery.
We’ll wander in the Forbidden Forest to face uncertainty, doubt, and
wonder in their natural habitat. Hard questions, brutal truths, and more
muggle-y stuff like finding ideal clients and selling naturally will be
tackled as we make more room for your particular magic in business.
V: Make meaning.
We don’t get to join Dumbledore’s Army and fight Voldemort, so we’ve
got to find our own reasons for getting up and making a living each day.
We’ll dive into making failure a delight (YES REALLY), take a look at
healthy reasons to give our magic away, and identify our own personal
Voldemorts in the name of rallying on the side of good in the world.
VI: Market your magic.
It’s only in this final two-part class that our lessons come together and make
offers in the business world. We’ll use our magic to both get
sales-naked and to make peace with our income streams. I’ll show you how
to make offers that freaking sell without using all the salesy-bullshit
words, how to get excited about your next project, and how to share
that excitement with your peeps in straightforward and effective ways.
(This shit is NOT easy or step-by-step, no-problemo blahblahblah fluff.
It’s difficult, and I’ll help you see why that difficulty is actually a
very good thing.)
Now, listen in to the free preview: what we talk about when we talk about magic. You'll love it!
I didn't expect to find any magic in me because I had this vision of magic being something huge and amazing and out of my grasp. But then I did! I have a whole new beautiful concept of magic that I love!
I loved that M-School was completely different from any other business
class or program. I didn't feel like a square peg getting squashed into a
-- Heather Carpenter
M-School is shifting my perspective about my work in the sense that I now realize I've got all kinds of stories to use in my marketing and it doesn't have to be hard to sell. M-School has given me permission to use my stories. Also, taking a break from my perfection porn has been a freakin' game changer. — Joanna Platt
M School has changed my perspective on my business from something that will "happen one day" to actually putting the time in my week to work on it. — Alex O’Neill
If you know you want something different, bigger, more meaningful, go be with Kristen. She will cut through the excuses you are making for yourself, help you overcome them, and teach you how to hustle with a big damn heart and a whole lot of magic. -- Nicki Behm
If your bio is written in the third person or you haven't sent a newsletter in the past 90 days because you're bored by your own ideas -- you need M-School.
If you're tired of pursuing clear-cut external results like losing 10 pounds or making X dollars, then reaching those goals and feeling disappointed -- you need M-School.
If you're tired of feeling equal parts broken for your inability to muggle effectively (MAILING STUFF IS SO HARD, WHY) and shy for your 'weird' or 'strange' talents -- you need M-School .
If you'd like to stop comparing yourself to that muggle over there who is #crushingit and #blessed -- you need M-School.
This is Magical Business School for Entrepreneurs, with a touch of marketing and selling and laughing thrown in for good measure, and it's made to help you grow as a human, as an entrepreneur, and as a magical being.
Please, lemme help you grow.
P.S. Got a question I might answer, need help checking out, or otherwise wanna chat? E-mail [email protected] and I'll get back to you lickety-split. ;)
I feel like M-School was the push-in-the-right-direction I needed, as I'd unwittingly found myself wandering into The Forest Of Shitty Marketing via the Path Of Trying To Be Exactly Like Everyone Else... I've still got a long (perhaps infinite) journey ahead of me, which is a little scary, but at least I'm on the right path now. :) -- Madelyn Wright
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Hi, I'm Kristen! I make books, articles, and record the That's What She Said podcast to help creative solopreneurs create more magic, meaning, and money in their lives. My courses share my eleven years of business experience in ways that are actually fun, complete with plenty of swearing and minus the desire to punch yourself in the face due to boredom.
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However, today sad news about Team Humanity.
From the Copenhagen Post in Denmark:
Two Danish aid workers charged with human trafficking in Greece
Co-founders of Team Humanity were arrested on the island of Lesbos after helping refugees from a sinking boat
January 15th, 2016 8:25 am| by Lucie Rychla
Two Danish aid workers from the non-profit organisation Team Humanity were on Wednesday arrested on human trafficking charges on the Greek island of Lesbos, reports Information.
This reminds me of someone in the Netherlands, who helped a sick refugee child and was arrested on spurious ‘human trafficking’ charges for that. Fortunately, these charges were dropped soon. One should hope this will happen soon now in Greece as well.
These outrageous arrests may be a result of the pressure of European Union governments on the Greek government to have harsher anti-refugee policies.
According to the organisation’s chairman Walle El Ghorba, the two men, aged 26 and 33, are now sitting in custody awaiting a trial that could possibly see them get four years in prison.
El Ghorba told Information the men were saving refugees from a sinking boat in the Aegean Sea.
Escorted by coast guard
Allegedly, they contacted the Greek coastguard, but when it did not show up, the Danes together with three Spanish volunteers began to help the refugees onto their own boat.
According to Dutch NOS TV, the three Spanish Team Humanity volunteers are now in jail as well. Their lifeboat is sponsored from the Netherlands.
Then they called the coastguard again, this time it responded by escorting them to the island.
Later that day, the volunteers were arrested and charged with human trafficking.
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Caleb Levar: From PhD to Taproom Tech
Bringing Science to the Art of Brewing
When Caleb Levar decided to become a microbiologist during undergrad, he embraced that decision in all aspects of his life. “What that meant for me was starting a sourdough culture for bread, making cheese, and fermenting sauerkraut,” he says. “Beer was something I did as well, and it turned out that I was alright at it.”
After graduating from the Bond Lab one year ago with his PhD, Levar took his talents to the taproom, joining Fair State Brewing Cooperative as resident microbial expert. “The goal of an academic program is to teach people how to be better problem solvers,” he says. “Everything that we do every day in the brewery is problem solving.”
For instance, many common types of beer are brewed using pure cultures of standard yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, due to its reliable consistency. Yet adding in unique fermenters like Lactobacillus (a common microbe in yogurt and sauerkraut) can dramatically enrich and diversify a brewery’s offerings. That’s why brewers of all sizes are now experimenting with cultures of mixed microbes.
Working with multiple bacterial species or strains, however, introduces the risk of cross-contamination. Additionally, different microbial communities often compete for or work together synergistically to consume available sugars in the slurry. Levar often makes use of his academic training to precisely manage the complex microbial interactions occurring in every batch.
At a large brewery, experimentation with mixed culture fermentations is more difficult due to sheer batch size. At Fair State, however, a batch might fill only a handful of barrels, which makes the problems that arise more manageable and reduces the risk of dumping huge volumes of botched beer.
“Brewing is not a glamorous job,” says Levar, noting that 90% of the work is plumbing and janitorial. Tanks must be frequently scoured and waste disposed of. Because different activities occur on different days, wastewater quality can vary dramatically from day to day at microbreweries. “There’s water everywhere, and a lot of it goes right down the drain,” he says. All of this leads to a heavy load on the municipal wastewater service, creating a need for new ways to clean up.
“One of the fundamental missions of the U of M and the BioTechnology Institute is to interface with the public and with industry and to help find solutions to uniquely Minnesotan problems,” says Levar, who will shortly open the doors to Oakhold Farmhouse Brewery, a brand new venture in Northern Minnesota. Meanwhile, he continues to nurture that exact same sourdough culture he started in undergrad. | <urn:uuid:a0caaea0-45d2-4b9f-8aaa-097dc9f04745> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.water.umn.edu/2017/05/31/caleb-levar-from-phd-to-taproom-tech/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.968724 | 585 | 2.359375 | 2 |
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The pursuit of perfection is ingrained in the gifted craftsmen who make the military uniform, metalwork, swords and accoutrements for the Armed Forces, says Eleanor Doughty
Eleanor Doughty goes behind the scenes to find out how the military uniform, metalwork, swords and accoutrements are made for our Armed Forces.
The northern boundary of the Roman Empire stretched from Tyneside to the Solway Firth. This year marks one of celebration for Hadrian’s Wall, writes Martyn Baguley.
Whether serving the country or competing, pigeon racing has dazzled with feats of speed and stamina that have turned more than one royal head, says Charlotte Mackaness.
MILITARY UNIFORM: HOW IS IT MADE?
A gentle clicking resonates inside a large room down a north London backstreet. About 30 men and women sit, each at their own station, needles and threads in hand, sewing machines on their tables. This is Kashket & Partners, a specialist in military uniform. Soldiers need coats, tunics and trousers as well as weapons – and Kashket is proud to make them. The company’s history can be traced to Russia, where the Kashket family were milliners. Alfred Kashket – later awarded an MBE – made felt hats for Tsar Nicholas II and, after moving to London in the 1920s, built relationships with the Royal Household and military. Today, the company remains a family business and in 2011 made the uniform worn by HRH The Duke of Cambridge at his wedding. Alfred’s son, master tailor Bernard Kashket MBE, is “the font of all knowledge when it comes to uniforms”, explains my guide, a former Welsh Guards warrant officer. Bernard’s son, Russell, is the chairman of the group and senior directing master tailor, and at reception I meet his son, Nathan, who is head of sales and leads the bespoke tailoring business.
When a serviceman or woman requires a garment, they put in a demand that is serviced by Kashket and the six-week journey to their new mess dress jacket, frock coat or gold state coat can begin. Measurements are taken, a pattern is cut and when it’s been made into a fitting – the first draft – Kashket staff visit to fit the garment before any details are added. A King’s Troop officer’s tunic is having its lining stitched; destined for Woolwich, it will visit four or five different Kashket tailors before it is finished. Each garment is pressed and ironed up to 60 times, which makes for a time-consuming process – but one that can be expedited to 48 hours, if need be.
ON THE BUTTON
Kashket is only one part of Firmin House, a military outfitting organisation that incorporates E C Snaith, a medallist, Kashket Tactical Group, which designs modern body armour, and 367-year-old Firmin & Sons, which specialises in uniform metalwork. The relationship between Kashket and Firmin is beautifully entwined, explains Tony Kelly, senior sales manager for Firmin: “There’s no point having a button that won’t fit the buttonhole.” With a workshop in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, Firmin is the oldest privately owned manufacturing company in Britain. It was established in 1655 by Thomas Firmin, with its headquarters on Lombard Street, in the City of London, before moving to Birmingham in 1882. Its first employee, explains Kelly, was 14-year-old George Robotham, who was taken on as an apprentice girdler, making ceremonial sword belts and shoe buckles. The Birmingham armoury contains one of Firmin’s original tools – a blacksmith’s elm, still in use today, having made items worn at the Battle of Blenheim, at Trafalgar, Waterloo, the Somme, Alamein and Helmand Province.
Today, Firmin makes thousands of individual items for the Armed Forces, each with their own NATO stock number. “We are probably the single largest supplier of separate NATO stock numbers,” says Kelly. It’s not surprising, since a typical button “will have at least three sizes, and cap badges will have officer and soldier versions. Then you’ve got shoulder titles, collar badges, ranking chevrons, stars and crowns – and we haven’t even started on the Scottish regalia.” Firmin House services an inventory of more than 48,000 items and has a stock of more than 20,000 dies and tools, says Kelly, “and I’ve got them all in the back of my head”.
Kelly’s colleagues represent a vast array of talented craftsmen and women – die-sinkers, who cut the stamping dies from which a button or a badge is stamped; toolmakers, who make the tools that cut out the metal; press operators, solderers, brazers and fusion welders, who “put the fittings on the back of items”. Then there are the armourers and helmet-makers, who serve three- to five-year apprenticeships, plus burnishers and polishers, electroplaters, supporting maintenance crew – and those who work in product development. “If you were to categorise Firmin, you would describe us as a ‘light engineering company,’” says Kelly.
Although many individual pieces made by Firmin for the military are ancient in their origin, not all have resisted innovation. Two changes to the Household Cavalry state uniform have taken place during Kelly’s tenure: “the state helmet now has a detachable plume, which clicks in and out” and the lining of the cuirass, once a full pigskin, is now detachable, breathable and washable. “When they came in, in 2007, soldiers approached me saying, ‘Tony, this is the best thing since sliced bread.’”
No soldier is complete without a sword, of course, which is where Robert Pooley MBE, founder of Pooley Sword, comes in. Pooley, a sprightly octogenarian, set up Pooley Sword in 2005, when Wilkinson Sword, which had made swords for the Armed Forces for 150 years, ceased trading as a sword maker. Pooley promptly bought Wilkinson’s drawings and production logs, and now makes between 40 and 50 different swords – including Swords of Honour for the Army, Navy, RAF, Royal Marines and for Commonwealth nations – from the company base at Shoreham Airport, in West Sussex. Pooley’s knowledge of swords and their owners is legendary. During our conversation, he relates several stories about people of my acquaintance, completely coincidentally, remembering each by name, face and regiment. This is partly down to the personal service Pooley Sword offers, visiting Sandhurst, Dartmouth, Cranwell and Lympstone to show cadets its wares, with Pooley himself giving lectures on the history and care of swords. Top tip: store your sword coated in Vaseline to protect it.
The process of making a Pooley sword begins in the Abbeydale forge near Sheffield, where the blades are made before they move to Shoreham. A team led by head cutler Peter Harmsworth, who trained at Wilkinson, creates the finished articles. These, with their intricate patterns, crests and battle honours, are silk-screened then etched using acid, before being hand-painted to fill in any details. I observe one of Pooley’s staff with a tiny paintbrush, his hand unnervingly steady. Scabbards are made in-house, too. The leather, which comes in sheets from Northern Ireland, is cut into squares, then soaked and stitched from top to bottom. This alone can take more than two hours. When complete, the scabbard is stretched on a rod before being dehydrated and painted to suit.
Pooley’s favourite sword is the Household Cavalry trooper’s sword, which was designed in 1892. Its 37in single-edge blade, with a fish-skin grip bound in silver-plated copper wire, gives it quite a weight and as we practise sword drill, I remember why I am not in the Army. The sword used by Royal Artillery officers is based on an 1822 pattern, with a slightly curved carbon-steel blade; the Royal Regiment of Scotland carry a basket-hilted broadsword in an 1831 pattern with red felt and a blue silk ribbon, while RAF officers use a sword with a gold-plated brass hilt, its brass pommel in the shape of an eagle, the emblem of the RAF borne on a gold-plated brass cartouche.
Having dressed and picked up your sword, you might be missing a hat. Some of these are more recognisable than others. The bearskin caps worn by the Guards are made by Hobson & Sons, which began as a military tailors near Woolwich in 1850, but if you are a general in need of a bicorne, St James’s is the place to go. At 7 Piccadilly Arcade, you’ll find hatters Herbert Johnson. The company was founded by Herbert Louis Johnson in 1889, after he was spotted by the future Edward VII, whose top hat he caught and repaired after it flew off the then Prince’s head. Johnson’s new company shot to fame, making hats for Wilhelm II of Germany and George I of Greece. The company produced ‘Jack Johnson’ soft-topped caps for Generals Haig and French during World War I and the military continues to patronise it today, as it makes the generals’ bicorne hats worn at Trooping the Colour. Generally speaking, clients are referred to Herbert Johnson via their tailor, explains creative director Ian Harding, but the vast majority “we would have seen from school”. When they reach the rank of general – or in the civilian world, perhaps high sheriff – “we are just like their dentist”. It takes about six weeks to build the body of a bicorne hat. A further fortnight is required for the goldwork and another month to build the swan-feather plume, which “can cost more than the hat”. These hats “go to the grave with you”, says Harding, “although it has become common for them to be bequeathed, which goes against a superstitious hatter’s ideal”. He adds that it is bad luck to put a hat on the floor, or on a bed.
BADGE OF HONOUR
All of this work takes extraordinary levels of skill, and at Hand & Lock in Fitzrovia, they’ve had more than 250 years to perfect their art. In 1767, M Hand, a Huguenot lacemaker, arrived in London and began selling to military tailors. Soon, he was designing and producing military badges and uniform accoutrements, leading to the business that is Hand & Lock today. Officers can buy cap badges, epaulettes and shoulder cords from Hand & Lock, each hand-embroidered. These are hard-wearing, but not indestructible. “Over time, they can tarnish,” says Jessica Pile, production director for Hand & Lock. “You can’t clean them, so when people refurbish their uniforms, we’ll replace the badges.”
The history of the company is ingrained in its work, says production coordinator Alice Murrell. “Whether we’re working on a specific military project or a bespoke design, we’ve always got the history in mind. We want people to learn about the techniques we’re using, because they haven’t changed a huge amount since the company started.” That history also brings with it high expectations, adds Pile. “There’s a lot of pressure from clients that worked with Hand 30 or 40 years ago, so we have a responsibility to make sure we’re carrying on the same quality.”
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This is the very popular 2.4GHz XBee module from Digi. These modules take the 802.15.4 stack (the basis for Zigbee) and wrap it into a simple to use serial command set. These modules allow very reliable and simple communication between microcontrollers, computers, systems, really anything with a serial port! Point to point and multi-point networks are supported.
Not sure which XBee module or accessory is right for you? Check out our XBee Buying Guide!
Note: If you are using these outside of the United States, please check with your local laws regarding radio communication.
If a board needs code or communicates somehow, you're going to need to know how to program or interface with it. The programming skill is all about communication and code.
Skill Level: Rookie - You will need a better fundamental understand of what code is, and how it works. You will be using beginner-level software and development tools like Arduino. You will be dealing directly with code, but numerous examples and libraries are available. Sensors or shields will communicate with serial or TTL.
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If it requires power, you need to know how much, what all the pins do, and how to hook it up. You may need to reference datasheets, schematics, and know the ins and outs of electronics.
Skill Level: Noob - You don't need to reference a datasheet, but you will need to know basic power requirements.
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XBee as product is excellent!!!! There is a learning curve involved to configure Xbee, once you know how to configure you are good. Not very clearly documented on xbee website that VREF is must if you want to use gpio as ADC.
I placed two orders, total of some 10 Xbee modules from spark fun. Their shipping and ordering system is not mission critical. The two day shipping I paid was not shipped on time. I have heard similar stories from many of my friends at work.
I have been able to get two XBees communicating when both are plugged into a computer running XCTU (one on a USB explorer dongle one on an Arduino running an empty sketch).
However, I have not been able to get the Arduino itself to interact with the module.
It sounds like you needed to upload a serial passthrough code https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/xbee-shield-hookup-guide#example-communication-test with the Arduino in order to get the XBees functional. The Arduino needs commands to know what to do with the XBee. For more information, try checking the documentation or contacting support if you still have issues.
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Downloaded the XCTU program and configured two modules using the software and neither would talk... Nothing in the software works. set both PAN ID to the same number, set on to Cooridator and no way to set the second to Router. only have end point. I have three of these useless pieces of crap.
I finally got them to talk hit and miss.. Built a 0x17 Remote AT Command to turn on pin on two other XBEEs and worked when sending the frame through XCTU but send the same frame from an Adrunio it doesn't work. The transmit light lights but no other XBEE acknowledge and nothing. Disconnect from the Ardunio and run the frame on XTCU and it works. I even look at the frames in XTCU that Ardunio is sending and it is EXACT to that I built and sent in XCTU that works.. Too many problems with this system to warrant its use..I plan on saving my money and moving on with things that work...
Hi, I tested some modules in the new XCTU and everything was working well for me. I would recommend checking out some documentation on configuring the Xbees. It may be that you are making a mistake in your settings/configuration.
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Arkansas Passes Bill Prohibiting Transgender Children from Gender-Affirming Health Care
Arkansas passed a restrictive bill prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming health care to transgender children on Monday, despite warnings from major medical groups that it would hurt the young community.
The bill, which bans doctors from prescribing hormone therapies or puberty blockers to transgender kids, performing transition surgeries or referring them to other doctors, passed overwhelmingly in the Arkansas legislature by a vote of 28 to 7.
It's Arkansas' second bill in the last week that will restrict the rights of transgender youth once Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs it into law, as he is expected to. On Friday, he signed a bill that prohibits transgender girls from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity, including extracurricular and elementary, middle or high school teams. Mississippi and Tennessee have also enacted similar laws.
Republican state Sen. Alan Clark, one of the sponsors of the bill, which is called the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, said ahead of the vote that gender-affirming treatments are "at best experimental and at worse a serious threat to a child's welfare," the Washington Post reported.
Major medical groups, however, have said that this bill is "harmful" to transgender children who are already at a high risk of suicide and will now be unable to seek health care that will affirm their gender identity. The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Lee Beers, said that the bill is "discrimination by legislation."
"This bill is harmful in two ways," Beers said. "One, it threatens the health and well-being of transgender youth, and two, it puts politicians rather than pediatricians in charge of a child's medical care."
Under the bill, doctors who provide any of these treatments could lose their license. It also bans state-owned facilities from performing these treatments, restricts public funds from going to organizations that offer them and stops Arkansas' Medicaid from covering any gender-affirming medications or procedures.
Health groups say that the lawmakers are misinterpreting how these treatments are used in transgender youth. Puberty blockers are a way to temporarily halt the puberty process and can be reversed, and the more-permanent hormone therapies are not typically prescribed until the later teenage years. Gender-affirming surgeries, meanwhile, are not recommended for adolescents under medical guidelines and doctors are already not supposed to perform them on people under 18 years old.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas said that if Hutchinson signs the bill into law, they will sue the state.
"Medical decisions belong to trans youth, their parents, and their doctor – not the government," Holly Dickson, executive director of ACLU of Arkansas, said in a statement shared with PEOPLE. "This bill flies in the face of common decency, basic human rights, and the advice of every major medical association – not to mention federal law. What could possibly be more cruel than trying to take away a child's access to the care that could save their life?
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Usain Bolt makes sprinting look easy. It's almost as if he doesn't have to try. But we'll let you in on a little secret: Sure, the eight-time Olympic champion is more of a natural runner than we are, but he still has to work at it in order to keep himself in top form.
Even better news? There are tons of steps you can take to run faster, smoke the competition, and maybe even set a new PR.
1. Nail good form
The key to running at any speed is to practice proper running technique. This means keeping your upper body tall yet relaxed, striking the ground with your mid-foot landing under your hip, and swinging your arms forward and back (not side to side) at low 90-degree angles.
2. Try interval training
Short on gym time? Try interval training. This means exercising with periods of high and low intensity to build speed and endurance - and burn major calories in less time too!
3. Don't forget to sprint
There's a reason you see all those “real runners” doing short sprints before the big road race. Strides are a series of comfortable sprints (usually 8 to 12, between 50 and 200 meters each) to improve acceleration technique.
4. Make the treadmill your friend
The treadmill's belt assists with leg turnover - also known as stride frequency - so it's actually easierto run faster. Plus, you have the power to push the pace right at your fingertips. Just make sure you get on the machine before turning up the dial.Share on Pinterest
5. Stretch daily
The jury is still out on static stretches. According to a 2014 literature review of 11 studies, it's unclear if they really prevent running injuries. Lewis, J. (2014). A systematic literature review of the relationship between stretching and athletic injury prevention. DOI:10.1097/NOR.0000000000000097 But leaders of the pack know stretching daily - especially targeting those hip flexors - increases flexibility for better strides.
6. Switch up your pace
Fartleks is a funny Swedish word meaning “speed play.” Yes, our inner 10-year-olds find this hilarious. By alternating jogs and sprints, you can gradually build up speed and endurance.
7. Jump rope
Take a lesson from boxers and add jump rope workouts to your routine. Boxers know that fast feet means fast hands. But for runners, fast feet just equal fast feet.
8. Trade up for lighter shoes
We're not saying you need to embrace barefoot running, but sneakers are getting lighter and lighter to mimic your foot's natural movement and improve your stride. Try a minimalist pair to see if less weight means more energy for faster feet.
9. Work out your core
Stronger core muscles, especially lower abs, allow runners to tap into more force out on the road.
The best part? Just 15 minutes of core work a few days per week is enough to help you speed up, according to a 2009 landmark study on the relationship between core strength training (CST) and athletic performance. Sato K, et al. (2009). Does core strength training influence running kinetics, lower-extremity stability, and 5000-M performance in runners? DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31818eb0c5
And that's not all. A 2019 study on male college athletes found that an eight-week ab training program may improve core endurance, which safeguards the spine during exercise. It may also enhance running economy - the energy required to maintain a consistent running speed. Kwong-Chung H, et al. (2019). Effects of 8-week core training on core endurance and running economy. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213158
10. Change how you breathe
Learning how to breathe while running at faster speeds takes practice. Use both your nose and mouth while inhaling and exhaling to get the maximum amount of oxygen to the muscles. Also, try belly breathing - fill the diaphragm, not the chest, with air on each inhale.
11. Head for the hills
Yes, we know it's the worst. But running on an incline outdoors or on a treadmill is a form of resistance training. You'll build solid muscle in your quads, hamstrings, glutes, and calves - all the same muscles needed to sprint across that finish line.Share on Pinterest
12. Skip the sweets
Junk food guarantees a sugar high and slows you down. Stick to whole grains and pasta before runs, which provide longer-lasting energy - without the crash.
13. Play with resistance
Try a running parachute behind you for added resistance (yes, it's exactly what it sounds like). Or if your budget allows, see what it's like on the other edge of the resistance spectrum with an anti-gravity treadmill.
14. Lift weight
Stronger, leaner muscles will help you get to the finish line faster. And while runners shouldn't take up bodybuilding, a 2016 study showed that two to three strength training sessions per week can go a long way in improving your speed. Balsalobre-Fernández C, et al. (2016). Effects of strength training on running economy in highly trained runners. DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001316
15. Lose weight
On the other hand, research shows that shedding the pounds (fat, not muscle) can help runners shave time off the clock - cutting an average of 2.4 seconds off your mile time for every pound you lose. Zacharogiannis E, et al. (2017). The effect of acute body mass reduction on metabolism and endurance running performance. //www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/4196/presentation/10828
Of course, not everyone has the weight to lose, so remember to consult a physician before starting any weight loss program.
16. Look ahead
Looking down at your feet or turning your head to check out the competition can waste precious time. Instead, focus on what's directly in front of you - about 10 to 20 meters in the distance - and keep those eyes on the prize.Share on Pinterest
17. Go for a spin
Indoor cycling gives your hips a workout while forcing your legs to get comfortable moving from slow leisurely rides to all-out sprints. The same goes for running. So, hop on a bike and get ready for some cross-training.
18. Pay attention to your toes
The whole body plays a role in speed - from your head to your toes! Try dorsiflexion (arching your toes up toward you shins) while running. That way less of your foot hits the ground for a quicker stride turnover.
19. Keep it steady
Slow and steady may win the race, but fast and steady builds speed! A tempo run (30 seconds slower than your 5K pace) challenges runners to find a “comfortably hard” speed and hold it for a 20-minute period. Just don't burn out before the run is over like that silly little hare!
20. Drink coffee
Turns out, drinking caffeine before running may increase athletic performance even in low doses, though more research needs to be done in this area. Spriet LL. (2014). Exercise and sport performance with low doses of caffeine. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0257-8 More good news? It's a totally legal performance enhancer.
21. Do mountain climbers
Here's how to do the exercise: Start in a plank position and engage your core. Run your knees straight up toward your chest, alternating between right and left legs. The combo of moving your feet quickly while assuming a plank position will make you crazy fast.
22. Try yoga
Get a leg up on fellow runners by adding yoga to your training plan. A 2016 study on male college athletes showed that twice-weekly yoga sessions increased flexibility in the joints and improved balance in ten weeks. Polsgrove MJ, et al. (2016). Impact of 10-weeks of yoga practice on flexibility and balance of college athletes. DOI: 10.4103/0973-6131.171710
23. Get enough shut-eye
Studies show well-rested athletes have better reaction times and clock faster finishes. Watson AM. (2017). Sleep and athletic performance. DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000418
And think about it - the faster you run, the more time you have to kick back and relax!
24. Strip down
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Our centres provide the full scope of clinical podiatry including comprehensive foot assessments, various treatments and surgery. Sometimes your feet just need a bit of pampering and we also offer a large range of aesthetic podiatry procedures and foot care products to help ensure that your feet are always at their very best.
- Diabetic screening and foot care advice
- Lower limb circulation (Peripheral vascular disease) using the latest in Doppler Ultrasound technology
- Biothesiometer (sensation) testing to detect peripheral neuropathies
- Pressure testing
- Gait and posture analysis
- Surgical advice
- Corns and calluses
- Ingrown and fungal toenails
- Foot ulcers
- Claw and hammer toes
- Interdigital soft corns
- Cracked and split heels
- Tinea pedis (Athlete’s foot)
- Chronic or acute Ingrown toenails
- Stubborn painful Plantar warts using cryotherapy
We adhere to the strictest infection control procedures to ensure the safety of patients and staff. All instruments are prepared and sterilized in accordance with the National Infection Control Guidelines Australian Standards AS 4187 – 1994 Code of Practice.
Clinical Podiatry FAQ’s
Who will benefit from a clinical podiatry appointment?
Children, adults and the elderly can all benefit from a clinical podiatry appointment. Older adults attend regular clinical podiatry appointments to keep their feet well-managed and cared for by having their toenails trimmed and reduced in thickness, managing corns and callus, and monitoring their overall foot health.
Adults often attend for painful corns and calluses, cracked heels, recurring blisters, ingrown toenails, warts, fungal nail and skin infections, bunions and hammertoes.
Kids often attend for plantar warts, ingrown toenails, and toe deformities like hammertoes.
Is my clinical podiatry appointment covered by DVA, my care plan, or by my private health fund?
If you have a valid DVA gold card, then it is highly likely that your appointment will be covered with no out of pocket expense. If you have a care/management plan for a chronic condition such as diabetes, your clinical podiatry appointments will attract a medicare rebate for the total number of sessions your GP has outlined on your plan. This is up to 5 appointments per year. If you have extras cover with your private health fund, and you have opted to include podiatry, then it is likely that part or all of your appointment will be covered by your health fund, and we have HICAPS facilities on-site for an instant rebate. Your level of cover, or the presence of any cover, is controlled by your health fund and not us, so if you are unsure of whether you are covered or your level of cover, you must check this with your health fund yourself before your appointment. We do not have access to this information.
I have corns and calluses. Will a clinical podiatry appointment help me?
Absolutely. We will care for all corns and calluses on your feet during your appointment.
How often should I have a clinical podiatry appointment?
For those with ongoing needs like thick, elongated toenails and recurring corns or callus, this is usually between 4-10 weeks between appointments, depending on how quickly the problems or pains return. Your podiatrist will be able to advise you of this at your first appointment. If you have a plantar wart, depending on your chosen treatment, you may need to return weekly for 2-3 weeks. Others may not need to return past their first appointment. If you need to return, your podiatrist will let you know.
I’ve never been to a podiatrist before. Should I book in for a clinical podiatry appointment?
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Validity of a family-centered approach for assessing infants’ social-emotional wellbeing and their developmental context: a prospective cohort study
BMC Pediatrics volume 17, Article number: 148 (2017)
Family-centered care seems promising in preventive pediatrics, but evidence is lacking as to whether this type of care is also valid as a means to identify risks to infants’ social-emotional development. We aimed to examine the validity of such a family-centered approach.
We conducted a prospective cohort study. During routine well-child visits (2–15 months), Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH) professionals used a family-centered approach, assessing domains as parents’ competence, role of the partner, social support, barriers within the care-giving context, and child’s wellbeing for 2976 children as protective, indistinct or a risk. If, based on the overall assessment (the families were labeled as “cases”, N = 87), an intervention was considered necessary, parents filled in validated questionnaires covering the aforementioned domains. These questionnaires served as gold standards. For each case, two controls, matched by child-age and gender, also filled in questionnaires (N = 172). We compared PCH professionals’ assessments with the parent-reported gold standards. Moreover, we evaluated which domain mostly contributed to the overall assessment.
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between PCH professionals’ assessments and gold standards were overall reasonable (Spearman’s rho 0.17–0.39) except for the domain barriers within the care-giving context. Scores on gold standards were significantly higher when PCH assessments were rated as “at risk” (overall and per domain).We found reasonable to excellent agreement regarding the absence of risk factors (negative agreement rate: 0.40–0.98), but lower agreement regarding the presence of risk factors (positive agreement rate: 0.00–0.67). An “at risk” assessment for the domain Barriers or life events within the care-giving context contributed most to being overall at risk, i.e. a case, odds ratio 100.1, 95%-confidence interval: 22.6 - infinity.
Findings partially support the convergent validity of a family-centered approach in well-child care to assess infants’ social-emotional wellbeing and their developmental context. Agreement was reasonable to excellent regarding protective factors, but lower regarding risk factors.
Netherlands Trialregister, NTR2681. Date of registration: 05–01-2011, URL: http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=2681.
A child’s development is influenced by the context in which it grows up, as well as by in addition to for example biological factors . On the one hand, a positive and supportive context, as provided by adequate parenting, may optimize a child’s development -within the possibilities of its genetic and biological make-up- [2, 3]. On the other hand, a less favorable context, as with marital conflict, maternal depression, or poverty, may have a negative influence [4, 5]. The development of young children in particular is intertwined with their developmental context. The younger children are, the more they rely on their developmental context for the regulation of emotions and behavior .
Family-centered care may help to optimize a child’s developmental context and in turn the child’s social-emotional development , and has also been recognized as playing an important role in the quality of preventive pediatrics, as reflected by guidelines like Bright Futures of the American Academy of Pediatrics . Table 1 presents the core principles of Family-centered care according to the American Academy of Pediatrics . In the Netherlands, a family-centered approach, hereafter called the family-centered approach, has been introduced in Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH) with, among others, the mandatory task of monitoring children’s social-emotional development and their developmental context . PCH, like well-child care in other countries, involves only preventive activities, and is offered free of charge to the total Dutch population. More than 90% of all families with children frequently visit PCH.
The newly implemented family-centered approach aims to build a trustful and supportive relationship with parents and to empower parenting skills, with the aim of enhancing children’s developmental context. Next to these more general relational and participatory principles, the family-centered approach incorporates a systematic component, reflected by the use of a checklist to identify risk and protective factors for infants’ social-emotional development . Contents of the checklist are based on the bio-ecological model of Bronfenbrenner, which describes the factors that influence human development at different levels, taking into account both the child and its developmental context, and the interaction between the two . In the family-centered approach, the bio-ecological model is reflected in the following domains related to children’s social-emotional wellbeing: competence of the parent, role of the partner, social support, life events within the care giving context, and wellbeing of the child. Using the information on all domains, PCH professionals draw an overall conclusion about the child’s social-emotional wellbeing.
The family-centered approach seems promising for preventive pediatrics. However, evidence is lacking as to whether this approach allows for valid assessment of protective and risk factors regarding infants’ social-emotional development in well-child care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine this validity, and to compare the agreement between PCH professional’s assessments and parents’ responses in validated questionnaires.
The current study was part of a large quasi-experimental study comparing the family-centered approach with care-as-usual in Dutch PCH. For the current study, we used data only of participants fully offered the family-centered approach in order to make an adequate assessment of its performance. The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the University Medical Center Groningen. Below, we summarize its design; further details have been described in a separate design paper .
We used data from a cohort of 2976 participants in the family-centered condition who gave written informed consent at the start of the study, when their child was about 2 months old. When they consented, parents were informed that they could be asked to participate in an extra interview when PCH professionals provided any extra care for the infants’ social-emotional development. Of the 2976 participants, 114 were asked by PCH professionals, i.e. nurses and medical doctors, to participate in such interviews because of the need for an additional activity regarding the child’s social-emotional development (e.g., an additional phone call, appointment or extra well-child visit to assess the situation more in depth, or an intervention like a referral to a child psychologist); 87 parents (76%) agreed on this. Three families were seen twice and two families three times, because more than once during the period from 2 to 18 months an additional activity from PCH was needed. For the analysis, we took into account only the first identification of each family. For all cases, two “control” families, matched by age and gender of the child, but for whom PCH performed no additional activity, were invited. Of 2 of the 174 controls, data could not be used because their medical records did not include data regarding the family-centered approach.
Intervention and procedures
The family-centered approach is the only approach in Dutch PCH that takes into account the child within its context and can be used during all routine well-child visits from birth onwards. The family-centered approach strongly focuses on building rapport with parents. Where possible, PCH professionals attune their care to the needs and wishes of each family by taking the parents’ (or caregivers’) point of view as basis for the well-child visit and treating them as equal partners and experts on their child . Through empowering communication, PCH professionals aim to enhance parents’ confidence and parenting skills, thereby trying to improve the child’s developmental context. Next to these more general principles, the approach consists of a checklist that covers five domains associated with children’s social-emotional development (see Additional file 1: Appendix 1 for the domains and questions regarding these domains) . The questions for each domain form a guideline for PCH professionals for their conversation with parents. The professionals used the family-centered approach during each routine well-child visit for children aged 2, 3, 4, 6, 7,5, 9, 11, and 14 months. For each domain, PCH professionals registered information within the child’s medical record as not discussed, protective, indistinct, or at risk. The term protective reflected either a stable or enhancing situation for both high- and low-risk children, conform the use of promotive factors as previously described by Sameroff ; indistinct reflected a situation that could not correctly be labeled either as protective nor at risk. Subsequently an explanation in free text could be provided. Based on the appraisal of all the domains, the parent and the PCH professional jointly decided whether there were any causes for concern, and an overall conclusion was drawn as fine, not optimal or a problem. In cases of concern, an additional activity aimed at the social-emotional development of the child was planned, for example an additional appointment to assess the situation more in depth or an intervention like a referral to a child psychologist.
All PCH professionals attended 4 days of training before starting with the family-centered approach. Within one month after training they had to videotape two well-child visits in which they used the family-centered approach. The videos were discussed with trainers who used standardized guidelines to determine the adequacy of trainees’ performance . This procedure was repeated until the performance of the family-centered approach was rated as adequate. Furthermore, the PCH professionals attended supervision every three months. Before our study started, we trained all these professionals for half a day, providing practical as well as theoretical information on the study as, for example, how to include participants and how to provide cases for the study.
All cases and controls were contacted by trained interviewers from the research institute for a questionnaire-based interview at the parents’ home (see Table 2 for all the questionnaires used), five families preferred filling in the questionnaire themselves and were mailed. Whenever feasible, appointments were made within one week after the routine well-child visit, this was possible for 53% of the interviews. In case of intervals longer than one week, we checked with PCH professionals about possible changes in the situation during the time between the well-child visit and the interview. Families participated in the interview only if no relevant changes had taken place since the last well-child visit.
PCH professionals assessed all five domains of the family-centered approach by using the questions in the checklist (see Additional file 1: Appendix). They evaluated information on these domains as not discussed, protective, indistinct, or at risk and subsequently rated the overall situation as fine, not optimal or a problem, as described under the heading of “Procedures”. By means of an interview, parents filled out questionnaires with good construct and/or criterion validity. These questionnaires served as gold standard for the domains of the family-centered approach. The questionnaires are shown in Table 2.
If for controls specific ratings for domains or the overall conclusion were missing, those from the subsequent visit were used. This was done only when that rating contained a note stating that nothing had changed since the previous visit. Furthermore, in the case of missing ratings on domains for both controls and cases, we coded domains as protective if free text explicitly stated that everything was fine and as indistinct when free text stated that problems or barriers existed. For 44 controls and 15 cases we coded one or more domains as so described.
Moreover, we assessed the following background characteristics of parents: age, educational level, working participation, country of birth and furthermore the family composition, and having one or more children. We used this information from the child’s medical record or, if records lacked data on this, from the parent reported questionnaire at the start of our study. Educational level reflected the highest obtained level for one of both parents and was divided into low (primary school or less, lower vocational or lower general secondary education), medium (intermediate vocational education, intermediate or higher secondary education) and high (higher vocational education or university).
Analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The statistical significance level was set at.05. We first compared background characteristics of cases and controls by using Chi-square tests or Fisher’s exact tests in case of more than 20% of cells with an expected count <5.
Second, we assessed the convergent validity by computing Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between PCH professionals’ assessments (protective, indistinct or at risk) and the gold standards for the domains of the family-centered approach. Correlation coefficients >.30 were interpreted as reasonable . Additionally, we compared scores on the gold standards for cases versus controls, i.e. PCH-initiated intervention versus no intervention, and per domain (assessed as at risk versus assessed as not at risk) using conditional logistic regression analysis to take into account the matching by age and gender . Effect sizes were then computed , effect sizes from 0.10–0.30 were interpreted as small, 0.30–0.50 as medium and >0.50 as large .
Third, we assessed the agreement between PCH professionals’ assessments and the gold standards regarding the domains of the family-centered approach. We calculated percentages of agreement overall, and for cases and controls separately using the mean of (P(PCH professional’s assessment risk/ gold standard risk) + P(PCH professional’s assessment protective/ gold standard protective)). Furthermore, for a better understanding of our results, we calculated both the positive agreement (Ppos), i.e. the agreement regarding the presence of risk factors, and negative agreement (Pneg), i.e. the agreement on the absence of risk factors . For this purpose we dichotomized the scores of PCH professionals’ assessments as protective versus indistinct or at risk per domain, and divided questionnaire scores into low and high scores. We based this latter dichotomization on the scores of controls; high scores were defined as more than two standard deviations higher than the mean, or, in case of skewed data, as higher than the 90th percentile. Whenever norm scores were available for a questionnaire, we also used these to dichotomize our data based.
Finally, we assessed which domains contributed most to PCH professionals’ overall assessments by calculating the percentages of risk assessments per domain for both cases and controls and performing conditional univariate logistic regression analysis to show to what extent each domain separately contributed to the overall conclusion of the PCH professional as to whether or not a child was at risk.
Background characteristics of both cases and controls are presented in Table 3. Regarding cases, mothers were more often below 20 years or over 40 years of age. Moreover, cases more often came from a one-parent household.
Table 4 shows Spearman’s rank correlations between domains rated as protective versus indistinct or at risk and scores on the related questionnaires. All correlations were statistically significant (ranging from .17 to .39 with around two third >.30) and highest for the domains that the questionnaire should cover, except for the PSBC, the Loneliness score Emotional and the Deprivation Questionnaire.
Scores on the parent-reported questionnaires were mostly higher for children for whom PCH professionals initiated an intervention (cases) than for children for whom they did not so (controls); see mean scores in Table 4. Effect sizes ranged from marginal to medium. We found similar effect sizes for the PCH professionals’ conclusions per domain protective versus indistinct or at risk.
Agreement between PCH professionals and parents per domain
Table 5 shows findings regarding agreement between PCH professionals and parents per domain, for cases and controls separately and combined. We found reasonable to excellent levels of agreement (61%–98%). Overall we found higher agreement for cases than for controls, especially for the domains Social support and Perceived barriers or life events within the care giving context (agreement between 63%–85% versus 46%–59% for cases and controls respectively). For the domain Wellbeing of the child, the agreement for controls was higher than for cases (98% versus 67%). The agreement on the absence of risk factors (Pneg), which in this study indicated the presence of protective factors (see “intervention and procedures”), was overall satisfactory, and was especially high for controls. The agreement on the presence of risk factors (Ppos) was low (lowest for controls). For cases, PCH professionals frequently identified a risk where parents scored low on the accompanying questionnaires whereas the discrepancy ‘professional: protective’; ‘parent: risk’ occurred more frequently among controls.
Contribution of domains to the PCH professional’s overall assessmen
Table 6 shows the rates of at risk and protective factors per domain that PCH professionals assessed, for cases versus controls, and the results of the univariate logistic regression analyses. The domain Barriers or life events within the care-giving context contributed the most to the overall assessment; if this domain was assessed as at risk, participants had an odds of about 100 to be assessed as a case, compared to when this domain was assessed as protective. Furthermore, when participants had two or more risk factors, they had a higher odds of being assessed as a case (odds ratio: 79.8; 95% confidence interval: 27.0–236.3).
In this study we examined the validity of a family-centered approach in well-child care for the early identification of concerns regarding infants’ social-emotional development. Results showed that PCH professionals’ assessments of infants’ social-emotional wellbeing and their developmental context, based on a family-centered approach, were associated with scores on gold standards. The agreement between PCH and parents per domain was overall satisfactory to excellent for protective factors, but not for risk factors. The domain Barriers or life events within the care-giving context contributed most to the PCH professional’s overall assessment of being at risk.
Our study was the first to assess extensively the validity of a family-centered approach, and our findings partially support its validity. These findings correspond with previous ones on the validity of this specific approach , and with findings on a similar approach, the Structured Problem Analysis of Raising Kids (SPARK), which also showed only partial support for the validity . However, as our study covered more areas than only child development, family stress and family needs, it is difficult to make a comprehensive comparison of all findings.
We found that the agreement on protective factors was satisfactory to very good, especially for controls, but this was not always the case with risk factors. This finding suggests that the family-centered approach does not enable PCH professionals fully to assess risk factors. This is in line with previous findings of suboptimal identification by PCH regarding risk factors such as child abuse and psychosocial problems [20, 21]. Reasons for a suboptimal identification of risk factors could be the limited amount of time during well-child visits , or insufficient training to detect social-emotional problems. Moreover, identification of social-emotional problems in infants may also be more difficult .
Alternatively, the lower agreement regarding risk factors compared to protective factors may also reflect daily practice. First, with regard to cases, PCH professionals frequently assessed risk factors, whereas parents did not (yet). This may be the result of the preventive task of PCH and the family-centered approach, i.e. aiming to identify risks at an early stage to prevent (worsening of) problems whenever possible. The focus on risk factors may, however, entail the risk of stigmatization, and might interfere with the parental empowering advocated in the family-centered approach .
Second, PCH professionals also registered protective factors in some instances where parents scored high on the accompanying questionnaires, especially for controls. This may be because professionals take into account both protective and risk factors and are aware that protective factors can counterbalance risk factors. On the other hand, it may also be that professionals are reluctant to discuss certain topics with parents and tend to rate domains as protective, or that parents may be reluctant to discuss their worries or problems with PCH professionals. This issue evidently requires further study. If reluctance of parents to discuss is the issue, then more intense training in communication skills and more continuity of PCH professionals might contribute to parents’ disclosure .
The domain Barriers or life events within the care-giving context contributed the most to the PCH professionals’ overall assessment of being at risk. This corresponds with findings that, for example, poverty can be a risk for children’s social-emotional development . However, studies also show that not the type of risk factor, but the number of risk factors is most predictive for the outcome, e.g. regarding child behavior . This fits with our findings, since we found that whenever for participants two or more risk factors were assessed, they were more likely to be rated as a case.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths of our study are its high response rates and its embedding in routine care. Since more than 90% of all families with children are visiting PCH services, and participants did not differ greatly from parents who did not participate in our study, chances are high that a majority of the at-risk families was included as well. Moreover, to optimize the coverage of all domains of the family-centered approach, we used a number of well evaluated questionnaires.
Some limitations of our study should, however, be discussed. First, no perfect ‘gold standards’ were available for the domains of the family-centered approach, a fact which may decrease the validity as measured. Though the questionnaires provide a valuable representation of the domains of the family-centered approach, some questionnaires covered only certain aspects of a domain. Unfortunately, comparing specific questionnaires with specific questions taken from the family-centered approach was not feasible because of a lack of data on some questions.
Second, in this study, we looked only at the contents of the family-centered approach, i.e. the checklist with questions as mentioned in the Additional file 1: Appendix. That fits with a starting point of family-centered care that the family is the constant in the child’s life. However, family-centered care is broader. Its relational component and participatory practices are of similar importance, as presented in Table 1 and in our description of the family-centered approach. In future research it would be interesting to assess what kinds of relational and participatory aspects of family-centered care are most essential to the identification of risk and protective factors, preferably including a stronger golden standard to define these aspects.
Third, we based our findings on single parent-reported questionnaires instead of using multi-informant and multi-method assessments. Fourth, we had to deal with missing values, although we imputed these in line with the principles of the family-centered approach.
Our findings partially support the validity of a family-centered approach in well-child care. The family-centered approach seems particularly useful to assess protective factors, but less useful for evaluating risk factors for infants’ social-emotional development. For daily practice, one value of the family-centered approach lies in its assessment of protective factors, since building on strengths is recognized as important in optimizing children’s wellbeing . It is a systematic approach that could and should allow for individualized care. The family-centered approach seems promising to support the development of young children.
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Appendix 1 Overview of the contents of the family-centered approach; the five domains and corresponding questions. Appendix 1 contains an overview of the five domains of the family-centered approach and its corresponding questions. (DOCX 13 kb)
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Hielkema, M., De Winter, A.F. & Reijneveld, S.A. Validity of a family-centered approach for assessing infants’ social-emotional wellbeing and their developmental context: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pediatr 17, 148 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0898-5
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Various art forms exist in our world, as means of expressing ourselves, from painting and drawing, to acting and dancing, to music and writing. But can we combine any of these to explain the others. Can you dramatise a painting? Can you dance about architecture? Can you write about music? We combine the latter two in the form of songs, setting our words to music. Songs are a different type of expression to prose writing however; they use a more poetic language, giving us a freedom of expression, driven by imagery rather than plot much of the time.
But why did we feel the need to set our words to music? Why not just write poetry? Music has existed for hundreds of years (with and without lyrics!), so it clearly appeals to the human race. Who among us doesn't listen to music in some way every single day? What is it about music that we enjoy so much? And how do I go about trying to explain this?
When asked to describe a piece of music we can use various approaches; we can use the technical vocabulary of music, we can try to describe the style and mood of the piece, we can talk about the images and emotions it conjures up for us. But no amount of words will have the same effect on someone as if they were to listen to the same music themselves. Like all art forms, music is subjective and we all react differently to it. What one person loves, another may hate. To read about a piece, rather than hear it, we are experiencing it second hand, coloured by someone else'e opinions of it. Only by listening yourself can you really understand what the music is.
Music can affect us profoundly. Many people will claim that a certain band or piece of music changed, or even saved, their life. I'm reminded of another quote, from Victor Hugo, which translates as "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words, nor remain silent". Music is an outpouring of emotion that we can't always express in words. As an aspiring writer, words are usually what I turn to first when seeking to express something. Others turn to other mediums, such as art or dance - yet even people who aren't musical, probably listen to music. The melodies and songs created by others can speak to us, and we can discover that someone else has managed to express what we could not. I even struggled to choose an image for this post, as nothing visual seems to entirely encapsulate what music is and what it does.
Although I am musical, having played piano for years, I've never been one for writing music or lyrics; prose is my medium of choice. But I've often found inspiration in songs, as they've prompted new ideas or emotional responses. And of course, I still enjoying playing the compositions of others. But the music I listen to helps me every day. There are songs out there to suit my every mood, and which express emotions in a more poetic manner than I can myself. Music flows in and out of you, surges up and bubbles over, stirs your body and mind. There is a heart and soul to music that is almost inexplicable. It lives and breathes and pulses with energy, it traverses languages and continents. But, even though I can write and write about this topic, if you've never had this same experience or connection to music, then I'm not sure you will fully understand what it is I mean.
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In 1959 the first Barbie doll, named after inventor Ruth Handler’s daughter Barbara, came onto the market with soaring popularity now for over 55 years. The original Barbie consisted of one body type, one look, and made little girls believe Barbie is what all women look like; blonde hair, blue eyes, and a tiny waist. The unrealistic body-image for little girls everywhere and setting standards that if you look like Barbie you can achieve everything and anything.
An official African-American Barbie did not get released until 1980 along with a Latina Barbie and over 40 different international types of Barbies, making way to represent what all kinds of different women look like from different cultural backgrounds, sizes, shapes, and styles. Showing them that all women are unique in their own way and all need to be represented.
In 2020, real progress was made when Barbie released a new line of dolls called “Barbie Extra Dolls.” These new dolls consist of a variety of different types of skin tones, eye colors, and hair textures. They paved the way for more dolls that showcase and represent dolls of all different backgrounds.
“For 2020, Barbie is continuing the journey to represent global diversity and inclusivity in the fashion doll aisle by showcasing a multi-dimensional view of beauty and fashion,” a spokesperson for Mattel, the parent corporation of Barbie, told CBS News. This new line consisted of a doll with vitiligo, an autoimmune disease that causes loss of skin color, one with no hair at all, one with a prosthetic limb, one with a hijab, and a line of gender-neutral dolls. This line of dolls has catered to a more diverse audience and shows that their representation matters. Not everyone looks like Barbie despite the looks, you can achieve and do everything you set your mind to.
Diversity and positive representation matter. To see yourself reflected and celebrated in the toys and media you surround yourself with is more important than you think. Kids need to see other kids reflected in their toys and in their books. Racial diversity in toys can promote empathy, kindness, and increased self-esteem for all kids who play with them.
By age 5, children have a sense of self-esteem comparable in strength to that of adults, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers. Because self-esteem tends to remain relatively stable across one’s lifespan, the study suggests that this important personality trait is already in place before children begin kindergarten.
If children are only shown able-body toys, they might internalize that something is wrong with them if they have a disability. The same thing goes for the body types, religion, race, and gender roles that the toys take on. From the other perspective, lack of representation also hurts those children who are represented. Children would grow up with the incredibly skewed perception that everybody who resembles them is normal and anyone who doesn’t look like them is not.
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When we designed this stack, we also chose to include Phosphatidylserine. Phosphatidylserine is synthesized from phosphatidylcholine (and phosphatidylethanolamine, which can also originate from phosphatidylcholine).5 By including Phosphatidylserine—a phospholipid used to promote healthy cell membranes*—it may spare the use of phosphatidylcholine for its synthesis, resulting in more phosphatidylcholine availability for choline regeneration and, consequently, acetylcholine production.
Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter (i.e., a messenger molecule released by nerve cells to signal other cells). It plays a key role in enhancing alertness (when we wake up), sustaining attention, and improving learning and memory.6 Neurons that use or are affected by acetylcholine are referred to as cholinergic. The critical acetylcholine building blocks are choline and acetyl groups.
The availabilities of both acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) and choline will greatly influence the brain’s ability to produce acetylcholine. Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) is used as a cofactor in CoA synthesis.*7 CoA is then acetylated to form acetyl-CoA, predominantly via the mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, and then translocated to the cytoplasm.
The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex consists of 3 enzymes that convert pyruvate (a key intermediate in several metabolic pathways) into acetyl-CoA—vitamins B1 (thiamin) and B3 (niacin) are needed for this complex. Vitamin B5 was added to this stack to support biosynthesis of CoA. Thiamine and Niacinamide were added for vitamin B1 and B3 support, respectively. In vitro evidence suggests that acetyl groups from compounds such as Acetyl-L-Carnitine or N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine might contribute to acetylcholine synthesis.*8 Acetyl-L-Carnitine also plays a role in neuronal mitochondrial function.*
Choline is taken up by cholinergic neurons from the extracellular fluid by the high-affinity choline uptake transporter (ChT) and accumulates in the synaptic terminal (where it can be combined with acetyl molecules). The activity of ChT shows substantial plasticity and can be affected by activation of cholinergic neurons. The production of acetylcholine can be limited because of the rate of choline uptake by ChT. This step can be enhanced by Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA), the main structural component of the neuronal cell membrane, which improves the capacity of ChT to transport choline into neurons, thereby increasing its availability for acetylcholine synthesis.9 This might be part of the reason that dietary Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) supports healthy acetylcholine levels.*10
Acetylcholine is produced in nerve terminals of cholinergic neurons. This synthesis process uses the enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) to catalyze the transfer of the acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to choline.3 ChAT is the rate-limiting enzyme step in acetylcholine synthesis. Increasing the availability of neuronal choline and acetyl groups is crucial to support acetylcholine synthesis. It’s also important that ChAT activity be able to keep pace with demands. Bacopa monnieri was included in this stack because it might support the activity of ChAT, and consequently, the output of acetylcholine.11
Acetylcholine exerts its effects by activating two main classes of receptors. The first type are nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). These are ligand-gated ion channels (i.e., ionotropic; opening to let charged minerals called ions pass through cell membranes) permeable to sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), and calcium (Ca2+) ions, whose activation causes a fast depolarization and excitation. Magnesium, in its ion form Mg2+, is involved in balancing ion flows into cell membranes through the nAChR ionotropic receptors. Phosphatidylserine supports acetylcholine release and influences ionotropic acetylcholine receptor function.*12,13 The second type are muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR). These are G protein-coupled receptors (i.e., metabotropic; acting through intracellular signaling molecules called second messengers) that activate signaling pathways inside cells. Both classes of acetylcholine receptors participate in the mechanisms of memory.
In contrast to most other neurotransmitters, the synaptic action of acetylcholine is not terminated by reuptake. Instead, cleanup is done exclusively through enzymatic hydrolysis (i.e., inactivation) by acetylcholinesterase (AChE) to yield choline and acetate. The free choline can then be taken up again by the synaptic terminal and recycled to acetylcholine (i.e., starting the synthesis process again). Bacopa monnieri might help enhance the effects of acetylcholine by slowing the activity of AChE, leaving acetylcholine available to produce greater receptor stimulation.*14 Celastrus paniculatus and Coleus forskohlii might also influence the activity of AChE.*,15 Huperzine A (a nootropic compound) has improved acetylcholine levels in animal and human studies and influences cholinesterase enzyme activity.*16-19 Ginkgo biloba (a neuroadaptogen) appears to have protective and regulatory effects on aspects of acetylcholine signaling;*20,21
Cholinergic signaling might also be enhanced by other mechanisms. For example, adenosine (a sleep inducing factor) is a neuromodulator that reduces cholinergic activity. Blocking adenosine receptors with antagonist molecules can counter adenosine’s effects, supporting healthy activity of acetylcholine.22 Caffeine is a non-selective and high-affinity adenosine receptor antagonist (wakefulness promoting activity of coffee is believed to be related to this effect) and might indirectly enhance cholinergic activity.*22,23 Theobromine (a compound found in chocolate) is related to and synergistic with caffeine, and it is also an adenosine receptor antagonist (albeit with lower affinity than caffeine). It can also support healthy activity of acetylcholine, and it has a slower onset and longer duration of effects than caffeine.*23,24
Neurochemistry—Glutamate Signaling Stack
The most important design factor for a glutamate signaling stack is to promote receptor sensitivity to glutamate, while protecting against excessive glutamate signaling. Other considerations are support of (1) enzyme function involved in glutamate synthesis, signaling, and cleanup; and (2) endogenous neuroprotective systems.*
Glutamate is the most abundant neurotransmitter in our brain and central nervous system (CNS). It is involved in virtually every major excitatory brain function. While excitatory has a very specific meaning in neuroscience, in general terms, an excitatory neurotransmitter increases the likelihood that the neuron it acts upon will have an action potential (also called a nerve impulse).
Because it is the main molecule promoting neuronal excitation, glutamate is the principal mediator of cognition, emotions, sensory information, and motor coordination, and is linked to the activity of most other neurotransmitter systems. But glutamate is not a “more is better” molecule. Glutamatergic communication requires the right concentrations of glutamate be released in the right places for only small amounts of time. Less than this results in poor communication. More than this can be neurotoxic and can damage neurons and neural networks.
Glutamate, and its receptors, are central elements in memory formation and retrieval because of their role in the key cellular mechanism of memory and learning called long-term potentiation (LTP). LTP is a form of synaptic plasticity, a term that refers to the biochemical processes through which synapses respond to patterns of activity, either by strengthening in response to increased activity, or by weakening in response to decreased activity. LTP is the persistent strengthening component of plasticity. It is one of the major cellular mechanisms that underlies how the brain encodes memories.
Glutamate does not cross the blood-brain barrier and must be synthesized in neurons from precursor molecules that can get into the brain. In the brain, glutamine is the fundamental building block for glutamate. The most prevalent biosynthetic pathway synthesizes glutamate from glutamine using an enzyme called glutaminase. Glutamate can also be produced from glucose through a metabolic pathway that begins with the conversion of glucose to pyruvate (a process called glycolysis). Pyruvate then ethers the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle (also called the Krebs cycle or citric acid cycle). The TCA cycle forms multiple important intermediates. One of these intermediates is α-ketoglutarate (α-KG). α-KG can be used to produce glutamate. An enzyme called glutamate dehydrogenase, which uses vitamin B3 (NAD+) as a coenzyme, is responsible for this reaction. Niacinamide has been included to support this coenzyme function. This same enzyme can reconvert glutamate back into α-KG. Because of this enzyme, glutamate and α-KG can be continuously converted into each other. This dynamic equilibrium is a key intersection between anabolic and catabolic pathways and allows the body to shift resources in whichever direction is required.
There are two general types of glutamate receptors. One type are called ionotropic receptors: Glutamate binding to these receptors allows the entry of ions (i.e., electrically charged minerals such as sodium or calcium) into the cell. There are three classes of ionotropic glutamate receptors: (1) N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), (2) α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA), and (3) kainate receptors. The second type of receptors are linked to molecules that will activate intracellular signaling pathways subsequent to glutamate binding. These are called G protein-coupled or metabotropic receptors. Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) modulate synaptic transmission (i.e. neuronal communication) by regulating the activity of a wide variety of ion channels, including ionotropic glutamate receptors, as well as receptors for other neurotransmitters. Carnitine (from Acetyl-L-Carnitine) might support and protect metabotropic glutamate receptors.*25
Glutamate plays a prominent role in neural circuits involved with synaptic plasticity and LTP via NMDA and AMPA receptor activity, and with calcium influx into postsynaptic neurons.26 Acetylcholine’s effect on memory is also associated with LTP. Cholinergic projections to the hippocampus can modulate glutamatergic signaling and LTP.27
Magnesium plays a key role in the regulation of NMDA receptor excitability. At a resting membrane potential (i.e., pre-glutamate excitation), Mg2+ ions act to block the ion channel of NMDA receptors. Glutamate excitation relieves the Mg2+ blockade and calcium (Ca2+) influx through NMDA receptors is allowed. Low levels of Mg2+ in the CNS (i.e., a relative magnesium insufficiency) contribute to the hyperexcitability of NMDA receptors. As a consequence, fewer NMDA channels will be blocked, more NMDA channels will be opened at lower membrane potentials, and an excessive calcium influx can occur at a lower threshold of glutamate signaling, leading to excitotoxicity. Neuronal Mg2+ concentrations are therefore of major neurophysiological importance. However, magnesium insufficiency is common.28 Given the important role of calcium in the mechanisms of LTP, we added Vitamin D3 to facilitate calcium absorption.29
Excessive glutamatergic activity can be toxic, an effect known as glutamate excitotoxicity. This effect is due to an excessive entry of calcium ions into the cell, which can trigger cell-damaging pathways. Therefore, it is important that the enhancement of glutamate signaling is supported in a way that avoids such effects while at the same time allowing LTP to occur. This approach to neuroprotection is achieved by blocking excessive activation of NMDA receptors, while leaving normal function relatively intact, thereby may help normalize calcium influx.30
We included several ingredients that help regulate NMDA receptor activity,* with a goal of protecting neurons from glutamate-induced toxicity by promoting balanced glutamate signaling and/or supporting receptors. Celastrus paniculatus might be neuroprotective against excitotoxicity, possibly through modulation of NMDA receptor activity.*31,32 Huperzine A appears to support balanced NDMA receptor binding and may reduce glutamate excitotoxicity by reducing glutamate-induced calcium mobilization.*33,34 Vitamin C and Pyrroloquinoline Quinone (PQQ) might support NMDA glutamate receptors, which could provide protection against excitotoxicity.*35,36 Taurine may reduce the affinity of NMDA glutamate receptors to glycine, which is needed for their activation,37 while still inducing LTP.*38
In later phases of LTP, the reinforcement of synaptic connections requires intracellular gene transcription and protein synthesis.. Calcium entry into the postsynaptic neuron activates adenylate cyclase (AD) and leads to the production of cyclic AMP (cAMP). cAMP is a second messenger. It acts as an important signaling molecule inside cells. cAMP activates signaling pathways that lead to an upregulation of mRNA translation that sustains late LTP.39 LTP is also regulated by the activity of phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4), the enzyme that hydrolyzes cAMP.40 Both adenylate cyclase activation and phosphodiesterase inhibition have been shown to promote long-lasting LTP.41,42
cAMP is an example of a seesaw effect in a pathway. Adenylate cyclase is on one end, pushing cAMP production up, but PDE4 is on the other end, pushing it back down. Coleus forskohlii and Artichoke extract were included in the stack to synergistically target synaptic plasticity by impacting the push-pull of the cAMP pathway. Forskolin (found in Coleus forskohlii) may induce late LTP by supporting adenylate cyclase activity, leading to healthy intracellular levels of cAMP,43 whereas Artichoke extract might influence cAMP levels indirectly via effects of PDE4, further augmenting intracellular levels of cAMP.44,45 Artichoke’s effects might be further supported by Caffeine and Theobromine, which also exert effects on PDE4.46
Other ingredients in our stack that support aspects of glutamate signaling include: (1) Neuroadaptogens Ginkgo biloba and Rhodiola rosea, which may protect neurons from excessive glutamate excitation;*47-49 and (2) Neurolipid compounds Phosphatidylserine and Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA), which are used in cell membranes and appear to support balanced glutamate receptor signaling and function.*50,51
Neurochemistry—Dopamine Signaling Stack
Key parts of designing a dopamine stack are: (1) augment the precursor pool of compounds used to make it; (2) give full pathway support; (3) support enzyme function involved in dopamine synthesis, signaling, and cleanup; and (4) promote balanced signaling and neuroprotection. Let’s put these pieces together now.
Dopamine is one of the main neurotransmitters in the brain. It is most commonly recognized for its role in reward, motivation, and pleasure, but also plays a crucial part in modulating focus, motivation, cognitive flexibility, and emotional resilience. In addition to these creative-productive capacities and states, dopamine is one of the main regulators of motor control and coordination of body movements.
Dopamine is synthesized both at the nerve terminals, and in the cell bodies of dopaminergic neurons. But it does not cross the blood-brain barrier and must be synthesized in the brain from precursors molecules. There are 3 key precursor molecules in the dopamine synthesis pathway that can get into the brain—L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, and L-DOPA. Dopamine can be made starting from any of these molecules, with the molecules entering the pathway at different points.
The most fundamental building block is the essential amino acid L-phenylalanine (supplied as DL-Phenylalanine). L-tyrosine (supplied as N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine) is the next step in the dopamine pathway. Since it can be synthesized from L-phenylalanine by phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), L-tyrosine is considered conditionally essential. Under certain circumstances (e.g., illness, high stress, cognitive demands) where the body might not be able to make enough to meet demands, it becomes important to get more L-tyrosine from the diet.
The rate-limiting step in this L-DOPA pathway is the enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). This is the enzymatic step that turns L-tyrosine into L-DOPA, as the pathway progresses from L-Phenylalanine → L-Tyrosine → L-DOPA → Dopamine. Mucuna pruriens—a member of the legume (i.e., bean) family—is included in this stack because it is a natural source of L-DOPA.*52 We use this herbal ingredient to supply an amount of L-DOPA that a person would consume if they ate about 3-6 ounces of fava beans (fava beans are considered one of the richest food sources of L-DOPA). This ingredient thereby supports the production of dopamine by entering the pathway after the rate-limiting step.*
By including Mucuna pruriens, N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine, and DL-Phenylalanine, the stack supports three different steps, with different kinetics, of the dopamine synthesis pathway, allowing for a prolonged and sustained availability of precursor resources to be recruited for its synthesis.* Importantly, by taking advantage of additive effects, we can support the dopaminergic pathway using lower doses of each ingredient.
Deficiency in any precursor amino acid or in any cofactor in the catecholaminergic anabolic pathways can impair the synthesis of all three catecholamine neurotransmitters (e.g., dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine). L-DOPA is converted to dopamine by aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase (AAAD, also known as DOPA decarboxylase [DDC]) with Pyridoxal-5’-Phosphate (the active form of Vitamin B6) as the coenzyme.53 Both tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) require tetrahydrobiopterin as a coenzyme. Tetrahydrobiopterin is synthesized from guanosine triphosphate (GTP) through a NADPH-dependent pathway.54 Vitamin B3, as Niacinamide, is a precursor to NADPH,55 and can therefore indirectly support the activity of both enzymes.
Dopamine is used as precursor in the synthesis of the monoamine neurotransmitters norepinephrine and epinephrine. Dopamine is converted into norepinephrine by the enzyme dopamine β-hydroxylase, with L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) as cofactor; norepinephrine is then converted into epinephrine. Vitamin C is included to support the conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine by dopamine β-hydroxylase.
After synthesis, dopamine is transported into synaptic vesicles by a vesicular monoamine transporter. Once released, dopamine binds to and activates either postsynaptic receptors or presynaptic autoreceptors. When an action potential is elicited in the postsynaptic neuron, dopamine molecules are released from their receptors and retaken up into the presynaptic cell or into surrounding glial cells by the dopamine transporter (DAT) or by the plasma membrane monoamine transporter (VMAT).
Within neurons, dopamine is degraded into inactive metabolites by monoamine oxidase (MAO), which catalyzes the oxidative deamination of dopamine into DOPAL. It is then converted into DOPAC by aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) and into homovanillic acid (HVA), the primary metabolite of dopamine, by catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). Dopamine can also be metabolized (i.e., inactivated) by COMT into 3-methoxytyramine, using SAMe as a methyl donor.
COMT is synthesized in two forms, soluble (i.e., free-floating) and membrane-bound; the latter is the primary form in the brain. COMT is dependent on magnesium. COMT-dependent extracellular dopamine inactivation is of particular importance in brain regions with low expression of the presynaptic dopamine transporter—the recycling mechanism that takes up and returns dopamine into the message sending neurons for inactivation or reuse.
Several ingredients are included because of their actions on postsynaptic receptor signaling. Uridine Monophosphate has a unique role in the dopamine stack. Although uridine may reduce the density of dopamine receptors, it seems to enhance their signal transduction and turnover rate, supporting dopamine-dependent behaviors.56 Uridine Monophosphate also enhances potassium-evoked dopamine release.57 Both Caffeine and Theobromine play a role in this stack due to their antagonism of adenosine receptors. Since adenosine receptor activation reduces dopaminergic activity, slowing activity of adenosine receptors can indirectly contribute to an enhanced dopaminergic signaling.22-24
Resilience and Adaptogenic Stack
Resilience can be thought of as a generalized capability to cope with emergent challenges or stress. This is the “adaptive” part of the science of complex adaptive systems. The body follows a type of response called hormensis when responding to certain challenges. An adaptive response implies too little or too much exposure results in suboptimal response, while a just-right range of exposure—the hormetic zone—where there's a generally favorable biological response. Exercise follows this type of response. A range of exercise amounts will produce improved fitness and resilience, but below this amount (e.g., sedentary behavior) or above (e.g., injury, overtraining) won’t. Several ingredients, including herbal adaptogens, were included in this formulation due to their resilience-enhancing effects.
Adaptogen is a term used to classify substances that support resistance to stress when dosed in the correct range. These substances typically promote homeostasis, exerting a normalizing or stabilizing effect on physiological processes.58 In a sense, adaptogens act to toughen us up, by producing a small amount of stress, which in turn allows our body to respond better to other sources of stress.*
A central element to the maintenance of homeostasis is the neuroendocrine system, a set of mechanisms by which the hypothalamus maintains homeostasis. The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, a complex network of interactions among the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal gland, is of particular interest due to its role in the regulation of stress responses, mood, and energy storage and expenditure.59
There are several important molecules whose production is induced by stress and that mediate adaptogenic effects and coordinate the adaptive stress response. These include the stress hormones cortisol, corticosterone and corticotropin-releasing factor. They also include nitric oxide, stress-activated protein kinases, and heat shock proteins (such as HSP70). These factors, and many more, are part of an innate response to stress. The result of this complex response produces improved tolerance and protection from future stress. It also promotes adaptation via feedback-mediated downregulation of the activated HPA axis.58, 60
Rhodiola rosea is one of the most potent adaptogens.* Its adaptogenic effects have been confirmed in multiple studies. It has shown stress-protective and endocrine normalizing effects. It has also been shown to improve mood, cognitive performance, and attention, and to relieve fatigue in stress-related conditions.*61 Rhodiola rosea exerts an anti-stress effect by balancing the HPA axis.*62 Rhodiola rosea has been shown to modulate HSP70 expression,63 and may reduce the levels of stress-activated protein kinases, nitric oxide, cortisol,64 corticotropin-releasing factor, and peripheral corticosterone levels.*61
Several other ingredients have adaptogenic effects. Bacopa monnieri (through the action of bacoside A) has been shown to reduce the levels of the stress marker HSP70 in the brain.*65,66 Gingko biloba may reduces stress and corticosterone levels.*67 Mucuna pruriens has been effective in reducing serum cortisol levels and stress-induced oxidative changes.*68 Phosphatidylserine might reduce the levels of adrenocorticotropin and cortisol in response to physical stress.*69
Vitamin B5 is often thought of as an “anti-stress vitamin.” It plays a role in this stack due to its importance in maintaining the integrity of the cells of the adrenal cortex.70 The adrenal glands are part of the HPA axis and are responsible for the synthesis of corticosteroids, which have important roles not only in the stress response, but also in metabolism, immune response, and behavior.
cAMP—the second messenger discussed in the choline stack—influences activity of the HPA axis. The HPA produces a variety of signaling molecules called hormones. The defining characteristic of hormones is that they are made in certain places, but are able to travel to distant parts of the body to regulate physiology and behavior. Cortisol is an example: It is made by the adrenal glands—the A from HPA—but has effects throughout the body. While hormones have distant effects, these effects occur on the outside of cells. cAMP is called a second messenger because it relays the message from these hormonal first messengers into the cell. Because of this, it is a critical player in the intracellular signal transduction mechanisms that control the secretory activity of the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the adrenal glands, as well as of other endocrine organs.71 PDE4 inhibitors are known to stimulate the HPA axis.72 This is, at least in part, because PDE4 plays a pivotal role in the breakdown of cAMP. Both Coleus forskohlii (an adenylate cyclase activator43) and Artichoke extract (a PDE4 inhibitor),44,45 by increasing the levels of cAMP, can support the HPA axis.* This effect is further augmented by Caffeine and Theobromine, which also influence PDE4 activity.*46
Neurogenesis, Neuroprotection, and Neuroplasticity Stack
Neurogenesis is the process of producing new neurons (i.e., nerve cells). Neuroprotection refers to preserving the neurons we have. Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change the connections between neurons (and activity levels) throughout an individual's life. The generation of new neurons, preservation of existing ones, and the creation of new connections between them is a set of interrelated processes that greatly contribute to the optimization of brain function.
Neurotrophins—nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), and neurotrophin-4 (NT-4)—are a family of growth factors that regulate the development, maintenance, survival, and function of the nervous system. Neurotrophin support is an emphasis of this stack.
BDNF is of particular relevance. BDNF has been reported to regulate the proliferation of neuronal precursors and to promote the differentiation, maturation and integration of newborn neurons in the hippocampus. BDNF has also shown marked effects on dendrite and spine development and maturation, increasing dendrite branching, length, and complexity. And, BDNF is involved in synaptogenesis (i.e., formation of connections between neurons) and synaptic maturation.73–76 Several ingredients enhance the production of BDNF: Ginkgo biloba,77 Taurine,78 L-Theanine,79 and a combination of Vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA).*80
NGF is also involved in the proliferation, growth, maintenance, and survival of neurons. It promotes peripheral nerve regeneration and myelin repair.81 Ingredients that promote the synthesis or the activity of NGF include Huperzine A,82 PQQ83 and Phosphatidylserine.84
Other ingredients with neuroprotective or neuroplasticity enhancing effects include: Ginkgo biloba has been shown to promote neurogenesis and neuronal survival.*77 Huperzine A has influenced proliferation of hippocampal neural stem cells.*81 Rhodiola rosea has enhanced neurogenesis and neuronal regeneration.*85,86 Uridine Monophosphate supported dendritic spines and promoted neurite outgrowth.*57,87 Bacopa monnieri enhanced neurite branching and proliferation.*11 A combination of Vitamins B1, B6 and B12 has also been shown to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration.*88
Cell Membrane Integrity Stack
The cell membrane separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment. It protects the cell from its surroundings, controls the movement of substances in and out of cells, and plays a major role in signaling (i.e., communication between what's inside and outside of cells). The cell membrane is made predominantly from specialized fats or lipids.
Our formulation includes several ingredients intended to support membrane health and function, because cell membranes, particularly neuronal membranes, are essential for cognitive performance.
When we discussed the choline signaling stack, the CDP-choline pathway was mentioned. It is one half of a bigger pathway known as the Kennedy pathway. The other half of the Kennedy pathway is the CDP-ethanolamine pathway, which produces a different phospholipid end product called phosphatidylethanolamine. A big emphasis of this stack is supporting the Kennedy pathway.
Phosphatidylserine is an essential component of cell membranes. It accounts for 13–15% of the phospholipids (i.e., specialized fat molecules that make up most of the cell membrane) in the human cerebral cortex. In the plasma membrane, phosphatidylserine is localized in the cytoplasmic layer where it’s part of protein docking sites required for the activation of several important signaling pathways. In synapses, phosphatidylserine has a significant role in modulating neurotransmitter release through exocytosis (i.e., expelling these molecules out of the cell) by influencing calcium-dependent fusion of synaptic vesicles and the plasma membrane.*5 Phosphatidylserine can also be converted to other phospholipids, particularly phosphatidylethanolamine, another important structural fat used in the cell membrane, so supports the second half of the Kennedy pathway.*
Alpha-GPC, CDP-Choline and Uridine Monophosphate contribute to membrane health by supporting the first half of the Kennedy pathway (i.e., phosphatidylcholine synthesis). Besides being the major source of choline for the choline pool, phosphatidylcholine is a primary component of cell membranes. The enhanced production of phosphatidylcholine, along with phosphatidylethanolamine via phosphatidylserine, contributes to the structural integrity of cell membranes.*
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an essential fatty acid. It is the most abundant polyunsaturated fatty acid/omega-3 fatty acid in the brain and the major polyunsaturated fatty acid of neuronal cell membranes. DHA supports healthy membrane fluidity and flexibility, which affects several membrane functions, including the release and uptake of neurotransmitters. DHA also modulates membrane transport systems, membrane bound enzymes, receptors and ion channels, thereby influencing cell signaling.89 It is therefore essential for proper functional and structural support of cell membranes.*
Nerve fibers (axons) are long projections from nerve cells to remote tissues and muscles. Many axons are surrounded by a a lipid-rich substance called a myelin sheath that acts a lot like the insulation on an electrical wire. The production of this myelin sheath is called myelination. Axonal membranes need myelin to be able to transmit information efficiently. Myelination is improved by Vitamin D3.92
Cell Energy and Metabolism Support Stack
The body’s (and brain’s) "energy currency" is called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Most ATP is produced in specialized structures within cells called mitochondria. A central set of reactions involved in ATP production are collectively known as the citric acid cycle, or Krebs cycle. Given the brain’s high metabolic rate, it is a big user of this energy currency. ATP is also used throughout the body for cell energy production and metabolism.
The overall ATP production process is called aerobic respiration. This process starts with the generation of pyruvate from the simple sugar glucose—a process called glycolysis—in the liquid found inside cells (i.e., cytosol). The pyruvate is then transported into mitochondria, where it is converted into acetyl-CoA. Acetyl-CoA is a pivotal molecule in cellular metabolism because it donates the main substrate of the citric acid cycle, the acetyl group. In the citric acid cycle (also known as the tricarboxylic or Krebs cycle), a series of chemical reactions generate NADH and FADH2, which in turn transfer the energy generated by the citric acid cycle to the electron transport chain, where ATP is produced.93
B vitamins play a key role in many steps during the ATP production process.94 Because B vitamins are involved in the different interrelated pathways of energy generation, deficiency or inadequacy in any of the B vitamins can have a negative impact on the whole process (i.e., cell energy production suffers). We included several vitamins because of the major roles they play. Vitamin B1 (used in the mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex as an example), Vitamin B3 (needed to produce NAD+ and NADH) and Vitamin B5 (required for acetyl-CoA formation) are essential in mitochondrial aerobic respiration due to their roles as coenzymes in the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain, and, consequently, in the production of ATP.*93 [Note: Coenzymes are parts of certain enzymes. Many of the coenzymes are derived from vitamins.]
Besides being a central molecule in metabolism and energy production, Acetyl-CoA is also involved in many other enzymatic processes. Acetyl-CoA is estimated to be a cofactor for about 4% of all known enzymes.70 The addition of Vitamin B5 to this stack is therefore meant to support cellular energy production by providing the precursor to Acetyl-CoA, and to augment performance of enzymes at a more system-wide level.* The inclusion of Acetyl-L-Carnitine and N-Acetyl-Tyrosine provides acetyl groups to augment the acetyl pool for the synthesis of acetyl-CoA.*
Vitamin B6 (in its coenzyme or active form of Pyridoxal-5′-Phosphate [P5P]) is used in a wide variety of enzymatic reactions. P5P is a coenzyme in many metabolic pathways important for cellular energy generation, including glycogen (a complex sugar) breakdown and amino acid metabolism.93
Other ingredients in this stack also support cellular metabolic pathways in several ways. Vitamin B12, as Methylcobalamin, is a biologically active form of cobalamin (i.e., a coenzyme form) needed for activity of the methionine synthase enzyme. Methionine synthase plays an important role in cellular metabolic processes associated with the transfer of methyl groups (one-carbon metabolism). In the methionine synthase reaction, Methylcobalamin accepts and donates a methyl group. This allows for the conversion of methyltetrahydrofolate (an active form of folic acid) and homocysteine into tetrahydrofolate and methionine. Methionine is then further metabolized into S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), a universal methyl donor. Because of its role in the regeneration of SAMe, which is used extensively in biology as a source of active methyl groups, Vitamin B12 sits at the crossroads of a pathway that impacts synthesis of many metabolically important compounds, including purines, pyrimidines, and amino acids.93
After donating its acetyl group, N-Acetyl-Tyrosine yields the amino acid L-tyrosine, a building block for proteins. Likewise, DL-Phenylalanine includes the L-phenylalanine form used for protein assembly.
Uridine Monophosphate is primarily recognized as one of the building blocks of RNA, but it is also involved in other important biochemical processes. It can be converted into uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP-glucose), which promotes brain glycogen synthesis. It is also used in the CDP-choline pathway as a precursor of the CTP molecule needed for the synthesis of membrane phospholipids.*95
Acetyl-L-Carnitine is converted into carnitine, which plays a key role in the transport of long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria for ATP generation.* Vitamin C contributes to healthy carnitine levels, because it is a cofactor in two enzymes that are necessary for its synthesis.96
Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) has an important role in supporting cellular energy generation, primarily via its action on mitochondria. PQQ has been linked to the activation and expression of molecules with important roles in cellular energy metabolism and mitochondrial biogenesis (process cells use to produce more mitochondria to support greater ATP production).97,98 Prolonged PQQ intake has been shown to support mitochondrial biogenesis, and improve mitochondria efficiency, by acting as a growth factor.*98,99
Calcium is important in the regulation of cellular energy production. It’s involved in regulation of the citric acid cycle, due to the sensitivity of some of this cycle’s enzymes to the mitochondrial levels of calcium.100 The included Vitamin B5 in its calcium salt form (Calcium Pantothenate) acts as a minor calcium donor to augment calcium pools. We further supported calcium availability by adding Vitamin D3, which facilitates calcium absorption from the diet.29
cAMP has been mentioned previously. It plays important roles in many areas of metabolism as an intracellular second messenger. It is produced by the adenylate cyclase enzyme, and broken down by phosphodiesterase enzymes including PDE4. PDE4 inhibitors indirectly stimulate cellular metabolism by increasing cAMP levels, which stimulates the breakdown of fats (a process called lipolysis) and activates protein kinase A, which in turn phosphorylates (i.e., modulates) several enzymes involved in glucose and lipid metabolism.101 Caffeine, Theobromine and Artichoke extract interact with cellular metabolism through their PDE4-inhibitory activity.*44–46 By activating adenylate cyclase, leading to healthy intracellular levels of cAMP, Coleus forskohlii also contributes to this effect.*43
Cerebral Antioxidant Defense Stack
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) are a normal byproduct of healthy metabolism—they are created by the oxidation and reduction (redox) reactions used by mitochondria when ATP is produced. ROS were once thought of as unwanted byproducts of mitochondria energy generation (i.e., the free-radical theory of aging). Newer understandings have led to a more nuanced mitohormesis understanding of ROS. This is the mitochondrial equivalent of the hormesis principle, previously mentioned with the Resilience and Adaptogenic Stack.
Mitohormesis implies that a zone of ROS causes mitochondria to toughen up, build adaptive capacities, and perform better. It also implies that excessive ROS can damage cellular membranes and impair cell energy processes (including ATP generation). The body has evolved a complex system of antioxidant defenses to allow it to adapt to and protect itself from ROS. A molecule called glutathione (and its related enzymes) plays a central role in antioxidant defense. Other antioxidant enzymes, such as catalase and superoxide dismutase, are also critical parts of the overall antioxidant defenses.
The brain, due to its high metabolic rate, consumes 20% of the total body oxygen, making it a big producer of ROS. Excessive ROS production, and the oxidative damage this can cause, is thought to be one of the main contributing agents to premature brain aging and cognitive decline. Therefore, it’s important that the brain’s antioxidant defense system be supported in ways that allow it to deal efficiently with ROS and maintain redox balance. Several ingredients in this formulation act directly in this area, either as antioxidants, by promoting antioxidant defenses, or both.*
Vitamin C is a potent antioxidant. As an electron donor, it can reduce, and thereby neutralize ROS.102 Vitamin C is essential for the maintenance of the redox balance of the brain.*103
Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) is a redox cofactor that reduces oxidants and is continuously recycled into its active form by glutathione.*104 PQQ is 100–1000 times more efficient in redox cycling than other quinone biofactors and is capable of continuously performing repeated oxidation and reduction reactions.*105
Vitamin D3 has antioxidant properties.* It inhibits lipid peroxidation,106 suggesting that it protects cellular membranes (which have a high lipid content) from oxidation.* Vitamin D is also associated with major plasma redox systems.107 L-Theanine has antioxidant effects and protects neurons from damage and hypoxia (circumstances characterized by insufficient oxygen availability).*108
Several of the included herbal extracts have antioxidant properties due to their phytochemical components, such as flavonoid compounds, which are among the most effective exogenous antioxidant molecules. Celastrus paniculatus may reduce lipid peroxidation and free radical generation. It has shown free-radical-scavenging activity for the superoxide anion and hydroxyl radical, and it reduces H2O2-induced cytotoxicity and DNA damage. It also supports the antioxidant molecule glutathione, and antioxidant enzymes catalase and superoxide dismutase.*109–111 Bacopa monnieri modulates the levels of superoxide dismutase, and protects against oxidative damage from metals in the brain.*66 Rhodiola rosea is neuroprotective against toxins and oxidative stress. It also supports the production of antioxidant enzymes.*112 Ginkgo biloba has antioxidant effects and preserves mitochondrial function, which is important for maintaining the redox balance of the cell.*113 Mucuna pruriens reduces the levels of free radicals, ROS, and lipid peroxidation, while supporting the activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase antioxidant enzymes, and Vitamin C levels in stressed individuals.*68,114 Coleus forskohlii exhibits significant antioxidant and ROS scavenging activities.*115 Artichoke extract has helped support healthier response to oxidative stress.*116
Cerebral Blood Flow Support and Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration Stack
Optimal cerebral blood flow is of obvious importance, not only because it is fundamental for the proper delivery of oxygen and metabolic ingredients, but also for the removal of waste products of cellular metabolism from the brain. Cerebral blood flow is also fundamental for the delivery of the ingredients included in this formulation. And, it’s important to choose compounds and forms of nutrients that can pass into the brain (i.e., gain access through the blood-brain barrier). Some of our ingredients were chosen based on these considerations.
Nitric oxide (NO) is a biological messenger and signaling molecule. It plays an important role in circulation. NO is used by endothelial cells—cells that line the interior surface of blood and lymph vessel—as a messenger that instructs the smooth muscle surrounding blood vessels to relax, causing the widening of blood vessels (vasodilation) and increasing blood flow. NO is produced by enzymes called nitric oxide synthases (endothelial NOS, eNOS, in this case) in a reaction that requires NADPH (vitamin B3-dependent). This stack includes two ingredients that can indirectly support NO’s blood flow improving effects. Vitamin C stimulates endothelial NO synthesis.*117 Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide) is a precursor to NADPH.*55
Vitamin C plays an important role in the synthesis of collagen and elastin,*118 important structural components of the blood vessels. Elastin confers elasticity and collagen confers strength, both essential for blood flow and general vascular health. Niacinamide provides blood flow benefits by increasing microvascular density and microcirculation.*119,120
Gingko biloba promotes cerebral blood flow. It has several active compounds that improve circulation, reduce clot formation, strengthen the walls of capillaries, and protect nerve cells from low oxygen conditions.*121
One of the criteria for our formulation design was to choose ingredients known to reach and have effects in the brain (i.e., be capable of penetrating the blood-brain barrier).* In general, fat-soluble and smaller molecules are more able to penetrate. Bigger compounds often need help (i.e., specific transporter proteins). Phosphatidylserine, a lipid molecule with evidence showing support of human cognitive function, appears to follow the fat-soluble rule of thumb—it crosses the BBB.*122
While the above is a general rule of thumb, there can be exceptions. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a fat-soluble essential fatty acid. Its synthesis is extremely limited within the brain, but it is important for brain structure and function.* DHA appears to require the help of specific transporter proteins for access to the brain via the BBB.123 Feeding DHA significantly unregulated these transport proteins in an animal study, and supported healthy brain DHA levels.*124
Some of our ingredients are included in forms that are known to enhance their bioavailability and/or their ability to cross the BBB. For example, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, the acetylated version of L-carnitine, can cross the BBB and provide better cognitive benefits.*125 N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine is a more bioavailable version of the dopamine precursor L-tyrosine.*126 Oral Thiamine can support free thiamine levels in the brain.*127 Citicoline and Alpha-GPC are forms of choline that can cross the blood-brain barrier.*
Additional Supportive Mechanisms
Coffee, and the caffeine it contains, are alertness promoting. They can have a variety of benefits for alertness-related performance. L-Theanine was included to synergize with and reduce caffeine-induced jitteriness and vasoconstriction.*128 Caffeine and L-Theanine are commonly stacked because of their well-reported synergistic effect in enhancing cognition, mood, vigilance and attention.129,130 Bacopa Monnieri has anxiolytic effects without sedation. Therefore, one of the purposes of its inclusion was also to reduce jitteriness in order to balance our stack.*131
Other added benefits from the ingredients in this formulation include:
Gastroprotective effects from Celastrus paniculatus.*143
Support aerobic capacity from Phosphatidylserine.*144
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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On an exposed terrace, plants finish the growing season earlier than in a more proteced space. Up here, in early September, it feels like the real autumn, not just the meteorological version.
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If you're involved in content and product design, it's likely you already know this: Collaboration and coordination are crucial to creating a stellar end-product that users love. Teams are working together more than ever, creating innovative, exciting products every day. As users, we get better, more intuitive experiences thanks to constantly-improving research and design.
But when it's time to make those experiences available in another language? That's when things stop looking so bright. There's still a significant disconnect between those involved in creating the original product - designers, researchers, writers - and localization teams. Localization is often seen as an afterthought, something that happens once the "creation" work is done. This results in products that don't quite live up to their potential when made available to a global audience.
"Localization is often seen as an afterthought, something that happens once the "creation" work is done. This results in products that don't quite live up to their potential when made available to a global audience."
This doesn't have to be the case. Design-driven localization brings translators and localization teams into the fold from the very beginning. They get the context they need to do their jobs well, and they can provide valuable insights that help improve the final product.
So how, exactly, do you create a design-driven process? And what impact can it make for your team? Let's take a closer look.
Integrating localization at the design stage
When you make localization a part of your design process, it completely changes the game. No longer is it seen as a last-minute addition, or something that happens after everything else is done. Instead, it's part of the conversation from day one.
This has several advantages. For starters, it gives everyone a chance to provide input and feedback - not just on the localization itself, but on the product as a whole. A perfectly localized experience often involves layout adaptations, typography changes, design tweaks... and these can be difficult (or even impossible) to make after the fact. By starting early, you give your localization team the opportunity to weigh in and help avoid potential problems down the line.
It also allows for a more collaborative approach overall. There are fewer surprises and misunderstandings when everyone's involved from the beginning. And since localization teams have all the information they need from the get-go, there's no need for back-and-forth and guesswork. This can save your team a ton of time (not to mention frustration). You can catch errors before they ever go live, and significantly shorten your time to market. Design-stage localization fits into any production workflow and ensures you'll always have your translated strings ready when you need them.
"There are fewer surprises and misunderstandings when everyone's involved from the beginning. And since localization teams have all the information they need from the get-go, there's no need for back-and-forth and guesswork."
Getting everyone on the same page with clear context
One of the main challenges of localization is that it's often difficult to provide enough context for translators to do their jobs well. This is especially true when working with agile or continuous development processes, where new strings are constantly added with little explanation. Or when working on complex systems where there might be dozens (or even hundreds) of screens to keep track of.
This is where design-driven localization comes in. By including localization teams in the design stage, you can ensure they have all the information they need to do their jobs well - from live designs to style guides or more comprehensive documentation.
They also get an insight into the thought process behind certain design choices. Why was this particular piece of copy chosen? What's the purpose of this UI element? What kind of tone should be used? All of these questions can be answered up front, which helps ensure that the final localization is in line with the original product.
With this clear context, translators can do their jobs more efficiently and with greater accuracy. They understand the product better, which means they're less likely to make mistakes or overlook important details. In turn, this can lead to fewer errors in the final localized product and a better overall experience for users.
"By including localization teams in the design stage, you can ensure they have all the information they need to do their jobs well - from live designs to style guides or more comprehensive documentation."
Ready to start?
If you want to try design-driven localization, there are a few things you should keep in mind.
- First, make sure everyone's on board. This includes your design team, your localization agency or translators, your UX writers, your developers, and anyone else who might be involved in the process. It's essential that everyone understands the benefits of this approach and is on board with making it work.
- Second, start small. If you're not sure how to integrate localization into your design process, start with one project or one team. This will help you figure out what works and what doesn't and give you a chance to iron out any wrinkles before expanding to other areas.
- Finally, be prepared to change your workflow. Design-driven localization might require some changes to the way you work, but it's important to be flexible and open to new ideas. If something's not working, don't be afraid to adjust your approach. The goal is to find a process that works for everyone involved and helps you create the best possible experience for your users. And once you have the basics down, you can experiment and find ways to make design-driven localization work even better for you and your company.
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It was the 117th Wednesday of 1926. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 4, 27 and 1926 reveal that your life path number is 4. Your zodiac sign is Taurus with a ruling planet Venus, your birthstone is the Diamond, and your birth flower is the Sweet Pea/Daisy. You are 96 old, and were born in 1920s, in the middle of Silent Generation. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.
→ April 27, 1926 was a Tuesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Taurus
→ This date was 35,171 days ago
→ 1926 was the Year of the Tiger
→ In 2023, April 27 is on Saturday
You have been alive for:
People born on this day will turn 97 in exactly .
If you were born on this date:
You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Tiger. Your birth sign is Taurus with a ruling planet Venus. There were precisely 1,192 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on January 3, 1958.
→ You’ve slept 11,724 days or 32.12 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Tiger
→ You have been alive 844,104 hours
→ You are 50,646,243 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 97 years old
You were born on a Tuesday
April 27, 1926 was the 117th Wednesday of that year. It was also the 117th day and 4th month of 1926 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1926 calendar will be in 2027. Both calendars will be exactly the same.
There are left before your next birthday. Your 97th birthday will be on a Wednesday and a birthday after that will be on a Saturday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.
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Your next birthday is on a Wednesday
You’ve slept 33% of your life!
Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far:
You’ve slept 32.12 years of your life.
You’ve slept 385 month of your life.
You’ve slept 1,675 week of your life.
You’ve slept 11,724 days of your life.
Did you know you have taken approximately 709,047,360 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 4,051,699,200 times. You have also blinked over 860,986,080 times in your lifetime.
#1 Song on your birthday
The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was [Not available]. No song matches found.. (Billboard Hot 100 – April 27, 1926). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.
Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was [Not available]. No song matches found. (April 27, 1940).
Celebrities born on April 27, 1926
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What happened on April 27th
Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 27 April 1926.
1565 – 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines forms at Cebu City.
1865 – Steamboat "SS Sultana" explodes in the Mississippi River, killing up to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. Most were paroled Union POWs on their way home..
1904 – The Australian Labor Party under Prime Minister Chris Watson becomes the first Labor government in the world.
1945 – Italian partisans capture Benito Mussolini at Dongo (Lake Como).
2005 – The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.
Sports in 1926
NBA – to win the NBA Finals.
NHL – Montreal Maroons defeated Victoria Cougars (3 - 1) to win the Stanley Cup.
MLB – St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees (4 - 3) to win the World Series.
Your life path number is 4
So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!
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Something was rotten in a London art gallery last week — an installation of sequin-embroidered decomposing fish sealed in clear plastic bags.
But before the exhibit even opened, the malodorous artwork unexpectedly combusted and set fire to the gallery.
The installation — a piece called "Majestic Splendor" by Lee Bul — was part of an exhibition of the Korean artist's work, scheduled to open at the Hayward Gallery on May 30. Then, hours before the show's first preview, the gassy art blew up, causing a fire that damaged part of the gallery, artnet News reported. [Top 10 Greatest Explosions Ever]
Even though the exhibit was not yet open to the public, gallery officials had already decided to remove "Majestic Splendor" from the show for safety reasons. They had learned earlier that a chemical added to the fishes' bags to dampen their smell could become flammable after combining with gases released by the decomposing flesh, and art handlers were taking down the art as a precaution when it suddenly combusted and sparked a fire, a gallery spokesperson told frieze magazine.
"Majestic Splendor" previously raised eyebrows — and wrinkled noses — when it was presented at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City in January 1997. Dozens of small, transparent bags were fixed to a wall; each contained a rotting fish decorated with stitched-on sequins and beads, representing Bul's scathing commentary on the fleeting nature of beauty for highly ornamented women, according to the 1997 MoMA exhibition catalog.
But after a custom-designed refrigeration unit for the MoMA installation failed, the smell was so awful that museum officials nixed the display and removed it, and subsequent showings included an odor-reducing chemical known as potassium permanganate, the Guardian reported.
Scents and sensibility
As fish decay, they emit amines — compounds of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen — which produce odors that are intensely powerful and distinctively "fishy," Preston MacDougall, a professor with the Department of Chemistry at Middle Tennessee State University, told Live Science in an email.
But these compounds aren't just smelly — they're also potentially explosive. Certain molecular bonds connecting hydrogen and carbon can release a lot of energy when vaporized — in gasoline, high-energy bonds in hydrocarbon molecules give the fuel its kick (and make it highly flammable). Similar energy reserves lurk in the molecular bonds of hydrogen and carbon compounds produced by decomposing fish, creating the possibility of an explosion under the right conditions, MacDougall explained.
For the new show and for previous installations after the MoMA debacle, potassium permanganate — also known as KMnO4 — was added to "Majestic Splendor" to reduce the smell of the rotting fish. In fact, KMnO4 is a time-honored choice for masking strong odors, Raychelle Burks, an assistant professor of chemistry at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, told Live Science in an email.
"This chemical is a good oxidizing agent, reacting with a range of stinky, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to produce far less stinky or no-stink compounds," Burks said.
But when combined with combustible material, KMnO4 is known to trigger violent explosions under certain circumstances, she added. It's possible that the compounds produced by the putrefying fish interacted with KMnO4 to spark combustion, but it's also likely that the explosion was caused by pressure buildup from trapped gases that had nowhere to go, similar to the effect that causes beached and bloated dead whales to explode, Burks told Live Science.
After the gallery incident, firefighters quickly put out the blaze, and a security guard was treated for smoke inhalation; damage to the Hayward Gallery from the fire was "superficial" and contained in one small section of the exhibit space, according to artnet News. The exhibit, titled "Crashing," opens today (June 1) and will run through Aug. 19 — minus the malodorous and volatile fish display.
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This is One of Michigan’s Most Famous Products – But Who Uses It?
One of Michigan's most famous food products is Postum.....but I don't know anyone who has ever tried it. I used to see it all the time at the grocery store but haven't seen it for awhile. It always confused me...”what is that stuff, anyhow?”
Postum still confuses a number of people...just what is it?
Is it a drink?
Is it cereal?
Both - It's a drink made from cereal.
“It looks yucky” as one person in the store said.
I never drank it, bought it, or even had a quick taste. I can't comment on it because in all my years, I never even gave it a thought...until now.
Postum was created in Battle Creek by C.W. Post in 1895 as a healthy alternative to tea and coffee...a breakfast drink made from wheat and molasses. It originally had to be boiled until the instant version debuted in 1912. Post went out of his way in advertising, exaggerating the point that haggard people probably drink coffee...Postum drinkers are happy, healthy, and have good eyesight. In a page taken from a Postum instruction booklet, it reads:
1) “The first cup of Postum is not always good, for cook fails to boil it long enough. Try again!”
2) “The second cup followed directions (easy) and secured a fascinating delicious coffee with the mild flavor and color of java. Such fun!”
3) “The third cup of Postum; no more shaky nerves, dyspepsia, etc. from coffee; can eat and sleep!”
By the way, you'll see that page in the photo gallery below.
Sounds like ol' Post was having problems getting Postum rolling. But with this aggressive advertising, Postum soon became extremely popular. The main slogan, “there's a reason”, was aimed at the dangers of drinking tea and coffee, and there was “a reason” to drink Postum.
According to Postum's advertising campaign, coffee was responsible for lost eyesight, irritability, lack of sports ability, and heart problems.
When coffee was rationed during World War II, the alternative was Postum, and sales skyrocketed.
In the Sunday comics section, there were little Postum ads disguised to look like a comic strip that featured Postum's arch-villain, “Mister Coffee Nerves”. He was responsible for coffee drinkers to feel like garbage until Postum comes along and saves the day, taking them away from their coffee habit (see gallery below).
After being bought out by Kraft, Postum was discontinued in 2007. After being purchased by Eliza’s Quest Food, it was back on shelves by 2013.
Have you seen it anywhere?
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How Often Should I Water?
Most natives do poorly in waterlogged conditions, so water when the soil is dry and the plants are wilting. Once established, a good soaking twice a week should suffice. Deep soaking encourages the development of stronger and deeper root systems. This is better than frequent and shallow watering, which encourage weaker and more shallow root systems.
After plants are established (a month or two for most plants, up to a year for some trees), you can back off watering.
Will the Environment Make a Difference?
Red clay soils hold more water for a longer period of time than sandy soils do. If your area is very sunny or near a beach, the ground will dry out faster. Even within a single garden, there are parts that will need more or less water. Soils can vary and amount of shade and wind differ.
Should I Use Sprinkler Systems or Hand-Water? Automatic sprinkler systems are expensive to install and must be checked and adjusted regularly.
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The hypothesis about the crime rate rises with hurricanes and bad weather.
Crime has a correlation to weather.
Hypothesis: Nitrogen + virus + depression schizophrenia etc a sum leads to murder and mass murder.
Could be simply nitrogen causes higher murder rate, thus in hurricane season, as that brings nitrogen, especially when taking nitrogen out of the ground when the hurricane fills up with elements and, later on, let lots of it out during the storms, so people than have suddenly a lot of these elements in the environment.
Could be simply some are mentally ill, because of Illness that comes from the hurricanes season, the winter season, the cold-weather season, etc. The illness can make them not themselves, like people with high body temperature. And perhaps because of many aspects, as illness can cause DSM, and then the name is not DSM, we solve the cause, but if we do not treat the illness it comes out as DSM.
It could be simply a complication of depressions, like a winter depression going bad into schizophrenia.
It could be a virus complication, like getting rabies from bats. As bats cause viruses in human.
It could be all of it, as a sum.
It can be all of it and pressure changes. It can be simply just pressured changes, during storms. So, pressure in brain changes. Or the water in the body changes, the shape changes of things in the body, the way genes must keep the same pattern to not get ill. Like with FFI, Fatal insomnia. The shape changes create insomnia and death.
Crime rate rises when the season is there
Crime rate rises when there are hurricanes, shooters then have more mass murders. The nitrogen would be the cause. I already thought water does something. Also pressure change in the brain. And then what if plus virus, complications, no rest, like depression too can lead to schizophrenia, even parasital schizophrenia when having parasites leads to differences in behavior. We have this total sum why some do and some do not.
And then especially all when hurricanes come, when the “winter season” is here, there are also viruses. And can have the same complications mentally. Ill people have no DSM, but we could see it as DSM, but the cause is an illness. So it is a DSM coming from illness.
We have weather changes, things causing illness thus mental changes, and we have that in the same season as hurricanes. We have bad weather and more illnesses. We have more murder cases with the weather.
Input processing output
f=m*a. Velocity is the change on the road to the goal. The blocks, the longer around to the end goal. All these things can be velocity. And are the force within, we add all influences to the brain, and the process in the brain and an outcome is created with that. We need good input to have a good output.
We have to study this too with all the above. As we can change people and make them stronger against influences too. We need to make the best environments to have the most healthy people.
We also have the moon as an influence, to the moods people have. People also sleep worse or better with some weather types and some moon positions. And perhaps with other planet positions. Also, with more or less sunshine, mood changes.
Also, other things from the universe can influence people s behavior. Astrology, but also feng shui can teach us more about the science of people changing behavior. The more we study, the more we know. And about who and when will respond, to what.
I love all these environmental studies, and very broad, as long as we, in the end, find the scientific laws, so we find in the end the formula’s, the math, the real truth.
But I know how long that can take. So, I encourage all these studies, anything about the influences of the brain and mood, feelings, emotions, development, and behavior. And, we have to place all studies into near or far from scientific laws, to know if it counts for all people, and how.
Also, science now knows how much music influences even movement problems. We can find a lot, also in music and influences on the brain.
Also, love creates certain moods and behavior.
It is the season again, and crimes go up again. Be aware.
The cold did this. Germany has extreme cold. It makes me hypothesize what cold does with the brain. Changing shapes, from liquid to solid, and more pressure? But all the above I already had hypothesized. This last I am still working on. Depends on what water does with the weather, changes really into different shapes within us? When we get too cold? Etc. And we do know ions are less high in weight or heaver when water gets colder or warmer. The weight changes for ions, so it can be an important part of the brain and functioning, as with the weather water gets heavier or lighter.
Germany crime situation recently in the code yellow, for cold weather.
Cold and shrinking brain
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Smart City Application Use Cases and Software
Search and discover innovative IoT smart city applications and case studies as well as smart city Android and iOS apps for Amsterdam, NYC, London and Barcelona.
The following Channel Guide:
- Gives an overview of deployed Smart City IoT projects/products and the companies that have created them.
- Lists out a range of available smartphone apps for major cities and their features.
Nordsense Smart Waste Management uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and IoT, enabling cities to prevent bins from overflowing, and optimize routes to cut down on traffic congestion, fuel consumption, maintenance costs and carbon footprint
Smart City Vendors
Wearables / Citizen Data Sharing
"TZOA uses internal sensors to measure your air quality, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, ambient light and UV (sun) exposure all in one wearable device. "
"We help Cities track their greenhouse gas emissions in realtime and monetize their reductions with Carbon Pricing Instruments."
Smart Street Lighting
"BestMile offers an ecosystem to manage autonomous vehicle fleets: a fleet management software, a smartphone application, a system for traveler information and solutions for the control of smart infrastructure."
"INES App, a product of Kiunsys, is full stack solution to deal with all aspects of parking including high level tools for management and analytics software down to street level occupation sensors and enforcing tools."
"We collect and analyze in real-time raw signals from multiple smartphone sensors in order to determine and predict the user mobility status "
"The company's software platform maps and visualizes the torrent of data produced by modern cities to an intuitive real-time 3D simulation that anyone from the mayor to the engineer in the field can easily use."
- G Element
"Solomon is a growing ecosystem of hyperlocal technologies, easily combined to create powerful tools and projects for use on the web."
Smart City Case Study Projects
SMART CITY VADODARA
"Smart City Vadodara is an app which provides a platform to citizens of Vadodara to take part in Swachh Vadodara Mission (SVM) by complaining...
"Every day, people track over 3 million activities with Human. We keep track of daily activity in 900 cities all across the globe to learn about...
"LocalData is a cloud-based mapping platform that helps cities and communities make data-driven decisions by capturing and visualizing...
"The main objective of the Sentilo platform is to provide a functional, open, interoperable, easily expandable platform for any city in the world...
- Improve My City
"The application enables citizens to report local problems such as potholes, illegal trash dumping, faulty street lights, broken tiles on sidewalks, and illegal advertising boards. "
US Department of Transportation: Smart City Challenge
- European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC)
- Smart Cities Information System
- Barcelona: http://smartcity.bcn.cat/en
- Ministry of Urban Development | Smart Cities Mission
A dive into some smart city projects in action
Array of Things
City Environmental Sensors
Created by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago, Array of Thingsis a network of sensor boxes that will be mounted to lampposts and other infrastructure around Chicago.
With the city government’s approval, each “node” in the network will collect block-by-block environmental data about temperature, humidity, light, air quality, and eventually even wind and precipitation. The nodes will also use a combination of noise levels, vibrations, and proximity detection of Bluetooth- and WiFi-enabled devices to get a rough measurement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Captured data will then be reported via cellular connectivity to an open database.
The researchers are quick to point out that no personal or identifying data will be collected in the process, and the entire project will go through multiple levels of public, academic and governmental review to make sure security and privacy are protected. The hardware and software are all open-source, and will be released on GitHub once the initial designs are finalized.
With the data the Array of Things generates, researchers, residents, city planners and other groups will have an unprecedented window into the life of Chicago’s urban environment. Weather forecasts could be improved based on the “microclimate” of specific neighborhoods. City managers could analyze traffic and weather patterns to better predict which streets need maintenance. Navigation apps could suggest more- or less-trafficked routes for both cars and pedestrians, or pick routes based on current air quality measurements.
Outside developers will be free to integrate the data into other apps, alongside the data already made available to them through the Chicago Data Portal that currently has 200 datasets and an API.
The first set of nodes will spend the winter on the Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago campuses for reliability testing. Researchers are working with the city on a pilot project agreement that would place additional nodes along Michigan Avenue in spring 2015, with the eventual goal of placing 500 or more nodes throughout the city by 2017.
Learn more at ArrayOfThings.github.io.
Strawberry Tree: Smart Public Spaces
Serbian startup Strawberry Energy makes solar charging installations for city parks, school and corporate campuses, and other public spaces. Its products provide renewable, off-the-grid energy in places that wouldn’t normally support device charging or wireless connectivity.
The Strawberry Tree is an angular, dendriform sculpture topped by a large, square solar panel. Sheltered below is a bench that doubles as a mobile charging station, offering a plethora of cords to suit any type of device. The installation also provides a WiFi hotspot and records environmental sensing data like temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide and noise levels. With a large battery capacity that can provide thousands of quick charges (10 minutes or so) in the absence of sunlight, Strawberry Tree is designed to operate 24 hours a day, year round, no matter the weather.
Beyond its commitment to renewable energy, Strawberry takes the overall environmental lifecycle of its products into account. Strawberry Trees are built with recycled steel, and are designed to be easily disassembled so that 98 percent of the installation can be recycled or reused. This is especially important for the charging cords, which are clearly the most vulnerable part of the device to the stresses of weather and human misuse — Strawberry makes an effort to repair and refurbish damaged cords whenever possible, and they can be easily replaced.
Strawberry Trees and Minis have been in the wild for a few years now, mostly in Serbia, where they’ve reached more than 350,000 users. In April, the company received $125,000 from Bulgarian venture accelerator Eleven, and earlier this month it was a winner at the Verge Accelerate competition in San Francisco. In the wake of that success, Strawberry will continue to exhibit its technology in the U.S. and has begun negotiations to place Strawberry Trees in cities in California and other states.
Learn more at Senergy.rs
Community Smart Grid AC Control
At the intersection of the Internet of Things and the power industry is the smart grid — a 21st-century update to our electrical infrastructure that can link generation, demand, pricing and users in real time. Residents of New York City can get an early taste of this technology by joining the coolNYC program, which offers automation products and cash incentives to cut down on the use of air conditioners when the grid is straining under peak demand.
A collaboration between power supplier Con Edison and ThinkEco, an NYC startup that makes wirelessly-connected plugs and outlets — called “modlets” — that can turn appliances on and off through the Internet. The company’s smartAC kits add a remote thermostat, which senses the ambient air temperature in a room and communicates with a modlet hooked to the AC unit to keep the room at a desired temperature.
Residents who join coolNYC receive one of these smartAC kits free of charge, in exchange for allowing Con Edison to remotely lower the temperature or shut down the AC when there’s too much demand on the grid — typically for a few hours, and only on excessively hot days, which occur a few times each summer. Those who already own a Wi-Fi enabled AC unit (specifically the Friedrich Kühl and theFrigidaire Cool Connect) can also enroll in the program.
Folks who find other ways to beat the heat will be rewarded through a point system, which can be redeemed in the form of gift cards.
In addition to helping maintain the reliability of the city’s electrical grid, coolNYC participants get all of the benefits of a smart, Internet-connected AC unit: automatic temperature adjustments, remote control through the ThinkEco app, and a cloud-based dashboard to track energy reductions and savings that will be reflected in lower energy bills.
Check out the program at coolnycprogram.com, and watch the video below to learn more about ThinkEco.
Related: Smart AC Retrofits
Pavegen: Smart Paving
Started by London based Laurence Kemball-Cook, Pavegen Systems is a company looking to provide cities with an alternative way to power some of their infrastructure using kinetic energy harvested from pedestrian footsteps.
Developed using at least 80% recycled materials the companies floor tiles will produce 4-8 joules (the equivalent of 8 Watt Hours) of energy when stepped on by a passer-by. 5% of that generated energy will be used to power the tiles built-in LED lighting and the remaining 95% will be stored in lithium cells for later use in lighting, signage or other low voltage applications located nearby.
The tile units also have integrated wireless technology and an API service as part of their feature set enabling information about the number of footfalls, traffic counts and total amount of energy generated for each tile to be transmitted to users for display/analysis from up to 200 meters away.
Being targeted for sales and installations in areas where other forms of renewable energy may be less effective CEO Kemble-Cook explains: “Pavegen’s is charting a newcourse for off-grid localised energy generation and smart grids. It’s quick and easy to install, and if used widely across areas of high footfall such as shopping malls, businesses and transportation hubs has the potential to have a dramatic effect on the UK’s long-term carbon emission levels.”
Soofa: Smart Urban Furniture
Consider the bench: an unassuming but iconic feature of urban landscapes. In the rush to make cities smart, what better place to begin?
Soofa, the first creation of MIT Media Lab spinoff Changing Environments, is a simple improvement on a simple seating arrangement. A self-contained, weatherproof solar charging station occupies some of the real estate, gathering enough energy for about 8 hours of charging time each day (or night) through two USB ports. Sensors in the bench will also record environmental data such as air quality and noise levels, which will be reported on Soofa.co.
Changing Environments’ co-founders — Sandra Richter, Nan Zhao and Jutta Friedrichs — say their goal is to “create an infrastructure for smart spaces tailored to the mobile generation.” The company was featured at the White House Maker Faire last summer.
Several industry partners are helping the company get started, including Verizon, whose 4G network the benches will use to send sensor data, and Cisco, which is funding the initial installation of a dozen benches around Boston. According to the company’s blog, the first
Soofa was placed in Boston Common in July and was in use within minutes.
- Good cities, not just smart cities | Daniele Quercia
- Conference Videos: Desiging Smart Cities: Opportunities and Regulatory Challenges | 3/31/2015
- FAB 10: Smart City States | Bruce Sterling | 7/15/2014
- The Street as Platform 2050 | Dan Hill | 5/24/2016
- IT Law Community: The Promise and Perils of Smart Cities | Rob Kitchin | 8/6/2015
- Guardian: We can’t allow the tech giants to rule smart cities | Paul Mason | 10/25/2015
- How We Get To Next: Give Us Smarter Cities, Block by Block | Scott Smith | 9/31/2015
Can Engineers Build Inclusive Smart Cities? | Dr. Anthony Townsend | 1/12/2015
Urban Omnibus: Against the Smart City | Adam Greenfield | 11/23/2013
- Open Knowldedge: Open Public Data: Then What? | Daniel Kaplan | 1/28/2011
The Hackable City: A Research Manifesto and Design Toolkit | Cristina Ampatzidou, Matthijs Bouw, Froukje van de Klundert, Michiel de Lange, Martijn de Waal | 1/2016
- Smart Citizen, Smarter State | Beth Simone Noveck 11/2015
- The Responsive City | Stephen Goldsmith and Susan Crawford | 9/2014
- Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia | Anthony Townsend | 10/7/2013
- Global Smart City and Community Coalition - GSC3
- New Urban Mechanics
- City Protocol
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- It is the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
- In simple terms the body is naturally supposed to fight against disease causing micro organisms to keep us healthy and strong.
- But sometimes the body fails to do this function due to poor immune system, hence allowing the micro organism to invade into the body and thus making us sick.
What can you do to boost your immune system?
- Your body (including your immune system) runs on the fuel you put into it. That’s why eating well, along with several other good-for-you behaviors, is so important.
- It’s our immune system’s job to defend your body against illness and disease. The complex system is made up of cells in your skin, blood, bone marrow, tissues, and organs that — when working the way they should — protect your body against potentially harmful pathogens (like bacteria and viruses), and limit damage from noninfectious agents (like sunburn or cancer), according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- To best protect your body from harm, every component of your immune system needs to perform exactly according to plan. The best way you can ensure that happens is to practice the good-for-you behaviors every day that your immune system runs on. Here are few.
1. Eat a Healthy Diet
- The nutrients you get from food — in particular, plant-based foods like fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices — are essential to keeping your immune system functioning properly. Furthermore, the zinc, folate, iron, selenium, copper, and vitamins A, C, E, B6, and B12 you get from the food you eat are the nutrients your immune system needs to do its job.
- Whole plant foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and legumes are rich in nutrients and antioxidants that may give you an upper hand against harmful pathogens.
- The antioxidants in these foods help decrease inflammation by combatting unstable compounds called free radicals, which can cause inflammation when they build up in your body in high levels.
- Chronic inflammation is linked to numerous health conditions, including heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and certain cancers.
- Meanwhile, the fiber in plant foods feeds your gut microbiome, or the community of healthy bacteria in your gut. A robust gut microbiome can improve your immunity and help keep harmful pathogens from entering your body via your digestive tract .
- Furthermore, fruits and vegetables are rich in nutrients like vitamin C, which may reduce the duration of the common cold.
2. Eat more healthy fats
- Healthy fats, like those found in olive oil and salmon, may boost your body’s immune response to pathogens by decreasing inflammation.Although low-level inflammation is a normal response to stress or injury, chronic inflammation can suppress your immune system.
- Olive oil, which is highly anti-inflammatory, is linked to a decreased risk of chronic diseases like heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Plus, its anti-inflammatory properties may help your body fight off harmful disease-causing bacteria and viruses.Omega-3 fatty acids, such as those in salmon and chia seeds, fight inflammation as well
- Fermented foods are rich in beneficial bacteria called probiotics, which populate your digestive tract.These foods include yogurt, sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir, and natto.
- Research suggests that a flourishing network of gut bacteria can help your immune cells differentiate between normal, healthy cells and harmful invader organisms.
- Protein is also critical for immune health. The amino acids in protein help build and maintain immune cells, and skimping on this macronutrient may lower your body’s ability to fight infections.
- When it comes to a diet that supports good immune health, focus on incorporating more plants and plant-based foods. Add fruits and veggies to soups and stews, smoothies, and salads, or eat them as snacks, Lin says. Carrots, broccoli, spinach, red bell peppers, apricots, citrus fruits (such as oranges, grapefruit, tangerines), and strawberries are all great sources of vitamins A and C, while seeds and nuts will provide protein, vitamin E, and zinc. Additional sources of protein and zinc include seafood, lean meat, and poultry.
3. Keep Stress Under Control
- Long-term stress leads to chronically elevated levels of as the steroid hormone cortisol. The body relies on hormones like cortisol during short-term bouts of stress (when your body goes into “fight-or-flight” response); cortisol has a beneficial effect of actually preventing the immune system from responding before the stressful event is over (so your body can react to the immediate stressor).
- But when cortisol levels are constantly high, it essentially blocks the immune system from kicking into gear and doing its job to protect the body against potential threats from germs like viruses and bacteria.
- There are many effective stress-reduction techniques; the key is to find what works for you.an internal medicine physician at Orlando Health Medical Group Internal Medicine in Florida, recommends meditation, journaling, and any activity that you enjoy (such as fishing, playing golf, or drawing). Try to do at least one stress-reducing activity every day. Short on time? Start small. Set aside five minutes at some point each day for fun and increase it when you can.
4. Get Plenty of Good Quality Sleep
- Your body heals and regenerates while you sleep, making adequate sleep critical for a healthy immune response. More specifically, sleep is a time when your body produces and distributes key immune cells like cytokines (a type of protein that can either fight or promote inflammation), T cells (a type of white blood cell that regulates immune response), and interleukin 12 (a pro-inflammatory cytokine)
- When you don’t get enough sleep, your immune system may not do these things as well, making it less able to defend your body against harmful invaders and making you more likely to get sick. Sleep deprivation also elevates cortisol levels, which of course is also not good for immune function.
- Our immune system wears down as a result, and we tend to have [fewer] reserves to fight off or recover from illness.To ensure you get quality sleep, prioritize good sleep hygiene: Turn off the electronics at least two to three hours before bed, and avoid violent or stressful books or conversations.
5. Exercise Regularly (Outdoors, When Possible)
- Regular exercise lowers your risk of developing chronic diseases (like obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease), as well as viral and bacterial infections.
- Exercise also increases the release of endorphins (a group of hormones that reduce pain and create feelings of pleasure) making it a great way to manage stress. Since stress negatively impacts our immune system, this is another way exercise can improve immune response.
6. Stay hydrated
- Hydration doesn’t necessarily protect you from germs and viruses, but preventing dehydration is important to your overall health.Dehydration can cause headaches and hinder your physical performance, focus, mood, digestion, and heart and kidney function. These complications can increase your susceptibility to illness.
- To prevent dehydration, you should drink enough fluid daily to make your urine pale yellow. Water is recommended because it’s free of calories, additives, and sugar.
- While tea and juice are also hydrating, it’s best to limit your intake of fruit juice and sweetened tea because of their high sugar contents.
- As a general guideline, you should drink when you’re thirsty and stop when you’re no longer thirsty. You may need more fluids if you exercise intensely, work outside, or live in a hot climate.It’s important to note that older adults begin to lose the urge to drink, as their bodies do not signal thirst adequately. Older adults need to drink regularly even if they do not feel thirsty.
7. Don’t Smoke Cigarettes
- Like alcohol, cigarette smoking can also affect immune health. Anything that’s a toxin can compromise your immune system. the chemicals released by cigarette smoke — carbon monoxide, nicotine, nitrogen oxides, and cadmium — can interfere with growth and function of immune cells, like cytokines, T cells, and B cells.
- Smoking also worsens viral and bacterial infections (especially those of the lungs, like pneumonia, flu, and tuberculosis), post-surgical infections, and rheumatoid arthritis (an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the joints).
- Avoid secondhand smoke whenever possible.If you currently smoke, there are many resources available to help you kick your habit, including counseling, nicotine replacement products, prescription non-nicotine medications, and behavioral therapy
- You can make several lifestyle and dietary changes today to strengthen your immune system.
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Originally from Latin
Could ‘misdoubt’ fit under this list?
Hi Alyssa, I’m not usually putting derived words on these lists, unless I’m trying to demonstrate a particular morpheme, otherwise they end up being insanely long. I’d need to also include ‘subtlety’, ‘indebted’, ‘indebtedness’, ‘debts’, ‘undoubtedly’ and so on here, if I put ‘misdoubt’. People can probably add their own prefixes and suffixes to words from these lists, and if they want all the derived forms of a particular base word they can use a website like Morewords, see for example https://www.morewords.com/contains/doubt. Hope that makes sense! Alison
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Domain Name Registration Process - Basic Guide
Posted by Nick Niesen on November 1st, 2010
If you are hesitating to read this article, you may surely miss some important information about domain name registration.
What is a domain name anyway?
Domain names are the familiar web addresses (i.e. somename.com) that web browsers use to locate a particular website. Domain names, in fact, are pointers to a particular IP (Internet Protocol) address (it is an address servers use to locate each other) and we use them for a simple reason. They are more descriptive and easier to remember than an IP addresses which are presented in just a bunch of numbers (i.e. 125.416.28.7)
The Registration process
If you want to purchase a domain name, first you need to find a registrar who will process the domain name registration.
Now as you go ahead with the registration you have about 3 more steps to complete the purchase. The domain name registration process may slightly differ from registrar to registrar but the next 3 steps should be pretty much the same for most of them.
1. Decide how many years you want to register your domain name for?
Now let me go through the steps listed above in more detail.
1. When you are registering your domain name you can choose the time period of the ownership which is usually from 1 year to up to 10 years (of course you can extend it just before the domain is about to expire so you don't loose it). Some registrars may even require minimum of 2 or more years for selected domain names.
2. Choosing public or private registration is another step you will go through, however, some domain registrars may not offer this option. Public registration is the one where you use your personal information in the domain name contact. This type of registering is more convenient but also less secure than the private one simply because your detailed contact is widely and easily accessible including your address, phone numbers and email address which would make you an easy target for email spammers and fraud.
3. The last step is fairly simple. If you have chosen private domain name registration you don't have to worry about this step. In case of public registration all you need to do is to enter your detailed contact information. The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) records 4 types of contacts for each domain name. 1.Owner's contact 2.Administrator's contact 3.Tech person's contact 4.Billing person's contact. You can just have the same contact information for all four unless you have other people managing different aspects of your domain name.
That's all. Now you can just complete the checkout process. It may take up to 48 hours for the domain name registration to be finalized. Once the registration is complete you've got yourself a domain name. Of course there's more than just a domain name registration you need to do in order to get your website online using the domain name you've just purchased. You need to build your site, find a web host, and publish your site to your web host?s servers but those topics are beyond the scope of this article.
Now that you have read this article, we hope that all your doubts regarding domain name registration must have been resolved.
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MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. Russia’s multifunctional laboratory module Nauka (Science), which is expected to be launched to the International Space Station in 2020, will be sent to the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on January 15, a rocket and space industry source told TASS on Thursday.
"At present, the departure is scheduled for January 15 next year," the source said, adding that the delivery schedule is now being coordinated.
Development of the Nauka module began back in 1995. It was initially planned to be launched to the ISS as a substitute for the Zarya module. The launch was repeatedly suspended. In December 2013, the module was sent back to the Khrunichev research center due to metal shavings discovered in its fuel system.
The module was supposed to be equipped with refitted fuel tanks from the Fregat booster. However, industry sources later told TASS that Nauka will be launched to the ISS with the original tanks.
The Nauka module has a launch weight of over 20 tonnes and can accommodate up to 3 tonnes of scientific equipment. The module is designed to provide a docking port for Soyuz and Progress spacecraft, ensure the pumping of fuel from Progress spacecraft’s fuel tanks to the ISS and take care of the station’s roll control with the help of engines. It will also house ERA (the European Robotic Arm), allowing to perform certain extravehicular activities without a spacewalk. The module is also expected to generate oxygen for six people and regenerate water from urine.
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Green Tea (Japanese) Tea Bag
Loose Leaf Tea
Green Tea (Japanese) C/S
Botanical Name: Camellia sinensis
Green tea is a product made from the Camellia sinensis plant. It can be prepared as a beverage, which can have some health effects. Or an “extract” can be made from the leaves to use as medicine.
Green tea is used to improve mental alertness and thinking.
It is also used for weight loss and to treat stomach disorders, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, bone loss (osteoporosis), and solid tumor cancers.
Some people use green tea to prevent various cancers, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, gastric cancer, lung cancer, solid tumor cancers and skin cancer related to exposure to sunlight. Some women use green tea to fight human papilloma virus (HPV), which can cause genital warts, the growth of abnormal cells in the cervix (cervical dysplasia), and cervical cancer.
Green tea is also used for Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, diseases of the heart and blood vessels, diabetes, low blood pressure, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), dental cavities (caries), kidney stones, and skin damage.
Instead of drinking green tea, some people apply green tea bags to their skin to soothe sunburn and prevent skin cancer due to sun exposure. Green tea bags are also used to decrease puffiness under the eyes, as a compress for tired eyes or headache, and to stop gums from bleeding after a tooth is pulled.
The useful parts of green tea are the leaf bud, leaf, and stem. Green tea is not fermented and is produced by steaming fresh leaves at high temperatures. During this process, it is able to maintain important molecules called polyphenols, which seem to be responsible for many of the benefits of green tea.
Polyphenols might be able to prevent inflammation and swelling, protect cartilage between the bones, and lessen joint degeneration. They also seem to be able to fight human papilloma virus (HPV) infections and reduce the growth of abnormal cells in the cervix (cervical dysplasia).
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Thai protesters have now joined the ranks of young rebels rising up against injustice and authoritarianism in different parts of the world, from Hong Kong to Chile, Nigeria to Lebanon, Belarus to the USA. Since August, large youth-led pro-democracy protests have rocked the Thai military junta and dared to criticize the country’s monarchy.
On September 19, the anniversary of a military coup against an elected government in 2006, crowds in Bangkok swelled to over 100,000. Then on October 14, the forty-seventh anniversary of a mass uprising against the military dictatorship of the 1970s, protesters gathered in similar numbers, marching to Government House to demand the resignation of the dictator Prayut Chan-ocha. They also demanded a new constitution and reform of the monarchy.
As the queen was driven through the protesting crowds in October, she was met with the pro-democracy three-fingered salute (and even a few middle-finger gestures). The crowd shouted “my taxes!” at her. In November, protesters turned their backs on a royal motorcade and again raised the three-fingered salute.
Although the Thai government invoked emergency powers to ban demonstrations and its police force used water cannon on two occasions, the protests have continued. When the police sprayed demonstrators with water that contained a chemical irritant, this merely provoked greater anger and swelled the numbers of protesters.
A Crossroads for the Protest Movement
Thus far, the reaction of the military government has been mild compared with episodes in the past when troops were deployed to shoot down unarmed demonstrations. Even so, there have been arrests of many leading activists, and some face multiple court cases. The response of the movement has been to declare that “everyone is a leader,” and rank-and-file activists have carried on organizing protests.
However, Prayut and his gang of military thugs are not about to go easily. They have spent the years since their coup in 2014 putting in place measures to maintain their power: writing a new constitution, appointing the senate, drawing up a twenty-year “National Strategy,” and fixing last year’s elections.
Prayut already has blood on his hands: in 2010, when he was the army’s commander-in-chief, he and the military-appointed government of the time ordered the shooting down of unarmed pro-democracy Red Shirts. The Thai military have also used death squads against dissidents sheltering in neighboring countries.
The movement is at a crossroads. Organizing flash mobs over and over again risks tiring out protesters, and such actions are not sufficient to make the country ungovernable, which is a necessary condition for victory. There are ominous signs that the junta is seeking to pressure the movement into a shoddy compromise with the help of the political parties.
The aim of this gambit would be to merely amend some parts of the constitution through a parliamentary process. The government has also been trying to divide the protesters by holding talks with some secondary-school students about education conditions.
Anatomy of the Protests
The protesters are made up of students and working people, organized by a group of mainly young activists, who initially called themselves the “Free People” organization. They have now created a coalition calling itself the “People’s Party” after the movement that led the 1932 revolution that successfully toppled the absolute monarchy. Young women occupy leading roles in the movement.
What sets this latest movement apart from the previous Red Shirt movement for democracy ten years ago is that its activists are independent of any political parties. In fact, the mainstream opposition parties have been unable to keep up with the movement — unlike the mobile meatball vendors who arrive at protest sites just as people start arriving.
Secondary-school students are an important part of the movement and have staged three-finger salute protests during the compulsory flag-raising ceremony before the start of the school day. They defy and argue with their teachers — and often it is young women who are the most militant voices.
On one occasion, a group of school students left their classes to protest outside the Ministry of Education. As the minister tried in vain to address the students, he was sent packing with shouts deriding him as a “lackey of the dictatorship!” There are even reports of a primary-school student speaking at one rally.
The three-fingered salute was borrowed from the Hunger Games movie series: it became a symbol of opposition to the military dictatorship during anti-coup protests in 2014. Thai demonstrations are always full of symbolism. The organizers of the mass pro-democracy mobilization ten years ago were known as Red Shirts, while royalist supporters of the military wore yellow shirts.
These middle-class reactionaries later tried to pretend that they were non-partisan by wearing different colored shirts. Their opponents immediately branded them as “Salim,” in reference to a multi-colored noodle dessert. “Salim” has become a widely used derogatory term by the pro-democracy side to describe its conservative foes.
A New Generation
Students have managed to enliven and expand the pro-democracy protests, which have occurred sporadically since the last military coup in 2014, because members of this new generation have seen the futility of pushing for reforms within the military-controlled parliamentary system. They are fed up with the entrenched conservatism in Thai society, especially in the education system.
The country’s economy is in a mess due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Thai youth see little reasons to be hopeful for the future. They share these feelings of anger and frustration with much of the adult population: more than half voted against the military party in 2019. A recent poll conducted by Bangkok University found that over 40 percent of the population are struggling to make ends meet.
The generational difference is that young people don’t feel the same fear that is common among older activists who have experienced brutal military crackdowns in the past — a feature that the Thai protests share with similar movements in other countries. As with all mass protests, the demands of the movement are expanding. LGBT and abortion rights activists have joined in, along with activists campaigning for self-determination in the Muslim Malay region of Patani. Older pro-democracy Red Shirt activists have also taken part for the first time since the army brutally suppressed their movement in 2010.
The emphasis of the youth movement on devolved leadership, without clear organizational structures, is both a strength and a weakness. On the one hand, it has enabled the protests to continue despite the periodic arrests of key activists. On the other hand, it means that strategy is determined in practice by a group of key non-elected activists without much opportunity for face-to-face debate within the wider movement.
Origins of the Thai Political Crisis
The roots of the present crisis lie in events leading up to the 2006 coup against the elected government of businessman-turned-politician Taksin Shinawat. Although many commentators try to explain the ruling-class conflict between Taksin and the royalists in terms of “the old feudal order” fighting back against “the modern capitalist class,” this is not what the conflict is really about.
Both Taksin and his conservative opponents are royalists. The conservatives are not feudalists in any meaningful sense but should rather be seen as authoritarian neoliberals. In supporting the idea of the monarchy, they are also supporting one of the largest capitalist corporations in Thailand.
The current military junta is the strongest faction among these conservatives. They have used force to seize power in the interests of capital, personally enriching themselves in the process. The Thai military also owns a large bank and various media outlets and has its own network of companies.
Taksin is a rich capitalist who started out in the IT business and became the owner of one of Thailand’s leading mobile phone and communications networks. However, Taksin was prepared while in office to use a kind of grassroots Keynesianism mixed with free-market policies at national level in order to modernize the country. He called this the “dual-track” approach. In the early years of his government, which came to power in 2001, he received widespread support from all sections of the Thai elite because of his success in pulling the economy out of the Asian financial crisis.
The conservatives gradually turned against Taksin out of fear that they would lose their privileges as a result of his sweeping modernization program, which included large-scale infrastructure projects and government policies that brought benefits to the poor. Taksin’s political machine, Thai Rak Thai, won the hearts and minds of the electorate through such policies. His government introduced Thailand’s first universal health care scheme, established job creation funds in rural areas, and arranged debt relief for farmers.
The strong popular support for Taksin frightened his conservative opponents. Their own political ideas could not challenge his base at the polls, which is why the conservatives eventually resorted to a military coup in 2006.
Taksin was hardly a socialist. Nor was he a principled democrat or an advocate of human rights. His vision was of a modernized Thai society where the state and big business could incorporate the majority of the population in economic development, looking to countries like Singapore for inspiration. Since 2008, he has lived in permanent forced exile, and has no intention of supporting a mass uprising.
The leadership vacuum that resulted from Taksin’s abstention and the refusal of the new opposition Move Forward Party to build a mass movement helps explain why the current protest mobilization has moved beyond mainstream politics. The movement against Prayut’s junta is now totally independent of Taksin’s political apparatus and aspires to equality, freedom, and social justice.
Since the 2006 coup, the Thai military has been in the driving seat, with a brief interlude when Taksin’s sister, Yingluck, formed a government between 2011 and 2014. Following the violent crackdown on the Red Shirt democracy movement in 2010, free elections in 2011 brought a Red Shirt–backed administration to power with Yingluck as Thailand’s first woman prime minister. The military and the conservative-controlled judiciary repeatedly undermined her government, which was finally overthrown by Prayut’s coup in 2014, with middle-class “Salim” elements supporting Yingluck’s ouster.
After Prayut seized power, elections eventually took place in 2019, but under anti-democratic rules and a reactionary constitution drawn up by the military. The pro-junta Palang Pracharat party led by Prayut himself won less than a quarter of the popular vote, but the military-appointed senate helped propel the junta back into government with Prayut as prime minister. The military’s tame courts also dissolved two opposition parties. Even the so-called National Human Rights Commission is packed with soldiers and policemen.
The Monarchy in Decline
Thais are fed up with the behavior of the new king, Wachiralongkorn, who succeeded his father Pumipon after the latter’s death in 2016. Underlying anger towards this thuggish and rather dim-witted monarch has now come out into the open. People are angry about laws that shelter the king from criticism and accountability.
Wachiralongkorn spends much of his time with his harem in Germany, having changed the constitution to allow him to live abroad, and his treatment of women is one important cause of his unpopularity: when consorts fall out of favor, they can often end up in jail. Wachiralongkorn pushed for another constitutional amendment to bring all of the wealth associated with the monarchy under his personal, centralized control.
Demands to reform the Thai monarchy reflect a widespread feeling that its influence and privileges should be cut back. As time goes on, more people find the idea of a republic attractive. It is the first time in decades that Thais have had the confidence to criticize the king in public, in defiance of draconian laws.
The powerful military has traditionally used the weak monarchy as a tool to justify authoritarian rule. Many activists in Thailand mistakenly believe that there is an absolute monarch ruling the country. In truth, the monarchy has had very little power in its own right since 1932: its function is to serve as a willing tool of the military and the conservatives.
Although the very welcome public criticism of the monarchy can help weaken the junta and hasten the day — long overdue — that Thailand becomes a republic, the military dictatorship remains the main enemy of democracy and popular power.
A Ruling Facade
The absolute monarchy that was overthrown in 1932 was a capitalist monarchy, arising from Thailand’s modernizing, Japanese-style “revolution from above” that ended feudalism in the 1870s. The absolutist regime had proved to be an unstable one, leading to the 1932 revolution and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy under the control of Thailand’s capitalist class.
For decades, the country’s elites have ruled Thailand through a conservative royalist network which creates an image of the king as an all-powerful god (the term “network monarchy” comes from Duncan McCargo, although I believe that his analysis exaggerates how powerful the monarch really is). Yet the previous king, Pumipon, was always weak: he had no “character,” and his power was a fiction.
The Thai elite reproduced Pumipon’s rambling, opaque speeches as if they were sacred texts, but the words contained little substance until conservative members of the ruling class interpreted them to suit their own interests. His son often finds it difficult to string a coherent sentence together, creating difficulties for foreign diplomats who have had to make polite conversation with the king.
The people who really matter among the Thai elites are the army, high-ranking state officials and business leaders. They prostrate themselves on the ground and pay homage to the king on TV, while exercising real power behind this façade and enriching themselves. It is an ideological play, acted out to bamboozle the public. Throughout the modern world, monarchies perform an ideological role in reinforcing the status quo. Thailand is no exception to this rule.
Thailand was a close US ally during the Cold War, but the Thai state has been gradually moving away from this alliance since the US withdrawal from Vietnam. Today, the Thai government is trying to balance its relationship between the two main imperialist powers in the region: China and the US. The Thai military often buys hardware from Chinese suppliers.
For its part, Washington has been reluctant to put forward any serious criticism of the Thai government, whether under Obama or Trump. Joint US-Thai military exercises have continued throughout the period of military rule. Conspiracy theories that suggest the US must be behind the protest movement are baseless and carry the insulting implication that ordinary people cannot organize themselves without outsiders pulling strings.
The Missing Link
There are now two possibilities for the near future. Either the protest movement pushes forward to organize more powerful and militant actions, such as strikes, or else the momentum will be lost. Given the level of public support for the protests, it is important that activists now try building for workplace stoppages that would add power to the movement.
Many Thai trade union activists want to fight in a politicized manner. These militants, who are mainly based in private-sector workplaces, oppose the military and the Yellow Shirts. In recent months they have turned up to support the youth-led pro-democracy demonstrations, both as individuals and in trade-union groups.
On the eastern seaboard, where there are clusters of automobile assembly, vehicle parts, and electrical machinery plants, a rank-and-file trade-union organization that calls itself the Eastern Relations of Labor Group has organized rallies against the junta. Textile workers in Sarabury, just north of Bangkok, have also staged a rally. However, the influence of these militants remains limited, and we have no information about any possible discussions concerning strike action.
As well as the factory workers in the auto and textile industries, the Thai working class includes white-collar workers in the country’s offices, banks, and universities; transport workers; and people working in Thai hospitals. To build for strike action against the junta, youth activists need to link up with worker militants and visit workplaces to discuss how to get rid of the dictatorship.
The lessons from the 1970s, and from the defeated Red Shirt protests of a decade ago, are clear on this point: it’s vital to expand the movement into the ranks of the organized working class. The weakness of left-wing groups in Thailand, which have lacked a significant presence in the country’s political life since the decline of the Thai communist movement in the 1980s, will make this task harder to achieve. But we can only hope that the new generation of militants will start taking the necessary steps along this path. | <urn:uuid:5e3208c4-279e-437a-a96f-ba8c680535b1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jacobin.com/2020/11/thailand-protests-democracy-prayut | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.966857 | 3,509 | 2.0625 | 2 |
The exoneration cases have provided a window into the causes of wrongful convictions, and therefore an opportunity to implement reforms aimed at preventing future wrongful convictions. The Wisconsin Innocence Project has aimed to seize this opportunity through several avenues:
- First, the Project provides assistance to governmental agencies, by participating in legislative committees, writing Amicus briefs to state and federal courts, and providing research assistance to legislative and law enforcement entities.
- Second, the Project works closely with the Wisconsin Criminal Justice Study Commission, a Commission made up of well-respected criminal justice professionals from across the system. The Commission's purpose is to study reforms aimed at helping the criminal justice system convict the guilty, and only the guilty.
- Third, the Project's three clinical faculty members speak regularly at conferences and seminars designed to heighten awareness of the problem of wrongful convictions.
- Finally, the Project's three clinical faculty members produce scholarly articles aimed at understanding and remedying the causes of wrongful convictions, and advancing clinical legal education through Innocence Projects.
On December 16, 2015, Professor Keith Findley and several exonerees testified to the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly in support of SB322 and AB460. These bills would increase compensation for those who have been wrongfully convicted and provide them with much needed social and transitional services.
- Chris Ochoa Testimony to the Assembly (PDF)
- Chris Ochoa Testimony to the Senate (PDF)
- Jarrett Adams Testiomny to the Senate (PDF)
- Joseph Frey Testimony to the Senate (PDF)
- Fred Saecker Testimony to the Senate (PDF)
Wisconsin Criminal Justice Study Commission
Remington Center Partners with Marquette Law School, Wisconsin Attorney General, and State Bar of Wisconsin to form Criminal Justice Study Commission.
In 2005, along with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Marquette University Law School, and the State Bar of Wisconsin, the UW Law School's Frank J. Remington Center co-sponsored the Wisconsin Criminal Justice Study Commission (WCJSC). The Commission consisted of well-respected criminal justice professionals from throughout the system, including police, defense attorneys, prosecutors, academics, and victim's advocates, along with community leaders from outside the system. The Commission's purpose was to help the criminal justice system accomplish its fundamental mission of convicting the guilty, and not the innocent.
Avery Task Force Legislation
In September 2005, Representative Mark Gundrum and Governor Jim Doyle introduced the Avery Task Force legislation (PDF) designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of Wisconsin's criminal justice system. The legislation is the result of months of work by the Avery Task Force, a legislative commission appointed by Representative Gundrum after the exoneration of Innocence Project client Steven Avery.
The Task Force was created to examine the causes of wrongful convictions such as Avery's, and more broadly, other ways that the criminal justice system can be improved to ensure conviction of the guilty, and only the guilty. The Task Force was comprised of legislators (both Republicans and Democrats), judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, police and sheriffs, academics, and a victim advocate.
The Task Force legislation includes the sections described below.
Electronic Recording of Interrogations.
The new legislation first codifies the requirements of the Jerrell case, requiring electronic recording of interrogations with juvenile suspects. In juvenile cases, failure to record when recording is feasible will result in suppression of evidence. For adult cases, the legislation makes electronic recording statewide policy. If law enforcement authorities fail to record adult interrogations when recording is feasible, juries will be instructed that electronic recording is statewide policy and that they can consider the failure to record in evaluating the evidence. The legislation also provides that law enforcement authorities can apply for grant money to help finance the purchase and use of digital recording equipment.
Eyewitness identification reform
The new legislation requires each law enforcement agency in the state to adopt policies or guidelines on eyewitness identification procedures that are designed to minimize the risks of eyewitness error.
After considerable study and after hearing from national experts and reviewing policies and guidelines from other jurisdictions, the Task Force adopted a set of model guidelines designed to ensure that police obtain the most reliable eyewitness identifications possible. The guidelines address issues such as proper selection of lineup or photospread fillers, proper instructions to witnesses, double-blind testing, and sequential presentation of suspects or photographs.
DNA preservation legislation
The new legislation clarifies the kinds of biological evidence that law enforcement agencies must retain as long as anyone remains in custody in connection with the offense for which the evidence was collected. The legislation reduces the amount of material law enforcement agencies must retain, and is designed to clarify and ease the burden on law enforcement agencies, while ensuring that necessary biological material is preserved.
DNA testing legislation
The legislation 1) clarifies which laboratories are responsible for postconviction DNA testing, 2) clarifies who pays for the testing, and 3) requires that testing that might prove innocence shall be given priority by the laboratories. The legislation will also provide additional funding to the laboratories to enable them to give the postconviction DNA testing priority.
Statute of Limitations legislation
Under current law, when police develop a DNA profile of a sexual assault perpetrator but cannot find the person who matches that profile, the state may prosecute the perpetrator, without regard to the statute of limitations, whenever the state finds a person who matches the DNA profile of the perpetrator. The legislation allows the state also to prosecute the perpetrator for any other crimes committed at the same time and as part of the same course of conduct as the sexual assault, without regard to the statute of limitations, when the DNA profile of the perpetrator is matched to an individual.
Attorney General's Policy
New Policy on Eyewitness Identification
Similar to its work on eyewitness identification, the Remington Center also partnered with the Wisconsin Department of Justice in its efforts to implement electronic recording of interrogations. In response to new laws requiring electronic recording, the Remington Center partnered with WDOJ to develop detailed guidelines for law enforcement agencies implementing recording, and then assisted WDOJ in training sessions for law enforcement officers around the state.
On March 15, 2005, the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a new statewide model policy (PDF) for police conducting eyewitness identification procedures. The new policy, which springs from a partnership between the Remington Center and the Training and Standards Bureau of the state Department of Justice, places Wisconsin ahead of all other states in adopting the best methods for conducting eyewitness identification.
By adopting the new policy, the Department of Justice recognized that outdated methods for conducting eyewitness identification produce an unreasonable risk of wrongful conviction. The new policy implements the accumulated wisdom of years of social science research, and thereby helps ensure that the guilty, and only the guilty, are convicted.
The new policy also re-affirms the core principles of the Wisconsin Idea and Wisconsin's history as a progressive state. The partnership between the Remington Center and the Training and Standards Bureau demonstrates, once again, our common interest in bringing best practices to Wisconsin's criminal justice system.
Read our Amicus Briefs
- In the case of Alley v. Tennessee (PDF)
- In the case of Wisconsin v. Armstrong (PDF)
- In the case of Wisconsin v. Dubose (PDF)
- In the case of Wisconsin v. Hibl (PDF)
- In the case of Wisconsin v. Jerrell (PDF)
- In the case of Wisconsin v. Moran (PDF)
- In the case of Wisconsin v. Schaefer (PDF)
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What Is Lung Disease?
Lungs, the spongy air-filled organs pair are the primary organs of the human respiratory system, lying on either side of the chest. Lung diseases, the most common health condition in humans, are any kind of disease that disrupts the actual systematic functioning of the lungs, breathing. Any disorders in lung functioning prevent the proper oxygen supply to the body. Few lung diseases include but not limited to chronic bronchitis, Asthma, emphysema; Influenza and pneumonia infections; Lung cancer; pulmonary fibrosis, and Sarcoidosis. The rate of women suffering and as well dying are on the rise. Worry not on how to prevent lung diseases as long as you follow good practices and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
[Also Read: Questions to ask a lung cancer doctor]
Lungs being part of a complex respiratory system, expanding and relaxing countless times supply oxygen and Co2. Any concerns in this respiratory system can cause lung diseases.
Types Of Lung Diseases
There are different types of simple lung diseases to some deadly lung diseases. Based on the part they impact, here is the list of them, Lung diseases that affect the;
The diseases that affect the airways also called bronchi are Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Chronic bronchitis, Emphysema, Acute bronchitis, Cystic fibrosis and so on.
The air sacs that make up most of the lung tissue are alveoli and the lung diseases that affect these are Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Emphysema, Pulmonary edema, Lung cancer, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and Pneumoconiosis.
3. Blood Vessels
The pulmonary arteries receive blood from the veins and these blood vessels have diseases as well like pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension.
Pleura is the thin lining surrounding the lungs and the diseases that impact the pleura are Pleural effusion, Mesothelioma and Pneumothorax.
5. Chest Wall
The chest wall is a very important organ that helps in breathing and the diseases that affect your chest are Obesity hypoventilation syndrome and neuromuscular disorders.
Symptoms Of Lung Diseases
There are different symptoms of lung diseases. However, early signs are many times easily overlooked. Low energy is the early sign of any lung disease. Be sure to pay attention to any kind of symptoms listed below. It’s best to have a health check asap as early detection may stand a chance and save your life.
- Chronic cough
- Shortness of breath which is not common
- Chronic mucus production
- Wheezing or noisy breathing
- Blood cough
- Chronic chest pain that is lasting longer than a month
Causes Of Lung Diseases
There are no exact known causes of lung diseases, not even experts know. But the causes of some are;
Smoking is the most dangerous and root cause of lung disease. Never think of starting to smoke or if you already do, time to quit. Also, avoid close stands with smokers. Smoking itself causes many lung diseases like emphysema, chronic bronchitis, etc. Asthma is further triggered by smoking and makes things further worse. Lung diseases caused by smoking are the most common and are also the ones that can be easily avoided. Studies show that smokers are around 13 times more easily attacked by cancer than the nonsmokers.
It is there in almost every home and is found to be a cause for lung cancer.
A natural mineral fiber used in the making of insulation, car brakes, fireproofing materials, etc. The invisible small fibers are inhaled leading to cancer.
4. Air Pollution
The pollutants that are in the air contribute to different types of cancers.
How To Prevent Lung Diseases?
Lungs are the organs that keep us healthy and alive. It is for that reason very important to prioritize your lung health. Following some points for healthy and happy lungs as;
- Avoid smoking by all means
- Stay away from indoor pollutants to keep your lungs safe
- Avoid or reduce exposure to outdoor pollution
- Avoid or at least reduce infection to protect yourself by washing hands, maintain hygiene surroundings, if sick stay at home and avoid crowds, etc.
- Exercise regularly.
Adopt healthy habits thereby healthy lungs and thus enter and live healthy and happy senior years.
When To See A Doctor?
Immediately after you notice any of the symptoms, it is suggested to best consult your doctor for a quick diagnosis. Continuous or long-lasting symptoms like cough, breathing difficulty are mostly due to damage to the lungs or its surrounding tissues. Sometimes, they may also be due to some concerns with any other parts of the respiratory system.
So, irrespective of how persistent the symptoms are it’s better to be a step ahead and consult your doctor. Further doctor visits, you may be tested and examined for your lungs health and efficiency. Exercises also fall a part of the tests.
Now that you know how to prevent lung diseases, following a healthy lifestyle and maintaining a hygienic atmosphere is the best way to avoid any unnecessary circumstances either it may be lung disease or any other as such. Care for your lungs as it cares for you.
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Two years into their corporate career, engineering graduates, Anurag and Shikha Jain, decided to quit their jobs to start their own venture. Today, their company is a national award-winning enterprise empowering thousands of farmers and women from rural communities.
“Ever since college, Anurag and I wanted to lead a life of ‘self-enquiry’, to get to know ourselves better and do something more worthwhile,” says Shikha. “At the same time, we wanted to support ourselves. After quitting our jobs, we reached out to many NGOs and foundations,” she adds.
And thus began the couple’s journey of improving the lives of rural children and women.
With the vision to empower the rural communities in India, the couple started the NEEV trust (New Education and Environmental Vision) in 2006 in a village in Jharkhand. In a span of 4 years, they reached out to different organisations to collaborate for various ventures and set up around six learning centres, a Tuberculosis and a leprosy health centre across the state.
“We also conducted health camps within the state which catered to around 300-500 patients and collaborated with hospitals in Jharkhand to provide free medicines and treatment to patients. We also reached out to around 600 farmers, providing them with training and employment opportunities,” says Shikha
Neev Natural Handmade Soaps
Despite all their efforts, the couple felt that they were not able to solve anything permanently for the underprivileged. They then thought of conducting workshops to upskill rural women in the art fo natural soap-making.
“We decided to conduct soap-making workshops for the women of the tribal community in the village, Hurling, Jharkhand. I myself didn’t know how to make soaps, so I joined these women and slowly we understood the art of soap-making,” Shikha explains. This later expanded and soon became ‘NEEV Herbal Handmade Soaps.
When the couple started selling the soaps, they were pleasantly surprised at the kind of response their product received. The soaps started selling so quickly that they had to hire more women at the production unit. Today, NEEV has expanded their range of products to creams, face masks, scrubs etc.
Registered under the Khadi Village Industries Commission, the company mainly aims to empower women from rural communities through employment opportunities and at the same time produce something that is beneficial to the planet and society at large.
Transparent and Natural Process
Neev soaps are made with vegetable (coconut, castor, olive and mahua) and essential oils. They have no added chemicals or artificial colours.
The couple’s organic farm which is about 25 square feet of land, provides most of the ingredients used in the soaps including mehndi, ashwagandha, Shatavari, bhringraj, Brahmi, clove, basil, cucumber, lemon etc. Other ingredients like papaya, neem, tomato, carrot, drumstick, custard apple, are organically grown in the village.
The soaps are made in small batches using the cold-process method, which preserves the beneficial qualities of herbal ingredients. The entire unit runs on solar power with no wastage of electricity and the runoff water is used to water the unit’s farm.
Neev employs only rural women for the production process. Though the current number of women working at the unit is about 50, till date, the unit has improved livelihoods for more than 400+ rural women. Most of whom also go to college and pay tuition fee through their income at the soap unit.
The trust has also expanded into other areas like making incense sticks and carpentry.
NEEV Trust has received many state-level awards and also the National Award in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises for being the best REGP KVIC(Khadi and Village Industries Commission) Unit in the East Zone of India in 2010.
“We’ve never invested our time in marketing and all of our responses have been through word of mouth. We’ve always grown organically and it’ll keep expanding with new knowledge coming our way,” she adds.
Located in the remote village of Hurling in Jharkhand, India, NEEV provides an honourable source of labour for women living within the village community.
(Edited by Saiqua Sultan)
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Heart to Heart attachment parenting is a dynamic, evidence based approach to supporting families and children in their relationships. Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, the relationship between a parent and child is tricky. Maybe the parent had less than ideal parenting themselves and finds it difficult to connect effectively with their child. Sometimes a parent has been through difficulties when their child was young that meant that they were absent and there is a need to build trust again. Or possibly a trauma, loss or separation has caused the relationship to fracture and some time working with a supportive professional can help to regain a secure and positive bond again.
Heart to Heart works with two age ranges: 5-9 and 10-15. Sessions are 1 hour long and can be run for individual families or in groups of up to 6 families together. Heart to Heart attachment sessions are typically an 8-10 week process including initial interview and post intervention discussion.
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The capacity to distinguish between one’s own and others’ behavior is a cognitive prerequisite for successful joint action. We employed a musical joint action task to investigate how the brain achieves this distinction. Pianists performed the right-hand part of piano pieces, previously learned bimanually, while the complementary left-hand part either was not executed or was (believed to be) played by a co-performer. This experimental setting served to induce a co-representation of the left-hand part reflecting either the self or the co-performer. Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied to the right primary motor cortex and motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) were recorded from the resting left forearm. Results show that corticospinal excitability was modulated by whether the representation of the left hand was associated with the self or the other, with the MEP amplitude being low and high, respectively. This result remained unchanged in a separate session where participants could neither see nor hear the other but still infer his presence by means of contextual information. Furthermore, the amplitude of MEPs associated with co-performer presence increased with pianists’ self-reported empathy. Thus, the sociality of the context modulates action attribution at the level of the motor control system.
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Mussel Harvester, Pearl, Illinois Mussels on crowfoot hooks along the bar
Photograph courtesy Marshall County Historical Society.
Many species of mussels or freshwater clams were abundant in the Illinois River at the end of the nineteenth century, when it was discovered they could be used for button making in the new ready-to-wear clothing industry.
The demand for pearl buttons and freshwater pearls was so great between 1900 and 1930 that the Illinois River, the Wabash, and other rivers were fished out. The mussel population is still in recovery from the depletion caused by overfishing and from the pollution added to the Illinois River during the twentieth century.
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Cheese curds are the little pieces of curdled milk made during the cheddar-making process. This is the reason why cheese curds are also called baby cheddar or young cheddar.
Cheese curds are a versatile cheese product that can be eaten raw or cooked. They have a mild creamy flavour, so they complement a range of other food products.
They first became popular in Wisconsin – a hub for cheese curds – but now cheese curds are eaten worldwide. In many restaurants, cheese curd dishes are served, and people love them, for their taste and nutritional value.
However, there is always a debate going on inside the restaurant, about whether or not pre-bought packaged cheese curds are better than making cheese curds in-house?
If you need cheese curds for your restaurant, which means in bulk, purchasing packaged cheese curds is much more affordable.
Here are a few reasons for this; let’s see what they are:
Too Many Ingredients
Cheese is not just made by boiling the milk and curdling it. Making cheese curds requires many ingredients, including milk, buttermilk, rennet, and calcium chloride.
You may not need a lot of these ingredients. However, you will likely have to purchase these ingredients in bulk which will ultimately lead to wastage.
Also, you can only make 100 grams of cheese curds with 1-litre milk. This means to serve cheese curds in your restaurant – you will need quite a lot of milk.
As a restaurant owner, your time, and your staff’s time is precious. You wouldn’t want them to be wasting good working hours making something that can easily be purchased. You would rather them spending their time innovating new dishes to increase the customer flow and loyalty.
Not everyone can make cheese curds as well, it requires a huge amount of skill. The process is also very time-consuming. Instead, your team can invest their time in creating masterpieces using the store-bought cheese curds.
Preserving cheese curds is not easy – you cannot make cheese curds in bulk and then throw them in the freezer. If they are not properly stored, the cheese curds will not retain their squeak. And if you plan to make a new batch every day, that will take all of your chef’s time.
One more thing about cheese curds, is that most people find ‘the squeak’ fascinating but the interesting part is that the cheese curds only squeak while fresh. This is one of the reasons why most people do not get to enjoy the authentic taste and texture of cheese curds.
Now that you know, packaged cheese curds are much more affordable – you should know where to buy the fresh cheese curds in Australia, for your restaurant.
Pure Dairy is the name you should remember. They source their cheese curds directly from Wisconsin. Also, their fresh cheese curds squeak as they use the IQF technique for packaging – by using this technique, the freezing time is decreased.
These fresh cheese curds are packed with nutrition that will satisfy your taste buds and improve your health.
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5 Things That Make Communication Challenging With Hearing Loss
We people with hearing loss can be very fussy. Communication has to be just so, and if we don’t get it the way we want or need it, we can get grumpy. Especially if we’ve explained it a million times to someone before. We do go easier on strangers, but if they are challenged by our requests, our good humor is a time-limited offer.
So let me put it clearly, in everyday language, what good communication looks like for people who have hearing loss.
How the heck am I supposed to hear and understand you, if you do the following?
1. You don’t face me while talking to me. You need to face me and talk, or face away and don’t talk. If we can see each other’s eyeballs, we can chat.
2. You speak way louder than necessary, in the mistaken belief that “louder is better.” Because I need to use hearing aids, you think speaking louder is good, right? Wrong. Here’s the thing – I’m using technology that already bumps up the volume – and too much of a good thing can be painful. And if you’re bellowing at me, your lips are distorted and hard to read. I appreciate your efforts, but if I need you to speak up — in a noisy environment, for example — I’ll let you know.
3. Your words trail off, turning your sentence into a cliffhanger. Am I supposed to guess what was supposed to come next? Sometimes it’s hard enough to get what you say without having to take a stab at what you meant to say, or maybe decided not to say, or even just forgot. For example, when you say something like this: “So, Lulu and I went to see that new art exhibit downtown and we both… you know…” Then, just quiet air. Your voice gets fainter, so I lean in closer and closer …and then the nothingness. You see my problem, right?
4. You talk with your mouth full. Many people with hearing loss are speech readers. If you’re talking, we are watching you, regardless of what else you’re doing with your mouth. In addition to the visual horror of seeing food being chewed, it’s challenging to understand, because words are formed differently when teeth are grinding through meat and tongues are sloshing around the mashed potatoes. Please swallow the food and clean up the leftover bits from your teeth and lips – and then speak. I will do the same.
5. Speaking of lips, you don’t move yours much. I know it’s hard to change how we speak, but could you use your mouth muscles a bit more so I stand a better chance of telling the words apart?
That’s the main stuff. There’s a lot more to good communication, but this is a start. It comes down to just you and me – a person who can hear well and a person who can’t – trying to have good conversations. I’m interested in what you have to say and I’m doing all I can – being open about my needs and using technology. So if you can work on these few points, we’ll have a much better chat.
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Advanced Charting - General Instructions
With the eSignal 7 series, we introduced Advanced Charts, which offers a more robust user interface, featuring customizable scaling, a wide array of user-friendly drawing tools and the ability to accommodate user-defined studies.
Below are the general instructions that will help you to manage the use of the Advanced charts, you will find information for the following areas:
To enter a symbol in the Advanced chart simply make sure that the chart is active window, then type the first letter of the symbol you will like to enter, this will open a box "Change Symbol; Current …"; finish typing the symbol and then click OK, or hit Enter.
there are three ways to change the interval in an advanced chart,
1. The interval can be changed while typing the symbol.
2. The interval can be changed by typing the interval number, for example 5 if it is going to be a five
minute chart, or by typing a comma (,) to enter an interval that is a letter. Either way it will open the
"Change Symbol; Current …" box; the cursor will then be in the interval box, and you can type the
For a Daily chart use D, Weekly chart use W, Monthly chart use M and Tick chart use T.
3. Intervals can also be created as short cuts in the Favorites Bar, which allows you to move easily back
and forth between frequently used stocks and intervals in your charts.
Please click for instructions on how to configure the Favorites Bar.
Hold down the CTRL button on your keyboard; then click on the green OK with your mouse. The green OK is located in the Cursor Window, and it is known as Server Status Bar.
Applying Time Templates
Time Templates allow the user to set the start and end times and /or number of days displayed in the Advanced Chart
Right click in the advanced chart, click Time Templates, then you can click on an existing time template.
Note: Specific Time Templates such as the one for Market hours (9:30 – 16:00 hrs) will not work with Daily Charts or Tick Charts.
Click the "New Template…" button on the right side. Then enter a name that you want for this time template and click OK. The new template name will appear in the top portion of the box. Make sure that name is selected in order to edit the details of it.
For Type, Intraday Default is for Intraday charts; with this selection you don't have to enter an interval in the Interval box. The setting User Defined means that you want this template to be based on a specific interval that you setup in the Interval box. This includes D for Daily, W for Weekly and M for monthly, as well as for Tick Bar charts and Volume charts Time Templates, T for tick bar charts and V for Volume charts.
Note: For Tick intervals, you must use a time template in order to use the Go To Date Function (right click, Tools, Go To Date). This feature allows you to go back to a specific date and time for data that is pre-loaded on the chart.
Click here for more information related to interval format for Tick Bar charts, Volume Charts, and Seconds Charts.
Next you would select the number of days or bars. If you would like number of days enter a number in the # Days box and make sure that Days is selected below. If you would like to enter a number of bars make sure that Bars is selected and enter the number of bars in the # Bars box.
Start Time and End Time are optional boxes. If you would like your intraday charts to start and end at specific times, such as you are looking at futures and don't want to see the overnight, this is where you would set that information. Note: the time is military time 0:00 - 24:00 hrs.
The very last thing you need to do is click on the Update/Add button to apply the changes you have made, verified that the settings are displayed under the Time Template name that was created initially, then close the window. To apply your newly created template simply right click in the advanced chart, click on Time Templates, then click on the name that you gave your template.
Please click here for more information on setting Regular and User Define Time Templates.
To add indicators to the Advanced Chart, right click the mouse in the Advanced Chart, go to Basic Studies and click the name of the desired indicator, for example Moving Average, a window called Study Properties will open with the settings for the Moving Average. Click OK. To add a second Moving Average follow the same steps, but change the line colors to identify the new Moving Average.
To Edit existing indicators, right click the mouse in the Advanced chart and go to Edit Studies, the Study Properties window will open. Look for the box labeled Study, click the drop-down arrow and select the indicator that you will like to change settings. Click OK.
Right click the mouse inside the Advanced chart and got to Remove, once Remove is highlighted, click on the name of the indicator you will like to remove.
To merge indicators or studies, add two indicators, for example two Stochastic indicators, they will display in two different panes at the bottom of the chart. Click the SHIFT key in the keyboard and hold it down, at the same time left click and hold down the mouse inside the pane containing one of the Stochastic, drag the indicator to the other pane, a gray frame will surround that pane, release the buttons and the two Stochastic will be merge in one single pane.
To unmerge indicators, right click the mouse in an Advanced chart and click on Un-merge Studies.
Click here to see more information related to the use of the Studies in the Advanced Chart.
the advanced chart allows you to overlay up to 4 symbols on top of the symbol displayed in the chart. to overlay the symbol(s). make sure the chart is the active window, click the comma key (,) in your keyboard to bring the "change symbol, current ..." box. , re-enter the interval and click on the button multiple symbols. (please note that the multiple symbols feature is disabled for tick charts which are based on individual ticks and not bars.)
enter the desired number of overlay symbols, up to 4 and click ok.
the study properties window will open for each of the symbols entered to allow you to change the colors of the bars or to change the display of that overlayed symbol to a line. once you click ok the overlayed symbols will be listed on the upper left hand corner of the advanced chart and the bars or lines will display.
you can change the symbol in the chart and the multiple symbols will overlay on top of the new symbol.
as a default the favorites bar consists, starting from left to right, of the following icons,
link which allows the user to link windows based on color,
properties which allows the user to remove folders and shortcuts from the bar.
add which allows the user to create new shortcuts
the bar displays two folders, equities and other intervals, which contain shortcuts for intervals, symbols or a combination of symbols and intervals.
the bar also displays symbol and interval shortcuts (i.e. 1 minute, 5 minutes, 60 minutes, daily, and tick).
please click here to see more information about the favorites bar
the cursor window is the small information panel within the advanced chart that displays information suchs as the symbol, date, price, open, high, low , close.
the server status bar is displayed on top of the cursor window (ok on a green background).
please click here to see more information about the cursor window.
the snapshot window is the window that displays the current open, high, low, close, and net change for the symbol displayed in the advanced chart.
please click here to see more information about the snapshot window.
saving style templates
the advanced chart allows you to save different chart settings for various types of issues.
you can save each of those settings as a separate style template so that you can load it whenever you want.
please click here to see detailed information on saving and using style templates.
advanced chart toolbars
there are three types of toolbars:
the advanced chart toolbar, related to chart types, scaling, and adding or removing objects.
the line toolbar that provides access to the drawing tools.
the advanced line toolbar works only with the advanced get studies which is available only with the purchase of the advanced get software.
please click here for more information on toolbars.
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PBS asserts that the evidence "unequivocally supports [Darwin's] theory of evolution by natural selection." Do all scientists who approach biology with an open mind believe that the data "unequivocally" supports Darwin's view? The following slides show that scientists are increasingly skeptical that natural selection is the primary agent of evolutionary change. Moreover, key postulates of Darwin's theory - universal common descent, the continuity of life, and transitions in the fossil record - have come under intense scientific scrutiny from a diverse array of fields, including molecular biology, developmental biology, genetics, biochemistry, and paleontology. Darwin's failed predictions include:
The failure of evolutionary biology to provide detailed evolutionary explanations for the origin of complex biochemical features;
The failure of the fossil record to provide support for Darwinian evolution;
The failure of molecular biology to provide evidence for universal common descent;
The failure of genetics and chemistry to explain the origin of the genetic code;
The failure of developmental biology to explain why vertebrate embryos diverge from the beginning of development.
1. Evolution happens. So what?
PBS confidently instructs us that "evolution happens." But should that matter? Even Darwin's scientific critics agree that evolution happens. PBS is introducing equivocation into the discussion by failing to clearly define "evolution."
Some use "evolution" to refer to something as simple as minor changes within individual species that occur over short periods of time (Evolution #1). Others use the same word to mean something much more far-reaching, such as claiming that all living organisms are descended from a single common ancestor (Evolution #2), or that natural selection has the power to produce all of life's complexity (Evolution #3). Used one way, "evolution" isn't controversial at all (i.e. Evolution #1); used another way, it's hotly debated (i.e. Evolution #2 or Evolution #3). Used equivocally, "evolution" is too imprecise to be useful in a scientific discussion.
When you see the word "evolution," you should ask yourself, "Which of the three definitions is being used?"
Critics of neo-Darwinism today usually take issue with Evolution #2 or Evolution #3. But the discussion gets confusing when a Darwinist takes evidence for Evolution #1 and tries to make it look like it supports Evolution #2 or Evolution #3. Proponents of Darwinism, including PBS, commonly pull this "Evolution" Bait-and-Switch
, using evidence for small-scale changes, such as changes in the sizes of bird beaks (Evolution #1) and then over-extrapolating from such modest evidence to claim that it proves Darwin's grander claims (Evolution #2 or Evolution #3).
Some of the above discussion is adapted from Explore Evolution
2. Following the evidence wherever it leads.
No one doubts that Darwin was a gifted scientist who made careful observations of the natural world. The same could be said for Sir Isaac Newton, an early proponent of intelligent design whose ideas inspired both modern physics and modern science as a whole.
Yet despite the long-lasting success of Newton's ideas, technological advancements in the early 20th century overturned Newtonian physics and replaced them with Einstein's theories. If history is to be our guide, science must always be open to following the evidence where it leads, even if that means challenging orthodoxy.
PBS urges viewers to believe that "nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." Such a statement reverses the scientific process by putting conclusions ahead of empirical observations of nature. PBS also quotes evolutionary paleontologist Niles Eldredge, stating, "Nothing that we have learned in the intervening 175 years has contravened Darwin's basic description of how natural selection works," and asserting that the data "unequivocally" support Darwin's view. Such dogmatic statements fly in the face of the scientific spirit, which opposes dogmatic attachments to theories and promises to follow the evidence wherever it may lead.
In 1998, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences printed a guide to teaching evolution that included an essay by the eminent evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr, which stated: "One of the most characteristic features of science is this openness to challenge. The willingness to abandon a currently accepted belief when a new, better one is proposed is an important demarcation between science and religious dogma."1
PBS may claim that evolution is open to scrutiny, but the authoritarian and one-sided treatment of the subject in "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" shows that they treat it more like a religious dogma than a science.
Were PBS to promote the tentative, skeptical mindset that underlies all good science, their online materials would have stated, "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of the data
1. Ernst Mayr, "The Concerns of Science" in National Academy of Sciences, Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science, page 43 (National Academy Press, 1998).
3. The role of natural selection in evolution is controversial among scientists.
As noted in the Introduction, PBS asserts that the data "unequivocally" support the view that "[e]volution happens through natural selection." In this dogmatic statement, PBS has again failed to clearly define "evolution." If by "evolution," PBS means that we can observe small-scale changes within species, then no one doubts that natural selection plays a role. But in fact, many scientists have questioned whether natural selection acting upon random mutation is sufficient to generate new species or new complex biological features. As evolutionary scientist Robert L. Carroll queries:
"Can changes in individual characters, such as the relative frequency of genes for light and dark wing color in moths adapting to industrial pollution, simply be multiplied over time to account for the origin of moths and butterflies within insects, the origin of insects from primitive arthropods, or the origin of arthropods from among primitive multicellular organisms? How can we explain the gradual evolution of entirely new structures, like the wings of bats, birds, and butterflies, when the function of a partially evolved wing is almost impossible to conceive?"1
Leading biologist Lynn Margulis, who opposes ID, also criticizes the standard Darwinian mechanism by stating that the "Darwinian claim to explain all of evolution is a popular half-truth whose lack of explicative power is compensated for only by the religious ferocity of its rhetoric."2
She further observes that "new mutations don't create new species; they create offspring that are impaired."3
Stanley Salthe, author of an evolutionary biology textbook, proclaims, "I have become an apostate from Darwinian theory and have described it as part of modernism's origination myth."4
Evolutionary philosopher Jerry Fodor recently wrote that "at a time when the theory of natural selection has become an article of pop culture, it is faced with what may be the most serious challenge it has had so far."5
National Academy of Sciences member Phil Skell also questions the explanatory utility of natural selection:Natural selection makes humans self-centered and aggressive - except when it makes them altruistic and peaceable. Or natural selection produces virile men who eagerly spread their seed - except when it prefers men who are faithful protectors and providers. When an explanation is so supple that it can explain any behavior, it is difficult to test it experimentally, much less use it as a catalyst for scientific discovery. Darwinian evolution - whatever its other virtues - does not provide a fruitful heuristic in experimental biology.6
Indeed, over 700 doctoral scientists have signed a public statement proclaiming their agreement that, "We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life."7
Yet PBS presents natural selection as the "unequivocally" accepted mechanism of evolution. Clearly there are significant scientific voices who dissent from the Darwinian view. Unfortunately, their voices are left out of PBS's one-sided discussion of evolution.
1. Robert L. Carroll, Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution, page 9 (Cambridge University Press, 1997).
2. Lynn Margulis & Dorion Sagan, Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of the Species, page 29 (Basic Books, 2003).
3. Lynn Margulis quoted in Darry Madden, "UMass Scientist to Lead Debate on Evolutionary Theory," Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer (Feb 3, 2006).
4. Stanley Salthe ,quoted in Discovery Institute, "40 Texas scientists join growing national list of scientists skeptical of Darwin," September 5, 2003. Available: http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=1555.
5. Jerry Fodor, "Why Pigs Don't Have Wings," London Review of Books (October 18, 2007) at http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n20/fodo01_.html.
6. Philip S. Skell, "Why Do We Invoke Darwin? Evolutionary theory contributes little to experimental biology," The Scientist (August 29, 2005), available at http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2816.
7. See "A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism," at http://www.dissentfromdarwin.org.
4. The role of natural selection in evolution is controversial among scientists. (continued)
As discussed in Slide #1, proponents of Darwinism often employ the "Evolution" Bait-and-Switch
, using evidence for small-scale changes and then over-extrapolating to claim that such modest evidence proves Darwin's grander claims. In fact, this is precisely what PBS does in its online materials for "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial."
A PBS web slide asserts, "Evolution happens through natural selection," and then goes on to discuss small-scale changes in the sizes of beaks in finches on the Galapagos Islands as supporting evidence. Such small-scale changes do not demonstrate that natural selection can cause large-scale evolutionary changes, such as the origin of new body plans or perhaps even the origin of new species. In fact, all of the finch species in the Galapagos Islands remain so genetically similar that they can interbreed after millions of years of alleged evolutionary change.
If anything, the Galapagos finches demonstrate the limits of natural selection. Beak sizes increased during a drought, yet when the drought ended, finch-beaks predictably returned to their normal sizes. As biologist Jonathan Wells observes in Icons of Evolution
, the bait-and-switch occurs when "evidence for oscillating natural selection in finch beaks is claimed as evidence for the origin of finches in the first place."1
Are such Darwinist extrapolations warranted? According to UC Berkeley law professor and Darwin-critic Phillip Johnson, "When our leading scientists have to resort to the sort of distortion that would land a stock promoter in jail, you know they are in trouble."2
1. Jonathan Wells, Icons of Evolution: Why Much of what we teach about evolution is wrong, page 174 (Regnery, 2000).
2. Phillip Johnson, "The Church of Darwin," The Wall Street Journal (August, 16, 1999).
5. Opening Darwin's black box.
"Darwin was ignorant of the reason for variation within a species," writes Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe in his book Darwin's Black Box
, "but biochemistry has identified the molecular basis for it."1
There were other things that Darwin did not know. For example, Darwin assumed that the cell was like a primitive blob of protoplasm that could easily evolve new biological functions. As Behe explains, "To Darwin, then, as to every other scientist of the time, the cell was a black box. ... The question of how life works
was not one that Darwin or his contemporaries could answer."2
Modern technology has allowed biochemists to open Darwin's black box, revealing a micro-world of mind-boggling complexity. Even leading proponents of evolution have acknowledged this complexity. Past U.S. National Academy of Sciences President Bruce Alberts has described this complexity in the journal Cell
as an elaborate factory: "The entire cell can be viewed as a factory that contains an elaborate network of interlocking assembly lines, each of which is composed of a set of large protein machines."3
But could such integrated complexity evolve in a stepwise, Darwinian fashion? Behe recalls that in Origin of Species
, Darwin admitted that if "any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down."4
According to Behe, "by opening the ultimate black box, the cell," modern biochemistry "has pushed Darwin's theory to the limit."5
The simplest cell requires hundreds of genes, numerous complex biological machines and biochemical pathways, and a fully functional genetic code in order to survive. Darwinian evolution - blind natural selection acting on random mutations - has failed to provide Darwinian explanations for how basic cellular biochemistry might have evolved. Five years after Behe published Darwin's Black Box
, biochemist Franklin Harold stated an Oxford University Press monograph that "there are presently no detailed Darwinian accounts of the evolution of any biochemical or cellular system, only a variety of wishful speculations."6
1. Michael J. Behe, Darwin's Black Box: The biochemical challenge to evolution, page X (Free Press, 1996).
2. Michael J. Behe, Darwin's Black Box: The biochemical challenge to evolution, pages 9-10 (Free Press, 1996).
3. Bruce Alberts, "The Cell as a Collection of Protein Machines: Preparing the Next Generation of Molecular Biologists," Cell, Vol. 92:291 (February 8, 1998).
4. Charles Darwin, Origin of Species (1859), Chapter 6, available at http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-origin-of-species/chapter-06.html.
5. Michael J. Behe, Darwin's Black Box: The biochemical challenge to evolution, page 15 (Free Press, 1996).
6. Franklin M. Harold, The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms and the Order of Life, page 205 (Oxford University Press, 2001).
6. Darwinism: grounded in science
or propped by philosophy?
PBS observes that the famous 19th century naturalist, T.H. Huxley, declared that "evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention." But modern Darwinists have gone much further than Huxley. In Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences
, leading evolutionary biologist Francisco Ayala celebrates that "Darwin's greatest accomplishment
" was to show that the origin of life's complexity "can be explained as the result of a natural process--natural selection--without any need to resort to a Creator or other external agent."1
America's great champion of evolution, the late Stephen Jay Gould, similarly announced that "[b]efore Darwin, we thought that a benevolent God had created us,"2
but because of Darwin's ideas, "biology took away our status as paragons created in the image of God."3
Richard Dawkins is Oxford University's Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and is probably the most famous evolutionist in the world. Yet Dawkins believes that God is a "delusion" and that "Darwin made it possible to become an intellectually fulfilled atheist."6
Gould's and Dawkins's views are by no means uncommon among leading scientists. A 2007 editorial by the editors of the world's top scientific journal, Nature
, stated that "the idea that human minds are the product of evolution" is an "unassailable fact," and thus concluded, "the idea that man was created in the image of God can surely be put aside."4
Also noteworthy is the fact that key public defenders of Darwin involved in the Dover
trial who were featured in PBS's "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" documentary have strong ties to secular humanist groups. For example, Eugenie Scott is Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education. She is also a public signer of the Third Humanist Manifesto, an aggressive statement of the humanist agenda to create a world with "without supernaturalism" based upon the view that "[h]umans are... the result of unguided evolutionary change" and the universe is "self-existing."5
Similarly, Dover plaintiffs' expert Barbara Forrest, also featured in the PBS show, is a long time board member of the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association.
Indeed, PBS-NOVA's star theistic evolutionary biologist Ken Miller has claimed in five editions of his textbooks that evolution works "without either plan or purpose" and is "random and undirected."7
Two additional editions of Miller's textbooks state: "Darwin knew that accepting his theory required believing in philosophical materialism
, the conviction that matter is the stuff of all existence and that all mental and spiritual phenomena are its by-products."8
Harvard paleontologist and author Richard Lewontin explains how this materialism is an overriding assumption propping Darwinian thought:
"[W]e have a prior commitment ... to materialism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to ... produce material explanations... [T]hat materialism is absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door."9
Finally, leading Darwinian philosopher of science Michael Ruse admits that "for many evolutionists, evolution has functioned ... akin to being a secular religion" whose main doctrine is "a commitment to a kind of naturalism."10
Is it possible that there is more propping up the support of Darwinism than the mere empirical evidence?
1. Francisco J. Ayala, "Darwin's greatest discovery: Design without designer," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Vol. 104:8567-8573 (May 15, 2007) (emphasis added).
2. Stephen Jay Gould, Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History, page 267 (W.W. Norton, 1977).
3. Stephen Jay Gould, Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History, page 147 (W.W. Norton, 1977).
4. "Evolution and the brain," Nature, Vol. 447:753 (June 14, 2007).
5. "Humanism and its Aspirations," at http://www.americanhumanist.org/3/HumandItsAspirations.htm.
6. Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker, page 6 (W. W. Norton, 1986).
7. Kenneth R. Miller & Joseph S. Levine, Biology (1st ed., Prentice Hall, 1991), pg. 658; (2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 1993), pg. 658; (3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 1995), pg. 658; (4th ed., Prentice Hall, 1998), pg. 658; (5th ed. Teachers Ed., Prentice Hall, 2000), pg. 658.
8. Kenneth R. Miller & Joseph S. Levine, Biology: Discovering Life (1st ed., D.C. Heath and Co., 1992), pg. 152; (2nd ed.. D.C. Heath and Co., 1994), p. 161; emphasis in original.
9. Richard Lewontin, "Billions and Billions of Demons," New York Review of Books, page. 28 (January 9, 1997).
10. Michael Ruse, "Nonliteralist Antievolution" AAAS Symposium: "The New Antievolutionism," February 13, 1993, Boston, MA (1993).
7. Evolving views of embryology.
PBS observes that Darwin boasted that embryology provided "the strongest single class of facts in favor of" his theory of evolution. But Darwin penned those words in the 1860s, and developmental biologists have learned much since that time. In fact, Darwin staked much of his evidential support upon the work of the 19th century embryologist Ernst Haeckel. After Darwin, it was discovered that Haeckel promoted fraudulent data to falsely support vertebrate common ancestry by overstating the similarities between vertebrate embryos in their earliest stages of development.
Haeckel's infamous embryo drawings obscured the differences between vertebrate embryos in their earliest stages, leading to widespread belief in the false idea that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" (i.e. development replays evolutionary history). The factual data reveal that vertebrate embryos develop very differently from their earliest stages in a pattern that is unexpected if all vertebrates share a common ancestor. Darwin himself was a victim of Haeckel's fraud, and had Darwin known the truth, perhaps he might never have made the statement that PBS quotes above.
But there are even stronger reasons to understand that modern developmental biology challenges Darwin. Biologists have discovered, as PBS puts it, that "microbes to man ... share a common 'tool kit' of so-called master genes." PBS claims this supports Darwinian evolution because living animal groups inherited these genes from a common ancestor. While intelligent design is certainly compatible with common ancestry, PBS ignores the possibility that such recurring fundamental genetic programs across species could also be explained as the result of common design, i.e. the re-usage of genetic programs that fulfill the functional requirements of animal development. Indeed, common design may be the best explanation for the many instances where these master genes control the growth of analogous body parts in widely diverse organisms where it is even not thought that the common ancestor even had the body part in question.
For example, vertebrates, sea urchins, insects, and various other invertebrate groups all use the same regulatory genes to control growth of their widely diverse types of limbs, but it is not thought that their common ancestor had a common limb. Similarly, vertebrates, insects, and jellyfish use similar master control genes to control the development of their widely different eyes, but their alleged common ancestor is not thought to have had a common type of eye. In these cases, living animal groups would NOT be expected to have inherited their genetic "tool kits" from a common ancestor because there is no reason to believe that the common ancestor was using that genetic toolkit for some common body part. As Wolf-Ekkehard Loennig, plant geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Genetics writes, "No theorist in evolutionary biology will ever derive chicken and insects from a winged common ancestor, and yet, clearly related sequences are specifically expressed in wing buds and imaginal disks."1
Darwinists try to resolve such quandaries by appealing to extreme examples of convergent genetic evolution, what one might term genetic predestination. But such examples of extreme convergence strain the credulity of Darwin's mechanism. Can blind and undirected natural selection cause many animal groups to independently deploy precisely the same genetic toolkits for development? Such a high level of genetic similarity seems highly unlikely to evolve independently numerous times in the history of life.
1. Wolf-Ekkehard Loennig, "Dynamic genomes, morphological stasis, and the origin of irreducible complexity," in Dynamical Genetics pages. 101-119 (Valerio Parisi, Valeria De Fonzo, and Filippo Aluffi-Pentini eds., 2004) (quoting Cohn M.J., and Tickle, C. 1996, Trends Genet. 12, 253-257).
8. Why sexual selection?
According to PBS, the male peacock's beautifully-colored tail is easily explained using sexual selection: females prefer the colorful "eyes" on the tails of males. Has the evolutionary origin of the peacock's tail been explained?
Sexual selection merely pushes the question back: why should female peacocks prefer male peacocks with tails that have "eyes"? Absent a linkage to survival and reproduction, sexual selection is now a circular argument: male peacocks have beautiful tails because females prefer such tails, and females prefer such tails because they are, well, beautiful. Under sexual selection, explanations become arbitrary because traits are preferred simply because a biologist deems them "attractive." But sexual selection rarely provides an external adaptive reason to explain why such traits should be "beautiful" to the opposite sex.
Despite its ability to arbitrarily select for virtually any trait wished for, sexual selection has been invoked to account for the evolutionary origin of humanity's most cherished abilities, including art, literature, music, mathematics, religious belief, and even scientific genius. Once you define something as "beautiful" or "attractive," the magic wand of sexual selection can produce virtually anything an evolutionary biologist wants.
But there is a more fundamental problem here: the existence of sexual selection itself begs the very question, why are there male and female peacocks at all?, i.e. why did sexual reproduction evolve in the first place?
Sexual organisms only pass on 50% of their genes to offspring, whereas asexual organisms make clones that contain 100% of the parent's DNA. Thus organisms that hypothetically evolved sexual selection suddenly experienced a 50% drop in fitness. The fitness cost of sexual reproduction is further explained in the critical response to the PBS Evolution
series, Getting the Facts Straight
"The very existence of sexual reproduction presents a problem for Darwin's theory. The easiest way for an organism to reproduce is simply to divide asexually-- to make a copy of itself. Bacteria are very successful at this. An organism that reproduces sexually, however, must divert precious energy into making sperm or egg cells; in the process, gene combinations that were quite useful beforehand are sometimes destroyed through 'recombination.' Then the organism must find a member of the opposite sex and mate with it successfully. From an evolutionary perspective, sex incurs considerable costs that must be offset by advantages to the organism."1
The online materials for PBS-NOVA's "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" documentary mentions none of these obstacles facing the origin of sexual reproduction.Reference Cited:
1. Getting the Facts Straight: A Viewer's Guide to PBS's Evolution, page 73 (Discovery Institute Press, 2001), at http://www.reviewevolution.com/viewersGuide/viewersGuide.pdf.
9. Saving the Tree of Life.
PBS asserts that "shared amino acids" in genes common to many types of organisms indicate that all life shares a common ancestor. Intelligent design is not necessarily incompatible with common ancestry, but it must be noted that intelligent agents commonly re-use parts that work in different designs. Thus, similarities in such genetic sequences may also be generated as a result of functional requirements and common design rather than by common descent.
In fact, PBS's statement is highly misleading. Darwin's tree of life--the notion that all living organisms share a universal common ancestor--has faced increasing difficulties in the past few decades. Phylogenetic trees based upon one fundamental gene or protein often conflict with trees based upon another gene or protein. In fact, this problem is particularly acute when one studies the "ancient" genes at the base of the tree of life, which PBS wrongly claims demonstrate universal common ancestry. As W. Ford Doolittle explains, "[m]olecular phylogenists will have failed to find the 'true tree,' not because their methods are inadequate or because they have chosen the wrong genes, but because the history of life cannot properly be represented as a tree."1
Doolittle, a Darwinian biologist, elsewhere writes that "there would never have been a single cell that could be called the last universal common ancestor."2
Doolittle attributes his observations to gene-swapping among microorganisms at the base of the tree. But Carl Woese, the father of evolutionary molecular systematics, finds that such problems exist beyond the base of the tree: "Phylogenetic incongruities [conflicts] can be seen everywhere in the universal tree, from its root to the major branchings within and among the various taxa to the makeup of the primary groupings themselves."3
Looking higher up the tree, a recent study conducted by Darwinian scientists tried to construct a phylogeny of animal relationships but concluded that "[d]espite the amount of data and breadth of taxa analyzed, relationships among most [animal] phyla remained unresolved."4
The basic problem is that phylogenetic trees based upon one gene or other characteristic will commonly conflict with trees based upon another gene or macro-characteristic. Indeed, the Cambrian explosion, where nearly all of the major living animal phyla (or basic body plans) appeared over 500 million years ago in a geological instant, raises a serious challenge to Darwinian explanations of common descent.
The nice, neat, nested hierarchy of a grand Tree of Life predicted by Darwinian theory has not been found. Evolutionary biologists are increasingly appealing to epicycles like horizontal gene transfer, differing rates of evolution, abrupt molecular radiation, convergent evolution (even convergent molecular evolution), and other ad hoc
rationalizations to reconcile discrepancies between phylogenetic hypothesis. Darwinian biology is not explaining the molecular data; it is forced to explain away the data. PBS paints a rosy picture of the data, when the data isn't good news for Darwinism.
1. W. Ford Doolittle, "Phylogenetic Classification and the Universal Tree," Science, Vol. 284:2124-2128 (June 25, 1999).
2. W. Ford Doolittle, "Uprooting the Tree of Life," Scientific American, pages 90-95 (February, 2000).
3. Carl Woese "The Universal Ancestor," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Vol. 95:6854-9859 (June, 1998).
4. Antonis Rokas, Dirk Krueger, Sean B. Carroll, "Animal Evolution and the Molecular Signature of Radiations Compressed in Time," Science, Vol. 310:1933-1938 (Dec. 23, 2005).
10. The myth of 1%
human-chimp genetic differences.
As if trying to suggest that those who question human-chimp common ancestry are ignorant, PBS asserts that "a schoolchild can cite the figure perhaps most often called forth in support of [human/chimp common ancestry]--namely, that we share almost 99 percent of our DNA with our closest living relative, the chimpanzee." Such an argument raises two questions:
(1) Is the 99% Human/Chimp DNA-similarity statistic accurate?
While recent studies have confirmed that certain stretches of human and chimp DNA are on average about 1.23% different, this is merely an estimate with huge caveats. A recent news article in Science
observed that the 1% figure "reflects only base substitutions, not the many stretches of DNA that have been inserted or deleted in the genomes."1
In other words, when the chimp genome has no similar stretch of human DNA, such DNA sequences are ignored by those touting the statistic that humans and chimps are only 1% genetically different. For this reason, the aforementioned Science
news article was subtitled "The Myth of 1%," and printed the following language to describe the 1% statistic:
"studies are showing that [humans and chimps] are not as similar as many tend to believe"
the 1% statistic is a "truism [that] should be retired"
the 1% statistic is "more a hindrance for understanding than a help"
"the 1% difference wasn't the whole story."
"Researchers are finding that on top of the 1% distinction, chunks of missing DNA, extra genes, altered connections in gene networks, and the very structure of chromosomes confound any quantification of 'humanness' versus 'chimpness.'"
Indeed, due to the huge caveats in the 1% statistic, some scientists are suggesting that a better method of measuring human/chimp genetic differences might be counting individual gene copies. When this metric is employed, human and chimp DNA is over 5% different.
But there is a deeper question: (2) If humans and chimps were truly only 1% different at the genetic level, why should that demonstrate common ancestry?
As noted in Slide 9, similarities in key genetic sequences may be explained as a result of functional requirements and common design rather than mere common descent. We might reasonably ask the evolutionist why the 1% difference value is considered powerful evidence for Darwinian evolution, and at what point does the comparison cease to support Darwinian evolution? What about 2% different? 3%? 5%? 10%? Is there an objective metric for falsification here, or is PBS putting forth a fallacious argument for human / chimp common ancestry?
Intelligent design is certainly compatible with human/ape common ancestry, but the truth is that the percent difference says nothing about whether humans and chimps share a common ancestor. The percent genetic similarity between humans and apes does not demonstrate Darwinian evolution, unless one excludes the possibility of intelligent design.
Just as intelligent agents 're-use' functional components that work over and over in different systems (e.g., wheels for cars and wheels for airplanes), genetic similarities between humans and chimps could also be explained as the result of the re-usage of common genetic programs due to functional requirements of the hominid body plan.Reference Cited:
1. Jon Cohen, "Relative Differences: The Myth of 1%," Science, Vol. 316:1836 (June 29, 2007).
11. Human evolution remains a mystery.
In 1980, the famed late evolutionary paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted that, "[m]ost hominid fossils, even though they serve as a basis for endless speculation and elaborate storytelling, are fragments of jaws and scraps of skulls."1
PBS confidently asserts that our species, Homo sapiens
, evolved from ape-like species, but the fossil record tells a different story. The fossil record contains two basic types of hominids: those that can be classified as ape-like and those that can be classified as modern human-like. But there remains a distinct break in the morphology of ape-like species and human-like species that is not bridged by our knowledge of the fossil record.
For example, PBS touts Lucy, a member of the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis
, as a representative of humanity's ancestors. But many studies have found that the australopithecines were more similar to modern apes than to modern humans. For example, Lucy is commonly called a precursor to the bipedal form of human locomotion, yet one study found Lucy had handbones like a knuckle-walking ape. Another study wrote, "We, like many others, interpret the anatomical evidence to show that early H[omo] sapiens
was significantly and dramatically different from earlier and penecontemporary australopithecines in virtually every element of its skeleton and every remnant of its behavior."2
These rapid, unique, and genetically significant changes were called "a genetic revolution" where "no australopithecine species is obviously transitional."2
One commentator proposed this evidence implies a "big bang theory" of human evolution.3
Similarly, two paleoanthropologists stated in Nature
that the first human-like fossils appear so suddenly in the record that "it is hard at present to identify its immediate ancestry in east Africa. Not for nothing has it been described as a hominin 'without an ancestor, without a clear past.'"4
A Harvard evolutionary paleoanthropologist recently stated in the New York Times
that newly discovered hominid fossils "show 'just how interesting and complex the human genus was and how poorly we understand the transition from being something much more apelike to something more humanlike.'"5
Such an admission was echoed soon thereafter by a different set of evolutionary paleoanthropologists stating that "we know nothing about how the human line actually emerged from apes."6
While these researchers undoubtedly themselves support the view that humans and apes share a common ancestor, perhaps PBS would do best to explain that there are many unsolved mysteries about human origins, rather than presenting the united front that humans are unequivocally descended from ape-like species: The truth is that skeptics of human evolution have ample scientific justification for their views. References Cited:
1. Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb, page 126 (W.W. Norton, 1980).
2. J. Hawks, K. Hunley, L. Sang-Hee, and M. Wolpoff, "Population Bottlenecks and Pleistocene Evolution," Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 17(1): 2-22 (2000).
3. University of Michigan News and Information Services News Release, "New study suggests big bang theory of human evolution" (January 10, 2000), available at http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/Releases/2000/Jan00/r011000b.html.
4. Robin Dennell & Wil Roebroeks, "An Asian perspective on early human dispersal from Africa," Nature, Vol. 438:1099-1104 (Dec. 22/29, 2005).
5. Daniel Lieberman, quoted in "Fossils in Kenya Challenge Linear Evolution," by John Noble Wilford, New York Times (August 9, 2007), at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/science/09fossil.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=world&adxnnlx=1190251306-bd0mimh3naHn6sRHLOlP/A.
6. Scientists quoted in "Fossil find pushes human-ape split back millions of years," (August 24, 20070), at http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070824121653.65mgd37f&show_article=1.
12. The origin of life remains a mystery.
If, as Slide 11 suggests, human origins are a mystery to Darwinian scientists, the chemical origin of life presents a far greater challenge. As Gregg Easterbrook recently wrote in Wired Magazine
, "What creates life out of the inanimate compounds that make up living things? No one knows. How were the first organisms assembled? Nature hasn't given us the slightest hint. If anything, the mystery has deepened over time."1
Origin of life theorists have struggled simply to account for the origin of pre-biological organic chemicals on the early earth, with little success. So drastic is the evidence against pre-biotic synthesis, that in 1990 the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council recommended that origin of life scientists undertake a "reexamination of biological monomer synthesis under primitive Earthlike environments, as revealed in current models of the early Earth."2
But this is only the beginning of the problem, as leading origin of life theorist Stanley Miller once admitted that "making compounds and making life are two different things."3
When trying to "make" the first life-form, scientists cannot rely upon Darwinian processes. Darwinian evolution requires replication, and prior to the origin of life there was no replication. Origin of life theorist Robert Shapiro explains that an explanation for the first self-replicating molecule "has not yet been described in detail or demonstrated" but "is taken for granted in the philosophy of dialectical materialism."4
Accounting for the origin of a self-replicating molecule would still not explain how modern cells arose. Our DNA code requires an irreducibly complex system requiring the information in DNA, the enzymes that assist DNA's replication and protection, a protective cell membrane, and a complex system of machinery used to transcribe and translate language of DNA into protein. Faced with the complexity of this system, biologist Frank Salisbury lamented in 1971 that "the entire system must come into being as one unit, or it is worthless. There may well be ways out of this dilemma, but I don't see them at the moment."5
In 1995, leading biologists John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary explained that accounting for the origin of this system remains "perhaps the most perplexing problem in evolutionary biology" because "the existing translational machinery is at the same time so complex, so universal and so essential that it is hard to see how it could have come into existence or how life could have existed without it."6
Scientists may one day create life in the lab. But they will have done so using intelligent design. The theory that life could have originated via blind natural chemical processes relying upon sheer dumb luck remains unexplained. References Cited:
1. Gregg Easterbrook, "Where did life come from?," Wired Magazine, page 108 (February, 2007).
2. National Research Council Space Studies Board, The Search for Life's Origins (National Academy Press: Washington D.C., 1990).
3. Statements made by Stanley Miller at a talk given by him for a UCSD Origins of Life seminar class on January 19, 1999.
4. Robert Shapiro, Origins: A Skeptics Guide to the Creation of Life on Earth, page 207 (Summit Books, 1986).
5. Frank B. Salisbury, "Doubts about the Modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution," page. 338, American Biology Teacher (September, 1971).
6. John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary, The Major Transitions in Evolution, page. 81 (W.H. Freeman, 1995).
13. The abrupt appearance of biological forms.
PBS has a slide stating that evolutionary paleontologists "continue to unearth key fossils that bridge those gaps Darwin bemoaned." But evolutionary paleontologist David Raup wrote in 1979 that "we are now about 120 years after Darwin, and knowledge of the fossil record has been greatly expanded ... ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transition than we had in Darwin's time."1
PBS asserts that fossils discovered in the "past half century" have "filled in" gaps to explain the Cambrian explosion in evolutionary terms. Yet a textbook published just six years ago acknowledges that the fossil record has not given clues to help explain the origin of animal phyla in the Cambrian explosion:
"Most of the animal phyla that are represented in the fossil record first appear, 'fully formed,' in the Cambrian some 550 million years ago...The fossil record is therefore of no help with respect to the origin and early diversification of the various animal phyla."2
But this is not the only such "explosion" in the fossil record. Paleontologists have observed a fish explosion, a plant explosion, a bird explosion, and even a mammal explosion. Abrupt explosions of mass biological diversity seem to be the rule, not the exception, for the fossil record. Transitions plausibly documented by fossils seem to be the rare exception. As leading evolutionary biologist, the late Ernst Mayr, wrote in 2001, "When we look at the living biota, whether at the level of the higher taxa or even at that of the species, discontinuities are overwhelmingly frequent. . . . The discontinuities are even more striking in the fossil record. New species usually appear in the fossil record suddenly, not connected with their ancestors by a series of intermediates."3
This phenomenon exists not only at the species level but also at the level of higher taxa, as one zoology textbook discusses:"Many species remain virtually unchanged for millions of years, then suddenly disappear to be replaced by a quite different, but related, form. Moreover, most major groups of animals appear abruptly in the fossil record, fully formed, and with no fossils yet discovered that form a transition from their parent group."4
Rather than acknowledging the general pattern of explosions in the fossil record, PBS focuses on the few occasions where there are possible transitional forms. PBS focuses on Tiktaalik
, an alleged transition between fish and amphibians, but Tiktaalik
has a completely finlike fin and does virtually nothing to document the key aspect of the alleged fish to amphibian transition, the transformation of fins into feet.
PBS also cites Archaeopteryx
as an alleged transition between dinosaurs and birds. But Archaeopteryx
is generally regarded as a true bird, and its alleged dinosaurian ancestors are only known from one locality--the Yixian formation in China--which is "at least 20 Myr younger than Archaeopteryx."5
is the first known true bird, then from what, if anything, did birds evolve? The fossil record does not tell us. Despite the problems with this evolutionary story, Phillip Johnson provides a lucid and charitable analysis of the importance of this fossil:
"Archaeopteryx is on the whole a point for Darwinists, but how important is it? Persons who come to the fossil evidence as convinced Darwinists will see a stunning confirmation, but skeptics will see a lonely exception to a consistent pattern of fossil disconfirmation."6References Cited:
1. David Raup, "Conflicts Between Darwin and Paleontology", Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin, Vol. 50 (1) (1979).
2. R.S.K. Barnes, P. Calow & P.J.W. Olive, The Invertebrates: A New Synthesis, pages 9-10 (3rd ed., Blackwell Sci. Publications, 2001).
3. Ernst Mayr, What Evolution Is, page 189 (Basic Books, 2001).
4. C.P. Hickman, L.S. Roberts, and F.M. Hickman, Integrated Principles of Zoology, page 866 (Times Mirror/Moseby College Publishing, 1988, 8th ed).
5. Carl C. Swisher III, Yuan-qing Wang, Xiao-lin Wang, Xing Xu, and Yuan Wang, "Cretaceous age for the feathered dinosaurs of Lianoing, China" Nature, Vol. 400: 58-61 (July 1, 1999).
6. Phillip E. Johnson, Darwin on Trial, page 81 (Intervarsity Press, 1993).
14. What would Darwin do?
PBS presents a thoroughly pro-Darwin only account of the debate over evolution. In fact, there are many reasons why we should teach the controversy over Darwinian evolution:
(1) Congress supports such a policy:
"The Conferees recognize that a quality science education should prepare students to distinguish the data and testable theories of science from religious or philosophical claims that are made in the name of science. Where topics are taught that may generate controversy (such as biological evolution), the curriculum should help students to understand the full range of scientific views that exist, why such topics may generate controversy, and how scientific discoveries can profoundly affect society."1
(2) The United States Supreme Court has sanctioned such a policy:
"We do not imply that a legislature could never require that scientific critiques of prevailing scientific theories be taught."2
(3) Darwin himself supports such a policy:
In Origin of Species
, Darwin stated, "A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question."3
PBS's propaganda doesn't even employ the approach that Darwin himself purportedly recommends. Viewers of PBS's "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" documentary will do well to learn about both sides of this debate.For more information on problems with PBS-NOVA's "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" documentary, please see any of the following links:
PBS Airs False Facts in its "Inherit the Wind" Version of the Kitzmiller Trial
PBS, Darwin and Dover: an Interview with Phillip Johnson [ID the Future Podcast]
The Theory of Intelligent Design: A Briefing Packet for Educators [B & W Version]
NOVA Program on Intelligent Design Biased, Not by Chance but Because They Designed It That Way
The Truth about the Kitzmiller v. Dover Trial
PBS Encouraging Teachers to Violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, Discovery Institute Reports
Who's on Trial? A Look at NOVA's Judgment Day [ID the Future Podcast]
Paula Apsell's Lessons Not Learned from the History of Science
1. Conference report to No Child Left Behind Act; House Committee of Conference, Report to Accompany H.R. 1, 107th Cong. 1st sess., 78 (2001) H. Rept. 334, 78
(emphasis added). This language was originally supported by a 91-8 vote by the U.S. Senate.
2. Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578, 593 (1987).
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While you have a copyright as soon as the original work of authorship is fixed in a tangible medium of expression (e.g., song is recorded, photograph is taken, book is written), you must generally register the copyrighted work before infringement takes place in order to be eligible for statutory damages awards and attorneys fees. Otherwise, damages may be difficult to prove depending on the situation.
Somebody is infringing my copyright, but they say that it is “fair use” and there is nothing I can do about it. Is that correct?
Many people have a fundamental misunderstanding of what constitutes “fair use,” which is a defense against copyright infringement that involves a balancing of various factors to determine if it applies. While copyright attorneys can analyze the viability of a “fair use” defense based on an independent analysis of those factors in view of cases that have addressed the defense, the only way to know for sure that a “fair use” defense is available and applicable is for a court to decide that it is. Although many people claim a “fair use” defense, they are operating under the mistaken belief that if something is on the internet, they can infringe it (i.e., “it’s fair use.”). They are wrong.
What exclusive rights do I have in my copyrighted work?
You have the right to reproduce the work, to prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work, to distribute copies of the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, and to display the copyrighted work publicly. If another person is doing any of these things with your copyrighted work without your permission, they are probably infringing your copyright.
How do I know if someone is infringing my copyright and what I can do about it?
Copyright is a complex area of the law, and only experienced copyright attorneys can properly evaluate the facts and law of your particular case and provide you with options. Call the attorneys of RegitzMauck, and we will be happy to discuss your case with you.
My copyrighted work has been infringed, but I can’t afford to pay legal fees. Can RegitzMauck help me?
RegitzMauck offers its clients a range of fee options, including hourly billing arrangements, flat fees, and in certain situations, contingency fee agreements, especially when the client registered the copyrighted work prior to the infringement at issue. Depending on the situation, contingency fee clients may or may not be responsible for court costs and other expenses.
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Managing your personal finance can be a pain sometimes. Luckily, there are many useful personal finance apps out there. Here are the top 5 personal finance apps for Windows 10 to help you plan your spending and manage your finances efficiently. These Finance apps which are available in the Windows Store, help you to track its flow and limit your spending and create budgets.
- Money Keeper: “An amazing application with all the required features that lets you maintain accounts, keep track of your income and your expenses. You can generate reports, see summaries and also forecast your expense. You can even create budgets to limit your spending and save some amount of money.”
- Money Lover: “A fluid, easy to use expense tracker available in both free and premium variants and comes with great tracking and budgeting features. You can manage loans and debts using this application.”
- Homeasy: “A financial application designed to track the spending in normal households. You can create your own monthly billing calendar which would include recurring bill payments, rents and all those monthly expenditures of your household.
- MoneyPoint: “A complete offline application and does not synchronize any data to other devices. All data is stored locally in the device and you can export data in form of reports and expense summaries. All other major features like expense management, budgeting, goals, and performances are offered by this tool.”
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In today’s economy, many people are looking for ways to save money. This is especially true for homeowners who are paying large heating bills and want to find ways to reduce their cost and even help the environment. Now, there is an alternative that is providing both savings and less of an impact on the air quality. Wood gasification is a unique wood burning process that is making a huge difference in the cost of heating for homeowners.
Gasification involves heating wood to a very high degree, so as to produce a gas that is then used to power a furnace. These gasification furnaces are kept outdoors, provide a warm heat with less smoke, and use much less wood than a traditional wood stove or furnace. Once the gas has been produced, it is drawn from the wood by an induction fan and then the gases are burned. This produces a clean heat for any home.
Homeowners can be self-efficient
Wood gasification furnaces help homeowners to become self-sufficient by allowing them to produce their own heat without relying on the electric company and facing the enormous bills each month. Since wood can be purchased for fairly cheap and even found for free, it is a great source of heat and much more efficient than a traditional wood furnace.
Good for the environment
Not only are these types of furnaces good for your wallet, but they are also good for the environment. Since there is very little smoke, these devices produce a clean-burning heat that provides comfort in the home without the damaging pollutants being put into the air. Since wood is a renewable resource, this helps to reduce your carbon footprint and decrease the dependence on oil and coal.
Provide heat for the home
Many homeowners are now making the change to outdoor wood furnaces because they provide the best in radiant heat and prevent many of the problems and costs that can be associated with more traditional heating methods. Along with these benefits, homeowners are finding that these furnaces actually help to increase the value of their homes.
With all of these advantages, it is a great idea for any homeowner to check out wood gasification units. For those looking to save money on their electric heating bills, it just makes sense to try this method. The price of these furnaces are very economical and fit into almost any budget, making them an attractive option for many. The producers of these furnaces continue to improve them through scientific exploration and it is sure that they will continue to grow in popularity.
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The Royal Gallery, Selangor
The Sultan Abdul Aziz Royal Gallery was first commissioned in 2002.
The museum is a dedication of the ninth Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, the present Selangor Sultan to honour his late father, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah.
There are various royal collections depicting the reigning period of the late king, from his early childhood through his appointment as the eighth Sultan Selangor in 1960 and as the eleventh King in 1999.
Among the collections include replicas of Selangor’s crown jewels, royal seal of Sultan Sir Abdul Samad (fourth Selangor Sultan) and state sword decorated with silver and Burmese rubies used by the fifth Selangor Sultan.
Visit this unique and interesting gallery to discover more of the history of Selangor’s late illustrious Sultan and Malaysia’s eleventh King.
Take the KTM Komuter to Port Klang. Get off at the Klang Station. Take a taxi to the Royal Gallery
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New research has revealed that Cardiff is the cheapest city in the UK for students to live in.
The Welsh capital was closely followed by Aberdeen and Durham as the most cost-effective cities for students, according to the latest Natwest Student Living Index.
The Student Living Index 2017 surveyed almost 3,500 students across 35 popular university cities to determine the most affordable place to study. The survey examined a number of different factors such as how much students spend on food, rent and bills, how much time they spend studying, working and socialising, and how much term-time income they receive.
Students in the top three cheapest cities are among those receiving the most money – from a range of different sources – during term time. Students in Cardiff and Aberdeen received the majority of their income form part-time work, while students in Durham received most of their income from their parents.
Hull students, however, receive the least from their mum and dad but the most from bursaries and scholarships.
The biggest expenditure for students is food shopping, toiletries and household items, spending an average of £78.10 a month. The average student spends £43.30 a month on going out and socialising with friends.
Students in Reading spend the most time socialising a month (38.6 hours) and students in Aberystwyth spend the most per month on alcohol (£50.87) compared with the national average of £38.61. Students in Cambridge, Canterbury and Norwich spend the least on alcohol.
In terms of budgeting, 65 per cent of students either budget carefully and keep track of their spending, or try to budget but don't always stick to it. Some 29 per cent of the respondents do not budget at all but say that they’re not frivolous with their money, and only six per cent do not consider what they’re spending at all.
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History of Savage Arms
Savage Arms was started in 1894 by opportunist, entrepreneur, innovator Arthur William Savage. From the very beginning, Savage Arms changed the game and created revolutionary firearms that pushed performance even higher. As early as 1895, they produced the first hammerless lever-action rifle, which quickly became a fan favorite. Then again, in 1899, they manufactured an even more popular, best-selling lever-action rifle—the Model 99—that changed the firearm industry for generations to come.
The future of Savage Arms was reinvented in 1995 when Ronald Coburn took over. He reinstated the innovative attitude that formed the company and created a future of customer sensitivity. This shift meant that Savage Arms would now be employed with firearm enthusiasts, hunters, and shooting professionals—no more unpracticed scientists in a lab. For customers, their voices were finally being heard by a manufacturer they trusted.
Savage Arms continues to concentrate on consumers, which means they create low-priced products that are purpose-built and leverage state-of-the-art technology. With their latest launches of the groundbreaking AccuTrigger and AccuStock, it is easy to see why Savage Arms continues to be a modern, innovative, and trustworthy manufacturing expert. Every gun made by Savage is tangible proof of the integrity of Savage Arms and its commitment to constant improvement over novelty.
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No Nonsense Shotguns
The Savage 320 Security pump-action shotgun represents what Savage is best known for: reliable, consistent, no-frill firearms at unbelievably low prices. The 320 Security is perfect for as a home defense gun, and its proven design is sure to stand the test of time. A GrabAGun favorite is the Savage 320 Security 12GA 18” Barrel 3”-Chamber 5-Rounds Ghost Ring Sights. It features a tried and tested rotary bolt design, incredible ghost ring sights, and a long-lasting heat shield. This entry to mid-level shotgun boasts remarkable features and is the perfect addition to your home defense collection. Get the best gun deals online by ordering the Savage 320 Security from GrabAGun!
Serious, practical, hunters love the Savage Stevens M301 for its utilitarian and rugged design. This single-shot, break-action shotgun gets straight to the point and leaves nothing behind. Not only does it stand up to heavy field usage, but it’s also simple to operate. With removable choke tubes, a forearm release for disassembly, and a manual hammer blocking safety, this shotgun can take anything you throw at it.
Accurate Rifles for Sale
The Savage Axis II Precision OD Green 6.5 Creedmoor proves that you don’t have to sacrifice accuracy and performance for a budget-friendly weapon. In fact, this precision rifle features exclusive Modular Driven Technologies (MDT) upgrades like its unique MDT chassis. Its simple design also includes a smaller ejection port and an easily adjustable, no-creep AccuTrigger. Whether you're a novice gun owner or expert firearms enthusiast, the Savage Axis II precision will fit all of your long-range shooting needs. Find firearms online like the Savage Axis II from GrabAGun!
If you’re looking for a serious tack driver that packs a ton of power, then look no further than the Savage Mark II FV-SR. Quiet, smooth, and accurate, this bolt action rifle is unlike anything you’ve seen before. Enjoy the uniquely oversized bolt handle for easy maneuverability, as well as the one-piece scope rail for upgraded accuracy. It’s perfect for mid-level shooters at close or long-range distances. The Savage Mark II FV-SR is the most reliable rifle, no matter the circumstance.
The Savage Model 64F .22 LR Semi Automatic Rifle is a rifle that is perfect in its versatility. It is fitting for novice gun owners, recreational shooting, and even small game hunting and varmints. It delivers adaptability and fun with legendary accuracy and quality at an unparalleled price. Easy to use and perfectly balanced, this rimfire autoloader will stand up to even the harshest weather conditions without wearing down or rusting. The Savage Model 64F is also lightweight—just 5 pounds—but it still delivers that rugged, heavy-duty feel with a full grip. No matter your needs, this rifle will consistently deliver.
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You will have opportunities at Coe that will optimize and enhance entrance to medical school through excellent academic preparation coupled with:
- Communication skill development, with programs like Writing Across the Curriculum, the Speaking Center and the nationally recognized Coe Writing Center
- Personal attention for advising
- An environment that fosters an appreciation for theatre, art, music, social sciences and athletics
- Research opportunities in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology and economics through summer programs and independent study (about 50 students participate in research each summer)
- Volunteer opportunities in patient care at two nearby regional hospitals, as well as many other medical offices in the MedQuarter
- Participation in pre-medicine conferences, such as at the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa
- Interaction with alumni and invited speakers in health, medicine and biomedical research
Our location provides internship opportunities at six medical centers and hundreds of other companies such as Cargill, ADM, Iowa Academy of Science, Integrated DNA Technologies, the DNR and many more.
Campus is within walking distance of two top 25 teaching hospitals, St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Medical Center, as well as many other medical offices in the MedQuarter, where students have volunteer and internship opportunities with patient care.
Coe's exceptional health and science internship program offers students a chance to spend May Term exploring career options in medicine, laboratory science or related fields.
One of the advantages of being at a school like Coe is the opportunity conduct research with one of your professors. This can take place during the academic year — as an independent study — or during the summer. The faculty have advanced training in their field of expertise and bring this wealth of knowledge to the laboratory setting. Keep in mind that most summer positions at Coe include pay, free housing and a free course credit. Coe's Research Experience for Undergraduate site funds students from across the nation to come and do research at Coe — it also is open to Coe students.
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What is Public Affairs?
Public affairs is a term used to describe an organisation’s relationship with stakeholders. These are individuals or groups with an interest in the organisation's affairs, such as politicians (MPs, MSPs, AMs, MLAs, MEPs), civil servants, customers and local communities, clients, shareholders, trade associations, think tanks, business groups, charities, unions and the media.
Public affairs practitioners engage stakeholders in order to explain organisational policies and views on public policy issues, assisting policy makers and legislators in amending or laying down better policy and legislation. They provide statistical and factual information and lobby on issues which could impact upon the organisation's ability to operate successfully.
“Lobbying serves an important function in politics – by putting forward the views of stakeholders to policy makers, it helps in the development of better legislation” - Introducing a Statutory Register of Lobbyists, Consultation Paper, January 2012.
Public affairs work combines government relations, media communications, issue management, corporate and social responsibility, information dissemination and strategic communications advice. Practitioners aim to influence public policy, build and maintain a strong reputation and find common ground with stakeholders.
There may often also be some aspects of public affairs and policy work associated with working in public relations, press and media relations and crisis communications.
Public Affairs Job Titles
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An 11-year-old Ohio girl who had overcome brain cancer as a toddler fatally shot herself after being subjected to “relentless” bullying for more than a year, her family and officials said.
Bethany Thompson, a sixth-grader at Triad Middle School, took her own life on Oct. 19 after being tormented by a group of boys at school and enduring insults about her “crooked smile,” according to her mother, Wendy Feucht.
“There were boys at school that were just relentless—anything to get a rise out of her,” Feucht told TIME on Tuesday. “She would react and get upset. There’s only so much you can ignore. She was just done.”
Bethany was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008 when she was 3 years old. The little girl survived after undergoing surgery to remove the tumor and radiation treatments the same year. But nerve damage from the operation affected her smile. Her appearance was just one of many traits that her school bullies targeted to make fun of her.
“It wasn’t a huge issue, but she was very sensitive about it,” her mother said. “She had been picked on it before.”
On the day she took her life, Bethany told her best friend on the school bus ride home that she would kill herself once she got there. By the time her friend alerted an adult, Bethany had found a gun that was kept in the family’s home, walked to the back porch and shot herself. Her mother found her body.
“It was a complete shock,” Feucht said. “What was she thinking? What was so bad that she didn’t think anything could fix it, that she couldn’t tell anybody who loved her?”
“She just felt she had to take matters into her own hands,” she added. “It’s sad and it’s awful that she felt nobody could help her.”
The Champaign County Medical Examiner and Coroner’s office said preliminary findings show Bethany died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Feucht said the worst of the bullying took place last year when her daughter shared several classes with her tormenters. She and the school worked to rearrange Bethany’s schedule this year to create distance between them. Bethany’s mother and the school district thought the change seemed to make things better, but one bully still had one class with her, Feucht said.
Chris Piper, the superintendent of Triad Local Schools, said that “there were no further instances” of bullying after the schedule change. “Those instances stopped,” he said, adding that the school district investigates every report of bullying.
Feucht said she’s more sad, confused and disappointed than angry about how her daughter’s case was handled. She now hopes to spread awareness about the serious consequences of bullying.
“Even to a certain aspect, I didn’t know the struggles Bethany was going through. It takes one kid to look at them and say something and they’re gone,” she said. “Everything happens for a reason. Is it sad? Yes, it’s sad. But if her death stops bullying, this is what it took to get people to open their eyes.”
Feucht remembered her daughter as a kind-hearted and funny little girl who loved superheroes and animals and had dreams of one day being a veterinarian or paleontologist.
“I know that she’s in heaven. She’s happy and she’s perfect. She’s not hurting anymore,” she said. “I’ll see her again one day. I find a lot of comfort in knowing that.”
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Huawei, together with Thailand National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Communication (NBTC) and Siriraj Hospital, recently initiated ‘Unmanned Vehicle Pilot Project Driving Thai Healthcare to 5G Era’ to pioneer the use of the unmanned vehicle for the first time in smart hospital in this ASEAN country.
The self-driving delivery vehicle takes advantage of 5G technology from Huawei to bring about contactless delivery solution of medical supplies, which will elevate the medical system to 5G era by applying world-class technology and innovation to drive medical services and the healthcare industry.
Such technology can replace manpower in logistics services as it can operate in complex environments. The autonomous car offers safe, convenient and cost-effective solutions while reducing workload for healthcare worker and improving patient safety. The 5G technology integration will then be progressively applied in the national health system for Smart Hospital transformation in the near future.
“The NBTC has been utilizing 5G technology with remote medical services by connecting with Community Health Promotion Hospital and large local hospitals in piloting remote treatment of four diseases – such as eye diseases, skin diseases, blood pressure abnormalities and diabetes. Moreover, the remote medical care has also expanded to local prisons, namely Khao Bin Central Prison and Ratchaburi Central Prison in Ratchaburi province, to give easier medical access to people and prisoners in remote areas. The ongoing projects by the NBTC aim to drive greater benefits of 5G innovation into different aspects of life across the country,” said Takorn Tantasith, Secretary-General of the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission.
“Thailand has the advantages of the successful 5G auction and of being one of the 5G leaders in ASEAN. The NBTC recognizes the competitive advantages and promotes the integration of 5G technology in different sectors to close the digital divide in the country. This is to get Thailand ready for digital transformation in driving our daily life, work and manufacturing forward,” added the Secretary-General of the NBTC.
After the first test trial in Siriraj Hospital, the oldest and largest hospital in Thailand at the frontline of the fight against COVID-19, the NBTC will evaluate the benefits and efficiency of the 5G-enable unmanned vehicle before maximizing results from this pilot project to leverage the unmanned vehicle in different uses, as well as in other hospitals.
Prof. Dr. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, said, “As a result of COVID-19 situation, the safety of patients and medical workers must be prioritized, including effective use of resources. Siriraj Hospital places importance on taking full advantage of digital technology in order to holistically increase the efficiency of medical services and operations. The pilot project of 5G unmanned vehicle will enhance the central logistics system within the hospital. At the initial stage, it will be used to transport and distribute medicines for contactless delivery which will help reduce workload and infection risks of frontline workers. This is another important step to improve the quality of healthcare services for long-term development and sustainability.”
Mr. Abel Deng, CEO of Huawei Thailand, said that “As a leading global company in technology, Huawei is honored and delighted to continuously take part in assisting Thai medical staff. The pilot project of the driverless vehicle for Siriraj Hospital will operate under Huawei’s 5G technology to help transport medical supplies within the hospital. This pilot project exemplifies the accelerated digitalization of Thailand’s medical services as 5G will play a key role in the next generation of healthcare. The 5G applications in the public health domain could also inspire businesses in other sectors to leverage 5G’s popularity and explore new applications of the technology. Most significantly, 5G technology will be the key driving force to recover the Thai economy and drive new economic and societal growth for the country across every aspect.” | <urn:uuid:33dc73c8-f54c-4137-8a3d-9496d19a491a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.techandteen.com/huawei-pilots-5g-unmanned-vehicle-in-thailand-smart-hospital/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.935032 | 804 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Psychophysical studies indicate that many dyslexics have a motion-processing deficit. The purpose of this study was to determine whether elevated motion coherence thresholds correlate with the specific dyslexic subtypes as defined by the Boder classification scheme.
Twenty-one dyslexics (seven dyseidetics, six dysphonetics, and eight dysphoneidetics) and 19 age- and gender-matched controls participated in the study. The dyslexics were identified by an exclusionary approach and then subtyped with the Adult Dyslexia Test or the Dyslexia Determination Test. Motion coherence thresholds were determined with random dot kinematograms composed of signal dots and noise dots. Signal dots moved either left or right on each trial, whereas noise dots moved in random directions. The percentage of dots that comprised the signal was varied randomly on each trial (0 to 21% in 3% increments). Subjects guessed the direction of signal dot motion on each trial (two-alternative forced-choice task). A 75% correct threshold was determined with a Weibull equation fit to the psychometric function.
All three dyslexic subtypes had elevated motion coherence thresholds (t-test; dyseidetics p = 0.01, dysphonetics p = 0.039, dysphoneidetics p = 0.048).
Motion-coherence deficits are not correlated with a specific dyslexic subtype, but, rather, are common to all subtypes. However, some individuals in each of the dyslexic subtypes were found to have normal motion coherence thresholds, suggesting that other factors must be considered to predict the motion sensitivity deficits found in dyslexia. | <urn:uuid:223299dc-409f-44c5-96a8-1ed6a2796326> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/Abstract/2001/07000/All_Developmental_Dyslexic_Subtypes_Display_an.14.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.937881 | 358 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Credit cards are great. I’m a huge fan. More often than not they allow you to obtain basically 1% back on purchases, give or take. (That’s those points people are always going on about).
Unfortunately, these are only great if you NEVER PAY INTEREST. In the case of credit cards, this is simple. Pay your statement balance in full every month and you never need fear paying 15, 20 or even 25% interest.
How Bad is it to Pay Credit Card Interest?
Really, really bad.
If you maintain a $10,000 balance on your credit cards you’ll end up paying something like $200 per month just for the privilege.
If you can’t keep up with the interest, you’ll probably have to declare bankruptcy. The interest rates on credit cards are so high that your balance will double every 3 to 5 years.
So, let’s say that your $10,000 balance is getting charged interest at a rate of 25%. After 6 years the balance will be $40,000 and the annual interest will be $10,000. That’s right, after 6 years your annual interest is equal to your original balance!
So How DO You Avoid Paying Interest
It turns out to be simple, but as with most things, Saturday Night Live said it best.
This is all of Personal Finance
- Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford
- If You Don’t Have Money You Should Not Buy Anything
Problems In Life Have Solutions Which Fall on Two Axes
A solution can be simple or complex and the implementing the solution can be easy or hard. What does that even mean?
Well, it’s best to learn by example, if I have a bacterial infection I can take antibiotics (for the time being anyway). This is a complicated solution which is easy for me to implement. I am not clever enough to have come up with antibiotics. (Seriously, it would never have occurred to me that some mold could be used to fight bacteria.)
A complicated solution that is difficult to implement might be Chemotherapy. The treatment is complicated and very hard to do.
A simple solution that is easy to implement is like making yourself a sandwich. You’re hungry. You just take some meat, bread and (hopefully!) veggies. Boom, sandwich.
A simple solution that is hard to implement is diet and exercise as a method of losing weight. It isn’t complicated, burn more calories than you consume, but it is hard.
People hate simple hard solutions, and they love complex easy solutions. Given the choice between a hypothetical pill that would make you fit and a regimen of diet and exercise who wouldn’t prefer the pill?
This is exactly why there are so many snake-oil salesmen in the personal finance game, there are a million get-rich-quick books. There are probably just as many lose-weight-easy books. There is no complex-easy solution to your finances, there is also no lack of people who will try to use complicated methods to bamboozle you into thinking they have an easy solution for your finances.
There is no easy solution.
There is only the simple solution.
You Must Spend Less Than You Earn
So what if you already are in a significant amount of credit card debt? Well, my rule of thumb is that you should treat anything you buy as costing 3x as much. Why?
That’s a reasonable rule of thumb for how much it’ll cost you after the interest.
What does this mean? Well, food is still worth buying. Need to eat, I’m willing to pay 3 times for food if that’s what it costs. Need to live somewhere; willing to pay 3 times for that too. I am not willing to pay 3 times as much to go to the movies. I am not willing to pay 3 times as much to go out to eat.
So if you have credit card debt, excluding your credit card payments and interest:
You Must Spend Less Than 1/3rd of What You Earn
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Adam Woods is a physicist. His research interests include building software to run and build geomagnetic models. Adam got interested in personal finance in the great recession when it became obvious an interest was necessary.
After harassing his friends and family (and a short intervention) he took to the web where he blogs about finance, investment, politics, and economics.
Adam is currently located in Boulder, Colorado where he can generally be found hiking, biking, or running a D&D campaign. He can also be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:712549fc-0f42-4efc-ac0d-ef4b34afac07> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thousandaire.com/credit-card-debt-will-kill-you-and-eat-your-children/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.96215 | 987 | 1.75 | 2 |
Often we can identify a city, a picture of a street and even a balcony . The facades are always a reflection of how the city and how people are , depending on where we are the balconies allow you to see more or less faithful urban reality.
Distinguish places facades
If we close their eyes and not ask us where we are, when you open them and see a small square buildings and balconies, we could identify almost certainly the Autonomous Region where we are. We are used to look when we walk through the streets, at the height of our eyes but there up more .
As is the weather so are the buildings, this factor you can join that of l as traditions of the place, most commonly used materials and their nearest source . There are parts of our cities that have a popular architecture which has made constructions have remained in a similar way and they all belong to a nearby period in time. Consider that the facades like any project, can not touch architecturally without proper permits, so if p e can make a simple, is to give a personal touch to our balcony that differentiates or equal, according pretend, of others.
Ideas to decorate a balcony
Do not paint the facade even from our balcony, that the community to stay the same all the facade is responsible, it is decided on joint owners. Taking care of the maintenance of the slabs that cover the pavement , to avoid cracks, crevices and possible humidities.
If the balcony is in a humid and sunny city, the use of wood is perfect . We can put a tile floor with teak wood treated in autoclave to not swell too much in the changes of time.
If you like plants , Lattice work teak wood that ado-sen the walls and have a regular or irregular pattern, so that through them grow plants in a planter wood, also teak and self – supporting, we serve also counterweight to hold the entire wooden structure . Everything depends on the space that count and if the balcony is open or closed. The choice of plants is important, whether they are outside or inside , the roots that will in the near future and the type of sun and moisture they will need. There are very good small orange trees with a thin trunk and cut glass into a ball , we can also choose geraniums full sphere , so we need a lot of sun. Choosing curtains , decorate the interior but also look on the outside. From embroidered thread are an option that does not detract from light into the room and provides a discreet and elegant touch to our balcony. Finally choose the ceiling light we want, more romantic: forging; more modern: instead of ceiling, leds on the walls. | <urn:uuid:6349a91a-4dd5-478f-9f59-e3414a1728b0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://amateurs-paradise.com/decorate-the-facade-of-the-building/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955565 | 559 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 12th July, 2022, Chainwire A long-lasting problem confronting the blockchain globe as well as NFT proprietors is the distinctive absence of legal clearness and legal civil liberties in the enforcement of electronic asset purchases.
Today, Vleppo as well as Tokel have actually effectively conducted an innovation electronic treatment that will lead the way for the blockchain industry as well as NFT proprietors to establish as well as allow their legal rights personified in the NFTs as well as digital transactions to be made lawfully enforceable in the courts of law around the globe. In June 2022, Vleppo established a Blockchain Contract Management System(CMS -RRB- that enables NFT proprietors to create an electronic contract by embedding their NFT on-chain ID directly right into the Blockchain record of the same digital contract.
This apparently straightforward electronic treatment nevertheless has enormous ground-breaking significance for the digital world. Through this process, the NFT can now serve as an immutable evidentiary support for the digital agreement, for life linking both together. This link is conveniently evident since Vleppo Blockchain system, called Alysides, which is a tailored fork of the Komodo Protocol, is both permissionless and public.
This Vleppo Solution has for the very first time finally dealt with the historical issue of the blockchain sector and NFT proprietors concerning the absence of clearness on the lawful enforceability of clever agreements as related to NFTs. That Vleppo has established a solution is most welcoming along with offering an excellent feeling of relief to owners of useful NFTs. For a contract to be legitimately enforceable it requires to fully satisfy the elements of (1) deal(2)approval(3)factor to consider(4 )capability of the celebrations to contract and also (5) an intent between events to develop as well as be bound to lawful relations.
The very first three elements are satisfied by any kind of clever agreement. Lawful concerns emerge, nevertheless, when trying to demonstrate that both events meant to produce legal relationships and/or have the capability to agreement. Due to the fact that present clever contracts in seclusion are incapable of definitively verifying that these qualitative elements of a legitimately enforceable contract have actually been satisfied, this is. For that reason, it is common practice for smart contracts to be come with by a different natural agreement.
Comparative, an electronic contract or clever agreement performed in the Vleppo CMS, where the ID of the NFT is embedded right into the Blockchain record of the contract, makes certain that the web link in between the NFT and also underlying agreement can not be broken. The Vleppo Solution is Blockchain agnostic as this unique solution supplies lawful enforceability improvement to NFT owners, despite whether the NFT is on Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, or any other Blockchain.
Moreover, because of the Komodo Protocol superior layout and absence of dependence on gas-style & transaction fees, Vleppo CMS can fit also the very complicated legal setups in ‘a budget friendly and effective method comparison to’various other prominent methods, such as Ethereum. Being Blockchain-enabled, Vleppo can offer further additional value-added solutions to users such as repayments, escrow, and also Blockchain-governed conflict resolution– basically every little thing needed to perform and also resolve agreements.
Chris Sloan, Chair of the Emerging Companies Team at United States lawful company Baker Donelson stated: The idea of, for instance, installing an NFT of a tune into a Ricardian agreement that specifies a customer legal rights relative to that tune is a nice marital relationship of the benefits of an NFT in terms of having the ability to track the distribution of an electronic property like that with conventional contract legislation & throughout a panel conversation held on Thursday 7th July following the Vleppo and Tokel demo.
Throughout the very same panel conversation, Jesper L & oslash; ffler Nielsen, Associate Partner at Focus Advokater, highlighted the detach in between the desire and positivity in the EU to welcome Blockchain services for IP and activity, referencing the 2019 Blockchain Now and also Tomorrow European Commission Report mentioning & lsquo; & hellip;yet we(the EU)are moving slowly since that remained in 2019 and now we are 2022 and as far as I understand there hasn & t been any kind of “major jumps ahead when it involves identifying some of these applications(of ‘Blockchain and also IP).
& Through the Vleppo CMS, a remedy is now offered to successfully handle the void between the digital asset globe and present regulation. Peter Coco, Vleppo CEO said It has been a lengthy slog. It is a big huge for the Vleppo Team to be able to savor enjoy sweet smell odor success. At long last, the problem that has postured an obstacle to the blockchain world as well as NFT owners, concerning the distinctive absence of legal clarity and also legal rights in clever agreements, is ultimately solved.
We would invite the chance to aid all blockchain business as well as NFT proprietors to improve their existing smart and also electronic agreements along with their NFTs to be identified as legitimately binding agreements in law courts. Peter will certainly be at DMCC Free Trade Zone in Dubai to meet companions and financiers in mid-late July to review the prospective world of applications of Vleppo innovation as well as the following action in helping owners of NFTs” as well as various other electronic possessions to unlock and monetize their value. Regarding Vleppo Established in 2018, Vleppo is a Web3 blockchain service supplier. Its applications have been focused on creating a Blockchain-integrated collection of service devices for consultants, enterprises, as well as smes. | <urn:uuid:d7706bc6-eb37-427f-a00b-8ce4b285ee71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stupen.com/top-news-7/vleppo-and-tokel-make-nft-rights-legally-enforceable-in-the-real-world-leveraging-komodo-technology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.956539 | 1,190 | 1.5 | 2 |
EPSRC and NERC are looking to fund proposals with a specific focus on quantum sensing being applied to transform one or more areas of environmental science.
Through this funding opportunity, EPSRC and NERC are looking to:
- increase collaboration between environmental scientists, quantum scientists and engineers
- explore the potential for quantum sensing to transform multiple areas of environmental science
- accelerate uptake of quantum sensing in environmental science applications.
The environmental science community are significant users of sensing technologies. Previous advances in sensor technologies, such as low-cost distributed sensor networks, have transformed our understanding of the environment.
Whilst quantum sensors are not yet a low-cost technology, the development of field deployable, high-resolution, mobile sensors has huge potential to deliver new understanding of the environment. These devices would:
- fill a different capability gap by offering sensitivity and temporal resolution at scale
- provide complementary data, which could be combined with other forms of environmental sensing to generate significant benefits.
By working in partnership, EPSRC and NERC will fund research activities together, building collaborations between the NERC and quantum technologies communities and leveraging the expertise of the internationally leading UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP).
Research activities will enable the UK’s substantial expertise in quantum sensing to address the most promising and exciting environmental science problems, building world-leading capability in quantum sensing for environmental science challenges.
About your proposal
- be within the remit of the EPSRC quantum technology theme
- have a specific focus in quantum sensing being applied to transform one or more areas of environmental science
- be from an appropriate multidisciplinary team made up of researchers from both quantum technology and environmental science.
To help you put forward a compelling and transformative proposal you could seek to include:
- industry collaboration and secondments
- partnerships with other academic researchers, both in the UK and abroad
- at least one co-investigator, bringing complementary experience and different skills.
If you are unsure whether your proposed research fits this remit, you can submit a remit query to the quantum technologies team using the email address provided in the ‘contact’ section.
Research in the area of quantum technologies for fundamental physics is out of the scope of this opportunity. If you have any questions about this exclusion, please email email@example.com for more information.
We are expecting a high volume of applications to this funding opportunity. There is no limit to the number of applications from a host organisation, but as this scheme will fund only the highest quality applications, we encourage organisations to focus their efforts on an appropriate, relatively small number of high quality applications in order to improve their success rates.
Potential research areas
You can submit a proposal in any area of quantum sensing for environmental science where there is a compelling case that quantum sensing could be transformative. Application areas could include, but are not limited to:
- quantum sensors for invisible water, including:
- flood and drought management
- climate change adaptation
- quantum sensors for carbon sequestration, such as net zero carbon
- quantum sensors for subsea mapping, oceanography, subsea navigation, such as the blue economy
- quantum sensors for soil characterisation:
- precision agriculture
- sustainable soil management
- nutrient management
- quantum sensor network for space weather, including:
- critical national infrastructure
- ecological applications of quantum-enabled radar, such as the impact of the urban landscape on migratory bird routes.
Find out more about EPSRC’s quantum technology theme.
Funding and duration
Up to £3 million of joint EPSRC and NERC funding is available. Proposals must have a value between £350,000 and £1 million full economic cost. EPSRC and NERC will fund 80% of the full economic cost of your project.
Your project should run for 18 to 36 months. Grants must start on or before 13 February 2023.
You may request funding for:
- staff costs
- equipment and other items needed to carry out the project
- costs related to impact
- travel and subsistence
- career development activities and training.
Individual items of equipment below £10,000 (including VAT) can be included in proposals for individual research projects and will be paid at 80% full economic costing (fEC). They should be included in ‘other directly incurred costs’ within your Joint Electronic Submission system application. If VAT or import duty do not apply, a value of zero should be entered in the relevant fields.
The £10,000 threshold applies to individual items of equipment. Where items costing £10,000 and below are to be combined into one asset costing more than £10,000, these items should be included as a directly-incurred equipment cost as one item.
Find out more about the EPSRC approach to equipment funding.
Additional justification and supporting documentation are required for items over £10,000. For details, see equipment on research grants.
EPSRC will fund 80% of the final purchase price of equipment.
Funding is available for proposals of duration between 18 to 36 months.
Responsible research and innovation
EPSRC and NERC are fully committed to develop and promote responsible research and innovation that makes a positive contribution to society and the environment, not just through research outputs and outcomes but through the way in which research and innovation is conducted and facilities are managed.
Research has the ability to not only produce understanding, knowledge and value, but also unintended consequences, questions, ethical dilemmas and, at times, unexpected social transformations.
We recognise that we have a duty of care to promote approaches to responsible innovation that will initiate ongoing reflection about the potential ethical and societal implications of the research that we sponsor and encourage our research community to do likewise. Applicants are expected to work within the EPSRC framework for responsible innovation.
As this is a joint EPSRC and NERC funding opportunity, grant holders must also adopt responsible research practices set out in the NERC responsible business statement. Responsible research is defined as reducing harm and enhancing benefit on the environment and society through effective management of research activities and facilities. Specifically, this covers:
- the natural environment
- the local community
- equality, diversity and inclusion.
- consider responsible research and innovation in the context of your project, not just your host institution as a whole
- take action to enhance your responsible research approach where practicable and reasonable.
If you plan to include international collaborators in your proposal, you should visit Trusted Research for information and advice on how to get the most out of international collaboration whilst protecting intellectual property, sensitive research and personal information. | <urn:uuid:c82bcfba-498a-4b6d-bbe9-bf827d600274> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/quantum-sensing-for-environmental-sciences/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.921419 | 1,380 | 1.90625 | 2 |
How Pigeons Dominate Cities
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When People Stop Flying: On March 19, 2019, TSA screened 2.4 million passengers entering US airports. On March 19, 2020, that number was only 623,000. This loss of 1.8 million passengers due to the global pandemic means that airlines lose more than 70% of their daily operating revenue, and companies who rent space from airports to provide dining, retail, and other services see a 75% drop in daily income. Jeff Davis outlines what is to come afterward, from layoffs to service cuts to disruption to the aerospace supply chain. (Jeff Davis | Eno Center for Transportation)
COVID-19’s Lasting Effects on Cities: Across the globe, strict travel restrictions are already having severe impacts on productivity, air pollution, and carbon emissions. In response, cities have been fortifying their transit systems by increasing disinfecting procedures, though ridership in the Western world continues to plummet. In cities like Daegu, South Korea, and Vo, Italy, radical data transparency has been employed to expand testing, identify infection hotspots, and connect those infected with care. Time will tell just how influential the implications are on privacy, the economy, the environment, and public space. (Schuyler Null & Hillary Smith | The City Fix)
How Pigeons Dominate Cities: A new study of hundreds of bird species in 27 cities worldwide has found that birds survive on cities based on two survival skills: brain power and breeding power. Birds with large, well-developed brains have helped them navigate city streets and forage for food. Pigeons are not the most intelligent urban birds, but they make up for it with their breeding power. The study’s results illuminate how humans influence which species make it in cities. (Nina Pullano | Inverse)
Time to Take Space from Cars: As people self-isolate and travel demand craters, cities should take advantage of the virtual disappearance of traffic to built out bike and pedestrian networks. Biking especially is a hygienic alternative to transit or ride-hail in a time where urban residents still must make essential trips to supermarkets and drugstores while still maintaining social distancing. Bogota, Colombia, has already begun painting bike lanes overnight, and New York and Mexico City have witnessed massive surges in bike ridership. (Andrew J. Hawkins | The Verge)
Density Is Still Good for Us: On Sunday, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York tweeted that “There is a density level in NYC that is destructive.” Density may be bad for people in a pandemic, but Emily Badger argues that density protects urban dwellers from many other calamities. In a defense of density, she posits that density makes mass transit possible, allows for more affordable housing, and lets urban residents pool resources together for social safety nets or resilience during natural disasters. (Emily Badger | New York Times)
Quote of the Week
I have worked through snow scares, a blizzard, two derechos, holidays, anything that can impact a grocery store. This is the absolute worst I have seen it. It is a sea of people everywhere.
-Grocery store cashier Courtney Meadows in Brookings talking about the impact of COVID-19 on workers.
This week on the podcast, Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic joins us for our annual prediction show recorded before the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Normal placentation through the 1st trimester sets the stage for the rest of pregnancy and involves a finely orchestrated cellular and molecular interplay of maternal and fetal tissues. intrauterine growth restriction and placental abruption. Although 1st trimester placentation is definitely affected my multiple factors preconception environmental influences such as mode of conception including aided reproductive systems which result in fertilization in vitro and intrauterine influences due to sex variations are growing as potential significant factors impacting 1st trimester placentation. studies using trophoblast and various different cell lines have been invaluable to understand underlying mechanisms leading to disease. . In utero programming impacts health of offspring The GSK1904529A implications of abnormalities in placentation and fetal growth have been shown to have a long-term impact on the health of the fetus. The concept of fetal/development origins of adult health and disease known as the ‘Barker Hypothesis’ has been well established . Conditions that effect the intrauterine environment such as poor maternal nourishment poor placentation and pre-eclampsia GSK1904529A result Rtn4r in fetal reprogramming which can manifest in low fetal birth weight alterations in neonatal body composition and changes in placental shape and size . These factors possess in turn been linked to adult disease later on in existence. Multiple large epidemiologic studies have found associations with a variety of adult-onset diseases including metabolic syndrome atherosclerosis coronary artery disease type 2 diabetes mellitus stroke and obesity . For example infants born from pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia have been shown to have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke . Another large epidemiologic study found low birth weight to be a predictor of all cause mortality in women and premature death in men . Additionally numerous rodent and sheep models exist demonstrating the physiologic and molecular mechanisms underlying these different disease processes . While the underlying mechanisms of these adult diseases are variable and complex it is clear that early placentation and fetal programming play an important role. Impact of genetics and epigenetics on placentation and pregnancy outcome Genetics The placenta is the main source of nutrition for the fetus and regulation of genes that impact placental growth and nutrient transfer as well as their interaction with the environment play an important role in fetal health . The maternal paternal and fetal genome all impact placentation for both imprinted and non-imprinted genes. Haig’s ‘parental genetic conflict’ postulates a conflict between maternal drive to balance allocation of resources between the mother and offspring and the paternal drive to maximize extraction of maternal resources for GSK1904529A the benefit of the offspring . Paternally derived genes stimulate placental invasion and intrauterine growth while maternally derived genes tend to have the opposite effect . GSK1904529A Additionally non-imprinted genes from the fetus and placenta with one gene copy derived from each parent also play an important role in placentation . Multiple studies have found a link between maternal and paternal heritability and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Both men and women who were small for gestational age (SGA) themselves are more likely to parent a child with SGA and these women are more also likely to develop pre-eclampsia during pregnancy . Maternal type-I diabetes mellitus has also been shown to confer a 4-fold increased risk of pre-eclampsia . Additionally paternal genetics play a role in increased risk of pre-eclampsia in women who GSK1904529A become pregnant by a partner who has fathered a pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia with another women . While these are population-based research they display epidemiologic proof a connection between parental pregnancy and genetics results. Epigenetics and imprinted genes Epigenetics the analysis of hereditary reprogramming resulting in adjustments in gene manifestation and phenotypes by numerous kinds of regulation such as for example DNA methylation histone adjustments and non-coding RNAs is a large concentrate of recent study. | <urn:uuid:3aab419d-2a80-48e6-b658-1a32ed68971e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://perlierusa.com/normal-placentation-through-the-1st-trimester-sets-the-stage-for-the/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.936872 | 881 | 2.59375 | 3 |
June 28, 1924
July 7, 1975
The Road to the Opry
Born some seventy miles west of Nashville, George Thomas Morgan moved a couple of years later with his family to Barberton, Ohio. At age eleven, he learned to play guitar, and he made early appearances on radio in Ohio at WAKR–Akron and WWST–Wooster. His career gathered momentum on the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia, during the 1940s.
In September 1948, Eddy Arnold decided to leave the Grand Ole Opry. Morgan, whose singing style was similar, joined the show on September 25, 1948, without benefit of a hit record. Columbia Records had signed Morgan just days before, on September 14, but due to the 1948 musicians’ union strike, he was prevented from recording until January 16, 1949.
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“Candy Kisses” and Other Hits
Recorded at that first session, his composition “Candy Kisses” launched his recording career with a bang, eventually reaching #1 on the country charts. On April 30, 1949, Morgan accounted for half the listings on Billboard’s Country Top Ten chart. In addition to his three singles then on the chart—“Candy Kisses” (#2), “Rainbow in My Heart” (#8) and “Please, Don’t Let Me Love You” (#9)—he was represented by covers of “Candy Kisses” by Elton Britt (#8) and Red Foley (#10).
That first year proved to be his biggest on the charts, with six singles ultimately hitting the Top Ten in 1949. Of these, “Room Full of Roses” (#4, 1949) was Morgan’s only record to cross over onto the pop charts (#25).
Recorded at his first recording session, his composition “Candy Kisses” launched his recording career with a bang, eventually reaching #1 on the country charts. On April 30, 1949, Morgan accounted for half the listings on Billboard’s Country Top Ten chart.
Morgan left the Opry in 1956 to host a TV show on Nashville station WLAC, but he returned to the Opry in 1959 and remained a popular presence there until his death. After seventeen years with Columbia, Morgan left the label in 1965. He moved on to the Starday and Stop labels, and then Decca/MCA in 1971, where he scored his biggest hit in years with “Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town” (#21, 1973–74). His last recordings were made for 4 Star.
In 1973, Morgan watched proudly when youngest daughter, Lorrie Morgan, made her Opry debut. Sadly, George Morgan died not long after his fifty-first birthday, from complications following open-heart surgery. Through the wonders of electronics, a posthumous father-daughter duet, “I’m Completely Satisfied with You,” charted briefly in 1979. —Walt Trott
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The constellation Cancer The Crab.
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According to an ancient Greek legend, the figure of a gigantic crab was placed in the nighttime sky by the goddess Hera to form the constellation Cancer. Hera was the jealous wife of the sky god, Zeus
. Zeus had an affair with Alcmene, the queen of Tiryns, and they had a child, Heracles
Hera swore to kill Heracles, the most famous Greek hero. Hera attempted to kill Heracles in many different ways, but each time his incredible physical strength allowed him to survive. He was famous in the ancient world for his great strength. The Romans called him Hercules.
Heracles committed a great crime and in order to be forgiven, he had to perform twelve difficult tasks. One of these tasks was destroying the terrible water-serpent, Hydra. This serpent was sacred to Hera. During the battle between Heracles and Hydra, the goddess Hera sent a giant crab to aid the serpent.
A violent fight took place and the serpent bit Heracles' heel. But Heracles, being so strong, killed the crab by smashing its shell with his foot. After he did this he returned home to the city of Mycenae a hero. As a reward for its service, Hera placed the crab's image in the night sky.
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Unconfounded Meaning In Urdu
Unconfounded Meaning in English to Urdu is خدا غارت کرے, as written in Urdu and Khuda Ghaarat Karay, as written in Roman Urdu. Accurate Unconfounded Translation, Synonyms and Antonyms.
خدا غارت کرے
Khuda Ghaarat Karay
|Khuda Satyanaas Karay||خدا ستیاناس کرے|
|Khuda Ghaarat Karay||خدا غارت کرے|
Definitions of Unconfounded
adj. Not confounded.
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In this first part we shall understand Risk.
Risk, word itself creates a sense of fear in mind. We all want to avoid risk, but unfortunately we cannot. Risk is everywhere. We cannot avoid it and that’s why we must understand the risk and learn the ways to manage it. Being cautious and taking necessary steps to manage risk is better than living in avoidance behaviour.
All investment products carry risk, even Fixed return products carry risk. Risk of getting negative real return.
Real Return = Nominal return – Inflation
In real world the inflation is much more higher than the data published by govt agencies. In personal finance, the definition of inflation should be, a rate at which your expenses are growing yearly due to price rise and change in life style. With increase in lifestyle expenses and constantly decreasing interest rates, fixed return products hardly can give any real return after adjusting effect of inflation.
Definition of market risk is ‘Risk of losing money due to market correction or due to falling prices of security bought in portfolio.”
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4. Of course, it helps if your hat is surrounded by chicks.
Yes, the pom pom chicks are hanging from the hat. But at least they’re there for the portrait.
5. Seems like she’s wearing a bird’s nest this Easter.
Well, the look is intentionally anyway. But the birds and eggs seem to be of different colors.
6. How about some carrots on your porkpie?
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8. For an Easter bonnet, there’s no limit on shades of pink.
This one has a blue bird on the side and a glittery silver branch. Still, you can’t help but love this one.
9. This bee has been buzzing around this little girl’s bonnet for quite some time.
Then again, the effect is intentional. Nevertheless, it’s so cute.
10. On Easter, one can never carry too many plushies around.
Man, this guy has a whole hat of plushies that seems rather heavy. And wearing a necklace of stuffed bunnies to boot.
11. No Easter parade would be complete without this egg.
Well, egg Easter bonnet anyway. Still, not sure how someone should wear this thing.
12. It’s not an Easter bonnet without the rabbit ears.
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13. Seems like she’s topped off with a rather bespectacled chick.
Because the chick in question has a pair of pipe cleaner glasses. Still, that’s cute.
14. On any Easter bonnet, one can never have too many flowers.
This one seems to have Easter flowers all over the hat. And even the chickies are wearing straw hats of their own.
15. Sometimes a small Easter basket will do.
Well, I guess that one didn’t take very long to make. Not sure if this woman is wearing it right though.
16. Sometimes it helps to go a little low key now and then.
This one is just a green turban with red flowers. Seems doable but might be harder than it looks.
17. How about top your Easter bonnet with some Angry Birds?
As I’m aware, Angry Birds seems to be a popular motif for Easter bonnets. This is especially pertaining to boys.
18. It’s said that a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the nest.
And it seems her hat contains a couple of blue birds in a nest. Of course, I’m not sure how easy these birds are to find.
19. A nest hat always needs to go with the right chick.
Not sure if the chick is a little big for the nest. But at any rate, the ribbon is a good match.
20. You can always get creative with spring colors for Easter.
This one seems to have pom poms, eggs, and flowers of almost every color imaginable. Wonder how long it took to make that.
21. For any Easter parade, this pink top hat is just the ticket.
This one has a pink bunny and feather as well as all kinds of Easter decor. Not sure if I’d want to wear it though.
22. What’s with the nest on top of this hatching egg?
I mean this one has a nest of chicks on top of a hatching egg. How crazy is that? Yeah, that’s freaky.
23. On any Easter bonnet, you can’t go wrong with so many eggs.
As long as the eggs are fake. Even hard boiled ones have the potential to make a mess. Still, love the flying chicks on this.
24. An Easter bonnet with large flowers is bound to stand out.
Seems like this girl has a basket on her head for some reason. Not sure she really does though.
25. You never know what you can do with a green top hat.
This one seems to be all chicked out as far as I’m concerned. Also has a lot spring stuff, too.
26. Remember Easter flowers always go on top for parades.
And it seems this one has a large bouquet of them. Not sure how many are in there. But I know they’re all fake.
27. Not sure of what to make about the duckling on her head.
Still, I hope it’s not taxidermy because that would be creepy. But you may never know from this old photo.
28. This boy is a proud member of the Blue Egg and Rabbit tribe.
Okay, this is a boy in his Easter bonnet. Nevertheless, he’d probably be less embarrassed in one that’s styled like an Indian headdress.
29. For small children, you can’t go wrong with crocheted bunny ears.
Sure it might not be an outrageous Easter bonnet. But it’s pretty adorable to say the least.
30. A blue bunny always makes a great Easter bonnet.
Yes, I know that bunnies aren’t normally blue. But this one is so adorable that you’d want to hug it.
31. For tall Easter bonnet, there is no limit on flowers.
This one is covered with almost every flower you can think of. And it has little bunnies and chicks on the brim. Wonder how this woman holds up her head.
32. Who says men can’t rock out with flowers?
Sure a guy can like flowers if he desires to. Still, like the bird on his head.
33. Why stop with an Easter egg when you can have an Easter tree?
This is a massive hat. Wonder how this person is coping with neck strain. But it’s certainly elaborate by any means.
34. For the Easter parade, it won’t hurt to recognize the Monarch Butterfly.
Monarch butterflies aren’t among the most beautiful. But they’re a very common sight in the spring. They’re best known for their summer/autumn migration to the South in the Eastern US.
35. For Easter, you can never have too many bunnies in your bonnet.
I don’t know about you, but she looks as if she’s wearing a wide brimmed beekeeper hat of some sort. Not sure why.
36. Of course, you can always go with a conical option.
This white one has a pink ribbon in which pom pom chicks slide. Simply adorable.
37. If you’re not a fan of chicks, may I suggest a swan hat?
Sure paper mache and white feathers may not make a graceful swan. But I find this hat strangely charming.
38. If you like Frozen, may I suggest a bonnet of Olaf in the pool.
Olaf may be dreaming of summer despite the fact that he’s a snowman. This means he’d simply perish in temperatures above 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
39. A small nest hat is bound to have some eggs.
Not sure birds normally lay that many eggs at one time. But at least this bonnet is a rather simple and small design.
40. Is that hat upside down?
Sure looks like it. Nevertheless, it sure matches her outfit perfectly.
41. For spring flowers, it doesn’t hurt to go all out on Easter.
This woman was in my Easter bonnet post last year. Must have bonnets like that every year as far as I’m concerned. Still, couldn’t do another post like this without her.
42. Seems like this magic hat had more than just a bunny in it.
I have to admit this is a pretty clever idea. Like the bunny with a magic wand.
43. For Easter, you can’t go wrong with a rainbow chick bonnet.
I know this was created by a child. But it does look quite adorable. Like the chick’s hat, too.
44. Seems like this bunny is crawling into its hole.
According to Pinterest, this is supposed to be a boy’s Easter bonnet idea. And it includes insects to boot.
45. Those who aren’t into bunnies and chicks might want their Easter bonnet to be a giant gumball machine.
Of course, there are plastic Easter eggs in them for a little Easter touch. But it’s a rather unusual concept.
46. All this hat contains is a row of carrots.
Now that’s bound to attract critters. Still, it’s a pretty clever idea that doesn’t seem to take a lot of time. Well, if you buy your carrots at a store.
47. This Easter, any boy is sure to love an Easter bonnet of the Caped Crusader.
Not sure if Batman would be fit for Easter because he’s not known for being a cheery person. Not sure about an Easter bonnet of Robin though.
48. These Angry Birds are just settling in their nest.
I told you that Angry Birds is a popular idea for Easter bonnets. Nevertheless, this is another interesting hat.
49. This Easter, how about decorate a straw hat with peeps?
Because these sugary marshmallows are incredibly disgusting to eat. But they’re great for decorating.
50. Nothing makes an Easter bonnet better than it being decorated with purple flowers.
Well, at least it matches her outfit. And it’s not among the most outrageous Easter bonnets I’ve seen lately.
51. Not even 10 years old and this boy has become a real pothead.
By that, I mean he has a large flower pot on his head. Pretty soon he might end up being a real basket case.
52. A caged chick always makes a great Easter bonnet.
Never seen that before. Nevertheless, this is a rather cute and clever idea if you ask me.
53. Now this is the kind of hat to crow at the crack of dawn.
Yes, that’s a little rooster hat for a small child. And I’m sure this little girl would fit in with an Easter parade perfectly.
54. Make sure the flowers in your hat are sticking up.
Yes, I know these flowers are fake and make the hat seem ridiculous. But they sure are pretty.
55. Make sure your peeps are all in a row of their colors.
Seems like there are no limits on peep decorating ideas. Still, you can’t help but like this one.
56. Pom pom bunnies are always hard to resist.
Kind of wish these pom pom bunnies had pink little noses. But then again, to each his own.
57. If you love the minions from Despicable Me, this is the Easter bonnet for you.
Sure this is a little kid hat. But you have to agree with me. The minions are adorable.
58. How about put some flowers under the brim?
Yes, this is a pretty outrageous Easter bonnet, all right. But it sure has the spring spirit.
59. For a lovely Easter bonnet, it helps to go blue.
Yes, that’s that same woman with her outrageous Easter bonnets. That must be a thing with her since she probably has too much time on her hands.
60. An Easter bonnet of pink feathers is bound to draw a lot of attention.
Seems to resemble something that’s straight out of Las Vegas. Wonder what their Easter parade is like. Or do I even want to know?
61. A top hat is always a manly Easter accessory.
Particularly a green one with tons of flowers and a nest. Guy must have a great sense of humor.
62. For big hats, go with big flowers.
At least this one has a lot of flowers that would be blooming this time of year like crocuses, violets, daffodils, and tulips. But still, it’s a crazy hat.
63. Seems like this guy really likes New York.
Or is really not into the bunnies and chicks bit of Easter. So he decided to go with a New York Easter bonnet instead.
64. Sure you can go cowboy chick on Easter.
Yes, this is a cowboy chick Easter bonnet. And yes, it’s rather adorable and Easter appropriate.
65. When it comes to Easter bonnets, you can’t go wrong with lamb.
I know that sheep aren’t as popular Easter motifs as bunnies or chicks. But you have to admit, this is pretty cute.
66. This Easter, how about decorating your basket with eggs and flowers?
Wish I could see this woman’s whole hat. Particularly what’s above the basket.
67. If you just want the bare branches, may I suggest go with some twigs?
This is known as a stick crown. Great Easter bonnet idea for boys who are into Lord of the Rings.
68. For this Easter, this guy would prefer a farm and castle.
Man, that guy seems to have a whole landscape on his head. But at least it has a rabbit to show it’s for Easter.
69. For some, one parasol of flowers just won’t cut it.
Okay, with an Easter bonnet like that, I’d be scared to go near this person. That almost seems like it could poke somebody’s eye out.
70. This Easter bonnet is a tribute to a work known as “The Gates.”
It was one of those abstract art things from years ago in New York City. Don’t ask me to explain any further.
71. All this guy needs on his Easter bonnet are a chick and some egg cartons.
He also has some plastic Easter eggs for good measure. And he knows how to accessorize.
72. This Easter, everyone is bound to need a hand.
Okay, that’s probably the most disturbing Easter bonnet I’ve ever seen. No, disembodied hands aren’t appropriate for Easter parades. Seriously, why?
73. Seems like somebody has their head in a flowery cage.
This is also pretty disturbing in its own way. But not to the extent as the hand one. Love the flowers though.
74. Looks like these critters are hopping aboard their own ocean liner.
Yes, I know the boat kind of resembles the Titanic. But so did a lot of large ships when the Titanic was around.
75. Sometimes you have to go with the big brims.
And yes, these women are wearing big brims during the Easter parade. Can also double as Kentucky Derby hats.
76. When it comes to Easter bonnets, it sometimes helps if you have an unconventional hair color.
And I’m sure pink will do nicely. Then again, I’m sure this is a wig. At least I hope it is.
77. To avoid damage, it occasionally helps if you wrap flowers in plastic.
Still, her hat seems incredibly big that you wonder how she could wear it like that. Love the flowers though.
78. So I guess it’s Easter in New York City.
Guess there’s an Easter bonnet so people will remember that. Also has flowers for good measure.
79. Guess somebody wants to make a flowery entrance.
Yes, I know that it might seem a little too much. But it’s fairly over the top enough to put on this post.
80. Nothing makes a better Easter bonnet than one full of puff balls.
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Thanking you for visiting Om-tastic-Yoga!
I would like to encourage you to come and try one of my classes in the Glasgow area as I am passionate about yoga and truly believe that it can be beneficial to everyone.
Whether or not you are fit, young or old, out of shape or are suffering with an illness you could benefit from one of the services that I can provide. If you are just interested in a class for keeping fit or are you not so keen to go into crowds, or would you prefer a one to one session by yourself, or maybe you would like your friend to come too! Perhaps you work too much and can’t get out the office – I can come to you!
Yoga was developed in India around 5000 years ago and it is a philosophy, "the art and science of living" which encourages a journey to discover yourself and to find balance in your life, physically, mentally and emotionally.
Yoga offers us many tools including the postures, breathing practices, sound and meditation that can help us on this journey, this can help increase our energy levels; mentally we become more focused improving our ability to concentrate more. However one of the most important parts and benefits from practicing Yoga is that eventually we become more relaxed when we find out more about our own breath, which can be revolutionary, allowing us to become emotionally stable and more contented with life!
I would encourage anyone to try Yoga no matter what age, size or even at any fitness level. Initially you can achieve more flexibility and increase your energy levels with the postures (asana) but also your focus and concentration improves which slowly allows the natural progression of being able to relax more, help you live a calmer life and learn to deal with the challenges that life inevitably throws at us.
The possible benefits of Yoga
- Increases your own physical strength and flexibility
- Re-aligns the body physically
- Helps you become more toned
- Restore and regulate your energy levels
- Teaches you how to relax and deal with everyday issues better
- Re-balances the mind
- Helps you to find a work-life balance
- Revitalizes you, leaving you looking and feeling better about yourself
- Openness and awareness develops
- Finds mental stability
- Builds up your concentration levels
- Emotional and spiritual levels can develop
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To mark the first anniversary of the implementation of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), the European Chamber of Commerce hosted a webinar with more than 200 attendees and featuring special guest speakers from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), the Vietnamese Embassy in the EU, and the EU Delegation to Vietnam.
This historic, new-generation free trade agreement was implemented on 1 August 2020. From the moment it entered into force, 65 per cent of EU exports to Vietnam and 71 per cent of Vietnamese exports to the EU became tariff-free. Over the next decade, this will rise to almost 99 per cent.
The webinar evaluated the first 12 months of implementation and discussed opportunities for further cooperation in the future. It heard from EuroCham Chairman Alain Cany; H.E. Mr Nguyen Van Thao, Ambassador and Chief of Mission of Vietnam to the EU; Dr Carsten Schittek, Charge d’affaires at the EU Delegation to Vietnam and Minister-Counsellor, Head of the Trade Section; and Mr. Luong Hoang Thai, Director General of MOIT’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department.
In the first six months of 2021, the value of EU-Vietnam trade reached US$27 billion. That represents an increase of more than 18 per cent compared to the same period in 2020: a remarkable achievement in the midst of a global pandemic. And it should increase even further when the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) enters into force, once it has been ratified in each EU Member State.
However, the EVFTA includes more than tariff reductions – essential though these are. It will also support Vietnam in areas such as environmental protection, legal reform, and sustainable development. Meanwhile, the agreement opens up market access for EU investment in other sectors and industries from higher education to computer services and from distribution to telecommunications.
Despite this progress, challenges still remain. While EuroCham’s Business Climate Index (BCI) shows that almost two-thirds of companies have benefitted from the EVFTA, it also shows that challenges such as administrative procedures and technical barriers to trade remain.
During the event, each of the four speakers reaffirmed the importance of the EVFTA and EVIPA to the future of EU-Vietnam trade, and proposed greater cooperation and dialogue to ensure a smooth and successful implementation.
Speaking at the event, EuroCham Chairman Alain Cany said:
“Right now, governments around the world are focusing all their efforts on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this does not mean that we should lose sight of the EVFTA. In fact, it is now more important than ever. Because, once vaccinations have been delivered and the pandemic brought under control, our economies need to reopen and recover.
“And, just as vaccines will help to combat this global health crisis; free, fair, and rules-based trade will help to combat the global economic crisis. For Vietnam and the EU, the EVFTA will be one of the most important tools at our disposal. This is because, now that the agreement has been implemented, both companies and consumers will be able to benefit from a gradual elimination of tariffs and a mutual opening of markets.
“But if we want to build on this promising start, we need to work together. The EVFTA will not be a success without a coordinated effort between government and private enterprise; between political leaders and business communities. In short, implementation is not the end of the road. Success is not a foregone conclusion, and we need to put the same effort into the next decade as we did into the last.
“That is why events like this are so important. It gives us a common platform with which to raise issues and a tool with which to resolve them. In this spirit, I am confident that we can make a success of the EVFTA, with the support of our Vietnamese friends and partners. In doing so, we can support both our societies to rebound and recover from this pandemic.” | <urn:uuid:0f9937f6-4816-4603-a355-310ac31d92a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eurochamvn.org/node/18823 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.940005 | 852 | 1.5 | 2 |
The composition of many anti-aging creams include essential vitamin
And, or as it is also called – retinol. Because attributed to him
magical properties, preparations based on it gave rise to a lot of myths and
legends, very far from the truth. Cosmetic preparations
containing vitamin A are really very effective and
bring maximum benefit to the skin. But confusion is brought not so much
drugs based on retinol, how many terms denoting different
forms of vitamin A. Retinol, retinoids, retinoic acid – that they
designate? What is the difference between them? These and many other questions.
plagued by uninformed consumers.
- Retinol and retinoids
- Biological properties of vitamin A
- The effect of retinol on the skin
- What is the danger of retinol?
- What to look for when using a cream with
- Retinol myths
Retinol and retinoids
Retinol is a form of vitamin A. Vitamin A is contained
only in animal products: egg yolk, beef and pork
liver, fish oil and dairy products. In some vegetables
contains carotenoids, which are provitamin A. Provitamin
A – a substance that when released into our body
converted into vitamin itself. In the cells of the liver and intestinal mucosa
there is a specific carotene dioxygenase enzyme that
promotes the conversion of carotenoids into vitamin A. The richest
Vitamin A vegetables: carrots, pumpkin, paprika, tomatoes.
By itself, vitamin A is very unstable, it is fast
collapses under the influence of the environment (solar
rays and oxygen), losing its beneficial properties. For this reason, in
The composition of cosmetic creams make it in a modified form.
Most often, vitamin A is found in the form of retinol palmitate,
retinol acetate and retinoic acid.
Retinoids are a generic name for cosmetic products close to
in composition to vitamin A and possessing its properties. To retinoids
include all synthetic and natural substances with retinol
All retinoids can be divided into four groups:
The first group or the first generation of retinoids. In this group
includes retinol (Retinol, Vit A), its esters – retinol acetate and
retinol palmitate, retinal, tretinoin, isotretinoin,
The second generation of retinoids is etretinate and
The third generation of retinoids is represented by polyaromatic
compounds. These retinoids are used in cancer
The fourth generation is selective retinoids – recently
synthesized substances with retinoid-like action: tazaroten and
Also retinoids are:
Natural retinoids are forms derived from vitamin A.
For example, retinol palmitate and acetate (retinyl palmitate and acetate),
retinol, retinaldehyde, tretinoin.
Synthetic retinoids – synthesized in laboratories
by artificial means.
Vitamin A exerts its properties and interacts with
receptors only in the form of tretinoin. Natural Retinoids
activates all skin receptors. Synthetic only certain.
It turns out, natural and synthetic forms of vitamin A
activate different receptors, respectively, and the response of cells to their
the impact will be different. Although all these substances are one common
a group called retinoids.
Biological properties of vitamin A
In our body, vitamin A is transformed into retinal and
retinoic acid. These substances are involved in the coordination of a number of
vital functions: in growth and differentiation of cells. Also
they are involved in the regulation of the act of vision. Retinoic acid,
similar to steroid hormones, interact with receptors in
nucleus of cells. The resulting substances are associated with certain
DNA segments and activate gene transcription. As a result
activation of genes, under the influence of retinoic acid, are formed
proteins that affect growth, differentiation, reproduction and
The effect of retinol on the skin
Vitamin A is an extremely important vitamin for our skin. Scientists
claim to be able to keep the skin young and
promote its regeneration. And indeed it is. And so
First, retinol is a powerful antioxidant that
neutralizes the effect of free radicals.
Secondly, it affects the differentiation of epithelial cells, which
very important for middle-aged skin.
Thirdly, it performs the function of cellular communication,
transmitting information from cell to cell. He stimulates everything
cells, including old and damaged, to regenerate. Great advantage
vitamin A is the property to penetrate the protective barrier
epidermis and “work” in the dermis.
Fourth, with age, the body is less synthesized
collagen and elastin. Vitamin A is able to stimulate this
process, thereby protecting the skin from the appearance of wrinkles.
Fifth, retinol interferes with photo-aging and promotes
update the upper layer of the epidermis.
For this reason, vitamin A is widely used as
active substances in creams and ointments in the treatment of many skin
diseases such as psoriasis, acne, pigmentation.
Many people mistakenly believe that retinol is a peeling agent.
But it is not. With long-term use of cream with retinol skin
really starts to peel off. But it happens because
retinol promotes cell renewal and exfoliation of cornified
scales. It should be remembered that retinol is not an exfoliant and
works as a peeling agent.
What is the danger of retinol?
Unfortunately, retinol has some unpleasant side effects.
- Retinol can cause an allergic reaction. Some
Experts say that irritation appeared after
using creams with retinol is not always an allergy. Often so
reaction to excessive skin regeneration. In this case
should choose a cream with a lower dose of retinol, or abandon
- Retinol can cause a photosensitivity reaction.
Photosensitization is an increased sensitivity to
ultraviolet radiation. When using cream in day time
time it can cause irritation and photodermatitis. To this
avoid if there is a clear allergic reaction, along with
Retinol cream should use sunscreen.
- The ability of retinol to activate cell division can
cause the so-called “withdrawal syndrome”. After active division
cells may become “tired”, as a result of which the division slows down dramatically, and
skin begins to age faster. It is recommended to take breaks in 2-3
month when using cream with retinol.
To avoid side effects, use properly.
cosmetics with retinol.
What to look for when using a cream with
- Retinol may have different concentrations. And not always more
means better. The effect of retinol does not depend on a percentage.
substances in the cream, and from the capsule. We already wrote above that retinol
very naughty vitamin. Under the influence of the environment he
collapses. Therefore, retinol began to “hide” in special capsules,
which open immediately before applying the drug on
skin Cream with vitamin A encapsulated even in a small
concentrations are much more effective than a high percentage of retinol without
- Preparations with retinol may have different forms. They come in
as a gel and cream. If the skin is prone to inflammation and
irritations, it is best to use gel. For dry and
A normal type of cream will do. Any creams, including those with
retinol should be in a tube with a small hole or
glass bottles with dispensers. Cream jars are yesterday’s
Cosmetology Day. Perhaps they look beautiful on the night
table but a cosmetic product should only be in
tube And that’s why. When we open a jar of cream
a chemical reaction occurs. Under the influence of the environment
cream components are destroyed, oxidized and completely lose their
beneficial features. Not only to remove the cream from
jars should use a spatula, which also harms the cream. BUT
many do remove the cream with their hands, which is rude
violation of the rules of antiseptics.
- Preparations with retinol have a strong effect. therefore
it is reasonable to use a small amount of cream at everyday
applying it to the skin.
- The first days of retinol should be applied to the skin no more than once per
two days. If allergic reactions and irritations are not observed,
this further use can be increased to once a day for
night, and then it can be applied during the day. However not worth it
use cream with retinol is too rare, otherwise the skin does not
can get used to his action.
- Retinol cream is best used before bedtime, due to the ability
retinol photosensitivity. Some experts tend to
that retinoids should be used during the cold season,
when there is no active insolation. Others are inclined to believe that
modern retinoids can also be used in summer, as they
affect the skin no more than an ordinary scrub. Only in
In this case, retinol cream should be used in tandem with
There are several well-established myths about retinol, which
should be dispelled.
Myth one. Creams with retinoids should be applied only on dry
skin We say right away that in the instructions for use of retinoids
there really is such information. However, there is no
scientific research has proven that you can not put retinol on
The second myth. You can not use the cream with retinol in the daytime
due to the risk of sunburn. Indeed it was thought so before.
Now drugs with retinoids act on the skin as weak.
peeling. They can be used in the daytime along with
The third myth. Retinol cream is an exfoliant. This is not true.
It is known that the side effect of a cream with retinol is flaking
skin. And this happens because retinol updates the epidermis for
expense of exfoliation of dead scales. As a result, the external
skin look in all respects.
Myth Four. Retinoid cream can only be used on
night. In order for the skin to get used to retinol the first time it
use for the night and no more than once in two-three days. But after
as the skin has adapted to the cream, it can be used in
daytime, but only in conjunction with sunscreen.
The fifth myth. Cream with retinol can not be applied around the eyes. No one
does not deny that the area around the eyes is the most delicate and tender. But
tests carried out proved that neatly applying the cream around
the eye is not dangerous and does not cause any unpleasant
In conclusion, I want to say that creams with retinoids –
effective drugs that eliminate signs of age
fading skin. The main thing is to comply with all safety rules and
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Spring is right around the corner, which means it will soon be time to pull your boat out of storage and get it ready for the upcoming months of warm weather and sunshine! A well-maintained boat is a safer boat and will last you many more years than a boat that is poorly cared for. Follow Kent’s Boats’ tips for summerizing your boat to make sure you’re ready for the upcoming boating season.
Your boat’s engine is likely the place that will need the most love and attention. Even if you did your best to winterize your boat, cold weather and months of storage can leave your engine a little ragged.
Things to check:
- Oil (now is the best time to replace your oil)
- Oil filter
- Battery (check for how well the battery holds a charge, and if your battery holds water, be sure it stays full, as a dry battery is no longer usable)
- Cooling system (hopefully you drained it before storage; now is the time to refill)
- Gas tank
- Distributor (clean out all corrosion)
- Lines, tubes and belts (look for cracks, holes, erosion, and loose worn belts)
The greatest killer of a good time out on the lake is an engine failure. Take your time summerizing your engine, and most problems will be easily avoided.
Damage to your hull can literally sink your boat. Don’t forget to conduct a thorough inspection of all areas of your boat’s hull, bow to stern.
What to look for:
- Chips and cracks
- Chalky residue (sign of possible oxidation)
- Holes and punctures
This is the time of year you’ll want to restore your hull’s gelcoat. A gelcoat is responsible not only for your boat’s reflective shimmer out on the water, it is also what repels water and thus protects your hull from oxidation. Low levels of oxidation can generally be repaired with fiberglass cleaner, but you may need to hire a professional to address serious oxidation.
Your Canvas and Vinyl
Canvas and vinyl is easier to fix than most other areas on your boat. Check for tears, mildew, dirt and anything else growing and gunking up your boat. Clean thoroughly with cleaners that are canvas and vinyl safe.
It’s best to make sure all of your electronics are working properly before you take your boat out. Radio, GPS and compass, depth readers, etc. should all be checked to be sure that they are in fine and working order.
Your Safety Equipment
Now is the time to double-check your life-preserves and fire extinguisher. Make sure you the legally required number of life-jackets and that your extinguisher is current and stored properly.
Your Metal and Teak
As a boat owner, you should be proud of your watercraft. Nothing says pride quite like well-maintained metal and teak. Applying a simple stain and varnish or a metal polisher is enough to make your boat stand out on the water. At Kent’s Boats, we are here to help you have the best time possible, whether it’s on your own boat or one of our Coeur d’Alene boat rentals. Check us out on Facebook, where we regularly post special pricing and summer deals: www.facebook.com/kentsboats. | <urn:uuid:074f74d8-4cfd-4170-b986-ae268eb9f3bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kentsboats.com/blog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.933201 | 728 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Vitiligo is a skin disorder which induces patches of white skin to appear on different parts of the body. It can happen in anyone, and impacts all races and both genders equally. Worldwide, about 100 million people have problems with this disorder and its prevalence in the usa is estimated to be around 1Percent.
What Instances Vitiligo?
In vitiligo, the cellular material accountable for providing the skin’s its colour (the melanocytes) are ruined, hence the look of white patches. There may be a number of aspects that can result in these cells to be destroyed, and sometimes the exact cause is unidentified. It is actually thought that vitiligo may be an autoimmune illness, that causes the immune system to start out attacking the melanocytes. It can also arise due to a condition within the melanocytes them selves, leading to them to trigger pathways that bring about ‘cell suicide’. Some experts also feel that sunburn and chronic stress can result in vitiligo.
Symptoms of Vitiligo
The primary signs of vitiligo are white areas on the skin. These areas often spread and be bigger eventually. The rate of spreading is extremely variable – some individuals document very fast spreading when in other people they distribute slowly more than many years. These areas tend to be found mostly in the areas that are subjected to direct sunlight, including the fingers, feet, face and around the lips. However, also, they are generally found inside the underarms and genitals, on the navel, inside the genital area, and at the nostrils. Furthermore, people with vitiligo frequently are afflicted by earlier graying of the hair.
White-colored areas of skin are tell-story signs of vitiligo, but there are other aspects that confirm this prognosis. Included in this are if the patient includes a mother or father who is suffering from vitiligo, regardless of whether autoimmune illnesses operate in the family, and whether the patient skilled greyish hair before the age of 35. Sometimes, a biopsy as well as a blood test will be utilized to exclude other medical conditions.
How is Vitiligo Taken care of?
Remedy for vitiligo remains a highly-researched and transforming area. Treatment is determined by the extent of the condition, and also exactly how much the patient can afford, as many treatments are usually extremely expensive. Furthermore, even probably the most specific remedies are not always efficient and therefore are connected with a number of side effects.
Generally, among the first treatments recommended is steroid therapy or immunomodulators. However, these two pharmaceutic remedies can just be utilized for the short term and they are notoriously inadequate and are afflicted by a very high incidence of unwanted effects. Another therapy choice involves using ultraviolet light along with medicines. Nevertheless, this involves bi- or tri- every week visits to some specialized medical center for days or weeks, is extremely costly, and unwanted effects include eye harm as well as an increased risk of skin cancer.
One more therapy choice involves medical skin grafting, but sometimes this causes skin trauma that eventually ends up irritating vitiligo even much more. For really small patches of white skin, body art are occasionally employed to cover these up.
It is actually fascinating to note that around the 1980’s, healthcare researchers experienced noted that they cured individuals of vitiligo using organic extracts, mega doses of vitamins or a mix of herbs and nutritional vitamins. Several this kind of reports were also published inside the 1990s; for instance, there was clearly a group of Swedish doctors who cured patients with their vitiligo in just 3 days using only plbhxm supplements. However, these days such studies have been hidden both from your general general public and from the technological community itself. This is because there exists a lot of cash active in the more expensive remedies, as well as vitiligo makes up about a big chunk of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry’s yearly revenue. Doctors who know regarding the natural home remedies for vitiligo will not point out it as doing so will cause them to lose out on lots of money from every patient. Worse, younger physicians may never ever know regarding the natural option, since this reports have been taken from all contemporary healthcare books.
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A gigantic breach of Twitter’s security yesterday caused various high-profile accounts ” from Bill Gates, to Barack Obama, to even the ever-silent Apple ” to tweet out scams and sucker people into sending money to an anonymous BitCoin wallet. There’s nothing you could have done to prevent one of the biggest social media hacks we’ve seen in some time, but there are steps you can do right now to steel yourself against future disasters.
Well, aside from deactivating your Twitter account, that is.
What the hell happened to Twitter?
Twitter really, really messed up this time around. There’s no question there. I’m sure brands, influencers, and famous people are all furious that their security measures were bypassed ” even the stronger protections Twitter puts in place for super-famous accounts ” and scam messages were posted on their behalf.
Let me rephrase: “Successful scam messages.” The Bitcoin address associated with the message that appeared on the breached accounts got a hefty number of donations from gullible users. (Which brings me to my first post-Twitter-disaster tip: Nobody on the internet wants to give you free BitCoin or money, especially when they’re asking you to give them money first. Come on, people.)
Is there anything I can do to prevent this kind of an attack?
I’m less interested in the story behind the hack than the aftereffects. Because even if you did everything right ” a strong password, two-factor authentication, deactivating access to third-party apps you no longer use, and enabling password reset protection, you still could have been targeted by this attack. It was that severe.
Deleting Twitter is certainly one option, but it doesn’t feel like the best option. Like it or not, this is the de-facto communication platform for real-time updates around the world. Twitter is an incredibly useful source of information for everything from protests, to weather, to ” unfortunately ” international diplomacy and other horrible political decisions. It allows people who would never normally meet to have a dialogue, even though its very existence means that everyone, including those with deplorable views, gets a mouthpiece and unlimited potential for amplification.
If you’ll give me a second to step down from my soapbox ” and, really, a lot of people threaten to leave social networks, but never really do ” I’ll go over some measures that you should take if, or when, you plan to continue using Twitter.
Sanitise your Twitter feed
I used to subscribe to the theory that posting one’s personal life online for the world to see also creates an incredibly useful archive of memories, thoughts, and feelings for the various moments in one’s life. Poetic. However, the longer I’ve stayed on social media, the more I’ve realised that I don’t really give a shit about memories from times past.
I never look back to see what I was tweeting in, say, 2014, nor do I think I would ever need or want to take a trip through digital memory lane for anything from the past. Powerful memories tend to stick with a person; whimsical tweets about my Taco Bell order from years ago are worthless. That, and I also don’t really need or want people to look up something I tweeted years ago and give me grief about my shitposting.
So, I delete my old tweets. We’ve covered how to do so previously, and I’m pleased to report that my new favourite (but fussy) tool, Semiphemeral, does a decent job of nuking old thoughts you’ve posted to Twitter (as well as your various likes and retweets). There are plenty of other services that I haven’t tried, such as the simpler TweetDelete, so you have lots of options if anything we’ve recommended isn’t to your liking.
Will this prevent someone from breaking into your account in the future? No. But when they get in, will they then be able to download your entire digital life and sort though it? Nope. (Would anyone really want to do that, anyway? Who knows.)
The point is more this: Why give services data that you no longer need or care about? Don’t let it live forever; extinguish it.
Delete your DMs on a schedule
Thinking about the accounts that didn't tweet the bitcoin scam and the information an attacker could get from those while hijacking and scamming from other high profile accounts.— Selena (@selenalarson) July 15, 2020
You probably haven’t posted a lot of damning content on Twitter publicly, but who knows what you’ve shared or sent via direct messages. If someone gets their hands on your account, you probably don’t want them to be able to see your direct messages. If you’re like me, though, you’ve never actually gone through and pruned your older, private conversations ” why bother, when you can just do nothing and forget about them?
For the sake of security, I recommend deleting your DMs on a regular schedule. If you know you’ll never need to refer to an older conversation, why keep it around for no reason? It’s a security hazard at worst, an inconvenience at best. (And even though Twitter doesn’t really get rid of them on its end, at least someone who gets into your account won’t be able to benefit from whatever they contain.)
The bad news? I haven’t found a great tool that will do this for free just yet. DM Destroyer is an option, but it’ll set you back $7 ” a coffee, but also a deterrent for those who don’t want to pay to manage their content. I think it’s worth it, but that’s just me.
You can also try Twitter Archive Eraser, but there’s no guarantee it’ll be able to delete your direct messages (as the app describes). There’s a free version you can try, but you’re limited to the past six months’ worth of content ” not useful if you’re looking to nuke everything without paying for the privilege.
There’s always the manual way, which involves “leaving” every direct message (Twitter’s version of a deletion). It’s tedious, but it’ll keep you safe.
Is that it?
We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools.— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 16, 2020
Yep. In the case of this “hack,” which was really more a feat of social engineering and/or outright bribery than anything else, there was nothing more you could have done to secure your account. A great password? Two-factor authentication? They don’t do much good when someone gets superuser access to Twitter’s systems (or whatever ended up happening on a technical level this time around).
Do I suspect this situation will happen again at Twitter? Not really. There’s going to be a large review of administrative access at Twitter, which will surely include a reinvestment in hardware-based security tools that one would need to have physically present at a system in order to run any major operations on Twitter’s internal tools. Also, get ready for lots more auditing.
Would I love it if Twitter rolled out a similar security setup for users that required the presence of a physical device before you could do anything on your account? Sure, but again, this doesn’t much matter if the enemy comes from within. Protection from people trying to break into your account is one thing; it’s a lot harder to safeguard yourself when the king or queen of the castle is the one going after you.
That’s why I prefer my method. Rather than trying to prevent against attacks you can’t really mitigate, simply make your account so devoid of useful information that even someone breaking in won’t be able to do much with what they have.
This doesn’t help you out if someone breaks into your account and posts crap. All you can do is hope that your followers are smart enough to realise what’s from you and what isn’t.
That all said, Twitter shouldn’t get a free pass for this one given how severe this attack could have been. (It’s a wonder we’re not in World War III right now). However, you can rest easy knowing there’s really not much more you could have done to stop it. Only you can decide if this is the final straw, or you’re comfortable going back for more. | <urn:uuid:3104fd51-82be-472f-9b5f-202754612c22> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/07/its-time-to-rethink-how-you-use-twitter/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.947898 | 1,878 | 1.757813 | 2 |
TOKYO, July 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Keio University Global Research Institute, Tokyo publishes the July 2018 issue of KGRI Research Frontiers that includes video features of Keio University researchers working on 'Japanese "longevity-society" as a model for innovative approaches to market research'; 'Hyperloop Loop Pod Competition'; 'Early English Printed Books and Copy-Specific Features of English Incunabula'; and '5G network technology for "smart and connected community"'.
July 2018 issue of KGRI Research Frontiers
Japanese 'longevity-society' as a model for innovative approaches to market research
Akira Shimizu, Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University
Akira Shimizu is conducting research on marketing and in particular consumer behavior. "To-date, although research on consumer behavior in Japan has mainly been overseas research methods applied directly to Japan," says Shimizu. "But it is has become more difficult to interpret the results of such research. So in my research I am focusing on highlighting the unique aspects of Japanese consumer behavior to overseas researchers."
Keio University SDM students participate in the Hyperloop Loop Competition
Hidekazu Nishimura, Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management (SDM), Keio University
The SDM offers education and research programs based on system engineering and project management. "Our wide ranging projects emphasize research activities that are aiming at tackling the wide range of complicated problems in society," says Nishimura. "Projects include automated driving of automobiles, wearable terminals for healthcare, and disaster prevention systems based on location information."
Early English Printed Books and Copy-Specific Features of English Incunabula
Satoko Tokunaga, Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University
Currently, many libraries in the United States and Europe are undertaking projects to record copy-specific information about historically important books and publish the results as open access databases for the public. Satoko Tokunaga is collaborating with colleagues at Keio University and overseas to build a database the enables both to historical and cultural information as well as comprehensively analyze it.
5G network technology for "smart and connected community"
Naoaki Yamanaka, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Naoaki Yamanaka is a professor at the Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology and head of the Smart Society Creation Project. "Our project is on 5G network technology and goes by the name of "smart and connected community," says Yamanaka. "It means for example, motorcycles, bicycles and humans being connected to the network and all information is channeled to the network."
Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI) was established in November 2016 as a result of an expansive reorganization of the existing Keio University Global Security Research Institute (G-SEC), and as a base to facilitate the further globalization of the university to become an international research university that can make positive contributions to the world.
Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI)
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I was in my late 20s when I discovered the practice of mindfulness. Years of anxiety and depression had left me exhausted and lacking confidence in my ability to navigate the basics of adult life, but an eight-week mindfulness program was a turning point. My symptoms didn’t disappear, but I learned how to ride the waves of my emotions while tapping into a deeper calm within myself.
When marriage and kids rolled around, meditation went out the window, along with sleep, intelligent conversation, and a clean house. As my children grew older and I could do more self-care, I felt conflicted about how to use my time. Do I shower? Go for a walk? See a friend? Meditation was one item in a long list of things I needed to do to address my mental health.
Well-Being Is More Than Just Meditation
In the past two decades, the science of well-being has grown. We know that “flourishing” (defined as a combination of physical, emotional, and mental health) is a state of mind where life feels good. Flourishing is not about perfection or being happy all the time, but a recognition that when we have purpose, meaning, and connection in our lives, getting out of bed every morning is easier. Life is short. We want to be fully alive and embracing every moment, even when those moments are difficult.
Most people would agree that nothing has been more challenging than living through the COVID-19 pandemic. As we churn through the frustrating cycle of opening up and then re-tightening COVID restrictions in the face of dangerous new variants, we may also be facing longer-term mental health impacts. For many, anxiety over returning to jobs, busy schedules, and socializing has been challenging to manage when we’re already so depleted. Recently, I stumbled across the Healthy Minds Program, a free app that’s designed to help users develop skills in the pursuit of well-being. Drawing from the work of scientists at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the app is based on research that identifies four pillars of well-being: awareness, connection, insight, and purpose. Curious, I downloaded the app and set out to try it for 30 days to discover whether I could learn the skills to flourish in my own life.
Mindfulness Is a Starting Point
The app begins with a questionnaire that generates a personal score for each dimension. Aware- ness measures things like mindfulness; connection looks at my ability to form and maintain relationships, as well as show empathy and compassion; the insight score captures things like self-knowledge and resilience; and purpose gains a sense of my values, and how I integrate them into my everyday life.
“If you want to cultivate loving-kindness and compassion, examine experience and insight, or align yourself toward your values and a deeper sense of purpose—all of that really presupposes that you have a sense of awareness and present-moment mindfulness,” says Cortland Dahl, one of the research scientists who developed the app at the Center for Healthy Minds. This emphasizes that mindfulness is more than the popular idea of sitting still and quieting the mind—mindfulness helps us develop a set of skills that we can apply in everyday life, skills that will reduce stress and improve mental health.
I started with the Foundations program, which introduced me to each of the four themes. Two practices teach the basics of sitting and active meditation, and there is a brief podcast-style lesson about the science behind training in well-being, narrated by Cortland Dahl and by Dr. Richard Davidson, founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds, who’s widely known for his work studying the neuroscience of emotion (affective neuroscience). Other meditation practices touch on things like relationships, inquiry into beliefs or assumptions, and how a sense of purpose can make life more meaningful. Practices are followed by mini science lessons, covering topics related to the app’s themes.
Although a daily practice is encouraged, users are welcome to set their own pace, and the app tracks your progress. Foundations is followed by longer programs on the skills of awareness, purpose, compassion, and insight. Users can also choose stand-alone meditations with titles like “Calm in the Midst of Chaos” or “Our Common Humanity.”
Unlearning Myths About Meditation
Within a few days of using the app, I became aware of long-held myths that I believed about meditation and mindfulness—myths that, unknown to me, were getting in the way of flourishing. The soothing voice of Cortland Dahl (or “Cort,” as he referred to himself) reminded me that I wasn’t required to do this perfectly—in fact, there was no ideal way to meditate. All I had to do was show up and become aware of what was going on in my body and mind.
The stricter practices that I’d previously followed fed into my perfectionism, and when I achieved anything less (for example, sitting for 20 instead of 45 minutes), I felt like I had failed. It was an all-or-nothing approach, because I gave up unless I was doing it “right.” The app turned these beliefs on their head, and some days I defined success as a five-minute practice while walking the dog. Most of my sitting practices were done in my bedroom, with screaming kids outside the door. It was far from serene.
Another “aha” moment came when I realized that I’d always understood well-being to be a fleeting experience over which I had little control. “The science of training the mind is all based on the idea of neuroplasticity: a fancy term that basically just means that the brain is constantly changing in response to experience,” Davidson tells me in one of the app’s lessons. “Usually the forces around us are driving these changes, but when we train our minds we’re in the driver’s seat.”
At the end of the 30 days, I had logged six hours of practice time and two hours of learning. My follow-up report showed that my connection score stayed the same, while both awareness and purpose improved. My biggest jump was in the dimension of insight, highlighting a new-found ability to be more flexible and adaptable in the face of challenges.
Digital therapeutics like apps are promising tools in a world where so many people are struggling with their mental health. Long wait times and costly therapies make it difficult for some individuals to receive the care they need. Research is emerging on the effectiveness of the Healthy Minds app, although thus far it’s been conducted by the app’s creators. Even so, preliminary results are promising, with those randomized to the app (compared to those in a waitlist control group) showing larger improvements in recovering from distress, social connectedness, and mindfulness.
“Take a look around you,” he said. “What would you notice if this was your last day on earth, or maybe even your last minute?”
As I glanced up a large blue crane swooped low overhead, a startling sight in my sleepy suburban neighborhood. A magnolia tree bloomed, the colors brilliant against the pewter sky. I took a deep breath, sending out thanks for the beauty of this world, for my place in it all.
As the narrator concluded, he reminded me that life is fragile. Shifting our perspective to the present moment reminds us how quickly things can change, and this wisdom, too, is a key to flourishing. “Moments become minutes, then hours, then days; and eventually a lifetime,” says Dahl. “Every moment provides a new opportunity to connect with a deep sense of purpose and meaning.” | <urn:uuid:e0a18d5d-e8a1-4eaf-b7fe-592b9de455f9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://staging.mindful.org/how-an-app-helped-me-deepen-my-mindfulness-practice/?Login=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.961794 | 1,627 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Analog Current Sensor 20A Gravity Series
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We have added high-voltage isolation in the circuit design for safety reasons and a non-conductive acrylic plate has been attached to the bottom of the PCB to prevent accidents such as short circuits, electric shocks and any other potential danger.
This component is the newest member of our Gravity series. All Gravity components include a standard 3-pin interface to make it simple to use and easy to connect to all Arduino compatible boards. It is ideal for any automation control applications.
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You must mentally prepare yourself for the challenge ahead.
So you’ve graduated and landed a job – congratulations! You have made the first step in what can be one of the most rewarding professions around. The alarming news is that not all new teachers make it.
In fact, research1 shows that about 30% of new teachers don’t make it past their first five years in the profession. It’s unnerving. Do you want to be part of this 30 percent?
It’s time to take charge of your own destiny and keep your career on track. How? By being aware of these 6 common mistakes that new teachers make and then avoiding them.
Mistake #1 – Thinking That Teaching Is Easy
Most new teachers enter their roles as passionate people wanting to help their students flourish. This is a good thing as John Hattie2 found that all other things being equal – passionate teachers have far more impact on their students.
Yet there is a painful truth lurking behind Hattie’s finding. Research3 also shows that most new teachers soon get the wind knocked out of them. They lose their passion amidst the sea of demands placed upon them and the lack of instant success.
The fact is that teaching is hard work. It involves long hours, a substantial emotional investment, ongoing disappointments and frequent frustrations. However, even when you work hard and apply all of your skills, you are still going to have bad days – days where nothing seems to go right.
Worse, you will not always achieve the lofty ambitions you set for yourself and this can be disheartening.
When this harsh reality hits home, new teachers often react in one of two ways.
- Some simply quit. The attrition rate among novice teachers is ridiculously high.
- Others lay blame. They blame either themselves or the kids (home life, etc.).
However, neither of these reactions is helpful. If you understand that teaching is hard work and that helping kids succeed can be challenging, you are more likely to respond in a productive way. Specifically, you are more likely to take a problem-solving approach to the challenges you face, rather than blaming yourself, blaming others or just quitting.
You should be passionate, and you should be idealistic. But don’t think that success will come easily. You will not always have the impact on every child that you desire. However, every failure presents you with a new challenge to embrace as you seek more and more success.
Mistake #2 – Believing You Know Everything
When I started teaching, I thought I knew everything. I soon learned otherwise.
Recently, I have been heartened to hear that I was not alone. Research4 shows that new teachers believe they know most, if not all, they need to know to teach well.
You do know a lot, but it is naïve to think you know it all. For example, you may be surprised to learn that:
- Much of what you learned at university was grounded in popular theory and your lecturers’ personal philosophies, rather than being based on hard evidence about what really works best.
- Students tend to achieve lower results when taught by a new teacher5.
By contrast, experienced teachers understand that (despite their initial training and experience) they still have a lot to learn. I have been teaching for nearly 30 years and I am still learning.
To survive and thrive in your first few years of teaching, you need to climb a very steep learning curve. Overconfidence can delay and derail this learning.
To help your students excel and keep your career on track, you must be willing to admit you don’t know everything, willing to let go of some of your existing beliefs and willing to learn more effective ways of approaching your work.
Mistake #3 – Beginning Without the End In Mind
While research6 shows that some teaching strategies are more likely to work than others, the best way to judge the effectiveness of your current approaches is to measure the impact they are having on student results.
Flowery words, vogue jargon and compliance-based planning mean little and can be a waste of valuable time. If you want to make a difference to your students, the only way to judge the effectiveness of your teaching is to measure the impact you have on them.
You can access a free Excel tool to help you do this.
Know thy impactJohn Hattie
Flowing from this is the importance of being clear about what you want your students to know and be able to do after you have taught them. This can apply to individual lessons, to tasks that span several lessons, to units of work and to entire semesters.
For example, at the semester level, you need to be clear about what is needed to achieve an A in English, and what evidence you need to have collected to make this decision. As a new teacher (or even as an experienced teacher at a new school), you need to:
- Be aware of how your school’s report card is organised (headings, sub-headings, grades used)
- Make decisions about what students need to know and be able to do to achieve different grades
- Organise your mark book with the above two points in mind
This will make your reporting both easier and fairer.
At a task level, you need to be clear about what success entails (criteria) and graduated levels of achievement (rubrics).
Clear success criteria help you and your students to focus their efforts.
Sounds easy, but most rubrics and criteria sheets are vague and meaningless. Take, for example, a Year 7, Science assessment task on mixtures. Students were given an in-class task, where they had to write a text to teach other students about the science of mixtures.
A vague, but sadly commonly used criteria for the content of the task would be:
- Shows a limited understanding of the topic
- Shows a sound understanding of the topic
- Shows a good understanding of the topic
- Shows an excellent understanding of the topic
The following criteria do a much better job of clarifying what success entails:
- Does not correctly explain what a mixture is
- Explains what a mixture is but does not describe the four different types of mixtures
- Explains what a mixture is and describes the four different types of mixtures
- Explains what a mixture is, describes four different types of mixtures, and gives an example of each
- Explains what a mixture is, and compares and contrasts four different types of mixture, giving examples of each
At a lesson level, it is better to have a clear goal for each lesson than it is to write down your activities. Goals focus your work, guard against ineffective activities and allow meaningful flexibility to occur. Here is a sample, goal-based weekly plan & day plan.
Mistake #4 – Trying To Be The Perfect Teacher
The desire to do well can be a wonderful thing. It motivates you to work hard. In turn, this can have a positive impact on your students’ results.
However, seeking perfection is like rain for farmers. It is a great help, but only to a point. Too much can be just as damaging as too little.
You Can’t Do Everything
If you are like most new teachers, you are equipped with grand theories, noble intentions and a sea of ideas. When you add in the additional expectations of your boss and your parents, it doesn’t take long to become overwhelming.
Here is a simple fact. You will not have the time or the energy to do everything you want to do in your lessons – even if you sacrifice your entire personal life. If you try, you will become exhausted, and you will become a less effective teacher.
This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t work hard. Of course, you should. Any form of genuine success takes hard work over a period of time. What it does mean is that you can’t do everything, so you must learn to prioritise what you do.
Sadly, when new teachers come to grips with this reality, they often prioritise the ‘fancy’ over the essential. You cannot always have great lessons, but if you focus on the basics, you can always have a good one. Of course, you can and should do more than these basic strategies – but when time is short, they are the ones you should never forego. See Plain Old Good Teaching.
You’re Going To Fail Sometimes
The other problem with thinking you must be perfect is that ignores the reality of failure while stopping you from responding to failure in a productive way.
Here is a simple fact – you are going to have bad days! Some of your lessons will flop. You will struggle to help some of your students succeed, and your students will sometimes let you down. This is normal, and it’s quite okay.
What isn’t okay is to use such bad days to:
- Blame yourself, and start thinking that you are hopeless – or at the other extreme
- Excuse yourself from learning from your experiences and to keep on trying
And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Thomas Wayne from Batman Begins (2005)
Mistake #5 – Failing To Manage Student Behaviour
Research7 shows that many new teachers struggle to manage their students’ behaviour and good behaviour is critical to student learning. In fact, your classroom management techniques are more important than many other factors, including students’ diets, your principal’s leadership and class size.
This is not really a surprise as only 30% of university lecturers say that their teacher education programs place a lot of emphasis on showing prospective teachers how to handle a rowdy classroom8.
An inability to manage students’ behaviour is one of the most common reasons new teachers leave the profession9. If you want to help your students to do well at school, while maintaining some semblance of personal sanity, then you need to run a disciplined classroom.
Student misbehaviour is the major obstacle to your success and has the potential to destroy your career.
The biggest mistake new teachers make is adopting the simplistic belief that students will behave well as long as you teach them in a motivating and engaging manner. Good teaching is essential, but it is not enough. You need to actively manage your students’ behaviour.
Here are some of the other common rookie mistakes:
- Telling kids how you want them to act (e.g. rules & routines) without getting them to practice acting that way or giving them corrective feedback on their initial efforts. You can’t habitualize behaviour in a single lesson or day.
- Not nipping small problems in the bud. It is easy for new teachers to get so involved in helping their kids that they fail to notice, let alone act on small problems. As a result, misbehaviour spirals and new teachers then find themselves giving out too many and/or unreasonable consequences.
If you want to survive and thrive in your new profession, you must be able to manage student behaviour.
For more information on behaviour management, check out our 10 Most Effective Behaviour Management Techniques ranked in order of impact.
Mistake #6 – Forging The Wrong Type of Teacher-Student Relationships
Research10 shows that teachers who have strong relationships with their students have more impact on their academic results and find it much easier to manage their students’ behaviour. Clearly, it is a good idea to forge strong relationships with your kids.
Strong relationships require you to be both:
Sadly, many new teachers are friendly without establishing their authority. It’s great to enjoy being with your students and to care for them as people. However, it is equally important to provide them with direction and structure, while taking the lead role in what goes on in your classroom.
Here are some specific points that highlight this idea:
- It’s not about getting your kids to like you; it’s about you making sure your kids know you like them.
- Kid’s don’t want you to be permissive, they want you to be fair.
- It’s not about control for the sake of control; it’s about ensuring that your classroom is somewhere that kids can learn, where they feel respected and where they feel safe.
- Kids don’t want you to be mean, but they do want you to show tough love when needed.
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Entertainment may be, but does not have to be, deliberately created. I may be entertained by cats enjoying or by clouds rolling alongside within the sky, however neither the cats nor the clouds do what they do within the hopes of entertaining me. On Youtube, you can watch hours of logs burning in a fireplace or trains rolling through Scandinavia. Polisi asked each Fleming and Sondheim if they’d ever needed to compromise their art for business reasons. Sondheim, who’s worked all his life in the business world of Broadway, stated he by no means had.
Over the years, the Western components have increased, but with out completely destroying the Indian flavour. Most of the Indian movies are musicals and have elaborate track and dance numbers. There is fixed work for pop music composers — or music administrators, to make use of the Indian term. Movie soundtracks are launched as tapes and CDs, generally even before the movie is released.
The most important thought is the American dream which is cash, power. The godfather is conveying the message of two completely different cultural aspects, but all this is instead like inviting the corruption.
- India has 22 officially acknowledged languages, and a huge variety of literature has been produced in these languages over time.
- If you favor stay theater for entertainment, then you’re in luck with loads of performing arts venues situated downtown.
- From there, our instructors work with college students to develop their distinctive inventive talents, focusing on digital media to help them master the superior design ideas and storytelling skills for entertainment art.
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So the distinction exists on a continuum with no absolutes, however is a tough equation of the elemental intent or want to realize art by both artist and viewers. What is absolute is that selecting art quite than entertainment is really about preferring substance to artifice. And that type of art revolves round Movie Genres a fast-growing business where nice artists are in excessive demand. But there’s always room for brand new expertise to interrupt in and name entertainment art their career. If you worth music as an art kind, it is necessary to take further action.
Called “one of many world’s great museums” by Lonely Planet, that is the place to see some of the most necessary finds from Greece’s archaeological sites, together with mummies, ancient pottery and a marble statue of Aphrodite. Athens is chock filled with museums, including the well-known Acropolis Museum, the Museum of the Ancient Agora and the Attica Museum. Even the airport has a free museum, situated on the second ground upstairs from the Olympic Airlines ticketing center. Athens is studded with small contemporary galleries, together with the well-known E31, Artaz, Alogo and Fizz. In Salonika, check out the State Museum of Contemporary Art, containing 1,275 pieces of distinguished Russian avant-garde artists and a major number of paintings and sculptures by Greek and foreign artists. The museum’s Center for Contemporary Art additionally profiles emerging artists in the area.
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Without having a complete assessment of your downtown’s art and entertainment needs and alternatives, decision makers may gravitate to catalytic, large-scaled and costly tasks for their downtowns which may not be possible. Decision makers may need to build upon the art and entertainment offerings already out there of their group. Opportunities for downtown arts and entertainment might include the need to broaden a neighborhood theater or art program, the power to capture the cultural heritage of a community or to incorporate new art or entertainment forms into the downtown. Diverse Use of Theater SpaceThe Zona Gale Theatre in Portage, Wisconsin makes use of its space for a wide selection of art and entertainment venues all yr long.
Recent friends interviewed embrace Jennifer Aniston, Jim Carrey, George Clooney, Bradley Cooper, Colin Firth, Al Pacino, James Franco, Brad Pitt, and members of the casts of Glee, Mad Men, and Modern Family. Launch an thrilling and fulfilling profession in performing arts and entertainment corporations. Team-based, self-directed and project-driven, the IAEP strongly embraced collaborative exploration in new media, with a selected emphasis on narrative theory and storytelling. Graduates discovered from a big selection of crucial perspectives, including inventive development, new expertise applications, business and trade training and manufacturing.
It has big community for art and entertainment junkies on the web. Look no further for an eclectic mix of arts, tradition and entertainment! Enjoy a world-class symphony orchestra in the superbly renovated Fox Theater, take a pottery class at Arts Visalia, visit galleries and museums and go to the Taste the Arts Festival to have fun agriculture and art! Art is subjective, but we expect we can objectively say that Massachusetts has the best art in the complete solar system. After all, it’s house to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, one of the world’s most spectacular collections of fantastic art; Mass MoCA, the country’s most fertile website for giant scale new art; and the “small however big” Worcester Art and Fitchburg Art Museums.
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Inflation is becoming more and more relevant to the current global conditions, as the world is going into a recession which many believe to be the deepest since the Second World War. The inflation impact on us is devaluing our holdings, giving us less purchasing power on our money.
An example of inflation is that in 1913 a single dollar had the same purchasing power that $27.58 have today. Nowadays, the Federal Reserve and other central banks throughout the world have been engaging in quantitative easing and other economic policies that increase banks’ liquidity, but risk increasing inflation.
Measures have been taken by the central bank through purchases of long-term securities from the market to increase money supply. The goal was to lower the inflation through incentivization on lending and investment activities, and deprioritization on savings and prudence.
Purchases of over $80 billion worth of Treasures and $40 billion worth of mortage-backed securities were made each month by the Federal Reserve in the summer of 2020. The balance sheet indicated passing through the $8 trillion mark.
The solution to these problems is a different type of currency, one that rewards prudent moves such as saving and ensures people’s purchasing power doesn’t vanish over time. Inflation Hedging Coin (IHC) is one such currency. It is also one of the most hyped projects receiving a wide-spread support – evidence is that the IHC managed to raise $10 Million USD in under 30 seconds.
How IHC Fights Inflation
IHC is a cross-chain cryptocurrency, running on both Ethereum (ETH) and Binance Smart Chain (BNB) networks. Through regular burning events of the IHC determined by the U.S. inflation rate, the value of the IHC remains stable. Burning events will continue until the total market capitalization is equal to the number of tokens that the total number of holders have in possession.
Each IHC transaction incurs a 5% fee that will be accumulated and redistributed to every other token holder regularly in a bid to incentivize them to save more instead of speculating in other activities with the tokens. None of the accumulated fees goes towards the IHC’s founders and their team.
Another measure that shapes IHC as less volatile than other cryptocurrencies in the space is when not engaging in trading or other speculative activities.
Currently, the IHC team is developing an on-chain wallet application to improve functionalities and grant token holders with access to financial services more easily. The wallet application will include lending and yield farming services to ensure saving, for example, is easier for users on-chain.
The IHC Team is made up of experts from various fields and includes blockchain developers, entrepreneurs, and more with over 20 years of combined experience in global financial markets. Its advisors have experience in various sectors and have run operations from Wall Street to Ulaanbaatar.
The project’s co-founder and CEO GantigBayarmagnai is a blockchain and cryptocurrency expert in Mongolia. Besides founding IH Bit LLC and the Cryptocurrency Mongolia Group, he also co-founded Silkchain Capital, a country representative of VeChain in Mongolia.
Accelerating the global transition to cryptocurrency
This Saturday, October 9 2021, will be a major day for the world of boxing. To bolster cryptocurrency adoption throughout the world, IHC is joining forces with former heavyweight world boxing champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship in Las Vegas.
Deontay’s fight against Tyson Fury will see the fight appear in IHC sponsored fight trunks as part of the company’s mission to accelerate the global transition to cryptocurrencies. Deontay Wilder has said in a press release he is “excited to have IHC” sponsor him.
MunkhjinOtgonbaatar, co-Founder and CFO of IHC noted Deontay
Exemplifies everything a champion should be – rebellious, resilient, and disciplined. He is a true rebel who fights against social injustice and inequality, while IHC is a rebel cryptocurrency that fights against the inequality and injustice of exuberant money printing practiced by central banks across the globe.
How to buy IHC?
IHC coin is currently available and traded on two DEXes, ApeSwap and PancakeSwap. As part of the company’s roadmap, the token is planned to be listed on two centralized exchanges, which should take place in late October 2021. All listing news will be announced to the community on the available communication channels and social media platforms. For more information on how to get your IHC and support the project, please visit the IHCoin website.
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ILOILO CITY - Iloilo City's participatory approach to addressing issues on urban housing is among the five finalists in the 2021-2022 World Resources Institute (WRI) Ross Center Prize for Cities from among the 260 applications from 155 cities in 65 countries.
Iloilo City joined four other finalists from India, France, Colombia, and Pakistan, which were announced virtually during the World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland on the evening of June 29 in the Philippines.
The "Participatory Housing and Urban Development in Iloilo City" showcases the collaboration of urban poor communities under the Iloilo City Urban Poor Network and the city government to respond to issues of informal settlers that "scaled up citywide", regional coordinator of the Homeless People's Federation Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI) - Western Visayas, Sonia Cadornigara, said in an interview on Friday.
"We are (a) partner of the city government in all development process(es), particularly affecting homeless people and those in need of basic services, including their livelihood component," Cadornigara said.
The network is composed of the HPFPI, Iloilo Federation of Community Association, and the Iloilo City Urban Poor Federation.
Their engagement ranges from assistance with land acquisition, community upgrading, provision of housing materials, and construction of houses for the urban poor.
No fund was sourced from the local government but grants were coming from various international agencies, according to Cadornigara.
The city government provides technical assistance through its Iloilo City Urban Poor Affairs Office (ICUPAO).
The network is also among the partners of the city government in the beneficiary selection and validation of recipients for housing projects intended for informal settlers and those that will be displaced by government priority projects.
She added that the HPFPI has a non-negotiable requirement of a community savings program where they have to set aside a certain amount every week.
About 400 families benefitted from the construction of new houses, while they also helped build transit housing for victims of Typhoon Frank in 2008 aside from its ongoing housing materials assistance for urban poor communities.
"In all aspects of the housing project, the (urban) poor community is involved," Iloilo City Urban Poor Federation president Benfred Tacuyan, said in a separate interview.
The federation has about 11,000 individual members from various associations in relocation sites and in other communities that are faced with issues regarding the security of land tenure.
"The local government, as its major strategy, has involved the urban poor sector in implementing major projects, especially in clearing the project areas. The impact on affected families is different when the concerned sector, together with the local government, is reaching out to them," he added.
The grand winner, to be announced in December, will receive USD250,000, while the four runners-up will get USD25,000 each.
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Martha Walter was a second generation American Impressionist known for her bold and colorful painting style. She went to Europe to further her art education when she was in her early thirties and revisited often throughout her life.
Walter devoted her long and successful career to painting life as she saw it with overtones of Impressionism and Modernism. Her favored subjects were women and children, and she preferred above all else to paint right in front of her subjects rather than to work from sketches or photographs. In this way, she painted at the shore, in the teeming markets of North Africa, and – in a unique series of paintings known as her Ellis Island group – inside the crowded immigration facilities on New York’s Ellis Island.
A native of Philadelphia, Walter attended Girls High School. While still in school, she was admitted to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied with William Merritt Chase. With Chase she began to paint with rich, saturated color and to successfully use black, which for the most part was avoided by the Impressionists. In 1908, Walter was the recipient of the academy’s Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which paid for two years of study and travel abroad. She went to Paris and enrolled, successively in the Academie Grande Chaumiere and the Academie Julian, but finding Parisian academy instruction far too conservative, she left to paint Parisian cafes and park scene en plein air. She rented a studio with other young women from the United States who shared her views.
Walter first attracted renown for her beach scenes, a theme that had its genesis while she was in France, on the beaches of St. Malo, Deauville, Trouville, and Biarritz. The onset of World War I brought her back to the United States. She took a studio in New York City and continued to paint colorful figures at the Beach by visit Coney Island, Atlantic City and Gloucester, Massachusetts, where she summered and opened an art school. She eventually moved back to the Philadelphia area, settling in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania.
Walter participated in the annual exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Academy over a fifty-year period and received the academy’s gold medal in 1923. She also exhibited for thirty-two years in the annuals of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work was the subject of one-woman exhibitions at the Cincinnati Art Museum in 1914, the Galerie Georges Petit, Paris in 1922 and the Art Club of Chicago in 1941.
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One hundred years ago this week, Grace Kingsley took another trip to Charlie Chaplin’s studio to watch him at work. She happened to be there for when he was drinking tea and brainstorming a name for his next film. She recorded the scene:
All the name had to suggest was patriotism and fun, and drama and punch and a few other things like that. Of course, the christening wasn’t effected without a lot of skirmishing. Syd Chaplin must have his joke, for one thing.
“Call it The Bums of Berlin!” he suggested.
But Brer Charlie wasn’t going to have any low-comedy names, because his bright necklace of laughter is really strung on a stout little thread of seriousness.
The Fat Comedian, who is inclined to be sentimental, suggested it be called Hearts of Fate. [this was probably Henry Bergman]
“Hearts of Lettuce.” parodied Syd Chaplin.
“Why not call it Charlie Carries On, suggested the thin heavy, which sounded reasonable, too. [Albert Austin, perhaps]
But the comedian took a reflective munch on his third slice of cake and a quick glup of tea, got up and walked into the door of a set, emerged on the other side and triumphantly announced:
Which you must admit has punch in its sound, suggests either comedy or pathos, and altogether, like the mother hubbard of the senator’s speech, ‘covers everything and touches nothing’.
And that was that. Maybe if we all eat more cake, we can have Chaplin-caliber ideas, too!
However, the film was far from finished. A bit later, this happened:
“And now, Syd,” said Charlie, “tell this lady the plot!”
Syd looked perplexed.
“Don’t you just wish you could!” laughed Charlie. “The story is a sketchy thing,” explains Charlie seriously.
Eventually they did figure it out, and the film came out in October. I imagine there was more cake and tea involved.
Kingsley’s favorite film this week was a two-reel comedy.
Fay Tincher, glory be, has returned to the screen, with her professional chewing gum and her trade-mark stripes. Filled with all her old pep and drollery she is appearing at Miller’s this week in a whimsical little comedy entitled Main 1-2-3, in which she is a shop girl, who, longingly gazing into a furniture shop window showing a furnished flat, is hired to live in the window for advertising purposes.
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Fast food restaurants are the go-to for many people when they need a quick bite. Unfortunately, these restaurants can be unhealthy for diabetics because of the high sugar content in their food. Diabetics should avoid fast food altogether or choose healthier options that are still quick to prepare. Thai restaurant food is one of the best cuisines for people with diabetes. The cuisine is rich in vegetables and healthy fats, which are essential for diabetics.
Diabetics should eat at fast food restaurants that are healthy. There are many fast food restaurants that offer low-calorie foods and options for diabetics. Read more in detail here: what fast food is best for diabetics.
Diabetes-Friendly Fast Food Options at the Biggest Fast-Food Chains
- Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad from McDonald’s.
- Chicken, Quinoa, and Protein Bowl with Black Beans and Greens from Starbucks.
- Salad with cheese, veggies, guacamole, and Subway vinaigrette from Subway.
- Veggie Burger from Burger King.
What can a diabetic eat at McDonalds, for example?
MCDONALD’S. Although McDonald’s cuisine is known for being heavy in sugar and fat, diabetic-friendly options may be found there if you use the nutrition calculator. The grilled chicken salads (bacon ranch or Southwest), the sausage burrito, and the burgers or grilled chicken sandwiches without the bread are the finest options.
Second, can diabetics with Type 2 consume fast food? Fast food is not the greatest choice for diabetics since it contains a variety of meals that are rich in sugar, salt, and fat. Even the healthiest choices are often processed. To assess how a fast food meal has impacted them, people should check their blood sugar two hours later.
Is it safe to consume fast food if I have diabetes?
Fast food, like junk food, should be avoided most of the time. Many of the alternatives are highly processed, low in fiber, and rich in salt, sugar, or fat. People with diabetes, on the other hand, may consume fast food in moderation without jeopardizing their health and well-being with a little knowledge.
Is it safe to eat KFC if you have diabetes?
Yes, you may eat at KFC if you order the Original Chicken Breast, which has no skin or breading and has just 220 calories, 0 grams of carbohydrates, and 2 grams of saturated fat. It’s also good with green beans (50 calories, 2 g carbs, 0 g saturated fat).
Answers to Related Questions
Is there any Chinese cuisine that a diabetic can eat?
In Chinese restaurants, what to order
- Skip the rice or, at the very least, ask for brown rice and a modest amount.
- Hot & sour soup, wonton soup, chicken or beef chop suey, stir-fried chicken or shrimp with veggies, or chicken chow mein are some of the dishes available.
- Make a request for more veggies and less sauce.
Is it safe to eat pizza if you have diabetes?
Pizza, if ordered thin-crust and topped with veggies rather than high-fat meats and additional cheese, may be a suitable option for individuals with type 2 diabetes.
Is it true that bacon is harmful for diabetics?
Although sizzling bacon and sausages sound delicious, they are rich in fat, salt, and carcinogens, making them unhealthful options for anybody, especially diabetics. Although chicken or turkey bacon are lower in fat, their salt level may still be significant.
Is it OK to eat chicken nuggets if you have diabetes?
If you have diabetes and wish to restrict your carbohydrate and sugar consumption, this is terrible news. Chicken may be an excellent choice for diabetics. Chicken comes in a variety of cuts, all of which are rich in protein and low in fat. Chicken may be a wonderful component in a balanced diabetic diet plan when cooked properly.
Is it true that cheeseburgers are harmful for diabetics?
Fatty foods may lower insulin sensitivity and increase levels of heart-disease-linked lipids. Researchers discovered that only one fatty meal, such as a cheeseburger and chips, is enough to disrupt the body’s metabolism and induce changes linked to liver disease and diabetes.
Is it OK to eat peanut butter if you have diabetes?
Peanut butter may aid in the management of diabetes, a disease characterized by high blood sugar levels. Peanuts and natural peanut butter have a low glycemic index (GI). This implies that a person’s blood sugar levels should not increase too quickly or too high after eating it.
Is it safe for a diabetic to consume popcorn?
Popcorn is a low-sugar, low-calorie snack choice for diabetics. It will not significantly raise a person’s blood sugar levels, making it a safe snack between meals. People should, however, limit their toppings and avoid eating excessive amounts.
Is it OK to eat graham crackers if you have diabetes?
Honey graham crackers are safe to consume for diabetics. Except for chocolate-covered graham crackers, the quantity of honey or sugar in most types of graham crackers isn’t regarded substantial. When you consume graham crackers, remember to decrease the starch exchanges in your diabetes eating plan.
Is rice safe for diabetics to eat?
Rice contains a lot of carbs and has a high GI score. You may believe that if you have diabetes, you must avoid it at supper, but this is not always the case. If you have diabetes, you can still consume rice. However, you should avoid consuming it in excessive quantities or too often.
Potatoes are safe to consume for diabetes.
Despite the fact that potatoes are a starchy vegetable, a diabetic may eat them as part of a healthy diet. As a result, it’s critical for diabetics to keep track of their carbohydrate consumption. Potatoes are a carbohydrate-rich vegetable. They include carbs, which cause blood sugar levels to rise.
Is it safe for a diabetic to consume hot dogs?
A daily intake of 50 grams — about two slices of cold cuts or one hot dog — is linked to a more than 50% increase in the chance of developing diabetes. The good news is that meat eaters may transition to a variety of alternative meals that reduce diabetes risk, according to the study.
Is it safe for diabetics to consume cheese?
Cheese is typically rich in fat and salt, but it is acceptable to consume in moderation if you have diabetes. Some cheeses, particularly fresh cheeses, may even assist individuals who aren’t diabetic decrease their chance of developing the disease.
Is there anything diabetics may eat at McDonald’s?
Here Are 6 Diabetes-Friendly McDonald’s Dishes to Order
- Latte + Egg McMuffin
- Hamburger + kids’ fries + 1 ketchup packet
- Sandwich with artisan grilled chicken and a side salad.
- Salad with Southwest Grilled Chicken and kids’ fries
- Apple slices with a double cheeseburger
- 4 pieces of chicken McNuggets + tiny fries + side salad
What is the finest diabetic dinner?
15 Recipes for Diabetic-Friendly Dinners
- Chile Verde with Beef and Beans
- Pasta with turkey sausage and arugula.
- Soup with chicken and white beans.
- Risotto with mushrooms.
- Chicken Curry with Couscous that’s good for you.
- Parmesan Chicken Baked in the Oven
- Sesame Beef and Green Beans with a Healthy Twist
- Salmon with Spring Veggies that’s good for you.
Is it safe for diabetics to consume ice cream?
Yes, those of us with diabetes CAN have ice cream, in case you missed the message. Even if those outside the diabetes community disagree and attempt to persuade us that we can’t or shouldn’t, the reality remains that an occasional ice cream sundae or vanilla waffle cone isn’t going to kill us.
Sandwiches are safe for diabetics to consume.
Pin it to Pinterest Even those with diabetes may enjoy a simple, tasty sandwich. Make an open-faced sandwich using thin sandwich bread to reduce carbohydrate intake, or wrap it in lettuce or low-carb tortillas. Choose deli meats that are lean and low in salt, such as roast turkey.
What beverages may a diabetic consume?
Here are the best diabetes-friendly beverage choices, whether you’re at home or in a restaurant.
- Water. When it comes to hydration, individuals with diabetes should stick to water.
- Tea. Green tea has been proven to have a beneficial impact on your overall health in studies.
- Juice made from vegetables.
- Milk with a low fat content.
Is it safe to eat hamburger if you have diabetes?
Even at modest levels of consumption, red meat intake, such as beef, pig, and lamb, may raise the risk of diabetes. Protein meals that are also rich in fat are unhealthy for many diabetics because they may cause weight gain and high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (a kind of fat).
What kind of junk food can diabetics consume?
Junk food raises blood sugar levels to levels comparable to those seen in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Trans fats may be found in the following foods:
- Chips and crackers
- Fries, for example, are a quick food item.
- Oil that has been partly hydrogenated or hydrogenated.
- Muffins and cakes are two of my favorites.
The subway diabetic fast food is a great option for those with diabetes. It has a low glycemic index, which means it doesn’t have a high amount of sugar.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there any fast food a diabetic can eat?
Yes, there are many fast food options that are diabetic friendly. A common example is a hamburger with lettuce and tomato on a bun without the mayonnaise or mustard.
What restaurants can a Type 2 diabetic eat?
A Type 2 diabetic can eat anything that doesnt have too much sugar in it. They should avoid eating foods with a lot of carbohydrates, like breads and pasta.
Is Taco Bell OK for diabetics?
I am not a doctor, but if you are diabetic then yes, Taco Bell is fine.
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Component:Agricultural Silicone Spreading and Penetrating Agent
||Colorless to light yellow liquid
|Cloud point（1% wt，℃）
It is Non-ionic and is excellent penetrating and spreading silicone adjuvant. with the use of silicone adjuvant HY108, the dosage of agrochemical spraying agent can be lessened. The rapid uptake of the agrochemical can also be strengthened.
- Applied as spray adjuvant: HY-108 can make a lager coverage of the spraying agent, and can make the using amount of spraying agent less. Its function can be best when PH range of spray mixtures is between 6.0-8.0 or when spray is used at once or within 24 hours after preparing.
- HY-108 can be added in the original pesticide formulation.
Used as spray and mixed in drum
Usually, 5 g silicone adjuvant HY-108 (4000times) would be added in 20kg solution. If the absorption of pesticide needs to be promoted, or the effect of pesticide needs to be strengthened or the spray amount needs to be reduced further, the usage quantity should be added properly in the spray.The using quantity is usually as follows:
|Plant promote regulator
|Fertilizer and trace element
During the using process, the pesticide needs to be dissolved at first. The pesticide need to be mixed with 80% water, and it needs to be added into the mixture. Then, water need to be added to 100% and mix them evenly. When Silicone Adjuvant HY108 is used, it is suggested to reduce the the water amount to 1/2 or 2/3 of the normal. The average unit using amount of pesticide can be decreased to 70-80% . The small nozzle can make the spray seed faster.
Used with Original Pesticide
If add Silicone adjuvant HY-108 directly into the pesticide formulation, The suggested adding amount is 0.50%-8.0% of pesticide. The PH of the pesticide prescription should be modified to 6.0-8.0. The end user should modify the using amount as per different types of prescription and pesticide get an economical and effective result. Compatibility tests are needed to be done before usage.
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The stigma against the termination of unwanted pregnancies has changed over the years, and now, a recent study reveals that the majority of women who have had an abortion do not regret their decision.
A study by PLOS ONE at the University of California showed 95 percent of women who terminated their pregnancy believe that the choice was right for them at the time. Researchers talked to 667 women who had abortions in 30 facilities across the country. For three years, researchers checked in with the women through phone surveys to assess their positive and negative feelings about the experience.
The Washington Post reports:
They found no difference in post-abortion experiences between women who had early abortions and those who had late ones: “Notably, we found no differences in emotional trajectories or decision rightness between women having earlier versus later procedures.”
Although the amount of women questioned was small, researchers believe the findings will change the conversation about the effects of abortion. Developing negative feelings about the experience isn’t a sure-fire sign of regret.
You can find more on the study here.
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Duke Energy is listening to all landowners
Duke Energy meets the daily energy needs of more than 11 million Carolinians by connecting 50 power plants to 190,000 miles of power line. This infrastructure touches all of our communities.
It connects homes and business to reliable energy resources across both states, powering the economy and daily conveniences.
As our communities prosper, electricity demand grows, and we must grow with it. Such is the case in western North Carolina where, since 1970, overall energy usage has more than doubled and the peak energy demand has increased 360 percent.
Duke Energy plans to invest $1.1 billion in new electrical infrastructure to meet the growing needs. Over the next several years, we will retire the 376-megawatt Asheville coal plant, build a 650-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant and install solar generation. We’ll also build a new substation in Campobello, and a new 40-mile, 230-kilovolt transmission line to connect the region and the new plant to the existing electric grid.
Why build a new plant?
The existing coal plant (which is used to meet the region’s continuous energy demand) and oil-burning units (which are used to meet peak demand) and existing transmission lines (which can import about 400 megawatts) together are not enough to reliably meet the energy needs of the region.
Today, our operators have access to about 1,100 megawatts of energy capacity. Peak energy demand for the region last year topped out at 1,183 megawatts requiring the activation of voluntary load control programs, smart grid-enabled voltage reductions and an overall request for voluntary conservation to manage through the peak.
If the area continues to grow as expected, by 2020, extreme weather events like this year’s arctic blast or the Polar Vortex of 2014 could leave the region without power.
There is no single solution. Even with a new, larger power plant, renewable generation, smart grid programs and ongoing energy efficiency initiatives, we must have additional capacity to meet the region’s energy needs when the plant is unavailable.
Why build a new substation and transmission line?
The existing transmission infrastructure that serves the region is simply not able to provide adequate capacity in the coming years. The new substation and transmission line will connect the new plant and the region to our main transmission system, making it possible to jointly produce and deliver energy to benefit customers in both states. This ultimately saves money for everyone.
The closest location to the main transmission infrastructure is a 525 kV transmission line that runs between McGuire Nuclear Station in North Carolina and Oconee Nuclear Station in South Carolina. And the closest and most viable location to connect to that line is in Campobello, near where it crosses Interstate 26.
The need is real, and so too, are the emotions area property owners have expressed in response to these plans. That’s what makes this work difficult, and why we are using a robust site selection process that’s time tested and considered an industry best practice.
To date, we’ve received thousands of comments from residents, elected officials and others. We appreciate the feedback and welcome more, because we are listening. Many of the concerns we’ve heard have been about the extended timeline and the long period of uncertainty. To address that, we’ve expanded the team and revised our schedule and will now select a final route by early October 2015.
Ultimately, we know some property owners will be disappointed with the final decision, but we will be open and fair throughout the process. We will listen and consider all feedback to ensure the route selected has the least overall impact on property owners, the environment and the communities we serve.
The public comment period ends Aug. 31, so I encourage you to stay informed and offer comments by visiting the website http://dukeenergyfoothillsproject.power-viz.com.
You can also reach us by phone at 888-238-0373 and email email@example.com.
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A: Junk mail is probably the most annoying problem that plauges all of us who use e-mail. There is unfortunately no magic bullet to stop it all. Most of us need to follow a few basic rules and perhaps additional software to help keep junk mail under control.
The first thing to check is whether or not your e-mail provider filters mail at their server. Most E-mail servers now have some sort of anti-spam filtering available. However, not all of them are on by default, or they may filter junk mail at a very low level. So make sure you are using the filtering available at your server at the highest level you feel comfortable with. Each e-mail server is different, so you’ll need to check with your e-mail provider for more details. For some people with light e-mail loads, server filtering may be sufficient to keep junk mail at a minimum.
Some people recommend that you try to keep your e-mail address “safe” by not giving it out very much in order to keep it off spammers lists. But this is easier said than done, and once your address is on a list, you’re pretty much always going to be on spammers lists. This is especially true the longer you’ve had your e-mail address. So while it can’t hurt to be careful where you use your e-mail address and to whom you give it to, ultimately this strategy can’t by itself stop the flow of spam.
Ultimately, for those of us who use our e-mail address a lot or have had it for a long time, we may need to resort to using anti-spam software on our computers. While anti-spam filtering on your server may be effective, it can only do so much for users who receive a lot of spam. For example, while my own e-mail server does catch a lot of spam, a lot still does get through. I filter the remaining spam using software on my laptop.
Some e-mail programs have built-in anti-spam technology. For example, Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Apple Mail for Macintosh users both have junk mail filtering technology. Again, this software may be enough for some users, but for those that need more filtering, 3rd party software may be useful. Very simply, for Windows users, I recommend SpamBully. For Macintosh users, I recommend SpamSieve.
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Steering group member, Janet Colledge writes an Open Letter to Robert Halfon MP and educational press sharing her frustrations on the misuse of language surrounding Careers and guidance.
The newest member of our Steering Group, Janet Colledge, has been very busy of late working on the CDI Primary Careers Framework. The recently published frame work can be found on the CDI website here but Janet has also published a recent piece on her blog Outstanding Careers with some fantastic links to further reading on this area. With her permission we have republished her piece below.
The statutory requirement is clear, student’s careers guidance must be impartial and delivered by qualified practitioners. By qualified we know that this is someone who is Level 6 and above. Having a member of staff who’s job is dedicated to the delivery of Personal Guidance is an essential component to any successful Careers programme. Why is it that schools struggle to get this in place?
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Did You Know? Wisconsin Doesn’t Have A State Cheese…Yet
This is the HOT topic in America's Dairyland right now.
Wisconsin is obviously known for their cheese. There are worse things to be known for. Milk is the official state beverage and cheese is the official dairy product for the state but a "cheese to rule them all" or an official cheese has never been named.
Why not? Well, it couldn't be because they have better things to do than name an official cheese. It boils down to the fact that there are just too many types and just like a mother that loves all her children equally, some lawmakers don't feel right singling just one variety out as the best.
That's right. Lawmakers. There's a bill to make Colby cheese the official cheese of Wisconsin being brought forward by the representative of... Colby, Wisconsin.
It's not the first time the bill has been presented to the state. It also appears that this time will go about as well as it has in the past for the supporters of the bill. Republican Rick Gundrum sums it up here.
NBC5 - There is a wide variety of stores and shops in my district that have a wide variety of cheese that they sell. Cheese is very popular in the state of Wisconsin, as is sausage. I can’t get behind it.
The town of Colby claims that the colby cheese that was created in their town back in 1885 was the first cheese made in the state and laid the groundwork for the rest of the state to get into the dairy craze.
While that might be true, I find it hard to believe that cheese didn't co-evolve in more than one Wisconsin city at the same time. It's also a fools errand to convince someone from a town that's famous for making mozzarella to make another cheese the official state cheese.
It looks like the residents of Colby will have to wait another year to flood the internet with content about Wisconsin not having a state cheese.
See you guys next year!
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A new Center for American Progress analysis of Census Bureau data reveals a growing crisis that will devastate working women as our nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the research released this week, Millennial mothers, who make up the majority of the paid labor force in America, are nearly three times more likely than Millennial fathers to report being unable to work due to COVID-19 related school or child care closures. This not only causes personal financial challenges for women and families, but also has widespread consequences for our nation’s long-term economic recovery.
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Millennial parents struggled to balance working from home while caring for and educating their children at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, while millions of others were forced to reduce their hours at work and reduce their expenses. Child care providers were forced to close for an indeterminate amount of time, leaving essential workers — who are disproportionately women of color — to struggle to find safe, available child care for their children.
According to the data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, beginning in April, the number of parents citing child care closures as the main reason for being unable to return to work began increasing to a peak of 38 percent for Millennial mothers in late June and early July, before slightly declining. More than one- third of nonworking Millennial mothers reported “caring for children not in school or [child] care” as their main reason for not working. Millennial fathers on the other hand were nearly three times less likely to choose the lack of child care as their main reason for not working. It is clear that child care responsibilities and the lack of child care availability in America during and after this pandemic are having a negative impact on Millennial mothers’ participation in the labor force, with compounding effects as the pandemic continues.
Research shows that leaving the workforce for even a couple of years impacts a woman’s lifetime earnings, and the growing child care crisis caused by COVID-19 will only exacerbate the gender earnings gap for years to come if we allow the child care industry to collapse. Without a significant investment in child care providers, an estimated 4.5 million licensed child care slots will be permanently lost and working parents will be left with few options as they return to work. Without child care, our economic recovery will be incomplete and working parents — especially mothers — may never fully recover.
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