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Here we round up 10 facts about Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital, that you probably didn’t know.
Belfast is the Emerald Isle’s second largest city and is known the world over. It traces its beginnings back to the early 17th century, leaving the city with a long and proud history that has witnessed large-scale industrial growth but also conflict and division.
A lot of what has happened in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, is well-known, but surprisingly, a lot has happened in Belfast city across its history that remains largely unknown.
Here are the top 10 facts about Belfast that you probably didn’t know.
10. The Titanic was built in Belfast.
The RMS Titanic, then the biggest ship in the world, was built in East Belfast at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which was also the world’s biggest shipyard and employed 15,000 people.
The ship was completed by May 1911 after two years and two months of construction. It set sail from Southampton in England before infamously sinking on 14 April 1912.
9. Belfast has both town and city status.
Belfast was granted city status in 1888 by Queen Victoria, and the City Hall was built 18 years later to mark Belfast’s prominence.
It was made a town in the 17th century, and its growth from then on led it to become big enough to earn its status as a city.
8. The Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast.
The Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was signed in Belfast on Good Friday, 10 April 1998.
It was a peace agreement between the British and Irish Governments and the majority of the North’s political parties with the help of the EU and US Government, which brought to an end three decades of violence and established devolved government.
7. The city was once referred to as “Linenopolis.”
The linen industry in Ireland was centred in Belfast, and during the 19th century, the city was the largest linen producer in the world and played a key role in the Industrial Revolution.
Belfast’s linen industry grew rapidly in the 1860s and coincided with a doubling of Belfast’s size and population, owing to employment opportunities in the city created by the linen industry.
6. The Samson and Goliath cranes hold a world record.
The Samson and Goliath cranes, which dominate the city skyline and are emblematic of Belfast city, are the biggest free-standing cranes in the world.
The Goliath crane was completed in 1969 and has a height of 96 metres, while the Samson crane was finished by 1974 and stands at a huge 106 metres tall.
5. The Society of United Irishmen was founded in Belfast.
The Society of United Irishmen was founded on 18 October 1791 in Belfast. This group rebelled against the British state in 1798, seeking the establishment of an Irish Republic.
After publishing “An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland,” Theobald Wolfe Tone was invited to Belfast where he, Henry Joe McCracken, and Thomas Russell drafted the United Irishmen’s three resolutions.
4. James Connolly lived in Belfast.
Irish revolutionary, socialist, and Easter Rising leader James Connolly lived on the Falls Road in the heart of West Belfast.
Having lived previously in Edinburgh, America, and Dublin, Connolly moved to Belfast in May 1911 and lived at 1 Glenalina Terrace, Falls Road.
3. Belfast was once bigger than Dublin.
One of the most fascinating facts about Belfast that you probably didn’t know was that, by 1891, Belfast was a bigger city than Dublin and was Ireland’s largest city around the beginning of the 20th century.
Belfast was Ireland’s industrial home, famous for tobacco, rope-making, linen, and ship-building, which made it the powerhouse it was.
2. Belfast was bombed by the Nazis in World War II.
During what was known as the “Belfast Blitz,” 1,000 people were killed by bombs dropped by the Nazis in 1941 during the Second World War.
200 German bombers from the Luftwaffe shelled the largely unprepared city on 15 April 1941, which left over 100,000 people homeless.
1. “Belfast” is the Irish translation of “Beal Feirste.”
The Irish translation of Belfast is “Beal Feirste.” “Beal” means “mouth,” while “Feirste” means “sand bank ford,” roughly translating to the “mouth of the sea bank ford.”
This is in relation to the creation of Belfast, where the city’s original settlement was founded on the marshy ford where the River Lagan and River Farset cross. Today, this is where Belfast’s high street meets Victoria Street.
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There is great diversity in modern Christian Churches. In America, there are around 330,000 Churches, associated with an amazing assortment of denominational creeds. In general, they do good Work. In one way, they often do not. They do not follow Jesus' example, in making broad, sweeping edicts that are supposed to apply to every single Christian in every single situation that arises in a complicated modern world.
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Christianity involves a number of core beliefs. On these matters, a Church should allow or tolerate no variation or modification from their stated beliefs. Most Churches have a Statement of Faith which enumerates these core beliefs, or they have an official position of following certain Creeds and / or Confessions or the results of certain Church Councils.
Apart from these matters, each and every Church has the responsibility of interpreting the Scriptures for each individual person and situation. There are unique characteristics in every situation that is brought to a Church's attention by a Congregation member. Often, the subject matter is very personal and emotional to the individual. Those uniquenesses must be considered when consulting Scripture. Many of these matters are not specifically encouraged or forbidden by Scripture. A judgment needs to be made as to the apparent intent of Scripture.
Virtually all Churches have fallen into having dogmatic, universal positions on a large number of subjects. There is actually good reason for this. It is far easier to teach compliance with Christian ethics when there is a firm and fixed set of stated rules in which to live. If Christians in general thought that there was flexibility in those rules, many would tend to try to bend more of the rules, by the influence of their sinful natures, and then to try to rationalize their sinful actions on the basis of flexible rules. This is obviously not acceptable.
However, ALL rules have exceptions. There are always unusual and unique situations where the rule must be put aside. Absolute rigidity in applying dogmatic rules of living is inappropriate in such situations. In fact, it is un-Scriptural and un-Christian.
All modern Churches have the responsibility to do the same.
What if, any time you faced some complicated matter such as indicated here, you could go into a back room and have a private conversation with Jesus? You CAN! He is always there! You might need to think about what He might say to you, but the Holy Spirit will help you there!
Occasionally, it is necessary or appropriate to mention some other Denomination or religion during a Service. Unfortunately, in the many Churches I have visited during my life, these references have virtually always been derogatory references. Let's imagine what Jesus would say in our private conversation on such a matter. "Lord, I need to mention those terrible Roman Catholics (or Methodists; or Baptists; or Orthodox; or Pentecostals; or ???) and I am trying to formulate my comments." "Well, each of those groups attempt to Worship My Father and to Worship Me. Please keep that in mind when you make your comments about them." "But, Lord, they do everything wrong! They don't Baptize properly. They have too many Sacraments. They sing and yell and cry during Services." "Yes, they each Worship My Father and Me differently than you do. They have come to understand Scripture slightly differently than you do. Whether people think their methods and beliefs are slightly better than your or inferior to yours is not important to Me. You each believe that you are following the 'correct' methods and beliefs in Worshipping My Father and Me, and that is really all that is truly important."
(Note: My apologies to our Lord for attempting to discern what He might say in such a conversation. As a mere mortal, I could never really know for sure what He might say. My hypothetical conversation above is just to try to remind us of some bigger truths than we sometimes get mired in. It is also presented to suggest the sort of introspection we should apply to our Faith when faced with matters that are not clearly addressed in Scripture.)
It is suspected that fewer mean-spirited or hateful things would be spoken or thought about other Christian belief systems. Our Lord must certainly be pleased if His various followers would attempt to get along better.
There are many very personal situations that come before the Church. For example, all Christian Churches rightfully and properly teach against abortion. It is correct and proper to present this in a very rigid and strict sense, to minimize any possible misunderstandings about what is considered proper Christian behavior. However, there are certainly individual situations (usually presented after the fact) where such a rigid, universal position is inappropriate. In the event of a young woman being viciously raped by a stranger and thereby becoming pregnant, or in the case of incest which results in pregnancy, there seem to be compelling reasons to consider the alternative, if it would reduce the likelihood of destroying her and her child's future lives. No universal rule or dogmatic statement should be applied in such situations. Instead, we should consider such a situation individually and uniquely and ask "What would Jesus have said and done?" to be able to develop a path of guidance for that specific situation. He clearly would have strongly been against abortion, had it been a common procedure in His time. However, His compassion for the future lives of the girl and her child would certainly have been prominent in His thoughts. What if He could see that both of their lives would be totally wasted? What would His guidance be in that situation? The thesis here is that He would have INDIVIDUALLY given guidance, based on the uniquenesses of the specific girl and circumstances.
I am certainly not Jesus, or even Solomon, so I cannot say what the correct decision for guidance would be in each case. I only insist that the Church has the responsibility of treating such matters individually and not by applying dogmatic, universal rules. A Church should rely on guidance by the Holy Spirit in developing its opinions about each specific situation.
This approach, of generally considering what Jesus would have thought and done when approached on a specific issue, should guide our Churches in many subject areas where personal matters are involved. As long as the stated core beliefs of that Church are not in question, and as long as Scripture is silent on the specific situation, judgment should be offered as Jesus might have presented it.
Actually, the approach described here, which might be perceived as being "liberal", is actually even MORE strict than that of many modern Churches, BEFORE the fact. There is no doubt that Jesus would have been very stern in His teaching of the Lessons of the Bible. For example, can you imagine His reaction to the large numbers of "lazy" Christians, who only go to Church and "waste" their time there, because it is supposed to be compliance with the "minimum requirements" expected of him/her. Such people's actions are empty, and virtually meaningless. The main hope for any Church is that, potentially, regular exposure to Christianity might some day get through to them. Just going through the motions won't cut it. Actual Faith and Passion is necessary!
The significant variation here is in the dealing with a person who has already committed some sin, AND WHO SHOWS EVIDENCE OF REMORSE ABOUT IT. In such a case, there is no doubt that Jesus would have been Divinely Compassionate.
The result is that this approach is not necessarily any more "liberal" than other Churches in our Teaching of Christianity. The difference is in applying Compassion in dealing with human situations, where Compassion is called for.
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A Christ Walk Church
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The joint health market is dominated by this extract from the shell of crabs, lobster and shrimps but Cargill also markets a non-animal, non-shellfish derived glucosamine. The ingredient is often used in combination with chondroitin sulphate, extracted from animal cartilage, such as sharks.
Although glucosamine has started to be included in limited amounts in some foods and beverages in the US and Japan, the largest category in terms of take-up still remains dietary supplements.
Euromonitor International puts the value of the global market for glucosamine supplements at $2bn, citing an annual growth rate of seven per cent from 2004 to 2009.
However, Samantha Chmelik, industry manager for consumer health at Euromonitor, told this publication that as glucosamine is now a reasonably mature product, she anticipates a significant levelling off sales year on year up until 2014, and she predicts an annual growth rate over the next four years of only two per cent.
“We will not see big percentage growth at the global level but individual markets could still see double digit growth,” she said.
Indeed, conflicting results from various studies have led to a questioning of glucosamine’s and chondroitin’s efficacy, leading to the promotion of alternative ingredients, including omega-3 fatty acids, extracts from egg shell membranes, collagen, and extracts from pine bark.
And, according to Leatherhead Food Research, while glucosamine is the market leader, they claim that methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) has started to make inroads into the joint health arena, particularly for sports products.
Global glucosamine launches
The latest figures from Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD), provided to NutraIngredients.com, show that the top markets for glucosamine remain Asia Pacific, North America and Europe.
The database recorded 125 new products containing glucosamine launched in the past 12 months, 25 more than in 2008. The majority of these launches occurring in Asia Pacific, and only a handful noted in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
From March 2009 to date, 60 new glucosamine products were recorded in Asia Pacific compared to 29 in 2008.
New glucosamine products launches in North America came in at 29 over the same period, a tailing off compared to the 40 in 2008.
In Europe, again a decline in new launches can be seen with the GNPD tracking only 23 new products in the past 12 months, compared to 29 in 2008.
Two major developments in the glucosamine market over the past few years are that the ingredient has turned vegetarian, and it has also started appearing in foods and beverages.
But the challenge for the fortification sector though, notes Leatherhead in a recent report on the anti-ageing market, has been to develop convenient products that have a good taste profile to tempt consumers away from dietary supplement use in terms of glucosamine.
In the US, said the market researchers, glucosamine is still largely confined to supplements market but the rising popularity of such joint health supplements moved the market into soft drinks in 2000 with the high profile launch of Joint Juice by the start up company of the same name.
It was joined by a Joint Juice bottled Fitness Water option in 2007, both containing 1,500 mg of glucosamine and both having a mass retail positioning.
Leatherhead notes that a more recent arrival on the market is Elations fruit-flavoured joint health supplement beverages, made with Cargill’s branded Regenasure glucosamine hydrochloride ingredient.
The involvement of multinational Coco-Cola in the glucosamine fortification area with the 2007 launch of its Minute Maid Enhanced range was the most exciting development of recent years, said the analysts.
Marketed as helping to support healthy joints, the range had 750g of glucosamine HCL per 8 ounce serving, though it is now no longer part of the Minute Maid offering, which the Leatherhead analysts note, is increasingly focused on an antioxidant positioning.
Meanwhile, in Japan, there has been limited activity in glucosamine fortification.
There have been a number of launches over the years containing the ingredient, particularly in the early 2000s, with this activity focused strongly on people with active lifestyles and athletes rather than on ageing specifically, reported the Leatherhead team.
“Ajinomoto’s Amino Vital for example, was extended with a Daily Walker sport drink while Meiji’s Vaam jelly-style sports drinks features a Smooth Support variant, both with glucosamine in addition to the standard branched chain amino acids,” said the researchers.
More recently, continued the Leatherhead team, there have been launches of dairy products with added glucosamine with May 2008 seeing a relaunch of a functional milk drink from Nippon Milk containing 1200-mg N-acetyl glucosamine for joint health and a 12 per cent lower sugar content.
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State officials have greenlit giving the city of Los Angeles $2 million to plan for the future Taylor Yard River Park on the Los Angeles River.
The public park will ultimately fit into a fully restored segment of the LA River between Griffith Park and Downtown. The city closed escrow on the property earlier this year, considered by Mayor Eric Garcetti to be the “crown jewel” of the river’s massive restoration.
The 41-acre Taylor Yard site, once owned by Union Pacific Railroad, is set to eventually become a public park. But first its contaminated soil will need to be remediated. That process could take a years.
In announcing the funds last week, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy, which oversees the restoration of waterways and coastline in California, said the money would be spent on figuring out how to clean up the site and and how to provide longterm public access to it. It will also be used to plan construction on the first phase of the park within five years.
In the meantime, the goal is to somehow actually use the land and not keep it fenced-off (and maybe allow the city to use the space and potentially generate money from it.)
Possible interim uses could include kayak access, community events, education, or city parking space, according to a January report from the city’s Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon M. Tso and the City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana.
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WhatsApp keeps on launching new features and this is the only reason that it is the widely used platforms having millions of subscribers. However, some features are launched for good global reasons as just recently WhatsApp has launched Message forward feature that will help people to detect whether the message is spam or Fake. This movement has come after Facebook was termed as the social hub for the spread of fake news and creating unrest in several countries like India. In this digital world, such platforms are used to spread fake news and people keep on forwarding them without any proper authentication. Due to WhatsApp’s end to end subscription, no one can see what is being spread on the platform. So, now WhatsApp new Feature: Forwarding Info and Frequently forwarded, will fight the spread of fake news.
WhatsApp New Feature: Will it Really Curb spread of Fake news?
This feature will be included in beta version 2.19.80. This Feature allows users to see how many times a message he or she received has been forwarded. In order to get this information, the user will have to forward received message, open the info section of that message and he will get data. The message that is forwarded for more than five times will get a bubble that notifies “Frequently Forwarded.”
However, a confusing thing about this feature is that it will only allow those users who have forwarded the message to see whether it is fake or not through its forward message count. It means, in any case, such messages will be forwarded to other people who may believe it.
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Western States Boast the Best Wellbeing, Southern States the Worst
Want to be happier? Move out west.
The latest Gallup report finds people living in western states have the highest well-being.
Western and Midwestern states earned nine of the 10 highest well-being scores, while Southern states accounted for half of the 10 lowest well-being scores.
For the third year in a row, Hawaii residents reported having the highest well-being in the nation in 2011, with a Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index score of 70.2. Alaska, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Utah rounded out the top five states. West Virginia residents had the lowest well-being, with a score of 62.3, slightly improved from 61.7 in 2010.
The overall well-being score for the United States was 66.2 in 2011, which is a slight decrease from the 2010 score of 66.8. The surveys are based on state-level data from January to December of 2011. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index uses a calculation of 0 to 100, while 100 represents the highest state of well-being.
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Harry Bulkeley: Liberals have become present day Puritans
How do you picture a Puritan? I see a grumpy old guy with buckles on his shoes and a buckled-down mind beneath his tall buckled black hat. He’s on a crusade to ferret out heretics to persecute or witches to burn at the stake. That is certainly the image that has come down through American history.
New England was full of those people (two of my ninth-great grandfathers among them). People that disagreed with them weren’t welcome. Quakers were sent to Pennsylvania, Roman Catholics to Maryland. Roger Williams was exiled to Rhode Island for being the wrong kind of Puritan.
Puritanism secured its reputation for intolerance with the Salem Witch Trials. Convinced that the town was full of witches, the upstanding citizens burned at the stake those that they knew were practitioners of evil. Sometimes they even gave them a trial first — maybe by throwing them into a lake to see if they drowned.
The movement has wound its way down through American history taking the form of narrow-minded intolerance. When something disturbs their settled views today, as always, Puritans try to stamp it out. If it means burning it at the stake, grab the matches.
Sometimes humans can work things out through compromise but that requires acceptance that the other side may have some valid beliefs. Puritans know that they are right and anyone who disagrees with them is not just wrong but their ideas must be completely destroyed, crushed and obliterated. Any alternative thoughts are unacceptable.
These paroxysms of virtue by these zealots have had terrible, sometimes deadly consequences. Then, after time allows us to see how stupid they were, the Puritans become almost comical. What they did to their victims is not the least bit funny.
In the 18th century, Puritans decided that Shakespeare was unsuitable for respectable folks so they published a “cleaned up” version. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, “Banned in Boston” was a common label put on offensive books like "Huckleberry Finn," "Leaves of Grass" and "A Farewell to Arms." Prohibition was the result of Puritans trying to protect us from ourselves. It took 15 years after amending the Constitution to realize they were wrong.
The 1950s brought us McCarthyism and The Red Scare. Sen. Joe McCarthy knew the Russians had infiltrated the government and was prepared to name names. The Hollywood Ten were blacklisted for their unacceptable political views. The Puritans never stop; they just find new targets.
Remember when Adam Schiff claimed to have “damning evidence” of Trump’s collusion with Russia. McCarthy redux? Forbes Magazine threatened anyone who might hire members of the Trump administration. This is different from the Hollywood Ten how? A major publishing house just cancelled its contract with a senator because they disagreed with his politics. “Banned in Boston” anyone? Amazon has obliterated as hate speech certain books by medical experts because Jeff Bezos doesn’t agree with the doctors’ conclusions. The stories about Dr. Seuss, Disney and Sesame Street further highlight the obsession of The New Puritans. Some politicians are attempting to get certain cable networks banned because they don’t broadcast “the truth” — that is, those politicians’ version of truth.
Puritans are unbending and uncompromising because they believe they alone know the truth and are intent on imposing their beliefs on everyone else. That used take the form of religious intolerance but recently those beliefs are political. No longer can different political views be tolerated. Dissenters must be re-educated and their ideas erased. Frighteningly, that idea is gaining traction. The New York Times recently opined that the U.S. government needs a “Reality Czar” to ferret out wrong thinking. Harvard’s Shorenstein Center is calling for a “Truth Commission” because “there must be accountability.”
Woke folk would be appalled (no, angry) at being called Puritans. After all, aren’t they the free thinkers open to all new ideas? Only so long as those ideas are orthodox. Orthodox is from the Greek for “right opinion.” If you don’t have what they consider to be the right opinion, you are a hater or a racist. In his play “The Crucible” Arthur Miller uses the Salem Witch trials as an allegory for McCarthyism. Today the analogy works equally well for the left’s witch hunts.
As history shows us, all this would be laughable it weren’t so serious. This sort of Puritanism can destroy peoples’ lives and even long respected institutions.
Right-wing rioters that attacked the Capitol have properly been decried and should be punished. But so should the left-wing rioters that ravaged cities from Portland to Minneapolis and Kenosha. But the New Puritans in their academic ivory towers, the halls of political power and one-sided media outlets are intent on protecting the people that adhere to their ideology and destroying those that disagree.
The left doesn’t have buckles on their shoes but their minds are just as buckled down as their ancestors’. It’s tough to know what the woke Puritans demand that we think because orthodoxy can change to heresy in a Tweet. Throughout the centuries their answer has always been the same — do what we say and keep your mouth shut.
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Kinesiology 101: The Science of Running
This Course is part of The Scholar Program . You are welcome to purchase this course individually, but if you purchase The Scholar Program membership for $29/month you will gain access to every program in the HPW Academy of Scholarship. You can find more details on The Scholar Program here.
What can you expect from Kinesiology 101?
This course is designed to educated the student on the science of running. We'll dive into the physiology, biomechanics, neuromuscular system, endocrine system, and more. This will be different from any university course you may have taken on exercise science. We'll break down what it all means and translate it back to running. Don't get me wrong, we'll dive deep into the weeds, but we'll do it in a way that puts the focus on usability and practicality. This is the exercise science course you wish you could have taken in college. Topics covered include:
- The problems with applying science to coaching. How to do it successfully.
- Bridging the gap between science and coaching.
- Setting the stage: understanding fatigue and performance.
- The role of the brain in running and performance
- The physiology of running: oxygen, lactate, and more
- Stress and Adaptation: The science behind how we adapt to training
- Th Biomechanics of distance running
- What changes when we train?
- Utilizing and applying science in training. Practical takeaways
- And much more!
How will this course be delivered?
Through a combination of video lectures, readings, powerpoint presentations, podcast style audio recordings, and more. We attack teaching from multiple directions in order to help the student absorb the material best.
What we guarantee:
We will continue to develop and curate content that we think is valuable for the coaching community. We promise to continually update this content so that it is the best coaching resource on the planet. You'll be the first to hear about our lessons in coaching high school, college, and elite runners.
STEVE MAGNESS is the bestselling author of Peak Performance: Take Advantage of the New Science of Success and The Science of Running. He is a coach to some of the top distance runners in the world, having coached numerous athletes to top 15 at the World Championships and Olympic Games. As well as having coached six Top 10 performances at a major Marathon (Boston, NYC, Chicago). He's coached athletes such as Natosha Rogers, Neely Spence-Gracey, Sara Hall, Mark English, Jackie Areson, Brian Barraza, Sarah Crouch, and many more. He currently coaches at the University of Houston. Known widely for his integration of science and practice, Magness has been on the forefront of innovation in sport. He serves as an adjunct professor of Strength and Conditioning at St. Mary's University.
JONATHAN MARCUS is the director and co-founder of High Performance West. He's developed athletes to national championships, Olympic Trials Qualifying standards, and national records. Some of the athletes he has coached include: Tara Welling, Nicole Blood, Eleanor Fulton, Mckayla Fricker, Daniel Herrera, and more. Previously Jon was the Head Cross Country Coach at Clackamas Community College and an assistant Track & Field/Cross Country Coach at Portland State, University of Portland, and Warner Pacific College. He graduated with a B.A. from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2006. | <urn:uuid:2c887d92-1cbb-481c-b879-2ac99970accd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://the-science-of-running.teachable.com/p/kinesiology-101-the-science-of-running1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946353 | 726 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Everybody knows Italian food: mozzarella cheese, pastas, world-class wine…right? It’s true. It’s more than just those basic dishes. It is highly regional, as we have discussed in this article. However, Italians have a wider palette than Europeans and Americans. Some of the most exotic cuisines in Italy might seem strange to you.
Many of the “stranger” Italian recipes were born out of necessity. Italians could save money by using the whole animal or purchasing the off-cuts over the years and still enjoy a healthy meal. This type of cooking is still called cucina povera or “poor cooking”. These recipes are all local and were made from ingredients that were readily available during the country’s past. Below are some of the most exotic and unusual dishes from Italy. What dishes would you like to try?
If you are interested in learning more about cucina Povera, check out our Florence food tour. )
Meat from Equine (Horse).
Italy’s current consumption of horse meat is a result of its agricultural past. In that time, the animals were needed to work the fields and food was scarce. People ate horses and donkeys out of necessity because they were protein. Equine meat was prescribed by doctors to treat anemia in 1800s. The meat is rich in iron, low in fat and cholesterol. The popularity of donkey and horse meat has declined as Italians begin to view horses as domesticated animals. However, Italy is still the country with the highest equine meat consumption in Europe. There are many delicious Italian dishes. The Verona donkey ragu or the Stracotto d’asino are two examples of a slow-cooked dish with donkey meat. You can also try horse in the same dish. It is usually served with polenta or cut as cured meat.
Pork in all forms – we mean ALL –
It is no secret that Italians love pork, but pork can be found in some of the most exotic dishes in Italy. Some of the most popular regional dishes make use of some of the weirdest cuts of pork. Roman amatriciana pasta, also known as pork cheek, is made with pork snouts, ears, and feet. Famous and difficult to pronounce ‘ndocca’ ‘ndocca is from Abruzzo. This region has cold winter temperatures and a history in rural life. It simply seasons the feet and ears with bay leaves, garlic and rosemary, as well as pork rinds. You may be a little squeamish by this, but you have probably had salumi (cured pork) before. Coppa di Testa and soppressata are two popular salumi made from pork head.
Tripe and other cow organs
Tripe and organs are perhaps the most exotic Italian cuisine. This is not your grandmother’s liver dish. The Italians go far beyond that. There are many regional dishes that use different cow organs throughout Italy. A classic veal tongue is boiled, sliced, and seasoned in Piemonte or Liguria. You can also try the popular panino con le milza (pani ca memusa in Sicily) from Palermo. This sandwich is made with veal spleen, lung and has been boiled and fried. If you wish, cheese can be added.
Tripe is the white, rubbery lining in the stomach of a cow. You can cook it in many ways but the most common way to prepare it is as a hearty soup. Trippa is an Italian name for tripe. It’s a typical dish from many Italian regions, especially Lombardy and Lazio. Lampredotto is a Tuscan tripe recipe that includes Florentine tripe in sandwich form with hot sauce or green sauce. (If you like the sound, please check out our post on the best panino shops located in Florence).
Sea urchins and raw octopuses
Sushi is a common dish. However, Japan is not the only country that has a culture that eats raw seafood. Puglia’s south-side seafood consumption is so common that the government has established no-fishing periods in order to help the environment. The best way for Pugliese to enjoy fresh seafood is to immediately eat it!
Sea urchin is Italy’s most beloved raw seafood dish and also one of the most mysterious foods. The orange organ inside that spiny, hard exterior is actually the sea urchin’s bladders. Raw octopus is second only to the seaurchin. The fishermen use a specific method to clean the octopus, which is considered a speciality. To make the octopus meat more tender, they remove its internal organs. Then, they pound the fish against a hard rock for tenderization. Finally, they stir the fish for about an hour to curl the tentacles. This particular dish is known as pulpe rizz or octopus curl.
Weeds, and other things
Contrary to what the title suggests, Italians eat many, MANY vegetables, and are quite imaginative in their food preparation. Cicoria or dandelion leaf are some of the more unusual vegetable options. It is a weed that can be found in many countries. However, Italians make unique side dishes from it. Another favorite is pumpkin flowers, or fiori di zucca. These pumpkin or zucchini flowers are used by Italians to make flavorful risottos or to fry with anchovies or mozzarella cheese.
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American English, or United States (U.S.) English, is the set of dialects of the English language native to the United States. English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and is the common language used by the federal government, considered the de facto language of the country because of its widespread use. English has been given official status by 30 of the 50 state governments. As an example, while both Spanish and English have equivalent status in the local courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, under federal law, English is the official language for any matters being referred to the United States District Court for the territory.
The use of English in the United States is a result of British colonization. The first wave of English-speaking settlers arrived in North America during the 17th century, followed by further migrations in the 18th and 19th centuries. Since then, American English has been influenced by the languages of West Africa, the Native American population, German, Dutch, Irish, Spanish, and other languages of successive waves of immigrants to the United States.
Find a flick with our weekly curated list of classic movies, cult favorites, film festivals, etc., playing at theaters, drive-ins and pop-ups and/or streaming online. Before you go, remember to call or check online for reservation requirements and COVID-19 protocols ...Phil ... In Swedish with English subtitles ... In Swedish and Latin with English subtitles.
Where next for Call Of Duty? (pic. Activision) ...Kickback ... Stuey ... She may be Swedish but her English, with a suggestion of that heritage mixed with a mild mid-Atlantic accent, would be easier to understand for a worldwide English speaking gaming audience. At least more suitable than an upper class/public school English one they’re apparently looking for.
The 43-year-old played rugby in the EnglishWomen's Premiership and credits the sport with giving her the 'grit, toughness and mental focus' to succeed as an astronaut ... Apart from English and Russian, which are required for astronaut training, Meir also speaks Swedish because her mother is from Sweden and father from Israel.
English forward BethMead unleashed a half volley into the far corner that beat Swedish goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl... English midfielder FranKirby added another goal to make it 4-0 for her nation in the 76th minute.
Swedish football fans were outsinging their English counterparts as supporters began to gather in Sheffield ahead of the Euro 2022 semi-final ...Around 1,500Sweden fans are expected in Sheffield for the match ... Caroline said. “It amazing here. We are loving it. “The English people are just amazing.”. Sweden fans soak up the atmosphere (Isaac Parkin/PA). PA.
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To provide and apply relevant earthquake science information and knowledge for reducing deaths, injuries, and property damage from earthquakes through understanding of their characteristics and effects and by providing the information and knowledge needed to mitigate these losses.
The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
The USGS role in NEHRP is to provide Earth sciences information and products for earthquake loss reduction. The goals of the USGS' Earthquake Hazards Program are:
- Improve earthquake hazard identification and risk assessment methods and their use;
- Maintain and improve comprehensive earthquake monitoring in the United States with focus on "real-time" systems in urban areas;
- Improve the understanding of earthquakes occurrence and their effects and consequences.
The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program also provides Research Grants , which fund external cooperators through a competitive, peer-reviewed proposal process. Participants include State and local governments, the academic community, and the private sector. Priorities for both the internal and external programs are guided by the Earthquake Hazards Program's annual science planning. Program Announcements are posted through the Grant.gov website.
This web site is sponsored by the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, as part of our effort to provide and apply relevant earthquake science information and knowledge to reduce deaths, injuries, and property damage from earthquakes. The Earthquake Hazards Program is part of the USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area, and is the USGS component of the congressionally established, multi-agency National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).
The USGS participates in the NEHRP with:
- the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
- the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
- National Science Foundation (NSF).
Earthquakes pose significant risk to more than 143 million Americans. The USGS is the only Federal agency with responsibility for recording and reporting earthquake activity nationwide, and maintains the National Seismic Hazard Model. Citizens, emergency responders, and engineers rely on the USGS for accurate and timely information on where an earthquake occurred, how much the ground shook in different locations, the expected economic and human impacts, and what the likelihood is of future significant ground shaking.
The USGS estimates that several million earthquakes occur in the world each year, although many go undetected because they occur in remote areas or have very small magnitudes. The USGS now locates about 50 earthquakes each day; 20,000 a year. The USGS is working to improve its earthquake monitoring and reporting capabilities through the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS), which is now about 40% completed. Full implementation of ANSS will result in 7,100 new instruments installed in the ground and in structures in high-risk urban areas, as well as a national backbone of modern seismic instruments covering the entire Nation. When completed, the ANSS will provide emergency response personnel with real-time information on the intensity and distribution of ground shaking that can be used to guide earthquake disaster response efforts. Similarly, information on building shaking will equip engineers with the data they need to improve future building designs to better withstand earthquake shaking.
A new initiative of the Program is to provide earthquake “early warnings” in California, Oregon and Washington—and eventually in other high-risk areas of the country. The USGS “ShakeAlert™” production prototype system is being built with state and university partners for robust, reliable operations. Currently, selected early adopters are developing and deploying pilot applications that allow protective actions to be taken, triggered by ShakeAlert™ warnings in areas with sufficient coverage. The system does not yet support public warnings but those will be generated when the system is completed.
USGS Research Grants
In addition to activities performed by USGS staff, expertise in earthquake studies that exist outside the federal government is applied through a substantial program of grants, cooperative agreements and/or contracts with universities, state, regional and local government agencies, and private industry. The USGS invites research proposals to develop information, knowledge and methods that will assist in achieving the goals of the Earthquake Hazards Program. | <urn:uuid:60d77747-e8ae-4ed5-8671-7984796cc821> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/what-we-do-earthquake-hazards-program | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.938469 | 870 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Fact check: Flags nationwide fly at half-staff for U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan
The claim: No one has called for flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of fallen Marines
After the deaths of at least 13 U.S. service members in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, social media users are posting photos online of flags at half-staff
“Since no one has called for the flags to be flown at Half Mast in honor of our Marines who lost their lives on American soil...I propose we fly them Half Mast on Facebook...won’t you join me!” the Aug. 26 Facebook post reads.
In just over a day, the post was shared more than 400,000 times.
Dozens of copies of the post are gaining virality, too. In the comments of another post, the Facebook user who shared it added that the post refers to the Marines who died in Afghanistan after a bomb exploded at the Kabul airport. Commenters appear to be referencing those deaths as well.
But this post errs on several fronts.
It wrongly references deaths "on American soil" when no such deaths occurred recently. And it's wrong about half-staff orders in the U.S. – flags across the country are flying at half-staff in honor of those killed, and plans to do so were already underway when the post was first shared.
Facebook users who shared the post did not respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment.
Flags stand at half-staff all around the country to honor fallen Americans, Afghans
Several high profile politicians called for flags across the country to be flown at half-staff in honor of the lives lost in Afghanistan.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s chief of communications, Drew Hammill, tweeted Aug. 26 at 5:30 p.m. ET that Pelosi ordered the flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
At 6:07 p.m. Aug. 26, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that flags at the White House and other federal properties would remain at half-staff through Aug. 30 to honor those killed in “senseless acts of violence” in Kabul.
This widespread Facebook post was made several hours later, at 9:17 p.m. Aug. 26.
The wording and claim on this post are off base because it wasn't originally created for the deaths in Afghanistan.
The post has circulated online since 2016 and asks Facebook users to honor Marines who lost their lives specifically on American soil, despite the context in which it’s currently being shared. The original post was likely referring to the killing of four Marines in Tennessee in July 2015.
Our rating: False
The claim that no one has called for flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of fallen Marines is FALSE. Across the country, flags are flying at half-staffin honor of the service members and Afghans killed Thursday in Kabul. Plans to do so were already underway when the widespread post was first shared.
Our fact check sources:
- Drew Hammill, Aug. 26, Twitter
- The White House, Aug. 26, Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki
- Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, Aug. 26, Flags to Fly at Half-Staff to Honor Victims of Terrorist Attack in Kabul
- KATU 2 News, Aug. 26, Brown orders flags at half-staff to honor U.S. troops, civilians killed in attack
- WSLS 10 News, Aug. 27, Gov. Ralph Northam orders flags to fly at half-staff to honor U.S. service members, other victims killed in Kabul airport attack
- TinEye, retrieved Aug, 27, Image
- U.S. Marine Corps, April 21, 2016, MARINES KILLED IN CHATTANOOGA AWARDED PURPLE HEART
- Associated Press, Aug. 28, 2018, Twitter
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This is the annual tick post with updates.
Here’s where some of the “Place” decisions come in. It’s something to think about. One way you can reduce ticks is to create a barrier at the edge of your yard. Mow the grass low and maybe add cedar mulch or plant herbs that ticks won’t like to cross (this is especially useful if you live on the edge of woods).
I try my best to be a steward of the earth. I do not use any pesticides in my yard. I like the bees and the butterflies and the other critters and I don’t want to walk in chemicals. Remember, pesticides do not just target the one, or two, pests you want to get rid of. It poisons everything…like the honeybees and the monarchs.
There’s an argument that the worst overuse of pesticides in our country is not big agriculture. It’s the collective individual, private use of pesticides (that’s something to ponder). We make a difference by what we choose to do in our own little place.
Another note: for those of you who have been to my practice, I live in the middle of the woods. One of the most important places for small critters and animals is that “edge” of the woods. It is healthier for your forests to have a transition from woods to open space. Particularly opossums who are the #1 tick eating critter. Another thing to think about.
Plant herbs and flowers in your borders that ticks don’t like. You can find a list of herbs and plants on line. I suggest using plants native to your environment to be supportive of your local ecosystem.
Notice that there are levels in the above. You can choose to keep that edge down, plant herbs and flowers that discourage ticks, add mulch, and/or maybe you choose to use pesticides (try to choose a pesticide that is as natural as possible). These are your decisions for you and your family and your place.
Neem powder is a great discourager of ticks to spread in areas that you are planning to spend some time in. Some people will burn sage to discourage ticks and bugs. Citronella.
Guinea Fowl eat ticks (they are loud!). Be kind to the opossums who come to visit.
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The study population of over 16,000 Hispanic/Latino adults (including those with family roots in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and other places in Central and South America) was recruited at four Field Centers in New York, San Diego, Chicago, and Miami. Overall, the goal of the HCHS/SOL is to identify both the prevalence and risk factors for a variety of diseases and disorders among Hispanics in the United States. Study enrollment goal was acheived and no new participants are being sought now.
This study will make important scientific discoveries to improve the health of our Hispanic/Latino community. Questions we are trying to answer include:
- Why do Latinos/Hispanics have increased rates of obesity and diabetes?
- Why is asthma more common in some Hispanic/Latino communities?
- Do certain traditional Hispanic/Latino customs or foods have favorable effects on health?
Only a study such as HCHS/SOL can answer these questions and help us discover ways to prevent serious diseases. In addition, the study will determine what role U.S. cultural practices have on the prevalence and development of disease. These discoveries will not only improve the health of Hispanic/Latinos but will have an impact on health for the U. S. population at large. | <urn:uuid:91a6f567-2f4b-4503-9898-bdce12cf3491> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www2.cscc.unc.edu/hchsnews/StudySites | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.950089 | 266 | 2.8125 | 3 |
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Did you know that the current world population consumes 130,000 animals every minute? Add this to the fact that the world population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, and you are stuck with a hard question: Where will the food to feed all these people come from?
The World Resources Institute presents what it calls “a five-course menu of solutions.” For North America, one of the solutions is to cut the consumption of meat by half. Such advice is part of the reason the alternative meat market is growing exponentially.
Companies like Impossible Meats and Beyond Meat have successfully developed plant-based meat substitutes. But what is alternative meat? How is it made? Does it taste the same as real meat? Is it healthy?
If you are a grill master looking for answers to the above questions and many more, this article is for you.
- 1 What Is Alternative Meat?
- 2 How Does Alt Meat Taste?
- 3 How Does Alt Meat Work On The Grill?
- 4 Which Companies Are Behind Alt Meat?
- 5 How Healthy Is Alt Meat Compared To Real Meat?
- 6 How Does Lab-Grown Meat Compare To Alt Meat?
- 7 How Is The Market Responding To Alt Meat?
- 8 How Are Meat Producers And Food Chains Responding To Alt Meat?
- 9 Why Is Alt Meat More Expensive Than Real Meat?
- 10 What Is The Future Of Alt Meat?
What Is Alternative Meat?
Alternative meat, also known as alt meat, fake meat, plant-based beef, chicken, or pork, is an imitation of meat. It is made from protein-based foods. The most common ingredients used to make alt meat include soy protein or pea protein. In producing alt meat, the aim is to create food that appears, cooks, and tastes like meat while also having the same amount of protein as real meat.
Alt meat is manufactured from several ingredients. Some common examples of these ingredients include a protein source, starch, extract from beet juice for color, oil, added vitamins, and salt.
How Does Alt Meat Taste?
It is one thing to make a product look and cook like real meat, but it’s another thing to get it to taste like actual meat. Writing for the news website Vox.com, Kelsey Piper says, “Everyone agrees that taste will be the big make-or-break factor for these companies [that manufacture alt meat].”
But what do those who have tried alt meat say?
In an article published by TheGuardian.com, Alyx Gorman quotes the advocacy group Choice, whose verdict was that “Supermarket vegan patties and minces fall short on flavor.”
The New York Times ran a blind tasting experiment involving three participants and alt meat products from six companies. While the general agreement among the testers seems to be that alt meat mostly tastes like real meat, some manufactures seem to do better than others. Writing about the experiment, Julia Moskin of The New York Times concludes that the alt meat products are not created equal.
A contributor on Quora posed the question, “Can’t we all eat ‘fake’ meat?” Adding, “It tastes just the same as ‘regular’ meat.” Someone answered, “I once ate a piece of fake ‘ham.’ I once fell face-first into a thorn bush. I can perfectly say that if I had a choice to repeat one of the two, it would be a very difficult choice.” Many other people answering the Quora question note that alt meat doesn’t taste like real meat.
The American chef and food writer, J. Kenji López-Alt, explains that the difference in taste can be attributed to the fact that “Beef fat … tends to melt slowly, over a wide temperature range.” Adding that “This slow release of fat results in juiciness that lingers as you chew.” On the other hand, he says the oil used in manufacturing alt meat “translates to bites that start off rich and juicy; but that juiciness wears off much quicker.”
How Does Alt Meat Work On The Grill?
If alt meat is to be a genuine contender to replace real meat, it will need to perform like real meat on the grill. How has alt meat performed on the grill? Do you grill it in the same way as you do chicken or beef? A few people have shared their opinions on this subject.
López-Alt reviews alt meat from Beyond The Burger and says that it cooks like any other meat. He adds that “You can form it into patties of any shape and size, you can fry it, you can grill it, you can smash it, you could probably even cook it sous vide.” Sous vide is a French phrase that means cooking food in a vacuum, usually inside a plastic where the air has been removed.
However, López-Alt notes that alt meat “doesn’t brown in quite the same way that real beef does—the patties come out much crisper and crunchier on the exterior.”
If alt meat cooks in the same way as real meat on the grill, then you can cook it on a grill pan on your gas stove. Even though cooking on a gas stove may work better, you could also grill your alt meat using a grill pan on the electric burner.
Which Companies Are Behind Alt Meat?
If consumers have been showing a propensity to move toward alt meat, the business sector has not disappointed them. Several companies have come to the barbecue party with different types of alt meat. The leading firms in this area include Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, Redefine Meat, Taco Bell, and JUST.
How Healthy Is Alt Meat Compared To Real Meat?
To understand whether alt meat is healthier than real meat, we need to start by asking whether a plant-only diet is better than a diet that involves meat. However, things are not as simple as that. We also have to consider the processes used in manufacturing alt meat because excessive processing is generally considered to make food less healthy.
The American Heart Association cites some experts who note that even though many people believe that alt meat is healthy because it is plant-based, that view is not always accurate. This is especially the case if you consider the amount of processing involved in manufacturing alt meat.
The American Heart Association quotes a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, Mary Ellen Camire, who says, “Iron from beef is very well absorbed, but plant iron not so much so.” Adding, “The big thing is vitamin B12 because you can only get that from animal products or supplements. So for some people, that is a risk factor. They may be at risk for developing anemia.”
An article published by the Oklahoma-based health care system, INTEGRIS Health, reports that many of the ingredients used in making alt meat “include chemical compounds such as methylcellulose, soy leghemoglobin, and zinc gluconate.” The same source adds that the burgers have the same number of calories compared to real meat, if not higher. The same can be said about the amount of fat.
The short answer to the question of whether alt meat is healthier than real meat is that it is not. But this doesn’t mean that real meat is healthier than alt meat either. INTEGRIS Health suggests that the secret to healthy eating is “a diet that encourages whole, plant-based foods with limited meat, dairy, processed foods, and eggs.”
How Does Lab-Grown Meat Compare To Alt Meat?
Researchers are currently working on another type of alternative meat: lab-grown meat (Also known as culture- or cell-based meat). The difference between alt meat and lab-grown meat is that while the former attempts to imitate meat using plant-based ingredients, the latter makes the meat from actual animal cells. Thus, lab-grown meat can be viewed as real meat grown in the lab.
At this point, it’s a challenge to compare alt meat and lab-grown meat because the latter is still in the early stages of development. For example, ScientificAmerican.com reports that “In 2013 when a burger made from lab-grown meat was presented to journalists, the patty cost more than $300,000 to produce and was overly dry (from too little fat).” The cost has since come down to about $600 per burger.
How Is The Market Responding To Alt Meat?
The availability of information and growing consciousness among consumers result in people who are more careful about what they eat and how their eating habits affect the environment.
The Plant Based Food Association reports that the U.S. alternative food sector grew 27% in 2020. The same source also reports that in the same year, “57 percent of all U.S. households purchased plant-based foods (that’s over 71 million households) – up from 53 percent in 2019.”
How Are Meat Producers And Food Chains Responding To Alt Meat?
As expected, producers of real meat are worried about the disruptive effects of alt meat on their business models. They have responded by launching lawsuits to try and prevent the alt meat industry from using the word meat in describing their products.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) says that “The rapid rise of the plant-based market has producers, retailers and food brands playing catch-up.” Adding, “New entrants like Beyond Meat, Just, and Impossible Foods have forced established players to innovate, invest and launch new products to avoid a disruption of their existing brands.”
Probably sensing that it’s inevitable that alt meat will continue to eat into the real meat market share, the WEF says that the real meat market is adopting an “If you can’t beat them, join them” attitude. It is doing this through introducing alt meat products of their own or acquiring startups in the alt meat space.
Why Is Alt Meat More Expensive Than Real Meat?
While we are no longer in 2013 when producing the patty for an alt meat burger cost more than $300,000, alt meat is still more expensive than regular meat. But why is this the case? Liz Specht, VP of Science & Technology at The Good Food Institute, provides the answer in an article published by her organization.
Specht says that the main reason alt meat is more expensive at the moment is simply that demand outstrips supply. Companies in the alt meet space are therefore taking advantage of the market conditions and making as much profit as possible. Also, these companies need more money to scale.
Other reasons advanced by Specht include underdeveloped ingredient supply chains, infrastructure, and high research and development costs. However, it is expected that as more companies enter the alt meat market and more products appear on shelves, the prices will start coming down.
What Is The Future Of Alt Meat?
Companies in the alt meat space are attracting the attention of funders and consumers. Jordan Bar Am, Partner at McKinsey & Company, predicts the future: “My craziest prediction about protein consumption in 2030 is that in every fast-food and fast-casual outlet and fine-dining establishment, there will be multiple options on the menu for flexitarian and ‘lessitarian’ consumers.”
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By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, April thirty, 2021 (HealthDay News)
Nervousness was the cause of sixty four vaccine reactions, which includes fainting, in men and women who got the Johnson & Johnson solitary-dose COVID-19 vaccine in early April at websites in five states, a new study finds.
Researchers led by Anne Hause of the U.S. Centers for Disorder Control and Avoidance mentioned that “panic-connected functions, which includes syncope [fainting], can manifest straight away soon after vaccination with any vaccine and may be triggered by panic about receiving an injection.”
They pointed out that these incident clusters happened April seven-nine, before any prevalent publicity about the incredibly exceptional blood clots considering the fact that tied to the J&J shot.
The panic that led some vaccine recipients to clearly show publish-immunization signs and symptoms — these types of as quick respiration, a drop in blood force, nausea, headache or fainting — seem to have been tied to the fears some men and women have about needles. Absolutely everyone recovered and none had been very seriously ill.
“Simply because the [Johnson & Johnson] COVID-19 vaccine is administered as a solitary dose, this vaccine may be a much more eye-catching possibility for individuals who have needle aversion,” Hause and her colleagues theorized. That could account for the increased numbers of men and women who experienced panic-connected reactions with the shot versus the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
All round, sixty four studies of “panic-connected functions” had been claimed among the the much more than eight,600 men and women who acquired the J&J shot involving April seven and nine in five vaccination clinics. In 17 of all those circumstances, fainting was associated. The scientists mentioned that about a quarter of all those who fainted said it experienced happened before when they’d acquired other vaccines.
In accordance to the Linked Press, the clinics had been positioned in California, Colorado, Ga, Iowa and North Carolina, and 4 of the five areas issued temporary shutdown orders as wellness professionals attempted to decide the cause.
Further more investigation uncovered 653 other these types of circumstances of panic-connected side consequences, out of a full of nearly eight million J&J shots shipped. The incidence is substantially increased than what’s usually witnessed with influenza vaccine campaigns, in which fainting soon after vaccine supply is extremely exceptional, the CDC group mentioned.
To be protected, “all COVID-19 vaccine recipients need to be noticed for at the very least 15 minutes soon after vaccination for panic-connected and other functions,” which includes exceptional allergic reactions, the scientists said.
Talking with the AP, one particular expert said that panic-connected reactions are always a component of vaccination campaigns.
“We realized we had been going to see this” as mass COVID-19 vaccination websites had been carried out about the earth, Dr. Noni MacDonald advised the information company. MacDonald, a Canadian researcher who has examined identical incidents, said that up to 15% of grown ups are recognized to be fearful of needles.
And she said any one can drop prey to injection-connected anxieties, and even hearing about one particular these types of event can commence a sort of chain response that affects others in line to be vaccinated.
MacDonald, a professor of pediatrics at Dalhousie College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, reviewed these types of a cluster in involving 14 U.S. armed forces reservists who produced signs and symptoms soon after having flu shots in 2009.
That cluster started out with a 23-yr-aged gentleman who claimed progressive weak spot in his arms and legs one particular working day soon after his flu shot, but went on to get better.
“Most people thinks this is [only] youthful teenage ladies” who get these types of reactions, MacDonald advised the AP. “Effectively, it isn’t really.”
And she said even looking through about panic reactions on social media may primary would-be vaccine recipients for their very own adverse functions.
All of that is component of typical human psychology, MacDonald pressured. “These men and women are not outrageous,” she said, but their bodies are reacting in predictable ways to psychological stress.
The new study was released April thirty in the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Obtain out much more about COVID-19 vaccines at the U.S. Centers for Disorder Control and Avoidance.
Resources: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April thirty, 2021 Linked Press
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The Internet is
truly a living miracle of modern sciences. It not only connects to ensure an
incredible flow of information but it also drives the very core of modern human
civilization today. While others have dreams of becoming an architect and
astronaut, millions around the world are living the dream of earning a handsome
sum of money via the internet which shows the awesome dependence of world
economies on the World Wide Web. Establishing oneself as an online entrepreneur
is the talk of today; millions of job earners have quit their jobs in order to
start an e-commerce career. We will list down a few among many ways through
which you can earn a handsome amount of money by starting online business or
YouTube – Entertain and Educate
YouTube has taken the internet by a storm. If you think you can produce entertaining videos like animation, informative notes, historical accounts, scientific and technological advancements, fashion, sports, music or any field known to the human race; YouTube is where you should be!
- Although YouTube has made some changes to its subscription and monetization policies for countries like India and Pakistan, the platform is still booming. All you have to do is launch a channel with a unique name and scope and then post your videos online. You have to be mindful of the copyright policy and community guidelines while making videos. Once your channel grabs a specific number of subscribers and watches time, boom – your channel becomes an earning platform for you. YouTube pays as per watch time and sponsors’ deals such as Adsense and other advertisements played with your video. Top YouTubers like DanTDM (a famous video game YouTuber) earned an estimated $16.5 million through his YouTube channel in the year 2016-2017.
Freelance Writing – you can write and write well; hop in!
You think you are good at conveying your thoughts through developing writing content, you better start freelance writing. The key to this trick however is identifying your niche and developing a network of potential companies and brands which would pay you for your write-ups. Freelancing is also termed as “blogging”. Many profound bloggers started with writing a single article, in the beginning, grabbing the reader’s attention with time which consequently established their audience and groomed their writing skills and eventually ending up developing a niche of their own.
- There are hundreds of topics on which subject experts and apt writers are required. The payment is usually done on the basis of the number of words to be written but at an advanced level, a handsome amount is paid on per article basis as well. Search the internet and you will several websites offering freelance writing careers or you can start your own blogging website.
Your own World Wide Web – Google Adsense
You have a unique idea to gather audiences on a single platform like a website? Get on with it!
- A website of your own offering a unique set of information, data or product can do wonders for you. The idea of content has to be unique so as to compete with millions of websites on the World Wide Web. Once you have developed a good website, the audience will start visiting your website; more visitors mean more earning! Google Adsense is the advertisements that we see on almost every website, these are the sponsored banners that pay you in order to find a spot on your website. The trick for earning money via the website is to keep a regular check on website content; make sure to refresh it on a regular basis and ensure the uniqueness of the content.
- One best thing about Google Adsense is that it’s very easy to get. If you have a blogging platform or a website, all you have to is to sign up for a FREE Google Adsense Account and get a unique user code via which Google itself analyzes your website’s traffic and manages your earnings on your behalf. Income through website and Google Adsense has done wonders for online earners as it is probably one of the easiest ways to start earning.
One of the oldest and time-tested ways to earn online is to sell physical products via the website. E-commerce business is booming in Pakistan, India and in many developed countries where the 21st century’s giants like Amazon have emerged. People today are looking for time and cost-effective ways and are seeking platforms where a wide range of products ranging from home groceries to luxurious cars are offered for sale at a single click. People’s inclination towards easy online shopping has transformed today’s online businesses into a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide.
- In order for you to excel in this regard, all you need to do is to develop a website, create a niche of products, grab a cost-effective deal with manufacturers or re-sellers (Aliexpress or Amazon, etc.), import products to your home country, re-package and sell them under your online brand. The process requires in-depth research in the beginning so as to cater to the needs of the local market’s online shoppers. Online platforms can turn a small startup into a cash machine once the appropriate amount of market analysis, supply chain management and cost-effectiveness of this entire project are taken into account.
You are a subject expert, go online and start teaching. Millions of people are being educated and trained in different domains of knowledge through distant learning. Special programs of e-learning and numerous apps have been launched in the past decade to provide subject notes, opinions, tutorials, and lectures.
- All you have to do is market your expertise and knowledge, grab the audience’s attention, set an online course time with a subscription fee. This, like every other business, would require some time and right research in order to get to the end-user. Expert opinions are required by every firm and individual these days and they are paid well. Some of the famous websites which offer a good network of potential clients are the coach.me savvy.is and clarity.fm. | <urn:uuid:8934da7e-8de0-41ba-965f-027980ab57e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://readersneed.com/earn-money-online/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.949311 | 1,237 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Welcome to the seventh and final “church visit” in my series about the Holy Thursday Tradition of Visiting Seven Churches. If you missed my introduction post explaining all about the tradition and my interest in it, you can access it here. I’ll list the links to the other six individual church posts at the end of this article.
We have come full circle and are back in the very heart of Old Polonia, where we began just seven days ago with a post about St. Stanislaus Church. Which is, in fact, only a half a mile away from today’s church, Corpus Christi. Or as my kids used to call it, the Broadway Market Church, because whenever we went to the market, we’d make a stop at Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi – the Early Years
The history of Corpus Christi is a bit different from the other Polonia churches in Buffalo. In this series, we have heard the stories of families banning together to petition for a church, for overcrowding reasons, for distance reasons, for safety from the railroads etc. But, by 1898, Bishop James Quigley knew that a second church was needed right in the heart of Old Polonia, very close to St. Stan’s. It was, after all, one of the most densely populated areas of the city. The diocese had built several new churches north, south and east of St. Stan’s. But the very core of the neighborhood remained in need of another parish.
Bishop Quigley invited Fr. Hyacinth Fudzinski, a Franciscan Friar, to Buffalo from Syracuse, to found the parish. Fr. Hyacinth was born in Czarnkow, Poland. The bishop felt he would fit right in to the heavily Polish neighborhood. Several lots and homes were purchased at the corner of Clark and Kent Streets. (Forgive me, but I still get a very childish kick out of this.) One of the homes was used for church services, with a capacity of only 300. It was, of course, to be temporary.
The First Church is Built
In August of 1898, construction began on a combination church/school/parish hall. The first floor church had a capacity of 1000. In the first year alone, the brand new parish registered 650 families.
The Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph taught at the school. This is also different from other churches in the area. Most of the other parishes had Felicians teaching in their schools. The Franciscan Sisters were a relatively new order, and since Fr. Hyacinth was a Franciscan Friar it seemed only natural to him. A rectory was built in 1900, and five years later a convent was added for the Sisters.
A New Church for Corpus Christi Parish
The new parish thrived. Another, larger church was required. In 1907, the cornerstone for the Romanesque Revival Church we know today, was laid. It’s built of Onondaga limestone, and faced with red Medina sandstone. It was dedicated in 1909.
Here’s a really fun fact. Letters written to God, by the schoolchildren, were stuffed into the crosses that top the towers of the new church. Sweet! Wouldn’t you love to read them?
In my opinion, these Romanesque Revival churches in the area are cover for what lies inside. Looking at them from outside, you would never be able to guess the beauty within. And Corpus Christi is beautiful. Gorgeous in fact. The sanctuary contains a reproduction of ‘Disputa’ by Raphael Santi. It’s breathtaking.
The Ensuing Years
Each pastor of Corpus Christi took on some form of addition to the church, the complex, or added interior decoration in some form. The murals were added. The Stations of the Cross were framed, the organ was added. In addition, the murals were redone by artist M.M. Rzeznik. The mural on the back wall above the inside entrance along with the smaller paintings of saints above the arches inside were new additions by Rzeznik.
The church flourished and was the center of life for most of it’s parishioners. There were clubs for just about everything you can imagine, needlework, sewing, baseball and basketball teams, dramatic societies, bowling and more. You heard that right. I said bowling. Until a few years ago, I thought my parish was the only one in Buffalo that had a bowling alley!
In 1929, earlier than most parishes, registrations at Corpus Christi fell from 2,000 to 1,750 families. This is largely because of the building of the Central Terminal, only blocks away. 300 homes were demolished to build it.
Still 1,750 families are plenty to sustain a parish. And they did. For several more decades Corpus Christi remained the center of the Polish neighborhood it serviced.
Here’s Another Fun Fact
Beginning in 1931, Fr. Justin Figas, founder of St. Francis High School in Athol Springs, began broadcasting his ‘Fr. Justin’s Rosary Hour’ radio program from the sanctuary of Corpus Christi. It was the oldest continuing hour-long religious network program in the Polish language in the world. Cool.
You Know Where This is Going – But Do You?
The school remained open until 1988, when enrollments fell to the point of no return. The school was torn down and replaced with a parking lot.
In 2003, the Franciscan Friars announced they would be leaving Corpus Christi, and that the church would most likely close by the end of that year. It seemed that Corpus Christi would go the way of so many other Catholic Churches in Buffalo. Parishioners enlisted the help of Msgr. Matthew Kopacz of St. Casimir’s Parish. Msgr. Kopacz contacted the Pauline Fathers and Brothers, and after seeing the complex, they decided to take over the church and it’s grounds. The Pauline Fathers and Brothers assumed control in January, 2004.
This seemed to breathe new life into the parish. Reportedly, some older parishioners have rejoined, and new ones have come. There is a real, genuine effort to keep the church alive. And it seems to be working. Renovations inside the church took place only a couple of years ago. This is a good sign.
I hope and pray that this church makes it. It is too important a treasure to let go.
Corpus Christi was always one of the churches we’d go to with my Dad on those church tours I spoke about in the introduction to this series. Because of that, it was one that I always took my kids to. When we started doing the Lenten mass mobs that I also mentioned in the introduction, we decided to go to Corpus Christi’s Polish mass. This had to be 2009 or 2010. Several members of our family and friends joined us that morning in the church, including my husband’s Uncle Jim, who told us that he was baptized at Corpus Christi. Nice!
I Do Not Speak Polish
We were all thankful that their missals were in both Polish and English, on pages facing each other. We felt it would be easier to follow along. Now, I don’t speak Polish. I mean I know a few words. Grandma. Grandpa. Thank you. I love you. Names of specific foods. Cheers. Cold beer. You know, the necessities for life in Buffalo.
But as mass began, I found I didn’t need the book. Everything, and everybody around me fell away. I understood it all. And I didn’t, at the same time. But I knew where we were in the mass the whole time. I felt warm and welcome, and I felt a connection. I don’t know how else to describe it.
At the end of the mass the priest did a litany along with the Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be. In Polish. But I knew each saint he invoked, and which prayers he said. Now, there was not one word of English the entire hour. I still cannot explain it to this day, other than how I’ve just described it to you. It wasn’t life changing, but it was a pretty cool experience. Whenever I think of Corpus Christi, I think of that one mass.
Update: September 22, 2020
Two days ago, I was lucky enough to attend mass at Corpus Christi for their Harvest Mass. It was the 41st Annual, and due to Covid-19, the usual festival with traditional Polish food, drink and music were cancelled.
But what a mass! I am happy to share photos of the day. I hope you enjoy them.
The first is a photo of the woman who made the harvest decorations. They are made in the Polish tradition that she learned in Poland before she came to America. She is now teaching the process to other members of the parish so the tradition may be continued, and passed on to the next generation. She grows the wheat and most of the flowers herself! What a beautiful tradition!
Where is It?
Corpus Christi Church is located at 199 Clark Street, at the corner of Kent Street. Do not miss this one. It is truly a Buffalo treasure. And if you’re of Polish descent, try the Polish mass. When the churches reopen of course.
I’ve decided to add one more post at the end of this series. It’ll be about the Polish tradition of having our Easter baskets blessed on Holy Saturday. It’s another tradition we will all miss this year. I’ll be publishing it Saturday morning.
My Final Thoughts on This Series
I would like to take a moment to thank each of you who have been following this series. Your comments and kind words are much appreciated! I’d also like to send a special shout-out to Christopher Byrd over at Broadway Fillmore Alive and Buffalo Mass Mob, and to Judith Felski over at Buffalo Sacred Sites for sharing the heck out of these posts. Many churches and individuals shared and re-posted as well. For all of this I am both grateful and humbled.
I wrote this series because i knew that I would miss our Holy Thursday Tradition. And it occurred to me that I would not be the only one. I thought that by writing these posts and getting them out there to as many people as possible, maybe I could make this Holy Week just a little bit better for all of us. All of you, have made my Easter 2020. Dziekuje. Thank you.
I hope you have enjoyed this series, and I sincerely hope that you are all well in mind, body and spirit. May we all know peace this Easter.
**Lead Image Photo Credit: Corpus Christi website
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This lesson introduces the structure and functions of the new government, as described in the Constitutions: federal and state. Students will understand the rule of law, the limits on government powers, and more! They prepare to educate the settlers in San Francisco with this same understanding by creating posters or leaflets in readiness for a Town Hall meeting. This lesson is preceded by podcast B (with accompanying script).
4.5 Students understand the structures, functions, and powers of the local, state, and federal governments as described in the U.S. Constitution.
Craft and Structure
Part 1: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
P1.4.1 Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topics
These objectives will be assessed through teacher observation and and the “choice” creation of a poster or leaflet created to define structures, function and power of the federal and state governments.
|Quality Criteria||Absolutely!||Almost!||Not Yet|
|Effective group collaboration with poster clearly defines the structure, function and power of the federal and state governments.|
|Student supports opinion when collaborating, with accurate reasons that explain effective methods for applying government powers and functions to a current challenge in society.|
|Poster is organized, is visually appealing, and thorough in content. (See handout)|
|Students effectively and with specific details, verbally compare challenges faced during the Gold Rush with challenges faced today.|
(Approximately two 60 minute sessions)
Play Podcast B.
Close your eyes. Pretend you are Jack, Sarah, Constance, or Thomas. You would rather be outside having races rather than studying about the structures of the government. But the more you think of Cut Eye Higgins lurking around, the fights you have seen, the way minorities have been treated, and other problems, (ie: environment), you start to wonder. How do we solve these issues? Do we need any help? Guidance? What do we need?
Delve to see if you can get students to come up with the idea that we need laws to follow ~ basically we need an effective government to help us work together.
Let’s see where we are at this time in history ~ and then, as these characters, we will come up with a plan.
Let’s go back in time, just before gold was discovered:
In 1847, the United States defeated (beat) Mexico in a two-year conflict known as the Mexican War. When the peace treaty was signed in early 1848, Mexico was forced to a “cession”, or to “cede” an enormous amount of territory, (meaning to give it to California). Neither the United States nor Mexico knew that gold had been discovered just days before they signed the peace treaty!
Why would the U.S. want to gain California as one of its’ states? James Polk, the U.S. President at the time believed in Manifest Destiny ~ what do you think that might mean? America should own all of North America ~ would be good for the U.S. to be larger, gain more wealth, people, and economic (money) influence around the world)
Notice that this map shows territories, states that are “slave states” and states that are “non-slave” states. What does that mean? Could this be a problem? In what way? Keep these thoughts in mind…..
Have you ever seen this before? What is it and what does it represent? What does the Grizzly bear represent? The Red star? The red line? The white background?
One of the revolts California and Texas had against Mexico before the U.S. was involved was called the Bear Flag Revolt took place between the republics of Texas and California, against Mexico. After the Californians and Texans won the revolt, California made this their state flag.
The star: represents the Lone Star of Texas and “sovereignty” which means the right to govern yourself
Grizzly Bear: represents strength
Red Color: represents courage
White Background: purity, or “goodness”
Slide 22 : What is the US Constitution? Why is it important?
The U.S. Constitution is a written document that defines the structure and purpose of the U.S. government., It describes the powers of different states and local governments. The Constitution establishes The Rule of Law, the laws we must all follow equally as a nation and as a state.
The United States had a Constitution at this time ~ and it set the laws for the way the states would work together. Remember, California was not part of the United States at first, but was hoping to become the 31st state!
Slide 23: The Constitution for the United States was set up with three branches. The U.S. Constitution must be followed by all of the states in the United States. Review the roles of the three branches using this slide.
Does anyone know why the writers of the Constitution set up three different branches to do all of these jobs? Turn to a partner and talk this through. (They wanted to be sure that one branch could not be too powerful ~ they remembered King George from Great Britain! Each branch balances each other, and checks on each other to be sure that the Rule of Law ~ the laws written in the Constitution, are followed.)
Slide 24: In September of 1849 Californians were tired of waiting for the federal government or the United States, to make them part of the nation. They wrote their own State Constitution, just like all of the other states in the United States had done. The State Constitution makes laws for the state to follow that are not covered by the U.S. Constitution. State laws in the state Constitution set up the rule of law. However, if they became a state of the United States, in union with the other states of the federal government, California must also follow the U.S. Constitution. Example of a state law: Driving laws (personal injury), criminal law happening in California, family laws. Example of a federal or U.S. law: Civil rights laws: protecting against racial discrimination, for example. The U.S. Constitution also has laws about crimes that take place between one state and another, for example: If someone smuggles drugs from one state to another.
The structure is very similar in the state Constitution and United States Constitution. Legislators: We have representatives from all areas of the state who write our laws ~ many of them, so that people in all areas of the state are represented (teachers: you may want to look up your Assembly representatives for the area by your school). Senator Toni Atkins represents SD County when she goes to Sacramento to work on making laws; when you are 18 years of age, you will vote for whom you want to represent you. Use a kinesthetic movement to represent the Legislators. (Ie: writing laws)
Executive: Who is our Governor? Governor Jerry Brown. Who helps him to carry out the laws? Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, State Controller, State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Most important that they know our Governor has help in carrying out the laws in areas of law enforcement, education, etc.) Use a kinesthetic movement to represent the Executive branch. (Ie: carrying out or enforcing laws)
Judicial: We have three different levels of courts in California who make sure the laws are legal, and decide if a law has been broken: Superior Courts. If a crime has been committed that breaks a California law, you would go to a Superior Court. If you are not happy with the outcome, you have the right to “appeal” the decision, and if so, would go to the Court of Appeal, or Appellate Court. Sometimes cases even go from the Appellate Court to the California Supreme Court. Use a kinesthetic movement to represent the Judicial Branch. (Ie: Explaining or interpreting laws in court)
All of these branches of government were organized in our California Constitution. Do you think that the people in California during the Gold Rush understood, or even knew about the Constitution, the Rule of Law and the structure of our government? Why or why not?
We are going to help them!
Slide 25: The United States is made up of states. Turn to a partner for each question I ask you (and then share out):
Counties, Cities, Reservations and School Districts are all part of our governance structure. We have representatives elected from each of these areas to help represent the people – we VOTE for these people to represent us.
Slide 26: Students are called upon from their groups to share an example of a social, political or economic problem. Ask how they felt the Legislative, Executive and or Judicial Branch might address this problem. For example: discrimination of foreign miners – legislators write laws against discrimination (social problem), executive branch enforce the laws. If there is a conflict or a charge of breaking the law, the Judicial Branch decides. Life of Miners: Create and enforce a law against hydraulic mining, and enforce (legislators, executive and judicial). Women: Given the right to vote – which branch starts the action? Not discriminated against – jobs, etc.
*Slide 27: (Handout provided and also refer to rubric). In order for us to help solve the problems we are having here in Gold Rush Country, people need to understand that there are laws we must follow. We have laws written in the U.S. Constitution, and state laws written in the California Constitution. We have other rules we must follow in our counties and school districts, but we will begin at the Town Hall meeting with educating all of the citizens here about the U.S. or federal government, and the State, or California government.
Either in groups or individually, students will create a poster (or leaflet) for the Town Hall Meeting and to post around town.
The Town Hall meeting is coming up soon! Be sure you have your posters or leaflets completed (with the problem and possible solutions), and your tableaux performances perfected!
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Many people enjoy playing sports for fun or as a profession, but frequently sports injuries occur. In order to recover from a sports injury, many home care tips can be helpful. Here’s how to treat common injuries after sports so you may be able to return to your favorite activity quickly and without any problems.
It is vital that you rest your body in order for the injury to heal properly. If you have a cut or break in one of your bones, it is likely that it should not be moved at all until the doctor gives the go-ahead.
Lifting heavy objects with a sprained ankle could cause further damage and make the pain worse than before. Thus, it is imperative that you take extra precautions to support the injured area with kinesiotape.
In addition, if you do not allow yourself enough time to rest and recuperate, it is likely that the injury will take longer than expected to heal. On the other hand, if you allow your body the correct amount of time to rest, not only is it likely that you will recover faster after an injury, but also that you can continue playing sports as well.
After a sports injury, many people recommend applying ice to the area in order for swelling and pain to go down. Ice is thought to reduce inflammation and relieve pain by numbing nerve endings under the skin. This technique, along with plenty of rest, is essential for healing broken bones and preventing further injuries.
However, it is important not to apply ice directly onto your skin because doing so could cause frostbite or, worse yet, gangrene which would require immediate medical attention. Instead, it is best to wrap ice in a thin towel or use cold packs.
Another helpful home care tip after sports injuries is compression of the affected area. Compression can help blood vessels constrict and reduce bleeding beneath the surface of your skin by applying pressure on top of the injury using an elastic bandage wrap, towels, or even paper towels will do if no other materials are available.
Furthermore, tourniquets are not recommended without prior training. Wrapping up injured areas with compression aids circulation, which is thought to prevent internal bruising as well as helping wounds heal faster.
If you have sustained a head, neck, or back injury during sports, one thing you should definitely not do is an exercise for two weeks afterward. It would be wise to relax the body instead of working out strenuously for this amount of time.
Elevate Your Injured Limb
Elevating your hurt limb or joint can also help blood flow to an injury, reducing pain by alleviating pressure on the nerves, muscles, and bones in that area. However, it is not practical to sit up all night long after you have sustained a sports injury. Hence, it is best to situate pillows around you frequently during the day, along with continuing to elevate your injury as frequently as possible. | <urn:uuid:bace6dad-940b-4c8e-9f19-5a0935faba4f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://classycurlies.com/2021/10/four-quick-ways-to-recover-after-a-sports-injury/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961497 | 602 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Over the past 25 years, there is strong evidence that intervening early in the course of schizophrenia, within the first 5 years, has the potential to change the trajectory of the illness. This has led to the development of “Coordinated Specialty Care” (CSC) clinics devoted to treating young people with psychosis.
In 2005, Dr. David Penn, with colleagues in Psychiatry and Social Work: Dr. Diana Perkins and Dr. Bebe Smith, started one of the first CSC clinics in the United States, the Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS) program. Since then, OASIS has treated well over 150 young people with “First Episode Psychosis” (FEP), published the first outcome study of a CSC in the US (Uzenoff et al. 2012), and was a model for the Recovery after Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) NAVIGATE treatment program, which formed the heart of the largest treatment study for FEP ever conducted in the United States (Kane et al. 2016).
Despite the promise of CSC for first episode psychosis, some young people don’t fully recover and remain vulnerable to future relapse. To address this issue, Dr. Penn looked outside of the schizophrenia field for answers. Specifically, he is eager to consider strategies for improving clients’ sense of well-being and ability to manage stress. This led Dr. Penn to the field of positive psychology.
In collaboration with colleague Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, as well as others in the positive psychology field, Dr. Penn piloted interventions focused on meditation (Johnson et al. 2011) and positive coping strategies (Meyer et al. 2012) for people with schizophrenia which yielded promising findings. These pilot studies subsequently led to a successful National Institutes of Mental Health R21/R33 grant application (PIs: Meyer, Penn and Perkins) to develop and evaluate Individual Coping Awareness Therapy (ICAT) for individuals with FEP.
ICAT combines mindfulness and positive therapy, with the goal of reducing stress reactivity and improving eudaimonic well-being. A small open trial showed that ICAT was feasible and associated with improvements in stress management, resiliency and symptoms (Meyer et al., under review). Currently, Dr. Penn and his research team are in the midst of a 3-year randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing treatment as usual (TAU) to TAU+ ICAT in 40 individuals with FEP on a variety of outcomes, including heart rate variability, cortisol, stress, resilience, and social functioning.
Dr. David Penn is a Linda Wagner-Martin Distinguished Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at UNC Chapel Hill. His work focuses on social cognition and psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia, particularly how social cognition (i.e. emotion perception, attributional style, and theory of mind) changes across the course of schizophrenia, its neural basis, and how social cogniton relates to social functioning. Learn more about his research online. | <urn:uuid:3e123d16-37dc-4496-aad4-f96efbe2a400> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://psychology.unc.edu/2017/12/15/dr-david-penn/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.932646 | 627 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Continuing with the task in the #HashnodeBootcamp it's time to talk about portfolios. I'll do it short but concise.
WTF is a portfolio?
Simply, it's a place where you put all of your work. It's important to show what you have done to potential clients or employers.
This is not exclusive to developers, photographers must have a portfolio, designers, architects, engineers, models, and any other type of profession, everything that can be documented can be part of a portfolio.
In the programming world, portfolios are built with projects you have done or participated in. Frontend developers have it easy, they just have to show websites or web applications available online. Backend developers have it kind of difficult because their projects can't be easily shown on a website, however, they can have manuals and documentation on how an application they made works. (That's why it's important to know how to document your projects).
What should a portfolio contain?
A portfolio is a place where you put all of your work. Okay, but how and what. Do I have to put all the projects? Should I make it a website or a book? This is my opinion.
Before you ask, I don't have a portfolio yet, I'm working on it because I want to create on React, and I'm still learning it. The closest portfolio I have is my 50 projects in 50 days website, but with the information below, I'll tell why it's not a good site to make it a portfolio.
1. A basic intro about you
When a client or an employer visits your portfolio, it's like a date, the first impression counts (a lot), so you might want to make a good first impression.
This can be sum up as your name, your role, and a brief description (no more than 140 characters). Because it's what is going to introduce the person to continue reading the entire website (you can double-check with HR recruiters reading hundreds of resumes per day).
2. Your projects
Your projects are the main reason why a recruiter or client will visit your portfolio, so you need to have it organized. Some recommendations I can give you.
- Less is more
If you have 50 small projects like me, a person won't have time to check them all. Just place a few projects, the best ones, no more than five. In that way, you'll make your visitant focus on the best of you.
- Brief description of the project
Along with the project link, you should add a preview or thumbnail, the technology used in it, and the main use case for the app or website. For example, if you make a calculator with a currency converter, you'd like to describe the main function you worked on and the recruiter or client will review that specific function out of the entire project.
- Big projects are better
I have 50 projects that took me 1 or 2 hours, but those are things that don't add extra value if I'm applying for a senior dev role. On the other hand, if I have one big project that has taken me several hours but it does a lot of things, I'm showing that I can handle more than making small websites, I'm showing that I'm capable of maintaining a large project with many requirements.
If you have several mini-projects, I recommend you mix them up and create one instead, that's a valuable skill.
- Open source is great
Open source collaborations show that you can analyze others' code, get involved in large projects, collaborate without any monetary interest, and your skills are valued by others by integrating your code on their projects.
If you don't have any open source collab, that's okay, but it's recommended to try at least once and it will look great in your portfolio or resume.
3. Contact page
Of course, this is one of the things you need to have, you want people calling you to get a job or participate in projects.
Always have the easiest method to contact you, it's good to have your email and phone number on that page, by doing that, people will easily contact you. Having information public is good when you're building your personal brand.
You can have a dedicated phone number for clients or job stuff and a dedicated email like firstname.lastname@example.org or something like that, but if you don't want to do it, add a form with a few fields like name, email, and message to contact your clients back.
Show me what you have
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A game developer helps create the theme or concept for a game or works on creating a virtual world for the game’s players. If you understand what a game developer does, you can use this information to decide if a career as a video game developer is right for you. In this article, we’ll discuss what a game developer is, describe what they do, and explore some game developer salary of the reasons to become a game developer. They have an in-depth knowledge of a variety of programming languages such as Lua, Perl, C++ and more. If you think you’re or want to be a coding genius, then the role of a developer is right for you. There are a lot more people looking for entry-level roles than there are entry-level roles available, I think.
While regular students can go to college, you can also find online courses that teach programming skills, use unity, project management, and more. The best thing about this method is that you can identify exactly what skill you need, learn it, and then apply your knowledge to your own video game project. You’ll also have verifiable references that are helpful in finding a job and that will strengthen a college application.
You can develop these artistic skills yourself or you can find someone more focused on these elements of video game development. From that point on, you can start gliding into the role of a project manager who assigns work to artists and others. Those in video game development who work for larger studios are likely to work in an office and stick to fixed daily hours.
Because coding is by definition the making of a mathematical equation that makes the computer work in certain ways, game programmers need high-level mathematical skills to succeed. Northeastern University recommends that incoming freshmen seeking a degree in video game programming take high school courses in trigonometry, physics and calculus. It is also important for game programmers to understand linear algebra and basic algorithms. If you miss some of these courses, be prepared to take them early in your college years.
The two most common languages for video game developers are C++ and Java. The more you know about coding languages, including Assembly, Python, Lua, Perl, and C, the more you can create and offer to your future employers. Game programmers may have a general background in computer science or may have completed a formal training program to become video game designers. | <urn:uuid:c2cdfc35-6c82-4489-89a2-86919334db48> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://myupdates.us/tips-for-starting-a-career-in-video-game-development-or-design/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.949146 | 487 | 2.71875 | 3 |
The Pony Express Used Over 190 Stations
Pony stations were generally located between 5 to 20 miles apart. The terrain and its effect on horse travel determined the number and the distance between stations. Stations that already existed for the stagecoach line were also used for “The Pony”. Ranches in the area were used, if the location fit. New stations were then added where needed. Building materials generally consisted of sod on the plains, timber in the forested areas, stone or adobe on the deserts or dugouts carved in a hillside and roofed with freighted-in timber. (FYI: “Ranches”, or Road Ranches, in Pony Express days, were watering spots/little supply stores/emigrant trail hostels/stopover places or the like, not like the big-acreage cattle/horse holdings, as we know today. They may have simply been someone’s house who was willing to barter or sell water, food and/or goods to travelers.)
At each relay (swing) station, riders would exchange their tired horse for a fresh one. Home stations (usually the older stage stations) had horses, plus housed the riders between their trips. There were about 25 home stations along the route. This arrangement allowed the mail to speed across the country in record time. Each rider rode about 75-100 miles per shift, changing horses 5-8 times or so. Two minutes was allotted for horse and mochila exchanges at each station.
Station Keepers and Stock Tenders
The Pony Express Riders were brave and to be admired. However, their success would have been impossible without the station keepers and stock tenders. Theirs was not an easy life. It was isolated, primitive and dangerous. They were truly unsung heroes. Stations were attacked and the horses stolen, the stations burned and keepers killed, especially during the Pauite Indian War starting in May 1860. Russell, Majors and Waddell actually suspended delivery between Carson City and Salt Lake City for about a month in June 1860.
The Pony Express Trail route went through a number of changes over time, to adjust to ground conditions, seasonal weather or other circumstances. Maximum efficiency was a priority. Not all the stations listed were used all of the time. Stations were added or deleted when necessary. The station listings are in east-to-west order, using present state boundaries. (FYI: Only two states of the Pony Express Trail actually existed at the time: Missouri and California. The areas of what are now KS, NE, CO, WY, UT & NV were still “territorial lands”.) Station names often varied between authors and historians, and many stations had different names at any given time. Some are based on location or station master names, distances from or to, etc. Some variations simply appear to be transcription errors. These lists have tried to include all names that are found in the historic literature.
Click on the State Name below for the listing of stations located there:
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They say a dentist cannot fill his – or her own teeth.
That is true.
The same is true in the professional and personal coaching game.
This week I had the pleasure to spend an hour with a professional life coach – and there can probably be no better time than the end of month #1 of 2022.
What came out of that hour was :
“the importance of your purpose in life “
and how Covid has significantly, and often unknowingly, taxed our own purposes in life.
The key here is that when purpose diminishes in life – so does inspiration and motivation.
An energy trap to wisely avoid at all cost.
That is why you hear people – even those of us who have somehow managed to escape coming down with Covid – experiencing extreme fatigue at times.
“You gotta guard the door.”
If that door is left unguarded – you can at some point in the tunnel find yourself ‘unwittingly or habitually ‘ exposing yourself to what we refer to in coaching: “AS DOING TOO MANY OF THE WRONG THINGS “ – aka the path called burn out.
In sport it is often a case of feeling mentally exhausted and not having the energy left to “ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE & ENRICH MORE fans“ for a while – with too much of the ‘wrong things‘ impacting for too long during the pandemic mess.
A few International and SA sporting greats have recently trodden – or tested these covid tunnel curves.
Some may call it too much time.
Some may call it politics, some may call it bio-bubbles, others have far harsher words to share.
Covid gifted us with abundant time to reflect – whether it be at home – or in sporting bio- bubbles.
Robin Sharma was asked what his thoughts where on Covid in the early days in 2020.
He summed it up wisely:
“We are being asked by the world to shift from human doings to human beings again.“
Uncertainty impacted on our world .
Now, we are seeing more asks coming our way.
The world asking us to ensure that one’s purpose remains intact – knowing exactly what it is that fills your own human energy well daily – physical, chemical and emotion.
Knowing that you are making a difference counts BIG.
And to show that you care for fellow humankind – which after all is said and done – is the greatest gain of the great champions of life.
Mark Zuckerberg shared the following wisdom in a commencement address at Harvard:
“Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that we are needed, that we have something better ahead to work for.”
In his address, he related one of his favourite stories of when John F Kennedy visited the NASA space centre. JFK saw a janitor carrying a broom and he walked over and asked what he was doing. The janitor responded:
“Mr. President, I’m helping to put a man on the moon.”
√ Purpose is about seeing the bigger picture in your life.
√ Purpose involves putting “the why” before “the” what in your life.
√ Purpose drives sustainable performance towards targeted objectives and outcomes
√ Purpose inspires you to do more.
When navigating your way out the tunnel – it’s PURPOSE THAT COUNTS MOST – drive safely guys.
Grab opportunities to get back to team building, team conferencing……… and corporate spanbou
That is why an event like the – the third BizNews Conference in the Drakensberg is ‘officially’ sold out. BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS WITH MORE CHALETS NOW BECOMING AVAILABLE.
Conferences will play such a vital role in getting us safely out the COVID TUNNEL. #STRONGERTOGETHER
The perfect time to take time out to relax a bit , reflect and refine on what really drives YOU in life – making you healthy & happy.
It is called YOUR PURPOSE.
An opportunity to do life better.
It is inherent to the human condition that we bond
Rob’s interactive, insightful and inspiring BREAKFAST TALK : “Champions do More”– at your offices to get your TEAM back together and powered up for a great 2022. Contact Rob direct to find out more.
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How to cook a rare steak?
Put steaks on the grill and cook them until golden and slightly charred, 4 to 5 minutes. Turn steaks and continue grilling for 3 to 5 minutes for rare (an internal temperature of 135 degrees F), 5-7 minutes for medium (140 degrees F) or 8 to 10 minutes for medium well (150 degrees F))
How to cook the perfect rare steak?
Cook a 2 cm thick steak for 2-3 minutes on each side in rare cases, 4 minutes on each side in medium and 5-6 minutes on each side for well done. Turn the steak only once, otherwise it dries out. Always use seaweed to hold the steak as they will not pierce the meat so that the juice can escape.
What is the perfect temperature for a rare steak?
Check your steak temperature
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|Underdone||130-135 ° F||3:30|
|Medium||135-145 ° F||4:30|
|We will||145-155 ° F||5:30|
Why is a rare steak bad?
– there is no difference between steak cooked rare or well made. The concern is that meat cooked until it is ready contains more potential carcinogens called heterocyclic amines (HCA) than meat cooked for a shorter time.
How long do you fry the steak too rarely?
Rare: 1½ minute on each side. Medium rare: 2 minutes per. Page. Medium: about 2¼ minutes on each side. Beef well done: fry for about 4-5 minutes on each side, depending on thickness.
How long should you let a steak sit?
How long should you rest your meat? It all depends on the size of the meat, but as a guide, larger steaks should rest for 10-20 minutes and your steak should breathe for at least 5 minutes.
How do you know if a steak is underdone without cutting it?
How to control your steak temperature without a raw thermometer. Feel the palm just below the thumb. Raw. Now take your thumb to the index finger and touch the same part of the palm again. Underdone. Touch your thumb with your middle finger. Medium. Move your thumb to the ring. Well done. Now press the little finger with your thumb.
Can a rare steak make you sick?
No risk of seasickness So eating the rare or rare steak does not make you sick. More specifically, you cook a steak until it is rare – an internal temperature of 135 ° F heats the meat enough to kill the bacteria that cause these diseases in the first place.
What is the best temperature to make a steak?
450 ° F to 500 ° F
How rare is very rare for a steak?
In general, a steak that is cooked until it is rare can ensure that it has reached an internal temperature that makes it safe to eat. If you rarely prefer your steak, the risk is a bit greater – but this is still the preferred method of cooking steak for countless lovers out there.
Is the rare steak tough?
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In order to thoroughly investigate potentially infected people and effectively control the spread of the COVID epidemic, Haikou City will now assign a “yellow code” to people who intersect by time and space with positive cases or the infected person’s activity trajectory, or those who have not completed nucleic acid sampling in accordance with the nucleic acid testing requirements in key areas.
Persons with a “yellow code” should take the initiative to register with the community where they live and abide by the relevant epidemic prevention regulations.
In addition to personnel within the high-risk and medium risk areas and personnel under centralised or home isolation observation period, “yellow code” personnel are required to go to the nearest nucleic acid sampling convenience service point for nucleic acid testing with their ID card and health code.
If the result is negative, they will automatically turn back to a “green code”.
Haikou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
July 11, 2022
Related article: Self antigen testing – Where to buy, how to take it, and more
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What is First Chapter Friday?
About two months ago, I published a post about my success with First Chapter Friday. I began using the hashtag #FirstChapterFriday on Instagram. Teachers asked questions and shared their experiences.
Honestly, First Chapter Friday with high school students has exploded! I’ve written about a First Chapter Friday book list. Riley Reads interviewed me about inspiration and First Chapter Friday. Secondary ELA teachers are finding how easy (and free!) First Chapter Friday is with older students.
Overall, I have not found a downfall with FCF. My students enjoy the process, and I love introducing them to more books, genres, and authors. Since the books are typically high-interest, I now have another scaffolding tool when we discuss other pieces of literature. Classroom management is better, probably because students and I have built relationships from discussing these books casually. Students borrow books from my classroom library and the school library. Personally, I’m learning about modern pieces of work.
Now that I’m into my second semester of reading for First Chapter Friday, I wanted to answer the most common questions I’ve had. No question is wrong! I’ve worked through the process, and if I can help you with implementing read alouds into your secondary classroom, I gladly will. Please leave questions in the comments or message me on Instagram.
So, what is First Chapter Friday?
It is a time of reading, and you can make it what your students need it to be.
Overall, I read the first chapter of a book to students every Friday. If a chapter is short, I might read two chapters. I read for about 7-10 minutes. I ask students not to be working, but rather to listen.
Will my students sit?
Overall, my students enjoy listening to new literature. I ask for iPads to be put away, but I do encourage students to doodle or draw.
So, you just go to the front of the room and read?
Yep. The first Friday with a new class, I explain that I will read the first chapters of about fifteen books during the semester, one for every Friday. They are welcome to borrow a book. I do ask students to put devices and other work away. My goal is for them to listen.
Do you assign work or points?
I do not. I treat First Chapter Friday as a time for enjoyment and relaxation. We don’t complete any work associated with it.
We have discussions, though. I will highlight interesting words or unique phrasing. Which leads me to…
Yes, I do model.
I read for students and use inflections and pauses. I will look up a word in the dictionary if I am unsure of it. If an image pops in my head, I share that. If I think an actor should play one of the characters, I tell students. I treat it a bit like a book club discussion.
Do you “sell” the book?
Some. I will read the inside cover or show a book trailer. I provide background information if necessary, and I show book-to-movie announcements, worthy news pieces, or a Twitter feeds if relevant.
When I read one of Sharon Draper’s books, I tell students that I follow her on Instagram and that I own every book of hers. When I read one of Sarah Dessen’s books, I tell students that she teaches creative writing at a university and that I want to take her class.
I get excited about the book which in a way sells the book.
You end reading at the first chapter? Just stop?
Typically, yes. I tell students they may borrow the book and start the day’s lesson. Someone might take the book, and other times a student will ask after class or a few days later.
Once, a class loved a book. I continued the next week with a new book, and they all asked about the previous one. I did read that book to them each Friday.
What happens if more than one student wants the book?
I made this mistake early during a First Chapter Friday. I had no backup plan.
Now, I plan my books ahead and speak to the librarian. The librarian knows what I am reading, and either has another copy of my book, a book by the same author, or can access another copy. Sometimes, I will read a book if she says she has a book similar in nature.
Nothing makes me happier than sending three students down to the library after a First Chapter Friday reading.
What happens if no one wants to borrow the book?
That’s ok! We continue with the rest of the day. I have noticed, however, that when students have independent reading time, they will gravitate to the books I’ve read to them. They might be comfortable with the books? The book is less of a risk? I’m not sure.
How do you pick your books? When?
Normally by Thursday morning, I know what book I will read. Doing so allows me to research the book and talk to the librarian. My goal is to expose students to different authors, genres, narrators… all of it. If I have not finished the entire book, I will read the first few chapters.
This is my first year with First Chapter Friday, and I do wish I had written down all of my books. I wish I knew if I was balancing male and female authors, for instance. My one suggestion is to keep a list of the books you’ve read.
We have assemblies on Friday…
Oh! Absolutely: read the first chapter any day of the week. First Chapter Tuesday works too!
Do you have any other questions about First Chapter Friday? I will gladly answer them. Just comment!
So, I was thinking about switching it up. . .
For sure—make First Chapter Friday with high school students your own process. Some teachers struggle with how to introduce a book to a class, and they find success by reading the first chapter to students. Others use First Chapter Friday to introduce lit circles. If you are reading aloud to your secondary students and are encouraging them to read, I’m not sure how you could mess up the process!
Join in the fun! If you are still exploring First Chapter Friday, find the hashtag on Instagram, #FirstChapterFriday. I attempt to post my book on Thursday afternoon. Tons of teachers share what books work well for reading the fist chapter. | <urn:uuid:cd2c3f70-5378-4dcd-8dd4-23d2ff89e9fa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://languageartsclassroom.com/what-is-first-chapter-friday/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.960356 | 1,360 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Australian police and animal welfare inspectors are investigating the discovery of at least 55 greyhound carcasses near Bundaberg in Queensland.
The investigation is part of the Joint Greyhound Racing Inquiry Task Force, set up after revelations that Australian greyhounds were being trained to chase live piglets, possums and rabbits tied to mechanical lures.
So far, 36 Queensland trainers have been suspended and six issued with life bans from dog racing.
Queensland Police Minister Jo-Ann Miller said the animal cruelty was totally sickening and it would not be tolerated in her state.
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South Ural State University is one of the leading Russian universities. The scientific basis and experienced professors attract applicants from many countries. They may get education in various programs including International Relations, Philology, Linguistics, Economics, Mechatronics and Robotics, Power Engineering and many others. Also a student can choose a Bachelor’s or Master’s program taught in English.
More than 500 students from Kazakhstan are obtaining their education at SUSU in Chelyabinsk. Daria Morozova from Kostanay (a small town in Kazakhstan) wishes to devote her life to engineering of new automobiles.
“That’s exactly why I enrolled in the SUSU Institute of Engineering and Technology. My future profession will be the operation of transport and technological machines and complexes. This may not be typical for a girl, but since I was a child, I’ve been interested in cars and how they work,” shared the student.
What opportunities for studying does Russia offer? One of those is studying at South Ural State University. So, no wonder that international students choose it to obtain their education there. A student from Cuba, Mailin Teresa Gonzalez Quintin, is among those who have chosen this university. She has shared her thoughts about it with Sputnik.
International applicants enrolling in Master’s degree or postgraduate programmes can study at South Ural State University (SUSU) free of charge, upon winning in the Open Doors International Olympiad of the Association of Global Universities. SUSU, being one of the leading universities in Russia, acts as the organizer of the Olympiad.
Students of the Course on Russian as a Foreign Language and Major-related Disciplines of the Centre for Continuing Education "Pre-University Division for Foreign Citizens" of South Ural State University have completed their training! Now the future international applicants are almost fluent in Russian and are ready to enrol in Russian universities.
On June 27, 2022 certificates confirming that the course graduates have mastered the В1 Russian were awarded to foreign citizens.
South Ural State University is one of the leading Russian multidisciplinary universities with the fundamental scientific basis and high standards of specialist training. The university is multinational and nowadays is a home for more than 2,300 international students from 52 countries.
Tathagata Chowdhury came to Russia from India to get his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechatronics and Robotics. Our international student agreed to answer some questions.
June 27th through July 1st, the SUSU Aerospace Engineering Research and Education Centre and the SUSU Institute of Engineering and Technology organized the summer Aerospace Engineering Science-to-Practice School for Pupils at South Ural State University. The School aims at promoting scientific activity in Aerospace Engineering among pupils.
In the course of five days school pupils had an opportunity to try their hand in the profession of an engineer exploring the infinite outer space.
Scientists from South Ural State University have been working with colleagues from India, South Korea, and Malaysia to study the sources of microplastic environmental pollution and have proposed ways to solve this problem, including reducing the use of microplastic in production, improving ways to detect hazardous particles in water and the atmosphere and remove them. These measures will help significantly reduce the pollution and improve the environment.
An international team of scientists from Russia and Austria have conducted a series of unique experiments to study the oxidative roasting of magnetite concentrate samples at different temperatures using the Rigaku Ultima IV high-temperature X-ray chamber. The new technology will reduce CO2 emissions by 40-60% by using hydrogen as a reducing agent. The Voestalpine plant (Austria) is pilot testing the technology.
The Innoprom 2022 International Industrial Exhibition takes place in Yekaterinburg July 4th through July 7th. South Ural State University presents its developments in breakthrough areas in the field of aerospace, ecology, new technologies and materials, sensors and health care.
Scientists at South Ural State University have successfully created 34 new platinum compounds with confirmed antimicrobial activity. These compounds can be used in pharmaceuticals in the future. The results of their research have been published in the Journal of Coordination Chemistry.
Scientists at South Ural State University are working with an industrial partner to create a new branch of the chemical industry in the Chelyabinsk Region. Within the Ural Research Centre project, it is planned to introduce a new green technology for polyurethane production and build a plant in the Chelyabinsk Region that will provide high-tech jobs for chemists, chemical technologists, and environmentalists.
The new English taught educational program is launched by the School of Medical Biology at South Ural State University. It will give students new skills and knowledge to address the challenges that the modern world offers to biotechnologists.
South Ural State University (SUSU) is a huge (more than 20,000 students) multinational university which has been consistently ranked as one of the top Russian universities in national and international rankings. The university is multinational and nowadays is a home for more than 2,500 international students from 58 countries. Every year students from different countries choose SUSU for getting their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
A special meeting of the SUSU University Council has been held. The meeting has been attended by the State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Petr Kucherenko, and Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexey Texler. The university president Aleksandr Shestakov has been awarded on the occasion of his anniversary, and the new rector Alexander Vagner has been introduced. A new stage of the development of South Ural State University has started.
South Ural State University is one of the leading Russian multidisciplinary universities with the fundamental scientific basis and high standards of specialist training. The university is multinational and nowadays is a home for more than 2,500 international students from 58 countries.
South Ural State University (SUSU) is a huge (30000 students) multinational university which has been consistently ranked as one of the top Russian universities in national and international rankings. Two areas of education – Physical Sciences and Engineering and Technology - are in the THE University Ranking by Subject 2020. Every year students from different countries choose SUSU for getting their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. There are lots of educational programs both in Russian and English languages.
South Ural State University offers a variety of specialities for graduates. The SUSU School of Medical Biology provides training of highly qualified specialists in the field of psychology. Psychologists who are able to provide quality assistance will always be in demand. Namely this type of specialists, in the constantly changing world, help a person solve inner and interpersonal conflicts, find ways of development and self-fulfilment.
Al Zamili Ali Khayoon Dbesan from Iraq got his Bachelor’s degree at SUSU Institute of Linguistics and International Communications and decided to continue his education here. So now he is a second year Master’s degree student at SUSU Law Institute.
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To form simple Electromagnet
A large iron nail (about 3 inches)
About 3 feet of THIN COATED copper wire
A fresh D size battery
Some paper clips or other small magnetic objects
1. Leave about 8 inches of wire loose at one end and wrap most of the rest of the wire around the nail. Try not to overlap the wires.
2. Cut the wire (if needed) so that there is about another 8 inches loose at the other end too.
3. Now remove about an inch of the plastic coating from both ends of the wire and attach the one wire to one end of a battery and the other wire to the other end of the battery. See picture below. (It is best to tape the wires to the battery - be careful though, the wire could get very hot!)
4. Now you have an ELECTROMAGNET! Put the point of the nail near a few paper clips and it should pick them up! | <urn:uuid:236a9140-cb2e-412b-9028-ad7b0a80cea0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hiox.org/36705-to-form-simple-electromagnet.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.912878 | 231 | 2.859375 | 3 |
We’re all probably guilty of saying it. And who knows, we might even mean it: “Wait, I just want to check one thing.”
Thirty minutes later we look up, and we realize that that one thing turned into a whole bunch of things—especially if we logged on to social media.
We may berate ourselves for a lack of self-control. And certainly that character consideration is an important one to ponder, for parents and kids alike. But the fact of the matter is this: Internet content providers and social media platforms are designed to get you scrolling … and scrolling … and scrolling some more. In fact, one of the screentime experts quoted in the documentary The Social Dilemma said, essentially, We’re trying to get you to give us as much of your time and life as you’re willing to.
And in our second segment, Bob Hoose will talk with us about the new movie Elvis.
So take a listen, and then tell us what you think about this week’s discussion. Do you struggle with the endless scroll on your phone? What practical strategies have you put in place to help with that concern, either for yourself or your kids? You can share your thoughts and experiences on Plugged In’s Facebook and Instagram, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you.
And be sure to check out the links below that we reference in the show!
- Plugged In Blog: The Never-Ending Scroll: How Social Media Keeps Us Hooked
- Plugged In Blog: Deleting My Instagram was Nearly Impossible But I Did it Anyway
- Plugged In Review: Elvis
- Plugged In Review: Supernatural
- Plugged In Review: The Office
- Plugged In Review: Gilmore Girls
- Plugged In Review: New Girl
- Focus on the Family: Setting Media Standards
- Focus on the Family: Making Wise Entertainment Choices
- Plugged In: Tech Guide
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Teresa Tyler, English Teacher, Albemarle High School
What is the most challenging aspect of your job?
I am always trying to find new strategies and information that I can use in my classes. I attend workshops and classes and travel when I can. From these experiences, at least ten percent of what is offered makes it back to my classroom, at least for a trial run. About ten percent of that actually becomes embedded in my lessons over time. It may seem like a lot of work for a small gain, but over the years I have attempted to develop a balanced blend of content and strategies. I teach a great number of ancient texts and it is important to keep things fresh.
What is the most common misconception about your job?
I think that many people in the public picture teachers doing what they did in TV shows from the sixties—the students work quietly at their desks, the teacher sits at his or her desk, and when the student has a question he politely comes up to the desk and the teacher helps him. Our classrooms are much more interactive and student-centered and the teacher almost never sits down.
Where do you see the teaching field in five years?
I have two separate and distinct visions of the teaching field in five years—one that I fear and the other that I embrace. I fear that the field of teachers will grow older and older as young teachers continue to leave the field for other jobs. Unless we find a way to make the profession appealing to the twenty-somethings, then we will not be able to retain them in the profession.
I also picture the continuation of the trend of student-centered learning. Teachers will continue to act as facilitators who provide ground and structure for students to pursue their own learning. With continuing innovations in technology, students have more choices about how and where they learn. Trying to provide meaningful choices for students is one of the challenges for public schools in the near future.
What outside experience best prepared you to become an educator?
Working in restaurants as a waitress, bartender, and manager was great preparation for becoming an educator. People see us as servants, and in a way we are. We serve our community, but we are also masters—masters at building relationships, inspiring others, dispersing content. Anyone that has ever worked as a server in restaurant knows the balancing act required. Teachers have to multi-task in much the same way. | <urn:uuid:7e47c509-f364-47c0-a5c1-83206266469f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/teresa-tyler/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.978943 | 494 | 1.71875 | 2 |
How many sapphire colours are there? When most people think of sapphires, they think of gems that are blue. But sapphires actually exist in a whole rainbow range of colours. This article explains the differences between each type of sapphire colour, including quality, rarity and price.
- Sapphire colour variations
- Why are there are no red sapphires?
- Details about the most popular sapphire colour variations: pink, blue, yellow, green, white…
- Padparadscha sapphires and other ‘fancy’ sapphires
- How to pick the perfect sapphire
First, what are sapphires?
Sapphires are one of the ‘Big Three Gemstones’, alongside emeralds and rubies. They’re formed from a mineral called corundum.
What colours do sapphires come in?
Sapphires exist in a rainbow range of colours – as blue, pink, green, yellow, orange, purple, colourless and black gemstones.
Scroll down to get more information about each sapphire colour variation.
However, sapphires don’t come in red!
The only colour that sapphires do not come in is red. That’s because gemstones formed from red corundum are called rubies. It’s simply another gem variety of the same mineral.
What causes sapphires to be different colours?
Trace elements cause differences in sapphire colour. Within each corundum crystal, there are traces of other minerals that can change the way the gemstone reflects and refracts colour.
These trace minerals are a natural part of sapphires from millions of years ago when these gems formed underneath the Earth’s crust.
For instance, chromium is responsible for pink sapphire colour. Another example is the way titanium traces result in blue sapphires.
A word about colour intensity and shade
Each sapphire is a creation of Mother Nature. This means that each individual sapphire has a varying level of trace minerals present.
Consequently, each sapphire’s colour is unique in intensity and shade.
A list of sapphire colours:
Now, onto our list of sapphire colours. Underneath, you’ll find the most popular sapphire variations, some of which are sold commercially, and some which are rare collector’s items.
1. Blue sapphires
Most people think of the colour blue when they hear the word sapphire.
Desirable blue sapphire colours can range from light blue to intense black-blue.
What you want to avoid are sapphires that look very light blue or grey.
2. Pink sapphires
Pink sapphires range from light pink to fuchsia. All of these shades are accepted, as long as the pink sapphire is clear and bright.
However, there is a fine line where a pink sapphire crosses over to red, making it a ruby. The exact colour distinction has never been officially established. In fact, it’s been a bone of contention amongst gem experts for decades!
Therefore, if you’re buying a pink sapphire, it’s up to you to decide which shade you prefer.
3. Yellow sapphires
Yellow sapphire colour can range from pale lemon yellow to intense tangerine.
Some gem experts say the golden-orange toned ones are the best.
But many consumers prefer a lighter yellow because they are an excellent affordable alternative to yellow diamonds.
4. Green sapphires
Green sapphires can range from pale olive to dark bottle green. All shades are acceptable as long as there are no marks in the gem.
Most people who buy green gemstone jewellery prefer emeralds.
However, green sapphires have the advantage of being harder and much more durable than emeralds.
5. Star sapphires
Sapphires that are not blue, black or colourless are called fancy sapphires or parti sapphires.
A noteworthy fancy sapphire variation is the unique star sapphire.
They exhibit a characteristic known as “asterism”. This is a star-like light reflection inside a gem with a blue, pink, black, grey, white, purple or yellow body.
6. White sapphires
Sapphire colours also come in monochrome tones. The gem industry refers to pure corundum as “colourless sapphire” or “white sapphire”.
Some jewellers use white sapphires as accent stones in jewellery.
This is because they are a genuine but affordable alternative to diamonds.
7. Padparadscha sapphires
Pink-orange sapphires are called padparadscha sapphires. They can range from light peachy colour to intense yellow-pink.
The word padparadscha refers to a lotus flower. These sapphires are very beautiful, but also very, very expensive and are therefore usually sold as collector’s items.
One of the most famous padparadscha sapphires in the world is on the engagement ring of Princess Eugenie.
How is sapphire quality assessed?
There is no worldwide standard for assessing sapphires. Therefore, each one has to be evaluated in its own right.
Just like diamonds, sapphires must have good clarity; this means a lack of marks and cloudiness.
Next, their colour must be vivid, never dull.
A word about colour-treated sapphires
Colour-treated sapphires are not natural. They are corundum crystals that have been heated or chemically altered, in order to change their colour.
At The Diamond Store, we do not sell or recommend colour-treated sapphires because, in the long term, they may change their colour.
Therefore, in our opinion, they do not represent good value for money.
A natural pink sapphire ON VIDEO:
Here is a natural pink sapphire that has not been colour treated.
See how intense and sparkly it looks:
Sapphire gifting occasions
Sapphire is the official birthstone for people born in September or under the star sign of Virgo.
It is also the gift gem for the 5th and 45th wedding anniversaries.
Why sapphires are perfect for rings
Corundum is an extremely durable mineral, the second hardest gem compared only to diamonds. Thanks to this, sapphires are perfect for jewellery like engagement rings.
What is the right sapphire colour for you?
The great thing about sapphires is that you can decide which colour you prefer. The beauty is entirely in the eye of the beholder. The most traditional and classic choice is blue sapphires, whilst pink sapphires can be very flattering to wear. Green and yellow sapphires are a unique connoisseur’s choice that stands out from the crowd.
Want to learn more about sapphires?
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Hearing Disorders and Deafness
Also called: Hearing loss, Presbycusis
It's frustrating to be unable to hear well enough to enjoy talking with friends or family. Hearing disorders make it hard, but not impossible, to hear. They can often be helped. Deafness can keep you from hearing sound at all. What causes hearing loss? Some possibilities are Heredity Diseases such as ear infections and meningitis Trauma Certain medicines Long-term exposure to loud noise Aging There are two main types of hearing loss. One happens when your inner ear or auditory nerve is damaged. This type is permanent. The other kind happens when sound waves cannot reach your inner ear. Earwax build-up, fluid or a punctured eardrum can cause it. Untreated, hearing problems can get worse. If you have trouble hearing, you can get help. Possible treatments include hearing aids, special training, certain medicines and surgery. | <urn:uuid:49250c7f-6574-41b1-a611-60f83a597be1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://medications.com/hearing-disorders-deafness | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.945296 | 192 | 3.46875 | 3 |
‘Sincere efforts’ to help 3m children out of school in Pakistan’s Sindh province
Barriers to education, Discrimination of marginalised children, Education funding, Girls' education, Right to education, Teachers and learning
Sindh's education minister said the province was taking part in a nationwide enrolment drive to get every child into school.
The education minister of Pakistan’s Sindh province has promised that “sincere efforts” are being made to help three million children who are out of school.
Jam Mehtab Dahar revealed to lawmakers yesterday that 2,876,324 children are not getting an education – but said Sindh was taking part in a nationwide enrolment drive to get every child into school.
“We are making sincere efforts,” he said. “We are confident we’ll achieve the target pretty soon.”
Dahar said 582 schools had been “adopted” by organisations and individuals. This is an initiative where the adopter takes on a school and works with the local community and the provincial government to improve it.
Sindh – the most urbanised and industrialised province – has been tackling the education crisis in various ways, including increasing its spending on education by 24% last month.
In 2014, the provincial government admitted that at least 40% of schools were shut and more than 100,000 teachers were “ghost employees who are taking hefty salaries for doing nothing”.
Elsewhere in Pakistan, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) targeted the enrolment of 1.6 million underprivileged children in primary schools. BISP enrolls children aged five to 12 into primaries and pays their family a quarterly sum if they attendance is at least 70%.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a record 151,000 students have migrated from private schools to government schools.
KP Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra launched the 100% Enrollment Campaign in schools of the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) in April – starting with nursery class enrolment and providing free bags and books.
“There is no dearth in talent among FATA students. They can compete at all levels”, he said.
Educating girls was declared a national focus in March – when lawmakers from all four provincial assemblies agreed to make it a political priority. Only about half of girls enrol in schools in Pakistan, according to a report by Oxfam in Pakistan and the Institute of Social and Policy Sciences.
Attacks by the Taliban and other militant groups have had a devastating effect on girls’ education.
“The Taliban and other militants have repeatedly committed horrific attacks on Pakistani schools, depriving students of their lives as well as their educations,” said Bede Sheppard, child rights deputy director at Human Rights Watch. | <urn:uuid:788d0628-fc81-4156-bda7-f099e90d901e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theirworld.org/news/sindh-province-sincere-efforts-to-help-3m-children-out-of-school/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.973481 | 598 | 1.984375 | 2 |
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This is the story of the quest by Fouad Sahyoun, a successful Montreal Palestinian businessman and town councilor, to reestablish himself in the city of his birth, Haifa Israel. Fouad remembers Haifa as a jewel of Arab-Jewish-Christian multi-faith and multi-ethnic harmony, before his family joined the Palestinian exodus in 1948. By buying and renovating an old hotel that used to be in his wife’s family, Fouad’s dream is to help make a break in the wall of hostility that exists between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Do you want to live longer and also live healthier? The quality of your life is as important as the quantity or length. Jules Renard said, “It’s not how old you are, it’s how you are old” Besides food, what will make the difference in how you age and how you feel no matter what your age are the following things.
Eating a clean, chemical free, whole, unprocessed mostly plant based diet is essential to good health. A neglected subject is how much to eat and when. Calorie restriction has been known for a long time to increase longevity by turning on the sirtuin gene known for positively influencing longevity. Calorie restriction is hard to sustain. Intermittent fasting has become popular since it is much easier to do and can give you many of the same benefits. It can give the body a chance to repair. If you eat from 6 AM to 11 PM you only have 7 hours to repair and rejuvenate. Intermittent fasting can be beneficial by giving your body a longer time to repair.
Erratic eating patterns disrupt each of your organ’s circadian rhythms such as endocrine glands, gut, kidney and liver. When the clocks of each of your organs are synchronized, your organ systems work to repair, rejuvenate and detoxify adding years to your life and life to your years. Studies have shown that limiting calorie intake to a certain time period, somewhere between eight and 12 hours per day is beneficial for overall health and longevity as well as weight loss.
While there are many ways to do intermittent fasting, a popular way is to eat in an 8 hour window and fast for 16 hours a day or at least fast overnight and skip the late night snacks. Fasting has been shown to reverse type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity and polycystic ovarian syndrome, lower weight, cholesterol and blood pressure. Longer fasts that go for days or anyone on medication should do this under the supervision of their doctor.
Get a Good Night’s Sleep
The CDC says at least 30% of the US population doesn’t get enough sleep. Lack of sleep is imperative to repair and restore our energy and cells.
A lack of sleep leads to increased inflammation. If you sleep less than 5 hours a night, then you have a 73% increased risk for obesity and this correlates to increased cancer risk and risk of cardiovascular disease. People who don’t sleep enough are prone to accidents as well. There is a higher rate of motor vehicle and bicycle accidents as well as slips, trips and falls in sleep deprived people.
It is best to wind down at night. Don’t do anything stressful or strenuous. Dim the lights and filter out blue light. Blue light from electronics shuts down melatonin production which is the hormone that allows you to sleep. Use night shift on your tablets or phone, f.lux on your computer or use yellow glasses to filter out blue light from TV or any of these screens. Make sure your bedroom is cool, dark and quiet. Magnesium can be relaxing. You can take it orally or take a warm Epsom salt bath. Having a wind down routine at night and using supplements such as magnesium, L-theanine, melatonin or aromatherapy oils such as lavender can help you have a good night’s sleep.
Stress is a major ager and is not necessarily mental. Stress can be physical, mental, due to toxins, hormone imbalance or infection and even lack of sleep.
Stress raises cortisol which increases blood pressure, blood sugar, heart rate, and breaks down muscle, bone and memory cells in the brain and increases cancer risk. I recommend deep belly breathing, adaptogenic herbs based on cortisol levels, meditation, mindfulness and other techniques to keep stress and cortisol in check. Choose something you like to do such as walking in nature, yoga, prayer, a hobby you can get lost in, visualizations, or reading something inspiring and motivating. Since you can’t do these at will during a stressful situation, using your breath by doing deep belly breathing or your mind by reframing the situation and finding peace are techniques that if practiced regularly can alleviate the ravages of stress on your mind and body.
What, how much and when you eat, sleep and how you manage stress can add years to your life and life to your years. If you have trouble with any of these, I suggest you seek a functional medicine physician with a center that has a comprehensive and coordinated approach, so you can rejuvenate and repair to live younger and healthier.
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Ever wondered why puppies and kittens need different formulas than adult dogs and cats? Have you been told your puppy’s breed will require an adult maintenance formula? Unsure when the best time is to switch your pet to an adult formula? If you’ve answered yes to any of the above, then please, dear reader, read on!
The first question is straightforward. Puppies and kittens develop rapidly over the first days, weeks, and months of their lives. They grow exponentially, meaning for a time they will gain more weight every day than they did the day before. All that growing means new bone, new muscle, and new connective tissues must be manufactured by their bodies, and all those new tissues rely directly on the nutrients fed to them. Remember, we quite literally are what we eat! Each new cell is made from precursors that come from the food in their bowl. You’re growing your puppy or kitten with each meal you feed them. This rapid growth period represents a time where they are extremely sensitive to the balance of nutrients they ingest.
This is most dramatic and evident with respect to skeletal development and bone growth. For example, in pet nutrition we talk about a ratio of calcium to phosphorus that a formula can provide. For adult dogs and cats, this ratio is quite wide, ranging from 1:1 (i.e.: one-part calcium for every part phosphorus) to 2:1 (i.e.: two parts calcium for every part phosphorus). However, for puppies and kittens this range is narrower. Even if calcium and phosphorus are present in the formula exceeding the minimum requirements, an imbalance of too much or too little calcium to phosphorus can result in unhealthy changes to sensitive growing bones. At best, this can slow growth, but at worst it can result in fractures and deformities. Minerals aren’t the only nutrients that have different requirements between the stages of growth and adult maintenance, these also exist for protein and amino acids, fatty acids, and vitamins. For this reason, puppy and kitten growth formulas are recommended to support healthy development, as they are formulated specifically to meet the strict nutritional requirements of rapidly growing young bodies.
The second question comes from something I’ve heard many times from well-intentioned puppy parents. It usually involves large-breed dogs and some owners have been told to use an adult maintenance formula to prevent the puppy from growing too quickly. Sadly, this is not only ineffective, but can also lead to harm, as discussed above. The premise behind this common recommendation is often based on energy restriction – it is suggested that an adult formula will be less calorically dense, that is, will have less energy per kibble or mouthful, than a puppy formula. However, this is neither a guarantee (there are many high energy adult formulas) nor would it be an appropriate strategy, even if this were this true. The strategy is inappropriate because the growing puppy requires a certain amount of energy on a daily basis, regardless of how energy dense or diluted their food is. If the food is very light in calories, they need to eat more of it to meet their requirements. Restricting energy in a growing animal is not recommended as it can lead to a restriction of essential nutrients and result in growth disorders. For this reason, it is not recommended to try to implement a weight-loss program if a puppy or kitten is overweight. Better to wait until they are mature and then restrict their caloric intake.
To determine how many calories your growing puppy or kitten should eat, check with your veterinarian. During your vaccination and checkup appointments, discuss your puppy or kitten’s growth and how their energy requirement will change over time. A great way to track their growth is growth charts. Using growth charts, you can make sure your puppy isn’t suddenly gaining weight or isn’t lagging behind. Both issues indicate a potential problem with their nutrition. Particularly for large breed puppies, keeping a slow and stable weight gain is important to allow their bones to develop well enough to handle their growing frame.
Lastly, it can be challenging to know when to determine the right time to transition from a development (puppy/kitten) formula to a maintenance (adult) formula. A number of factors including the predicted mature weight, age of skeletal maturity, and any underlying conditions, should be considered. Most puppies reach skeletal maturity between 10 and 11 months of age. Some, particularly large breeds, may still be growing and have unclosed growth plates in their long bones, requiring a puppy formula for longer. Using growth charts can help predict the age at which growth finishes, with the cessation of growing that is associated with the closure of bone growth plates and skeletal maturity.
Cats are different. Most cats typically attain their mature body size, in terms of length and height, before reaching the age of one. Their growth plates, however, may actually take longer to close. A kitten formula is recommended for at least a year, but better still to feed them the kitten food for up to up to 20 months.
Adding a new furry friend to your family is always fun, so make sure you feed them for their best health and feed them a formula designed for growth during their more critical formative time. Setting them up for success starts at the beginning, and it starts with what they eat. As always, your family veterinarian is your best resource to recommend which type of formula is best for your particular puppy or kitten, as no two are the same.
Best wishes and tail wags,
Dr. Sarah Dodd
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Real life feels like an episode of Black Mirror at the moment and lets just say I’m not a fan of the show! The news is changing every hour of the day and what used to feel far from reality once upon a time is currently our reality! School closures, job losses, toilet paper madness and a financial crisis amidst a pandemic can be hard to handle all at once. Slowing down when you’re used to living life at a fast pace can make you feel unproductive and vulnerable. Navigating through all of this without a blueprint requires showing up for yourself every single day, choosing to look deep within and falling back on the things that usually ground you through difficult journeys.
Here’s a list of 9 things that I’ve fallen back on over the past two weeks that have really helped me stay sane:
Accept the situation we are in. That doesn’t mean you like, enjoy or want to be in it, neither does it mean that you like the depression, anxiety or pain that comes along with it. Rather, you’re choosing to allow the situation to be what it is, without resisting or denying it, when you know there’s nothing you can do to change it. This will help you remain calm and have a more peaceful state of mind.
Start your Day in a Positive Way
The way we start our day helps set the right tone for the rest of the day. This can mean different things for different people – taking a moment to express gratitude, meditating, making your bed, taking a shower, having a facial routine, taking your vitamins, nurturing yourself with a healthy breakfast and/or stretching. Whatever it may be, find your own version of a perfect morning routine to increase your chances of remaining happier the rest of the day!
One of the biggest changes I’ve recently made to my morning routine is quitting mindless morning scrolling! And to be honest, I’ve already noticed how huge of a difference it can make! Here’s how Jay Shetty explains it – if you begin your day going through e-mails and social media, you’re letting a 100 different notifications enter your mind. Would you let a 100 different people walk into your bedroom first thing in the morning? I bet not! So why do that to your mind? Just like our bodies need time to wake up and get ready before interacting with people, so do our minds! So anchor in your morning routine before you let the world in.
Exercise/Eat Healthy/Sleep Well
These are the very obvious and basic things we should be doing on the regular. However, at times like these, they become even more important since they help add a little bit of normalcy to our days. And Lord knows, we need that right now!
Take a Walk in Nature
In addition to being able to “walk off” those negative emotions we are all currently experiencing, a walk in nature has countless health benefits such as improving the management of various conditions including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, joint and muscle pain and stiffness. It also increases our muscle strength, gives us stronger bones, and reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke. And while you’re at it, make sure you’re still keeping a distance of 6 feet from other people!
If for whatever reason going outside for a stroll isn’t an option, add plants around your home. Or watch YouTube videos of nature!
“Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetic imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but ‘steal’ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.” – Albert Camus
Create the Right Environment to Live in
The people you surround yourself with, the content you consume on a daily basis and the information you let influence your mind have a huge impact on your overall outlook. Spend less time on media sources that are constantly talking about COVID-19. And only let in the information that lifts you up and supports you! Tune into podcasts by inspirational and optimistic people. Attend Instagram Lives to help cope with the fear, chaos and uncertainty. It’s actually what I’ve been relying on to feel more connected and rooted with the world! I’ve come to realize that it’s such a great vessel for communities to come together and share their stories, truths and experiences of resilience and rising. The more I’ve been doing this, the more I have recognized myself in others and the less alone I’ve felt.
Separate Fact from Fiction
Since most of us are currently hibernating in our homes, we are naturally spending a lot of time on social media. Now lets be real, we have all been consuming an overload of COVID-19 content! And sadly, there’s fake news lurking around everywhere! I was recently sent a photograph of what appeared to be a live news telecast with the headline “Russia unleashed more than 500 lions on its street to ensure that people are staying indoors during this pandemic outbreak.” A little Googling later, I realized it was fake news! So please do your research and save yourself the panic and anxiety by only relying on news from trusted sources.
Find the Positive in the Negative
Instead of wondering if things can get any worse, ask yourself, what’s the one thing that’s good or positive about this situation? Is there a hidden opportunity within the situation? Perhaps, you’re finally getting time to take care of you! To step into your fears, face the demons you’ve been trying to avoid and heal from within. Perhaps, you’re finally slowing down and spending time with the people that matter the most to you in your life! Perhaps, you’re finally working on the things that you love and bring you the most joy!
Meditation is beneficial for both the mind and body. It is said to improve mindfulness, as well as reduce stress and anxiety. If it’s something you’ve never done before, I hear ya but apparently even 2 minutes a day is good to begin with! I am starting a 21 day meditation challenge this week so I’ll keep you guys posted on my journey!
Voice your blessings – take out a few minutes everyday to think of what you’re grateful for. Remember, nothing’s too small to be thankful for so dig deep and appreciate every “good” thing in life. Notice the weather and the beauty in nature. Say thank you for the things you usually take for granted. Write them down in your gratitude journal or your phone, whichever you prefer. This is helpful to come back to when you need to be reminded of the positives in your life. In addition, express that gratitude to the people around you and help make their day a little brighter as well!
It goes without saying that I’m no professional and these tips are all based on my own personal experiences. Remember, there is no right or wrong way to respond in this situation so please don’t evaluate your worth based on that. Instead, lets take this opportunity to bask in the reality that we get to share this experience at a mass scale and that means that our feelings of anxiety and depression are not isolated. That means that we can share space and navigate this new norm together. So reach out to those around you and don’t forget to be real, raw and truthful with one another!
Please let me know how you have doing and what’s been working for you in the comments below! Lets use this space as a way to connect and be there for each other.
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“Why Should Anyone Care About STEM Education?”
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If you’ve had the chance to meet the Verizon Foundation president, Rose Kirk, in person or see her speak at an event or panel, you’d understand that her energy and exuberance are vital and contagious. I met with Rose at Verizon’s campus in Basking Ridge. NJ.
“Why ‘#weneedmore?’ And why now?” I asked.
“Here is the fundamental issue we have in our society,” Rose responded with a seriousness and immediacy that grabs your attention, “We are in a time and a space where people understand the world is shifting around them and education is the key to equalizing the playing field. The issue though is whether people believe that you are equalizing the playing field for the factory jobs of yesterday or are you equalizing for the digital economy that exists today. We believe it’s all about that digital economy. Technology is the way in to equalize education for youth.
“That’s why the work that we’re doing is providing free technology, free access, and immersive hands-on learning, putting hundreds of thousands of kids on the path to either entrepreneurship or a technology related jobs. There are nine million jobs in STEM as a whole; with four million jobs in science and tech. Our work is to ensure that children are equipped to compete for those opportunities. That’s the problem that we’re solving for.”
Boom! There was the movement in a compelling nutshell. Who wouldn’t want to be part of that? I imagined it was easier said than done, especially for the kids, “What are some of the hurdles you think these kids are going to face?”
Hurdles to Access
“I think there’s several hurdles kids face,” Rose shared, sitting forward and placing her hands palms-down on the desktop, echoing the earnestness of her tone, “They face the hurdle of access, they face the hurdle of classrooms where teachers may not be equipped or prepared to put a technology based curriculum in place. Even when teachers do have access to some technology, they don’t always know the best way to use it. Part of the work we are doing is very hands-on with the teachers and the students, helping them to understand how to apply technology in the classroom in a very real way. Once you turn these kids on to technology they quickly start applying it to solve problems, business problems, and societal problems.
There are nine million jobs in STEM as a whole; with four million jobs in science and tech. Our work is to ensure that children are equipped to compete for those opportunities.
“All of those are real issues that you have to address and deal with on the entire continuum, from the minute the kids walk into the classroom to when they go home at night. This is why in our programs, particularly in our Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program, we gift the kids and the teachers with the technology and the access one on one, 24 hours a day. That means every teacher, every student, has that access, all the time. We can’t create this incredible learning environment for kids and then allow them to go home and not allow them to continue.”
I envisioned the total population of kids without access. In 2015, the Pew Research Center found that “most American homes with school-age children do not have broadband access” (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/the-numbers-behind-the-broadband-homework-gap/) and that underserved communities make up the bulk of those without.
“How are we reaching all of these kids?” I asked.
Scaling the impact
“Our programs are in every state of the union. There’s a multitude of programs targeting different audiences, whether its work we’re about to do with rural girls, work that we’re doing specifically for African American and Latino kids…it’s very deep and rich and complex work that is having the positive outcomes. ‘How many can we reach?’ is potentially unlimited.
I think what we will see in 10 years is a generation of children who have come through this program who end up as entrepreneurs who are starting their own businesses and who are successful inside companies of all sizes.
“We are very deliberate and thoughtful in terms of how we do it because we want real results. For us it isn’t about how much money we give away, and frankly it’s not about the number of kids, it is about the real demonstrative short term, mid term and long term.”
“What does success look like, long term?”
“I think what we will see in 10 years is a generation of children who have come through this program who become entrepreneurs, individuals who are successful inside companies of all sizes, that can point to these moments with Verizon that changed the way they think about themselves and the future.”
As I noted at the beginning of my conversation with Rose, speaking with her is inspiring, propelling. As I pulled my notes together I looked up at Rose and she was looking intently at me, awaiting a final question.
“What other piece of information do you feel is important to share…”
The Mission is Continuous
“I just met with the FCC and they said, ‘this isn’t big enough, you need more schools.’ I met with The New York Times they said, ‘I don’t believe that there are STEM jobs in this country that aren’t being filled.’ My counter to them was, ‘oh but there are,’ because the reality is when a company needs to fill a job they’ll fill it. It may not be with the level of talent that they need. It may not be the citizen that they have initially wanted, but the job will get filled. Verizon wants people everywhere in America to participate in #weneedmore to show these kids that we’re behind them and to help give them an equal chance at success.
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I love my bones and I love finding new ways to feed my bones.
My bones were jumping for joy having found The Healthy Bones Nutrition Plan and Cookbook – Medicine Through Food Guide by Dr. Laura Kelly and Helen Bryman Kelly. Inside the book offers a recipe for Bone-Building Calcium-Rich Vinegar.
“Just one tablespoon of Bone-Building Vinegar equals 350-400 mg of calcium (1,000-1,200 recommended for menopausal and post menopausal women)”.
[br] You can use fresh herbs as I have used or dried herbs.
You will need a selection of 5 of these bone-building herbs.
Chinese herbs: – the extra juice!
If you want to boost the bone-building properties, add 0.35 ounce (10g) of each.
You can purchase the herbs and Chinese herbs from Dr. Kelly’s site HERE
Since publishing this video, I had the vinegar tested for calcium and magnesium.
Since Chinese Herbs are part of the ingredient list, I also tested for heavy metals.
This was an independent lab; Medallion Labs that was recommended to me by a food scientist.
The report showed
not 350mg of Calcium per tablespoon but
33mg of Calcium per tablespoon.
The response from the Dr. Kelly:
“I received the numbers in the book from a respected elder herbalist who specializes in women’s health.
There are so many reasons that there can be enormous differences as you can imagine – climate, amount of sun, what’s in the soil, plant species, season, etc etc etc. Perhaps she ran her numbers many years ago.
Other tests have been run on dried herbs and the numbers are closer to yours than to hers – and I am gathering this information.
I must say that we know there are much larger amounts of calcium in these herbs than is showing on this test.
I’m sorry for the disappointment. If this is misinformation in the book then of course it will be changed on the next printing, and thank you for contributing to the store of knowledge around this subject. Science is always a project.
But please do not throw the baby out with the bathwater. There are many more benefits to the vinegar than just calcium I hope you are not using it only for that reason – nature works in very complex ways and I guarantee there is great benefit. With just the Chinese herbs alone bones heal, I have used them in my practice many times.
It remains that the overall science is sound, and that those who are using the book report increase in bone density as well as increased overall health. It is always a combination of elements that contributes. “
From my delicious bones to yours!
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Research tells us that 61% of low-income families have no age-appropriate books in their homes. Middle-income homes have an average of 13 books per child.
On average, children in poverty have been exposed to only 25 hours of one-on-one reading, compared to middle-class children who have been exposed to 1,000-1,700 hours of one-on-one reading. Only 48% of young children are read to daily.
Exposure to books provides significant academic advantages as 85% of the brain is developed between the ages of 3-5.
To provide Arkansas families with more resources, a state 501 (c) (3) partnered with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in July 2017. Arkansas is 1 of 4 states to partner with the organization.
In 1995, singer-songwriter Dolly Parton launched the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, to benefit the children of her home county in East Tennessee. Her vision was to foster a love of reading among her county’s preschool children and their families. The new program gave each child from birth to age 5 a specially selected book each month.
The program has expanded and now delivers 1.4 million books each month to children nationwide.
Recently, the House and Senate Education Committees were updated on the progress of the Arkansas Imagination Library.
Approximately, 39,000 books are delivered each month to Arkansas children enrolled in the program. And in the last year, more than 427,000 books have been delivered to Arkansas homes. The number of books mailed monthly grew 87.3% in just two years.
Thousands of families could still benefit from the program. Any family with children ages 5 and under can sign up regardless of income. We have provided a link on our website www.arkansashouse.org
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When it comes to home security, envisioning it and locking it down are two very different things. Put it like this. Currently, we live in a world that is more advanced than ever before. We can envision what we want our private security to look like in this new world as much as we like, but bringing those visions to reality is something else altogether. Home security is more important to us than ever before, and technologies are ramping it up even further. The advancement that literally surrounds us on all sides is something that we are finding ourselves exceedingly intrinsically linked to. Technological advancement and rapid digitalisation have definitively changed the game. And home security is just one area of modern life that is being flipped on its head and revitalised.
Home security innovations in this digital age are coming fast and heavy. We are seeing the rise of property-wide security systems that span both visual and audio comprehension, giving access to homeowners from miles away - even across oceans. It is becoming increasingly common for virtual home assistants to feature predominantly as staples in the modern home and other living spaces. And even seemingly ordinary traits of the modern home, including security shutters and door locks, are being given a technological rejuvenation. We are seeing what will ultimately serve as the humble beginnings of digitalisation and technological advancement in home security. This is an exciting time for our progression in terms of security and privacy in our living spaces.
The rapid succession of technologies and their advancement mean that whenever they are applied, they are nearly immediately improved on and further advanced. Technology in the home is no different. Home security today is far more technologically driven than it was twenty, even ten years ago. In fact, the sheer importance that we place on our homes means that technological disruption in home security has developed even quicker than tech in other areas of modern life – something that some may find surprising to realise. Our homes are more secure than they have ever been before. Thanks in no small part to technological advancement and rapidly exceeding digitalisation, home security is becoming not just an added luxury, but a given staple in modern homes around the world.
In terms of modern home security reaches, we can clearly see a significant rise in homeowner interest – and even in tenant interest as well. People today want to be sure that their homes, their loved ones, and their belongings are protected. They are placing more importance – and thus more money – into ensuring that their home security measures accomplish that very thing. This is the type of technology that has been envisioned in films, television series, and books for years now, but this is the first time that it is being brought to vivid life around us. What the entertainment industry once teased as a remote possibility is now our stark reality. Homes around the world are being kitted out with the latest and greatest there is in home security tech. As the technology continues to go from strength to strength, the latest and greatest is going to be constantly reworked and improved upon. | <urn:uuid:2056ae0d-61b8-479e-a142-a217a140cd08> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dailybulletin.com.au/news/technology/43767-digitalisation-takes-home-security-market-to-new-heights | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.972123 | 596 | 1.898438 | 2 |
The war in Ukraine can be regarded as both an example of forced migration (the Russian invaders are a particularly unattractive kind of arriving in-migrants) and an emigration-causing event (all of those refugees, some of whom will reach our shores.)
With that in mind, I want to point out that a quite similar war broke out 83 years ago (in 1939) when the Soviet Union invaded Finland, an event that I read about when I was 10, and a parallel to the current one that has been totally ignored by the media.
The wars are almost eerily similar:
- Big, clumsy Russia invades a much smaller neighbor;
- Meeting unexpected resistance;
- In the winter-time;
- While seeking to push its borders to the west to recover land lost a generation earlier.
The first set of losses followed the break-up of Czarist Russia; the second set of losses followed the break-up of the Soviet Union.
One difference: The West was in no position to be of much help to Finland, being engaged in the first months of what turned out to be World War II.
Another minor difference, in the earlier war Finland got a lot of credit in the U.S. because it was the only nation with a WWI debt to the U.S. that was still honoring it and paying it down. The payments were small but much discussed.
And since guys my age aren’t in the newsrooms anymore, the coverage that I have read about the invasion of Ukraine has missed the parallel.
After a while the invasion of Finland stopped, and in the follow-on treaty Finland lost some territory, including its only link to the Arctic Ocean. I do not remember any talk about Finnish refugees at the time, as there was not much in the way of options because of WWII; the only possible location was in adjacent Sweden (an earlier colonial power). | <urn:uuid:e3be9974-c3ac-40c0-a721-ee399bd68c16> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cis.org/North/Bit-Forgotten-History-Related-Migration-Russians-and-Finns | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.973412 | 394 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Yard waste collection service will be provided one time per week in unincorporated Palm Beach County. This service is limited to normal residential yard waste maintenance, such as grass cutting, tree pruning, palm frond cutting, hedge trimming, etc. The service is not intended for debris related to land clearing or tree removal.
Yard waste service will be limited to one (1) 6 (6) cubic yard pile per week and no more may be placed at the curb.
All small yard waste debris (leaves, clippings, hedge trimmings, etc.) must be containerized. We strongly encourage residents to use their current garbage containers for small yard waste debris for the new contract effective Oct. 1, 2019. Plastic bags are acceptable, however the Authority would like to discourage their use. A significant amount of the yard waste is ground to produce mulch. Much of this mulch can be land applied on agricultural fields, however the plastic bags contaminate the mulch, which is problematic.
Branches and palm fronds may be placed neatly outside the container. While there is no limit on the length of palm fronts, branches may not exceed six (6) feet in length or six (6) inches in diameter and no single piece or container may exceed fifty (50) pounds. It is important to remember that the bulk of this material is picked up by hand, and material that exceeds these limits presents a risk to the collection personnel and cannot be collected. | <urn:uuid:66cf1d73-5708-4bff-a719-255f034ce5cf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://swa.org/Faq.aspx?QID=233 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.933117 | 301 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched an invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, has long been obsessed with returning the country to Moscow’s fold in the name of Russia’s greatness.
For many Russians of his generation, who were raised on Soviet propaganda, the USSR disintegrating and its spheres of influences vanishing remains an open wound.
For Putin, a KGB officer based in East Germany at the time the Soviet Union was gradually collapsing — between 1989 and 1991 — this was a personal defeat.
The Russian leader has said many times that he suffered the same misery as his compatriots when the Soviet empire crumbled, recently claiming he was forced to drive a taxi to make ends meet when he returned to his homeland.
For many Russians, the years after the Soviet collapse were marked by humiliation and poverty — a stark contrast to the West’s triumphalism and prosperity at the time.
Putin has claimed that the end of the Soviet Union was the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century” — despite Russia living through two world wars.
Putin’s rhetoric became more extreme in recent weeks, as between 150,000 and 200,000 Russian troops massed along the borders of Ukraine, prompting a broad diplomatic effort aimed at preventing an invasion.
In a speech on February 21, Putin baselessly accused Ukraine of seeking a nuclear weapon and called its government a “neo-Nazi” regime that bore responsibility for any further bloodshed.
‘Crossed over to the dark side’
He recognised the independence of two separatist regions and authorised sending “peacekeepers” into the rebel provinces.
Tatiana Stanovaya, who runs the R.Politik analytical centre, predicted grim times ahead, saying that Putin had “crossed over to the dark side of history.”
On Thursday, Putin declared, “I have made the decision of a military operation” in Ukraine, during a television address, and explosions were soon heard across the country, triggering swift international condemnation.
He justified the operation by accusing the Kyiv government of overseeing a “genocide” in the east of the country.
Observers say Putin’s sense for revenge over Ukraine deepened when NATO and the EU expanded into countries once dominated by Moscow.
For the long-time Russian leader, any attempts towards bringing Ukraine into Western alliances have represented a red line.
Putin has made it his historical mission to stop this advance in what he believes should be Russia’s region of influence.
In his vision, “if the authorities do not solve this security problem now, then Ukraine will be in NATO in 10-15 years”, according to analyst Alexei Makarkin.
When a pro-Western revolution took place in Kyiv in 2014, Moscow annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, and pro-Russian separatists took up arms in the east of the country, in a conflict that cost more than 14,000 lives.
Some ‘only understand force’
For the Kremlin chief, Russia must respond by being strong, menacing even. Giving in is not in the nature of the former KGB agent and judoka.
Born into a working-class Saint Petersburg family, Putin said in 2015 that “if a fight is inevitable, you must strike first.”
One of his teachers, Vera Gurevich, had said that when a 14-year-old Putin broke one of his classmate’s leg, the future president said that some “only understand force.”
He has repeatedly called into question the idea of distinct Ukrainian identity and statehood.
Putin claims that two Ukrainian revolutions — in 2005 and 2014 — that drove out pro-Russia elites were the result of a Western plot.
As far back as 2008, according to Russian and US media, Putin told his then US counterpart George W. Bush that “Ukraine is not even a country.”
During his end-of-year press conference in December, Putin again raised eyebrows by saying Ukraine was “created” by Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union.
Months earlier, in a long article called “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” he said Kyiv’s decisions are driven by a Western “anti-Russia” plot.
Analyst Stanovaya said that Putin has always believed that the Ukrainian people are themselves pro-Russians that have been “the subject of manipulation”.
She said that in the Kremlin’s “understanding, war would not be an attack on Ukraine, but a liberation of the Ukrainian people from a foreign occupier.”
The Kremlin has for years repeated its line that the West has taken advantage of Russia’s post-Soviet weakness to camp close by, betraying vague promises made in the twilight of the USSR.
What drives Putin, said Makarkin, “is the desire to stop time.”
By Antoine LAMBROSCHINI
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“Through the LeaderShape Institute, I realized (my personal goal for positive change) was to help increase the number of women in math and science.”
Amanda Schram came to Florida State knowing she wanted to study engineering. She also had a strong desire to study abroad that only became more intense after a summer visit to Ireland.
s member of the WIMSE (Women in Math, Science and Engineering) Living Learning Community, Amanda “loved living in Cawthon Hall with other girls who were interested in the things I was.
“That’s how I met Dr. Blessing,” she said. Dr. Susan Blessing, director of the WIMSE program, has become Amanda’s mentor. “She is all about research. … She pushed us to be the best we could be at the highest level. She encouraged me to take Calc 3 as a freshman.”
By the time Amanda began her sophomore year, she had decided she would have to forego her dream of studying abroad. “I was sad to give up on studying abroad, but I couldn’t see how I could do that and stay on track with engineering.” And, it seemed opportunities that would support her studies were limited.
Then she received a surprising message from the Office of National Fellowships. “It was about scholarships available for students to study in Germany.” Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (Germany Academic Exchange Service), or DAAD, offers scholarships to undergraduates from the United States and Canada to study in Germany.
“I decided to go for it,” said Amanda. She attended an ONF workshop, and with guidance from its director, Dr. Craig Filar, and encouragement from her mentor, Dr. Blessing, Amanda applied for the scholarship.
Amanda was awarded a DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering scholarship. “I spent the summer in Bochum, Germany, researching the behavior of steel,” she said.
“It was an incredible experience. … I lived in a dorm with other international students. … I worked in a lab from 8:30 to 3:30 with a Ph.D. student who spoke English,” said Amanda. “We didn’t have to be able to speak German, thank goodness.”
DAAD values cultural exchange and encourages students to travel, meet the German people and experience what the country has to offer. Amanda and her new friends traveled every weekend. “I loved taking the train. We saw as much as possible. We visited Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne. … The last weekend we took the train to Switzerland and relaxed. I swam in Lake Geneva.
“I learned so much this summer. I was on my own. I had to figure things out for myself — and I did. … It gave me a lot of confidence,” she said.
Dr. Filar, a believer in the inherent value of studying abroad, said, “Amanda experienced a transformative academic experience this summer. I hope her success inspires other Florida State students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields to consider international research experiences.”
Amanda, who will graduate in spring 2012, has a 3.9 grade point average and is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, Phi Eta Sigma and The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
She joined the American Society of Civil Engineers last fall and in the spring competed in the Southeast Regional Competition.
As a freshman she participated in LeaderShape Institute, at which students are asked to define a personal goal for positive change in society. “I realized mine was to help increase the number of women in math and science,” said Amanda. She joined the Society of Women Engineers with that goal in mind.
Through SWE she has organized afterschool programs for young girls. “We do things like try to make newspaper towers and straw bridges. … Sometimes the girls hold back at first, but then they really get into it,” she said. “Seeing them get so animated gets me excited. … I want them to know engineering exists.
“I had such a great support from WIMSE. … I feel a responsibility toward other women in math and science.”
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My guest today tells us about the complications of writing historical fiction. Meet Frances Quinn and The Smallest Man.
Frances Quinn is the author of The Smallest Man. Her novel tells the story of Nat Davy. Nat becomes court dwarf to Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles 1, just as England heads into the civil war. The war that will end in the execution of the king.
Who’s behind the Smallest Man?
I came across the real life character that inspired The Smallest Man quite by accident. I was working on a historical murder mystery, and I wanted to feature a character with a disability who, as a result of attitudes at the time, would be a bit on the edge of society.
I’d vaguely heard about ‘court dwarfs’, so I Googled ‘17th century dwarf’, and up popped the Wikipedia entry for Jeffrey Hudson. Jeffrey was a gift to Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles 1, and he became a sort of human pet at the court.
Hudson went on to kill a man in a duel and survive an attack on the Queen during the Civil War. He was later captured by pirates and taken to be a slave in Morocco. He then came home and went to prison as a traitor – quite a life!
Real life v fiction
I instantly wanted to abandon the murder mystery and write a story about Hudson instead. It seemed to be a gift to a novelist.
Little did I know!
As I tried to plan the novel, I discovered that turning a real life into a novel isn’t as easy as it sounds. A novel needs a shape, and a direction. Real life meanders around, goes off at tangents and has no respect for the need to tie all the ends together in the last chapter.
If the interesting part about the person’s story focuses around one event, or even a shortish period, you can zoom in on that. But Jeffrey’s story had almost too much going on, with the key events stretching over 50 years. Long, boring bits occur in between the action and a vast cast of characters appear who were relevant historically but not necessarily very interesting. His life also had a sad ending – it’s thought Jeffrey died alone and in poverty. Not a very satisfying conclusion to a novel.
I was at the point of giving up on the story, when I re-read Armistead Maupin’s Maybe the Moon . Maupin’s main character also has dwarfism and I wanted to remind myself how he’d treated her disability in the story.
I’d forgotten that the heroine, Cadence Roth, was inspired by the actress Tamara de Treaux, who played ET in the film. Maupin’s novel isn’t Tamara’s story, but it’s the story of an actress with dwarfism who played an iconic character in a children’s movie.
That gave me the idea of creating a fictional character, Nat Davy. Nat becomes a court dwarf and has some of the same adventures as Jeffrey did, and some of his own.
What to put in, what to leave out
Once I’d made that decision, the novel took shape.
However I still had to wrestle with real life events. The middle part of the story happens against the background of the build-up to the English Civil War and the war itself. That meant a lot of well-documented events that potentially needed to be woven in.
Fortunately, my early choice to write in first person meant that Nat only needed to talk about the events that touched him personally. I concentrated on the things that the real life Jeffrey Hudson might mention if you bumped into him in a tavern and he told you his life story.
That got me out of writing about a lot of very tedious political and religious stuff from the build-up to the war. I also made sure Nat was well away from the fighting, because there was no way I wanted to write battle scenes!
A final twist
It took me four years to research and write the book, going through six full drafts. But the real life aspect still had another curveball to throw me, even after the book was sold to a publisher.
From early on, I’d had my doubts about having Nat kidnapped by pirates and taken to Morocco, as Jeffrey was. That would have meant moving the action not just to a completely new setting but a new cast of characters.
Also, because it was first person, some familiar characters would disappear for many chapters, because Nat wouldn’t know what they were doing.
Everyone I spoke said no, it’s exciting, leave it in. So I did. As it turned out, my editor saw the same problem that I had, and asked me to ditch the pirate section.
That meant not only writing a new third section of 30,000 words, but also tons more research into the last years of the Civil War. I hadn’t thought I’d need to do that because Nat would be in Morocco and know nothing about it! It felt like a mountain to climb at the time, but the book is, I think, much better for it.
So building a novel on Jeffrey Hudson’s story turned out to be much more difficult than I thought when I read that Wikipedia entry. But I’m very glad now that I didn’t give up on him.
When should my story begin? Not when I was born, a butcher’s son, in a tiny cottage just like all the other tiny cottages in Oakham. Who’d have thought then that I’d ever have much of a story to tell?
Perhaps it starts when people began to nudge each other and stare as I walked with my mother to market, or the first time someone whispered that we were cursed. But I didn’t know then.
No, I think my story begins on the day of the Oakham Fair, in the year of 1625. When I was ten years old and I found out what I was.
Nat Davy is a dwarf. He is 10 years old, and all he wants is to be normal. After narrowly escaping being sold to the circus by his father, Nat is presented to Queen Henrietta Maria – in a pie. She’s 15, trapped in a loveless marriage to King Charles I, and desperately homesick.
Loosely based on a true story, this epic tale spans 20 years; during which the war begins, Nat and the queen go on the run, Nat saves the queen’s life, falls in love with the most beautiful girl at court, kills a man, is left in exile. Told from his unique perspective as the smallest man in England, with the clever and engaging voice of a boy turned man yearning for acceptance, this story takes us on an unforgettable journey.
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Poverty and Charity in the Spanish Empire HIST4260
- Academic Session: 2022-23
- School: School of Humanities
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Available to Erasmus Students: Yes
Poverty, which is estimated to affect the lives of approximately half of the world's population today, has long blighted humanity, but the way it has been understood, experienced, and managed has changed over time. This course introduces students to the upheavals in attitudes towards poverty and social assistance that took place across Europe in the sixteenth century, focusing on the Habsburg Empire. We will look at the ways in which poverty and charity were part of the story of the making of the Spanish Empire
10x1hr lectures; 10x1hr seminars over ten weeks as scheduled on MyCampus. This is one of the Honours options in History and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.
Requirements of Entry
Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into History, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation.
Examination (90 minutes duration)- 50%
Essay (2,500 words) - 40%
Seminar presentation with handout or PowerPoint (8 minutes) - 10%
Main Assessment In: April/May
Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable for Honours courses
Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below.
This course aims to:
■ Evaluate how religion, politics, and ideas have shaped attitudes towards poverty and social assistance strategies.
■ Explore the different attitudes towards poverty and the poor that developed in the sixteenth century, the experimentations with new forms of social assistance.
■ Investigate the complex roles that poverty and charity played in the making of the Spanish Empire.
■ Interrogate the historiographical frameworks that govern the way in which we conceptualise how attitudes to poverty and charity have changed over time. In particular we will question the idea of a sixteenth century threshold, and narratives of modernisation and secularisation.
■ Evaluate that 'poverty' signifies a social construct as well as a material condition and to understand how and why it has been contested across the ages.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Evaluate and critically appraise a range of written, visual and material sources and use these to develop arguments regarding the ways constructions of poverty and charity have changed over time.
■ Engage with contemporary debates about poverty and charity in intellectual, social, and cultural history and to make assessments regarding the merits and demerits of different methodologies and theories.
■ Develop skills in written communication, demonstrating ability to critically assess a range of primary sources and secondary arguments and to construct a coherent and consistent independent argument.
■ Develop oral presentation skills, including the ability to introduce audiences to new material and to articulate analytic positions.
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
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The Morning Report
San Diego news and info
you need to take on the day.
For the past few months, San Diego mayoral candidates Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner have taken great pains to present moderate images of themselves.
But a detailed look at their backgrounds show these stances are more exception than rule. Both have a history of hard-charging activism on behalf of causes they believe in. They’ve both been successful, but antagonized many along the way.
We came to these conclusions after speaking to dozens of people about DeMaio and Filner’s careers for four in-depth profiles. When the campaign started last June, we wanted to pick the most important, unexplored areas in biographies to examine.
By chance, we happened to focus on the same issues for the two of them: their personalities and Washington D.C. records. Both forged the bulk of their political resumes in the nation’s capital and they often find their biggest political enemy is themselves.
Here are some key things we’ve learned about each of them:
They Had Formative Experiences As Teenagers
• Tragedy fills DeMaio’s personal life. His mother died when he was a teenager and his abusive father left the family. He said he had to think hard about running for mayor because he knew it would expose his personal life.
“I think it probably is to some extent a product of my childhood that you keep your emotions in a box,” DeMaio said in our March profile of his personality. “Because it is so scary. It is so painful.”
As the campaign has developed, it appears he’s become more comfortable with the idea. He highlighted his troubled upbringing in his first television ad of the general election campaign.
• When Filner was 18, he rode a bus from his Ivy League university to Mississippi to help integrate the South. His personal role in the civil rights movement helped him develop a philosophy that favored nonviolent confrontation to fight injustice.
“People don’t change unless there’s tension,” Filner told us for our July profile. “Status quo. Nobody thinks about anything, right, if you don’t create the tension. But if you don’t do it creatively, then they hit you or they shoot you. You gotta make them think about it.”
They’ve Upset Allies and Antagonized Enemies
• DeMaio has often displayed what we called a “personal blind spot” in turning off potential friends and making potential foes dislike him more. Notable examples include falling outs with the former head of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association and former City Councilwoman Donna Frye. DeMaio’s dysfunctional relationship with city workers took a hit after he was seen fiddling with his cell phone during a police officer’s funeral two years ago.
As we put it in our March profile:
This is a core tension in DeMaio’s life as a politician. He’s shown himself able to harness your anger. He’s got work to do to show he can feel your pain. …
He can come across as being aloof, unconcerned or, worse, concerned only with his own advancement.
• Filner has fought two of the longest feuds in San Diego’s recent political history and at times goes out of his way to provoke potential friends from his own party. They tell stories of Filner’s political vindictiveness and selfishness. Our July profile talked about the many colorful descriptions Filner has acquired during his three decades in local politics:
Bob Filner stabs you in the front. And he stabs you in the back. He’s abrasive, aggressive, impolitic, caustic, truculent, brash and, according to one memorable formulation, “the Grand Canyon of assholes.”
Filner knows that his methods often upset people. But, he says, the enmity stems from his trying to force change as an underdog. He says he will change if he’s elected mayor.
They Succeeded In Washington D.C., But Also Turned People Off
• DeMaio became a millionaire by starting two companies in the nation’s capital. His idea for them came after discovering a little-known federal law on government performance measures. His companies taught the principles that the law embodied to public and private entities, but he also has overstated his companies’ reputations.
Most interestingly, our May profile revealed that the way DeMaio earned his money in Washington D.C. mirrored his political rise in San Diego.
• Filner did two things particularly well in his two decades as a congressman: He delivered for veterans and took care of his constituents. One thing he didn’t do as well was build relationships with colleagues, which affected his performance. One issue, Filner’s fight for Filipino veterans’ benefits, epitomizes his tenure in Washington.
From our August profile:
He was successful: In 2009, he helped secure $198 million for their benefits. He took care of his constituents: His district has one of the country’s largest Filipino populations. And he fomented conflict: According to a veterans advocate, Filner’s relationships with the Clinton administration suffered because of his forceful activism.
Liam Dillon is a news reporter for Voice of San Diego. He covers San Diego City Hall, the 2012 mayor’s race and big building projects. What should he write about next?
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On This Day in 1836 my 3rd great grandmother Sarah Ann Elvira Dollar was born.
Don’t you find the name “Dollar” to be a little strange? Well, her father was Ambrose Dollar, her grandfather was Reuben Dollar who came to America from Wales and fought in the Revolution, and her great grandfather was Edward Dolier – probably French Doh-lee-AY or Irish D’Olier. Either one of those makes more sense than Dollar.
Sarah Ann’s mother was Jemima Clearman, whose father was Jacob Van Clearman, whose father was John William Clearman from Germany.
Well, that’s just a crazy European mix, isn’t it?
Let’s go back to her dad’s side for just a moment. This is the transcription of the sworn statement of Dr. J.M. Dollar, the great grandson of Reuben Dollar.
Gause Texas, August 4th 1913
This is to certify that my great grandfather Reuben Dollar told me of fighting in the Revolutionary War when I was a boy. He came from Wales and fought in the war. He returned to Wales and was disinherited by his father for having fought against the British Crown. After which he returned to America and settled in Edgefield S.C. He died in Miss. in 1858 at the age of 113 years.
Signed J.M Dollar
State of Texas:
County Of Milam:
subscribed and sworn to before me this August 4th. 1913
J.R. Fraim, Notary Public, Milam co. Texas
I find these old records fascinating!!
Anyway, back to Sarah Ann…
She was the 6th born of 8 children, half boys, half girls. She was born March 11, 1836 in Pickens County, Alabama. Pickens County is right on the Mississippi border, and at some point between 1840 and 1850, the family moved west to Mississippi. At the age of 17, on October 6, 1853, she married William Lafayette Brown, Jr. in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Keep in mind, the above Patriot grandfather was still alive until 1858 and died in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, so he might have been living with them. If not living with Sarah Ann and her husband, at least with a nearby family member.
Sarah Ann gave birth to her first child at the age of 18, James Floyd Brown in 1854. He was followed by John Ambus Brown in 1857, Angeline Brown in 1859, William Harrison Brown in 1860, Sarah Elizabeth “Bettie” Brown in 1862, Warren Brown in 1865, Franklin Carlton Brown in 1867, Charles Berry Brown in 1871, Pinkney Earlie Brown in 1874, and Martha Catherine Brown in 1877.
Do you notice anything strange about those birth dates?
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, her husband was about 25 years old. Yes, he went to fight for the Confederacy. As a matter of fact, he was a sniper who guarded Mississippi bridges in the area. At one point, he was captured by the Union. He escaped. He went back and allowed himself to be captured again to help others escape, which he/they did. After that, he had a bounty on his head for the rest of the war.
It doesn’t look like the war or the captures between 1861 and 1865 stopped him from visiting home at least a few times. Obviously he stopped by the house long enough for some hanky panky. The girl born in 1862 was my second great grandmother. Her birthday is the same day as mine, November 19.
One thing for sure, these people didn’t back down from a challenge! I look forward to doing more research on the Dollars and Clearmans very soon.
Sarah Ann died in Mississippi July 18, 1915 at the age of 79.
Happy birthday, Grandma Sarah Ann!!
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- Can immediately prepare cold stored solder paste without bringing it back to room temperature
- By optimizing the mixing recipe, viscosity preparation and temperature preparation for solder paste is easy.
- Removes large air bubbles in the paste, which are considered the cause of solder paste defects.
- Handles commercial 500g solder paste containers as is
- Restirs and redisperses solder paste that has been used
- Supports solder paste in syringes by using the optional adapter
Can prepare uniform viscosity in a short time for solder paste just taken from cold storage without bringing it back to room temperature. Metal particles with high specific gravity such as solder particles settle to the bottom of containers in cold storage and cause differences in material viscosity. The SR-500 regulates the viscosity of solder paste in a short time, with uniform viscosity from top to bottom. Also, because it can remove air bubbles thought to cause spattering of solder balls, it contributes to reducing the defect rate.
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Wood engraving (Wood Art), a printmaking technique in which a print is made from a design incised on the transverse section, or end, of a hardwood block.
Custom engraved gifts, engraved photographs, unique invitations, engraved awards, trophies, personalized plaques, engraved monograms, and custom engraved artwork are among the top customer orders.
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The recent Coronavirus pandemic and nationwide lockdown made travelling impossible. Watching travel videos was the only option left to us to satisfy our wanderlust. The travel videos available online are so spectacular that they inspire us to create our own. But how do you make a fantastic trip video?
Here we will discuss various video editing methods and crack some tips for making a great travel video.
Preparation is the key to making a travel video. Here are the things we need before getting started with making travel videos.
Getting started with travel videos
- Nowadays, we can create different types of travel videos. We must first decide which kind of travel videos we want to get started before we know how to make travel video.
- While some people prefer travel videos with less talk and more action, others prefer those where they walk and talk.
- Knowing what our travel videos look like, we must now look for a camera. Even though we can use your smartphone for recording, a DSLR camera is one of the wonderful travel gadgets and the best option for shooting travel videos.
- We will now identify a program to edit a video online. We can utilise many programs to add a professional touch to our travel videos.
- Programs of this kind run on computers. For example, those with Macbooks can use iMovie.
Now without further ado, let’s get cracking on some tips how to make travel video. Below are ten tips to consider before creating a travel video:
Learn from other travel videos
The author who writes the best book has read many books and can now combine the good parts of these books to make a new book. We use the same concept while creating travel videos. You have to watch other videos and learn from them.
You can make your comparison and decide on what you would like to incorporate in your travel video.
Adjust your camera settings
Before embarking on a journey, we must ensure that our camera settings are in place and ready for shooting the trip to make travel video.
It becomes very disappointing when we find something nice to include in our video but cannot record it.
Also, we must carry a fully charged camera. It is also advisable to have a backup battery.
Take smarter photos
If we fail to capture enough photos at the correct angle, we might regret it when we return home for video editing. It is advisable to record videos during the day with enough lighting to enhance the video quality. This tip comes handy when you are covering adventurous places like wildlife sanctuaries, heritage sites like Brihadeeswara temple, cities and temples.
Develop an engaging story
A travel video must have a compelling story. However, making an engaging story calls for a lot of hard work.
Most travel video makers face difficulty creating an exciting story for their travel video. Many juicy stories may emerge along the way; thus, we must always keep your camera ready; thus, we must keep your camera ready at all times. A good example is visiting a wildlife sanctuary and seeing a lion attacking an antelope.
Recording the actual footage can help create a juicy story for those watching our travel videos. This is why cutting edge video recording equipment is one of the essentials on your travel checklist.
Focus on the travel
When making a travel movie, we should focus on the surroundings rather than ourselves. For instance, if we visit the hills, our viewers will be interested to see the jaw-dropping landscape. Likewise, if we visit another country, we must focus our videos on the culture of the people there rather than on ourselves.
Also, we must remember that viewers might get bored with our travel video if we keep making the video about ourselves.
Our viewers probably watch our videos because they might also be planning to travel to the same place. So, it would be best to guide them on what they expect.
Broaden the shots
It may be difficult to capture every facet of our trip, but it is necessary to try. We can try changing the angles at which we take videos to produce an appealing video.
Shooting a video as we move around to show our audience what is happening in our vicinity is the best way to keep them engaged. It also makes the video more interesting as our viewers will be watching it trying to imagine what they would do if they were there.
Add motion to pictures.
Viewers cannot easily perceive or feel the energy we have experienced while visiting certain places with videos. But with a photo, we can easily capture the moment where the sun is correct, and the beautiful architecture of the landscape is visible.
We can do this through a moving time-lapse where we can take pictures of kids playing or animals running.
After photography, we can compile them together when we start video editing. The images will become very interesting to observe.
Try taking YouTube lessons to have a better understanding.
Take pictures in a close position
When taking pictures, consider zooming to have a great view of items or people. These are good for creating emotion in our travel videos.
Adding the element of emotion can entice our viewers to watch our travel video till the end.
During a trip to remote places like Assam in India, it is essential to know the locals of that area. We must make an effort to learn about their history and language. Our viewers could be curious to know how they might communicate with the locals if they visit the exact location.
Organize your shots
Organising shots can be very time-consuming, but it helps ensure we get everything right. It is advisable to go through all the captured photos and videos and arrange them for maximum impact.
If we do not get this part right, we will end up with random photos and videos. Consequently, it will therefore drive our viewers away.
Carefully export your work
If we are not careful, all the hard work we put into making the film could go in vain. Thus, we must be cautious when transferring our hard work from one device to another.
We can accomplish this by ensuring that all of our camera settings are perfectly set so that we can transfer high-resolution videos. YouTube has countless videos that teach us how to do it effectively.
It is also advisable to back up all the videos and photos to the cloud, so we don’t lose our captured clips. Nobody wants to be in a situation where they can’t save themselves if they accidentally delete images and videos from their camera.
Making travel movies will be a breeze with the guidance provided above.
Before making travel videos, we must invest in the right equipment. Having a user-friendly camera for taking photos and videos is a must for shooting travel videos. In addition, watching travel videos is essential for learning how to make travel videos.
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High Resolution Printing
High resolution printing can be used for features down to 50 microns. Often the edges are slightly jagged and the features are not as sharp as pattern generated images. Steps to preparing a transparency for fabrication are as follows below.
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Many years ago, while working as the General Counsel to a large public company going through a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, I learned that the Golden Rule as we all learned it in kindergarten [do unto others as you would have other do unto you] is not the only Golden Rule when it comes to business. I certainly support and believe in the Golden Rule we learned in kindergarten and try my best to adhere to it, but when it comes to money and business, I have learned that the Golden Rule really is: the person with the gold makes the rules.
In business large and small, there is often reward and equity for those who have a great idea or are the work horses driving success (the “Sweat Equity Owner”). Typically, however, the greatest percentage of equity and, hence, the greatest return in pure dollars, goes to the person who put up the money in the first place (the “Cash Equity Owner”). Once the business gets going, this often leads to resentment of the Sweat Equity Owner and frustration of the Cash Equity Owner.
Not surprisingly, the Sweat Equity Owner often feels like he has worked harder and should be compensated for the hard work and ideas. In addition, the family of the Sweat Equity Owner has started to feel the pain of long hours and missed meals and events, resenting the Cash Equity Owner whose life and lifestyle has not changed at all.
The Cash Equity Owner is frustrated because the project is taking longer than expected to show a return and the Sweat Equity Owner continues to ask for cash, primarily to meet living expenses in the form of salaries for business personnel. The Cash Equity Owner usually has other investments or businesses and more business experience and wants the Sweat Equity Owner to work differently and take his advice on how to get the work done more quickly so that product can get to market faster. His family (or fund investors) wants to know when they will see a return on investment.
Not to sound like a broken record on the reasons for Business Divorce, but there are some things that can be done at the onset of a relationship to avoid these dilemmas. Too often, when the relationship is formed, there is no substantive discussion of duties, timing for deliverables and exit strategy for the Cash Equity Owner. The conversations are very high level and never transcribed into a detailed agreement. One party calls cash loans while the other considers it equity.
In the last 12 months, I have encountered among other missteps: companies in which the equity was never issued despite cash being infused; standard Bylaws from companies like Legal Zoom were used, but no one ever read or understood what they meant; Articles were filed on www.Sunbiz.org indicating the names of managers, managing members, officers, owners … who were not in fact in the positions indicated and who had no authority to act on behalf of the business; domain names and other intellectual property placed in the name of one owner instead of the business …. This list is hardly exhaustive, but all have led to expensive legal battles between business partners on break-up.
When I get the call, whether as an attorney or mediator, that business partners are seeking to terminate their business relationship, the first step in my analysis is to look at the agreements between the partners. These documents become the guide on how to proceed. If they have been carefully crafted and reflect the partners intent, often the cost to the business as well as the individuals for navigating the business divorce is emotionally and financially insignificant —- Owners typically know what to expect and time is spent implementing already agreed plans. Without these written agreements or mutual acknowledgment of intent of unwritten agreements by the Owners, the cost in the first days of efforts to separate can be thousands, and at times, tens of thousands, of dollars.
At this point you are probably thinking that I am exaggerating, but in fact, if a lawsuit needs to be filed in order to keep the business running and make it clear who has authority to act, the effort is significant and lawyer time and cost is high. We start by preparing a complaint seeking injunctive relief and serve it with requests for admissions, production of documents and interrogatories. At times, we demand a receiver be appointed if we are representing the Cash Equity Owner and our client is not ready or able to step in and run the business. We seek emergency hearings to ensure if our client in good faith believes irreparable harm to, or waste of, business assets will occur if action is not immediate. We often need to include third parties such as the domain hosts or banks to require them to turn over account codes and keys or to freeze assets.
Courts do not like to get involved in daily business activities and if the situation lacks clarity, the court may appoint a receiver on its own. Domains and intellectual property will need to be be place in escrow; bank accounts will need to be frozen or unfrozen; payroll companies, customers, vendors, employees will all need to be notified as to who has authority to direct activities just to keep the business operating and attorneys will be stepping into conversations with domain hosts, bankers, customers, vendors and employees…. all while on the clock. By the way, the Receiver will hire an attorney as well and both the receiver and attorney will also be on the clock.
Back to the Golden Rule — needless to say, the Cash Equity Owner often has the gold necessary to stay afloat while the Sweat Equity Owner does not.
Although good friends and family members make great investors because they are trustworthy, life changes and needs change over time. By having a frank conversation up-front and documenting the deal, before money is invested, much of the financial and emotional cost can be minimized on business divorce and friendships and family relations can remain favorably intact. Like a good pre-nuptial, shareholder agreements, operating agreements, and buy-sell agreements, can minimize cost in the future and avoid undue emotional harm. To me, it is well worth spending a couple hours in frank discussion and a couple thousand dollars up-front when investing in a business to avoid a later fight at ten times that expense.
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Facebook’s post-Cambridge Analytica apology tour continues this morning with the announcement of an initiative aimed at helping social science researchers gauge the site’s impact on key political events.
In a post issued this morning, the company’s Vice President of Communications and Public Policy Director of Research outlined the plan and hammered home its focus on impartial data collection. “Facebook will not have any right to review or approve their research findings prior to publication,” the pair writes.
The initiative is backed by a who’s who of nonprofit foundations that will sound familiar to anyone who’s spent any time with the dial tuned to NPR. The group hopes lessons learned from Brexit and the presidential election will help shed some light on how the social media behemoth could potentially impact upcoming elections like U.S. midterms, Brazil, India and Mexico — a pretty aggressive timeframe for this kind of work.
“[W]e think it’s an important new model for partnerships between industry and academia,” the pair writes. “Second, the last two years have taught us that the same Facebook tools that help politicians connect with their constituents — and different communities debate the issues they care about — can also be misused to manipulate and deceive.”
Mark Zuckerberg addressed the creation of the commission in a post today that once again acknowledged that Facebook’s response time could have been better. The site has gotten pushback from nearly all sides on its handling of the issue, including a recent dressing down from the U.S. Senate.
“Looking back, it’s clear we were too slow identifying election interference in 2016, and we need to do better in future elections,” the CEO writes. “This is a new model of collaboration between researchers and companies, and it’s part of our commitment to protect the integrity of elections around the world.”
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The Debate Over Arabic Language in Eritrea!
Orally told stories relate a conversation that took place in the first parliament in Eritrea in the 1950s. During a heated parliamentary debate on the official languages of Eritrea, a member of parliament from the Independence Block stood up to speak in favour of adopting Arabic as the second official language of Eritrea. As he was speaking in Tigrinya, he was interrupted by another pro-union parliamentarian who asked him rhetorically, why do you speak in Tigrinya, speak in Arabic? Isn’t Arabic your language, as you claim!? This exchange highlights the tensions surrounding the status of Arabic in Eritrea. It is a tension that began early in the history of the national discourse and continues today in different forums. Eritrean politicians and intellectuals have taken various opposing positions. Some relegate Arabic to being the language of the minority Rashaida and Muslim religious rituals. Others view Arabic in Eritrea as the prime language that supersedes all local languages.
Eritrean history, culture, and social reality is intertwined with the history and culture of Arabia. Eritrea was the meeting point between the two cultures across the Red Sea, the Semitic-Arabian and African cultures. The Axumite kingdom, the Geʽez language and its off-shoots Tigrinya and Tigre have deep Yemeni-Arabian connections. Across centuries, through migration, trade and invasion, Eritrea has been subject to waves of Arabian influences. Accordingly, Arabic language has been part of the Eritrean mosaic from early time in history. The extent of Arabic influence and presence in Eritrea before Islam can be debatable, but the possibility that it was part of the Eritrean mix of languages is undeniable. According to some historical reports, the king of Abyssinia who welcomed Prophet Mohammad’s companion spoke Arabic and had spent part of his youth in Arabia. With the arrival of Islam, Arabic spread further and deeper.
Colonial powers utilized both Arabic and Tigrinya in their communications with the public and in line with their divide and rule policy, treated Arabic as the language of Muslims and Tigrinya as the language of Christians. During the era of Eritrean self determination, the emerging two main political groups took two opposing stances. The independence block led by AL Rabita advocated for the recognition of Arabic and Tigrinya as official languages. The pro-union block opposed the recognition of Arabic and favored Tigrinya only or Tigrinya and Amharic. In drafting the Eritrean constitution, following the establishment of Eritrean parliament, the official language article was the most contested. After heated debates, much wrangling and negotiated compromise, the parliament voted in favor of article 39 which stated:
- Tigrinya and Arabic shall be the official languages of Eritrea.
- In accordance with established practice in Eritrea, the languages spoken and written by the various population groups shall be permitted to be used in dealing with the public authorities, as well as for religious or educational purposes and for all forms of expression of ideas.
During the armed struggle era, the Eritrean Liberation movement (ELM) and Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) held to the position adopted by the independence bloc and the constitution ratified in 1952. The ELF reaffirmed its stance of favoring bilingual official language policy in its 1971 congress. However, a diverging minority view was emerging within its ranks. The authors of “Our Struggle and its Goals” –Nehnan Alamanan– (1971), seemed to question the validity of the 1952 bilingual official language policy. They noted:
“Arabic became one of the official languages in Eritrea only through the “Federal Decision” of 1952 in which the Eritrean people did not participate”.
Later, the Eritrean Liberation Front (EPLF) adopted what was termed as the “equality of language policy”, which practically diverts from the long-established bilingual policy. Following Eritrea’s independence and during the drafting of the 1997 constitution, the official language debate came to the fore front. The draft avoided any mention of the official languages and instead formulated article 4 (3) which simply stated:
“The equality of all Eritrean languages is guaranteed”.
Pros and against arguments in Eritrean parliament
Eritrean parliamentarians passionately debated the official language issue. Both sides of the debate presented their arguments forcefully. Most of these arguments are still relevant and form the basis of much of the arguments made today. Here is a short synopsis of the pro and opposed arguments made in the parliament.
- In Eritrea, there is no one who doesn’t understand Tigrinya, it should be the only official language.
- Arabic is a religious language; it is foreign, and it can’t be official language.
- Since we are federating with Ethiopia, let Amharic be the second official language with Tigrinya.
- If a second language is needed, let it be then Tigre language.
- Officiate Tigrinya only, but use Arabic in the interim until those who don’t know Tigrinya will come to learn it.
- Most nations have one official language, one flag…, let us only adopt Tigrinya.
- Arabic has a much longer history and is spoken by many nations.
- Tigrinya is limited and it is the language of highlanders (Kebesa) only.
- Arabic isn’t more foreign than Tigrinya, both Arabic and Tigrinya originated from Yemen.
- Arabic in Eritrea isn’t just a religious language, but also intellectual and educational language.
- Interestingly, the suggestion to officiate Tigre was made, not by the Tigre speaking parliamentarians, but by the ardent unionist from Serai district, Keshi Demetros, vice-president of the Eritrean parliament. The Tigre speakers were opposed to this proposal and were the most ardent supporters of officiating the Arabic language.
- Some unionists, such as Ambae Habte –Keren district- spoke in support of officiating Arabic and Tigrinya.
- Muslim members of the Unionist Party took a different stance and issued statement in favour of Arabic.
- Most pro-Arabic parliamentarians were opposed to the inclusion of item 39 (2). They were suspicious of its intent. They felt it was unnecessary and could undermine item 39 (1).
- Some argued, if a unilingual official language policy is to be adopted, then let Arabic be the be only official language.
Analysis of issues of contention
a) Is Arabic a mother tongue in Eritrea?
The simple answer is no, except for the Rashaida. However, a deeper look would illustrate that even though Arabic isn’t a mother tongue, it is a language that has a strong presence in many Eritrean homes. A cursory look at many Eritrean Muslim families illustrates that next to their mother tongue, many speak Arabic. Furthermore, in laws with different mother tongues, widely use Arabic as a common medium of communication and correspondence. This is most commonly noticed within a wide spectrum of Massawans and the lowlanders. Moreover, Arabic language terminology is prevalent not only in the Semitic languages of Eritrea, but also the Hamitic languages, such as “Saho”. The Tigrinya spoken by the Jeberti, for example, is full of Arabic terminology. Reading the “Saho” poetry, particularly the poems of the legendry “Saho” poet, Haj Saleh Indego, we find a lot of Arabic vocabulary usage. Usage of Arabic has become even more prevalent today within the largest Eritrean communities in diaspora, in Sudan and Saudi Arabia, where Arabic has become a household language.
b) Is Arabic a religious language?
Yes, and more. Arabic is the language of the Quran and Muslim prayers. But proponents of Arabic reject the notion that it is limited to religious observances and oppose equating Arabic to Ge’ez, the language used by the Tewahdo clergy. At the request of Enzo Matenzo, the UN envoy to Eritrea, the late Mufti of Eritrea wrote an elaborate letter in 1950, explaining the prevalence of Arabic and how far it is used by Eritrean Muslims at that time. The letter highlights the following points:
- Arabic is used not only in religious education, but also in secular education.
- It is widely used in the media. From the inception of press in Eritrea, fourteen Arabic newspapers have been established. They range from daily, weekly to monthly; five were governmental and the rest non-governmental.
- It is used in family matter documentations, such as the wills, family lineages, ancestral histories, and correspondences.
- It is used commercially in all contracts; including partnership agreements, collaterals, debts and commercial accounts.
- It is used judicially in all Islamic court documents. The court archives have records of nearly a century. The Massawa Court alone has over sixty volumes of documents written in Arabic, all before the Italian era.
- It is used socially; all Islamic organizations, whether cultural, sports, political or national, write their constitutions, regulations, notebooks and documents and deliver their lectures all in the Arabic language.
c) Is Arabic a threat to Christianity?
Semere Habtemariam in his book on the history of the Tewahdo church notes:
“Christian Abyssinians, whether in Eritrea or Ethiopia, don’t have any problem with Islam, but they are not comfortable with the importation and promotion of a language and culture that would give their cherished heritage a run for its money. Arabic language is perceived as a fundamental threat by most Christian Abyssinians”. Page 266.
The above noted fears is understandable. Historically, the spread of Arabic was associated with Islam. Arabic might have also been conducive to the spread of Islam in some cases. However, looking at the Arabic literature today and in the past, we find that some of the most prolific poets, writers and proponents of Arabic were Christians. One of the highly celebrated poets during the early Umayyad Islamic caliphate was a Christian Arab, known as Al-Akhtal, in addition to others who came later. In contemporary Arabic literature the names of Christian Arab writes such as Jubran Khalil Jubran, Mikhael Naema, Salama Mussa, Boutrous Albustani and others are among the top. One of the top proponents of Arab nationalism was a Christian, Michael Aflaq. Some of the oldest Christian churches and communities in the world today speak Arabic. Therefore, it is not entirely accurate to associate Arabic with Islam only or to perceive Arabic as a threat to Christianity. Arabic is the language of significant Christian communities in the Middle East and diaspora, estimated to be around 15 million. Some of these Christian communities have been using Arabic prior to the advent of Islam.
d) Is the proposition of officiating Arabic genuinely Eritrean?
Some opponents of Arabic assert that the idea of officiating Arabic was not genuinely Eritrea. It was an idea implanted by foreign forces and agents. Such an assertion is certainly detached from reality but have some validity in some respects. Eritreans were divided over Arabic language, mostly along sectarian line; Muslim Eritrean, despite many of their disagreements and political divisions, they were unanimous in calling for officiating Arabic, including Muslims in the Unionist Party. This unanimity came from within much before Petro-dollar or Arab nationalism influences. Certainly, there is an element of Arabism that can be attributed to foreign agents. During the armed struggle, the Ba’ath Arab nationalist party -with its two rival branches in Syria and Iraq- was attempting to infuse Arab nationalism into Eritrea through some of the Eritrean factions it sponsored. This definitely is objectionable. Eritrean calls for the officiation of Arabic wasn’t a call for embracing Arab nationalism. Such calls were alien to Eritrea and shouldn’t be confused with the legitimate demands clearly expressed by a significant segment of Eritreans.
e) Is the Arabic language the real issue?
Debates over official languages and other similar national issues are not unique to Eritrea. The real issue, however, isn’t whether Arabic should or shouldn’t be official. The real issue is the “mindset” through which these issues are address. A calm, objective, common-good oriented mind set is critical for a meaningful and healthy debate. A mind set that thinks in “We” not “Me” terms; pursues a “Win-Win”, not “Win-Lose” outcomes; searches for “common ground” not “dichotomy and exclusion”; seeks to understand before it seeks to be understood. Arabic language contention is a symptom of a bigger problem that undermines effective resolutions of contentious issues. Agitated, fear-driven, conspiracy-ridden, partisan-spirited, segment-based approaches only prolongs the tension and entrenches factionalism. A paradigm shift within Eritrean discourses is certainly overdue.
Regardless of what the official language is, knowledge of Arabic and Tigrinya is critical for anyone who seeks to fully grasp the Eritrean pulse and mindset. The Eritrean intellectual output has been mostly in Arabic and Tigrinya. Social media exchanges, online discussions and Eritrean websites are also mostly in both languages. As I noted in an earlier article, an intellectual gap exists within Eritrean intellectuals and that can only be remedied by a global view of the Eritrean reality. Segmented and partisan views need to wane.
The Eritrean reality today is far from what it used to be in the 1950s. Tigrinya isn’t a kebesa language anymore. It has made significant strides to be a full-fledged language. Arabic has also made huge in roads within the general public and among a growing number of the educated and intellectual segments. Today in the global world, linguistic, sectarian, ideological boundaries have lost meaning. The way to thrive in this new world is to learn, to engage, to reach out and to embrace with confidence and independent mind. No wise Eritrean should shun away opportunities to learn Tigrinya and Arabic. That will only undermine their scope and limit their horizon.
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Negash Ghirmai (2010), A History of Tigrinya Literature, Africa World Press, Inc.
محمد سعيد ناوود، العروبة والإسلام بالقرن الأفريقي
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|Causative organism||Mycoplasma genitalium (Mg)|
|Incubation period||Unknown but likely to be 60 days or longer|
|How far back to trace||The time period for contact tracing is unknown. Contact tracing is recommended for ongoing sexual partners|
|Usual testing method||Nucleic acid amplification testing on first pass urine in men (urethral swab less sensitive) and, high vaginal swab in women (cervical swab slightly less sensitive and first pass urine least sensitive). A rectal swab should be collected in MSM and females engaging in anal sex. A throat swab is not indicated.|
Often asymptomatic. Symptoms and signs when present are similar to those of chlamydia but less frequent.
|Likelihood of transmission per act of condomless intercourse||
Although it is established that M. genitalium is sexually transmitted, it is not known how often this occurs per episode of condomless sexual intercourse
|Likelihood of long-term sexual partner being infected||Infection rates in a study of sexual contacts, that predominantly represented long term partners, are in the order of 40–50% in those with a vagina and MSM (cis and trans) (rectal site more often infected than urethral site), and 30% in heterosexual people with a penis.|
|Protective effect of condoms||Likely high|
|Transmission by oral sex||
Low as pharyngeal infection is uncommon (<1%).
Studies are limited but indicate it is uncommonly detected in the pharynx
|Duration of potential infectivity||Uncertain; however, persistent infection is common: 25% of untreated infections persist > 12 months in people with a vagina and infections up to 2-3 years have been reported. With rising antimicrobial resistance persistent infection due to treatment failure is also increasingly common.|
|Important sequelae||PID, spontaneous abortion, post-abortal PID preterm delivery and possibly tubal factor infertility in women. Limited evidence to suggest a possible role in sexually acquired reactive arthritis and epididymo-orchitis|
|Direct benefit of detection and treatment of contacts||Cure/prevention transmission|
|Usual management of contacts||
Counselling, clinical examination, testing of ongoing sexual partners.
Treat based on test result according to STI guidelines
|Contact tracing priority||Medium|
|Notification||Not notifiable in Australia or New Zealand.|
- Read TRH, Murray GL, Danielewski JA, et al. Symptoms, Sites, and Significance of Mycoplasma genitalium in Men Who Have Sex with Men. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Apr;25(4):719-727.
- Latimer RL, Shilling HS, Vodstrcil LA, et al. Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium by anatomical site in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sex Transm Infect. 2020 Apr 27: sextrans-2019-054310. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054310. Online ahead of print
- Taylor-Robinson D, Jensen JS. Mycoplasma genitalium: from Chrysalis to multicolored butterfly. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2011 Jul;24(3):498-514. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00006-11. PMID: 21734246; PMCID: PMC3131060.
- Slifirski JB, Vodstrcil LA, Fairley CK, et al. Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in Adults Reporting Sexual Contact with Infected Partners, Australia, 2008-2016. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Nov;23(11):1826-1833. doi: 10.3201/eid2311.170998.
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As I wash my hands at a basin before a large torii gate, I am reminded of how this small gesture has become so ingrained in my manners when visiting a Japanese shrine. It is very strange, since I don’t consider myself a particularly religious person following any specific devout path and surprisingly, such feelings are shared with a lot of Japanese people as well. Still, there is a great deal of spirituality in Japan, much of it displayed through pilgrimage routes dotted across the country.
Traditional religious pilgrimages are still undertaken today, albeit with the assistance of more modern means such as trains, buses and cars. One of the oldest pilgrimages in the world is the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage, first walked by the founder of Shingon Buddhism, Kukai, in 815. Those who walk the trail and pass by all 88 temples are said to be accompanied by the pilgrims who walked before them, in spirit.
Pilgrims are known as ohenro and have been visiting the 88 temples since Kukai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, first walked the trail in 815. Anyone can walk the trail and become an ohenro regardless of gender, age or nationality, and the Shikoku Pilgrimage Trail still attracts thousands every year thanks to the popularity of Kukai, who is considered something of a legendary spiritual leader and is sometimes portrayed as a Buddhist superhero in children’s books. His impressive intellect and charismatic personality was what drew many to follow in his footsteps as well as visit various key locations of his life, such as the place of his birth and the temples he founded, hoping to gain some of Kukai’s spiritual understanding.
Not too far away, fusing Shintoism with Buddhism, is the Kumano Kodo Trail in Wakayama prefecture – not tied to the memory of a single person like the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The Kii Mountains through which it winds are said to be the birthplace of this religious harmony due to their spiritual energy, and the more nature-focused Shinto religion was first to settle in the region. They built shrines that gathered energy from the beautiful mountainous landscape, before Buddhist monks arrived soon after, building temples along the roads they shared with Shinto priests.
Not only Buddhism, but also Christianity found its place on the sacred trail, with the Kumano Kodo being the official partner of the Santiago De Compostela in Spain, granting people who walk both trails the status of Dual Pilgrim. It is this spirit of hospitality that lives on in the people of the Kii Peninsula and a belief that spiritual energy is created not only by the divine, but also by the people.
Japan is unique in that its two principal religions have shared locations of spiritual significance for hundreds of years through which pilgrims commune. Legends can turn a simple tree into a vessel for a Shinto deity and statues into protectors of the village, and these legends pass down ancient teachings and wisdom. One of the best things to do on a pilgrimage is observe and listen – not just to the people, but to the tales told by the rustling of the leaves and in the way the sunlight dances through the canopy. When walking the Kumano Kodo or the Shikoku 88, you are not only following the footsteps of someone great who came before you, but building a foundation for your own greatness. | <urn:uuid:a98abcd9-b9d8-4936-85a7-e3651408f4c2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://beta.okujapan.com/blog/spiritual-experiences-japan | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.969269 | 696 | 2.703125 | 3 |
The other day as I was walking on the treadmill I watched a video about the Spirit Bears of British Columbia. A big part of the menu for these bears is the salmon run. It made me think of my most recent review. Run Salmon Run would be a great book to go along with learning about these elusive bears. Salmon don’t only provide a major part of their diet, but the off cast feeds many smaller animals, providing fertilizer for the forest, a nutrient-dense environment for their fry and much much more. The Salmon run is a necessary part of the eco-system. Learn more about salmon and their very necessary lifecycle.
What I am Reviewing
Raincoast BooksRun Salmon Run is a hardcover picture book geared at children in kindergarten to grade 3. Written by Bobs & Lolo and illustrated by Lori Joy Smith it was published by Page Two Books. 36 pages of full colour illustrations along with large print to make it easy to share with a group of children. It covers the life-cycle of the wild Pacific Salmon from tiny egg to returning adult. Run Salmon Runs comes complete with a glossary of terms. Reviewed for Raincoast Books.
The Details about Run Salmon Run
Large print text fills the first page of every two-page spread. Rhyming couplets easy to read.
The second part of the two-page spread introduces new terminology in a short rhyme. Words like alevin, fry, smolt, krill, and spawn. Introducing us to various life stages and food sources.
Should you get it?
YES! It’s short and sweet, a great primer to learning the basics of the salmon and their life-cycle. It would for me, be the first book in learning about salmon. I do wish they had a bit more in it about the importance of salmon to the eco-system, but for a book directed at youngsters, it’s a good start. The colourful pages fill the eye with delight, and the numerous items to look at on the page give additional conversation-starters. A lovely book indeed, I urge you to look into Run Salmon Run. | <urn:uuid:5677f042-54c2-4fc3-8517-6ed66e979318> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://anetintime.ca/run-salmon-run/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.944908 | 444 | 2.046875 | 2 |
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Opponents of new gun control proposals rallied near the Capitol in January. (Ryan M. Kelly/ For the Virginia Mercury)
As the Virginia General Assembly voted in favor of bills to establish a red flag law, Republicans in both chambers denounced the proposal as unconstitutional.
On the Senate floor last month, Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Franklin, said that in a rush to “dissolve the Second Amendment,” Democrats are “willing to sacrifice” other constitutional rights, like the right to not have your home searched or property taken without good reason.
“Why don’t we just be honest with ourselves… and let’s make the Commonwealth of Virginia a Bill of Rights-free state?,” Stanley said. “That is, that we are no longer bound by what the Founding Fathers told us were our most important gifts and rights. Because you’re doing it. Unabashedly.”
But in a handful of other states, including conservative ones, judges have already upheld laws empowering authorities to temporarily seize guns from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others.
At least three courts — in Indiana, Connecticut and Florida — have ruled that red flag laws, also known as extreme-risk or substantial-risk laws, fall within governments’ established powers to regulate firearms. While judicial interpretations of the Second Amendment can change, experts say the legal concepts behind risk-protection orders aren’t particularly novel or unique.
“The different details of the state laws may raise different questions,” said Jake Charles, executive director of the Center for Firearms Law at the Duke University School of Law. “But as a matter of structure, laws that allow for temporary infringement or temporary restrictions on important liberty interests are nothing new.”
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have some form of a red-flag law, many of them adopted after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
Democratic majorities in the state Senate and the House of Delegates have both passed legislation to enact a red flag law in Virginia, and Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to sign the proposal once its finalized and sent to his desk.
Though often pitched as a way to curb mass shootings, Virginia Democrats have argued the law could also help reduce gun suicides by giving relatives a mechanism to get guns away from a despondent family member. Republicans have warned the law won’t work as advertised, arguing it has too much potential for abuse by law enforcement or bad actors who may exaggerate or falsify a threat.
Under Virginia’s proposed law, judges or magistrates could issue an emergency order allowing police to seize a subject’s guns if an investigation determines that person poses “a substantial risk of personal injury to himself or others in the near future.” Within 14 days, a court hearing would be held to determine whether a more long-term order is justified. At that hearing, a judge could decide to return the guns or extend the order for up to 180 days, with additional extensions possible if authorities believe the threat of violence has not diminished with time.
Anyone who lies to law enforcement to have a risk protection order taken out against someone else would be subject to criminal penalties.
Red flag laws are often compared to emergency protective orders in domestic violence cases, which allow judges to bar a person from contacting family members or entering their home if they find there’s an imminent threat. In Virginia, those orders expire after three days.
“As a constitutional matter, courts have long recognized that as long as there are appropriate procedural safeguards in pace, the government has the ability to act swiftly in emergency situations like this,” Charles said.
Timothy Zick, a professor of constitutional law at the William & Mary Law School, said red flag laws are “certainly defendable” in court, but legislators have to be careful whenever they’re crafting laws that would deprive someone of property or liberty before giving them a chance to be heard in court. Legal challenges to red flag laws, he said, are more likely to focus on due process concerns than blanket claims about Second Amendment rights.
“The more procedural protections are put in, the more likely the law is to survive judicial review,” Zick said.
More court rulings on red flag laws may be on the way. A legal challenge has been filed in New Jersey involving the case of a man whose guns were seized after police say he posted online messages promoting anti-Semitic violence. In Nevada, a conservative group has sued to try to block a red flag law that took effect last month.
Here’s how courts have adjudicated red flag challenges thus far:
The Court of Appeals of Indiana issued a ruling in 2013 that the state’s red flag law violates neither the state Constitution nor the U.S. Constitution.
The plaintiff in that case, Robert E. Redington, had 48 firearms taken from his house after he was found in a Bloomington parking garage using a range finder to scope out a nearby sports bar. At the time, he was armed with two loaded handguns and had a loaded shotgun in his vehicle. Redington later told police he was looking for Lauren Spierer, an Indiana State University student who had gone missing from the bar in 2011. Redington also told authorities he had been seeing “spirits and dark entities,” and mental health professionals testified that he had showed signs of a “schizotypal personality disorder.”
The court ruled that the state’s red flag law did not violate Redington’s constitutional rights and, as such, he was “not entitled to just compensation for the firearms retained by the Bloomington Police Department.” The court also ruled officials had shown “clear and convincing evidence that Redington was dangerous.”
“Here, we note that the United States Supreme Court has recently and repeatedly recognized the legitimate governmental purpose of prohibiting the mentally ill from possessing firearms, ” the majority wrote.
In 2016, the Appellate Court of Connecticut ruled that its red flag law — the first of its kind in the nation — does not violate the Second Amendment, because its limited and temporary nature “does not restrict the right of law-abiding, responsible citizens to use arms in defense of their homes.”
“It restricts for up to one year the rights of only those whom a court has adjudged to pose a risk of imminent physical harm to themselves or others after affording due process protection to challenge the seizure of the firearms,” the court wrote. “The statute is an example of the longstanding ‘presumptively lawful regulatory measures’ articulated in District of Columbia v. Heller.”
In the 2008 Heller case, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized an individual right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes, while noting that those rights are not “unlimited.”
The red flag challenge in Connecticut was brought by Donald Hope, whose guns were taken after his wife told police she had found him holding a rifle and talking about possible intruders. Hope’s wife later testified that she believed her husband was suffering from delusions caused by a medication he was taking.
Last year, a Florida appeals court upheld the state’s red flag law , rejecting a challenges filed by a sheriff’s deputy named Jefferson Davis who lost his gun rights after co-workers in the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office said he threatened to kill another officer whom he believed was romantically involved with his longtime girlfriend.
The challenge filed by Davis argued the law was unconstitutionally broad and vague, but the court found it was narrowly tailored to address a valid public safety issue.
“Here, the prevalence of public shootings, and the need to thwart the mayhem and carnage contemplated by would-be perpetrators does represent an urgent and compelling state interest,” the court wrote.
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In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to gargantuan proportions, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago.
In a newly published study in the journal Scientific Reports, the UIC researchers analyzed gene expression in fresh brain tissue — which was collected during routine brain surgery — at multiple times after removal to simulate the post-mortem interval and death. They found that gene expression in some cells actually increased after death.
These ‘zombie genes’ — those that increased expression after the post-mortem interval — were specific to one type of cell: inflammatory cells called glial cells. The researchers observed that glial cells grow and sprout long arm-like appendages for many hours after death.
“That glial cells enlarge after death isn’t too surprising given that they are inflammatory and their job is to clean things up after brain injuries like oxygen deprivation or stroke,” said Dr. Jeffrey Loeb, the John S. Garvin Professor and head of neurology and rehabilitation at the UIC College of Medicine and corresponding author on the paper.
What’s significant, Loeb said, is the implications of this discovery — most research studies that use postmortem human brain tissues to find treatments and potential cures for disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease, do not account for the post-mortem gene expression or cell activity.
“Most studies assume that everything in the brain stops when the heart stops beating, but this is not so,” Loeb said. “Our findings will be needed to interpret research on human brain tissues. We just haven’t quantified these changes until now.”
Loeb and his team noticed that the global pattern of gene expression in fresh human brain tissue didn’t match any of the published reports of postmortem brain gene expression from people without neurological disorders or from people with a wide variety of neurological disorders, ranging from autism to Alzheimer’s.
“We decided to run a simulated death experiment by looking at the expression of all human genes, at time points from 0 to 24 hours, from a large block of recently collected brain tissues, which were allowed to sit at room temperature to replicate the postmortem interval,” Loeb said.
Loeb and colleagues are at a particular advantage when it comes to studying brain tissue. Loeb is director of the UI NeuroRepository, a bank of human brain tissues from patients with neurological disorders who have consented to having tissue collected and stored for research either after they die, or during standard of care surgery to treat disorders such as epilepsy. For example, during certain surgeries to treat epilepsy, epileptic brain tissue is removed to help eliminate seizures. Not all of the tissue is needed for pathological diagnosis, so some can be used for research. This is the tissue that Loeb and colleagues analyzed in their research.
They found that about 80% of the genes analyzed remained relatively stable for 24 hours — their expression didn’t change much. These included genes often referred to as housekeeping genes that provide basic cellular functions and are commonly used in research studies to show the quality of the tissue. Another group of genes, known to be present in neurons and shown to be intricately involved in human brain activity such as memory, thinking and seizure activity, rapidly degraded in the hours after death. These genes are important to researchers studying disorders like schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease, Loeb said.
A third group of genes — the ‘zombie genes’ — increased their activity at the same time the neuronal genes were ramping down. The pattern of post-mortem changes peaked at about 12 hours.
“Our findings don’t mean that we should throw away human tissue research programs, it just means that researchers need to take into account these genetic and cellular changes, and reduce the post-mortem interval as much as possible to reduce the magnitude of these changes,” Loeb said. “The good news from our findings is that we now know which genes and cell types are stable, which degrade, and which increase over time so that results from postmortem brain studies can be better understood.”
Fabien Dachet, Tibor Valyi-Nagy, Kunwar Narayan, Anna Serafini and Gayatry Mohapatra of UIC; James Brown and Susan Celniker of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Nathan Boley of the University of California, Berkeley; and Thomas Gingeras of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are co-authors on the paper.
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There is no waste in nature
Hierarchy of food recovery. Courtesy/Zero Waste Team
News from the Zero Waste team:
There is no waste in nature... a message from the Los Alamos County Zero Waste Team.
Zero waste tip:
Back to Nature aka Kitchen to Compost
SEND US TO COMPOST – Uneaten fruits and vegetables, eggshells, grass clippings, leaves, shredded paper products and wood chips.
KEEP US OUT OF COMPOST – Meat, fish, bones, fat, oil, milk, cheese, dairy products, bread, rice, pasta, baked goods and animal waste.
There is no waste in nature. Natural ecosystems work effectively in cycles. What is not eaten or excreted is broken down and will enrich the soil. Nature does its own composting. Nature has its own cleaning crew. Vultures cruise the sky looking with eyes and smell for a meal below.
Downstairs are other crew members that are rarely seen. The Soil Food Web creates living soil. There are specialists in this field of decomposition. Arthropods of different sizes are grinders and grazers. Nematodes are predators which, together with bacteria, fungi and protozoa, contribute to the eventual decomposition of organic matter. Worms have a double responsibility. They aerate the soil and their droppings enrich the soil.
Plants are our allies in the face of our challenges related to climate change. Alfalfa, Medicago sativa, is an Asian native that has been around the world. Arab nations consider it the “father of all foods”. We are lucky that he migrated to our shores. Its long roots often reach 25 feet deep into the earth. They act like a siphon, providing a channel in the earth for water, so it can feed, feed and add to aquifers and not become “runoff”. Its nutritional content makes it both a tonic and a nutritious herb. Tonic herbs improve the assimilation of nutrients. Nutritious herbs increase bioavailability in forms that are easy for the body to absorb. When plowed before it has a chance to seed, its spread can be controlled and its foliage becomes green manure. When combined with other plants, it makes a natural fertilizer.
Alfalfa plant. Photo by Jessie Emersen
This natural fertilizer recipe can be used for both indoor and outdoor plants:
- Fill a gallon jug with 1 oz. each of alfalfa, nettles, comfrey root, kelp;
- Next, fill the jug with a gallon of water;
- Leave to infuse for 24 to 48 hours;
- Finally, add the natural fertilizer to your compost.
- There is no waste.
Biomimicry is a practice that learns and mimics strategies found in nature to solve challenges related to human design and climate. It produces durability and solidarity with all life. Check out this website, Asknature.org. So what is the connection between biomimicry, Zero Waste and food waste? The old way is to use different fungicides to control disease and food loss. However, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides have been proven to harm both the environment and human health. Fungi are smart like bacteria and viruses. They develop resistance to synthetic fungicides. To combat this, scientists have sought the answer in nature. There are now 10 major companies that produce natural fungicides. Plant chemicals are captured and placed in a biological container. They remain intact on the plant until that plant or a nearby plant senses danger and its surface becomes acidic. The capsule reacts to the change in pH and breaks open and releases compounds that kill fungi. No poison residue. No waste.
Man-made climate change is driven by waste. The waste products from burning fossil fuels are the gases that trap heat and cause the Earth to warm up. Methane from organic waste in landfills combines with natural gas waste, methane, to create a chemical 20 times more potent than CO2.
Food is the biggest producer of organic waste in US landfills. In 2021, the EPA reported that 70 billion pounds of food waste went to landfills. The EPA has developed a food recovery hierarchy. Each level of the inverted pyramid focuses on different food waste management strategies. If adopted, the food waste management program and composting initiative that was presented to the county council will help our country achieve its national goal of reducing its food waste by 50% by 2030. , we must invest in lifesaving infrastructure, recycle and prevent organic waste from entering landfills. When we start county composting, something many people want to see happen, we will be well on our way to achieving that goal, achieving zero waste and feeding the hungry.
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The History of Centerton, AR
The early 1900’s were a booming time for Centerton as it was the processing center for Benton County’s Apple industry. Distribution of apples was made easier when the Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad Company created a line from Rogers, AR to Grove, OK, with a stop at what is now McKissick Spring. The line was completed in 1898, and the city was laid out on January 8, 1900. When the community sought incorporation, citizens learned that the name Center Point was already being used by a city in Howard County, so the name was changed to Centerton. Even before the city was incorporated in 1914, it was growing rapidly. A branch of the Bank of Bentonville was established in 1905, and, by 1907, the city had four apple evaporators, a vinegar plant, and several apple storage sheds, as well as two general stores (our building!), a blacksmith, a drugstore, a lumberyard, and two doctors. The city rapidly added a cooperage shop producing white oak barrels for storing and shipping apples, two hotels, and a Masonic lodge. The log schoolhouse was replaced with a wood-frame school in 1911; about five years later, that building burned to the ground, but a brick schoolhouse was in place by 1917.
Centerton acquired the nickname “Apple Capital of the World” when its produce won prizes at the World’s Fair in Paris, France, in 1900. Four years later, at the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, the Coffelt apple (named for the Centerton farmer who had developed the hybrid) won top honors. The Appleby factory in Centerton also built a cannery for tomatoes grown in the central part of Benton County.
Apple diseases led to a decline in the local crop even before the Depression caused a downturn for the city. The Bank of Bentonville branch closed in 1932, and the railroad ceased operating through the city. In 1936, Centerton was surviving as a small village. The economy gradually improved in the Centerton area during and after World War II. The success of the poultry industry in northwest Arkansas, along with the establishment of what is now Walmart in Bentonville in 1950, brought new jobs into the region.
The History of The Ravington
The Boon family added another building to the general store and over the years 293 Main Street was a grocery store on one side and a hardware store on the other. Centerton residents recall buying all of their days to day items including their Levi jeans at Boon Bros. In the 70’s, the north building had large vats of dye were “lucky” rabbit’s feet were dyed to be made into kitchy keychains. After the rabbit factory, there was a hair salon, an auction house, a Methodist church, then Stubbs’ Main Street Treasures Antique store.
In September 2015 the building was purchased by High school sweethearts Eric and Amber originally from Northwest Arkansas. The Gustafsons spent 14 years in Los Angeles where Eric worked as a musician, finish carpenter and a builder of fine furniture. Amber founded Amber Events, an upscale wedding and event planning business that planned weddings all over the world.
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There are museums that boasts of some of the Davao’s historic heritage and wonders. One of my personal favorite of the museums that would be lovely to go to is Museo Dabawenyo. It is nestled at the heart of the city along Pichon Street (formerly Magallanes Street) and walking distance from Davao City’s seat of government.
The two-story museum is subdivided into four rooms: The Indigenous People’s Gallery, a collection of arts, crafts, weapons and musical instruments made by various tribes who live in the surrounding provinces of Davao; The Moro People’s Gallery, a fine collection of miniature house boats, chairs, weapons, armors, musical instruments, and crowns that were previously used by the Muslim people in Southern Philippines; The Contemporary Gallery, a collection of classic and modern designed paintings, wood carvings and the like; and the Memorabilia Gallery, a collection of olden day clothing, money bills, porcelains, musical notes and photos of old schools, houses churches, building and aerial shots of City of Davao in the past as well.
There’s a lot more. It’s a very interesting place and it’s great to discover more of the history and the culture of Davao City.
The Museo Dabawenyo is envisioned to be a true museum of the peoples of Davao. It has recognized itself as a well-visited tourist destination of Davao that displays the history, rich cultural diversity and modern showcases of not only the city but of Mindanao dwellers as well.
When visiting this museum, you don’t have to worry for charges as admission is free.
Etc.: There’s also a museum known as the Davao Museum located inside the Insular Village in Lanang. It’s still a very active museum.
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Las Piñas warns minors: Observe curfew hours
By Dexter Cabalza
To prevent harm from coming to minors in the city, the Las Piñas City government will be strictly implementing the curfew for teens.
In a statement, Mayor Imelda Aguilar ordered police and barangay officials to impose the city’s curfew ordinance which prohibits minors from loitering in the streets from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. the next day.
As a mother, my heart goes [out to] children and minors being victimized by criminals. I believe these heinous incidents will not happen if we as parents and adults, as well as law enforcers, do our part in giving them love and guidance,” she said.
Aguilar directed the police to coordinate with the City Social Welfare Development Office (CSWDO) “to guarantee the safety of children and minors.”
Barangay officials should also treat curfew offenders “with caution and deal with them appropriately when accosting them,” she added.
Under the curfew ordinance, minors found in the streets are to be escorted home and turned over to their parents or guardians.
In the absence of an adult at home, the minors must stay at the barangay hall and be released at 7 a.m. the following day.
Repeat violators, however, will be referred to CSWDO for counseling.
Aguilar said the ordinance was “not meant to threaten the youths but … protect them from falling prey to criminal elements and prevent them from committing crimes.”
“We must not compromise the welfare and safety of our children since it is our obligation as parents and public servants to protect them from any threat or harm,” she added.
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How odd should the people of God be in the eyes of the world? Some might criticize my use of the word “odd,” but note that I am using it in the context of the unsaved mind. We might prefer the word “peculiar,” but we know it in its Biblical context, whereas the world doesn’t. I briefly explained the meaning of the word in our lesson last Wednesday. But I return to my original question: how “odd” should Christians be in the eyes of the people of the world?
Let’s create a list of things in which some Christians think that we should be different from the unsaved. Please understand that I am not mentioning anything here in a negative, derogatory or mocking way. Many Christian ladies would never wear slacks at any time, not even to climb a ladder to wash windows. And then, some would refuse to wash windows for that very reason. The world sees their modest attire in the store and snicker: “That woman is odd.” But that’s okay. Some Christians refuse to own a television, believing it to be a tool of the Devil. It used to be that others refused to use a computer or a smart phone for the same reason. But now they watch television on their computer or their phone, calling it Netflix or Amazon Prime. Some Christians have no credit cards. They pay cash for everything, never writing a check or borrowing money, never having a bank account. There aren’t very many of these people, so some would say that they are very odd. Most Christians have standards when it comes to the world’s music, as they may define it. Some Christians listen only to Christian music or classical music. But there are other Christians who refuse to listen to the classical music of Mozart, Beethoven or Mendelson, because they were personally quite wicked – definitely not Christians. And there other Christians who refuse to listen to popular “Christian music,” because they consider it to be un-Christian because of the drums and beat involved. Some Christians refuse to eat pork – citing scriptures. Some eat no meat at all – red, white or green. And some refuse coffee and soda, without citing any scriptures. Some Christians have decided, for Christ’s sake, never to pay attention to sports. Along with “Sports Illustrated,” they refuse to subscribe to any secular magazines. In fact, some refuse to subscribe to the newspaper, because of all lies and negative new they carry. Some Christians only participation in politics is to criticize it – never voting. But another says that it is the obligation of the Christian to be highly politically active. As you know, I probably could go on for some time, listing things like these.
We have people in our church who hold to some of the things that I have just mentioned. But there is not one of us who holds to all of these, because some points contradict others. There are also professing Christians who ride only in horse drawn carts, get water from wells and burn candles instead of electricity, all for the glory of God. Please don’t think that I’m making fun of anyone this evening – even the strict Amish. But remember that people sometimes do the right things for wrong reasons. And one of the wrong reasons, is simply to in order to be peculiar. Some people honestly think that eccentricity is next to godliness. “But that is what Paul told Titus and that is what Peter told the Diaspora,” they say. No, that is not what the Apostles were teaching anyone.
These verses are not telling people to be peculiar according to modern definitions. Let’s look at this Greek word and ask three questions: What does it mean? What does it mean? And what should we do about it? Maybe that is just two questions.
Peter tells us to recognize that we are ALREADY peculiar people.
The words “peculiar people” are found four times in the Bible; twice in each Testament. Israel was the first of God’s peculiar people. Deuteronomy 14 – “Ye are the children of the LORD your God…. thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a PECULIAR people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.” Deuteronomy 26:16-19 – “This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be HIS PECULIAR PEOPLE, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.” The context of these scriptures indicates that the word refers to a special relationship. The people of Israel were peculiar in that they were God’s chosen nation. They were different from the peoples of other nations first by their relationship and then by nature. And since they were different by nature, they should have been different in their way life.
In the New Testament, the Greek word is sometimes translated “peculiar people.” We’ve already looked that them in Titus and I Peter. But as I said the other day, just about any good lexicon will define the Greek word differently. Those lexicons say the Greek word means: “purchased people.” So the word does not mean “weird, bizarre or eccentric.” It is directly related to our redemption from sin through the blood of Christ. It is “purchased people.” Here are some other passages where we find the same Greek word that Peter uses. As the lexions say, in Ephesians 1:14, the Holy Spirit “is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” I Thessalonians 5:9 sounds completely different: “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to OBTAIN salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.” II Thessalonians 2:14 is similar to that: “Whereunto (God) called you by our gospel, to the OBTAINING of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” And then Hebrews 10:39 using the same Greek word says, “But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the SAVING of the soul.”
William Arnot, a respectable Puritan scholar, made a study of this subject, and concluded his study with this illustration: He says, the English word “peculiar” comes to us from the Latin “peculium.” He explained that in ancient Rome, slavery was very common. But there were laws protecting those slaves from one potential abuse of their owners. The law stated that if a slave was industrious, he could save up money to purchase his freedom. These savings, which might buy his release, were called his “peculium.” The law said that this “peculium” was sacred; it could not be touched by the slave’s owner. In some cases it was the slave’s sole hope for freedom, and so it was very precious. Similarly, the Greek word speaks of “purchased” or “people obtained” by God. “Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirits which are God’s.” The English word has the same kind of etymological roots.
But there is something beyond that. The “peculiar people” in Titus 2:14 are not exactly the same as what we find in I Peter 2. In Peter the word is Strong’s reference #4046, but in Titus it is #4041. Titus uses the Greek word “per-ee-os-ee-os.” This particular “peculiar people” is made up of two words which say: “I am,” and “around.” It carries the same idea as that of “being IN Christ Jesus.” We can illustrate the word with a dot inside a circle. If you are a child of God, you are a dot inside the circle of Christ. And that makes you a “Peculiar Person.” Those are the meanings of the two words translated “peculiar people” in the New Testament.
All right then, what does that MEAN FOR US?
Let’s look once again Ephesians 1:14 – The Holy Spirit “is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” To be a peculiar person in Christ means that we are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise. We are shrink wrapped into Christ by the Spirit of God. We are His property, held in His hand, which is also in the hand of the Father. We are kept by the power of God unto salvation. The Holy Spirit is the earnest – the down-payment – toward our ultimate salvation. And this verse says that we are designed for the Lord’s glory. We are trophies on the Lord’s mantle won in battle by the blood Christ shed. We are on the Lord’s interplanetary space craft toward a better world than this one. There is going to be an additional redemption, or a completion of the salvation we now enjoy. It will be the redemption of our bodies – glorified and empowered. What a joy there is for the “peculiar person.”
And think about I Thessalonians 5:9 again. “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to OBTAIN salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.” We are not appointed to wrath. So “there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus…” “He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life, and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him.” And then there is an additional interpretation: this word “wrath” can be applied to the seven years of tribulation. Whichever way you look at it, to be “peculiar person” of God means blessings – extended forever.
And what should this DO in those peculiar people?
First, rather than make us weird and proudly obnoxious, it should humble us. The word is talking about a relationship created by God, and what right have we to boast in what God has done? Boasting is excluded by the law of faith.
I Thessalonians. 5:9 – “FOR God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.” The word “for” reminds us to look backward into the context. And what is preceding the exhortation? “Let us… be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” To be a “peculiar person” for God reminds us to diligently behave like children of God. If you feel that it means wearing open-toed sandals in church, as Jesus might have done, then do it. And if to you it means not wearing shoes at all, as Moses didn’t – then to that. But remember that this is speaking more about spiritual attire than physical attire. And if wearing Jesus’ sandals church makes you proud, then you had better wear wing tips.
And what is the exhortation of II Thessalonians 2:14 – “Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the OBTAINING of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” There is a “therefore” in the next verse which says that “peculiar people” have a new King with new edicts and doctrines. What if you ordered some new clothes from Amazon. It was promised that they would be delivered to your door by UPS. But as he came, the driver decided that he liked your clothes, so he put them on, got back in his truck and drove off. They were purchased by you, but they were used and worn by another. That is exactly what Christians have done so many times as God’s “purchased property” and “peculiar people.” They have taken what belongs to the Lord and used their lives to suit themselves.
I Peter. 2:9 teaches us that as “peculiar people” we owe the Lord our highest praise. “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” How do we show forth our praises for our new King? The verse doesn’t say anything about speaking or singing God’s praises. Peter is talking about demonstrating God’s praise by living the Christian life.
There was once a Christian man who was employed as a teacher in Japan. The law forbade him to speak about Christ to his students, and he assiduously obeyed that law. But his life was consistent and beautiful, and his character was holy. His nature was calm when others were in turmoil. He was Christ-like; he displayed love and concern for his students; he was a man of private prayer. Over time, forty of his Japanese students, unknown to him, secretly vowed to abandon their idolatry and to follow this man to Christ. This is what peculiar people do and accomplish.
And then Titus adds that as dots within the circle we must be pure. We have been purchased for that purpose, and now we must purpose to be pure. I’m talking about purity of vocabulary. Purity of thought; purity of deed; purity of desire; purity of hope. Also we have been made peculiar people in order to be zealous of good works. Occasionally? Only on Sunday? This verse doesn’t say anything about occasional good works. We have been made peculiar people, to be zealous of good works. A peculiar person doesn’t simply wear long dresses or carry a Bible to work. A peculiar person strives to serve God and his neighbor as the Lord directs. We are surrounded by God’s enemies. As I have read, we operating in a target-rich environment. Zealousness is a characteristic of God’s peculiar people.
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A topic that excites your interest and passion is particularly important when you make a blog. By blogging about topics in which you have a real interest, you will convey greater believability and authority. This makes it easier to connect with your followers, which in turn will improve the overall quality of your blog!
In longer blog posts that you make, it is important that you separate the article and use subheadings throughout. It will be easier to read your blog and you will gain more viewers. That is one simple step to take that can catapult your blog to a new level.
The longer your posts are, the more you need to make sure that you are separating the article appropriately, and using subheadings. This will keep your blog easy to read and ensure that you get the maximum number of readers, even with your longer posts. This represents a small thing you can do to vastly improve your blog.
Have a plan for your blog before thinking about anything else. Do you want to make a name for yourself, to become known as an expert in a particular field? Perhaps your goal is to make money. You probably have a number of different goals. It is crucial to know what your goals are, then build your blog accordingly.
While many tips for your blog are serious business, having fun with it is the most important strategy of all. Unless you are passionate about what you are writing a blog about, it can bore readers. Whatever topics you love, blog about them. Blogging should be fun. If you have fun while using your creativity, it’ll shine through your blog. Readers will love reading your blog just because of your positive attitude.
Customize your blog’s home page. On most blog sites, the homepage appears as a list of all the recent posts. Try to make yours more interesting by customizing your homepage. That is helpful, since you will probably be found because of search engine traffic or link traffic.
Have a greater goal in mind when you begin to blog. Is your goal to make your name known, to be seen as knowledgeable in a certain field? Maybe you’re trying to earn more money. Maybe you have more than one goal. The style of your blog should reflect these goals.
If you want to bring in readers quickly, offer them free stuff. There is not a single person who doesn’t love getting free items. Your item doesn’t need to be large for it to be effective. Give away as much as you can, and it could pay off greatly. By giving freebies away on a regular basis, you will attract repeat visitors.
Blog comments are important. That will help readers feel that they are involved in your blog. Always make an attempt to reply to their comments, too. Maintaining an active conversation will make readers want to keep visiting your blog.
Try to write about topics that will always be in demand. Writing abut ideas that will remain relevant for many years will ultimately draw in more readers than posts that are only relevant for a short time.
Make your blog its own homepage. Most blogs have their homepage as a list of their most recent posts, so make yours different with a custom homepage. This will also become very useful in terms of helping search engines finds you.
Since many people are reluctant to commit enough time to reading an entire article, you need to find ways to engage your readers. Do this by creating interesting headings, using eye-catching visuals, and including intriguing content that draws readers in. A list that utilizes bullet points is another way of conveying a lot of information in a clear and concise format.
Stay on top of what’s happening in the blogosphere to make sure your blog is competitive. Knowing what they’re doing will allow you to do it better. Also remember that while you are looking at their sites, there is a good chance that they are looking at yours.
Place brief, useful materials in the vicinity of the link bar. The area around the link bar tend to get a lot of attention. You can put your total subscribers here. You should use the link bar as a subscribing aid, since it is less popular than the start and end of your blog.
Decide if you want to include ads on your blog. Ads are a common way to have a revenue with a blog. The problem with allowing advertising is, well, it’s advertising. It can take away the personal touch you have with readers and look like you are attempting to make a fast buck.
You must always use the proper font on blog posts. It’s vital you incorporate the right font size on your blog, since the most crucial component to any blog is the written content. The right font size toes the fine line between being readable and being obnoxious; choose one that strikes the right balance.
Use an SEO friendly theme. A theme like this will bring your blog plenty of search engine traffic, and should also allow your site to load quickly. Since speed is important in today’s world, readers won’t want to wait for plug-ins and heavy graphics. They’ll be moving on quickly if you make it painful for them to stay on your site.
Many people online are lazy, so your content must stand out. Create vivid headings and use bold font for selected keywords. You can also use bullet points to catch readers’ attention.
Do not overuse keywords. Although effective keyword choices play a big role in improving your blog’s visibility, it is definitely a field where quality trumps quantity. Search engines can tell when a keyword is being “stuffed” into an article, and when it really belongs there. If your blog is full of too many keywords, it sends a flag to search engines that your site’s priority is not quality. This will drop your ranking. Instead, select keywords which are very precise and reputed to enhance site traffic.
You will want to consider carefully whether to allow advertising on your blog. They are often used by blogs to generate money. Despite any other factors, using ads demonstrates some undeniable facts about a blog and the blogger who runs it. It becomes very obvious that you’re trying to earn an income, to the readers.
Never underestimate the power of quality content and effective promotion for your blog. These two components add up to a successful blog. Select a topic that you are passionate for, about which you can consistently write quality content. If you don’t have proper promotion methods, all of your quality content will go to waste. Combine both methods to ensure your blog is optimized.
Make use of tabbed zones for articles that you want to recommend or highlight. Place the tabs right before the sidebars on your page. This area should contain tabs that will take a reader directly to the most popular topics and posts on your site. That allows viewers to see what is available, and it will increase click-through rates for the articles you choose.
Using videos will make your blog more interesting. You also need to provide written content, so don’t just provide a video with nothing else. Write text descriptions to accompany the videos you post. This will allow you to use key words to describe your videos.
Are you ready to find success with running a blog? Remember that there is no real limit to what you can accomplish through blogging. Keep in mind that as with many technical fields, running a blog is always evolving. You should continue to search for fresh, helpful running a blog news and advice.
Try using charts, graphs and polls to lend a visual element to your blog. This will make your blog postings more interesting for your readers and will also increase the overall quality of your blog postings. Using this technique will increase the quality of each blog post and drive in more traffic to your site. | <urn:uuid:017ec38c-0702-4650-a691-69b823c68698> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://problog.dk/tips-to-blogging-the-way-the-pros-do-it/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.951106 | 2,589 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Part of the required reading throughout every public and private high school throughout the country should include the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, as well as a lesser-known Book called Sirach. (Sirach is an inter-testamental book written around 175 BC which Catholic and Orthodox churches deem as canonical but Protestants include only in the Apocrypha.) Will this actually happen? In public schools, probably not. But a substantial argument can be made.
It is clear to most people, including sociologists, politicians, economists, and other secular professions, that the decisions made by everyday Americans have gotten worse and more debilitating over the past few decades. Collectively, this has forced a country to spend more and more on (reactive) social services which do not fix the problem.
There are several reasons for this, but there are two very crucial ones which correlate to the suggested readings.
- We do not know right from wrong. We don’t know what a “good” or prudent decision really is.
- We don’t understand the value and importance of making said “good” decision in our lives.
Depending on the poll you read, between 65% – 70% of Americans today do not believe in absolute truth. This means that most people in the USA believe that your truth is whatever you might want it to be, from your perspective or desires. When 320 million Americans just do whatever they want to do at any given time, what you end up with is what we have forced upon us now. This from a country that is allegedly 75%- 80% Christian!
How can a country that is mostly Christian have a majority of persons who do not believe in absolute truth?
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Sirach all give a wealth of advice and information on how to make good life decisions. This direction is badly needed, especially for teenagers and young adults who have never had good adult role models or mentors. These books discuss all kinds of topics and themes that are still as relevant as in Biblical times:
Fear of God
Being in “bad” company
No matter the age, and no matter if one is Christian or not, people would improve their lives if they studied and sought the kind of wisdom and discernment found in these Books. As such, they would eventually improve the outcomes of their communities. Let today be the start of a renewed commitment to turn to the Godly advice which is set before us. | <urn:uuid:6faa4f4f-b961-4e3e-b3c6-9322504dfee2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tblfaithnews.com/faith-religion/what-happened-to-wisdom-in-america | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.965297 | 542 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Direct from Artist
Black Dot Gallery, Vic
Cooee Art, NSW
Mother Earth Burns as scars tattoo across her skin, her life-giving flow dried to dust. Her tears are salty to the tongue as her voice burns red. She cries out to those who are willing to listen to her song.
A collection of works showcasing the environmental effects of human development on native land and the impacts on Native peoples’ connection to country.
Using imagery of ghostly figures frozen in time within the landscape, these works evoke the cries of wind, water and fire echoing across a timeless country.Share | <urn:uuid:a3550479-c64f-4110-86e8-f5995508042d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cooeeart.com.au/gallery/work-on-paper/18351/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.936079 | 128 | 1.507813 | 2 |
This documentary explores the topics of GeoEngineering, SRM (Solar Radiation Management), Weather Modification and “chemtrails”, and introduces the public to new ways to protest against dangerous GeoEngineering initiatives by using the all new mobile app SkyderALERT. Put an end to the insanity. Look UP. Get the APP. Save the World. This film will make its world premiere on Alex Jones’ popular website InfoWars.com. Hopefully, the Alex Jones site’s growing numbers of followers will propel this very important film into the forefront of public awareness.
This is a new type of documentary NEVER DONE BEFORE. By using the patented mobile app, SkyderALERT, people will have the ability to capture visual evidence of this potentially catastrophic activity, petition against it, and send the evidence directly to the appropriate government officials– all in 1 click. You do not need to know who those officials are, or even where you are.
Your position is automatically geo-located to ensure that the appropriate elected officials are selected for your state, city or district. SkyderALERT will even let you call your congresspeople, senators or governor directly… all by just using the app. SkyderALERT releases for usage in the United States in early May 2013; the global version of the app will be released shortly thereafter. There may be hope for democracy and freedom yet. | <urn:uuid:fe6f38a2-ec55-47e7-b9bf-b9483513d95a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rinf.tv/video/look-up/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.896604 | 285 | 1.539063 | 2 |
The Burden of the PA
By returning to the negotiations under unfavorable conditions, the PA has demonstrated that it has become burden on the Palestinian people and that a new way of dealing with it must be found if the Palestinians wish to progress, says Hani al-Masri on Palestinianwww.masarat.ps.
Less than 24 hours after the Palestinian leadership rejected moves to restart the stalled peace talks with Israel, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared (in Amman, after a flying visit to Ramallah) that negotiations were set to resume after all, notes leading Palestinian commentator Hani al-Masri on the independent Palestinian website www. masarat.ps.
RAPID RETREAT: Kerry said that Palestinian and Israeli negotiators would meet in Washington in less than a week's time, after the Palestinians had scrapped the three conditions they had initially set out in exchange for (written) American guarantees regarding the reference point for the talks (that they would be conducted on the basis of the 1967 borders, that settlement building would be curtailed, and that Palestinian prisoners would be released). Kerry added that the talks would take six to nine months.
The Palestinian retreat was rapid, unexplained, and disorganized, so much so that Palestinian spokesmen still deny that direct talks would resume. They say that the Washington meetings are only about finalizing the details of the conditions under which the talks may be resumed – as if such important issues as the reference point for the talks and freezing settlement are mere details.
But why did President Mahmoud Abbas agree to resume peace talks (and abandon the Palestinian quest to go to the UN) without securing a national consensus, and despite Israel's rejection of Palestinian conditions? Even the issue of prisoner releases remains in the hands of Israel, which announced that it would only be releasing some of those who have spent more than thirty years in jail. The prisoners would be released in batches, a process that would only begin when the talks enter their second month.
President Abbas agrees to all these conditions because he believes that the peace process is his only option and that negotiations would support the PA and augment its legitimacy. He believes that without peace talks, Palestine could well explode in revolt, and that the PA would then lose its very reason for being. That is why Palestinian negotiators always go back to the table to give away more and more concessions at the expense of the national interests simply for the PA to hold on to power. Power has become an end in itself, rather than a means to achieve national objectives.
Another reason for the Palestinian about-face is that the Obama administration could blame the Palestinians for the failure of Kerry's efforts, which the Palestinian leadership fears could lead to the stoppage of American aid and the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and Israel – which could lead to the PA's collapse.
The way the Palestinian leadership sees it, holding one or two rounds of talks would be less harmful than refusing to resume talks. The leadership has apparently overlooked the fact that rights cannot be bargained away, including the release of Palestinian prisoners which should never have become a negotiating issue anyway but should have been pursued as part of a strategy designed to secure their release while preserving the cause they were detained for in the first place.
For the umpteenth time, the Palestinian leadership has decided to put its faith in American guarantees, without learning the lessons of past experiences, starting with the Oslo accords, 34 clauses of which have yet to be implemented, to the Wye River agreement, to Camp David , to Taba , to the Roadmap, to the promises made by Bush and Condoleezza Rice, and finally Obama's promises in his first term. There is nothing to suggest that the latest guarantees would be any better than previous ones.
Another major problem is the perception widespread among Arabs and Palestinians that the Americans could in fact pressure the Israelis into adopting a more flexible position, which would facilitate a settlement of the conflict especially as recent events in the Arab world, have on the whole weakened the anti-peace camp to the advantage of more moderate forces. Syria is on the ropes, the Muslim Brotherhood, after their rise to power in Egypt and Tunisia, are on the way down, Hamas is in an unenviable position, Hizbollah is mired in the Syrian morass, and Iran is more interested in defending itself against sanctions and possible attack over its nuclear program. And, the PA, facing a serious financial crisis, is eager to lay its hands on the $4 billion Kerry promised. This is another reason why Abbas agreed to go back to the negotiating table.
In this context, we can understand why, in the absence of formal talks, the alternative has always been secret, 'exploratory,' or 'proximity' talks, or meetings between Palestinian leaders and Israeli officials such as [State President] Shimon Peres, [Chief negotiator] Tzipi Livni, or Knesset members. And of course, there is the security cooperation between the two sides, which has been ongoing under all circumstances.
Had the Palestinian leadership reserved the right to go to the UN in tandem with resuming peace talks, we would have been in a far better position. One of the more egregious errors committed by the Palestinian leadership was to distinguish between settlement activity in Jerusalem and the major settlement blocs on the one hand and settlements in the rest of the occupied territories on the other. This insinuates that the latter is somehow legitimate, a precedent that could be used to justify building new settlements in the future.
The only explanation for the Palestinian leadership's eagerness to resume talks is power. Without negotiations, the PA faces the threat of collapse. The PA is not only an embodiment of Palestinian identity and statehood; it also serves the interests and enhances the influence of certain individuals and classes. The PA has become a burden on the shoulders of the Palestinian people; a new way of dealing with it must be found if the Palestinians wish to progress.
Kerry, a resourceful and energetic politician, seeks to employ the recent regional, Arab, and international changes in order to liquidate the Palestinian cause. Difficult as this course undoubtedly is, it has a reasonable chance of success if Israel responds favorably and appreciates the immense advantages they can reap by going along with Kerry and do not choose to wait for terms that are even more favorable. But it will be the Palestinian people who would be asked to pay the price for Kerry's dreams of becoming a peacemaker and winning the Nobel peace prize. The U.S. will never exert any pressure on Israel, since Israel's value in America's eyes has risen exponentially because of the recent upheavals in the Arab world. Israel has proved that it is a reliable and stable ally of the United States.
There is nothing to guarantee that bilateral negotiations would succeed where Kerry failed in reaching acceptable conditions for resuming the peace process. Without adequate Arab support, and in a climate of international indifference, talks held without a credible point of reference could only be a waste of time. Such talks would grant legitimacy to Israel's actions; the most they could achieve is liquidating the Palestinian cause through a transitional or final settlement.
What makes matters worse is the Palestinian leadership’s growing determination to hold elections in the West Bank without first securing a national consensus [that includes Hamas]. The only reason for holding elections is to endow the (resumed) peace talks – and the agreements that could result - with a cloak of legitimacy. But elections under present circumstances could never provide the Palestinian leadership with the legitimacy it craves. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and maybe other factions and personalities would undoubtedly boycott the elections. In the absence of reconciliation, it would be superfluous to believe that Hamas would allow elections to be held in Gaza – which would only serve to perpetuate the split and make it permanent. Hamas has to be helped out of its current dilemma; it must be encouraged to join the other factions under the umbrella of national unity instead of forcing it to choose other options that would be harmful to all.
A new Palestinian Legislative Council, elected by voters in the West Bank only (even if it had members from Gaza), would not be able to restore the frayed legitimacy of the PA. Similarly, the next President, if he was to be elected only by West Bank voters, would be President of part of the Palestinian people. That is why it would be unwise to hold elections only for the purpose of legitimizing an illegitimate negotiating process. Elections can only become a step forwards if they were part of a general plan for liberation, unity, independence, and return. They could never be free and fair unless an appropriate climate exists that would enable candidates to campaign freely. The idea of holding an electronic ballot under occupation and with the refusal of Hamas is intended merely to mislead.
Palestinian legitimacy comes not only from the ballot box, but also from adherence to Palestinian national objectives, rights, and interests – and from the struggle to uphold these aims, which should be embraced by the vast majority of Palestinians. | <urn:uuid:af687bce-f9ee-4962-9734-b899020fbe01> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.masarat.ps/article/239/RAPID-RETREAT%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964371 | 1,867 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Business - Doing Business With the Federal Government
Contract Opportunities on the website SAM.gov, opens a new window is the single government point-of-entry for Federal government procurement opportunities (it replaces the older FBO.gov, FedBizOpps, and Commerce Business Daily).
If new to government contracting, the U.S. Small Business Administration's Contracting Guide, opens a new window explains the government contracting process. Not ready for a government contract yet? Learn about subcontracting opportunities, opens a new window.
Wage Determinations, opens a new window page of the SAM.gov (SCAs and DBAs).
The Government Auctions and Sales, opens a new window page of USA.gov lists federal assets for sales. Also search Surplus Personal Property Sales, opens a new window nationwide, Treasury auctions, opens a new window, and locate sales and authorized sellers of forfeited assets, opens a new window.
Federal Acquisition Regulation, opens a new window (FAR) page, with both current and archived regulations
Business - International
U.S. Commercial Service in Atlanta helps teach how to export and make connections. Learn rules for exporting and , opens a new windowimporting (U.S. Customs and Border Protection). The Export-Import Bank, opens a new window helps with financing for companies big and small.
CROSS, opens a new window (Customs Rulings Online Search System), a searchable database of U.S. Customs and Border Protection rulings 1989-present. Harmonized Tariff schedule, opens a new window. Search the Intellectual Property Rights, opens a new window database.
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, opens a new window (formerly Overseas Private Investment Corporation) assists U.S. private businesses with overseas enterprises, especially in new and emerging markets.
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, opens a new window contains information about country sanctions, the Specially Designated Nationals List, and other information to know when doing business overseas.
Zoomable world time zone map, opens a new window from CIA via Library of Congress.
Country Information: State Department U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets, opens a new window (formerly Background Notes) and CIA World Factbook, opens a new window cover land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Country Commercial Guides, opens a new window contain information on commercial environments. Pronounce foreign names and places correctly with Voice of America's Pronunciation Guide, opens a new window. State Department telephone directory, opens a new window.
Business - Manage Your Business
List your open positions in Georgia on Employ Georgia, opens a new window.
U.S. Small Business Administration home page, opens a new window.
Buy surplus merchandise and property from the U.S. Government, opens a new window or the Georgia Dept. of Administrative Services Surplus Property, opens a new window.
The Monthly Labor Review, opens a new window, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, has articles on the labor force, the economy, employment, inflation, productivity, occupational injuries and illnesses, wages, prices, and much more.
National Compensation Survey, opens a new window site, providing data on occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. Detailed occupational earnings are available for broad geographic regions and public/private sectors. The index component of the NCS (ECI) measures changes in labor costs. Average hourly employer cost for employee compensation is presented in the ECEC.
OSHA's Small Business page, opens a new window offers compliance assistance resources, with information specifically geared to help small businesses establish safety and health programs and find and fix hazards to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses. Includes information about its free and confidential onsite consultation service, opens a new window.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Resources for Small Businesses, opens a new window can help businesses learn about environmental regulations that may affect them and find funding to implement good environmental practices. Links to Compliance Assistance Centers, opens a new window, to State-Specific Resources, opens a new window, and to enforcement information, opens a new window specific to small business and small communities.
Business - Starting a New Business
USA.gov portal, opens a new window to resources for those who want their next career to be their new business.
Are you ready to start a business?, opens a new window, an interactive assessment tool designed to help you better understand your readiness for starting a small business.
SBA financing resources, opens a new window. The SBA offers loans, opens a new window through third-party lenders. Find government funding sources, opens a new window for which you might be eligible. Learn about government grants, opens a new window.
Free online training, opens a new window offered by SBA. Small Business Development Center training, opens a new window at Georgia State (free through 2020).The Small Business Development Center at Georgia State provides free business and economic development consulting for Fulton County (75 Piedmont Ave., NE. Suite 700; 404-413-7830).Young entrepreneurs can get SBA training, opens a new window.
The U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, opens a new window offers help for new minority-owned businesses. The Atlanta office of the MBDA is operated by the Enterprise Innovation Institute, opens a new window at Georgia Tech and its regional offices, opens a new window, including Fulton north and south.
Atlanta hosts SCORE Atlanta, opens a new window, a non-profit resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration that offers training and remote mentoring.
Veterans should begin at the VA's Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization, opens a new window website. This office helps veteran-owned and other small business concerns that are procurement-ready gain access to economic opportunities.
SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership, opens a new window provides business training and counseling, access to credit and capital, and marketing opportunities, including federal contracts
Some kinds of businesses work well as worker cooperatives, benefitting members and communities. Find out more in Co-ops 101, opens a new window and Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives, opens a new window.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center, opens a new window for tax-related information and how to get a Federal Tax Identification Number.
Georgia: Register a New Business, opens a new window.
City of Atlanta: Applying for a General Business License, opens a new window.
Unincorporated Fulton County plus other Fulton County cities, opens a new window (open "Who Issues Licenses For My Business Address?") | <urn:uuid:0b826417-f6a7-4b24-bf46-37473a8a3530> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fulcolibrary.org/library-services/research-assistance/federal-government-depository/business/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.900891 | 1,420 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Once you get started using sea salt, you will never be able to return. Naturally evaporated sea salt appears grey as it hasn’t been processed. Coarseness Most table salts come in a very fine grain, but it can be purchased in a variety of different sized grains. It has become quite popular over the last couple of years as a healthier substitute for regular table salt. In fact, it may come in a variety of colors. Some sea salt seems to be free running too, and usually work nicely in a salt shaker, although they don’t have any anti-clumping agents.
How Much Do You Need While salt is crucial to your wellbeing, you simply need it in little quantities. A lot of people also wonder whether it’s important to purchase salt that has iodine. Next time that you’re buying salt, why don’t you purchase the unrefined variety instead, and provide your body an additional dose of trace minerals. Distinct salts will change in the quantity and varieties of minerals that it contains. Redmond’s salt doesn’t undergo a refining procedure and so comprises a vast array of minerals.
All you need to do is use a different sort of salt. Natural salt is imperative to nerve cell communication and data processing which is essential to proper brain function. It is a necessary chemical for normal body function to take place. It does not contain any chemical additives that can be harmful to the body. It contains minerals needed by the body to function properly. Most individuals add large quantities salt to the foods they eat. Salt in its normal form is known as unrefined salt.
Salt is crucial to human wellness. Sea salt comes straight from the sea to you. “it is one of the fastest-growing segments of the gourmet food industry. Unfortunately, sea salts are getting to be increasingly polluted, in accordance with the world’s oceans. Unrefined sea salt in humans has been demonstrated to have positive results on most every system within the body.
When you purchase salt, consider the mineral analysis if it’s available. Furthermore, unrefined salt has not yet been exposed to harsh chemicals. It has not been altered by man. It is a whole food product which is easily utilized by the body. As a culinary use, it also has a unique flavor and adds great texture to many different kinds of dishes. The key issue is that you’re consuming adequate amounts of unrefined salt every day, for the very important sodium and trace minerals.
Salt is a fundamental portion of a wholesome diet, as it will help to resist depression, anxiety, cancer, osteoporosis, muscle spasms and a lot of other health difficulties. It has always had an important role in medicine. Based on the brand, the salt can contain all the important minerals your body requirements. Refined salt is usually in processed food in massive amounts as it’s an inexpensive means to produce food taste better. It is manufactured in the same process as industrial sodium chloride. It is bleached in order to obtain the white color.
Salt is frequently a hotly debated topic in the organic wellness community. Unrefined salt consists of all the elements necessary for life. Finally, it will have the minerals and elements associated with its origin. Unfortunately, unrefined unprocessed salt is not typically a great supply of iodine.
If the notion of using grey salt doesn’t appeal for you, consider including some kelp in your daily diet, wrapped around sushi or added to a seafood stew, as a means to acquire additional minerals from the sea. At the exact same time, salt water flush makes sure that it will be released and flushed out of the human body. Biological demand for salt varies by individual based on age, activity level and wellness conditions. Excessive use of salt leads to the kidneys to work harder as a way to process it.
There are essentially two forms of salt. It is a vital source of many minerals including iodine. It is an essential aspect of a healthy life. Table salt is the principal supply of iodine on the western diet, but there are a number of ways which you can get iodine naturally and in balanced quantities. Moreover, the majority of people don’t realize that regular table salt has been heavily refined by means of a chemical cleaning procedure. An excessive amount of table salt can lead to water retention. Color Table salt is just offered in a pure white color, but sea salt can be gotten in an assortment of unique colours, based on where it was harvested. | <urn:uuid:0151c315-2bf1-49f2-b447-9141a92c24ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sea-salt.org/the-argument-about-where-to-buy-unrefined-sea-salt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.962278 | 933 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Gameplay Journal Entry #2
In the readings, Romero explains that game engines are“-the heart of the car, this is the heart of the game; it’s the thing that powers it… and it kind of feels like it’s the engine, and all the art and stuff is the body of the car.” (Romero 206). From this analogy, we can infer that the “heart of the car” is what establishes the game’s core functions. Without it, a game would not be able to have a interactive physics based system, rendered graphics, audio, and artificial intelligence. “The body of the car” is also interchangeable, which allows the engine to support an array of different games. Overtime, game engines became a tool for developers to use, “-a way of designating a reusable platform for efficiently developing several games.” (Romero 206), from what was originally coined as a program.
I chose Little Nightmares as the game I wanted to play for this week’s assignment. This game is a 3D platformer and puzzler that uses a physics based system that establishes multiple interactions with the environment. The protagonist, Six, also relies on this physics based system to interact with objects and the environment, as well as the enemies she needs to avoid. This game was made with Unreal Engine 4 and has some reusable properties, for instance the rendering system for the character models. There are several mods made by swapping around the game’s models and importing new ones in from different games. Aside from this, the physics based system can also be modded to create or alter a multitude of puzzles within the environment.
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biceps are arguably the most widely trained muscle because of they ‘show off’ appeal to many bodybuilders.
To ensure that your biceps are well trained and developed, you will need to understand the biceps a bit more. With this understanding, you can than choose your exercises to create your best biceps workout for maximal effect. There are many bicep exercises that you can include in your best biceps workout. In this article, we will look at five biceps exercises that you must include in your workout, and the reason behind why they can be so effective to develop your biceps.
1. Barbell Curls
- Stand up with your torso upright while holding a barbell at a shoulder-width grip. The palm of your hands should be facing forward and the elbows should be close to the torso. This will be your starting position.
- While holding the upper arms stationary, curl the weights forward while contracting the biceps as you breathe out. Tip: Only the forearms should move.
- Continue the movement until your biceps are fully contracted and the bar is at shoulder level. Hold the contracted position for a second and squeeze the biceps hard.
- Slowly begin to bring the bar back to starting position as your breathe in.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
2- Seated Dumbbell Curls
There are a couple of tips to learn before starting dumbbell bicep curl. These are:
- Do not sit across the bench. In this case you will unconsciously lean forward in order not to touch the edge of the bench by dumbbells. If you’re working with heavy dumbbells,tilting forward rounds the back, which leads to spinal cord injuries. So always sit along the bench only if you perform seated curls.
- Keep the torso straightened all the time. All movement takes place only in the elbow joint, while the rest of the body remain motionless. Lock your elbows on the sides of the trunk and not move them. Leaning the elbows forward during the lifting you loosen the load on the biceps.
- Hold your breath while lifting dumbbells. This helps to keep the correct posture and allows you to develop a more powerful force.
If you perform correctly, that this exercise will certainly improve your arms and shape your biceps in the most nice way.
Preacher Curls isolate the biceps. Secondary stress is applied to the forearms. Sit on a preacher bench with your upper arms lying flat on the pad, palms of your hands facing up. Have a training partner hand you a barbell.
Lower the barbell until your elbows are almost straight and you feel a good stretch in the biceps. Moving only your forearms, use your bicep strength to curl the barbell up to shoulder level. Slowly lower the barbell back to the starting position. Hold this position for a second to really stretch the biceps. Repeat.
- Since this is an isolation exercise use lighter weights and really focus on using perfect exercise form.
- For variety you can do this exercise with dumbbells instead of a barbell.
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The ESTA form must be completed by all visitors from countries that are part of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). In fact, if you do not complete the online form and you do not receive travel authorization, you will not be allowed to travel to the United States unless you already have a visa.
For this reason the ESTA form must be obtained individually, be it a friend or family members who wants to enter the United States, every traveler must have his or her own ESTA, even children and newborns. ESTA can be issued for tourism, for business trips, for short medical treatment and short study periods (less than 18 hours per week).
It is also permitted to apply for ESTA on behalf of a third party.
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Let’s take a deep dive and learn how to stencil on canvas. In this post, we’ll compare 4 common methods and you’ll learn the key to getting crisp lines on your project.
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A canvas is a blank slate, literally, it’s been used for centuries to create works of art with oil and watercolor. These days you can purchase a value pack of stretched canvas for around $10 and create using a number of different mediums.
Using a stencil on canvas is a way to paint a specific design, especially if you are not very confident in your free hand. There are a few things you need to know about stenciling a canvas before you jump into this technique.
Prep the surface
Canvas is porous, which means the paint you put on it may spread or soak into the material a bit. When using a stencil you do not want the paint to bleed under the edges.
Prep the surface to make it nonporous by painting or layering something over the canvas that you can stencil on top. This is the key to creating a beautiful piece of art.
The next question is how do you prep the surface. There is no one right way, I’m going to show you a few options that work and one that tends to work better than the others, for less money.
Acrylic Paint is the most cost-effective method for creating a nonporous surface. You can choose any color for this method, or opt for white to blend with the natural color of the canvas.
Mod Podge is another inexpensive option, this glue like substance will add a clear coat to the canvas.
Gesso is made to prep a canvas, painters use it with paint all the time. If you are not a painter and don’t have this on hand, it can be a little more expensive.
For each of these products, brush a thin coat onto a canvas using a foam brush. The foam helps spread the medium evenly without leaving brush strokes. The result is a smooth surface to add your stencil.
Once dry, it’s time to add a stencil.
What type of stencil to use
There are a couple common stencil options in stores. A basic reusable option and an adhesive stencil. When stenciling a canvas I highly recommend adhesive backed. This creates a nice seal and helps keep the paint where you put it without bleeding.
You can also create your own stencil using a Cricut and stencil vinyl, if that’s your cup of tea check out this wood sign video and learn more about creating stencils.
Tips for Stenciling
Once the canvas is prepped and dry, it’s time to add the stencil and start painting. Canvas is hollow, so you’ll need to put something sturdy under it to create a firm surface to work on. Use a book or a piece or wood to achieve this.
Place the adhesive stencil on the canvas and press it down to seal the edges. For this project, I am using the same stencil and paint colors for each canvas to show the difference between methods.
Squeeze some acrylic paint on a plate. Using a foam brush, load up some paint then dab most of it off. You need very little paint to stencil.
Use an up and down motion to apply the paint to the canvas. You can always go back and add more color, but start with a very light coat first. This will help prevent bleeding.
While the paint is still wet, pull off the stencil and let the canvas dry. An adhesive stencil can be washed with soap and water, pat it dry, and lay it back on the carrier sheet to use next time.
Which method works best
I shared 3 methods for stenciling on canvas. In the photo below you’ll see a control canvas with no base and the other options. Here’s my choice.
Acrylic paint. This option created nice clean lines and it’s the least expensive way to go. Gesso was a close second, but the product itself is more costly. Mod Podge was a little too slick and caused some bleeding under the stencil.
You’ve seen 4 ways to stencil on canvas. Here’s a recap
- Prep the surface with acrylic paint and let it dry.
- Put a book or piece of wood under the canvas to create a firm surface.
- Apply an adhesive stencil and press down the edges.
- Use a foam brush with very little paint and an up and down motion.
- Peel off the stencil while it’s still wet
If you learned something here be sure to pin this post.
Have any more stenciling questions? Let me know in the comments.
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The developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America have additional problems in that dog rabies is common there and preventive treatment for human rabies may be difficult to obtain. The importance of rabid dogs in these countries, where tens of thousands of people die of the disease each year, cannot be overstated. Unlike programs in developed countries, dog rabies vaccination programs in developing countries have not always been successful.
Rates of post-exposure prophylaxis in some developing countries are about 10 times higher than in the United States, and rates of human rabies are sometimes 100 times higher. Before traveling abroad, consult a health care provider, travel clinic, or health department about your risk of exposure to rabies and how to handle an exposure should it arise.
In most countries, the risk of rabies and the precautions for preventing rabies are the same as they are in the United States. However, in some developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, dog rabies may be common and preventive treatment for rabies may be difficult to obtain. If you are traveling to a rabies-endemic country, you should consult your health care provider about the possibility of receiving pre-exposure vaccination against rabies. Pre-exposure vaccination is suggested if:
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Africans are living with a memory that is laced with a brutally profound pain emerging from the time of our ancestors’ enslavement. Black people have been traumatized deeply as a people. The first traumatic experience is from being torn from our mother/homeland. The second traumatic experience is from a twisting of our nature through the tormenting process of enslavement.
The detail of this brutality, which was leveled against the mind, body and spirit of Black men and women, is depicted with clarity in the recently released film 12 years a Slave. It started more than 22 generations ago; yet this evil persists today.
Generations later, we are recovering from this attack on our thought process, language, customs, beliefs and traditions. This attack treacherously and systematically stripped our individual and collective psyche.
As I see what we have endured and what we must face head-on to reverse the stripping of our peoplehood, I see that the ripping of the skin from our spiritual core must be healed. I beseech the natural, the original language, culture and traditions that remain at the core of our being to come forward and make themselves known unto me/us again.
Working altogether, our intellectual, spiritual and psychological knowledge will return us to our natural self. Our natural self remains intact inside of us but is hidden and overwhelmed from constantly needing to survive the attack.
Look at the spirit of the African. This is an innocent spirit that continues to embrace God the Divine, “the sacred.” No other place is this Natural Innocence in the African personality more visible than in the repeated times that one or all of us embrace those who have brutally violated us and all of God’s creation.
We repeatedly open the door for trickery and deceit from those who hate us unabatedly. They continually violate the trust we so freely give while brutally stamping on the fragile, hallowed grounds internal to our spirit.
They strategically separate the sacred coatings of the threads that hold creation in place. We have been on the front line of this attack of the Slavers and all of their allies to destroy the sacredness in creation’s main fruit, “the Human Spirit.”
The African is the knowledge holder of what it takes to protect the Human Spirit. By facing the raw brutality as dramatized in this film without editorializing, the raw truth, we have the opportunity to restore our nature and natural ways of living out the plans of the Creator for mankind while continuing the Creator’s plan for creation.
Let’s get to work! Tactically, our work could last over the same number of generations that it has taken to get where we are today.
There are huge inequities in the health outcomes and life expectancies of African people in America. We, as a community, have work to do in the area of self-care and self-love. As a part of cultural wellness, we are working with individuals in reconnecting with the Creator and spirituality while reconnecting with African cultural practices.
One of the reasons we have become such a broken people is due to shame and self-hatred. This brokenness stemmed from lies and negative propaganda about our African roots. In our work, this will be reversed so that shame and self-hatred are replaced by pride, love and self-respect.
There is great power in enduring tragedies; it brings wisdom. Wisdom is a sign of maturing not only for a person, but also for the community.
Again, this madness began in 1619, when African men and women were first captured and inhumanely transported to the Americas. I repeat, Africans have endlessly been violated, raped, oppressed, and sub-humanly degraded. We’ve been segregated into slums, ghettoes, and substandard living conditions while simultaneously being deprived of educational and economic opportunities.
A conscious study of the treatment of Black people has revealed the amazing resiliency of the African spirit. The African has the capacity for deep love, using the talents of dancing with the spirits to tap into the unseen world, while revealing our creativity and skills found in the African sounds, tones, and the ability to have powerful connections with the Creator.
We have the capacity to be disciplined by accessing the Divine Creator even at times when the Divine seems to be nonexistent. African American restoration is a process of healing inter-generational trauma or cross- generational trauma through reasserting the family lineage by re-bonding, re-attaching to love all the way back to God.
Traditionally, African people have always been spiritual people who are very much connected to the Creator. Through the process of enslavement and its aftermath, many of us have become disconnected from the Divine.
Please stop denying our African heritage. Please reconnect, not only to African heritage, but also to family and cultural ways of being graceful in the Divine. Please stop today the beating our children, breeding our babies, denying our truth. It must stop, today.
We must acknowledge us! No one else will, nor should we expect anyone else to do it.
Hotep, I am grateful!
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Reducing Inequalities in Education - Wealth & Poverty Class 13
Rethink your assumptions
I can’t believe it’s our penultimate class already—this semester has flown by.
This week’s focus is one that has received a great deal of attention in recent years — and not all of it terribly well-informed or constructive. It’s inequalities in education. Most of us believe we know a great deal about education because we’ve been through it. My goal this week is to get you to rethink your assumptions, and go deeper.
The questions I’ll be addressing are: Why are higher wages correlated with more education? What are the positions in the major debate over how to fix our public schools? What reforms are necessary in early education and K-12 education to address inequality? Should it be a national goal that every child has access to higher education? How should higher education be organized to reduce inequality?
Recommended reading (just click on the link): | <urn:uuid:46f37c49-36ce-405a-b934-f487d0b75eb2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://robertreich.substack.com/p/wealth-and-poverty-week-13?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.961854 | 207 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Martin Nesirky, spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, refused to comment on the Egyptian authorities preventing Yemeni political activist Tawakkol Karman, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, from entering the country a few days ago, saying she was not making the visit in any official capacity.
“We’re certainly aware of the reports. To my knowledge, she did not visit Egypt in her capacity as an MDG [Millennium Development Goals] advocate,” he stressed.
The new official spokesman also expressed the views of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the developments in Egypt, including “the need for reconciliation, and the need for a political process that is inclusive.”
“Protests should be allowed to go ahead,” he stressed, “but they should be peaceful protests.”
Ban Ki-moon calls for “either the release of Mr. [Mohamed] Morsy and other members of the Muslim Brotherhood or for a transparent judicial process to begin."
Nesirky noted that the UN Secretary-General has recently spoken directly with a number of Egyptian leaders about the restoration of civilian rule in the country. | <urn:uuid:cce486b3-27eb-41df-aa48-dbc9fe442dd0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cloudflare.egyptindependent.com/un-tawakkol-karman-visit-egypt-was-not-official/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.950031 | 251 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Governor's Recent Announcement & What It Means For Schools
On Tuesday, along with Governor Mill's announcement that she was extending the stay-at-home order through May 31st, she also outlined a four phase plan for how the state of Maine may re-open its businesses between June 1 and August 1, 2020. The best summary of that plan I have found is LINKED HERE if you'd like to review.
Of course, after reading this folks may ask the question, well what does this now mean for schools? Also on Tuesday, Education Commissioner Pender Makin sent a message to all Superintendents across the state answering (at least partially) that very question. Her message is LINKED HERE, please note the highlighted portions.
So bottom line, our schools will remain closed and distance learning in effect through June 16, 2020. What we are working on now (among many things) is planning for what summer programming may look like and what our opening of school may look like. As you saw in the Commissioner's response above, the state is also working on these issues and we will have answers to at least some of the myriad of questions associated with these complex decisions soon. There is no question in my mind that we will be offering some form of summer programming this summer, especially for those most in need like some of our special education students. The only thing I don't know YET is what these programs will look like, what students and what staff will be involved, and how these programs will inform how we open school differently this fall. The minute I have these answers - you will too. Promise! Please Stay Tuned!
End of Year Plans for Students Across Grades K-12
Last night the administrative team reported out to the School Committee on our plans for the end of the year. I wanted to be sure to share these with you so you know what to expect. Please note that although transition activities are mentioned in these plans, details are not shared - YET - on what those transition activities will be and how they will work. That is because we will be providing the School Committee with a specific report on just these activities at our May 13th School Committee meeting. So once the School Committee has had a chance to review these transition plans, I will share them with you as I am now with our end of year plans.
Here are our end of year plans broken out by Grade level:
* K-5 Schools (plans for all 3 elementary schools)
* Gorham Middle School
* Gorham High School
Once again, more details on specific transition plans - to include end of year step up days, job shadowing experiences, graduation celebrations, etc. will be made available after the School Committee Meeting on May 13th if not before.
As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to either myself or your building principal via email. We would be happy to answer any/all questions you may have! ☺
Town of Gorham STRONGLY ENCOURAGES Use of Absentee Ballots For July 14 Referendum
I just got this message from our Town Manager and Town Clerk. I definitely agree given the circumstances that if it is possible to use the absentee method - PLEASE DO...here are the details from Ephrem and Laurie:
Absentee ballot applications are now available for the July 14, 2020 State Primary Election and Annual School Budget Election. During the current health pandemic in the United States and in Maine, the Town of Gorham highly recommends voting by Absentee Ballot.
You may vote absentee by requesting a ballot and one will be mailed to you when they become available. Absentee ballots must be returned by 8:00pm on Election Day.
You may request a ballot online by clicking here:
You may also request a ballot by calling the Town Clerk’s Office at 222-1670, 222-1674 or 222-1676.
Gorham Schools Spirit Week Challenge - For Teacher
Appreciation Week NEXT WEEK
Our Gorham School District Volunteers who are being honored this week are sending out a "challenge" to students for Teacher Appreciation Week that is scheduled for Next week! Its simple...create a short video or photo of student(s) showing school spirit to the email provided below and enter in the name of a Gorham School Staff member that you'd like to nominate to win a daily drawing prize! More detailed information is LINKED HERE and included below! Let's show how our teachers how much we care - even from a distance!
Principal Appreciation Day TOMORROW
These next few weeks have all kinds of celebrations of all of those who contribute to schools. Tomorrow (Friday) is Principal Appreciation Day! If you want to share a THANK YOU to our principals, please feel free to post on your twitter and facebook accounts and use the #Gorhamprincipalsrock
During times of crisis, leadership become so important...and we are extremely blessed with some of the best building leaders around! I know I reap the rewards of their skilled leadership daily! THANK YOU to our building principals for all that they do... here are their names and email addresses in case you'd like to personally thank them too!
- Becky Fortier, Great Falls Elementary School (firstname.lastname@example.org)
- Cynthia Remick, Narragansett Elementary School (email@example.com)
- Brian Porter, Village Elementary School (firstname.lastname@example.org)
- Quinton Donahue, GMS (email@example.com)
- Brian Jandreau, GHS (firstname.lastname@example.org)
Volunteer Appreciation Week This Week
We have some of the best darn volunteers around! THANK YOU for all that you have done, are doing, and will do for the Gorham Schools! Here's a few "thank you notes" shared by folks:
THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US AT THE GORHAM SCHOOLS!
Results of Parent Thought Exchange Survey
THANK YOU to all the parents who participated! Awesome feedback! Please know we have already begun to use it to help inform continued decision making on our distance learning journey together!
If you are interested in the results, please CLICK HERE to read a brief letter from Assistant Superintendent Chris Record and then find a link to the information collected.
Superintendent's 360 Evaluation Survey - TO INCLUDE
PARENTS THIS YEAR
What better time to seek feedback from those you work with in leadership than during the middle of unprecedented change! Each year, I ask all Gorham Schools staff, members of the administrative team and members of the Gorham School Committee to participate in a leadership survey aimed at helping me to improve my practices as a district leader. This year I have decided to add Parents to this list and to also seek your very important voice in helping me to identify areas within which I can improve as a leader and areas that I may already have strength.
Below is a link to this survey. I would ask that if you are interested, please take 10-15 minutes to complete this survey and provide for me this very important feedback. The survey is completely anonymous. Results will be shared in summary form with the Gorham School Committee and will be used to help inform my evaluation process and my goal setting for the 2020-21 School Year.
If you have any questions, please ask - otherwise CLICK HERE to participate in the survey!
A Quick Reminder About How We Can All Help Prevent the
Spread of COVID-19
I know...you are all probably sick of hearing this, but that's typically when reminders are good - when we want to begin ignoring them desperately, but know we shouldn't...so here goes - nice and quick...
• Practice Physical Distancing.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
• Stay home when you are sick except to get medical care.
A Learning Resource for our Older Students and Parents
I realized recently that I had provided over time several different resources for parents and students that might be beneficial to the learning of younger students, but I hadn't really shared much focused on our older students. I came across this little resource for students and parents in grades 9-12 that I thought folks would really enjoy. Thank you Sandra Rocket our talented librarian at GHS for sharing! Check it out!
A Nice Article - Thought I'd ShareIn closing I saw this article over the April vacation that I thought was really just a great way to refocus and help me to "square my own shoulders" sort to speak and fortify for the next leg in our journey together. I thought it was worth sharing excerpts with all of you...
Excerpt from an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education Written by Aisha S. Ahmad, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Toronto
Rather than cling to illusions of normalcy and control, let the alternate universe teach you all-new ways to be and do. The world is different. So let’s be different, too. For this strange period in our lives, we have the opportunity to learn entirely new approaches to productivity, knowledge, connection, community, and happiness. There is a new space opening up between the walls and restrictions of this pandemic. Approach this new space as a visiting student, learning the ropes. Try to embrace this opportunity with curiosity and willingness.
Protect your mental health and emotional resilience. I know from experience how draining it can be to try to remain hopeful and teachable in the face of prolonged disaster conditions. A few simple tools can help prevent a downward spiral and facilitate a successful personal transformation.
(read more starts here…) To start, it is toxic to compare your situation to anyone else’s, particularly to those who you think are better off.
Watch for these reactions, and try to notice if your anger is coming from a place of envy or self-pity. Don’t judge yourself — just take note of it as an important clue to your own daily mental wellness. If you find yourself fixating on what someone else has, change the channel. Wish everyone well. Then close the door. A little mental discipline in this area will pay dividends.
Actively shift your focus to gratitude. This is a practical and effective tool for remaining mentally resilient under sustained disaster conditions. If you’re new to this practice, make it a formal exercise with a small team of people who face comparable conditions and challenges. Every morning, write down 10 things you are grateful for in the here and now. Don’t include the things that you miss, or the things you can’t wait to do when the pandemic is over. Focus only on the light and relief you can find right now. Dig deep. Get a little sappy. Then share your list with your team to start your day. A regular practice of gratitude can help keep you in good humor, even under prolonged disaster conditions.
Of course, none of these mental exercises can be done perfectly. If you lose a day because you fought with your spouse, got into a Twitter war, watched 10 hours of cable news, and ate a bag of Cheetos, just let it go. Who cares? Nobody is going to get an A-plus in cheerful pandemic living, so cut yourself and everyone else some slack. Take this pandemic one day at a time.
Gorham Business Exchange "Split the Tab" Campaign
If you aren't aware of this awesome way to help Gorham's small businesses...you should definitely check this out! Our small businesses have done sooooo very much for us in the past - it would be awesome if we can all find a way to "return the favor" and this is definitely a great way to think about doing that! Check it out! | <urn:uuid:72fe9ca0-fcfd-41ae-8869-1ba6b1cbaf56> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gorhamsuperintendent.blogspot.com/2020/04/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.951904 | 2,528 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Does XP Give a Low Priority to Architecture?
by Paul Hodgetts, Agile Logic Founder & CEO
On the DSDM mailing list, one of the participants wrote:
> My chief hesitation around XP is that is seems to give a low
> priority to architecture, so that you may end up with a
> zero-bug product quickly, but the product may not meet medium-
> to long-term requirements for performance, scalability,
> reliability, maintainability, etc. because it focusses on
> meeting short-term functionality.
After having practiced XP for nearly seven years now, I would say that, unfortunately, it's a misconception that XP "gives a low priority to architecture."
XP has two planning horizons—the shorter-term iteration horizon, and the longer-term release horizon. The iteration horizon is typically one or two weeks. The release horizon is business context dependent, but is typically one to three months. It's not uncommon for a team to look even further out than a release horizon to understand longer-term product goals, even if they constrain their detailed planning activities to a smaller horizon. XP does not mandate the elimination of common sense.
Within each horizon, the team plans for a number of things, but not just task planning—also architectural planning. It would not be possible for a team to create a good release plan unless they had developed a strategy for how they were building the system, which includes architecture. This strategy is at a level that the team feels is necessary to create their plan, which is often at a lower level of refinement than most architects are accustomed to from processes that practice more up-front architecture. I don't see this as incompatible with DSDM's iteration approach, although XP typically wouldn't have a specific Functional Model Iteration.
As more and more features are implemented, the architecture evolves to support the new feature set. XP prefers the architecture and design to be the minimal, but sufficient one to support the current feature set, but not more. This can be uncomfortable to architects accustomed to larger up-front architectural design. But the intent is to minimize the investment required to produce a deliverable feature set (i.e. maximize ROI and minimize time-to-ROI).
What balances the lesser level of up-front refinement and the effects of evolving the architecture is a continuous retrospection on the state of the architecture, and a disciplined approach to refactoring the system to continuously move the architecture to a state of "goodness." That goodness includes all the necessary "-ilities" that the poster mentioned. XP doesn't let even a partial system perform poorly, or scale poorly, or lack needed maintenance documentation, etc.
This is not an easy thing to do, requiring the developers to be able to frequently take that step back from the code they are writing in support of the short-term feature implementation to see the bigger architectural picture. It's sometimes easy to get stuck in a local maxima of design and not see a larger improvement that can be made. IMHO, not all developers have nurtured this skill set. But it's similar with up-front architectural activities—they are not easy either and require a skill set that not all developers have nurtured.
So I would argue that XP, in fact, places a continuous emphasis and priority on architecture. XP places a very high value on the quality of the architecture, design and code, and mandates the refactoring practice to ensure the team always retrospects on that quality and moves the system back to an acceptable level of goodness when it strays. Normally this is done in a series small refactoring steps, but it is sometimes necessary to do a larger refactoring step to break out of a local design maxima.
It's unfortunate that this misconception is prevalent, but perhaps not surprising. Most of the refactoring writings focus on smaller-scale refactorings that are intended to improve code quality or local design quality. It's only recently, through books like Joshua Kerievsky's "Refactoring to Patterns," that larger-scale refactoring is being publicized. But XP gurus like Ron Jeffries have been discussing this for years on the XP mailing list, so it's not a new concept and has been part of mainstream XP practice for some time. I've also seen teams try XP without proper refactoring, essentially using XP as a project management wrapper for a "code-like-hell" development process, but that's not what XP is about. | <urn:uuid:e48c071f-091c-49db-9339-9bfcee1d0e34> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.agilelogic.com/20041203.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.948363 | 931 | 1.5 | 2 |
"Ethics Of Suicide" On Monday's Access Utah
“Is suicide wrong, profoundly morally wrong? Almost always wrong, but excusable in a few cases? Sometimes morally permissible? Imprudent, but not wrong? Is it sick, a matter of mental illness? Is it a private matter or a largely social one? Could it sometimes be right, or a "noble duty," or even a fundamental human right? Whether it is called "suicide" or not, what role may a person play in the end of his or her own life?” These are questions posed and addressed in a new book published by Oxford University Press with the full digital version hosted online by the Marriott Library at the University of Utah. The book’s editor is Margaret Pabst Battin, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Medical Ethics at the University of Utah. Her comprehensive historical sourcebook, “The Ethics of Suicide: HIstorical Sources,” will be presented at an event on Monday, October 5th - 12:00 - 2:00 pm at the J. Willard Marriot Library, Gould Auditorium, level 1.
Margaret Battin has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited some twenty books, including “Drugs and Justice,” “The Patient as Victim” and “Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease.” She has published two collections of essays on end-of-life issues, “The Least Worst Death” and “Ending Life.” | <urn:uuid:4b7ae0ec-5adc-45fc-9894-bb64b1aae1e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.upr.org/programs/2015-09-28/ethics-of-suicide-on-mondays-access-utah | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946991 | 321 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Macrophages are white blood cells that perform several crucial activities in the immune system. Although the usual function of macrophages is thought to be to promote non-specific, innate immunity, they also help to begin specific defense processes. These cells are vital to the inflammatory response, and can be induced to pursue single targets, such as tumor cells.
In the absence of foreign organisms like bacteria and viruses, one function of macrophages is to devour debris and dead tissue. Macrophages accomplish this task in the same way that they destroy foreign invaders, with a process called phagocytosis. During this process, the macrophage extends pseudopods to grab the object or organism, surrounds it, and takes it into its body inside of a vesicle. A structure called a lysosome then fuses to the vesicle, and destroys the object with enzymes and toxic chemicals.
After phagocytosis has been performed, another function becomes apparent. Molecules on the invader's surface that can be recognized by immune cells, known as antigens, are taken by the macrophage, and bound to a nearby helper T cell in a process known as "presentation." By binding the antigen to a specialized molecule on its own surface, the macrophage ensures that other white blood cells won't mistake it for an invader. If the helper T cell finds a matching antigen to the one it was presented by the macrophage, it will initiate an immune response.
Macrophages are also involved in specific immune responses when recruited by T cells. This macrophage function requires that the T cells release compounds known as lymphokines in response to tumor cells or infected somatic cells. These compounds bind the lymphokine receptors on the macrophage's surface, and activate the macrophage to attack nearby cells.
Another function of macrophages involves the inflammatory response. After tissue has been injured, macrophages in the area will release chemicals that promote blood flow to the region and cause inflammation. The inflammation, although painful, is necessary to ensure that other macrophages and immune cells can arrive to attack potential invaders and clear away dead cells.
Following an injury, a second wave of macrophages arrive about 48 hours later, that are not involved in phagocytosis or inflammation. These macrophages instead release a factor to promote tissue growth, repair, and differentiation in order to help recover from injury-related damage. The exact composition of this factor is not yet known, but tissue injured when deprived of macrophages tends to heal more slowly, providing evidence for its existence. | <urn:uuid:d8195fa7-5df5-4ab1-a4eb-ed30278f9cae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thehealthboard.com/what-is-the-function-of-macrophages.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.94987 | 539 | 4.25 | 4 |
By Shelley Steeves -Global News
Originally Posted May 1, 2020
According to the CNIB Foundation of New Brunswick, residents with visual impairments are struggling to navigate their communities amid coronavirus restrictions.
Christine Kennedy-Babineau, the program and resource development manager for CNIB New Brunswick, said some of the changes that have been made at grocery stores are presenting a challenge for people with vision loss.
“Now we have lines where you are supposed to go to line up and arrows directing traffic flow through stores and someone with sight loss who is blind or partially sighted isn’t able to see them,” Kennedy-Babineau said.
Jens Naumann of Moncton has a visual impairment and said strangers would normally be more than happy to help him if he lost his way. But since the pandemic hit, people now tend to run in the other direction.
“The two-metre distancing has turned this kind of into a dilemma because there are people who are afraid of me and they get out of my way instead of trying to help me,” he said.
Naumann said people are now afraid to grab his arm to help him for fear they will be fined for failing to maintain physical distancing.
He said picking up essentials at the grocery store has become particularly challenging.
“I have been trying to avoid that, which is not good, of course, because it interferes with my independence,” he said.
That’s why the CNIB is calling on the province to exempt sighted guides and people with visual impairments from the mandatory two-metre physical-distancing protocols
“With all the changes happening in the stores, having an individual who can verbally guide is so much more important right now,” said Kennedy-Babineau.
She says New Brunswickers with sight loss should not be fined or penalized for relying on a guide to pick up essential items.
“Right now with the restrictions in place we really need there to be some grace given to people that they may need someone from outside of their household that would not qualify under the current restriction to be available to guide them,” she said.
On Friday, Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, said sighted guides are considered essential workers and are exempt from the physical-distancing protocols.
She said people and their guides can shop together without fear of being fined, although she strongly recommended they “wear a community mask.” | <urn:uuid:fff6faeb-1589-47b1-a3bf-0e0bb922d48a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/people-with-visual-impairments-struggling-to-access-essentials-during-coronavirus-restrictions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.967935 | 535 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Plains All American Pipeline, the company responsible for the 9-mile long oil slick polluting the California coast near Santa Barbara, is no stranger to oil spills.
The LA Times examined data kept by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and discovered that Plains has been cited for 175 safety and maintenance violations since 2006, and incidents involving the company’s pipes have caused more than $23 million in property damage while spilling more than 688,000 gallons of “hazardous liquid.”
That’s more than 3 times the national average for incidents per mile of pipe, the Times reports, adding that among the more than 1,700 pipeline operators listed in the PHMSA database, only four companies had more infractions than Plains.
Plains All American has been cited for everything from not completing repairs ordered by inspectors and failing to install equipment to prevent pipe corrosion to not having adequate firefighting gear at its facilities and instead relying on local volunteer fire departments.
Plains is hardly alone in its track record of reckless operations. According to another analysis of PHMSA data by the Center for Biological Diversity, there have been 621 oil and gas pipeline leaks, spills, ruptures, explosions and other incidents in the state of California since 1986. All told, these accidents have caused some 200 injuries, nearly 50 deaths and $769 million in damages, the CBD says.
If you live in California and are wondering whether or not one of these incidents happened near you, you can watch this time-lapse video CBD created to show where each of the 621 incidents occurred (hint: if you live in California, one of these incidents happened near you):
“The Santa Barbara spill is just the latest example of fossil fuel pipelines’ toxic threat to people and wildlife in California,” Miyoko Sakashita, the Center for Biological Diversity’s oceans program director, said in a statement sent to DeSmog. “These dangerous pipelines highlight the broader risks of oil production in our ocean and on land.”
The CBD analysis of PHMSA data also revealed that there have been 8,000 significant incidents with US pipelines since 1986 – more than 300 incidents per year involving death, injury, or economic and environmental damage.
Though Plains’ pipeline ruptured onshore where it ran along a coastal highway, the oil that spilled was being sent from an Exxon offshore oil drilling platform. As much as 105,000 gallons of oil (2,500 barrels) are thought to have spilled, with about a fifth of that making its way to the Pacific Ocean.
The spill happened near a national marine sanctuary and a state underwater preserve that teems with dolphins, whales and other marine life. It is expected to take several months to clean up.
As reported by Steve Horn here on DeSmog, environmentalists filed a lawsuit against the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management just a few months ago after it was revealed the agency had secretly permitted offshore fracking in deepwater areas off California’s coast. Exxon issued a motion to intervene and is now a co-defendant in the case.
It is not known whether any of the oil might have contained fracking chemicals or fluids from other extreme oil production techniques like acidization, according to the Center for Biological Diversity spokesman Patrick Sullivan.
“Poor federal record keeping makes it impossible to know how much fracking has happened in the Santa Barbara Channel,” Sullivan told DeSmog. “We do know that the federal government has recently given 51 permits authorizing acidizing and fracking from six offshore platforms, including three that feed oil into this pipeline.”
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In the midst of international terrorist attacks and great global unrest, seeing people continue to work across international borders and battle against forces greater than human conflict is truly inspiring, especially when it comes to the HIV/aids epidemic.
The Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign connects Canadian and African grandmothers and gives them a platform in Sub-Saharan Africa to provide support for their grandchildren, whose parents have been decimated by the HIV/aids epidemic. There are over 14 million orphans in Africa after their parents contracted and died of HIV/aids and many grandmothers are raising their grandchildren alone.
The organization was founded in 2006 in Toronto. “The Stephen Lewis Foundation invited 100 grandmothers from sub-Saharan Africa to come to Toronto for a gathering and 100 Canadian grandmothers came as well. The Canadian grandmothers listened to the African grandmothers and what they have had to do to deal with the Aids pandemic,” Grannies for Good founder, a chapter of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, Joanne Gormely says. “It really created a connection between 250 groups of grandmothers in Canada in solidarity with grandmothers in Africa.”
The campaign is not a charity run by people who aren’t African, but instead is a movement created and controlled by African grandmothers and local field workers who have first-hand knowledge about what these communities need.
Gormley is one of the Canadian grandmothers who began a chapter in Montreal to support the campaign. She, along with other grandmothers, run events ranging from art sales to long-distance cycling fundraising for the grandmothers in Africa. Gormley has her own painful memories associated with HIV/aids. “I lost my own brother to Aids. I was still in grief of losing my own younger brother when I joined the group,” she says. “It touched me because I understood something they were living through.”
Gormley, along with nine other grandmothers, also traveled to Africa to join a meeting of over 300 grandmothers in Durban, South Africa ahead of the 2016 World Aids Conference that ran from July 18-22. The group participated in protest of the lack of funding available to support the raising of these children, and joined over 2000 other grandmothers to Durban’s convention centre where the conference was being held.
The group of 10 traveled to South Africa and Zambia to see firsthand where their funds are going. The Grandmother to Grandmother campaign has raised $25 million over the last 10 years, with the proceeds going to various projects run by African field workers and grandmothers that live in the community.
The campaign has also provided jobs to women in the various communities that run the Grandmother to Grandmother projects. While on her trip to Africa, Gormley traveled with an African woman named Ida who originally grew up in abject poverty, and her husband had also passed away from HIV/aids. She now works for the foundation and her daughter is studying to become a lawyer.
These inspiring activists lobby governments across sub-Saharan Africa to take further measures to stop the spread of HIV/aids. The region has seen a 43 per cent decline in new HIV infections among children since 2009 due to UNAIDS global plan to eliminate HIV infections in the region. Public decimation of the antiretroviral treatment and educating has helped to lower the rate of HIV/aids. That being said, 24.7 million people are still living with HIV in sub-Sahran Africa due to lack of access to the medicine, with only 39 per cent of adults on the antiretroviral treatment.
Not only is this campaign helping reduce HIV in Africa, but this women-led group is also helping promote solidarity among women across the world. “The campaign promotes a sense of camaraderie and belonging by making a difference and being a voice for Africans in a global world. It helps in overcoming a sense of hopelessness,” Gormley says. “There is anger in those African women and they have a right to be angry. They deserve to be heard.”
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