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A very thorough introduction of blockchain without trying to be too simple or too technical. A very delicate balance to reach ! | <urn:uuid:94125601-0c50-4d3a-8d58-275f63df7b26> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ja.coursera.org/learn/introduction-blockchain-technologies/reviews?page=6 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.776341 | 1,212 | 1.6875 | 2 |
(Gloucester Township, NJ) – The Camden County Department of Health is announcing 49 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the aggregate number of confirmed positive cases in Camden County to 51,515 and 1,242 total fatalities.
Of today’s 49 new cases, 6 are among patients under 18 years old. The average age of the newly infected is 32 years old.
Today’s cases are involving residents living in the following municipalities:
“It is becoming increasingly evident that some form of COVID-19 will be endemic in the United States for quite some time, but that doesn’t mean it has to continue taking lives,” said County Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. “The vast majority of those suffering from COVID-19 right now are unvaccinated. The vaccines dramatically reduce the likelihood of infection, hospitalization, and COVID-19 related death. We can end the threat posed by this virus if everyone gets vaccinated.”
To date, 311,259 Camden County residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 282,260 are fully vaccinated. More information regarding vaccination rates throughout the county and available on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard at covid19.nj.gov.
The county Health Department is continuing to closely track new cases of COVID-19 and information regarding the prevalence of the Delta variant. New cases are often reassigned to other municipalities over the course of an investigation.
More information regarding Camden County’s preparations and response related to the COVID-19 pandemic is available by visiting camdencounty.com. Residents should frequently check the county webpage and social media for up-to-date information. | <urn:uuid:1fea0cee-d14f-454e-a07c-15554968c86d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.camdencounty.com/49-covid-19-cases-identified-in-camden-county/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.84555 | 690 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Medicare and Dental Procedures
In the United States we are on the cusp of a major healthcare debate. Politicians have begun to advocate for “Medicare for All” as a very loosely interpreted form of single-payer insurance. Let’s take a look at what Medicare currently covers in terms of dental procedures for Part A and Part B subscribers.
Overall Medicare does not provide coverage for routine dental services. Medicare Part A will provide coverage for services done in a hospital setting that meet certain medical necessity criteria. A prime example is extractions done in anticipation of life-saving surgery or disease treatment. There would not however be coverage for replacement of the removed teeth.
Part B services provide similar coverage for services rendered outside an inpatient setting. These services must too contribute to an immediate need to render another medical procedure. Restoration of the affected area is typically not covered.
When patients have extensive dental needs they often times opt for supplemental plans that provide dental coverage. Or they will opt for Medicare replacement plans that provide more routine dental benefits than standard Medicare.
Providers should keep in mind that they must be enrolled with Medicare to submit claims on behalf of their patients. If providers are not enrolled it does not preclude the patient from seeking reimbursement. You can download the patient reimbursement form from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid website and have your patient send it in with a copy of their itemized ledger from the date of service. Patients will need to followup on their claim with member services. | <urn:uuid:d5a60e4c-39eb-49b1-81ee-0fa6d6ce2aed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cda.dentalbilling.com/medicare-and-dental-procedures/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.950105 | 303 | 1.75 | 2 |
Children with higher levels of the pesticide malathion in their urine seem to be at an increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, researchers reported Monday.
Several previous studies have linked neurodevelopmental and behavioral disorders such as ADHD to exposure to pesticides, but generally in children of farmworkers and others exposed to abnormally high levels of the chemicals.
The new study is the first to focus on “a population sample more representative of the United States, and not one selected for being at high exposure,” said epidemiologist Marc G. Weisskopf of Harvard University’s School of Public Health, the senior author of the paper in the journal Pediatrics.
The study is “interesting and provocative … because the levels of pesticide are very low,” said epidemiologist Brenda Eskenazi of UC Berkeley, who was not involved in the research. “We need to build up a body of evidence [linking pesticides and neurobehavioral development], and we are building it.” | <urn:uuid:2003dceb-a37b-4dd5-b5bc-ea0f812d751c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dailycaller.com/2010/05/17/study-links-pesticide-to-adhd-in-children/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.954959 | 208 | 2.515625 | 3 |
In California, a bill can start in the Legislature with a title like “The Prosperity For All Act,” yet end up being a law regulating the manufacture, sale and use of dog leashes or floor tiles. Or a law that adds another tax. Or a law that does whatever lawmakers want it to do, with none of its provisions being even remotely related to its original title.
The mechanism for this misdirection is called “gut and amend,” and it’s such an accepted drill in Sacramento lawmaking that the phrase is included in the Legislature’s Glossary of Legislative Terms. It occurs, says the guide, “When amendments to a bill remove the current contents in their entirety and replace them with different provisions.” These substitute bills don’t get the scrutiny all legislation should receive in committee hearings.
One of the worst examples of “gut and amend” was 2014’s Proposition 1. It began its legislative life as Assembly Bill 1471 pertaining to fireworks sales before becoming a law authorizing a ballot measure to issue $7.5 billion in water bonds. Deceptions such as this promote murky legislating, which produces poor public policy.
There may be light coming to the lawmaking process through the Legislature Transparency Amendment ballot measure on Nov. 8. If the initiative – the product of former lawmaker Sam Blakeslee and Charles Munger Jr.’s longtime efforts – is authorized for a constitutional amendment, the Legislature will be prohibited from passing a bill until the text has been in print and published online for 72 hours prior to the vote.
The amendment would also, says the secretary of state’s office, require the Legislature “to make audiovisual recordings of all its proceedings, except closed session proceedings, and post them on the internet.” It further “authorizes any person to record legislative proceedings by audio or video means, except closed session proceedings.” The recording can be done “without payment of any fee to the state.”
This last provision is an important safeguard against legislative tyranny. With any member of the public free to record legislative proceedings, lawmakers will be unable to censor what is recorded, such as a committee chair cutting off another member from asking questions. The public also has the right to re-broadcast recordings for any legitimate purpose. Under current law, it’s a misdemeanor to use legislative proceedings for commercial or political purposes. That will no longer be the case.
The state Senate has passed its own version of the initiative – Senate Constitutional Amendment 14 – but don’t be fooled. It is a diluted rendering that gives lawmakers opportunities to dodge the bright light of day.
If approved by voters, the transparency amendment won’t end gut and amend, but it will compel more honest, open lawmaking across the board. Legislators working under these constraints won’t be able to so easily mislead the public, particularly at the end of sessions when laws are rammed through while the media and public are in the dark.
Support for the amendment ripples across the political spectrum. For instance, Common Cause, the California Forward Action Fund and the League of California Cities, all of which are from the left, are on board, as are the California Taxpayers Association, the California Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business, on the right.
Among many other supporters are the California Business Roundtable, the League of Women Voters of California and the California State Conference of the NAACP. Two Democrats have even introduced separate legislation that, together, would hold lawmakers to a similar standard.
Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, another supporter, believes that if the 72-hour rule been in effect over the last decade, a lot of poor public policy would have been stopped. He said the way the Legislature has operated for decades has been “a huge disservice to not only the public and the media, but to legislators themselves, who have not had a chance” to read bills before voting on them.
The California Legislature’s reputation for slinking in the shadows rankles. The bipartisan group Hold Politicians Accountable says “special interests have too much influence in the California Legislature, locking average voters out of the process by striking backroom deals to pass legislation at the last minute without any public review.”
California needs a fresh direction. It should be a model of government openness that the rest of the country can follow. The sanitizing effects of sunshine would sharply cut the stream of sloppy public policy that’s been flowing from Sacramento for decades – and taking the rest of the state downstream with it.
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Francis Troyan, Genre Matters in Contextualized World Language Learning, and Kristin Davin, Strengthening your Core: Practices to Support Students’ Language Development.
Fall 2019 LaTeS, November 16:
Genre Matters in Contextualized World Language Learning
Presented by Francis Troyan (The Ohio State University)
Description: As global assessment frameworks the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, the World-Readiness Standards for Language Learning, and the Can-Do Statements have helped teachers to shift instruction and assessment toward functional ability in the target language. However, these frameworks do not describe the specific linguistic and organizational features of communication in context.
Situated within the recent scholarship on contextualized, task-based performance assessment and instruction of world languages that addresses the Can-Do Statements, this workshop introduces participants to a genre theory and pedagogy that views spoken and written texts—all instances of communication—as genres that can be made visible and systematically taught to students. Participants will learn how to integrate genre into a backward design (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005) approach for the assessment and instruction of a world language that is centered on the development of the learner’s ability to communicate in written and spoken genres.
Bio: Francis John Troyan is Assistant Professor of World Language Education at The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus. A former classroom teacher of French, Spanish, and ESL, his teaching and research focus on world language teacher development, genre and functional linguistics in K-12 world language education, and teacher practices in dual language immersion education. His research has appeared in Teaching and Teacher Education, International Multilingual Research Journal, The Canadian Modern Language Review,Foreign Language Annals, and Language and Sociocultural Theory. He is a co-author of Implementing Integrated Performance Assessment.
Spring 2019 LaTeS, April 6:
Strengthening your Core: Practices to Support Students’ Language Development
Presented by Kristin Davin (University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Department of Middle, Secondary and K12 Education)
Description: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) designated six core practices that are critical for effective language teaching because they support students’ language development and occur frequently in instruction across contexts. These practices include: Facilitating target language comprehensibility, Guiding learners through interpreting authentic resources, Designing oral interpersonal communication tasks, Planning with backward design model, Teaching grammar as a concept and use in context, and Providing appropriate oral feedback.
In this workshop, participants explored these six core practices and the research base of each one. They dove deeply into two of these practices, Guiding learners through interpreting authentic resources and Designing oral interpersonal communication tasks. Participants engaged in activities that foster their understanding of how to choose appropriate authentic texts and ways to check students’ understanding of those texts. They also developed and shared oral interpersonal communication tasks that foster spontaneous communication and negotiation of meaning. Participants left this workshop with a variety of interpretive and interpersonal communication tasks that they could immediately carry out in their classrooms.
Bio: Kristin Davin is the Director of Foreign Language Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She earned her PhD in Foreign Language Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Before becoming a professor, she taught Spanish at the high school, middle school, and elementary school levels. Dr. Davin’s research focuses on second language development and assessment, language teacher preparation, and the Seal of Biliteracy. Her work has appeared in journals such as Foreign Language Annals, Bilingual Research Journal, Modern Language Journal, and Language Teaching Research. She has been the recipient of two ACTFL Research Priorities grants. | <urn:uuid:87f24a06-9f98-40ae-a675-31ba6dfa8ec8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cercll.arizona.edu/lates/lates-2019-archive/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.920365 | 756 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Chemical genomics combines chemistry with molecular biology as a means of exploring the function of unknown proteins or identifying the proteins responsible for a particular phenotype induced by a small cell-permeable bioactive molecule. Chemical genomics therefore has the potential to identify and validate therapeutic targets and to discover drug candidates for rapidly and effectively generating new interventions for human diseases. The recent emergence of genomic technologies and their application on genetically tractable model organisms like Drosophila melanogaster,Caenorhabditis elegans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae have provided momentum to cell biological and biomedical research, particularly in the functional characterization of gene functions and the identification of novel drug targets. We therefore anticipate that chemical genomics and the vast development of genomic technologies will play critical roles in the genomic age of biological research and drug discovery. In the present review we discuss how simple biological model organisms can be used as screening platforms in combination with emerging genomic technologies to advance the identification of potential drugs and their molecular mechanisms of action.
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The views of this article are the perspective of the author and may not be reflective of Confessions of the Professions.
The Background Checks Guide
Jobseekers are understandably concerned about making a good impression during the application and interviews processes. They will invest a substantial amount of time tweaking their resumes, practicing their responses to common interview questions, and obsessing over their choice of outfits for the big moment. In short, they want to have as much control as possible over how they come across to employers. However, while a job interview is an opportunity for a fresh start with a different employer, the truth is that first impressions are only part of the equation. As much as we would like to put our best foot forward during the application and interview process, employers aren’t likely to let your resume and interviews tell the entire story.
That’s because, when we want to make the best impression, we often neglect to talk about some details. That’s why nearly two-thirds of employers utilize some form of background checks during the hiring process. Although employment background checks most often focus on determining whether or not an applicant has a criminal record, employers often use background checks for other purposes, as well. For example, certain positions are required by law to utilize background checks on all applicants because they involve working with children or the elderly. Many employers also conduct background checks because they want to be certain that applicants are not misrepresenting their credentials or qualifications. In some cases, employers use background checks to indemnify themselves in the event that an employee’s actions lead to physical harm or property damage. To learn more about the practice of conducting background checks, view the comprehensive guide below.
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Christian Moore is COO at Global Verification Network. He has more than 20 years of investigative and business experience with competencies including surveillance, competitive intelligence, pre-employment and course-of-employment background screening. | <urn:uuid:12346c72-75a1-416b-93cd-1d142522208b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://confessionsoftheprofessions.com/ultimate-guide-to-background-checks-infographic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955421 | 402 | 1.8125 | 2 |
To prepare students for academic success through excellence in literacy by integrating the Core Knowledge Sequence.
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1. Individual student achievement
2. Character development
3. Enriched curriculum
4. Parent involvement
5. Low student to educator ratio
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Create a content-rich learning environment that prepares K-8 children to achieve their best as students and as people of character who will contribute skill and knowledge to their communities. | <urn:uuid:48f47eb4-20ed-4a6c-b7c0-61305f1010d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cologneacademyonline.org/about/district-overview-cao | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.8729 | 140 | 1.539063 | 2 |
The Labour Party’s new policy is a new policy, technically speaking. But it is not a new idea. It is, in fact, almost 50 years old and was first proposed in the Kenny Report of 1973. The report is so old, in fact, that its author, Justice John Kenny, has been dead since 1987. The basic proposal then, as now, was that county councils and local authorities should have the power to compulsory purchase land, and to set the price at which they do so. Here’s the Labour leader making his case:
We want to tackle the price of building land to make housing more affordable.
— The Labour Party (@labour) June 14, 2021
The bill itself, should you wish to read it for yourself, is here.
In his speech to the Dáil, introducing the bill, Kelly told the house that the proposal had been reviewed by a senior counsel, who suggested that it would not be unconstitutional. That is significant, and – with no disrespect intended to the senior counsel in question – should be taken with a grain of salt. After all, the primary reason that the Kenny report has never been implemented is precisely because successive Governments, over 50 years, have been told by their Attorneys General that such a proposal would be unconstitutional, and in conflict with private property rights.
It is also ferociously opposed by farmers who would, in all likelihood, be the main losers. And it is not a new proposal, either – during the formation talks for the present Government, Fianna Fáil and the Greens both pushed for a version of this idea, and were shot down swiftly by Fine Gael, and also by the farming lobby.
And, to be clear, the farmers have a point: They, after all, would be the big losers here, because they would be the only ones asked to take a hit in the name of making housing cheaper. The builders, and the estate agents, and everybody else in the construction chain would keep their margins, and make exactly the same profits as they do now. The people who would lose out would be the landowners. And the landowners, of course, are in many (though by no means all) the poorest people in that whole supply chain.
Nor is it obvious, actually, that land prices are even a top five issue in the housing crisis. There are, after all, no shortage of proposals to build housing. The reality is that time and time again, local councils, with the full and enthusiastic support of their voters, block housing developments, because voters simply are not keen on new housing near them. This proposal goes after farmers, and will be popular with people who are not farmers. But why not bring in a proposal to heavily restrict the right to object to planning permission for housing? That would unlock the supply crisis much more quickly, but of course it is more likely to annoy suburbanites who vote Labour in greater numbers than farmers do.
And how much would it impact the price of a house anyway? Well, the Labour leader himself told the Dáil that he estimated this proposal would (in the future) reduce the price of a new three bedroom house on a greenfield site in county Dublin by….. €30,000. That is not a sum to be sneezed at, of course, but it is also not a sum that is likely to bring the housing crisis to an end overnight. And what’s more, the impact of the bill – the time it takes to filter through the system, take effect, and start impacting the market – might be years, if not a full decade.
Finally, it is not necessarily obvious that this proposal, even were it enacted, would make much difference. Why not? Well, because voters still have power in our democracy. Councillors who suddenly started voting to CPO vast tracts of land, at hugely reduced prices, from farmers, might find that their re-election campaigns become more difficult. Just as, right now, councillors who vote for new housing developments in nice areas find the same thing.
If that all sounds relentlessly negative, and anti-Labour, well, it’s not. The party does deserve credit for putting this idea on the table, and it probably does deserve a full and open debate, with experts and stakeholders weighing in. Don’t expect it to be plain sailing, though, for this proposal. It’s been on the shelf for half a century for very good reasons, after all. | <urn:uuid:a2507527-7dd1-4b38-aeaa-6a0b79926c46> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gript.ie/labours-new-policy-lets-cap-the-price-of-land/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.980371 | 920 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Raccoons are present in many states within the US and are nothing short of a nuisance. These animals are nocturnal meaning they only come out at night. Because of this, it can be hard to repel raccoons from stepping foot on your property and making a mess out of the garbage cans. Those that have woken up only to see garbage cans tipped over and trash lying about has almost surely been hit by raccoons. The only positive that can be looked at for this situation is that it is not hard to repel raccoons from coming back. There are many products and techniques available on the internet in which you can research and decide which one suits your purposes the best.
One method that you will likely come to find is a product made from the urine of a predator with other ingredients that can be sprinkled around the area to repel raccoons. The reason this works is simply because certain animals pose a threat to raccoons and therefore they shy away from places where these predators have been. This is an extremely safe and effective means to repel raccoons off your property and keep them from coming back again. Over time, the scent will vanish, but all you need to do is reapply it and these rodents will think twice about raiding your garbage cans.
There are also some simple scare tactics you can use to repel raccoons as well. Bright motion lights are a good way to scare them off temporarily, but eventually they will most likely get used to it. Sometimes all it takes is a couple statues or made up scare crows that will keep them away as well. To find out about each and every tip available to repel raccoons, you use hop on the web and begin searching. You will be provided with success stories from past homeowners as well as descriptions on repellents and things you can buy to eliminate them.
Raccoons tend to travel in groups which make it necessary to shy them away as soon as you notice they have been on your property. The internet will be an important tool during your quest to repel raccoons because there is a great deal of useful information available. On top of that, you can research different brands of repellent in order to conclude which one is made of high quality ingredients to keep them away for a long time.
More on this topic. | <urn:uuid:937a092f-b200-45f8-aa92-df0b50ae7a83> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://diyindex.com/repel-raccoons-off-your-property/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.973003 | 479 | 1.578125 | 2 |
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The whirling hum of a dialysis machine could have been the soundtrack to the rest of Zahra Hajikarimi's life but for an unusual program in Iran that allows people to buy a kidney from a living donor.
Iran's kidney program stands apart from other organ donation systems around the world by openly allowing payments, typically of several thousand dollars. It has helped effectively eliminate the country's kidney transplant waiting list since 1999, the government says, in contrast to Western nations like the United States, where tens of thousands hope for an organ and thousands die waiting each year.
Critics warn the system can prey on the poor in Iran's long-sanctioned economy, with ads promising cash for kidneys. The World Health Organization and other groups oppose "commercializing" organ transplants. Some argue such a paid system in the U.S. or elsewhere could put those who cannot afford to pay at a disadvantage in securing a kidney if they need one.
But as black-market organ sales continue in countries like India, the Philippines and Pakistan and many die each year waiting for kidneys, some doctors and other experts have urged America and other nations to consider adopting aspects of Iran's system to save lives.
"Some donors have financial motivations. We can't say they don't. If (those donors) didn't have financial motives, they wouldn't ... donate a kidney," Hashem Ghasemi, the head of the patient-run Dialysis and Transplant Patients Association of Iran, told The Associated Press. "And some people just have charitable motivations."
The AP gained rare access to Iran's program, visiting patients on dialysis waiting for an organ, speaking to a man preparing to sell one of his kidneys and watching surgeons in Tehran perform a transplant. All of those interviewed stressed the altruistic nature of the program — even as graffiti scrawled on walls and trees near hospitals in Iran's capital advertised people offering to sell a kidney for cash.
As far as organ donations go, kidneys are unique. While people are born with two, most can live a full, healthy life with just one filtering waste from their blood. And although a donor and recipient must have a compatible blood type, transplants from unrelated donors are as successful as those from a close relative. In addition, kidneys from a living donor have a significantly better long-term survival rate than those from a deceased donor.
Iran started kidney transplants in 1967 but surgeries slowed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, in part due to sanctions. Iran allowed patients to travel abroad through much of the 1980s for transplants — including to America. But high costs, an ever-growing waiting list of patients and Iran's grinding eight-year war with Iraq forced the country to abandon the travel-abroad program.
In 1988, Iran created the program it has today. A person needing a kidney is referred to the Dialysis and Transplant Patients Association, which matches those needing a kidney with a potential healthy adult donor. The government pays for the surgeries, while the donor gets health coverage for at least a year and reduced rates on health insurance for years after that from government hospitals.
Those who broker the connection receive no payment. They help negotiate whatever financial compensation the donor receives, usually the equivalent of $4,500. They also help determine when Iranian charities or wealthy individuals cover the costs for those who cannot afford to pay for a kidney.
Today, more than 1,480 people receive a kidney transplant from a living donor in Iran each year, about 55 percent of the total of 2,700 transplants annually, according to government figures. Some 25,000 people undergo dialysis each year, but most don't seek transplants because they suffer other major health problems or are too old.
Some 8 to 10 percent of those who do apply are rejected due to poor health and other concerns. The average survival rate of those receiving a new kidney is between seven to 10 years, though some live longer, according to Iranian reports.
In the United States, about a third of kidney donations come from living donors. The average kidney from a deceased donor lasts 10 years, while one from a living donor averages about 15 years, according to Dr. David Klassen of the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, which oversees the U.S. transplant system. Recipients of living-donor kidneys in the U.S. fare better in part because they haven't been on dialysis as long before their transplant.
For Hajikarimi, a 52-year-old Iranian mother of two, a transplant can't come soon enough. Her kidneys failed, with doctors finding higher-than-normal protein levels in her urine, and she has been on dialysis for four months.
In that time, physicians determined Hajikarimi can undergo a transplant and the nonprofit group managing her case began looking for a donor, a process that typically takes up to six months. Then the recipient and the donor meet to agree to the financial arrangements before the surgery.
Iran says its system safeguards against black-market organ sales by having the nonprofit groups handle all arrangements and hold money in escrow until after the surgery. The government's Health Department also must approve the surgeries, which take place in licensed and monitored hospitals. Foreigners are now largely banned from taking part, squelching the possibility of medical tourism.
However, it's clear that some donors are motivated by the cash payout. Inflation and unemployment remain high in Iran even after last year's nuclear deal with world powers that saw some sanctions lifted.
One man said he applied to sell one of his kidneys to pay off his debts. Debtors can be imprisoned in Iran.
"I am here because if I don't get the money my entire life will be ruined," said the man, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of ruining his professional image. "My life and my public face are in danger. This has driven me to do this."
Poverty around the world drives black market kidney sales, a lucrative business the World Health Organization estimated represented at least 5 percent of all transplants in 2005, though it acknowledges that figure is only a guess. The U.N. health agency's guiding principles on organ transplantation call for banning organ sales, though it allows for "reimbursing reasonable and verifiable expenses," including the loss of income by a living donor.
Iran's system offers a different way to address the lack of kidneys for transplant around the world, said Sigrid Fry-Revere, an expert on the program whose book, "The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran," examines it in depth.
"You cannot put a price on an organ," said Fry-Revere, who is president and co-founder of the American Living Organ Donor Network. "This is rewarded goodwill. This is two people getting together to help make each other's lives better."
In the U.S., there are more than 99,000 patients currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Last year, there were 17,878 transplants, while 4,481 died waiting, according to UNOS. A 1984 U.S. law makes organ sales illegal.
A series of academic papers and opinion pieces in recent years by doctors and prominent economists like Nobel Prize winner Alvin Roth have explored the idea of allowing paid kidney donations in the U.S. An article in October's edition of the American Journal of Transplantation written by three physicians and an economist proposed a system in which the U.S. government would pay $45,000 to a living kidney donor and $10,000 to the family of a deceased donor.
"Such compensation would be considered an expression of appreciation by society for someone who has given the gift of life to another," the paper said.
Some ethicists and doctors argue that compensating donors in the U.S. would put the poor at a disadvantage of getting a transplant while also pressuring them to offer their organs for sale when they face financial trouble.
"We still think profiteering or someone making a profit from a sale and making this a commercial enterprise is a slippery slope," said Kevin Longino, the CEO of the National Kidney Foundation in the U.S. "It's still an easy way to exploit poor people and underprivileged people."
Longino, who received a kidney transplant himself in 2004, said his organization does support so-called "profit-neutral" transplants, which would allow donors to receive support for medical care, lost wages and other aid so long as they don't make a profit from the operation.
However, Longino acknowledged confusion lingers about what is and what isn't allowed under American law, leading to trouble for even "profit-neutral" aid.
For now, Hajikarimi spends more than two hours riding on three subway lines three times a week to get to the hospital where she is hooked up to a dialysis machine. For her, a living donor is a chance at a new lease on life she otherwise wouldn't have.
"It would be very difficult to imagine a life without the possibility of a kidney donation," she said. "There is no way to recover. ... It would have been a total mess and agonizing."
Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press medical writer Lauran Neergaard in Washington contributed to this report.
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Pope Francis is inviting Catholics across the world to deepen their appreciation, love and faithful witness to God and his Word.
That’s why, as established by a papal decree – the third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 26 this year, is to be observed as a special day devoted to “the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God”.
As Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization explained during a press conference on Friday, it is an initiative that the Pope has entrusted to the whole Church so that “the Christian community may concentrate on the great value that the Word of God occupies in its daily existence” (Aperuit illis 2).
An opportunity to renew commitment and understanding
Fisichella said the occasion offers Christians an opportunity to renew their commitment and understanding of “the inexhaustible richness that comes from God’s constant dialogue with his people.”
He said it foresees a host of creative initiatives “that will stimulate believers to be living instruments of transmission of the Word,” and comes in the wake of the many different pastoral initiatives spurred by the 2008 Synod on the Word of God that aimed to increase and enhance the knowledge, diffusion, reflection and study of Sacred Scripture.
The Archbishop mentioned a series of projects and programmes that have been launched across the globe since that Synod, to learn to pray with the Bible and to make the Word accessible in different languages and formats.
He said that by establishing this Day, the Pope intended “to respond to the many requests that have come from the people of God, so that throughout the Church the Sunday of the Word of God may be celebrated in unity of purpose”.
He underlined the great ecumenical value that this Sunday possesses as it falls close to the Day of Dialogue between Jews and Catholics and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
As with other initiatives of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, Fisichella said this too has a characteristic logo that is immediately identifiable and may provide inspiration for a catechesis that helps to understand the meaning of the celebration of this Sunday.
Vatican II Lectionary to be enthroned
Noting that Pope Francis will celebrate Holy Mass on Sunday of the Word of God, he revealed that at the beginning of the Liturgy “there will be the solemn enthronement of the Lectionary that was used in all the sessions of the Second Vatican Council.”
At the conclusion of the Eucharistic celebration, he said that in a symbolic gesture the Pope will give a Bible to 40 people representing “different expressions” of our daily life: “from the bishop to the foreigner, from the priest to the catechist, from the consecrated person to the policeman, from the Ambassadors of various continents to teachers of all grades, from the poor to journalists, from the ‘Gendarme’ to the prisoner serving a life sentence”.
A representative of the Orthodox Churches and of Evangelical Communities will also receive a Bible from the Pope.
Pope Francis, Fisichella concluded, wants to make sure everyone is entrusted with the Word of God:
“This Sunday, he wants to stimulate all Christians not just to place the Bible on the shelf as one of many books, perhaps filled with dust, but as an instrument that awakens our faith.”
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TinyScopeCAM is a microscope used with smart phones.
It is compatible with most smart phones. Smart phones can be turned into a high-resolution microscope
just by connecting them with our TinyScopeCAM through a data cable, and it is free of battery.
Measured with resolution plate ,TinyScopeCAM’s optical resolution is 1 μm.
TinyScopeCAM has a multifunction illuminator, which have three illumination mode: reflecting,
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Acer rubrum L., Sp. Pl. 1055 1753. (syn: Acer carolinianum Walter …….; Acer rubrum f. breviramusculum Vict. …………; Acer sanguineum Spach ….; Rufacer carolinianum (Walter) Small …..);
Acer rubrum (Red Maple, also known as Swamp, Water or Soft Maple), is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern North America. The U.S. Forest service recognizes it as the most common variety of tree in America. The red maple ranges from the Lake of the Woods on the border between Ontario and Minnesota, east to Newfoundland, south to near Miami, Florida, and southwest to east Texas. Many of its features, especially its leaves, are quite variable in form. At maturity it often attains a height of around 15 m (49 ft). It is aptly named as its flowers, petioles, twigs and seeds are all red to varying degrees. Among these features, however, it is best known for its brilliant deep scarlet foliage in autumn.
Over most of its range, red maple is adaptable to a very wide range of site conditions, perhaps more so than any other tree in eastern North America. It can be found growing in swamps, on poor dry soils, and most anywhere in between. It grows well from sea level to about 900 m (3,000 ft).
Due to its attractive fall foliage and pleasing form, it is often used as a shade tree for landscapes. It is used commercially on a small scale for maple syrup production as well as for its medium to high quality lumber.
It is also the State Tree of Rhode Island.
(From Wikipedia on 16.1.14)
Flora of Mississippi, USA-006:
Acer rubrum, (Red Maple) a deciduous tree commonly planted here.
Nice to see it in flower
Tree for ID : Atlanta, Georgia : 16JAN19 : AK-30 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)
Tree seen in Atlanta with the leaves changing color.
Yes, may be some Maple species
With no other information than the photos of leaves, I can say it is most likely an Acer rubrum. If there were images of the bark or the samaras/seed pods it would be most helpful.
see my other comment
Acer rubrum from Mississauga, Canada-GS23112021-3:
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The CIRMS Science and Technology Committee draws upon expertise from industry, academia, and government to periodically publish a Needs Report which outlines the current needs in the ionizing radiation community with respect to radiation measurements and standards. The needs are delineated as Measurement Program Descriptions (MPDs) that describe the objective(s), provide background information and motivation, and outline action items and resources required for success.
CIRMS hopes that the Needs Report will help identify and prioritize efforts in fields of ionizing radiation measurements and standards. In an era of constrained government resources, the Needs Report represents areas warranting program attention as determined by a consensus of expert stakeholders. It is the position of CIRMS that adequate resources should be allocated so that the objectives outlined in each MPD can be accomplished.
The first Needs Report was published in December 1994 and was widely distributed amongst the CIRMS membership, NIST management and important decision-makers in other Federal agencies. CIRMS has since periodically reviewed the progress on the programs described in the Needs Report, with follow-up reports being produced on a roughly triennial basis. Since 2017, the Needs Report has been reconceptualized as an online “living” document allowing for collaborative editing called the Dynamic Needs Report.
Dynamic Needs Report
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How to Assess Your Risk for Tooth Decay
What is Tooth Decay?
Tooth decay is damage to a tooth’s enamel. This can happen when harmful bacteria in your mouth create acids that attack the tooth’s surface. These bacteria soften the tooth’s enamel and dentin, causing a small holes in the tooth called a cavity. This can cause infection or tooth loss if left untreated.
Early tooth decay has little to no symptoms, but as it progresses, it can cause toothache and sensitivity to sweets, temperature of the food and liquid intake. If the tooth becomes infected an abscess, which is a pocket of puss, can form. This abscess causes discomfort, fever, and facial swelling.
Causes of Tooth Decay
The combination of bacteria and the food and drinks you consume causes tooth decay. A clear sticky substance called plaque is always forming on your teeth. Plaque contains bacteria that feed on the sugars in the food you eat and the beverages you drink.
The bacteria forms an acid that attacks the tooth’s enamel making it lose its minerals. Sipping on a fizzy drink, for example, can repeatedly expose your teeth to acid which causes the enamel to continue mineral loss.
Sugary foods and drinks are best consumed with other meals so that healthy foods can clean your teeth of the acids. Foods that stick to teeth, such as toffee can increase your risk for developing tooth decay.
Risk Factors in Tooth Decay
Anyone with teeth is at risk of tooth decay. Some factors you can control, while others you cannot.
Things you can control include practicing good oral hygiene, using fluoride toothpaste, limiting sugary foods and alcohol and avoiding tobacco products.
Factors you can’t control are respiratory conditions that dry out your mouth like asthma, using medicines that contain sugar, and ofcourse age.
Infants and toddlers are at risk of baby bottle tooth decay which occurs when the child is put to bed with a bottle of milk, juice or formula. The sugar in these drinks feeds the bacteria that cause tooth decay.
Young children’s teeth are still growing, and the minerals in new teeth are not stable making it easier for acids to eat away at the enamel.
Older adults may have receding gums that allow decay-causing bacteria to cause root cavities.
Diagnosis & Prevention of Tooth Decay
Earlier detection of tooth decay may appear as a white spot on the tooth. More advanced tooth decay can emerge as a dark spot or a hole in the tooth.
X-rays are used to detect decay, but your dentist may also check if a sensitive tooth is soft or sticky for tooth decay.
Brushing your teeth twice a day, flossing and using mouthwash once a day improves oral health. Regular dental check-ups are vital to keeping your teeth healthy. Hygienists remove all the plaque from your teeth which inhibits tooth decay. They can also spot signs of decay so it can be treated before it can worsen.
Dental sealants are a thin coating that is painted onto the premolars and molars of children. The painless procedure is the best way to protect kid’s teeth from cavities, and they are easier to clean.
Raw vegetables can scrape plaque off teeth. Calcium in dairy products strengthens teeth and can help fight off harmful bacteria. Sugarless chewing gum can remove food particles and induce saliva production to help wash away food debris.
Tooth Decay Treatment
A small amount of erosion on your enamel may be treated using an approach that helps repair that spot. This treatment can include a medicated mouthwash or toothpaste that contains high levels of fluoride and calcium.
A smaller cavity is repaired using a filling, while a large cavity may require an Inlay or Onlay or even a crown to protect its structure and restore its functionality.
To save the tooth with an abscess, a root canal treatment needs to be done. Once the infection is removed, the chamber is sealed, and the tooth is typically restored with a crown.
If the tooth cannot be saved, you will need an extraction. Your dentist will only use this as a last resort and can help you choose a suitable tooth replacement option.
Prevent tooth decay by practicing good oral hygiene and visiting your dentist twice a year for professional teeth cleaning and a dental exam.
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Linton Zoo is asking for donations of old Christmas trees, so its big cats can play with them.
According to the Cambridgeshire Zoo, its lions, tigers and snow leopards love using them as toys and curling up with them.
The trees will be used to decorate avaries and enclosures.
Once dried out, they can also be burned in the zoo's Bio-Burner to generate energy used for heating and hot water.
The zoo is asking for trees to be left at the front gate or on the main drive if it is closed.
The video below, posted by Linton Zoo on YouTube, shows some African Lions enjoying a donated tree.
A spokesperson for Linton Zoo said: " Greenery is very important to our animals, so live rooted and growing trees can be given a second chance at life by being planted in one of our animal enclosures.
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Right Now | Idea Translation
In a single undergraduate course last fall, students tackled all of the following: engineering nanofood particles to combat childhood obesity; revising scientific research and publication practices to encourage cooperation; using on-line social networking to connect entrepreneurs with venture capital; and designing keyboards that prevent repetitive-stress injuries.
The course, new this academic year, defies classification in a traditional academic discipline. Though offered through the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (where its instructor, McKay professor of the practice of biomedical engineering David Edwards, has his appointment), the course nevertheless did not count for concentration credit in engineering. Students who enrolled came from concentrations all over the map: chemistry, physics, computer science, economics, government, literature, Romance languages, philosophy, visual and environmental studies. The whole point of Engineering Sciences 147, “Idea Translation: Effecting Change through the Arts and Sciences,” is to blur the lines between disciplines and craft solutions that draw on several.
Edwards observed that Harvard students tend to excel at many things upon arrival, but are then forced to choose one—mathematics or music theory, biology or writing—that becomes their focus. His thesis is that the structure of modern-day universities discourages effective problem-solving in the wider world. When boundaries are blurred, “the fused method that results, at once aesthetic and scientific—intuitive and deductive, sensual and analytical, comfortable with uncertainty and able to frame a problem, embracing nature in its complexity and able to simplify to nature in its essence—this is what I call ArtScience,” he writes in his book on the concept, ArtScience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation (forthcoming from Harvard University Press).
Edwards’s own life is the basis for his theory. He holds a doctorate in chemical engineering and taught in that field at several institutions before coming to Harvard in 2002. He also started two companies and patented nanoparticles designed to deliver drugs through the lungs. Though science has been his livelihood, Edwards writes fiction and serves on the advisory board for the American Repertory Theatre. He credits his artistic pursuits with enabling him to approach problems in novel ways.
In his course, Edwards has students plot their problem-solving processes on “idea maps” to show how they have transcended barriers among society, culture, industry, and research and education. He brings in “idea translators”: people who have brought a big idea to fruition. Guest speakers last fall included a concert pianist who earned a doctorate in electrical engineering and developed a technique for musical variation based on the principles of chaos theory, and a physician, an infectious-disease scientist, who has used theater and photography to communicate the urgent problems caused by land mines, tuberculosis, and HIV in the developing world.
The idea that art and science can seed each other and thrive in one another’s presence is not new. Edwards’s book cites many previous works on the topic, as well as a 1995 conference in Brussels titled “Einstein Meets Magritte.” His own addition is the undergraduate course, although he has also cobbled together money from the engineering school and the provost’s office to enable students from the course to pursue their ideas. (His Idea Translation Lab was co-founded with Paul Bottino, executive director of Harvard’s Technology and Entrepreneurship Center, who collaborated with Edwards in designing and teaching the course.) One group of students has already filed a provisional patent application for uses of microfluidics in architecture (for example, a window at an airport gate might announce “Now boarding” by using liquid that moves through the glass).
Powerful and time-honored institutions such as Harvard naturally develop a resistance to change, Edwards argues, and universities must counteract this, not just by rewarding creativity and innovation, but by building an institutional culture that supports those qualities. “This class,” he told the audience on the day his students presented their projects on the main stage of the Loeb Drama Center, “is about empowering students by emboldening them to dream.”
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Panta på stan! app enables consumers to receive a deposit value when recycling their packaging at regular recycling stations.
- Reflect back on the objective of the tool you built: did you exceed it, or fall short? If so, why?
Panta på stan! app (owned by Bower company) provides the ability to scan packaging and get points/money when sorting in FTIs stations alternatively closer to one’s home, in an approved environmental station. Disposable items need to be more resource efficient in order for us to be able to handle the increased amount of waste.
There were both positive and negative things about the app. And it depends on whether you are an experienced user of apps and scanning. Personally, I have tried it quite a lot but do not use it now after the project as I think it takes too long for so little money.
- What are the tools’ metrics for success and what does metric say – how well did the tool do?
Many recyclable packages are good and if you wait to withdraw the money, the score increases.
- Were your assumptions that the tool you built would: increase participation/engagement or tackle an issue/raise awareness correct? Do you think you chose the right approach – and what would you do differently?
The app fit quite well in our project, but it came across as difficult to use in the recycling moment. If money/points for recycling are to be implemented in society, a simpler solution is needed that does not register your identity.
- What are you hearing from users? What do they enjoy in tool? What do they find challenging?
When we asked consumers, many of them were negative. When you buy a coffee in town on the go, you don’t want to mess with an app. Then you just want to drink coffee and then throw the mug in the right place. The solution is probably identification of the mug instead of the person.
- Did your tool deliver what you were hoping for? Are they useful for your key user audience? Are they being adopted?
Yes and no. It does its job and it works, the question is whether it itself is a barrier to sorting/recycling.
- What worked well through the implementation process? What areas have room for improvement?
Digital technology affects people, and so does the environment, so the project received a lot of attention. Whether it will work in the long run is hard to say. Probably not. You can’t reach the tourists, for example.
- GOAL:Reduce waste, promote recycling through points based system
- Made by:Bower and Örnsköldsvik municipality
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TSV: Trusted Safety Verifier
Attackers can leverage security vulnerabilities in control systems to make physical processes behave unsafely. Currently, the safe behavior of a control system relies on a Trusted Computing Base (TCB) of commodity machines, firewalls, networks, and embedded systems. These large TCBs, often containing known vulnerabilities, expose many attack vectors which can impact process safety. Our solution, Trusted Safety Verifier (TSV), is a minimal TCB for the verification of safety-critical code executed on programmable controllers. No controller code is allowed to be executed before it passes physical safety checks by TSV. If a safety violation is found, TSV provides a demonstrative test case to system operators. TSV works by first translating assembly-level controller code into an intermediate language. TSV efficiently mixes symbolic execution and model checking by transforming an ILIL program into a novel temporal execution graph that lumps together safety equivalent controller states.
Note: this research is joingtly funded by DOE and NSF.
For more information about this technology or opportunities for industrial collaboration, contact Saman Zonouz. More information is also available on the Related Research Activity page.
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Scotland's Bard will be celebrated in households across the country when Burns Night 2021 rolls around next week.
Current lockdown restrictions mean people won't be able to get together to toast the renowned poet in large groups as they normally would – complete with a piper, speeches and toasts.
However people throughout Scotland will mark the special occasion in their own way. There may even be a few Zoom calls organised. And you can be in no doubt there will be haggis, neeps, tatties and a dram or two involved.
Burns Night takes place each year to mark The Bard's birthday, and this time around that falls on Monday.
Robert Burns was born in Ayrshire on January 25, 1759 and he went on to become one of the most famous figures in Scotland's history. He died at the age of just 37 in 1796. The first ever Burns Night took place six years later and it has become a staple of the Scottish calendar ever since.
For those yet to make plans over Zoom or at home, the Big Burns Supper 2021 will take place via Facebook and YouTube.
The free show will run from 7pm to 8.15pm on Monday, with Janey Godley hosting and performances from the likes of KT Tunstall, Skerryvore and Donovan. More information on the Big Burns Supper here.
We at Edinburgh Live reported this week on the city's restaurants offering at-home Burns Night dining boxes.
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National Raisin Day
Today’s Food History
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1792 John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich died. Captain Cook named the Sandwich Islands after him (now known as Hawaii). He is supposed to have invented the sandwich as a quick meal so as not to interrupt his gambling sessions.
1904 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened in St. Louis (St. Louis World’s Fair). It was at the Fair that the ice cream cone was supposed to have been invented. The hot dog and iced tea were also popularized at the Fair.
1952 Mr. Potato Head is introduced to the world. Mr. Potato Head is the also the first toy to be advertised on television.
1955 ‘Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White’ by Perez Prado hits number one on the charts.
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A biography is a comprehensive account of an individual’s life. It includes more than just standard facts and occasions, but additionally the person’s experience of these events. Bios are preferred with history enthusiasts since they offer understandings into an individual’s past. But just how do you pick which person to blog about? Here are some pointers for your bio:
Make sure that you have permission from your based on create a biography. Some individuals might not offer you approval, yet you need to constantly seek permission prior to discussing somebody else. Getting consent allows you to do even more study and also create a better bio. Whether you’re creating a biography for your own amusement or to enlighten others, there are a number of suggestions to follow to create a great bio. Below are some of these ideas:
The design of a biography depends upon the subject and the author’s viewpoint. It might be subjective, honest, or considerate to the subject. Occasionally the author will use first-person narrative, but it’s still a biography. Bios commonly take a deeper analytical strategy, clarifying the motivations, choices, and also failings of a person. This strategy is more probable to be personal than objective, since the writer is writing about a specific, not background.
While bios are normally a lot more personal, there are some similarities in between them. Given that both have to do with the past, the procedure of event sources and also assessing them is comparable. A biographer can be taken a miner’s canary. As they choose the right sources for a certain subject, they can predict the future of history. Nevertheless, a bio should take care not to overestimate its source’s impact on their own lives.
One more sort of biography is the imaginary biography. In this style, the author may attempt to make a political or social statement through the story. A preferred instance of such a bio is the movie Grey Gardens, about Jacqueline Kennedy’s once-wealthy cousins. One more preferred instance is The King’s Speech, a film based upon the life of a cutting edge American writer. There is likewise the docudrama genre, which is often freely based upon reality.
Bio dates back to the beginning of written background. Historically, biographies of great leaders have actually been written considering that 44 B.C. by the Roman biographer Cornelius Nepos. Plutarch is famous for his bios. Giorgio Vasari was one of the very first biographers to improve the genre, and also in 1550 he published his Life of Samuel Johnson. These biographies are still preferred today.
A biography is a thorough account of an individual’s life written in the third-person perspective. Biographers collect info from the subject along with from close friends, colleagues, as well as various other resources. Biographers usually try to provide a life story through vibrant details, enabling the visitor to really feel the person’s experiences. Biographers often utilize historic realities to aid readers comprehend their topic’s life. They also attempt to give context, ensuring the viewers that the details holds true.
Biographies additionally compose a steady section of yearly publications. Some take the type of plays. A bio concerning Helen Keller, for example, is adjusted right into a play. Others have been made right into movies, consisting of Unbroken (2014 ). As well as there are a number of extra instances. This category provides a variety of ways to discover the lives of famous people. So, the next time you’re looking for a terrific publication regarding an inspirational individual, see to it to check out a biography.
What is a biography? It’s a book or area of a book regarding an individual’s life. Bios can be concerning an individual that lived long ago, recent, and even active. A biography of a living person is necessarily insufficient. It is occasionally written late in a person’s life. If you want creating a bio concerning yourself, take into consideration hiring a ghostwriter to compose it. It is an excellent way to bear in mind a beloved person as well as find out more concerning their life.
A bio is a personal account of your life. It might be a narrative of a particular aspect of your life, or it can be a sequential account of your life. As an example, Augusten Burroughs created a memoir regarding his childhood years, “Toil & Difficulty,” and Mikel Jollett’s “Hollywood Park” states his life maturing in a cult, his escape from it, and also his rise to fame with the rock group Airborne Hazardous Occasion. Barack Obama’s very first governmental memoir, “Becoming,” describes his very first four years in workplace.
A biography is a non-fiction book blogged about an actual individual’s life. It can be about somebody who lived centuries earlier, a current celebrity, a renowned number, an unique group of individuals, or an unsung hero. Biographies are frequently insufficient because the subject is living. A biographer can allow to utilize details from another resource, yet the info consisted of within the biography should still be true. So, when creating a bio, see to it to utilize a reliable source to make sure that the information is precise.
Biographies have been around for centuries. The earliest instances of biographies date back to 44 B.C. In the Roman period, the first recognized biography was created by Cornelius Nepos, who defined the life of Socrates. The Greek chronicler Plutarch is an additional famous author of a biography. In the Renaissance, Italian historian Giorgio Vasari created The Lives of the Artists in 1550. In the English-speaking world, bio has progressed into a style that stretches from historic narrative to social epic.
Bios are popular and secure in the posting industry. Some are even generated as plays, such as “The Miracle Worker,” which chronicles the life of Helen Keller. Several are adjusted for the screen, consisting of Unbroken (2014 ). Adapted bios are greater than just a source of enjoyment. It is essential to recognize the subject well before reviewing one, so you’ll have the ability to value the story’s complete potential. Get more info
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Another scientific paper was published in the framework of the YOUTHShare project. The interesting study identifies the barriers that keep vulnerable groups, in this case specifically young migrant women aged between 25 and 29 years old, in the state of NEET. The Spanish region of Murcia, as a representative region of the Mediterranean European Economic Area (MED EEA) countries, is the research field since it combinedly presents the following features. It’s the destination of mixed migration flows, it shows a high NEET rate (Eurostat 2022), and its economic structure and development are a representative example for the general context of the YOUTHShare study countries.
The real novelty of the paper, however, is that it is one of the few to address the MED EEA employment/ unemployment equilibrium from the regional, instead of national, comparative perspective. In that perspective, the goal of the study is twofold: the contribution to academic knowledge on one hand; and helping the development and improvement of NEET policies on the other.
The methodology implemented entailed a preliminary study with secondary quantitative data, followed by a qualitative approach. Thus, on the basis of quantitative ascertainments, stakeholders related to the implementation of NEET policies and NEETs themselves were interviewed.
So, what are the most common barriers preventing vulnerable people from escaping the state of NEET? More specifically, what are the reasons that prevent migrant women aged 25-29 from being integrated into the labour market or a training programme?
Being labelled as a migrant has a major impact; and this was confirmed by the research: “The ideas connected to what it is to be a migrant could imply a barrier that can hinder the aimed integration for NEETs”. In the same perspective, the language barrier is a basic priority in order for the migrant to be able to fit in the society too. Work-life balance emerges as another one, since the age of the researched women (aged 25-29) is strongly linked to the idea of motherhood and/or caregiving. Housing policies are part of the problem as well, as they push migrants into living in shared spaces, hence creating “ghettos” that reproduce poverty patterns. And to end with, another barrier that was identified by the research is the ineffective communication of relevant active labour market policies. If migrants do not have easy access or are not aware of the existence of policies that were made for them, then it’s impossible for those policies to successfully fulfil their goals.
In alignment with existing literature, the findings of the research show that, despite the existence of barriers keeping vulnerable people in the state of NEET, those very barriers are not properly addressed by NEET policies (Molloy and Potter 2015; O’Reilly et al. 2018; Focacci 2020). Therefore, policies that were designed especially for NEETs should be combined with other ones concerning language training, cultural training, etc. It is those structural factors that should be addressed in order to solve the problem and not just temporarily alleviate it.
Focacci, Chiara Natalie. 2020. “You reap what you sow”: Do active labour market policies always increase job security? Evidence from the Youth Guarantee. European Journal of Law and Economics 49: 373–429.
Molloy, Sean, and Deborah Potter. 2015. NEET by choice? Investigating the links between motherhood and NEET status.Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand 13.
O’Reilly, Jacqueline, Janine Leschke, Renate Ortlieb, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, and Paola Villa, eds. 2018. Youth Labor in Transition: Inequalities, Mobility, and Policies in Europe. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Almudena Iniesta Martinez
Práxedes Muñoz Sánchez
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When the cryptocurrency craze exploded, Siraj Raval – owner of the 2018 Tesla Model 3 electric car in the US tried all kinds of ways to be able to mine coins / tokens with his car. Of all the ways Raval has tried, hacking into the Tesla car’s internal computer and plugging the GPU directly into the car’s electric motor has been the most profitable.
“It’s a computer on wheels… It’s simple to hack into this ‘computer car’,” says Raval, who describes the process as essentially hijacking the car’s firmware. so that the system can provide more power to the mining rig consisting of 5 video cards, which are directly connected to the Tesla car’s power source. Although doing this can lead to the risk of voiding the vehicle’s warranty, Raval insists it’s worth it.
In fact, when the ETH price peaked in 2021, Raval claimed to have made quite a bit of money mining with his Tesla car. Although he has to pay between $30-60 a month to charge his car, Raval says the cost is acceptable compared to the profits. Accordingly, instead of selling, Raval decided to transfer all of the ETH mined to a platform that provides crypto custody services, which offers an annual interest rate of up to 23% for custodians. sign. This way, Raval was making around $400 to $800 per month, even during the crypto market plunge.
Alejandro de la Torre – another miner also confirmed that mining with Tesla cars is technically feasible. According to Torre, it’s like connecting your mining device to any other source of electricity.
“The main factor is still the price of electricity. If mining with electric cars costs less, then why not do it,” said Alejandro de la Torre.
As early as 2018, Chris Allesi, who claims to be the first electric car dealer in Wisconsin (USA), decided to test mining with his Tesla. The process is nothing new for Allesi, who is known for flaunting electric car models on his personal YouTube channel K-Man.Like Raval, Allesi has tried a number of different ways to transform it. his Tesla Model S into a cryptocurrency mining rig.
Specifically, Allesi tried Bitcoin mining by plugging the Bitmain Antminer S9 – Bitmain Antminer S9 – Bitmain’s specialized ASIC miner model – directly into his car battery, with the help of an inverter. This inverter will adjust the voltage of the Tesla battery to a level compatible with the Antminer.
Not only mining Bitcoin, Allesi has also successfully utilized the vehicle’s firmware to mine other coins like Moreno.
“It’s not a big deal,” Allesi says of the process. Accordingly, he used Tesla’s built-in computer and screen to navigate to a website that had been specifically set up to mine Moreno coins.
“I can run the miner in the browser,” explained Allesi.
Is mining with a Tesla car really ‘delicious’?
Whether mining crypto with Tesla cars is profitable or not depends a lot on when the driver buys their car.
Because he ordered the car before January 2017, Chris Allesi enjoys a pretty good after-sales service from Tesla. It’s the privilege of getting super-fast charging for life at no extra cost for the life of your vehicle. Thanks to this privilege, Chris Allesi took advantage of the ‘temple electricity’ from the car’s battery to mine Bitcoin directly.
In 2018, Chris Allesi estimated that in a 60-hour period he would earn $10 worth of Bitcoins. This entire amount is counted as profit, as Chris Allesi does not have to pay any other fees.
Even so, Chris Allesi does not consider the profit from mining to be worth the trade-off.
“Why would you want to do a job that would wear out the hardware on a car worth $40,000 to $100,000? It can really mine? Yes. It mines anything. anything worthwhile to be profitable in any way, shape or form?
“Right now, although the price of Bitcoin has increased significantly, the difficulty of mining this cryptocurrency has also increased. In the same time period and the same type of equipment, the profit I can get from mining Bitcoin Now it’s only about 1-2 USD”.
“Mining difficulty is too high… I could make more money working at McDonald’s. If you are working for a company, you’d better try hiding a miner in the ceiling for stealthy mining, than mining with a car,” Allesi offers an alternative.
Sohmers, one of the first to try mining with a Tesla Model 3 in 2018, insists such high returns are unlikely. “The best estimate I have for the hashrate for the GPU in the Model 3 would be around 7-10 MH/s. Currently, at 10 MH/s, that would generate about 13.38 worth of ETH. dollars, excluding any expenses, Sohmers told CNBC.
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July in the garden: Collect, Tidy And Enjoy Your Hard Work
Your garden will be in full bloom and the fruits of your labour will be ripening beautifully for the autumn harvest. It’s a great time to collect seeds for next year, to tidy up and ensure everything is well mulched and watered. Here are some tips for July, but remember, always step back and enjoy your hard work, a cool glass of your favourite tipple in the shade is great place from which to admire your patch!
Thin Out Your Apples
Your apple tree may be looking as though it has got a bumper crop, with loads of tiny apples, but if you thin them out by taking off any that look diseased or misshapen, and thin out clusters, you will end up with a crop of bigger, healthier apples.
Deadheading roses tidies up and encourages those varieties that are going to flower again later in the summer and autumn. Not all varieties will flower again, but even if they don’t, they benefit from having brown flower heads taken off. For those that do repeat flower, deadheading is important, and you’ll see the effects in the next few weeks.
Deadhead Annual Daisies
Everyone will have tubs or hanging baskets containing cheerful big daisies such as osteospermums, but their first flush of flowers is probably over thanks to the very hot weather. If so, be quick to snip them off with secateurs to tidy up their appearance and encourage good second flowering later in the summer.
A lot of your favourite border plants, such as aquilegias, will have finished flowering and produced prominent seed heads by now. It is easy to collect the seed to sow for new plants of your own, just snip off the stem and seed head, and put it in a paper bag. Put the bag in a dark dry place, and after a couple of weeks the seeds will have dropped out and you can collect them, put them in labelled bags, and keep them for propagating in the autumn.
If you grow herbs, you’ve probably got a great crop of parsley at the moment. Remember it freezes brilliantly, so pick some and put it in a freezer bag to bring out in the winter.
The wonderful smelling philadelphus, or ‘mock-orange’ flowers are going over. Remember that all philadelphus should be pruned after flowering, so take out any dead wood and additional branches if necessary, to keep the shape. Pruning now enables the new growth to get established this year in order to produce flowers in the next. You might need stronger loppers or a pruning saw, rather than secateurs.
Get a Water Butt
At this time of year water can be in short supply for gardens, so install a water butt and ensure you don’t get caught out in August. Constant access to your own supply will be very satisfying, so make sure you’ve got one in place now, and that it’s filling nicely.
Feed Those Tomatoes
Tomato plants are reaching the period when they are at their most hungry. They will definitely benefit from a weekly liquid feed, to help produce a good crop of juicy tomatoes in a few weeks. The same goes for cucumbers if you are growing them in your greenhouse.
Mulch Runner Beans
Runner beans are putting on lots of leafy growth at the moment but don’t forget that their roots like to be kept moist. To avoid the possibility of them drying out, and to encourage growth, give them a moisture-retaining mulch – either with compost, leaf mould, or rotting lawn mowings.
Fertilize Your Tubs
If you’ve got planted tubs or other containers, including hanging baskets, they will have been out for a few weeks now. They could well benefit from a pep up with some slow-release fertiliser – just add to the soil or compost away from the plant roots, and water well.
Divide Your Irises
Most irises grow from a corm or rhizome, which looks like a large, flattened bulb. As they get older the corms grow into clusters, which often produce lots of leaves, but few flowers. Now they have flowered you can dig them up and divide them. To do this cut the corms into bits with a knife, discard the old ones, trim the leaves, and replant the individual corms. Ensure they are partially covered by soil, but leave their tops showing so that the sun will ripen them.
Thin and Tidy Water Plants
Make sure you take dead flowers and foliage off water plants to avoid them decomposing in the water and causing cloudiness and other pollution. This is the time of year that water plants often need thinning – especially if you have fish – as they get very dense.
Keep Picking Sweet Peas
If you carry on picking sweet peas, you’ll encourage them to produce more flowers.
Trim Flowering Perennials
This is the time of year your garden can look a bit bedraggled. A good trim of dead flowers and dried-out foliage on those early and mid-summer flowering perennials will certainly help and will encourage some to produce some fresh flowers and foliage. This is especially relevant to plants in prominent positions such as in your pots and containers.
Mow with Care
This is the time of year to be careful with your mower. Mowing too hard, even if there are showers about, will cause your grass to brown off very quickly. Remember that the grass is not growing as quickly now as it was in early summer.
This is the time to prune those shrubs that will develop new stems this year, on which their flowers will appear next year. (The other main group of shrubs are those that you prune in the spring that then produce new growth and flower at the same time.) The shrubs that should be pruned now will have finished their summer flowering and include attractive favourites such as deutzias and kolkwitzias. You want to cut out about a quarter or a third of the main stems, doing it in such a way as to preserve or improve the overall shape, and get rid of the oldest (thickest) stems.
Take Geranium Cuttings
This is the time of year to take cuttings from tender geraniums or pelargoniums so that you have a stock for next year.
Pick Runner Beans
You may only have a small row or group of runner beans, so it’s even more important to pick them regularly, as this encourages the plants to produce more pods
If you have a wisteria plant, it should be finished flowering, so this is the time of year to trim it. Trim back all of this year’s new growth – the new tentacle-like stems will be growing very rapidly – and this will encourage a good crop of flower for next year. If you need to do a harder prune of bigger branches, leave that until the end of the winter.
Water Fruit Trees
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Natal house is the sign where a planet was originally placed during your time of birth.
If Neptune was placed in Scorpio in your personal horoscope, then Neptune transit through that sign (Scorpio) is called Transit Neptune through Natal 1st House and remaining houses are counted clock-wise. When Neptune transits Aquarius, it is Transit Neptune through Natal 4th House.
Transit Neptune through Natal 1st House : Clairvoyant, mediumistic, imaginative faculties are enhanced.
You will be subconsciously motivated towards religion, spirituality, mysticism, psychology and art forms.
Inferiority complex will develop, which can make you hide personal activities.
Good period for artists and musicians to reinvent themselves. You will show sympathy while understanding needs of others.
Psychological factors and poor blood flow can cause few health problems.
Afflicted Neptune can cause phobias, neurotic conditions, escapist tendencies and self made illusions.
Transit Neptune through Natal 2nd House : Strange experiences regarding money flow can be expected.
Imagination, creativity, photography, drawing, painting etc skills can be used to make money.
There will be few secret financial transactions. Afflicted Neptune will make you go blind regarding realities of game and make a victim of deception.
Transit Neptune through Natal 3rd House : You will develop peculiar fancies and inspirations.
Strange incidents will happen to siblings and neighbours. Short trips will be made to convey secret informations.
Intellectual interest will be developed in mysticism, music, art, photography, religion, psychic and telepathic abilities.
Afflicted Neptune will lead to low level psychic practices and impractical ideas. You will remain in your own world of misguided fantasies.
Transit Neptune through Natal 4th House : Family members will suffer with psychological problems. Subconscious memories will be stimulated.
Time to get involved in meditation and spiritual practices.
Afflicted Neptune will make family feel that all bad incidents are due to an evil spirit.
Oils, gas or water leakage can cause damage.
Transit Neptune through Natal 5th House : Insight into music, art will be developed.
Romance is given more preference than sex.
Music composers, singers, lyricists get a chance to compose something worth-while now.
Afflicted Neptune will cause deception in love, isolation, indulgence into drugs, sex and speculative losses.
Transit Neptune through Natal 6th House : Work related matters are drive by intuition.
There will be some interest in social service, working in hospitals etc.
Your dressing style can change to more colorful, with added interest in art, music, psychology, occult, cinema etc.
Afflicted Neptune can cause unemployment, lowered work efficiency. Servants or colleagues can be fraud.
Psychosomatic type diseases and those which cannot be diagnosed can effect your health.
Heavy affliction causes serious danger from drugs, wrong medication, anaesthisia etc. Immunity gets depleted.
Transit Neptune through Natal 7th House : You will develop intuitive understanding of others psychology and subconscious memories.
Few relations will leave lasting impressions.
This is bad transit for lawyers, doctors, architects.
Current partnerships may develop misunderstandings but new partnerships must be deferred.
Hidden feelings can break marriage.
Transit Neptune through Natal 8th House : Interest in occult, psychic and hidden aspects of this universe will develop.
This is the time to explore your subconscious mind and hidden areas inside.
If money is borrwed from others, it can cause conflicts.
Life pattern will be changed due to death of someone close to heart.
Afflicted Neptune will cause self deception and mysterious death.
Transit Neptune through Natal 9th House : You will be more intuitive, psychic, express occult knowledge.
Few will be able to foresee the future. Travel will enrich yourself with multiple cultures and spiritual traditions.
This transit blurrs the insight and creates confusion.
Afflicted Neptune will make you associate with a pseudo preacher and create and inflated sense of spiritual superiority.
Transit Neptune through Natal 10th House : Intuition and imagination will guide your professional career.
This is time to learn basics of life. Few will get engaged in charity and social service.
Interest will be shown in all creative and mystic professions.
Few secret endeavours can lead to professional success.
Afflicted Neptune leads to lack of practical ideas, downfall and disgrace.
Transit Neptune through Natal 11th House : You will meet talented artists and intuitive people during this transit.
Intuitive guidance from friends will be helpful.
Spiritual knowledge and power will be used for humanitarian cause.
You will be concerned about well being of loved ones and friends.
Afflicted Neptune can cause misplaced sympathies leading to misleads. Also excessive alchoholism and drug abuse can be seen.
Transit Neptune through Natal 12th House : Retrospection, meditation, spiritual inclination will be highlighted.
Materialistic success will be less compared to spiritual.
Afflicted Neptune can cause subconscious distortions, misdirected fancies and espcapists tendency from realities of life.
As Neptune spends about 14 years on average in each sign, a human being may not see beyond transit pluto through natal 8th house.
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New buildings for the German Department for Urban Development and the Environment (BSU):
After its vibrant, eye-catching façade, the most striking aspect of the headquarters of the Department for Urban Development and the Environment (BSU) in Hamburg is the use of geothermal energy, combined with thermoactive ceilings and a sophisticated ventilation system. Wilo high-efficiency pump technology also plays a central role in environmentally-friendly heating, cooling and water supply.
Almost 1,500 employees of the Agency for Geoinformation and Surveying (LGV) work here across a gross floor area of just over 61,000 m2.The multi-faceted building is not only visually impressive, it also meets the most stringent ecological requirements and is considered to be one of the most energy-efficient office buildings in Germany. As a result, the new building was awarded an ‘Excellence Pass’ by the Hamburg International Building Exhibition (IBA) and has received a Gold Certificate from the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB).“The excellent building standard is based on a comprehensive energy concept consisting of an effective combination of renewable energies and thorough application of passive house criteria,” explained Axel Hupfeld, Project Manager at Obermeyer Planen + Beraten GmbH. The annual primary energy requirements of a mere 58.13 kWh/m2·a are far below the developer’s original specifications of 70 kWh/m2·a. And, when it comes to heating requirements, the building is also below the required upper limit of 15 kWh/m2·a, and therefore meets passive house standards.
Geothermal energy as the basis of a sustainable energy concept
A renewable energy source, geothermal energy forms the basis of the building’s energy concepts, as thermoactive ceilings regulate room temperature. Furthermore, environmentally-friendly operation of the heating and cooling systems and a reliable water supply are ensured by the Wilo high-efficiency pump technology.The building rests on a total of 1,640 bored piles each measuring 19 metres in length. Half of these are used to transfer geothermal energy (average source temperature: 13 °C). Two brine/water heat pumps provide the building with hot water at a feed temperature of 50 °C through a brine circuit.The heat pumps undertake the base load. These are powered with green energy from Hamburg Energie which provides local heat to cover peak loads. Therefore, the heat pumps and local heat can cover the building’s heating load, even if outdoor temperature falls to -12 °C. The bivalent concept also enables replenishment from the local heat network if one geothermal field fails or is depleted. “We prevent a possible depletion of the geothermal field by balancing out the heat we extract in winter with heat discharged from the building in summertime, which we transfer into the ground,” explained Jörn Delicat, Consultant at Obermeyer GmbH responsible for the project.
Two-stage cooling in summer months
The cooling system is composed firstly of two cooling towers located on the roofs, and secondly of the geothermal field in instances where the external air temperature no longer permits use of the heat exchangers.Electronically controlled Wilo in-line pumps ensure reliable and energy-efficient operation of the heating and cooling circuits: the cooling side features CronoTwin-DL-E double pumps, while the brine and heating circuits have VeroLine-IP-E in-line pumps, which are also installed in the heat exchangers’ glycol circuit. Integrated electronic power adjustment for the glanded pumps provides high levels of energy efficiency.
Thermoactive ceilings for heating and cooling
Two buffers, each with a capacity of 5,000 litres, regulate room temperature. From there, the water is distributed to the different buildings with their separate heating and cooling circuits for the thermoactive ceilings over a total surface area of 22,000 m2.The system temperatures of the five-storey building sections are 49 °C/28 °C (heating) and 14 °C/22 °C (cooling), while VeroLine-IP-E in-line pumps manage their circulation. By contrast, the high rise building’s thermoactive ceilings operate with feed and return temperatures of 32°C/28°C (heating) and 18°C/22°C (cooling). This results in a constant ∆T of 4 K, meaning that the same mass flow is required in each case, which removes the need for an otherwise necessary duty point switchover. Two Wilo-Stratos high-efficiency pumps provide a maximum volume flow of approximately 30 m3/h.In the few areas without thermoactive ceilings, convectors, underfloor heating and static heating surfaces are used. In winter, the heating batteries of the central ventilation units also have to be supplied to reheat the outside air. The associated heating circuits feature a further seven
Wilo-Stratos high-efficiency pumps with EC motors that regulate their speed according to demand, thereby providing an energy-efficient distribution of heat and cold. Especially in the partial load range, which accounts for up to 94 % of the operating time, electricity consumption is reduced significantly compared to an uncontrolled pump.
Rainwater utilisation reduces drinking water consumption
The building’s drinking water supply also takes environmental and cost-efficiency concerns into account. In line with guidelines for public construction in Hamburg, a purely cold water network was installed and supplemented by decentralised hot water provision in exceptional cases only. A Wilo-Comfort-Vario pressure-boosting system safeguards the high-rise building’s drinking water supply. In order to reduce drinking water consumption, the rainwater from the roof surfaces is also used: it is cleaned in a rotary drum filter system, collected in a ‘rainwater storage tank’ and subsequently forwarded to a separate grey water network with the help of a further pressure-boosting system. The rainwater is used to supply the toilets in all building sections. In addition, the site’s sewage and wastewater management system is secured. It deploys an array of Wilo submersible sewage pumps and lifting units, so that even sewage below the backflow level can be transferred to Hamburg’s drainage systems.
Comfortable indoor climate with high energy efficiency
“The ideal interaction between the various measures makes the BSU head office one of the most energy-efficient administrative buildings in Germany. After about a year and a half of use, experience has shown that the required comfort criteria and temperature values are maintained throughout the year,” Delicat summed up. “With the help of higher level control, a constant room temperature of 21 °C is guaranteed during the cold seasons. In summer, on the other hand, temperatures remain in a comfortable range of around 25 °C at all times.”Moreover, the project’s leaders are also encouraging the building’s users to get involved in order to optimise its energy saving potential. For example, the staff who work in the building are provided with tips on how to use the ventilation flaps correctly. An energy monitoring system developed in collaboration with Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) additionally supplies building-specific consumption reports and thereby enhances user awareness. “Initial results show that energy demand is significantly lower here than originally forecast. This confirms the experience we gained while monitoring the warranty guarantees,” said Hupfeld.
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The “class-struggle social democracy” of Bernie Sanders is exceedingly difficult to pull off. If he wins, he’ll face structural pressure to compromise: administering a capitalist state requires maintaining corporate profits. We’ll need to create our own pressure through strikes and protests.
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As 2020 approaches, we indulge in some crass Sunday morning horse-race punditry.
Elizabeth Warren’s political tradition is the left edge of middle-class liberalism; Bernie Sanders hails from America’s socialist tradition. Don’t confuse the two.
Socialists throughout history have understood that holding office is not the same thing as winning power. Working people can only entrench their victories through a fight to change the state itself.
Raising kids should be a joy. But in the United States today it often means poverty and stress.
Corporations are making record profits. That’s money we could use to lift millions out of misery.
Europe Since 1989 is a book about neoliberalism in Europe written by someone who doesn’t know what neoliberalism is, and hasn’t really paid much attention to Europe.
Here’s Bernie Sanders in his own words — from denunciations of US militarism to his prediction that “within a decade, Mississippi could become one of the most progressive states in the country.”
A CIA report from November 1967 reveals the agency’s deep fear of Swedish social democracy, and its rising star Olof Palme.
From climate change to criminal justice and student debt: here’s what Bernie Sanders could do if he had executive office and mass popular support, but faced a hostile Congress.
The welfare state isn’t enough. A future Bernie Sanders government needs to pursue policies that diminish the power of capital and radically democratize the economy.
Forget socialist democracy; by virtue of its Constitution, the United States barely has political democracy. If we take expanding democracy seriously — and if we want to implement sweeping social reforms — we need some serious changes.
Vice reminds us of the hell Dick Cheney wrought, with help from a rogue’s gallery of perps, hacks, creeps, and fall guys.
The architect Philip Johnson had some good qualities. He was also talentless, a fascist, and a liar.
The communist Charles White created images of dignity to portray America’s working class. Now, forty years after his death, his art is back in the mainstream.
MMT is billed by its advocates as a radical new way to understand money and debt. But it’ll take more than a few keystrokes to change the economy.
Corbyn’s experience is proof: if the media won’t give the Left a fair hearing, they can be circumvented.
We went looking for our favorite Obama and Clinton campaign alums. We found them in corporate America.
As long as the upper middle class exists, it’s going to be at best ambivalent about our program.
In 1975, the Queen’s loyal representative, governor-general John Kerr, decided he’d had enough of Australian social democracy.
If Canada’s NDP is to have a future, it needs to rediscover its militancy.
It’s a reminder that the state is not neutral, and the ruling class has more than capital strikes at its disposal.
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If 1% of the Kansas population is uncounted in the 2020 Census, the state of Kansas could miss receiving approximately $603,990,400 in federal funding over a 10-year period. Ensure you count, ensure your community counts, and ensure Kansas Counts by participating in the 2020 Census!
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Why Kansas 2020 Census Participation Matters
Participation in the 2020 Census ensures your community is represented fairly and receives their share in the distribution of more than $6 billion in federal funds to Kansas annually. Every 10 years, results from the U.S. Census are used to reapportion congressional seats. The 2020 Census will determine how many congressional seats the state of Kansas will hold for the next decade. When it comes to federal funding, participation in the U.S. Census ensures your community benefits from your hard-earned tax dollars. That could mean more funding for our schools, roads and highways, public health, affordable housing programs, and so much more.
What is the census?
The U.S. Census is required by law (U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 2) and has been conducted every 10 years since 1790. The 2020 Census will count every person living in the United States and fiveU.S. territories—once, only once, and in the right place.
Taking the 2020 Census
By April 1, 2020, households will receive an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census. Every household will have the opportunity to respond online, by phone or by mail. Census forms will be available in 13 languages. Video and print guides will be available in 59 non-English languages, as well as American Sign Language, braille, and large print.
Right now, cities, counties, and communities should be working to form a Complete Count Committee (CCC). A CCC is a volunteer committee comprised of trusted voices from the community to increase awareness about the 2020 Census and motivate their residents to respond. We have created a Local Action Guide for you to use to help in setting up your committee and starting to think about how to prepare for the 2020 Census.
The U.S. Census is Confidential and Required by Law
All responses to Census Bureau surveys are confidential and protected (Title 13 of the U.S. Code).
Under law, the Census Bureau is required to keep respondent information confidential and will
never share a respondent’s personal information. Individual records from the decennial censuses
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Quick Facts About the U.S. Census
- Population numbers derived from the decennial census are used to distribute over $6 billion in federal funds to Kansas every year.
- Every uncounted person costs the state of Kansas approximately $2,082 in federal funding.
- Census data is used to determine federal, state and local voting districts.
- Government, businesses and other stakeholders use census data for infrastructure and transportation planning; emergency preparedness, disaster relief, education funding, health tracking and disease control, and a multitude of other things.
- Businesses and government agencies consider population trends when choosing places to locate, which in turn boosts economic growth.
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A Harvard research based at Massachusetts General Hospital has identified how a chromosomal abnormality known to be associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – the most common cancer in children – initiates the disease process. In the July issue of Cell Stem Cell, they describe how expression of this mutation in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which usually occurs before birth, leads to the development of leukemia many years later.
“Based on their longevity, it had been assumed but never shown that HSCs were the cells in which the first steps of leukemia occur. We now unequivocally demonstrate that HSCs can be involved in the early evolution of leukemia and that cells expressing an oncogene can continue contributing to blood formation while serving as a hard-to-detect reservoir of malignancy-prone cells,” says Hanno Hock, MD, PhD, of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and the MGH Cancer Center and Center for Regenerative Medicine, corresponding author of the Cell Stem Cell article. “We hope that better understanding the latency period of childhood leukemia will help us interfere with the disease earlier and in a more targeted, less toxic manner.”
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) represents 23 percent of all cancer diagnoses in children under 15. Although treatment of childhood ALL has been a major success story, with 85 percent of patients surviving five years or more, it involves two to three years of complex chemotherapy. Studies have identified leukemia-associated genetic and molecular abnormalities that can precede development of symptoms by several years and also pointed to a chromosomal translocation called TEL-AML1 as the first step toward ALL. But how and in which cells this process begins was not clear.
Previous examinations of the role of the TEL-AML1 allele in initiating ALL, conducted using less refined systems, had inconsistent results. In the current study, the research team developed a mouse model in which they could induce the expression of TEL-AML1 at various stages of blood cell development using the same chromosomal regulatory elements active in leukemic cells. They found that, when the mutation is expressed in more differentiated progenitor cells, those cells do not survive long enough to acquire subsequent mutations required for malignant transformation. But expression of TEL-AML1 in HSCs, the only blood-forming cells that continually renew themselves, leads to a persistent overpopulation of altered HSCs that are particularly sensitive to secondary, transformational mutations.
“Basically, TEL-AML1 expands HSCs and puts them into a dormant but malignancy-prone state, setting the stage for the catastrophe to come,” says Hock. “We are now looking at what happens when TEL-AML1 combines with other mutations occuring later in the development of this type of leukemia, to put together the complete biology of the disease. If we can generate a disease model that incorporates all the steps leading to full-blown leukemia, that should help us further study the biology of the disease and test new, targeted therapies.”
Jeffrey Schindler of the MGH Cancer Center and Center for Regenerative Medicine is lead author of the Cell Stem Cell paper. Additional co-author are Denille Van Buren, Adlen Foudi, PhD, Ondrej Krejci, MD, PhD, and Jinshong Qin, PhD, MGH; and Stuart Orkin, MD, Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The study was primarily supported by grants from the Ellison Foundation, the Laurie Strauss Leukemia Foundation, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and the National Institutes of Health. | <urn:uuid:c1ee7dfd-a5a5-454a-af5b-5f669836235c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/07/first-molecular-steps-to-childhood-leukemia-identified/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.94282 | 764 | 3 | 3 |
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States has become overly reliant on Chinese goods and services, including face masks, medical gowns and other protective equipment designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Attorney General William Barr said Thursday.
He also accused hackers linked to the Chinese government of targeting American universities and businesses to steal research related to vaccine development, leveling the allegation against Beijing hours after Western agencies made similar claims against Russia.
Barr’s address at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is part of a full-court press by the Trump administration to denounce China. President Donald Trump is trying to fend off criticism of his handling of the coronavirus and the U.S. economic downturn and to shift the blame back onto Beijing, and assert that he is tougher on China than Democratic rival Joe Biden.
“The People’s Republic of China is now engaged in an economic blitzkrieg – an aggressive, orchestrated, whole-of-government (indeed, whole-of-society) campaign to seize the commanding heights of the global economy and to surpass the United States as the world’s preeminent superpower,†Barr said.
Administration officials in recent weeks have stepped up their rhetoric about China’s alleged economic espionage, with a New York Post opinion piece by national security adviser Robert O’Brien and a speech last week in which FBI Director Chris Wray detailed what he said were efforts by China to steal American research and innovation. He said the FBI was opening a counterintelligence investigation related to China about every 10 hours.
Barr’s speech amounted to a wide-ranging condemnation of what he said were Beijing’s tactics to gain an economic upper hand in the 21st century and to pressure American corporate leaders to promote policies favorable to the Communist government. He warned that American business leaders could run afoul of federal foreign lobbying laws if they do not disclose relationships with Beijing, and that universities that welcome Chinese-funded initiatives could unwittingly lose control of academic research.
Hollywood, too, has fallen influence to Beijing, Barr said, accusing filmmakers of censoring themselves in line with Chinese propaganda.
“Globalization does not always point in the direction of greater freedom. A world marching to the beat of Communist China’s drums will not be a hospitable one for institutions that depend on free markets, free trade, or the free exchange of ideas,†Barr said.
Trump’s own relationship with China has been complicated. He has spoken at times of a productive rapport with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and former national security adviser John Bolton writes in a new book that Trump asked Xi for help with Trump’s reelection bid. | <urn:uuid:d8cd1a31-7a91-4c28-8bec-e25bf531cdd4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lemonwire.com/2020/07/16/barr-says-us-now-overly-reliant-on-chinese-goods-services/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.949667 | 565 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Student’s t-test and classical F-test ANOVA rely on the assumptions that two or more samples are independent, and that independent and identically distributed residuals are normal and have equal variances between groups. We focus on the assumptions of normality and equality of variances, and argue that these assumptions are often unrealistic in the field of psychology. We underline the current lack of attention to these assumptions through an analysis of researchers’ practices. Through Monte Carlo simulations, we illustrate the consequences of performing the classic parametric F-test for ANOVA when the test assumptions are not met on the Type I error rate and statistical power. Under realistic deviations from the assumption of equal variances, the classic F-test can yield severely biased results and lead to invalid statistical inferences. We examine two common alternatives to the F-test, namely the Welch’s ANOVA (W-test) and the Brown-Forsythe test (F*-test). Our simulations show that under a range of realistic scenarios, the W-test is a better alternative and we therefore recommend using the W-test by default when comparing means. We provide a detailed example explaining how to perform the W-test in SPSS and R. We summarize our conclusions in practical recommendations that researchers can use to improve their statistical practices.
When comparing independent groups researchers often analyze the means by performing a Student’s t-test or classical Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) F-test (Erceg-Hurn & Mirosevich, 2008; Keselman et al., 1998; Tomarken & Serlin, 1986). Both tests rely on the assumptions that independent and identically distributed residuals (1) are sampled from a normal distribution and (2) have equal variances between groups (or homoscedasticity; see Lix, Keselman, & Keselman, 1996). While a deviation from the normality assumption generally does not strongly affect either the Type I error rates (Glass, Peckham, & Sanders, 1972; Harwell, Rubinstein, Hayes, & Olds, 1992; Tiku, 1971) or the power of the F-test (David & Johnson, 1951; Harwell et al., 1992; Srivastava, 1959; Tiku, 1971), the F-test is not robust against unequal variances (Grissom, 2000). Unequal variances can alter both the Type I error rate (David & Johnson, 1951; Harwell et al., 1992) and statistical power (Nimon, 2012; Overall, Atlas, & Gibson, 1995) of the F-test.
Although it is important to make sure test assumptions are met before a statistical test is performed, researchers rarely provide information about test assumptions when they report an F-test. We examined statistical tests reported in 116 articles in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology published in 2016. Fourteen percent of these articles reported a one-way F-test, but only one article indicated that the homogeneity of variances assumption was taken into account. They reported corrected degrees of freedom for unequal variances, which could signal the use of the W-test instead of the classical F-test. A similar investigation (Hoekstra, Kiers & Johnson, 2012) yielded conclusions about the lack of attention to both the homoscedasticity and the normality assumptions. Despite the fact that the F-test is currently used by default, better alternatives exist, such as the Welch’s W ANOVA (W-test), the Alexander-Govern test, James’ second order test, and the Brown-Forsythe ANOVA (F*-test). Although not the focus of the current article, additional tests exist that allow researchers to compare groups either based on other estimators of central tendency than the mean (see for example Erceg-Hurn & Mirosevich, 2008; Wilcox, 1998), or based on other relevant parameters of distribution than the central tendency, such as standard deviations and the shape of the distribution (Grissom, 2000; Tomarken & Serlin, 1986). However, since most researchers currently generate hypotheses about differences between means (Erceg-Hurn & Mirosevich, 2008; Keselman et al., 1998), we think that a first realistic first step towards progress would be to get researchers to correctly test the hypothesis they are used to.
Although the debate surrounding the assumptions of the F-test has been widely explored (see for example the meta-analysis of Harwell et al., 1992), applied researchers still largely ignore the consequences of assumption violations. Non-mathematical pedagogical papers summarizing the arguments seem to be lacking from the literature, and the current paper aims to fill this gap. We will discuss the pertinence of the assumptions of the F-test, and focus on the question of heteroscedasticity (that, as we will see, can have major consequences on error rates). We will provide a non-mathematical explanation of how alternatives to the classical F-test cope with heteroscedasticity violations. We conducted simulations in which we compare the F-test with the most promising alternatives. We argue that when variances are equal between groups, the W-test has nearly the same empirical Type I error rate and power as the F-test, but when variances are unequal, it provides empirical Type I and Type II error rates that are closer to the expected levels compared to the F-test. Since the W-test is available in practically all statistical software packages, researchers can immediately improve their statistical inferences by replacing the F-test by the W-test.
For several reasons, assumptions of homogeneity of variances and normality are always more or less violated (Glass et al., 1972). In this section we will summarize the specificity of the methods used in our discipline that can account for this situation.
It has been argued that there are many fields in psychology where the assumption of normality does not hold (Cain, Zhang & Yuan, 2017; Micceri, 1989; Yuan, Bentler & Chan, 2004). As argued by Micceri (1989), there are several factors that could explain departures from the normality assumption, and we will focus on three of them: treatment effects, the presence of subpopulations, and the bounded measures underlying residuals.
First, although the mean can be influenced by the treatment effects, experimental treatment can also change the shape of a distribution, either by influencing the skewness, quantifying the asymmetry of the shape of the distribution, and kurtosis, a measure of the tendency to produce extreme values. A distribution with positive kurtosis will have heavier tails than the normal distribution, which means that extreme values will be more likely, while a distribution with negative kurtosis will have lighter tails than the normal distribution, meaning that extreme values will be less likely (Westfall, 2014; Wilcox, 2005). For example, a training aiming at reducing a bias perception of threat when being exposed to ambiguous words will not uniformly impact the perception of all participants, depending on their level of anxiety (Grey & Mathews, 2000). This could influence the kurtosis of the distribution of bias score.
Second, prior to any experimental treatment, the presence of several subpopulations may lead to departures from the normality assumptions. A subgroup might exist that is unequal on some characteristics relevant to the measurements, that are not controlled within the studied group, which results in mixed distributions. This unavoidable lack of control is inherent of our field given its complexity. As an illustration, Wilcox (2005) writes that pooling two normally-distributed populations that have the same mean but different variances (e.g. normally distributed scores for schizophrenic and not schizophrenic participants) could result in distributions that are very similar to the normal curve, but with thicker tails. As another example, when assessing a wellness score for the general population, data may be sampled from a left-skewed distribution, because most people are probably not depressed (see Heun et al., 1999). In this case, people who suffer from depression and people who do not suffer from depression are part of the same population, which can leads to asymmetry in the distribution.
Third, bounded measures can also explain non-normal distributions. For example, response time can be very large, but never below zero, which results in right-skewed distributions. In sum, there are many common situations in which normally distributed data is an unlikely assumption.
Homogeneity of variances (or homoscedasticity) is a mathematical requirement that is also ecologically unlikely (Erceg-Hurn & Mirosevich, 2008; Grissom, 2000). In a previous paper (Delacre, Lakens & Leys, 2017), we identified three different causes of heteroscedasticity: the variability inherent to the use of measured variables, the variability induced by quasi-experimental treatments on measured variables, and the variability induced by different experimental treatments on randomly assigned subjects. One additional source of variability is the presence of unidentified moderators (Cohen et al., 2013).
First, psychologists, as many scholars from various fields in human sciences, often use measured variables (e.g. age, gender, educational level, ethnic origin, depression level, etc.) instead of random assignment to conditions. Prior to any treatment, parameters of pre-existing groups can vary largely from one population to another, as suggested by Henrich, Heine, and Norenzayan (2010). For example, Green, Deschamps, and Páez (2005) have shown that the scores of competitiveness, self-reliance and interdependence are more variable in some ethnic groups than in others. This stands true for many pre-existing groups such as gender, cultures, or religions and for various outcomes (see for example Adams et al., 2014; Beilmann et al., 2014; Church et al., 2012; Cohen & Hill, 2007; Haar et al., 2014; Montoya & Briggs, 2013). Moreover, groups are sometimes defined with the intention to have different variabilities. For example, as soon as a selective school admits its students based on the results of aptitude tests, the variability will be smaller compared to a school that accepts all students.
Second, a quasi-experimental treatment can have different impacts on variances between pre-existing groups, that can even be of theoretical interest. For example, in the field of linguistics and social psychology, Wasserman and Weseley (2009) investigated the impact of language gender structure on sexist attitudes of women and men. They tested differences between sexist attitude scores of subjects who read a text in English (i.e. a language without grammatical gender) or in Spanish (i.e. a language with grammatical gender). The results showed that (for a reason not explained by the authors), the women’s score on the sexism dimension was more variable when the text was read in Spanish than in English (SDspanish = .80 > SDenglish = .50). For men, the reverse was true (SDspanish = .97 < SDenglish = 1.33).1
Third, even when the variances of groups are the same before treatment (due to a complete succesful randomization in group assignment), unequal variances can emerge later, as a consequence of an experimental treatment (Box, 1954; Bryk & Raudenbush, 1988; Cumming, 2005; Erceg-Hurn & Mirosevich, 2008; Keppel & Wickens, 2004). For example, Koeser and Sczesny (2014) have compared arguments advocating either masculine generic or gender-fair language with control messages in order to test the impact of these conditions on the use of gender-fair wording (measured as a frequency). They report that the standard deviations increase after treatment in all experimental conditions.
Assumptions violations would not be a matter per se, if the F-test was perfectly robust against departures from them (Glass et al., 1972). When performing a test, two types of errors can be made: Type I errors and Type II errors. A Type I error consists of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis in favour of an alternative hypothesis, and the Type I error rate (α) is the proportion of tests that, when sampling many times from the same population, reject the null hypothesis when there is no true effect in the population. A Type II error consists of failing to reject the null hypothesis, and the Type II error rate (β) is the proportion of tests, when sampling many times from the same population, that fail to reject the null hypothesis when there is a true effect. Finally, the statistical power (1–β) is the proportion of tests, when sampling many times from the same population, that correctly reject the null hypothesis when there is a true effect in the population.
Regarding the Type I error rate, the shape of the distribution has very little impact on the F-test (Harwell et al., 1992). When departures are very small (i.e. a kurtosis between 1.2 and 3 or a skewness between –0.4 and 0.4), the Type I error rate of the F-test is very close to expectations, even with sample sizes as small as 11 subjects per group (Hsu & Feldt, 1969).
Regarding the Type II error rate, many authors underlined that departures from normality do not seriously affect the power (Boneau, 1960; David & Johnson, 1951; Glass et al., 1972; Harwell et al., 1992; Srivastava, 1959; Tiku, 1971). However, we can conclude from Srivastava (1959) and Boneau (1960) that kurtosis has a slightly larger impact on the power than skewness. The effect of non-normality on power increases when sample sizes are unequal between groups (Glass et al., 1972). Lastly the effect of non-normality decreases when sample sizes increase (Srivastava, 1959).
Regarding the Type I error rate, the F-test is sensitive to unequal variances (Harwell et al., 1992). More specifically, the more unequal the SD of the population’s samples are extracted from, the higher the impact. When there are only two groups, the impact is smaller than when there are more than two groups (Harwell et al., 1992). When there are more than two groups, the F-test becomes more liberal, meaning that the Type I error rate is larger than the nominal alpha level, even when sample sizes are equal across groups (Tomarken & Serlin, 1986). Moreover, when sample sizes are unequal, there is a strong effect of the sample size and variance pairing. In case of a positive pairing (i.e. the group with the larger sample size also has the larger variance), the test is too conservative, meaning that the Type I error rate of the test is lower than the nominal alpha level, whereas in case of a negative pairing (i.e. the group with the larger sample size has the smaller variance), the test is too liberal (Glass et al., 1972; Nimon, 2012; Overall et al., 1995; Tomarken & Serlin, 1986).
Regarding the Type II error rate, there is a small impact of unequal variances when sample sizes are equal (Harwell et al., 1992), but there is a strong effect of the sample size and variance pairing (Nimon, 2012; Overall et al., 1995). In case of a positive pairing, the Type II error rate increases (i.e. the power decreases), and in case of a negative pairing, the Type II error decreases (i.e. the power increases).
Regarding both Type I and Type II error rates, following Harwell et al. (1992), there is no interaction between normality violations and unequal variances. Indeed, the effect of heteroscedasticity is relatively constant regardless of the shape of the distribution.
Based on mathematical explanations and Monteo Carlo simulations we chose to compare the F-test with the W-test and F*-test and to exclude the James’ second-order and Alexander-Govern’s test because the latter two yield very similar results to the W-test, but are less readily available in statistical software packages. Tomarken and Serlin (1986) have shown that from the available alternatives, the F*-test and the W-test perform best, and both tests are available in SPSS, which is widely used software in the psychological sciences (Hoekstra et al., 2012). For a more extended description of the James’ second-order and Alexander-Govern’s test, see Schneider and Penfield (1997).
The mathematical differences between the F-test, W-test and F*-test can be explained by focusing on how standard deviations are pooled across groups. As shown in (1) the F statistic is calculated by dividing the inter-group variance by a pooled error term, whereand nj are respectively the variance estimates and the sample sizes from each independent group, and where k is the number of independent groups:
The degrees of freedom in the numerator (2) and in the denominator (3) of the F-test are computed as follows:
With. As a generalization of the Student’s t-test, the F-test is calculated based on a pooled error term. This implies that all samples are considered as issued from a common population variance (hence the assumption of homoscedasticity). When there is heteroscedasticity, and if the larger variance is associated with the larger sample size, the error term, which is the denominator in (1), is overestimated. The F-value is therefore smaller, leading to fewer significant findings than expected, and the F-test is too conservative. When the larger variance is associated with the smaller sample size the denominator in (1) is underestimated. The F-value is then inflated, which yields more significant results than expected.
The F* statistic proposed by Brown and Forsythe (1974) is computed as follows:
Where xj andare respectively the group mean and the group variance, and is the overall mean. As it can be seen in (4) the numerator of the F* statistic is equal to the sum of squares between groups (which is equal to the numerator of the F statistic when one compares two groups). In the denominator, the variance of each group is weighted by 1 minus the relative frequency of each group. This adjustment implies that the variance associated with the group with the smallest sample size is given more weight compared to the F-test. As a result, when the larger variance is associated with the larger sample size, F* is larger than F, because the denominator decreases, leading to more significant findings compared to the F-test. On the other hand, when the larger variance is associated with the smaller sample size, F* is smaller than F, because the denominator increases, leading to fewer significant findings compared to the F-test. The degrees of freedom in the numerator and in the denominator of F*-test are computed as follows (with the same principle as the denominator computation of the F* statistic):
Formula (7) provides the computation of the W-test, or Welch’s F-test. In the numerator of the W-test the squared deviation between group means and the general mean are weighted by Brown & Forsythe, 1974). As a consequence, for equal sample sizes, the group with the highest variance will have smaller weight (Liu, 2015).instead of nj (
The degrees of freedom of the W-test are approximated as follows:
When there are only two groups to compare, the F*-test and W-test are identical (i.e., they have exactly the same statistical value, degrees of freedom and significance). However, when there are more than two groups to compare, the tests differ. In the appendix we illustrate the calculation of all three statistics in detail for a fictional three-group design for educational purposes.
We performed Monte Carlo simulations using R (version 3.5.0) to assess the Type I and Type II error rates for the three tests. One million datasets were generated for 3840 scenarios that address the arguments present in the literature. In 2560 scenarios, means were equal across all groups (i.e. the null hypothesis is true), in order to assess the Type I error rate of the tests. In 1280 scenarios, there were differences between means (i.e. the alternative hypothesis is true) in order to assess the power of the tests. In all scenarios, when using more than 2 samples, all samples but one was generated from the same population, and only one group had a different population mean.
Population parameter values were chosen in order to illustrate the consequences of factors known to play a key role on both the Type I error rate and the statistical power when performing an ANOVA. Based on the literature review presented above, we manipulated the number of groups, the sample sizes, the sample size ratio, the SD-ratio , and the sample size and variance pairing. In our scenarios, the number of compared groups (k) varied from 2 to 5. Sample sizes of k-1 groups (nj) were 20, 30, 40, 50, or 100. The sample size of the last group was a function of the n-ratio, ranging from 0.5 to 2, in steps of 0.5. The simulations for which the n-ratio equals 1 are known as a balanced design (i.e. sample sizes are equal across all groups). The SD of the population from which was extracted last group was a function of the SD-ratio, with values of 0.5, 1, 2 or 4. The simulations for which the SD-ratio equals 1 are the particular case of homoscedasticity (i.e. equal variances across groups).
All possible combinations of n-ratio and SD-ratio were performed in order to distinguish positive pairings (the group with the largest sample size is extracted from the population with the largest SD), negative pairings (the group with the smallest sample size is extracted from the population with the smallest SD), and no pairing (sample sizes and/or population SD are equal across all groups). All of those conditions were tested with normal and non-normal distributions. When two groups are compared, conclusions for the three ANOVA tests (F, F*, W) should yield identical error rates when compared to their equivalent t-tests (the F-test is equivalent to Student’s t-test, and the F*-test and W-test are equivalent to Welch’s t-test; Delacre et al., 2017). When there are more than three groups, the F-test becomes increasingly liberal as soon as the variances of the distributions in each group are not similar, even when sample sizes are equal between groups (Harwell et al., 1992; Quensel, 1947).
For didactic reasons, we will report only the results where we compared three groups (k = 3). Increasing the number of groups increases how liberal all tests are. For interested readers, all figures for cases where we compare more than three groups are available here: https://osf.io/h4ks8/. Overall, the larger the sample sizes, the less the distributions of the population underlying the samples impact the robustness of the tests (Srivastava, 1959). However, increasing the sample sizes does not improve the robustness of the test when there is heteroscedasticity. Interested reader can see all details in the following Excel spreadsheet, available on github: « Type I error rate.xlsx ».
In sum, the simulations grouped over different sample sizes yield 9 conditions based on the n-ratio, SD-ratio, and sample size and variance pairing, as summarized in Table 1.
In all Figures presented below, averaged results for each sub-condition are presented under seven different configurations of distributions, using the following legend.
As previously mentioned, the Type I error rate (α) is the long-run frequency of observing significant results when the null-hypothesis is true. When means are equal across all groups the Type I error rate of all test should be equal to the nominal alpha level. We assessed the Type I error rate of the F-test, W-test and F*-test under 2560 scenarios using a nominal alpha level of 5%.
When there is no difference between means, the nine cells of Table 1 simplify into five sub-conditions:
In Figures 2 to 6 (see Figure 1 for the legend), we computed the average Type I error rate of the three tests under these five subcategories. The light grey area corresponds to the liberal criterion from Bradley (1978), who regards a departure from the nominal alpha level as acceptable whenever the Type I error rate falls within the interval [0.5 × α 1.5 × α]. The dark grey area corresponds to the more conservative criterion from which departures from the nominal alpha is considered negligible as long as the Type I error rate falls within the interval [0.9 × α 1.1 × α].
In Figures 2 and 3 (cells a, b, and c in Table 1), the population variance is equal between all groups, so the homoscedasticity assumption is met. The F-test and F*-test only marginally deviate from the nominal 5%, regardless of the underlying distribution and the SD-ratio. The W-test also only marginally deviates from the nominal 5%, except under asymmetry (the tests becomes a little more liberal) or extremely heavy tails (the test becomes a bit more conservative), consistently with observations in Harwell et al. (1992). However, deviations don’t exceed the liberal criterion of Bradley (1978).
In Figures 4, 5 and 6 (cells d to i, Table 1) the population variance is unequal between groups, so that the homoscedasticity assumption is not met. When sample sizes are equal across groups (Figure 4) and when there is a positive correlation between sample sizes and SDs (Figure 5), the Type I error rate of the W-test is closer to the nominal 5% than the Type I error rate of the F*-test and the F-test, the latter which is consistently at the lower limit of the liberal interval suggested by Bradley, in line with Harwell et al. (1992), Glass et al. (1972), Nimon (2012) and Overall et al. (1995). Heteroscedasticity does not impact the Type I error rate of the W-test, regardless of the distribution (the order of the distribution shape remains the same in all conditions).
When there is a negative correlation between sample sizes and SDs (Figure 6), the Type I error rate of the F*-test is slightly closer of the nominal 5% than the Type I error rate of the W-test, for which the distributions (more specifically, the skewness) has a larger impact on the Type I error rate than when there is homoscedasticity. This is consistent with conclusions of Lix et al. (1996) about the Alexander-Govern and the James’ second order tests (which return very similar results as the W-test, as we already mentioned). However, both tests still perform relatively well, contrary to the F-test that is much too liberal, in line with observations by Harwell et al. (1992), Glass et al. (1972), Nimon (2012) and Overall et al. (1995).
We can draw the following conclusions for the Type I error rate:
As previously mentioned, the statistical power (1–β) of a test is the long-run probability of observing a statistically significant result when there is a true effect in the population. We assessed the power of the F-test, W-test and F*-test under 1280 scenarios, while using the nominal alpha level of 5%. In all scenarios, the last group was extracted from a population that had a higher mean than the population from where were extracted all other groups (µk = µj + 1). Because of that, in some scenarios there is a positive correlation between the SD and the mean (i.e. the last group has the largest SD and the largest mean) and in other scenarios, there is a negative correlation between SD and the mean (i.e. the last group has the smallest SD and the largest mean). As we know that the correlation between the SD and the mean matters for the W-test (see Liu, 2015), the 9 sub-conditions in Table 1 were analyzed separately.
We computed two main outcomes: the consistency and the power. The consistency refers to the relative difference between the observed power and the nominal power, divided by the expected power:
When consistency equals zero, the observed power is consistent with the nominal power (under the parametric assumptions of normality and homoscedasticity); a negative consistency shows that the observed power is lower than the expected power; and a positive consistency shows that the observed power is higher than the expected power.
In Figures 7, 8 and 9 (cells a, b, and c in Table 1 see Figure 1 for the legend), the population variance is equal between all groups, meaning that the homoscedasticity assumption is met. When distributions are normal, the W-test is slightly less powerful than the F-test and F*-test, even though differences are very small. With all other distributions, the W-test is generally more powerful than the F*-test and F-test, even with heavy-tailed distributions, which is in contrast with previous findings (Wilcox, 1998). Wilcox (1998) concluded that there is a loss of power when means from heavy-tailed distributions (e.g. double exponential or a mixed normal distribution) are compared to means from normal distributions. This finding is based on the argument that heavy-tailed distributions are associated with bigger standard deviations than normal distributions, and that the effect size for such distributions is therefore smaller (Wilcox, 2011). However, this conclusion is based on a common conflation of kurtosis and the standard deviation, which are completely independent (DeCarlo, 1997). One can find distributions that have similar SD but different kurtosis (see Appendix 2). However, while the W-test is more powerful than the F-test and the F*-test in many situations, it is a bit less consistent with theoretical expectations than both other tests in the sense that the W-test is generally more powerful than expected (especially with high kurtosis, or when asymmetries go in opposite directions). This is due to the fact that the W-test is more impacted by the distribution shape, in line with observations by Harwell et al. (1992). Note that differences between W-test and other tests, in terms of consistency, are very small.
In Figures 10 to 15 (cells d to i in Table 1 see Figure 1 for the legend), the population variance is unequal between groups, meaning that the homoscedasticity assumption is not met. When sample sizes are equal across groups (Figures 10 and 11), the F-test and the F*-tests are equally powerful, and have the same consistency, whatever the correlation between the SD and the mean. On the other hand, the power of the W-test depends on the correlation between the SD and the mean (in line with Liu, 2015). When the group with the largest mean has the largest variance (Figure 10), the largest deviation between group means and the general mean is given less weight, and as a consequence the W-test is less powerful than both other tests. At the same time, the test is slightly less consistent than both other tests. When the group with the largest mean has the smallest variance (Figure 11), the largest deviation between group means and the general mean is given more weight, and therefore the W-test is more powerful than both other tests. The test is also slightly more consistent than both other tests.
When sample sizes are unequal across groups, the power of the F*-test and the F-test are a function of the correlation between sample sizes and SDs. When there is a negative correlation between sample sizes and SDs (Figures 12 and 13), the F-test is always more powerful than the F*-test. Indeed, as was explained in the previous mathematical section, the F-test gives more weight to the smallest variance (the statistic is therefore increased) while the F*-test gives more weight to the largest variance (the statistic is therefore decreased). Conversely, when there is a positive correlation between sample sizes and SDs (Figures 14 and 15), the F-test is always more conservative than the F*-test, because the F-test gives more weight to the largest variance while the F*-test gives more weight to the smallest variance.
The power of the W-test is not a function of the correlation between sample sizes and SDs, but rather a function of the correlation between SDs and means. The test is more powerful when there is a negative correlation between SDs and means, and less powerful when there is a positive correlation between SDs and means. Note that for all tests, the effect of heteroscedasticity is approximately the same regardless of the shape of the distribution. Moreover, there is one constant observation in our simulations: whatever the configuration of the n-ratio, the consistency of the three tests is closer to zero when there is a negative correlation between the SD and the mean (meaning that the group with the highest mean has the lower variance).
We can draw the following conclusions about the statistical power of the three tests:
Taking both the effects of the assumption violations on the alpha risk and on the power, we recommend using the W-test instead of the F-test to compare groups means. The F-test and F*-test should be avoided, because a) the equal variances assumption is often unrealistic, b) tests of the equal variances assumption will often fail to detect differences when these are present, c) the loss of power when using the W-test is very small (and often even negligible), and d) the gain in Type I error control is considerable under a wide range of realistic conditions. Also, we recommend the use of balanced designs (i.e. same sample sizes in each group) whenever possible. When using the W-test, the Type I error rate is a function of criteria such as the skewness of the distributions, and whether skewness is combined with unequal variances and unequal samples sizes between groups. Our simulations show that the Type I error rate control is in general slightly better with balanced designs.
Note that the W-test suffers from limitations and cannot be used in all situations. First, as previously mentioned, W-test, as all tests based on means, does not allow researchers to compare other relevant parameters of a distribution than the mean. For these reason, we recommend to never neglect the descriptive analysis of the data. A complete description of the shape and characteristics of the data (e.g. histograms and boxplots) is important. When at least one statistical parameter relating to the shape of the distribution (e.g. variance, skewness, kurtosis) seems to vary between groups, comparing results of the W-test with results of a nonparametric procedure is useful in order to better understand the data. Second, with small sample sizes (i.e. less than 50 observations per group when comparing at most four groups, 100 observations when comparing more than four groups), the W-test will not control Type I error rate when skewness is present and detecting departures for normality is therefore especially important in small samples. Unless you have good reasons to believe that distributions underlying the data have small kurtosis and skewness, we recommend to avoid alternative tests that are based on means comparison, in favour of alternatives such as the trimmed means test (Erceg-Hurn & Mirosevich, 2008)2 or nonparametric tests. For more information about robust alternatives that are based on other parameters than the mean, see Erceg-Hurn and Mirosevich (2008).
The additional file for this article can be found as follows:Supplemental Materials
A numerical example of the mathematical development of the F-test, W-test, and F*-test (Appendix 1) and justification for the choice of distributions in simulation (Appendix 2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.198.s1
2The null hypothesis of the trimmed means test assumes that trimmed means are the same between groups. A trimmed mean is a mean computed on data after removing the lowest and highest values of the distribution. Trimmed means and means are equal when data are symmetric. On the other hand, when data are asymmetric, trimmed means and means differ.
The authors have no competing interests to declare.
The first author performed simulations. The first, second and fourth authors contributed to the design. All authors contributed to the writing and the review of the literature. The Supplemental Material, including the full R code for the simulations and plots can be obtained from https://github.com/mdelacre/W-ANOVA. This work was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) VIDI grant 452-17-013. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship or the publication of this article.
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It is a medical condition in which the body loses lots of fluids and salt. It is more common in summer than in winter. It can be caused due to extensive exposure to heat, strenuous activities and consumption of lots of alcoholic beverages.
Water is one of the most important elements required for the growth and maintenance of the body. Rather our body is composed almost of water only with a composition of seventy percent water.
Symptoms of dehydration include dark and reduced urine, nausea, strong thirst, headache, muscle cramps, weakness and dryness of skin, mouth and lips. Natural cures are helpful in reducing the symptoms associated with dehydration. These natural methods can be easily tried at home. If not treated properly, it may lead to severe cases like loss of consciousness, severe headache, mental confusion and blue lips.
Top Natural Cures For Dehydration
Water is the most effective natural method of treating dehydration. Consumption of plenty amount of water is recommended. Drinking enough water or fluids on a daily basis is beneficial for the patients. Consumption of foods that are made up of mainly water like fruits and vegetables is beneficial.
Patients of dehydration usually face the problem of deficiency of minerals like potassium. In this condition, the body loses important minerals from the body. Increasing the intake of potassium in diet can be one of the useful remedies for treating dehydration.
Consumption of raisins, candies and bananas would be useful as these are good sources of potassium. Banana is also rich in water content.
Lime Juice & Apple Cider Vinegar
Lime juice is beneficial for the patients suffering from dehydration. Take one teaspoon of lime juice and mix it with one teaspoon of sugar and a pinch of salt. Add this mixture in a glass of water. This natural remedy helps in replenishing the levels of fluids and minerals.
Apple cider vinegar is helpful in the treatment of dehydration. Especially those who face the problem of cramps and muscle aches, consumption of vinegar is recommended. After taking a running bath using warm water, take eight ounces of apple cider vinegar and add it to the bath water.
Taking a relaxing bath with this water helps in soothing the muscles. A cup of salt can be added in the bath water that helps in relaxing and softening the skin. A body scrub can be made using salt that would be useful in exfoliating the skin.
Things To Avoid
Patients of dehydration should avoid the consumption of beverages like alcohol, tea and coffee. Consumption of these beverages can adversely affect the condition of dehydration patients. It helps in the treatment as well as prevention from its occurrence in the future.
Lassi is a traditional drink of India which is helpful in the treatment of dehydration. It can be prepared by taking one cup of yogurt with live culture and adding half a teaspoon of salt along with two and a half cups of water.
Natural flavours like mint, banana and cumin can also be added in lassi. This natural remedy has been found to be very effective in treating dehydration.
Watermelon is useful in treating dehydration. Juice prepared from watermelon has been found to be a good remedy for treating dehydration. It is useful as it has flavour as well as sweetness.
It acts as a natural antioxidant and contains a number of minerals like potassium, magnesium and calcium. Organic watermelons are preferred for this remedy and can be easily available in food stores.
Rehydration solution can be prepared at home and has been found to be beneficial in treating dehydration. To prepare it, take one litre of bottled water. If there is no bottled water, one can boil the normal water and use it.
Add one teaspoon salt and one teaspoon sugar in the water. Dissolve all the ingredients well and drink it. Natural flavour like mint can also be added for taste. Mint is a cooling herb which also helps in persuading the patient to drink.
Glucose present in the sugar gets added to the water which then helps in the absorption of sodium from salt and absorption of water as well.
Coconut water is beneficial in the treatment of dehydration. Water obtained from green coconut is one of the natural remedies for treating dehydration. This coconut water gets easily absorbed by the body and has been found to be effective in curing dehydration. It is easily available from a natural food supplier.
Congee is useful in treating dehydration. It is also known as Rice Gruel. It is prepared by simmering until it becomes creamy. It is prepared using one cup of rice, salt and three quarts of light stock. In this method, one can try soy stock like miso which can be used by vegetarians.
One can also replace white rice with brown rice in this remedy. Once the patient start recovering, one can add vegetables and chicken as well.
Electrolyte water is useful in the treatment of dehydration. To prepare this water, take one quart of water and add half teaspoon of baking soda in it.
Furthermore, add three tablespoons of sugar and half teaspoon of table salt in the solution. One fourth teaspoon of lite salt as salt substitute can be added if one has it but it is optional.
Banana & Pickle Juice
Banana is useful for the patients suffering from dehydration. It is rich in sodium and potassium that help in using the water one consumes. Consumption of banana helps in reducing the symptoms of dehydration. It is rich in potassium as well as water.
Sipping pickle juice is useful for the patients of dehydration. Afterwards, one can drink water before going out in the sun. This natural remedy helps in preventing dehydration.
Buttermilk is helpful in the treatment of dehydration. It can be taken along with ginger. Consumption of one cup of buttermilk containing half teaspoon of ginger is beneficial. This drink can be consumed three to four times per day that would help in treating as well as preventing dehydration.
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A worker pumps fuel at a petrol station in Cairo January 16, 2011 - REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
CAIRO – 2 May 2018: The consumption of high quality 95-octane fuel has increased to around 350-400 tons daily, a source in the petroleum sector said on Wednesday.
He said that consumption of 95-octane gasoline before the recent hikes in fuel prices in June 2017 did not exceed 150 tons daily.
He said that the new 95 Super Plus petrol that was offered at several stations in February has helped in the increased consumption.
Sold at LE 6.6 per liter (around $0.4), the same price as the regular 95 fuel, the new gasoline was developed to keep abreast of the latest technological advances in modern car engines, according to Petroleum Minister Tarek el-Molla.
As part of Egypt’s reform program, the government had slashed fuel subsidies three times since 2014. The last increase was in June 2017, when the government hiked fuel prices by up to 50 percent.
The price of 92-octane gasoline had increased to LE 5, from LE3.5 pounds per liter, diesel and 80-octane, the most commonly used fuel, rose to LE 3.65 pounds per liter from LE 2.35, while cooking gas cylinders’ prices increased to LE 30, from LE 15 per cylinder.
A fresh round of fuel subsidy cuts is expected by the beginning of fiscal year 2018/19, which will start in July.
Egypt’s Petroleum Ministry aims to increase its annual production of gasoline, diesel, butane gas and jet fuel by 11.6 million tons in the next four years, at an investment of $8.3 billion, boosting total production to around 28.5 million tons, up from the current 16.9 million tons.
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Supreme Court Set To Hand Down Several Landmark Decisions By End Of June
With one month to go in its term, there's still a lot on the Supreme Court's plate.
Within the next month, the Supreme Court will hand down the remainder of the decisions that are still pending from the arguments it has heard over the course of the term that began back in October. Unlike the preceding term, this term saw the Court with a full complement of nine Justices, meaning that we’re not likely to get many, if any, of the inconclusive tie votes that we saw during the October 2016 term due to the fact that Justice Gorsuch was not confirmed until April of last year and thus was not present for most of the cases that the Court heard that term. As is usually the case, many of the most contentious cases have not had opinions released, but that is expected to change, perhaps starting as early as this morning when the Court is scheduled to deliver opinions.
By way of review, here’s a review of some of the major cases that the Court will be deciding over the course of the next month.
One of the major themes that the Court dealt with this term has centered on the issue of voting rights generally, and the manner in which Congressional and state legislative districts are drawn in particular. In the second category, the Court has heard two major cases dealing with the issue of partisan gerrymandering, in which districts are created for the purpose of protecting partisan interests and making it more difficult for opposing parties to challenge incumbents. The first case, Gil et al v. Whitford et al, arises out of Wisconsin and concerns the entire state map, which the Plaintiffs in the case contend was unfairly drawn to benefit Republicans. Among the primary pieces of evidence that the Plaintiffs relied upon in support of their arguments was a somewhat complex mathematical algorithm that purports to find that Wisconsin’s Congressional districts are far more heavily biased in favor of the GOP than should be expected if the district lines were drawn with geographic contiguity and other concerns in mind.
The second case is titled Benisek et al v. Lamone et al and deals with how the lines for a single Congressional District in western Maryland were drawn after the 2010 census. This district had been previously represented by Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett but fell into Democratic hands after Bartlett retired in no small part due to the fact that the partisan makeup of the district had become far more Democratic than it was in the past. The Plaintiff’s in Benisek contend that this was done to limit Republican representation in Maryland’s Congressional District.
As I noted when I wrote about the oral argument in both Gil on the first day of the term in October and in Benisek in March, the Justices appeared divided on the issue of the extent to which Courts should involve themselves in trying to limit the authority of state legislatures to craft legislative districts. As expected, the pivotal vote in these cases is expected to be Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has been sympathetic to arguments such as this in the past but who is also clearly concerned about the idea of the judiciary getting deeply involved in the redistricting process, which would likely be the inevitable result of a decision that was a far-reaching as what these respective Plaintiffs are asking for.
In addition to the two cases dealing with partisan redistricting, the Court also heard oral argument in an area in which the courts have far more experience, the question of when redistricting that appears to have a racial impact can be permitted under the Constitution and under the Voting Rights Act. This case is Abbott et al v. Perez et al and deals with two Congressional Districts in Texas that the Plaintiffs contend are drawn in a way to minimize the voting power of minorities. The allegations are specifically alleged with respect to the 27th Congressional District and the 35th Congressional District. The 27th District is currently vacant but was previously represented by former Republican Congressman Blake Farenthold, who resigned due to allegations of sexual impropriety earlier this year. The 35th District, meanwhile, is a newly created district that is presently represented by Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett. The 37th District Has been criticized as one of the most extreme examples of Gerrymandering in the United States. If the Court decides for the Plaintiffs, it could mean that the Texas legislature would be required to redraw all of the districts for the state.
As I noted when I wrote about the oral argument in this case, this once again appears to be a case where Justice Kennedy will end up being the deciding vote. As with the partisan gerrymandering cases, it’s unclear from the oral argument which way the Court is leaning, but it seems likely that the Plaintiffs here may have more luck before the Court than the Plaintiffs in Gill or Benisek given the already existing precedent on this issue. Notwithstanding that fact, though, we won’t know for sure until the decision is handed down.
Ohio Voter Purge Law
Rounding out the cases before the Supreme Court dealing with voting rights is Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, which deals with challenges to an Ohio law that gives the Secretary of State the authority to remove people from the voter rolls if they have not voted in a number of years and fail to respond to notices from the government regarding their status on the voting rolls. As I noted when the case was argued in January, the Court appeared to be highly divided on the extent to which the Ohio law goes too far in fulfilling a purpose that all the members of the Court seemed to agree was, at least to some degree, entirely legitimate. Because of that, it’s hard to predict exactly where the Court will come down in this case. It could end up being a close 5-4 or 6-3 decision, or it could end up being very one-sided. This is one that we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
Technology and the Fourth Amendment
In Carpenter v. United States, the Court is being asked to decide whether police are required to obtain a search warrant before they obtain data from a cellphone company that would allow them to track an individual’s movements over a period that could last for days or weeks. This is particularly relevant in the modern era given the fact that virtually all phones come with technology that not only makes it possible to use cell phone tower location to determine someone’s location, but also has a connection to the Global Positioning System that uses satellite data that can typically provide an exact location for the phone in question and, most probably, its user. The defendant in this case, as well as privacy advocates on both sides of the aisle, argue that a search warrant is required, and some states such as California already have laws that require a warrant in these situations for state and local law enforcement. Law enforcement authorities, on the other hand, argue that they need the data in what has become an increasingly complex criminal world. In the oral argument in this case in November, the Justices appeared skeptical of the government’s argument in favor of the idea that no warrant should be required, but they also appeared at least somewhat unsure of the Defendant’s position that a warrant should be required in all circumstances.
State Taxation Of Internet Sales
One of the biggest issues that has arisen with the expanding scope of sales over the Internet has been the extent to which states can require out-of-state sellers to collect sales taxes on merchandise shipped to people residing in their borders. At the present time, the state of the law is controlled by two decisions that stretch back to well before the Internet existed. The first decision was handed down in 1967 in National Bellas Haas v. Department of Revenue. In that case, the Court ruled that a mail-order catalog business was not required to collect sales tax on behalf of states in which it does not have a physical presence. Twenty-six years later, the Court ruled in 1993 in Quill Corp. v. South Dakota in a manner that somewhat overruled the central holding of Bellas Haas but did not completely throw the precedent out. Specifically, the Quill ruling still established that the Commerce Clause prevented states from requiring businesses without an in-state physical presence from collecting sales taxes. Now, the Court is being asked to revisit that issue.
In South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., the Court is being asked to revisit its decisions in Bellas Haas and Quill in the light of the rise of the Internet as a huge market for interstate commerce. The Court heard oral argument in the case in April, and by the end of the hearing, it was entirely unclear where the Court might come down on this issue. On the one hand, many Justices appeared sympathetic to the idea that the court’s earlier precedents simply don’t make sense in the modern era. On the other, there was some proper concern over the question of the extent to which a broad ruling in favor of the states could impact a wide variety of issues arising under the Interstate Commerce Clause. As a result, it’s entirely unclear where the Court will end up in this case.
Abortion And The First Amendment
In National Institute of Life and Family Advocates Et Al v. Becerra Et Al, the Justices are being asked to deal with a challenge to a California law that requires Crisis Pregnancy Centers, which are generally run by religious pro-life groups, to provide information about abortion even if they don’t provide them or refer clients to physicians who perform them. The Plaintiffs in the case contend that this law is a violation of the First Amendment in that it is a form of “forced speech” by the state, while California counters that the law is simply meant to ensure that women get the information they need to make an informed decision. During oral argument of this case in March, the Justices appeared to be skeptical of the state’s arguments and appeared ready to strike down the law. The interesting thing to see about this case, then, will likely be to see how the Court’s liberals, who are generally protective of abortion rights, end up going in this case given the obvious First Amendment concerns.
Trump Travel Ban
In Trump v. Hawaii, the Court is being asked to review a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down the third and final iteration of the travel ban that the Trump Administration had put in place shortly after Inauguration Day. The history behind this ban is well known, so I won’t repeat it here. As it stands, though, it appears clear from the oral argument that the Court heard near the end of April that the challengers could be on the verge of being handed a defeat, or that at the very least the Court is likely to rule that the President does have the authority under the law to ban people from specific countries if he deems it to be necessary for national security. What will be interesting to see is whether the Justices deal with the issue of whether or not the President’s tweets and campaign statement, as well as the statements made by advisers and supporters, can properly be considered by Courts in situations such as this.
Public Sector Unions
In Janus v AFSCME et al, the Court is being asked to once again examine an issue that it heard prior to the death of Justice Scalia but was unable to issue a conclusive opinion due to the fact that he had died prior to the time the decision was handed down. At the heart of the case is the Court’s ruling in a 1977 case styled Abood v. Detroit Board of Education in which the Court essentially legalized the “closed shop” for public sector employees, meaning that an employee for a local, state, or Federal agency or department could be required to join a union and pay dues as a condition of employment. For years, critics of forced unionization sought to overturn Abood, but it has only been with the rise of the current largely conservative Supreme Court that they have been successful in their efforts.
That opportunity came in the October 2015 term in Friedrichs v. California Teacher’s Association, which the Court accepted for review at the end of its October 2014 Term. When the Court heard the case in January 2016, it appeared that there was at least a 5-4 majority ready to overturn Abood and rule the collection of mandatory union dues unconstitutional. Within a month after oral argument, though, Justice Antonin Scalia died and the Court was left with a split that ended in a 4-4 ruling that allowed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the fees to stand but left both sides of the debate somewhat disappointed at the lack of a final resolution of the matter. Now, with the Janus case and the presence of Justice Gorsuch on the Court, the fate of public sector employee unions appears to be rather grim.
When the Court heard oral argument in Janus back in February, the conservative majority, including Justice Kennedy, appeared to be united in the position that the Abood ruling was flawed and that the First Amendment barred public employee unions from requiring employees to pay dues to keep their jobs. As I’ve said before, it’s fairly well-settled law, that people cannot be forced to subsidize speech they disagree with, and as the court’s conservative Justices noted in their questioning, the argument that there can be a distinction between public advocacy and contract negotiation in a public employee context simply doesn’t make any sense. Given this, a public employee who is compelled to pay union dues as a condition of employment is being compelled to subsidize speech whether they want to or not. This would seem to be a clear violation of the First Amendment.
Gay Rights And First Amendment
It has been three years since the Supreme Court handed down the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which struck down the remaining laws barring same-sex marriage that still existed around the country. While this has largely meant the end of the debate over same-sex marriage in the United States, it has also given rise to a number of related issues that will likely take some time to resolve. One of those issues involves the conflict between laws that proscribe discrimination based on sexual orientation and claims by owners and operators of businesses, especially businesses that provide wedding-related services, that their First Amendment religious liberty rights are being violated. Previously, the Court had declined to hear a number of these cases, including one arising out of New Mexico dealing with the claims of a photographer who had refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding that had been rejected by the Supreme Court of New Mexico.
Last June, though, the Justices agreed to hear Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case dealing with a baker in Lakewood, Colorado who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding based on his religious beliefs. This led the couple to whom he had refused service to file a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which issued a ruling against the baker and imposed fines and other punishments based upon the state’s public accommodations law, which bars discrimination based on sexual orientation. As with a number of the other cases described here, as well as the majority of the Supreme Court’s cases dealing with LGBT rights, it’s likely that the outcome of this case will depend on where Justice Kennedy comes down.
On one side of the equation, there are a number of Supreme Court precedents dating back more than a decade in which Kennedy has played the decisive role in moving the case law protecting gay and lesbian Americans forward. This started in Romer v. Evans, a case in which the Court struck down a Colorado referendum that purported to bar local jurisdictions from passing municipal laws barring discrimination against its LGBT citizens. It continued in Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 case which overturned the Court’s previous ruling in Bowers v. Hardwick and found state and local laws barring consensual sodomy to be unconstitutional. When the legal battle for marriage equality reached its peak earlier this decade, Kennedy was once again the key vote in advancing LGBT rights. In United States v. Windsor, Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in the case in which the Court found the Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. Finally, of course, it was just over two years ago that Kennedy penned the majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that struck down laws against same-sex marriage in the states where they remained standing.
On the other side of the equation lies religious liberty claims under the First Amendment, which is also an area where Justice Kennedy has been particularly protective. Two cases, however, appear to provide some clue as to where the Court might be headed. The first case was one handed down in 2011 styled Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. In that case, the Court rejected a claim by a conservative student organization challenging a policy by the University of California Hastings College of Law that barred officially sanctioned student organizations from discriminating in membership and other policies based on a prospective member’s status or beliefs. Kennedy joined a majority in that case in an opinion written by Justice Ginsburg and filed his own concurring opinion. The student organization had argued that its Christian beliefs were sufficient justification for barring prospective members who engaged in “unrepentant homosexual conduct” or otherwise supported ideas such as same-sex marriage or LGBT rights. In his concurrence, Kennedy specifically argued that the interest in barring discrimination outweighed the First Amendment rights of the student organization. The second case is a 2017 case called Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman in which a unanimous Supreme Court held that a law “does not violate the First Amendment because it has an effect on speech that is “only incidental to its primary effect on conduct.”” In this case, that would mean that even if there is a valid freedom of speech claim being made by the baker, it does not trump a generally applicable law barring discrimination that clearly has only an incidental impact on those claims. It was hard to draw a conclusion from the oral argument in this case when it was held in December of last year, but these precedents suggest that the baker’s claims may not fare very well in the end.
Hanging over all of this, of course, is the potential that we could learn between now and the end of the term that one or more of the Justices is retiring. This would be the first retirement since John Paul Stevens announced his retirement in 2010 and was replaced by Justice Elena Kagan and the first Court vacancy since Justice Anton Scalia died in 2016 and was replaced by Justice Neil Gorsuch in 2017. The most talked-about potential resignation, of course, is that of Anthony Kennedy, who has been on the Court since February 1988 and is currently the longest-serving Justice on the Court. Kennedy was at the center of retirement rumors for two years now and has given no indication of his intentions so far. Given his frequent role as the balance between the Court’s liberal and conservative wings, a Kennedy resignation would be hugely consequential for the future direction of the Court. Another potential retirement that some in Washington have whispered about is Justice Clarence Thomas, who is still relatively young at 68 and, many have suggested, could be at the point where he’d like to spend his remaining years with his wife and family. Most likely, we’d only get one resignation this year, and it’s entirely possible we won’t get any. In the end, we won’t know for sure until the last day of the term roughly a month from now. | <urn:uuid:f63e2c9b-2901-4802-8306-f1d673e0c258> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/supreme-court-set-to-hand-down-several-landmark-decisions-by-end-of-june/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.973734 | 4,022 | 1.820313 | 2 |
A sermon preached by Bob Keller on May 25, 2008 based upon 1Corinthians 4:1 – 5.
Earlier, David read to us from Paul’s first letter to the Church in Corinth.
Why was the letter needed?
First, a little background about this fair city. It was a large and very prosperous city established by the Greeks, and by the time Paul established the Christian Church there, it had been destroyed and rebuilt by the Romans.
Corinth was a seaport and a very important stop on East to West and West to East trade movement. Its inhabitants were of many cultures and backgrounds, and, due to its location on the trading route, it was also a very prosperous city. This wealth, as it often does today, left for idle time that was often spent doing things that were at best unseemly and at worst downright decadent! In fact, Aristophanes coined a Greek verb that, translated, means to “act like a Corinthian,” a synonym for “to act with sexual immorality.”
Plays of the day often portrayed Corinthians as drunkards and reprobates.
Still, Corinth was where Paul took about a year and a half to build a Church. He started by trying to convert the Jews, but later turned to the Corinthian Gentiles. The Church was undoubtedly a reflection of the multi-cultural, and somewhat ‘seedy,’ diversity of Corinth. But what better place to show the redeeming and transforming powers of Christ to the Roman world than by converting Corinth?
So now Paul is in Ephesus, setting up the Church there, and he gets a couple of letters that tell him “There’s Trouble (with a capital ‘T’), in Corinth.
Aside from the societal problems I’ve already mentioned, problems exist in the Church. Paul’s letter could likely be applied to many churches today. It’s a pretty interesting read.
The small section of the letter we read today has to do with the way church members are viewing their leaders. One of the problems was that many church members were identifying themselves as followers of one or another of the leaders rather than as followers of Christ.
In some translations of Paul’s letter, he mentions two common vocations during his time as illustrations.
First, he uses the word “minister.” The Greek word is huperetes. In classical Greek, this word refers to an under-rower. Under-rowers man the oars of a ship below-decks.
Two things must be said about under-rowers. First, they work the oars in the belly of the ship. They do not know where the ship is going. They simply obey the direction of the Captain.
Secondly, under-rowers must work in harmony. If they do not work together, their efforts will be wasted, to say the least.
Christians are assigned the role of under-rowers. They propel the church forward. They are under the authority of our Lord. He gives the orders. But they must listen to the Captain, the Lord, and pull together.
The second word that Paul uses is “steward.” The steward is in charge of the administration of the house or estate. He administers the affairs of his master. He has authority over the master’s servants and makes crucial decisions. Ultimately, he is accountable to his master.
Paul chooses these two words to answer those that were holding him up as the responsible leader as well as those that criticized him for the seeming failure of the Church at Corinth.
This is really a pretty stiff rebuke from Paul for he basically tells them “I can’t even judge myself! Why should I worry if you judge me? My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. The Lord will be my judge.”
And that was my “AHA!” moment in preparing this message for today.
We spend a lot, probably way too much, of our time in judgment, don’t we? We judge ourselves and we judge others and we allow others to judge us.
Is any of it valid? Well, since the Lord will be our ultimate judge, the easy answer is “Yes and No.”
As we go through life, we judge ourselves. Typically, that judge is the still, small voice called ‘conscience’ – or perhaps the angel on our shoulder that whispers “Nay – Nay” in our ear when we’re about to do something that we shouldn’t be doing. That is stuff for the moment. Judging ourselves calls for more and that’s self-evaluation. We have to ask ourselves – not once a year or once a month, but continually – “How is my life squaring with what God wants from me and for me?”
Then there is “THEM.” What will “THEY” say? What will “THEY” think of me? I confess that I worried a bit about that this morning when I was getting dressed. I said, “I’m in the pulpit today. If I wear my usual sneakers, blue jeans, shirt and sport coat, what will “THEY” say? Should I show a bit of respect for “THEM,” and for this pulpit, and dress a little better than I usually do?
Paul addresses worship situations in this letter as well. He also tells the church that it is important to keep in mind what others think of them. Maybe I shouldn’t have read that far ahead, but I did tell you that this letter is a good read.
Should I have been concerned with how I dressed this morning? I know to some of you it doesn’t matter. Others may be thinking “Nice of him to put on a tie for today.” Still others are thinking “I got up on a holiday weekend to come to church and the preacher didn’t even show up!”
The story is told of a man and his grandson traveling down the road, walking and leading a donkey. They met a man who said, “How foolish for you to be walking. One of you should be riding the donkey.” So the man put his grandson on the animal.
The next traveler they met frowned and said, “How dreadful for a strong boy to be riding while an old man walks.” So the boy climbed off the donkey and his grandfather climbed on.
The next person they met said, “I just can’t believe a grown man would ride and make a little boy walk.” So the man pulled the boy up and they rode the donkey together. That is, until they met another man who said, “I never saw anything so cruel in all my life — two human beings riding on one poor defenseless donkey!”
Down the road a ways, they met a couple of men. After they passed, one of the men turned to the other and said, “Did you ever before see two fools carrying a donkey?”
The point is: We can’t please everyone we meet. But we do need to be considerate of how our actions and our words will affect other people.
And then there is the ultimate judgment that Paul wrote about – the judgment of God.
This Memorial Day weekend I’m reminded of the sacrifices of so many, so very many, men and women that have served our nation and provided the freedom and liberty that I have to stand here before you to proclaim God’s Word. In so many countries today, this would have to be done in secret, if it could be done at all.
G. K. Chesterton, an English author that was very popular early in the 20th century, wrote that a true soldier is not one that hates that which is before him, but loves that which is behind him.
Many men and women, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine, gave their lives in service to our great nation, to preserve “that which is behind them”, that which they loved.
As we remember them, can we also remember the One who gave us life to begin with? Can we remember the sacrifice made by God giving his Son to die in our place? Can we remember that when we face that final judgment that God will ask “Did you believe? Did you believe that I loved you so much that I gave my Son to die in your place? Did you love yourself and others as I loved you?
Again, from G. K. Chesterton, he said, “There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.” That road is our faith and traveling that road, through God’s word, is Jesus.
Can we remember our place in God’s kingdom? Can we remember that when we have feelings of failure that God loves us and will help to pick us up and that maybe we’re being too hard on ourselves? Can we remember that everything we do and say has an effect of those around us? Can we remember that God will be our ultimate judge? | <urn:uuid:99e7c371-7fdf-4100-8c3d-8c1c6d2575b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://parsippanyumc.org/a-memorial-day-sermon-by-bob-keller/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.980305 | 1,953 | 1.960938 | 2 |
In this talk, we present a detailed case study of a variety of dative constructions that vary across speakers of American English. We show how geographical maps of acceptability judgments can be used to shed light on the syntactic structures underlying those judgments. Those structures can then be used to refine our understanding of syntax more generally, in this case relating to the features of argument-introducing heads. We provide novel support for the low applicative analysis of the Personal Dative construction, on the grounds that this analysis falls in line with a general, somewhat surprising conclusion about Southern American English: that ApplP may occur not just as the complement of a verb, but also as the subject of a small clause or the complement of a preposition. We propose that this wider distribution follows from a featural difference between Appl in northern and southern varieties: that low ApplP in Southern American English is not categorially distinct from ordinary DPs. We then show that even though Personal Datives have spread outside of the South, they have not taken this basic structure with them. Instead, northern varieties adopting the Personal Dative have made a minimal modification to their existing Appl heads, to accommodate the canonical Personal Dative without adopting the full range of dative constructions found in the South. | <urn:uuid:ddc82632-7622-4623-9abe-c3c075613ccf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ling.yale.edu/events/datives-data-and-dialect-syntax-american-english | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.946786 | 254 | 2.21875 | 2 |
I am 25 years old and I was just trying to find my associates on Omegle, and for some cause I received banned out of the random. If you guys can it would actually make my day if you will unbend me. We got here throughout it just lately and have been wanting into what it’s all about. Omegle is what is called a “chatroulette” website, it hooks you up with a random stranger to chat.
What are the hazards of Omegle?
- Risk of Sharing or Viewing Inappropriate Content.
- Lack of Moderation on Video Chat.
- Anonymous Text Chat.
- Hacking of Private Messages and Videos.
- Exposure of Personal Information.
- Grooming and Extortion by Predators.
Surfshark is probably one of the few paid VPN services that gives a free trial, however you’ll find a way to only get the trial utilizing cellular platforms. Once you’ve taken advantage of the trial, you have to use that account on other units. NordVPN has one of many largest server networks, with 5,500 servers in 60 nations. The number doesn’t prime the likes of CyberGhost, however what separates NordVPN’s servers is that none of them are digital — all of them are real, bodily servers. However, a VPN won’t be capable of shield you in opposition to express content and predation . Omegle actively tries to filter this type of content out, however sadly, a lot still will get by way of — that is one thing mother and father have to be careful for themselves.
Risk Of Sharing Or Viewing Inappropriate Content Material
Users can choose to be a spy, go online and stay nameless in a chat involving two different users. The spy is free to ask the individuals to discuss a subject and get their replies whereas remaining anonymous or changing into an lively participant and discussing with the opposite customers. Spies can depart a dialog with out terminating the chat between the other members. The minimal age rating for the social media platform is 13 with parental supervision or 18 with out parental supervision. Unfortunately, the positioning is understood for use by kids as younger as seven.
Once you load Omegle’s web site, you might have the selection to go on a ‘text’ or ‘video’ chat. Clicking your preference would take you to a chatroom with a random stranger. Maybe this is additionally due omeglle to the rise of new social apps and courting websites where you can converse with profiles that actual people created.
Hacking Of Personal Messages And Videos
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Every different video consumer in the supposedly moderated part is a man along with his dick out… actually extra usually than that. The questions are all folks asking you to take a glance at their KIK, pics, and so on. This site/app started out first rate, however has just gone down the tubes as a outcome of neglect. If there are precise moderators, they’re not doing their job and have to be changed. There are loads of apps that you don’t must pay for to reach out to individuals. Omegle has privateness insurance policies they usually have strict phrases of utilization.
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My personal testing showed this to be true — within the vast majority of nations, I rapidly found a working server and had quick access to Omegle. Your web site visitors is now fully encrypted and your actual IP tackle is hidden. Every time I move onto a new chat I get a captcha and I have to do, like, 4 or five of them despite the actual fact that I don’t mess up a single one. And typically it makes me click on on the ‘I’m not a robot’ choice after which go through the captchas but again. It’s actually annoying and I’m simply attempting to speak with people and bounce concepts off of them for a story I am writing. Earlier we had been capable of finding folks with the same pursuits from any country.
All of this could be dangerous within the mistaken hands, similar to those of hackers or child predators. Clicking this selection prompts a special popup which states that you’re extra prone to encounter sexual content material right here as it’s unmoderated. Omegle has a quantity of options for initiating a chat, although these aren’t very clearly laid out on either website. Omegle offers a method of communication between total strangers.
Tips For Folks In Case Your Teen Is Using Omegle
You probably don’t need to be uncovered to plenty of the content material on Omegle either. But if you’re going to let your baby use it (or have discovered they’re already utilizing it), it can be a good idea to see firsthand what you’re dealing with. You don’t really have to send messages on the app, but you would initiate a chat to see the kinds of strangers you’re related with.
- Just just lately, the BBC proved that sexually explicit reside streams and movies have been shared on the internet site.
- It may be as trivial as losing your internet connection throughout a chat or someone reporting you for an innocent remark.
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- Its MACE blocker isn’t solely extremely efficient at blocking ads, but it additionally tracks malware and trackers to dam them before they’ll load.
- He has been researching government overreach via digital surveillance for a number of years now, and his curiosity in VPNs and on-line safety goes hand-in-hand with this.
- There are plenty of apps that you don’t have to pay for to succeed in out to folks.
Thanks to all authors for making a web page that has been read 682,326 occasions. If you meet somebody you like, attempt to get his/her email tackle and communicate. Include your e-mail address to get a message when this question is answered.
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There is nothing to stop a toddler predator coming up with a false persona to befriend your baby. While this may be said of many other chat apps, the character of Omegle makes it notably enticing for predators. Below the grownup part is an optional field for including an interest. Next to which are the Text and Video choices that are open to anyone over the age of thirteen (with a parent’s permission for underneath 18-year-olds). The text choice leads to an everyday message interface where a stranger will start chatting.
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Scrum Master is an important role in the Scrum framework who keeps the agility intact within the team. Scrum master plays two roles within the team one is with the development team and the other is with the Product Owner and the stakeholders. With the development team, the Scrum Master is a person who facilitates the sprint ceremonies, resolves the impediments of the dev team, and continuously monitors and improves agility within the team. While SM is also a person who gives meaningful insights to the PO and the stakeholders.
Professional Scrum Master – PSM and Certified Scrum master – CSM are two certifications that Scrum masters can obtain if you are looking to understand more about scrum, become a scrum master in your organization, or even are looking at implementing Agile / Scrum in your team.
This Blog aims at explaining the key differences between both certifications keeping in mind various attributes.
CSM and PSM are certifications to validate your scrum knowledge or to learn scrum and both are in a lot of demand lately because of agile adoption within the organizations.
Now the actual question is to ask yourself what is that you really need the certification for? If you are looking for a certification to maybe clear your interview/growth in your organization or to start your agile journey, then maybe CSM is best suited for you as it is pretty simple, instructor-led but comes with a renewal every two years. If you want to understand Agile / Scrum in-depth and grow along the lines of an agile coach or practitioner, maybe PSM suits you better as the assessment is more of validating your knowledge and comes with lifetime validity.
We hope we have given you enough attributes and helped you make a decision on which is better for you. With this, our blog on “ 8 Differences Between CSM and PSM” comes to an end.
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In a fight between a pipsqueak and a giant, the giant should win, right? Well, a battle between this underwater David and Goliath has revealed that sometimes the little guy triumphs. He just needs the right weaponry, a new study suggests.
The David in this case is the lobster krill. A small crustacean, it lives in the ocean. And instead of a slingshot, it’s armed with sharp pincers that can sometimes deter a Goliath: the gentoo penguin.
These penguins (Pygoscelis papua) live on the Falkland Islands in the remote South Atlantic. There, the birds nest in tall white grass. To eat, they trek some 800 meters (0.5 mile) from their colony to the sea. Jonathan Handley refers to the paths they take as “penguin highways.” Handley is a conservation ecologist. He studied these penguins while he was working for the Marine Apex Predator Research Unit (MAPRU) at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
After spending a day or two feeding, the penguins return home along the same highways. Those predictable paths make a single penguin easy to find after its swim. So, in December 2013, MAPRU and Falklands Conservation launched a project to see what the penguins did while dining at sea. (Falklands Conservation is an organization that protects Falklands wildlife.)
The researchers started by setting up along one of the paths. “Then you wait really quiet, really low to the ground as the birds are coming past,” Handley explains. With a net attached to a long pole, the scientists would catch a penguin as it was headed out to sea. They marked 38 of them with the same type of animal marker that farmers use on sheep. They also strapped onto each of these penguins the equivalent of a GoPro camera before setting the bird loose. The team would then wait for the animal to return.
“You spend a fair few hours watching the highway, always with great anticipation,” Handley notes.
In all, the researchers retrieved nearly 36 hours of footage from 31 birds. They used that video to catalog what the penguins ate. Their diet included juvenile rock cod and other fish, lobster krill and adult squid. The video also turned up a surprise. It showed a gentoo swimming past a swarm of lobster krill. With each krill some 7 to 8 centimeters (about 3 inches) long, that should have been a big and easy feast. In fact, the bird ignored it. “Oh, that’s quite interesting,” the scientists thought at the time.
Then it happened again. And again. At that point, Handley says, “[We] realized we were onto something quite unique.”
Not only did the penguins avoid many of the large krill swarms, but sometimes these birds didn’t even manage to eat a single one of the crustaceans. A penguin would go in for the attack but fail.
The videos revealed some “epic fight scenes,” Handley says. In them, the lobster krill completely flared out their pincers and was able to use that pincer action to get away. That was enough, it seems, for the crustaceans to fight off the hungry penguins. And it’s pretty impressive, since the birds are some 10 times as long as the tiny krill.
That pincer flaring could explain why in open water the penguins tended to attack krill from below. It could also be why the birds seemed to avoid attacking the crustaceans on the seafloor as well as in krill swarms. There was just too much potential for injury.
Handley and his colleagues published their findings August 22 in Royal Society Open Science.
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Landscape photographer Albert Dros has always found inspiration in the forest. Over the years, he’s come to realize that the wooded areas close to his home make a fantastic muse. These woods are ever-changing and evolving, and they draw him back time and again. In fact, he visits so often that he began to take photos of the same scene at different times of the year.
Through different lighting and slightly different angles, Dros uses his creativity to demonstrate how the mood of the forest changes depending on the season. While firey red leaves create a pop of color in autumn, the whitewashed snowy forest is equally as captivating.
Dros keeps track of his favorite spots and frequently returns to see how they’ve transformed. He even notes that during the same season, the same place can look dramatically different thanks to small changes—such as the color of the leaves.
His work is proof that one doesn’t need to venture off to faraway locations in order to shoot memorable photographs. Sometimes all it takes is walking or driving just a few minutes from your own home. The important thing is to keep your eyes and mind open to any inspiration that comes your way.
Landscape photographer Albert Dros returns to a nearby forest during different seasons to capture its evolution.
His series shows how even subtle changes can create a dramatically different feel to the photograph.
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Among the modern weapon systems under development in Russia, the 3M22 Tzikon hypersonic anti-ship missile is probably one of the most likely to bring about a long-term technological shift. Given to reach 1000 km, the missile would evolve at Mach 9, which puts it virtually out of reach of all the anti-missile systems existing today that protect the buildings of the Western navies. The program has just taken a big step forward, since according to the TASS agency, the Russian Navy would have fired the first shots of 2 of these missiles from a ship, in this case the new frigate Admiral Gorshkov.
The test, involving two missiles fired against targets on land, is said to have taken place in January in the Barentz Sea. The missile would have, on this occasion, shown its potential to reach targets more than 500 km away. According to military authorities interviewed by the official Russian agency, the next step will be to test the missile from a nuclear submarine, before entering service which should take place between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021.
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Transforming Transportation 2018: Realizing Sustainable Mobility for All in the Digital Era
Transforming Transportation is co-organized by WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and The World Bank.
This year’s theme is Realizing Sustainable Mobility for All in the Digital Era, which looks at digital technology, Africa and empowering women through sustainable transport. How do we leverage technology to achieve greener, safer, more efficient and more accessible mobility?
Transforming Transportation 2018 will take place on January 11 and 12 at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
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Exploring Our Children’s Stress
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No matter who you are—parent, teacher, or student—you’ve had to deal with stress related to the pandemic. Chronic stress and anxiety can negatively impact children’s ability to focus and learn, whether it’s in the classroom or through an online education portal or some hybrid of the two. Unfortunately, we can’t eliminate these stressors, but children and adults can work at building positive, emotionally grounded relationships by sharing each other’s vulnerabilities. Many children with social emotional learning differences and/or challenges may struggle to express their thoughts and feelings.
In this webinar, Michelle Garcia Winner guides parents and professionals in creating structured empathetic discussions with their children and/or students through the use of visual supports and tips. Talking about one’s feelings, tying them to one’s thoughts, and examining how to manage stress over time involves learning about aspects of executive functions.
Metacognitive strategies and tools are highlighted in this very practical webinar, including how to:
- the use of a feeling-emotion scale
- exploring how feelings change throughout a day
- recognize feelings, even when unsure of words to describe them
- use language to understand one’s feelings
Spending time learning about our children’s stressors not only builds positive relationships, but also helps interventionists consider how to adjust their lessons and expectations to avoid creating even more stress for our already stressed-out children. Viewers may also find the information shared in this webinar helpful when talking to other adults in their families, workplaces, and communities.
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Revitalize skin damage——tea polyphenol hydrogel covering In ancient times, people did not know what wound infections were, and injuries often meant death. So what are factors and causes of wound infections? External factors: long-term pressure on the wound, repeated damage, bacterial infections etc. Internal factors: age, other diseases (such as diabetes), poor living habits such as smoking (which can damage blood vessels), etc. All of these factors can make the wound susceptible to infection and affect the healing process. We found that many coverings on the market are complex to make and have side effects. In comparison, our covering is simple to make, has a low production cost, effectively promotes wound healing and has few side effects, and can be welcomed by the market. Our experimental design mainly included the cellulose extraction fraction and the covering synthesis part. We chose shell cotton extract cellulose because its cellulose content is very high, so the cellulose extracted from it is very hydrophilic, which can bring a more favorable environment for wound healing, conducive to the growth of granulation tissue. Tea polyphenols and mint extract as raw materials can also promote wound healing, allergy resistance and give a cool and refreshing feeling. Cellulose Extraction 1. Add 2% NaOH(sodium hydroxide) to boil for 100min 2. Add 5% H2O2(hydrogen peroxide) and heat it at 70-80℃ for 0.5h 3. Filter, neutralize, and dry Hydrogel synthesis: 1. Tea polyphenols + mint extract + cellulose were mixed evenly and dissolved 2. Add the cross-linking agent and the initiator 3. Stir and mix well 4. Leave it for one day after the 2.5hours constant temperature reaction 5. Place in an 80℃ drying box until it reaches a constant weight Innovative Points 1. The synthesis pathway is simple 2. Low-cost, environmentally-friendly and biodegradable 3. Special high-efficiency formula can reduce inflammation and relieve pain, whilst promoting wound healing 4. No added preservatives needed Because the product is pure naturally-made without addition, its shelf life is about half a month.
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There’s a website for that. Croatia designer/illustrator Filip Peraić took his love for NBA baller James Harden’s beard to a new level by creating a host of illustrations profiling the breaded one’s facial hair through various mediums and styles. He considers his illustrations of Harden’s beard to be a personal project to sharpen his creativity. “This experiment is like training ground for a creative mind” and that the “project is about avoid enslaving an expression to one style/concept,” he said. We believe it’s a bit creepy, but genius. Who wouldn’t want to see all the possibilities of Jame’s Harden’s beard?
If you are asking yourself why he chose James Harden’s bread the answer is simple. According to the designer he has a unique and awesome beard. To his credit, Filip Peraić has worked with some major brands including IBM, Mercedes Benz, WIRED, Fly Emirates, and ESPN.
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Taking a vacation in Turkey is many a traveller's dream. It's a popular and attractive destination. Turkey has everything a tourist needs without having to cross the globe.
Be forewarned that entry requirements for Turkey vary according to your nationality. A general rule for all - you must be in possession of a valid passport that has an expiry date no less than 3 months after you arrive on Turkish soil. British and American nationals require a visa. The only exception is Brits visiting on one-day cruises. If that's your case, you will only need your passport. Note that UK driving licenses and US ID cards are not acceptable. If you are from a country that does not require a visa, you'll receive an entry permit, which you must keep on you at all times and which must be presented when you depart. You can easily check the regulations for your country by doing a quick internet search. You can apply for a visa before you leave or on arrival - prices vary according to your nationality.
No vaccinations are obligatory to enter Turkey. But it is wise to be innoculated against Typhoid and Hepatitis A.
If you're planning to hire a car during your trip to Turkey, your drivers license may do. But it must bear a photograph and some rental companies plus local police may insist on seeing an International Drivers License. Best to take advice from your local government offices.
If you are from a country where you don't need a visa (based on a maximum 3 month stay), there's nothing left to do other than wait in line and file by passport control/customs. Same thing goes if you have obtained your visa in advance. You can apply for a visa on arrival. Expect to pay around 20 -30$/£ and it needs to be in cash.
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Kansas faces stiff carbon reduction target
Topeka ? New federal clean air rules will require Kansas electric utilities to cut their rate of carbon emissions by 44 percent, a much higher target than most other states’.
That’s because Kansas currently relies heavily on coal for producing electricity — 61 percent of its net generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration — while it uses relatively little natural gas, which produces a lower level of carbon emissions.
That detail of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan came to light this week when Westar Energy announced plans to retire some of its older, smaller generating units and eliminate 40 jobs in Lawrence, Tecumseh and Hutchinson.
Although the new carbon standards were only part of the reason for Westar’s decision — a company spokeswoman said the units were scheduled for retirement anyway because they had long outlived their expected usefulness — the announcement provided new fodder for Republican lawmakers to lash out at President Barack Obama over his environmental policies.
“The Obama administration has placed Westar in an impossible situation and we now have 40 Kansas jobs that are the first announced victims of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan,” House Speaker Ray Merrick, R-Stilwell, said in a written statement. “This decision was forced upon Westar as a direct result of regulations that killed their ability to retrofit and upgrade existing plants.”
Rep. Dennis Hedke of Wichita, who chairs the House Energy and Environment Committee, and who openly denies that carbon emissions are causing global climate change, predicted more layoff announcements will soon follow.
“Due to the Clean Power Plan, this announcement from Westar is the harbinger for a wave of plant closures across America, resulting in a significant increase in the electric bill of every Kansas family,” Hedke said.
Westar said that while the total number of jobs at the company will decline, it expects to place employees affected by the changes in other open positions within the company.
Nationwide, The EPA expects utilities to cut carbon emissions by 32 percent below their 2005 levels. But different standards apply to each state, based on their current mix of coal and natural gas electric plants.
States have the option of using either of two ways of measuring carbon emissions: a rate-based measurement, measured in pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt of electricity produced; or a mass-based system, measured by the average annual number of tons of carbon emissions.
According to an EPA fact sheet on Kansas’ standards, using the rate-based measurement, Kansas utilities would be expected to cut their carbon emissions 44.2 percent, from 2,319 pounds per megawatt, down to 1,293.
But that would still be on the high end of the scale, according to EPA. The benchmarks for all states ranges from 771 pounds per megawatt to 1,305 pounds per megawatt.
Under the mass-based measurement, the reduction would be smaller, about 36 percent, to roughly 22 million tons of carbon dioxide per year.
The Clean Power Plan is scheduled to take effect Nov. 13. But a group of 15 states, including Kansas, are suing to block the new rules.
Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig said the Topeka-based utility has a “diverse portfolio” of energy sources, including coal, gas, nuclear power and renewable resources. But she said coal is the dominant fuel used in its plants because it’s the cheapest.
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Have you ever asked yourself what is hunger? What are the key causes of food shortage? What are the unenthusiastic impacts of starvation amongst individuals in the nation? What are the key gains of ending or trimming down percentage of hunger in the motherland? Therefore, these are several questions we are ought to ask ourselves when it comes to managing hunger in this vast and stunning country. Quintessentially, according to this individual, the problem of starvation in the country is easier said than done for a good number of people to grasp. Up till now, the legitimacy is that there are families and kids who might not categorize when and where they will get hold of their subsequent meal. It have made numerous individuals to join hands and assist the needy in the country; for instance Christopher Pair comprehends this firsthand since his experience with infancy starvation extensively shaped the human being he is these days.
Nevertheless, the following are the leading reasons why you ought to support end hunger issues among children and families in our country. Predominantly, there are still millions and millions of human beings in the country who go starving every single day. It has created a lack of food to be an unvoiced pandemic among communities. According to report made public by the world top organization dealing in disaster; it was found out that inadequate nutrition in an underlying cause of almost fifty percent of preventable child deaths every year. On the other hand, making hunger cause of the majority of these deaths that take place outside of humanitarian crises. The certainty is that kids distressed from stern starvation are two times more apt to pass away than those exclusive of undernourishment. Additionally, the kids with severe acute hunger are ten times more pertinent to conk out than a fittingly nourished young persons.
Education is the key to success and with any negative impact; it might affect the progression of enlightenment to a great extent. Is hunger one of these negative impacts affecting the quality of a child’s education? Apparently yes; with an empty tummy there is no way a student will focus in a class by any means. Did you know that about sixty-six million primary school kids go to school starving? And practically ten million of them are in the country? Inadequately fed toddlers possibly will suffer from lowered immunity or impenetrability concentrating. Amazingly, there is adequate food to fed everyone in the state but it isn’t well distributed either by federal government or non-governmental organization. In conclusion, we should join hand in eliminating hunger which might have an adverse effect that lasts a lifetime to that kid or family. | <urn:uuid:4456bba2-ea38-409a-aca0-5a9798156991> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.oysterbay.biz/2019/02/09/case-study-my-experience-with-resources/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.96228 | 525 | 2.875 | 3 |
Choose to Reuse
Reusable Nappy Week is an international action packed week of awareness raising activities and advocacy for all things reusable nappies.
Find out more about the benefits of reusable nappies by attending an event.
Whether going full-time or part-time, find out what you need to get started.
Take part with online activities to help raise awareness of reusable nappies.
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Breathable soft natural fabrics, which are absorbent, and gentle on your baby’s skin. No nasty’s, just cloth bum love.
Reusable nappies have evolved a lot. Modern designs make using, washing and drying simple and easy. Find out more about the different types and how to use them on our advice page.
Reduce Waste and Reliance on Single-use Plastic
In the first 2.5 years of a baby’s life, they will have needed at least 4,000 nappy changes. If of the single-use variety, these nappies will be sent to incineration or landfill at a cost to our environment.
Using reusable nappies doesn’t have to mean going full-time to make a difference. Every day you choose to reuse, you will reduce waste and avoid consumption of single-use plastic equivalent to at least 17 plastic bags a day!
The carbon footprint of nappy usage can be reduced by 40% if reusable nappies are used instead of single-use nappies.
Reusable nappies also use 98% fewer raw materials.
Families can make a financial saving of up to £1,000 over 2.5 years. Further savings can be made if using the same reusable nappies on subsequent children.
Buying brand new is also not the only option. A lot of families use preloved reusable nappies, which have been passed-on or picked-up second hand for free.
How to Get Involved
RNW Challenge (Instagram Filter)
RNW Challenge, launching on Instagram Filters on Monday 25 April 2022! Take part by recording your answers to one of our daily challenge ideas to raise awareness of reusable nappies. Make your videos as creative and inspiring as you like and tag a friend to get the conversation going throughout Reusable Nappy Week.
How do I use camera effects on Instagram?
- Tap in the top left of the screen or swipe right from anywhere in feed.
- Scroll to Story at the bottom.
- Swipe left at the bottom of the screen to browse effects and select RNW Challenge.
- Tap and hold to take a video.
How do I take part with the RNW Challenge?
The RNW Challenge filter will roll through a series of questions, or challenges, for you to answer. One challenge may be – “Tag someone who gives great cloth [nappy] advice.” Be as detailed as you like in your video: who are they, what advice did they give you? Don’t forget to tag them before uploading the video to your story. You can also re-record as many different challenges as you like. Have fun!
⭐ The Big Reusable Nappy Week Giveaway ⭐
To celebrate Reusable Nappy Week, your favourite retailers and baby brands: Close, Babipur, TotsBots, Frugi, Bambino Mio, The Nappy Lady and Baba + Boo, have teamed up to bring you an incredible giveaway, worth over £500! The Big Reusable Nappy Week Giveaway will run from Monday 25 April, going live at 10:00 BST and be open for entries until Monday 2 May at 23:59:59 BST. Terms and Conditions Apply.
The Big RNW Prize Draw Giveaway - Terms and Conditions
The BIG Reusable Nappy Week Giveaway – Terms and Conditions:
1. The prize draw opens Monday 25th April 10:00 BST and closes Monday 2nd May 2022 at 23:59:59 BST. Entries submitted before or after that date and time will not be valid.
2. Proof of submission is not proof of receipt. Reusable Nappy Week Official accepts no responsibility for entries incomplete, delayed, damaged, wrongly delivered or not received for whatever reason.
3. To enter complete the details on our giveaway page – https://reusablenappyweek.org.uk/the-big-rnw-giveaway/
4. One winner will be chosen at random on Tuesday 3rd May 2022 and will be notified on the same day. They will be contacted via email with instructions on how to claim their prizes.
5. If you are the winner of this prize draw, you agree that the Promoter and partners may use your name, image and town or county of residence to announce the winner and for any other reasonable and related promotional purposes. You further agree to participate in any reasonable publicity required by the Promoter without any financial reward.
6. By entering this prize draw, you agree that any personal information provided by you with your prize draw entry may be held and used only by the Promoter and giveaway Partners to administer this prize draw.
7. The prize is a bundle of baby items worth over £500 as pictured. If a winner does not claim their prize within one week, the prize will be forfeited, and another winner will be selected.
8. Reusable Nappy Week Official reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value should circumstances make this necessary.
9. Prizes will be sent directly to the winner by Reusable Nappy Week Official and the giveaway Partners once a winner has been selected and contacted. Prizes will be sent on different days by different couriers to the agreed address of the winner.
10. The closing date for this prize draw may be extended.
11. Entry into this competition is acceptance of these terms and conditions.
12. Entry is free and no purchase is necessary.
13. The prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and no physical cash alternatives are available. Entries cannot be returned.
14. The competition is not open to employees of Reusable Nappy Week Official or their giveaway Partners, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the prize draw.
15. Reusable Nappy Week Official and the giveaway Partners do not accept responsibility for any entries which are lost, delayed, incomplete or otherwise not received or cannot be entered for technical or any other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt. Incomplete or illegible entries or those not in accordance with the entry instructions and these terms and conditions are invalid.
16. The Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury, or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. The entrant’s statutory rights are not affected.
17. The Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit of intention of the prize draw.
18. If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in this prize draw.
19. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend this prize draw where it becomes necessary to do so.
20. The Promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the promotion will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
21. These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
22. Reusable Nappy Week Official reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time.
23. Promoter: Reusable Nappy Week Official based at Women’s Environmental Network, 20 Club Row, London E2 7EY.
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Top best answers to the question «Why do ford cam phasers fail»
Something has gone wrong with your engine when a cam phaser for 5.4 ford fails. Two primary causes of cam phasers failing are too much camshaft speed or too little camshaft speed.
Those who are looking for an answer to the question «Why do ford cam phasers fail?» often ask the following questions:
🚗 Does the ford 6.2 have cam phasers?
Another bonus to the setup are its cam phasers that are fully operational immediately upon engine start and function at a wider range of rpms and temperatures… Ford's 6.2-liter V-8 with 385 horsepower, 405 pound-feet of torque is built at the brand's Romeo Engine Plant in Michigan.
🚗 What are cam phasers in a truck?
What exactly IS a Cam Phaser, you ask? Ford's Cam Phasers are specially designed, computer-controlled cam gears for all 2005 and newer Ford Modular 3 Valve engines that have the ability to adjust camshaft position while the engine is running. Since the modular engine uses two camshafts, two Cam Phasers are used.
🚗 What causes def tank to fail on ford powerstroke?
- Apparently running it dry caused an injector in the DEF system to fail. They replaced it and topped off the DEF tank. I won't be relying on the gauge in Anymore. I guess it's best to top your take off on a regular basis.
We've handpicked 21 related questions for you, similar to «Why do ford cam phasers fail?» so you can surely find the answer!What can fail a motorcycle mot?
- Lights. Almost two in five defects found during motorbike MOTs are related to lamps and reflectors – including almost half of all 'major' defects…
- Steering and suspension…
- Wheels and tyres…
- Exhaust system…
- Fuel system…
The frequent changes to the model line-up meant that resale value of GM cars was very poor and with the reliability not being the best, customers had good reasons to not come back to the brand. If you are a Chevrolet owner don't get offended because even I bought 2 Chevrolets and I have first hand experience.Why did the chevy ssr fail?
If it is such a good car, why did it fail? Ah, and here, my friends, is where we get to the MSRP. Sure, it's controversial styling and it's underwhelming engine and transmission in its early years may have contributed to the failure of the SSR, but the price tag really put the car six feet under.Why do car brakes suddenly fail?
The most common cause of failure is a leak in the brake lines. The brake fluid will slowly drain out, until there isn't enough left to transmit the pressure from the pedal to the tires. The brakes can also fail when the discs or drums wear out, so they can no longer put enough friction on the wheels to stop them.Why do long motorcycle rides fail?
Real motorcycle travellers don’t just revert to the bus – they do the ride. They don’t travel at night either, but the practical issue here was that somebody needed to be in Los Angeles by a specific date and so the series and its audience got short-changed in order to make that happen.Why do most food trucks fail?
High expenses are a common reason food trucks fail… A large number of food truck owners end up spending more money on their business than they initially expected. With one too many unwanted surprises, a food truck business can fold. Another factor in food truck failure is lack of proper understanding of accounting.Why do subaru head gaskets fail?
Subaru Head Gasket Problem Years – First Round
The main reason they experienced issues is because the engine overheated as a result of losing coolant due to the head gasket leak… Below are the models that were outfitted with the EJ25D 2.5 engine and may likely experience this head gasket leak.
The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power… The company went public in 1956 but the Ford family, through special Class B shares, still retain 40 percent voting rights.Which is better ford escape or ford explorer?
The obvious difference between these two SUVs is their size. The 2017 Ford Explorer is a larger vehicle than the 2017 Ford Escape. This means new Explorer models offer more storage capacity than the smaller Escape. With all the rear seats folded down, the 2017 Explorer has a maximum cargo capacity of 81.7 cubic feet.Can freezing cause truck starter to fail?
Winters aren't good for the charging system of your car… Most attention is given to the batteries and you tend to forget other parts of the system that can also be affected by the freezing temperature. The cold weather can cause serious trouble to the starter and alternator of your vehicle as well.Can you fail a cbt bike test?
The CBT is not a test, so you theoretically cannot 'pass or fail' your CBT… Although you can't fail a CBT test, you may be asked to come back for additional training until the instructor feels you are safe to ride on the road.What causes a motorcycle stator to fail?
A stator's biggest enemy is heat buildup in the wire windings… High engine temperatures can lead to stator coil open and closed failures, especially in modern motorcycle engines that submerge the stator in an engine oil bath to help dissipate heat.1991 ford truck?
1991 Ford F-Series Trucks The final year for the eighth-generation F-Series capped a truly successful run that further cemented the F-150's dominance as the best selling truck in America. In fact, the F-150 had gained such a following that, in September of 1991, it transcended the pickup truck boundaries to become the best selling vehicle in America.1st ford truck?
MAVERICK LARIAT FIRST EDITION Set your own trends with the Maverick LARIAT First Edition. A black roof, power moonroof, distinct hood, lower-door graphics and a gloss black mirror make you look sharp wherever you are. At its base, the First Edition with the standard full hybrid engine glides on 18-inch black wheels.2002 ford truck?
2002 Ford F-150 Specifications POWERTRAIN Powertrain/Chassis Engine Type 4.2L V-6 4.6L Triton V-8 5.4L Triton V-8 Drivetrain Layout Rear or 4-wheel drive Rear or 4-wheel drive Rear or 4-wheel drive Valvetrain OHV, 2 Valves per cylinder SOHC, 2 Valves per cylinder SOHC, 2 Valves per cylinder Bore/Stroke (in.) 3.81 x 3.74 3.55 x 3.54 3.55… read moreBiggest ford truck?
- The Ford F-750 is the biggest Ford pickup truck ever made At some point, the increasingly large ford pickup trucks start to feel like a joke Ford is trying to pull. Looking at images of the Ford F-750 can make you second guess if they are actually real pickup trucks.
Ford Truck DTC Code Definitions
|P1000||OBD II Monitor Testing Incomplete|
|P1235||Fuel Pump Control Out Of Range|
|P1236||Fuel Pump Control Out Of Range|
|P1237||Fuel Pump Secondary Circuit Fault|
|P1238||Fuel Pump Secondary Circuit Fault|
Exterior Dimensions - Cab
|Overall length||-||209.1 in.|
|Cab height||-||75.6 in.|
|Width - Excluding mirrors||-||79.9 in.|
|Width - Including standard mirrors||-||95.7 in.|
- Rated at 24 mpg (9.8 l/100 km) with 4WD, the fuel-sipping truck has received a slightly lower rating for 2022. The Environmental Protection Agency lists the 2022 model year F-150 PowerBoost 4WD with 23 miles per gallon (10.2 liters per 100 kilometers) across the board or 4.3 gallons per 100 miles of driving.
- Though the results may vary, most modified Ford trucks are really nice to look at. Their original toughness can be accentuated using a simple lift kit and a carefully chosen set of rims. On the other hand, a slammed Ford truck sitting on airbags is just as satisfying as its murdered-out counterpart.
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Monetary Policy and the Economy Q1/16
- April 2016.
Call for applications: Visiting Research Program (PDF, 1,4 MB) en 27.04.2016, 00:00:00
Austrian economy fueled by growth stimuli, yet fraught with external risks (PDF, 1,6 MB) Fenz, Rumler. Fenz, Rumler – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q1/16 en 27.04.2016, 00:00:00
Saving, portfolio and loan decisions of households when interest rates are very low – survey evidence for Austrian households
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Beer, Gnan, Ritzberger-Grünwald.
Do Austrian households adapt their savings and loan decisions in an ultra-low interest rate environment? To answer this question, we analyzed a special OeNB barometer survey conducted in spring 2015 that allows us to assess household interest rate perceptions as well as their impact on saving, portfolio allocation and borrowing decisions.
Overall, we find that the very low interest rates were only one of several determinants in savings and loan decisions and have had only a small effect so far. The impact of the ultra-low interest rate environment on portfolio choice is also quite limited. Households that did adapt their portfolio often showed a stronger preference for savings with savings and loan associations than for other options. Furthermore, we observe a shift to real assets. Portfolio rebalancing into riskier assets is not widespread.
Many households at the time of the survey considered circumstances relatively favorable for taking out loans. However, this does not imply that loan demand increased strongly, as borrowing decisions are also affected by other, potentially more important determinants. If they were faced with higher loan installments, most households would cut consumption expenditures.
The survey results may be useful in assessing e.g. the effectiveness of monetary policy. The modest impact of ultra-low interest rates on savings and portfolio rebalancing into riskier assets suggests that ultra-low interest rates have a limited ability to stimulate aggregate demand through the risk-taking and portfolio rebalancing channels, at least in the case of households in Austria. en household finance, low interest rates, savings and loan decisions D12, D14 27.04.2016, 00:00:00
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For paying the Income Tax Online, you have to open the link – https://onlineservices.tin.egov-nsdl.com/etaxnew/tdsnontds.jsp. After that, click on Challan No/ ITNS 280. This portal helps with the paying of Income Tax & Corporation Tax. After that, you will be redirected to the Challan No/ ITNS 280 wherein you have to supply all the requisite details as a taxpayer. Check Income Tax Payment Online Using Challan 280 Step by Step below.
You have to follow these Instructions while furnishing Challan No/ ITNS 280
Tax Applicable: In case the Income Tax is being levied on a Company, the option is Challan No/ ITNS 280 (0020). On the other side, if it is being levied Partnership Firm, LLP, and Individuals, the option is Challan No/ ITNS 280 (0021).
PAN No. Along with the Full Name: The taxpayer should furnish the PAN No. in Challan 280. Always keep this point in mind because a wrong PAN No. would lead to wrong payment in somebody else’s name. Though the option can not be manually furnished, rather it is automatically fetched from the name on the PAN No. After some time, you can see that the name will be displayed on the confirmation screen. After this, you’re required to click the submit button.
Year of Assessment: while paying the tax, you have to select the year of assessment for which you’re paying the tax. The selection must be done in the column of challan number / ITNS 280 when it gets displayed on the screen. You will get the assessment here just next to the financial year.
Name of the bank: the name of the bank through which you are making the online payment must be selected before processing.
Type of payment: in this option, you have to select the type of payment. You have to so that via challan 280.
Amount of tax: you have to fill in the amount of tax that must be paid in the challan number / ITNS 280
Steps to Pay the Income Tax- step by step:
Step 1: go to Challan 280
For that, go tax information network of the Income Tax Department >>> click on ‘Proceed’ when you see the drop-down list of Challan 280 option.
Step 2: feed your Personal Information
Select (0021) Income Tax>>>type of payment. The list here includes the following categories.
(100) for Advance Tax
(102) for Surtax
(106) for Tax on Distributed Profit
(107) for Tax on Distributed Income
(300) for Self Assessment Tax
(400) for Tax on Regular Assessment
Select ‘Self-assessment tax’>>>Select the mode of payment. For that, you’ve to choose between two modes available – Net banking or Debit Card >>>Select relevant Assessment Year >>>Enter complete address >>>Enter Captcha >>>click on ‘Proceed’.
Step 3: go through the Information and verify it once again
For that, you will have to submit the request to the concerned bank. After that, you can see yourself redirected to the page of the bank’s payment.
Step 4: Check the Receipt for Challan 280
As soon as you have completed the payment, you’ll get a tax receipt where you can see the details of the payment you’ve entered. Here, you can also see the BSR code serial number.
At this point, it is of utmost necessity to save a copy of the tax receipt. If not possible, to can also take a screenshot. For that, you’ve to simply enter the BSR code and challan number.
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Payment System for the due tax:
In case you find yourself missed downloading the tax receipt of its a copy, you can log in to account for net banking>>> retrieve it. If you are an SBI Bank account holders, Login>>> go to e-tax>>> Reprint challan.
There are facilities for printing challan fir ICICI Bank account holders too. Follow these steps:
Login>>>click on Payments and Transfers >>>Tax Center>>> e Tax challans
The steps for HDFC Bank account holders are:
Login >>> click on ‘Request’ >>>scroll down >>> click on the menu Regenerate Direct Tax Challans
Payment of Advance Tax:
When you see that the annual tax dues exceed Rs 10,000, you must pay advance income tax. The salaried class gets the facility on behalf of employers taking the income tax payments via TDS deductions.
Payment of Self Assessment Tax
Submission of an income tax return to the Income Tax Department isn’t possible unless you have paid tax dues completely. The tax that becomes payable at the time of filing return is referred to as Self Assessment Tax
Payment of the Outstanding Demand taxes
Sometimes, the taxpayers have to make an income tax payment for complying with an income tax based demand notice. At such times, the payer has to access the system online. The method is referred to as the tax on regular assessment.
I hope the guide was successful in its attempt to guiding you through the steps of paying income tax using challan. If you have additional queries, please let us know.
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For good reasons, some of which are associated with the universal male tendency toward sexual conquest. In general, the heart of a man will roam, while the heart of a woman seeks a home. Male sexual energy persists past female menopause, causing men to seek younger partners-or at least to be vulnerable to the temptation of doing so. The male by nature has no long-term investment in pregnancy; he may inseminate regularly with no time lost for childbirth. How are these biological appetites to be curbed, directed, focused?
We may expect that the idea of one person owning another would be strongly censured in the Bible. What we find instead is a general acknowledgment of the existence of slavery, the use of slavery as a metaphor, and a theological trajectory that moved society in the direction of abolition without formally demanding it.
The sex drive also involves the soul. Your soul is composed of your mind, emotions, and will; all three of these are affected by the sex drive. The mind weighs everything that goes into decisions. It considers the facts; it measures the pros and cons; it evaluates your feelings. Some conscious decisions are made about your sexual desires; but sex influences many of your everyday decisions, whether you realize it or not. Your mind acts like a referee in the midst of your will, your emotions, your opinions, and many other competing influences-including your sex drive.
We know, of course, that sex involves the body, the physical component of our being. A sexual relationship is the most intimate physical bond that can exist between two human beings, as a man and woman use their bodies to express their love and appreciation for one another. All five physical sense are involved:
Sexual intercourse between persons too closely related for normal marriage. The twofold theological rationale for the prohibition of incestuous unions is the divine claim “I am the Lord your God” (Lev 18:2,4,6) and the note that such behavior characterized the Egyptians and
The woman guilty of sexual misconduct was to lose her capacity for childbearing. This was a fearsome penalty indeed, for women in the ancient Near East established their sense of personal value and esteem on one activity only-bearing and raising children. Education, business, military status, community leadership-none of these were open to women; motherhood was everything.
Engaging in sexual intercourse prior to marriage. The Song of Songs is an extended poem extolling the virtue of sexual fidelity between a king and his chosen bride. Sexual desire runs strong throughout the song as the king and his beloved anticipate their union together. At intervals the poet repeats a refrain counseling sexual restraint: “Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you, by the gazelles and the wild does of the field; do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time” (Song 2:7 HCSB; 3:5; 8:4). To the church in Corinth, a city well-known for
Various acts of sexual immorality especially being a harlot or whore.
Old Testament – Normally women are the subject of the Hebrew verb zanah, but in Num 25:1 “people began to play a harlot” (NASB). The clearest example is that of Tamar sitting on the roadway to entice Judah (Gen 38:24; Lev 21:9; Deut 22:21). Fornication meant being unfaithful to a marriage commitment (Judg 19:2). Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY (FORNICATION)→
There’s no nice way to say it. Rahab was a harlot-in modern parlance, a hooker. At her home atop the wall that surrounded the bustling, ancient city of Jericho, Rahab took in strange men and gave out sexual favors.
Because of her prominent role in the story of Israel, a few prim and proper types have tried to improve Rahab’s image by engaging in a bit of revisionist history. “Maybe,” they’ve suggested, “she wasn’t actually a ‘lady of the night.’ Perhaps she was only an ‘innkeeper.'” Continue reading WOMEN OF THE BIBLE (RAHAB: THE SHADY LADY)→ | <urn:uuid:77846001-4f0c-4f2f-b375-011dfa17cc84> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jesusway4you.com/tag/sexual/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946569 | 888 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Listeria monocytogenes Infection in Poultry and its Public Health Importance with Special Reference to Food Borne Zoonoses
Amit Kumar Verma,
Listeriosis is a disease that causes septicemia or encephalitis in humans, animals and birds. Although, the disease is rare and sporadic in poultry but if occurs then causes septicemia or sometimes localized encephalitis. Occasionally, the disease is seen in young chicks and the causative agent, like in humans and animals, is Listeria monocytogenes. The organism is capable to infect almost all animals and poultry; however, outbreaks of listeriosis are infrequent in birds. It is widely distributed among avian species and chickens, turkeys, waterfowl (geese, ducks), game birds, pigeons, parrots, wood grouse, snowy owl, eagle, canaries, which appear to be the most commonly affected. Chickens are thought to be the carriers of Listeria and also the prime reservoirs for the infection and thus contaminate the litter and environment of the poultry production units. Listeriosis is often noticed along with other poultry diseases such as coccidiosis, infectious coryza, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis and parasitic infections, signifying the opportunistic nature of the organism. Intestinal colonization of poultry and the presence of L. monocytogenes in feces represent a potential source of the organism for listeriosis in ruminants. Man gets infection from raw broiler meat due to Listeria contamination and unhygienic conditions of the processing area, rather than acquiring direct infection from birds. With the changing food habits of the people, the health consciousness is also increasing and since listeriosis has now been recognized as an emerging food borne zoonoses. Therefore, this review has been compiled to make aware the poultry producers and the consumers of poultry meat/products regarding the importance of the disease and its public health significance.
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Desk Brief: Liberty during Lockdown
For almost a month now, the Central and State Governments have issued extraordinary orders to battle COVID-19: travel has been banned, national and state borders have ...
27th April 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief | India’s Public Health Wonder Woman: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
COVID-19 continues to test the resolve of nations – their institutions, leaders and people. India too is in the thick of this global fight. While COVID-19 is unique ...
21st March 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Supreme Court and its ‘Special’ Power
The Supreme Court of India is one of the unique apex courts in the world. It acts as an appellate and constitutional court. The Constitution of India, 1950 mandates the Co...
24th February 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: A Beginning of a Constitutional Culture?
On the eve of Republic Day this year, Mandakini Panda and Prithwik Mishra got married in Berhampur, Odisha taking their vows on the Indian Constitution. In Karnataka, gues...
29th November 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Rights to Duties?
This week, India celebrated Constitution Day. 26 November 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of the Constituent Assembly adopting the Constitution. In a joint parliament...
26th November 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Happy Constitution Day
Exactly 70 years ago, on 26 November 1949, Constituent Assembly President Rajendra Prasad for the last time put a question to the house - President: It now remains to p...
11th November 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Interstellar
On 31st August 1949, the Constituent Assembly was slotting 'items' into the Union and State Lists. The Union government would have legislative and executive power over the...
14th October 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Home and the World: Cosmopolitanism in Indian Constitution Making
The Indian freedom movement sought total Independence from British colonial rule but saw India firmly tethered to the world affairs. When Indians were drafting their Const...
8th October 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Gandhi in Indian Constitution-Making
There is a dominant view that Gandhi's role in constitution-making was minor. Gandhi’s vision of basing India’s federal, political and administrative set up on the panchay...
23rd September 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Hindi: A National or Official Language?
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Aboard the democracy train: a journey through Pakistan’s last decade of democracy
By Nafisa Hoodbhoy, London, Anthem Press, 2011, 268 pp., £14.99, ISBN 978 0 8572 8967 4
In 1984, Nafisa Hoodbhoy became the first woman reporter at Pakistan’s leading English daily, Dawn, which had hitherto employed women journalists on its full-time staff only at desk jobs, as editors and subeditors. For a young woman reporter to travel to remote, conservative areas of Pakistan was both unusual and courageous. Hoodbhoy’s lively, and at times daring, eyewitness account provides many insights into Pakistan during her 16 years at Dawn.
In 1988, Benazir Bhutto returned in triumph to Pakistan from exile, after the mysterious death of General Zia ul Haq, the military dictator. Hoodbhoy was sent to cover Bhutto’s historic election campaign aboard her “Democracy Train” (a phrase coined by Bhutto) which was received at stations by tumultuous crowds. Hoodbhoy’s gender proved a great advantage: as the only woman reporter present, she enjoyed greater access than her colleagues to the young, unmarried Bhutto.
Over the next decade, Hoodbhoy observed at first hand the rise and fall of Bhutto’s two short-lived governments. These alternated with the equally brief tenures of her political rival Nawaz Sharif. The real power broker remained the Pakistan Army. Hoodbhoy’s chilling account reveals complex political machinations as well as the many shortcomings of the Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif governments, including flagrant corruption.
Hoodbhoy goes on to explore the terrifying miscarriages of justice created by Ziaul Haq’s notorious Hudood Ordinance, which does not differentiate between rape and adultery, and which neither Bhutto nor Sharif repealed. In the fierce battle for justice waged by women activists and civil rights groups, Hoodbhoy’s press reports played a crucial role.
Hoodbhoy reveals she met her future husband Javed Bhutto “while hunting for his sister’s killer” (115). Her harrowing and riveting tale names the murderer, a powerful politician, and also describes his ability to use power, influence and money to subvert the processes of law and have the charges dropped.
Hoodbhoy also records the ethnic tensions in Karachi between Sindhis and Mohajirs (migrants who came from India after Partition), as well as the ethnic riots of the 1990s and the rise of the controversial Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM). However, Zubeida Mustafa, then assistant editor of Dawn, says in her review of Hoodbhoy’s book:
“but she [Hoodbhoy] appears to have difficulty in getting to the roots of the ethnic problem. For instance the impression conveyed is that the MQM was a party of the Mohajirs with which the entire community identified itself. Her account hints at a degree of polarisation between her Sindhi-speaking and Urdu-speaking colleagues in Dawn which is far from true. The fact is that the MQM did not draw all Mohajirs to its fold. Many intellectuals as well as politically astute Mohajirs chose not to throw their loyalties with the party. (Mustafa 7)
Mustafa also points out that Hoodbhoy’s account does not mention MQM threats to Dawn and its “Mohajir” journalists for articles that incurred the party’s displeasure. Similar elisions and oversimplifications are reflected in Hoodbhoy’s historical analysis of Partition and the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto era. The book also suffers from a rather self-conscious and, at times, self-congratulatory tone, aimed at explaining Pakistan and herself to foreigners.
Hoodbhoy migrated to the United States in 2000 and her narrative covers terrorism and violence in Pakistan thereafter. The true value of her book, however, lies in the events that she reported and witnessed and which provide the key to the discordant forces battling for control in Pakistan today.
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Journal of Postcolonial Writing
2012, iFirst Review, 1–2
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Güncelleme tarihi: 6 May
150 years of longing is over: Piesse and lubin london
1864 during the Civil War blockade, a ship called the Mary Celestia sank in a severe winter storm off the coast of Bermuda, lying on the seafloor 55 meters deep, covered with sand and silt, for years.
Located in the cellar on the bow of the ship, where the cigars, wine and other prohibited products were loaded, the perfume was almost perfectly preserved until, incidentally, divers discovered and visited the wreck in 2011, nearly 150 years later.
Those days! It was like finding a buried treasure for this world of perfumes manufactured and designed by a stylish London perfumery brand.
After 150 years when the perfume bottle's stopper was first opened and on the first sniff, they encountered a disgusting smell like rotten pirate feet. For further investigation, the perfume was taken to a laboratory in the United States where it was analyzed by gas chromatography, a technique that reveals individual compounds in a mixture.
Using this information, along with historical research, work was started to redesign the original fragrance, but there was a problem! From those years to the present, the making of perfume has changed considerably over the years, and in the 1864s, Fragrance was originally designed to be applied to clothes, not directly to the skin, the content of the perfume therefore contained more dangerous solvents, and as a result, the perfume was modernized and redesigned with safer, most suitable alternatives.
First place, other notes such as grapefruit, orange blossom, rosewood, citrus fruits, musk, amber scents in the labs. gradually came to light and a new foundation was established to preserve the legacy of the shipwreck found in bermu and has survived to this day.
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So far in the class, we’ve learned how to model, transform, and display shapes using a simple
OpenGL-based toolkit. Game studios, movie studios, and others programming sophisticated
interactive computer graphics applications regularly combine the graphics toolkits they use
with other toolkits to support physics simulation, sound, and other effects. In this
assignment, we’ll do the same thing: you’ll learn how to combine OpenGL with a physics
engine, and in the process, you’ll create a program that you should feel quite pleased
showing off to friends and family!
Physics engines appear in graphics programs of all types, ranging from games such as Angry
Birds to advanced modeling tools such as Maya. For simulating 3D physics, one of the most
popular toolkits today is Bullet3D (http://bulletphysics.org/). In this assignment, we’re going
to simplify the physics a bit by limiting ourselves to physics within a plane (i.e., 2D physics), so
we’ll work with the Box2D physics toolkit, which is probably the current best / most popular
2D physics engine.
In this assignment, you will learn:
• how to create an interface between a graphics toolkit and another helpful library such
as a physics engine,
• how to link physics with graphics, including dynamically creating and destroying
physics objects and having them be reflected on the display, and
• how to interactively manipulate physics objects by translating user interaction into
physical forces and/or constraints.
For this assignment, you’ll be hooking up the Box2D physics engine to the OpenGL-based
starter code we provide for you. The aim of the assignment is to create a simple physicsbased game which will drop circles and boxes on the scene, which the player must guide
towards the white goal while avoiding the red circle. To do so, the user can draw curves on
the scene to create static obstacles, and can also switch to a mode where they can move the
circles and boxes around directly. The controls for the game are as follows:
• B: add box
• C: add circle
• Tab: switch from “draw” mode (where dragging creates obstacle curves) to “move”
mode (where dragging moves objects around) and vice versa
• Backspace: reset scene
In the starter code, we have already implemented enough of the user interface code to allow
you to draw curves and add circles and boxes. The user input handling is encapsulated in the
UIHelper class, which calls various methods like addCircle() etc. on the main program
depending on user input. We have also added a new Draw class that lets you draw simple
shapes such as circles, boxes, and curves (actually polylines) under an arbitrary geometric
transformation represented as a mat4. What remains for you to do is to hook up the physics
simulation to the program to make the added circles and boxes move.
The specific requirements and suggested approach are as follows.
Link your program with Box2D
For this assignment, you’ll be working with Box2D, so you need to change the way that you
build your program to make it include the Box2D header files and link with the Box2D library
file. This is similar to the examples we’ve done in class.
Set up the physics simulation
Your main task here is to figure out how communicate between Box2D and the shapes we’ve
implemented already. For example, when a new circle is added to the scene, you’ll need to
add a corresponding object to your physics simulation. Then, you’ll need to keep the physics
and graphics in sync by advancing the physics simulation once each graphics frame, and
changing the way each shape is drawn to use the current pose of the corresponding physics
One way to do this is to change the definitions of all the shapes so that they keep track of a
Box2D body associated with them. Then, when you want to draw a shape, you can look up
the state of the body and use that as the transformation passed to the draw call.
Using the provided interface code, the user should be able to create any number of different
obstacle curves and dynamic circles and boxes in the world. You may assume that the user
will not draw self-intersecting curves. Pressing Backspace should reset the simulation to the
same state it was in when the program started, i.e. it should delete all the user-added objects
in the scene.
The last thing you need to implement is support for moving objects around interactively.
When the user presses Tab, the program switches to “move” mode, and UIHelper will call the
methods attachMouse(), moveMouse(), and detachMouse() when the user presses
down, drags the mouse, and releases the mouse respectively. To make the chosen object
move, we will create a b2MouseJoint which acts as a spring pulling the object to a target
location (in our case, the mouse position). So you will have to do the following:
1. Find the object that contains the world-space point where the mouse is, if any. To do
so, update the contains() method of the shapes to account for the pose of the
Box2D object. You may want to use the b2Body::GetLocalPoint() method for
2. Create a mouse joint to the object, and set its target to the mouse location. Look up
the documentation for joints in the Box2D manual to learn how to create a joint, and
see the comments in the starter code for the parameters to use.
3. When the mouse is moved, update the joint’s target using SetTarget() to the new
4. When the mouse is released, destroy the joint.
Above and Beyond
All the assignments in the course will include great opportunities for students to go beyond
the requirements of the assignment and do cool extra work. We don’t offer any extra credit
for this work — if you’re going beyond the assignment, then chances are you are already
kicking butt in the class. However, we do offer a chance to show off… While grading the
assignments the TAs will identify the best 4 or 5 examples of people doing cool stuff with
computer graphics. After each assignment, the selected students will get a chance to
demonstrate their programs to the class!
Ideas for extra work include:
1. Detecting whether an object collides with the red circle or the white goal, deleting the
colliding object, and showing a win/lose condition somehow.
2. Allowing the user to create dynamic circles and boxes at arbitrary positions and sizes
by dragging the mouse like in a real drawing program.
3. Making more interesting levels, in the spirit of Crayon Physics or other physics-based
4. Improving the rendering to look (in some way) more impressive, such as drawing
thicker lines and applying a crayon-like texture.
If your ideas for going beyond the requirements would make your code more difficult for the
TAs to grade, please help them out by submitting a standard version of your assignment first
through the normal website link, and then email the TAs the fancier version of your
The webpage where you downloaded this assignment description also has a download link
for support code to help you get started. The support code for this assignment is a simple
program using the SDL-based engine, similar to the ones we have used before.
The support code defines a program structure and everything you need to read the mesh
data. To make locating the shaders simpler, we have a header file called config.hpp
that contains absolute paths to your shader files. You should edit this file with the full
path (e.g. “C:\Users\Turing\a6\code” or “/home/turing/a6/code”) where
you’ve placed the shaders. We will modify this file appropriately when grading your
Handing It In
When you submit your assignment, you should include a README file. This file should
contain, at a minimum, your name and descriptions of design decisions you made while
working on this project. If you attempted any “above and beyond” work, you should note that
in this file and explain what you attempted.
When you have all your materials together, zip up the source files and the README, and
upload the zip file to the assignment hand-in link on our Moodle site. Any late work should be
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Trained job placement specialists or job coaches work one-on-one with individual job seekers and help them in creating a career path that meets his/her employment goals. Job coaches help a person to determine his or her career interests and assess his or her skill levels, research possible job positions, helping with applications and resumes, and practicing for interviews. After job placement, the job placement specialist continues to provide support by assisting the person to maintain the necessary skills to succeed in the position.
Is The Arc of Chemung-Schuyler right for you?
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Social enterprise, or businesses that strive to make profits with the social good in mind, is growing from an increasing customer awareness of global inter-connectivity that directly affects purchasing decisions. A 2014 Nielson report shows that 55 percent of global customers across 60 countries are willing to pay more for products that have positive social and environmental impact. (See report here.)
Trends of young talent wanting to do social good (more than 70 percent globally according to Entrepreneur.com) are also leading to businesses turning to social enterprise models to attract and retain high level employees.
As a result of the burgeoning world of businesses that strive toward public good, the lines are blurring more and more between charities and businesses.
The difference between social enterprise and nonprofits
In short, social enterprises want to make profits while also maximizing positive social impact (can be for-profit or non-profit); and nonprofits use their surplus income to achieve their mission rather than distributing it as profit.
Social enterprises look for means to help society through making money. An example is Ten Thousand Villages, which sells artisan products from all corners of the globe at fair trade prices to help the sellers and their communities, but with the goal of making a profit for company owners. They are using the social good in a way to attract buyers and sell their products, to create a win-win situation for profits and social good.
National Geographic, on the other hand, is a charity that sells fair trade artisan products that uses a portion of the profits to support its charitable work and mission. (The National Geographic Society is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world.)
Nonprofits turning to revenue making models
Many nonprofits are using some sort of “earned income”, or revenue-making scheme like National Geographic’s artisan sales to raise at least part of their program revenue and operating support. The trend moves nonprofits toward self-sufficiency by depending less and less on donations and also promoting entrepreneurship and marketplaces within the community.
A Forbes article on the Top 10 Reasons for Non-profits to Move to Revenue Driven Model, some of the key reasons for the shift, beyond the obvious sustainability feature of not having to fundraise, are that:
- Revenue making models give nonprofits more flexibility to adapt to change;
- Organizations can hire better employees and train their employees better; and
- Organizations can have exponential impact by paying forward their revenues toward their mission with more projects and programs.
Direct product sales as a revenue making model
Nonprofits can directly sell products and services to make a profit directly related to their mission: National Geographic is selling artisan products because it supports communities within developing nations and it also supports its mission to “inspire people to care about the planet”.
Girl Scouts sell cookies because it teaches the girls responsibility, independence, and sustainability, along with business skills. This is the most basic sales model for a nonprofit that can help them meet a percentage of operating or project funding needs.
Establishing affiliated social enterprises within the nonprofit
A number of organizations set up sister corporations that funnel their profits into charitable arms. They are social enterprises that dedicate a set portion of profits directly to a charitable mission. Homeboy Industries in California has a mission to help previously incarcerated or gang involved residents, especially youth. They sustain up to half of their organizational funding from social enterprises that have little to nothing to do with ex-cons.
Along with gourmet cafes at farmers markets, they ship cakes and pies across the country. The business model of the social enterprise focuses on advertising the social cause to some degree, but also on the taste and value of the food itself. Their advertisement rings, “Giving back never tasted so good.” Clients are attracted to purchasing because they like to support the cause, but also because they are in the market to purchase food.
Is revenue generation right for your nonprofit?
Revenue generating schemes and other linkages with social enterprise and its tactics have obvious benefits, but are they right for your organization and subsequently worthy of the time and resources necessary to develop them?
Consider the following resources to help you decide:
- Society for Nonprofits offers a quick pros and cons list for nonprofits thinking about applying earned income/sales strategies, and also quick steps on how to get started if you do choose to go forward.
- The Canvas Kit is based on Business Model You and helps nonprofits visualize, in just a few hours, where they might build on sales and fundraising strengths to increase revenue.
- A study of more than 140 nonprofits published in Stanford Social Innovation Review (2009) lays out 10 Nonprofit Funding Models that work for exponential growth based on an organization’s mission, strengths, and weaknesses. The article offers simple questions for nonprofit leaders to ask about their organizations to pick the most effective fundraising model – some of which require earned income plans and some that don’t.
- If you are not sure whether or not social enterprise is right for your organization, try something small, like a simple product sale or renting out your facilities for weddings or meetings, and evaluate the effort put into making your revenue vs. the profits themselves. Also gauge how much the project is distracting from your actual mission to do good in the community.
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Mango Pulper Machine
Suitable for extracting the pulp and separating the seeds and skin from fruits and vegetables like mango, tomato, guava, papaya, tamarind etc.
The fruits and vegetables are fed in the coarse pulping chamber where due to blades and brushes the fruit is pressed against the sieve. The extracted pulp passes through the perforations in the sieve and stone and skin are pushed forward and discharged from the other end. The pulp is then passed through the fine sieve to refine the pulp and remove the fine skin. The refined pulp can be collected and processed further.
1. Body frame made of SS square pipes
2. The coarse pulping and fine pulping unit are mounted one below the other
3. The coarse pulping unit consists of a coarse sieve and blades and brushes
4. The fine pulping unit consists of fine sieve and brushes
5. Special openable design of sieve is provided for easy cleaning and maintenance of the machine
6. S.S. 304 feed and discharge hopper
7. S.S. 304 collection hopper
8. S.S. 304 covers
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HKUST-Bright Dream Robotics Joint Research Institute (HBJRI) cordially invites HKUST faculty to express interest in the themes and topics released by the Guangdong Bright Dream Robotics Co. Ltd. (BDR), and submit project proposals.
This batch of call for proposals has the following Pre-defined research topics:
Pre-defined research topics:
Remarks: English versions of the topics are for reference only. In case of discrepancies, the Simplified Chinese version shall prevail.
Technical details of the pre-defined research topics:
Available upon expression of interest
Typically around 1 year (including R&D and acceptance testing by user; depending on project requirements)
Typically around HK$2 - 3.5 million per project (depending on project nature and duration)
- Faculty express their interest by here. Details of the projects will then be released to those who show interest.
- HBJRI will facilitate communication between HKUST faculty and BDR R&D teams on the project’s research direction and technical specifications.
- Faculty can then submit a full proposal for panel selection and review after confirming contents with BDR R&D team.
Due Date of Expression of Interest
12 Jul 2021 17:00 or until the project is granted
Annie Kong email@example.com +852 2358 8368
Joshua Leung firstname.lastname@example.org +852 2358 6164
About Guangdong Bright Dream Robotics Co. Ltd. (BDR)
Founded by Mr Yeung Kwok-Keung in 1992, Country Garden is a listed company in Hong Kong which has grown to become one of the Fortune Global 500s - an authoritative global company ranking. Expanding its business to innovation and technology, Mr Yeung established BDR in July 2018. BDR focuses on developing core robotics technologies and intelligent manufacturing through research and development on the autonomous systems, Internet of Things, AI, cloud computing, and big data platform, for ready deploying into various areas, such as construction, restaurant, smart community/living, smart agriculture, etc.
About HKUST-Bright Dream Robotics Joint Research Institute (HBJRI)
HBJRI has been established as a unique platform to strengthen the collaboration between University and Industry in research innovation and talent development, with focus on mutually interested areas including construction, robotics, artificial intelligence, big data, smart cities and smart living, thus supporting the transition of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area into a knowledge-based economy through the development and commercialisation in innovation and technology.
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We are still waiting for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement — NAFTA 2.0 — to be ratified in both Canada and the U.S. In both countries, major political happenings are dragging on the process: a federal election here in Canada, and the threat of impeachment of the president in the U.S.
Canada West Foundation’s Carlo Dade says that there are two schools of thought on whether or not impeachment proceedings bog down the ratification process, and it’s rather tough to know which way it will go. The question of impeachment could be a distraction, but passing the bill could also be viewed as giving U.S. President Donald Trump a win.
We do know, though, that the bill will be a tenuous one for the U.S. house.
“The process of ratifying a trade agreement under the Trade Promotion Authority is drastically different than any other bill that goes through Congress,” Dade says. “Essentially, there’s no chance to update the bill, to change it, to send it back to committee…Once the final report is submitted to Congress, the clock’s ticking.”
Dade believes there are enough votes to pass the bill, but this process isn’t the usual for the U.S. Congress, and the last time congress went through this, the bill passed by razor thin authority, with “two or 3 people going to the bathroom to make it work.”
Here at home, Cabinet decides on the agreement, and it becomes an Order in Council. There is a vote in parliament, but it happens earlier on and doesn’t actually pass the bill. If we end up with a minority government, does that throw a wrench in ratification? Dade says that part of that depends on who forms government and who holds the balance of seats. Certainly, left of centre parties are heavier on criticisms of the agreement and could push for changes. That’s less likely, Dade says, than ratification becoming a political football.
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President Idriss Deby is set to govern Chad until 2033 if a recommendation made by his party is approved, news agency Reuters reports.
A report issued by allied politicians, business leaders and traditional chiefs has proposed a presidential term limit for the country’s leaders from 2021.
The proposed changes include a six-year rather than five-year presidential term, limited to a maximum of two terms.
Mr Deby, who came to power in 1990, will be 81 by the time his final terms ends.
The opposition has dismissed the proposed changes as a plot to create a monarchy.
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Implications of the Study: How to Be a Disciple according to Matthew 28:19–20
The final implication that I want to draw out from the above study of the Great Commission is about how to be a disciple. If one makes a disciple by baptizing a person and teaching that person to obey everything that Jesus commanded, then one becomes a disciple by being baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit and by obeying everything that Jesus commanded. Thus, the first question every professing Christian needs to ask him/herself is “am I baptized?” It seems to me that an increasing number of professing Christians are deferring baptism for a variety of reasons. If the above grammatical/syntactical interpretation of the Great Commission is correct, then baptism is essential if one wants to call him/herself a disciple of Jesus. Baptism in the New Testament assumes that the person who is being baptized has repented of his/her sins and has believed in Jesus’ death and resurrection for the forgiveness of sins and salvation (Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1–14). Thus, repentance from sin and belief in Jesus are an indispensable aspect of being a disciple of Jesus. My encouragement to those reading this article is that if you have repented of your sin and believe in Jesus, yet are not baptized, then seek to be baptized as soon as possible.
The second question that every professing Christian needs to ask him/herself is “am I obeying everything that Jesus commanded the apostles?” It is important to first note that to make a disciple the apostles must teach the potential disciple all that Jesus commanded them, the apostles. Thus, what the apostles teach becomes extremely important. The place where we find the teaching of the apostles that reflects the teaching of Jesus is the entire New Testament, not just the Gospels, but the letters of the New Testament as well. The New Testament is the recorded teachings of Jesus’ apostles. The New Testament is part of the fulfillment of Jesus’ command to the apostles in Matthew 28:19–20.
Thus, since the New Testament records the commands of Jesus for his disciples, in order to be a disciple of Jesus, one must know what the New Testament commands of a disciple of Jesus and obey/do it. Allow me to present two commands of Jesus that have become controversial in western Christianity as examples: divorce and sexual immorality.
Jesus is very clear in the Synoptic Gospels that married couples should never divorce (Matt 5:31–32; 19:1–12; Mark 10:1–12; Luke 16:18). In these passages, Jesus gives a single exception to this rule, sexual immorality. Because Jesus gives his teaching on divorce in his Sermon on the Mount, which explains how someone in the kingdom of heaven should act, and because Jesus’ teaching on divorce is reaffirmed in Paul’s teaching to the church on how Christians should behave in 1 Corinthians 7:10–16, 39, it is safe to say that one of Jesus’ commands is that married couples never divorce, except on the grounds of sexual immorality, and even then the couple should do their best to remain married. The implications of this command of Jesus that is taught to us by the apostles is that to be a disciple of Jesus a married Christian should never divorce his/her spouse. This is a hard saying for many in the church since there are many Christians who have been divorced for reasons other than sexual immorality and there are many Christians seeking divorce for reasons other than sexual immorality. To be a faithful disciple of Jesus, married Christians must not divorce, except on the grounds of sexual immorality. The New Testament is clear that this teaching of Jesus is for those who are part of the kingdom of heaven through faith in Jesus. However, it seems to me that many churches are failing to teach this important command of Jesus and as such divorce is rampant within many of our churches.
Another New Testament command that Jesus gave his apostles is the command not to engage in sexual immorality. Some of the more important passages that condemn sexual immorality for disciples of Jesus are Matthew 15:19; Romans 13:13; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Galatians 5:16–21; Ephesians 5:3–5; Colossians 3:5–8; and 1 Peter 4:3. An important question to ask at this point is what is sexual immorality according to the Bible? Sexual immorality could be better translated “unsanctioned sexual conduct” or “sexual conduct that is not sanctioned by God.” In short, sexual immorality is committing any sexual act outside of a sanctioned marriage. In the Bible, a sanctioned marriage is marriage between one man and one woman. Thus, the following are considered acts of sexual immorality: adultery, sex outside of marriage, “fooling around” outside of marriage, such as oral sex, homosexuality, that is committing sexual acts with someone of the same gender, and bestiality, that is, committing sexual acts with animals. Thus, to be a faithful disciple of Jesus, a person must not commit any act of sexual immorality. It seems to me that teaching on sexual fidelity and adherence to sexual fidelity as presented by the apostles in the New Testament is another major area of neglect in western churches today that needs to be recovered.
The goal of being a disciple of Jesus is a high and lofty goal that should be pursued by every person. However, it takes effort and work to be a faithful disciple. Anyone who claims to be a disciple of Jesus or wishes to become a disciple of Jesus must first be baptized and then must work toward discovering all that Jesus commanded the apostles, understand all that Jesus commanded the apostles, and obey all that Jesus commanded the apostles.
The Great Commission is rightfully one of the most important texts in the Bible. The Great Commission sets forth the reason to make disciples and the way to make disciples. The reason for making disciples is because Jesus now has all authority in heaven and on earth. The way one makes a disciple of Jesus, which was the focus of this series, is by baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit, and by teaching to obey all that Jesus commanded the apostles. Thus, the Great Commission not only informs the church how make disciples of Jesus, but also informs individuals how to be a disciple of Jesus. As a result of the Great Commission, all churches and mission/evangelism organizations need to put a heavy emphasis on baptism and teaching for obedience in all ministries.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Motus Motorcycles founders Lee Conn and Brian Case spent nearly six years developing a dream bike that shredded speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in August. Now, they’re ready to power through a production ramp-up that will prompt the company to expand its Birmingham operations.
But first, Motus’ Bike No. 1 needs a special home.
The first hand-crafted sport-touring motorcycle off the company’s assembly line – a white Motus MSTR, known as MSTR #0001 — is lined up for a spot in the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, which holds the world’s largest collection of vintage and contemporary motorcycles.
Conn, the company’s president, and Case, its design director, presented the motorcycle to museum founder George Barber during a brief ceremony today at Barber’s facility, a Birmingham area landmark that stands as a shrine to the artistry of motorcycle design.
“It’s beautiful. It’s exquisite,” Barber said after a cover was pulled from the bike during the ceremony.
For the Motus founders, it’s another dream come true. Barber has been a key supporter of Motus from the early days. Plus, Motus today is housed in the original downtown location of Barber’s motorcycle museum, a frequent destination for Conn back in the day.
“This is a huge honor for us,” Case said. “He’s been a great ally, and we have an enormous amount of respect for him and his organization. The museum is really an archive of bikes, and once a bike gets locked in the museum’s vaults, it’s kind of perpetual.”
Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield, who attended today’s event, said the work done by Conn and Case at Motus squares nicely with Alabama’s emergence as an auto-producing powerhouse and with its racing heritage, exemplified by the world-class Barber track and the storied Talladega Superspeedway.
“The Motus motorcycle is another impressive ‘Made in Alabama’ product, showcasing the innovation and the expertise that exists in a state where talented people know how to design and build great vehicles,” Canfield said.
ASSEMBLING THE BIKES
Inside the Motus facility on Fifth Avenue South in Birmingham, the assembly work is painstaking. Each bike has 1,200 components, including parts fashioned from carbon fiber and titanium, along with premium equipment from top suppliers.
Conn said Motus aims to produce between 250 and 300 bikes in the first year, roughly one motorcycle each working day to supply a network of 19 dealers across the nation.
The company’s initial line-up consists of two models – the MST, priced around $31,000, and the MSTR, priced around $37,000. The MST’s liquid-cooled V-4 “Baby Block” engine produces 165 horsepower, while the MSTR gets a 180 horsepower version.
“The core of everything we do is the engine,” Conn said.
With that in mind, Motus is moving production of the engine to its Birmingham base, creating several jobs to add to the company’s current total of eight. The Motus “Baby Block” engine is based on the architecture and philosophy of the famed Chevrolet small block V-8, scaled back to four cylinders. Producing it in Birmingham will streamline the assembly process.
“By the end of the year, we are shifting all of the manufacturing of the engines to Birmingham,” Conn said. “We have had a partner in Texas building them for us, but all of that will be done in-house.”
The Motus engine is generating demand on its own. Conn said inquiries have been received from people wanting it to power sawmill equipment and use it as an airplane engine. An inventor wanted one for a “flying” car. Motus itself has installed it in a replica Ferrari race car and an all-terrain vehicle as a way to demonstrate the engine’s capabilities.
“Motus is kind of two companies – a motorcycle company and a powertrain company,” Conn said.
HOW IT STARTED
The production launch has been a long time coming for Motus, which sprang from an idea that Conn and Case had in 2008.
“We started with this concept of building a comfortable American sport bike, which is something that has never really existed,” Conn said. “All the big European and Asian manufacturers make a bike in this segment, but there is really no American analog. Essentially, these bikes are designed to be comfortable for long stretches on the highway but also offer high performance when you get to what all motorcycle people love the most – the ‘twisties,’ or making turns.”
At the time, Conn had sold a health care company he had started in Birmingham in 1994. Case had been working as a designer for another motorcycle maker in the city but had moved on. The two riding buddies sensed the timing was right for a new venture.
“When the economy went down, we saw this great opportunity to leverage this time when we knew we would have to be in the woodshed – developing, designing, and testing the bike,” Conn said. “We hoped when the economy came back, we’d be ready with a fully developed bike.”
Conn and Case spent the first two years planning strategy and performing design work. Along the way, Conn said Motus was able to tap into the “mothership of American performance” — Pratt & Miller Engineering, a Detroit-based engineering firm that works with General Motors racing and Nascar teams. The firm came on board as a partner.
By 2010, Motus was testing engines for the bike. The next year the company unveiled a prototype at the Barber track and showed it off at Bike Week at Daytona Beach. After that, Conn and Case began the long process of refining and perfecting the motorcycle.
As the production launch neared, the partners decided to take the bikes to the 2014 Bonneville Speed Trials, knowing that, for a century, the salt flats in the Utah desert have been the ultimate proving ground for a machine.
“Our bikes are not really racing bikes,” Conn said. “We just wanted to produce a high-performance bike that happened to be comfortable for street use. But because the bike does have those capabilities, we decided to go out to Bonneville and see what it could do.”
Conn and Case came away with two speed records. Conn recorded a speed of 165.8 mph, shattering the American Motorcyclist Association record of 127 mph in the 1650 cc production pushrod class. Case recorded 163.9 mph in the 1650 cc production pushrod gas category, topping the previous high of 132 mph.
“We hold the fastest two production land-speed records for any American bike,” Conn said.
They celebrated by bolting on rearview mirrors and driving the bikes back to Birmingham, a 1,900-mile trek that included one marathon, 29-hour driving session.
“We really had to get home — we’ve all got kids. We said, ‘Let’s go for it,’” Conn recalled. “From basically Nevada to Birmingham, the only place we stopped was in Kansas City for lunch. It was awesome. We went out there and got these records, and then we had this glorious ride home on the bikes.”
‘MADE IN ALABAMA’
At Bonneville, the record-setting bikes both sported one special detail – “Made in Alabama” decals.
While neither of the founders is an Alabama native, Conn said they like to acknowledge the support the company has received over the years from Birmingham and Alabama officials.
In 2012, the City of Birmingham provided a tax rebate package that helped with the move to the old Barber museum. Conn said Former Alabama Governor Bob Riley and current Governor Robert Bentley have both showed support for the company, and the Alabama Department of Commerce has been a backer.
Conn said he believes Alabama is the ideal spot for the company to produce high-end bikes. For starters, the state has a good business environment and a strong manufacturing heritage, he said. Plus, Birmingham’s location in the center of the South’s automotive corridor allows Motus to tap into a skilled talent pool.
There’s also the Barber museum, which has provided so much inspiration to the Motus founders.
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XVIII scientific conference “Information technologies in science and education, business and tourism”, organized by the Varna University of Management, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and Cherkasy National University “Bohdan Khmelnitsky” (Ukraine) was held on the 11th and 12th of July at the Flamingo Hotel in Albena Resort.
The meeting was attended by representatives of Bulgarian and Ukrainian universities, London city college and the Association of French psychologists.
The conference was opened by Prof. Silvena Dencheva (VUM), who greeted the participants. The rector of VUM, Assoc. Dr. Todor Radev also greeted them.
Prof. Arkhipova from Cherkasy National University shared the main problems facing the Ukrainian university and the country in the last few months.
Acad. Jatsko Ivanov from BAS shared a plenary report on the phenomenon of online education during the COVID crisis. In it, he looked at all the challenges facing universities in many countries and gave some positive feedback examples of how different countries have changed their education to meet the changing needs of their students. He presented best practices in MBA programs in France and Slovakia, where MBA students were successfully involved in supporting various companies. Acad. Ivanov’s report provoked a discussion among the participants, who expressed concern about online education, which leads to lower motivation among students.
An empirical study on topic of professional tolerance among future social workers was presented by Prof. Krivopishina from France. According to her research, tolerant employees are happy employees. It examines the relationship between tolerance and personal happiness in the workplace.
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Clouds have played a variety of roles as a visual element in the arts of Asia across time. As a stylized motif, clouds have often functioned as a framing device, an interstitial motif, or compositional boundary in paintings. A cloud could conjure anything from a celestial Daoist realm to lingzhi, medicinal mushrooms of immortality once believed to revive the dead. The generative and auspicious potential of clouds has long existed in the history of art. The amorphous nature of mist in dialogue with the tangible and rigid has long inspired the work of artists, designers, and architects, from Fujiko Nakaya’s cloud paintings and fog sculptures, to Diller and Scofidio’s Blur Building in Lake Neuchâtel. In today’s era of big data, clouds have also come to represent the negligibly small, where modular bits of information are now amassed into infinitely scalable systems that function at a distance, removed from sight but still lingering overhead.
This exhibition’s central work, Nuvole (2006-2018) — which literally means clouds — explores these formal traditions and looks at how clouds can function as divisions of space while still serving as the apotheosis of ethereal formlessness. Like clouds of our digital age, Hashimoto’s sculpture shows how there is much to be found in both the intricate detail of minute components and the large-scale meanings that can result from their accumulation. The work weaves around the gallery’s architecture and over major artworks from the museum’s permanent collection, to serve as both helpful foil as well as a meditation on the continuum of human expression. For more than a decade, Hashimoto has re-used many of his discs in his various site-specific installations around the world. Each time, each disc is newly looped, rhythmically tied and hung, existing briefly together to form a greater whole. Through the staging and spectacle of this giant cloud, we are reminded of the voices of progenitors, and how our individual accretion of effort, experience, and value in the arc of human experience is shared.
Nuvole is joined by a selection of Hashimoto’s woodblock and intaglio works in Gallery IV. Created over the last three years in collaboration with Durham Press in Pennsylvania and Mixografia in Los Angeles, these works are now being exhibited for the first time in a U.S. museum. They are combined with several wall works from the artist’s own collection. These graphic works illustrate the range and depth of Hashimoto’s work, and point to the generative and collaborative relationships and creative conversations that have occurred between artists over time. Jacob Hashimoto was born in Greeley, Colorado in 1973 and is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He lives and works in Queens, New York. Hashimoto has been featured in solo museum exhibitions at MOCA Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Schauwerk Sindlefingen in Germany, and the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art in Finland. He has also had solo shows at Mary Boone Gallery in New York, Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, Studio la Città in Verona, Galerie Forsblom in Helsinki, Anglim Gilbert Gallery in San Francisco, and Leila Heller Gallery in Dubai, among others. His work is in the collections of LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, EMMA – Saastamoinen Foundation, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, The California Endowment, and numerous other public collections. | <urn:uuid:18844d0d-820f-4ef9-8d9d-b340ac4c862d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.meer.com/en/42186-jacob-hashimoto | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946272 | 785 | 1.953125 | 2 |
June 20 2014 | Latest NewsBy Mark Waller, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
New Orleans came in second for the major metropolitan area with the most economic development successes in the South over the past 20 years in a survey by Southern Business & Development Magazine (article begins on page 62). Charlotte, North Carolina, topped the list.
The magazine awards cities points based on the number of new business projects they attracted and the sizes of those projects according to the jobs and investment amounts secured. The New Orleans region lands into the class of areas with populations between 750,000 and 2 million people.
While the survey covers 1995 to 2014, in a message celebrating the rating, Michael Hecht, president of the GNO, Inc., economic development group, said, "what is more remarkable, per publisher Mike Randle, is that Greater New Orleans had virtually no wins in the period before Hurricane Katrina, nor for three years after, meaning that nearly all of this performance has been concentrated in only the past five years."
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Julie Moore, catalog librarian in the Special Collections Research Center at the Henry Madden Library, joins an elite group of cataloging librarians worldwide working toward helping people find information more easily through the Name Authority Cooperative (NACO) Funnel.
What is a NACO funnel you ask? The Name Authority Cooperative is run by the Program of Cooperative Cataloging at the Library of Congress and is charged with helping libraries worldwide agree on the official name for an author or entity so that people can find resources easily.
Only a fraction of all catalogers (librarians who catalog books and other materials so they can be searched by author, title and subjects) in the country are trained and authorized to ascertain and establish the correct name for each person, corporate body or geographical place.
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Answer in one sentence.
1) What is management?
Ans: Management is a set of principles which relate to the various functions such as planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, controlling etc. which are helpful in achieving organizational goals.
2) What is planning?
Ans: Planning is an intellectual process of logical thinking and rational decision making. In short, planning is a detailed programme of future courses of action.
3) What is Staffing?
Ans: Staffing is the process of attracting, recruiting, selecting, placing, appraising, remunerating, developing, and retaining the best workforce.
4) What is directing?
Ans: Directing is the process of instructing, guiding, communicating, inspiring, motivating, and supervising the employees to achieve the predetermined goals of an organization.
5) What is controlling?
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Olive trees in Italy were placed under an experimental treatment of irrigation and non-irrigation (rain fed). Tree water use was monitored with SFM1 Sap Flow Meters using the Heat Ratio Method.
The SFM1 Sap Flow Meter is commonly used to assess the effects of an irrigation and non-irrigation treatment on plant water use. This is a common application in horticulture and viticulture. The SFM1 Sap Flow Meter can be used to measure total crop water use in order to determine how much irrigation a crop actually requires. Alternatively, the SFM1 Sap Flow Meter can be used to assess the response of crops to irrigation.
Ms. Kanako Nitta and Dr. Koji Inosako, of Tottori University, Japan, and Dr. Mladen Todorovic, of CIHEAM, Italy were interested in the response of olive trees, growing in an orchard in Italy, to irrigation. The olive trees were placed under an experimental treatment of irrigation and non-irrigation (rain-fed). Tree water use was monitored with SFM1 Sap Flow Meters using the Heat Ratio Method.
Figure 1 shows the results of approximately 6 weeks of sap flow monitoring. The blue line is heat velocity of the irrigated tree and the red line is heat velocity of the non-irrigated tree. The irrigated tree has far higher water use than the non-irrigated tree. There were two irrigation events over this monitoring period. Following irrigation, the olive tree had a spike in sap flow followed by a steady decline over subsequent days.
These results demonstrate that this olive tree is highly responsive to irrigation and that trees growing in this orchard are water-limited. The results also show that the SFM1 Sap Flow Meter can be used to differentiate irrigated and non-irrigated treatments. | <urn:uuid:22a30300-1973-4910-bb94-165b13167754> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sa.ictinternational.com/casestudies/sap-flow-under-irrigation-and-non-irrigation-in-an-olive-tree/?from=/?applications=horticulture | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.956383 | 378 | 2.8125 | 3 |
How many noses on your face?
Only one, there’s only one
How many hands on the kitchen clock?
Precisely two, how do you do?
And how many bedrooms in your house?
I think there are three, but let me go and see
How many wheels on your big white car?
Exactly four, and not any more
How many tootsypegs on your foot?
I’ve looked and I’ve, counted up to five
How many pussy cats in the sun?
I think there are six, sleeping on the bricks
How many apples on the apple tree?
Exactly seven, less than eleven
And how many kookaburras can you see?
I think there are eight, sitting on the gate
How many clouds are in the sky?
I’ve counted up to nine, the weather is fine
How many magpies on your lawn?
I think there are ten, but let me count again
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Demonstrate a sound foundational knowledge and understanding of the principles and practice in healthcare regarding administration, management, law, economics and policy.
Research a real-life healthcare organization. Drawing upon your learning in previous courses, you will be asked to analyze various facets and provide a detailed picture of the organization. The Capstone will consist of three sections. Each section is to be 1,600–2,000 words. Each section should have at least four references so there is a total of 12 references for the final Capstone Project submission in Unit 9.
Section 1 – Submitted in Unit 2
Proposal and introduction of project
Analysis of the organization
Compose your sections using Standard American English as described in the APA guidelines
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There are two major types of green beans: bush or pole. Bush are short, erect plants (determinate) with a uniform pod set resulting in a short harvest season. Pole beans are trained on poles, fence, or string, and grow 7 to 8 ft in height and bear fruit continuously (indeterminate) requiring only one field planting. Further, the consumer perceives pole beans, with its longer pod, to be of superior quality. Our objective was to evaluate two pole bean varieties: Fortex, an extra long pod (11 in.) 60 day maturity, and Blue Lake, a standard pole bean variety, 6 to 7 in. round pod with 55-day maturity. Also, we wished to compare high tunnel production with field production and obtain two crops in the high tunnel by double cropping.
How to Cite:
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Right to attend school in England.
In most cases, foreign national children in the UK have the right to attend schools in England. School admission authorities must not refuse to admit a child on the basis of their nationality or immigration status nor remove them from roll on this basis.
It is the responsibility of parents/carers, not the local authority nor a school, to check that their children have a right, under their visa entry conditions, to study at a school.
Families should check their right of abode or that the conditions of their immigration status otherwise permit them to access a state-funded school before applying for a school place in Newham.
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KUWAIT CITY, May 2: According to the World Bank report, Kuwait is “one of the richest countries where practically there is no extreme poverty and no forced unemployment, reports Al-Rai daily.
“The country enjoys strong foreign financial assets, with financial reserves estimated at 465 percent of gross domestic product. On the other hand, the report pointed out that expatriates “represent two-thirds of the population in the country,” considering that “the bulk of them form the low-income segment,” noting “there are more concerns faced by expatriate workers, including nonpayment of wages, or delay in addition to the difficult working conditions and fears of harassment.”
The report pointed out that “18 percent of the total population lives below income level of half the average.” The report also pointed out that the “decline in oil prices in the past years, led to a significant decline in liquidity reserves,” while at the same time there have been “more withdrawals from the General Reserve Fund may erode the reserves.
Kuwait’s remittances rose by 3.9 percent year-on-year in the last year. Workers’ remittances in Kuwait last year, according to Central Bank data, were KD 4.3 billion, compared to KD 4.1 billion in 2017. The highest value of second-quarter remittances was KD 1.19 billion, while the lowest transfers in the first quarter were KD 1.03 billion. | <urn:uuid:9f624604-fbf0-48ae-8a60-89a55300a12c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-richest-in-the-world-no-poverty-no-forced-unemployment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.96451 | 327 | 2.125 | 2 |
Does the GoPiGo have the ability to read the voltage from the battery? Would be nice to be able to see when the voltage drops to a certain level, you could kick off a script to shut it down before it dies.
Thanks for the great work you have done so far!!!
The GoPiGo indeed has an ability to check the voltage levels. You can use a command on the terminal “gpg” if you are using the Dexter Industries image. Also there’s a function in the GoPiGo python library called volt() which would give you the voltage back. You can try that out in the basic_test_all.py example program. | <urn:uuid:e4ddd9a3-fe85-4281-b576-f3ddab814698> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://forum.dexterindustries.com/t/read-voltage-output/507 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.917148 | 146 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Catheters often need to navigate through complex anatomy in order to reach the desired location and perform their specific task. From neurovascular to structural heart and peripheral vascular application needs, there can be big differences in the catheter requirements.
Therefore, maintaining precise control of the catheter is critical. In this blog our experts have outlined the key elements to consider, and tips to guide you through the steps of designing your steerable catheter.
How to begin designing your steerable catheter.
Everything starts with your idea for your product and how its therapeutic or diagnostic function will work. You should then ask how that functionality will be delivered within the body.
If you decide you need a catheter with steer functionality for fine control of access and placement then the first question you should consider is:
What characteristics does the catheter need to possess and/or what are the tasks it needs to carry out inside the body?
- Access diameter and profile which will be dictated by your vessel diameter and the other access sheaths and catheters your catheter will work in tandem with.
- Shaft Flexibility. Super flexible to Super stiff. Proximal and distal end unique requirements to suit your specific anatomical challenges.
- Steering requirements for your shaft:
– 1 way, 2 way or more!
– Multiple steering points and multi plane steering, common in structural heart access and delivery systems to include multiple deflection points and which can steer in different planes.
– Steering length – length of shaft that will be deflectable – the length of deflection should be allowable in the space it will steer.
– Steering curve diameter – the geometry of your deflected shaft requirements.
– Steering angle – what steering deflection angle will be required? 90o 180o 270o Understand your ‘must-haves’ vs your ‘nice-to haves’. It can be wasted effort designing for 180o deflection when you only need 90o.
– Steering force – how strong do your steering wires and steering mechanism need to be? Are you deflecting with high force loads?
- Radiopacity requirements or other catheter shaft markings; RO marker bank for catheter tip, RO loading of entire shaft, printed marker bands for shaft insertion?
- Tensile and compression performance for your shaft; Will there be high compression, tensile or radial forces on the shaft during use?
- Handle interface with the shaft; Preferred actuation mechanism and requirements of shaft / pull wires to interact with your preferred handle mechanism.
- Catheter shaft working length.
- Guidewire compatibility; 0.035”, 0.014”, 0.018” guidewire compatibility.
These are just some of the many considerations that we at ICS Medical Devices will look at when designing and developing steerable catheters for our clients.
Our focus is always on achieving an efficient, streamlined development process, to accelerate your next generation product to market.
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Introduction: Global Automotive Glass Market
The Automotive Glass market research report is a collection of significant analytical outputs and conclusions obtained using highly effective data extraction, trimming, curating, and presentation procedures. The study used precise analytical methods to give accurate findings. It also used figures and graphics, to create a visually appealing, high-end, well-documented, and legitimate market survey based on factual Automotive Glass market data. Through a greater comprehension of the multi-dimensional approach, the study instils in-depth knowledge of the Automotive Glass business expansion. The research assesses the market’s present characteristics while also forecasting the Automotive Glass market’s future scenario.
Competitor Profiling: Global Automotive Glass Market
AGC IncCorning IncorporatedFuyao Glass Industry Group Co. LtdGentex CorporationGuardian IndustriesNippon Sheet Glass Co., LtdSaint-Gobain SekuritSisecam GroupVitro SAB de CVXinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.
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The basic objective of the Automotive Glass market research is to bring the major driving factors to sight. There are several driving factors which are accelerating the Automotive Glass market in terms of demand and revenue. Several important growth factors escalating the demand of the market are pointed out in the report. Apart from that, the study also shows the impact of the major constraints of growth to the Automotive Glass market. The opportunities and its treats are included in the report.
Unraveling Segmentation and Scope of the Global Automotive Glass Market
Analysis by Type:
by Type (Laminated Glass, Tempered Glass, Others); Material (Tinted Glass, IR PVB, Metal Coated, Others); Vehicle Type (Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles)
Analysis by Application:
Application I, Application II, Application III
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The pandemic has had a significant impact over the Automotive Glass market, which has been highlighted in the report. The major development trends of the industry are reviewed and analysed in the report. The Automotive Glass market report also shows insight on the Covid-19 impact that has hampered the Automotive Glass market. It has a classified overview of the market dynamics showing the pre-pandemic and post-pandemic effects. The market analysis shows the short-term and long-term pandemic effects. The pandemic impact differs by region and can be seen in the reported study.
Regional Coverage of Global Automotive Glass Market
– North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
– Europe (U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Central & Eastern Europe, CIS)
– Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN, India, Rest of Asia Pacific)
– Latin America (Brazil, Rest of L.A.)
– Middle East and Africa (Turkey, GCC, Rest of Middle East)
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The changes and adaptations that the Automotive Glass market has gone through is revealed in the brief study. The study also showers light on the key aspects of the market that have changed or are changing with time. The market is volatile than ever, and the expectations for the forecasted period of the Automotive Glass market is explained in detail.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Report Overview
1.1 Study Scope
1.2 Key Market Segments
1.3 Players Covered: Ranking by Automotive Glass Revenue
1.4 Market Analysis by Type
1.4.1 Global Automotive Glass Market Size Growth Rate by Type: 2020 VS 2028
1.5 Market by Application
1.5.1 Global Automotive Glass Market Share by Application: 2020 VS 2028
1.6 Study Objectives
1.7 Years Considered
Chapter Two: Global Growth Trends by Regions
2.1 Automotive Glass Market Perspective (2015-2028)
2.2 Automotive Glass Growth Trends by Regions
2.2.1 Automotive Glass Market Size by Regions: 2015 VS 2020 VS 2028
2.2.2 Automotive Glass Historic Market Share by Regions
2.2.3 Automotive Glass Forecasted Market Size by Regions (2021-2028)
2.3 Industry Trends and Growth Strategy
2.3.1 Market Top Trends
2.3.2 Market Drivers
2.3.3 Market Challenges
2.3.4 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
2.3.5 Automotive Glass Market Growth Strategy
2.3.6 Primary Interviews with Key Automotive Glass Players (Opinion Leaders)
Chapter Three: Competition Landscape by Key Players
3.1 Global Top Automotive Glass Players by Market Size
3.1.1 Global Top Automotive Glass Players by Revenue
3.1.2 Global Automotive Glass Revenue Market Share by Players
3.1.3 Global Automotive Glass Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier Chapter Two: and Tier 3)
3.2 Global Automotive Glass Market Concentration Ratio
3.2.1 Global Automotive Glass Market Concentration Ratio (CRChapter Five: and HHI)
3.2.2 Global Top Chapter Ten: and Top 5 Companies by Automotive Glass Revenue in 2020
3.3 Automotive Glass Key Players Head office and Area Served
3.4 Key Players Automotive Glass Product Solution and Service
3.5 Date of Enter into Automotive Glass Market
3.6 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
To conclude the market analysis, a detailed assessment of the Automotive Glass market’s competitors was done. The competitive identity of the market and its standing among them is clearly briefing the market standing. The study also considers the recent trends of the industry to assess the future driving factors of growth for the Automotive Glass market. All the forecasted assumptions consider the basic competitive ecosystem, to make the report as accurate as possible. An in-depth profile of the key players is evaluated to understand the market traction, revenue scales and growth patterns for the Automotive Glass market study.
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Demystifying the true value of first-party data in a cookieless era
Marketers have grown reliant on third-party ad tracking and cookies, but the news is this: first-party data is your golden ticket to a successful future for your business. Learn more about what first-party data actually is, which are its benefits and why you should care about it.
The final days for third-party data are here.
Google has announced its intention to stop the use of cross-site tracking (via Third-Party Cookies) in Chrome by the end of 2023, joining a growing list of browsers ditching the famous tracking technology. As we step into the cookieless era, the rules of marketing will rapidly evolve, but data will undoubtedly remain among the biggest drivers of success.
Research says that 87% of marketers say data is their company’s most under-utilized asset. In addition, 40% of brands plan to increase their data-driven marketing budgets.
It is a new beginning for your business and with that in mind, let’s dig into what first-party data is, which are its benefits and how to collect it.
What is first-party data?
Have you ever submitted your email address to an eCommerce website to get that discount code? If so, you provided them first-party data.
Have you ever visited a website to navigate, interact and purchase? That behaviour’s also the company’s first-party data.
Have you ever clicked a deep link within an email to download the company’s mobile app? You’ve certainly provided even more first-party data.
In a nutshell, first-party data is the information you collect directly from your audience or customers, including:
- Data from behaviours, actions or interests demonstrated across your website(s) or app(s)
- Data you have in your CRM
- Subscription data
- Social data
However, it can also include non-online information such as completed surveys, customer feedback and other customer information stored in your CRM database.
Which are the other types of data?
Now that you know more about first-party data, let’s find out more about the other types of data.
Second-party data is first-party data from a trusted partner. This data can help a company achieve greater scale than relying on its own data alone, and because the data isn’t sold openly, it can provide greater value than third-party data, which is usually available to anyone who wants to buy it. For instance, a credit card company might get customer information from a tourist agency, so it can target its marketing toward specific traveller needs and interests.
Third-party data usually comes not from the direct relationship between a customer and a company, but from an outside source that has collected the data. Third-party data often comes from a variety of sources across the web, and this data is then aggregated, segmented, and sold to companies for their own advertising use. More exactly, a gym wants to advertise to athletes who live in London, so it buys a list from a data company of internet users in London who have shopped online for gym equipment at some point. The gym shows ads to those users.
How is first-party data used?
An in-depth understanding of first-party data can do more for your business than you may have imagined – but how? This type of data is used for audience retargeting via advertisements, nurturing, and during the sales process.
It’s also used to learn more about what an ideal or best-fit customer looks like, how to reach out to new audiences, how to get those site or social media visitors familiar with your brand and increase the possibility of converting them into future customers.
Where does the first-party data come from?
Of course, first-party data comes from a range of sources. Check out some likely places where you’ll find it:
Website ─ On many websites, you’ll come across various data on-site visitors, from names and email addresses to visitor behaviour and transactions. You can also track additional behaviours, like hovering over text or images, for specific retargeting strategies.
Mobile apps ─ To ensure useful data is being extracted from a brand app, marketers need to define which user events are meaningful and be sure to log and measure them.
Email ─ Through email, you’ll be able to discover open rates, click rates and bounce rates. Analyzing the data about who is opening emails and which is their interest will allow you to segment audiences and run specific campaigns targeted to different levels of engagement.
Point of sale and CRM ─ This offline data may be a brand’s greatest source for online targeting and activation of its best customers — particularly, the level of personalization it affords by knowing a shopper’s purchase history. This way, you can see what’s selling, what’s not and where.
Call centres ─ Many essential customer interactions can appear at call centres. It’s all about where new accounts are initiated and where problems surface.
What are the benefits of first-party data?
So far, so good, but how is first-party data actually helping you? We’ve got a long list, but we’ve narrowed it to the most impactful benefits.
Because first-party data is your own raw data, you have the power to choose how it’s collected, stored, managed, and secured. Controlling these parameters means you can ensure its accuracy and integrity.
First-party data gives you a competitive advantage since your company maintains exclusive ownership of it. From your own data, you can create audiences perfectly tailored to your needs.
It’s also more relevant and accurate than third-party data since it provides data that your existing prospects and customers have willingly given directly to you.
The enactment of CCPA and GDPR is marking it difficult to capture third-party data. First-party data, on the other hand, complies with all of these new privacy regulations, making it more valuable than ever.
There is no doubt that you need to deeply understand your customers so you can deliver the right content, in the right place, and at the right time. Insights into who is buying, how much they’re buying, and when and where they’re buying it are not to be neglected.
First-party data has the potential to bring you success and for that reason, you need to understand how to create and execute an effective first-party data strategy.
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By NEIL KEARNEY, August 2017
It takes a village to raise a child is a proverb that originated many moons ago.
In this digital age, when most of the world’s population is hooked onto a global superhighway, the influences on our children are beyond anyone’s control. Which makes it more important than ever that young people are encouraged to connect with their local community and develop good people skills. My formative years were in a simpler time – Longford, Tasmania, in the 1960s was a community in which everyone said “g’day” with a smile and everyone had a place. Elders yarned and joked with the kids and they set us right when we were out of line. I was an early morning paperboy for the town’s newsagents Terry and Betty Ling, which meant carrying a bag of rolled-up newspapers on my pushbike and tossing each one in the general direction of the occupant’s front door. One morning a paper landed on the roof of a cottage in Mason Street. Instead of waking the residents to borrow their ladder, I clambered up a lattice to try to climb onto the roof, only to crash-land into a stinking compost heap. The startled owners came out in their pyjamas to find their paperboy marinated in a pungent pile of chook manure and food scraps. Instead of haranguing me, they cleaned me up the best they could and gave me a leg up onto my bike. The couple ribbed me for years about that escapade. Laughter is the best medicine; it’s also the glue that sticks a community together. Little jokes between people are connections that last a lifetime. Country places are renowned for their dry-witted characters and for nicknames handed down over generations. Locals have got accustomed to each other’s quirks; they know whether a person is noisy or quiet, punctual or dilatory, generous or mean-spirited, cautious or carefree, sociable or reclusive, teetotaller or tosspot. Familiarity fortifies friendships. Sometimes neighbours know a little too much, and things get gossipy. But usually the togetherness outweighs any negatives. On Longford’s front street in the ‘60s you saw some funny sights – like the irrepressible Dick Fulton driving his manual station wagon, despite having lost his left arm. Somehow, his right wing reached across to grab the gearstick on the steering column, at the same time as his left foot worked the clutch and right foot was planted on the accelerator. Locals knew to give Dick plenty of room. Walking along Marlborough Street, Longford, across from the fire station, you could stop for a chat with the wonderful ‘Mrs Swint’. She was so friendly and witty; you always came away from a yarn with her feeling invigorated. In the ‘60s, James’ Service Store was an institution, as colourful as a circus; it even had a huge canvas mural for IXL jam that dominated the big top. Gordon was the ringmaster, while Joan called the shots and Gary was the loveable clown. You’d look up to see Alfie or Keith performing a trapeze act on the ladder, swinging across the top shelves to clutch cans and packets. Ah, the halcyon times when Longford’s heart would beat loud with four grocery stores that actually served you – there was James’, Reinmuths (later Crowdens and then Rattrays), Roy Preece’s Corner Store and Browns the Big Store. Across Marlborough Street from James’ was McCullaghs’ Butchery, where wife ‘Celi’ maintained order and conducted business while husband Mick chopped meat and played the larrikin, a role he was born for. Mick often told the story against himself about the occasion when a woman came into the butchery asking for a medium sized chicken. It was late on a Friday and Mick had only one small chook left. He started to wrap it, but the lady stopped him, saying it was a bit undersized for her needs. Without blinking, Mick cunningly picked up the chook and told the lady he would go out the back to fetch her a slightly bigger chook. He returned seconds later with the only chook he had and started wrapping it again. Unfortunately for Mick, the lady studied the ‘second’ chook more closely and decided it too wasn’t big enough. She proposed a resolution to their problem, telling Mick that she wanted to buy both the chickens he had shown her! Whenever Mick told that story, and he shared it hundreds of times, he roared with laughter. Mick (“m-a-a-a-t-e”) was one of a kind.
‘Rocky’ Walker did the rounds of the town in his old ute, collecting people’s food scraps to feed his pigs. Rocky lived in a weather-beaten cottage along Tannery Straight. On weekends it morphed into becoming Rocky’s Tavern, a watering hole where Rocky and his cobbers fortified their friendships. Rocky was a ‘hard case’, but he had a soft centre. On one occasion he required medical attention to his waterworks and needed to phone the town’s surgery to make an appointment with a doctor. But he was hesitant about making the call because the inquisitive receptionist had a habit of enquiring about the nature of the patient’s problem. A friend advised him that – when the receptionist asked what was wrong – he should say he had an issue with his ear. When Rocky eventually summoned the nerve to make the call, and was asked to specify his problem, he stammered “My-my-er-ear!” The receptionist followed up: “And what shall I say is wrong with your ear, Mr Walker?” A flustered Rocky coughed and spluttered and eventually replied: “I can’t p-p-p-piss out of it!” Rocky was part of the rich tapestry of good-hearted knockabouts that made life humorous, eventful and unique. Their colourful lives and the tales that were told about them may explain why our small Tasmanian town in the 1960s was a seedbed for some latter day storytellers. Often we read and hear about the disadvantages facing children growing up in the country. It’s natural that many young people will leave the nest to pursue their careers in the cities or go to live on the mainland or overseas. Every chick is born to fly. Cut off their wings and they’ll never fulfil their potential. The children who leave the nest may build lives in faraway places, but the attitudes they formed in their childhood years will always be part of their identity. They will forever belong to the village that raised them. I’d argue that growing up in the country has some advantages over a city upbringing – life in a village is more connected and personalised, which means kids build real confidence in a place where most people still greet each other with a hearty g’day. In the bush you are someone. In the big smoke you can get lost in the crowd. One point is for sure: the old-timers in the country know how to use laughter to oil the wheels of their community. A story handed down from the 1950s was of a time when some Longford adults were concerned that teenagers were using the shrubbery at the Mill Dam to engage in amorous activities at night. The concerned citizens demanded that the local police constable stake out the Mill Dam and put an end to these shenanigans. Several cold nights passed and the constable’s vigils had proven fruitless. Finally, one night he caught wind of anxious voices coming from beyond the gorse bushes near the river’s edge. He heard a female whisper breathlessly: “Can I kiss it on the head before you put it in?” Immediately, the constable sprung from behind the bushes and shone his torch into the faces of the culprits, only to find that they were two old ladies intending to drown unwanted kittens. No amorous teenagers were grounded, but at least the long arm of the law saved the kittens. | <urn:uuid:70d6c3ac-52e3-45fa-812d-40e1772091d0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://neilkearney.net.au/the-characters-of-my-childhood/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.978593 | 1,738 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Hamilton Field Officers Building
‘… sixteen identical company officers quarters. Each unit will accommodate 1 officer and his famly and is a 1-story-and-basement building with reinforced concrete foundations, stuccoed hollow-tile wallas and a roof covered with Spanish tiel… All of the buildings at Hamilton Filed have been carried out in the Mediterranean type of architecture.’ (PWA: $657,205; total: $146,000)
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ISB Assistant Professor Dr. Sean Gibbons talked about the science behind statins in our most recent Research Roundtable virtual presentation. His talk was titled “Bugs vs. Drugs: How Our Unique Gut Microbiomes Shape Our Personalized Responses to Statins.”
In ISB’s first-ever Research Roundtable event, Assistant Professor Dr. Sean Gibbons delivered a presentation titled “Gut-Check: Personalized Nutrition and Your Microbiome.” His talk covered a lot of ground, including recently published research showing how the health of our microbiomes can predict longevity, and how we can build and maintain a healthy gut microbiome.
Everybody pees and poops. What if there was a way to use the byproducts of our everyday bodily functions to understand the general health of a population? That is exactly what MIT’s Dr. Eric Alm is pursuing. In an ISB-Town Hall Seattle live stream, Alm discussed the promise of this novel form of public health tracking.
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Considered among the most important southern writers, Ernest J. Gaines was an award-winning fiction writer whose work often features the region where he grew up: rural and small-town south-central Louisiana.
Considered among the most important southern writers, Ernest J. Gaines (1933-2019) was an award-winning fiction writer whose work often features the region where he grew up: rural and small-town south-central Louisiana. In novels such as The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson before Dying, Gaines excels at depicting familial, generational, and racial struggles in the lives of mid-twentieth-century Louisianans, especially from the perspectives of African American men. Known primarily as a novelist, Gaines also wrote several noted short stories and had his work adapted for television and film. He was the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship and the National Humanities Medal, among other awards and honors.
Childhood and Early Adulthood
Ernest James Gaines was born January 15, 1933, in Pointe Coupée Parish, the son of African American sharecroppers Manuel and Adrean Gaines. He spent his childhood and received his rudimentary early education in plantation quarters that would later figure prominently in his fiction. A formative presence during these years was his aunt, Augusteen Jefferson, who cared for her family without the use of her legs. Gaines dedicated The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman to, among others, his “beloved aunt” “who did not walk a day in her life but who taught me the importance of standing.” When he was fifteen, Gaines moved to California to join his mother and stepfather. There he attended junior college in Vallejo before being drafted into the US Army. After two years of military service, he completed a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University) in 1957, attended Stanford University on a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship, and initiated his literary career.
When reflecting on his literary influences, Gaines cited nineteenth-century Russians, such as Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy, and Ivan Turgenev, and early twentieth-century Americans, such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and fellow southerner William Faulkner. Stein’s and Hemingway’s influences can be detected in Gaines’s spare, rhythmic prose. Faulkner’s influence, on the other hand, surfaces in Gaines’s attention to southern dialects, his frequent structuring of novels around multiple first-person narrations, and his creation of a detailed imagined setting that recurs in much of his writing. Just as Faulkner, drawing upon the locales of his childhood, created Yoknapatawpha County, with its county seat of Jefferson based on Oxford, Mississippi, Gaines created St. Raphael Parish, with its center of Bayonne based on New Roads. He revised Stein and Faulkner, however, by writing from an African-American perspective and acknowledging oral African-American folk culture as an important literary influence.
Gaines’s first novel was Catherine Carmier, an exploration of an interracial love triangle published in 1964. (He destroyed an earlier version of the manuscript and subsequently rewrote the novel.) Here, as in much of his subsequent writing, he relays the nuances of Louisiana’s racial categories, exploring how Creole identity complicates blackness and how Cajun identity complicates whiteness, especially within the contexts of social class. Subsequent novels include Of Love and Dust (1967), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971), In My Father’s House (1978), A Gathering of Old Men (1983), and A Lesson before Dying (1993). Many critics consider A Lesson before Dying, the tale of a rural teacher charged with bringing self-awareness and dignity to the life of a young man awaiting execution, to be Gaines’s most accomplished work, and it received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1993. The novel gained even wider readership when chosen as the September 1997 selection for the book discussion club of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Other Writings and Film Adaptations
Although known primarily as a novelist, Gaines also wrote several noted short stories. His first, “The Turtles,” was published in the college magazine of San Francisco State College in 1956. Later stories—“A Long Day in November,” “Three Men,” “Bloodline,” “Just Like a Tree,” and the frequently anthologized “The Sky Is Gray”—were collected in Bloodline, published in 1968. The first of these stories was revised as Gaines’s children’s book, A Long Day in November, in 1971. Other stories, including several early ones, were published in Mozart and Leadbelly, a collection of stories and autobiographical essays, in 2005.
Gaines’s fiction has repeatedly been adapted into film. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman was filmed as a made-for-television movie in 1974 and featured Cicely Tyson in the titular role. “The Sky Is Gray” was adapted into film in the American Short Story Series on the Public Broadcasting Service in 1980. A Gathering of Old Men was filmed for Columbia Broadcasting System television in 1987 and starred Lou Gossett Jr., and Holly Hunter. The most critically claimed film adaptation, however, is A Lesson before Dying, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Don Cheadle as teacher Grant Wiggins. The Emmy Award-winning movie aired on Home Box Office in 1999.
Once established as a major writer, Gaines taught creative writing at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette (now the University of Louisiana, Lafayette). After a year as a visiting professor in 1981, he served as Writer-in-Residence from 1983 until his retirement in 2004 when he became Writer-in-Residence Emeritus. He was also a visiting professor of creative writing at the University of Rennes in France in 1996. Throughout these years, Gaines spent time in both California and Louisiana, where he built a home on the plantation where he grew up. He married Dianne Saulney, a Florida attorney, in 1993. He was the recipient of a Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation fellowship in 1971, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Humanist of the Year award in 1989, a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 1993, and the National Humanities Medal in 2000. He was inducted in to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in the Department of Literature in 1998. | <urn:uuid:ec9d31c5-92cf-486f-839e-f14ebfee6c27> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://64parishes.org/entry/ernest-j-gaines-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.971234 | 1,428 | 2.640625 | 3 |
With soaring healthcare costs affecting millions of Americans – from exorbitant drug pricing to high premiums – Assembly Democrats have sponsored a bill aimed at making medical care more affordable. The Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee advanced legislation on Thursday that would require drug savings to be passed along directly to consumers.
Health insurance companies use an intermediary referred to as a pharmaceutical benefits manager (PBM) to negotiate drug pricing with pharmaceutical manufacturers on their behalf. Through bulk purchasing and other methods, PBMs are often able to negotiate lower prices with manufacturers that result in some sort of direct or indirect financial compensation, such as rebates and discounts.
The bill (A-2222) would require PBMs to pass along the entirety of those savings to insurance companies, who would then be required to pass the savings along to their consumers.
“Far too often, the financial advantages of reduced drug prices negotiated by PBMs only benefit insurance companies or PBMs themselves,” said Assemblyman John F. McKeon (D-Essex, Morris). “With more and more Americans struggling to pay for the coverage and care they need, it is simply unacceptable for any savings to be kept from consumers.”
By mandating that savings be passed directly to consumers, New Jersey residents would benefit from lower monthly costs for their insurance plans.
“The current system in place makes life-saving medicine unaffordable for many Americans,” said Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D-Somerset, Mercer, Middlesex, Hunterdon). “The focus cannot be on increasing the profit margins of PBMs – it must be on finding ways to make healthcare more accessible to our residents by reducing consumer costs. This legislation will help by lowering monthly premiums and leaving consumers with more money to spend on the medications they need.”
“It feels like we are constantly reading stories of Americans suffering significant health complications because they cannot afford health insurance or medical care,” said Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen). “We must find more ways to protect our residents and ensure that they have equitable access to treatment and care. Requiring PBMs and insurance companies to pass along savings to consumers is one way that we can help to offset rising healthcare costs.”
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Six Reasons They Won’t Allow You to Be Virus Tested at Hamilton Mall
Atlantic County is opening their COVID-19 testing in the parking lot of Hamilton Mall. It's open to the public, but you might not be allowed to be tested.
The drive-thru testing site will be open this coming week on Tuesday and Thursday, but that doesn't mean you'll be allowed to be tested for the coronavirus.
There are rules, and in order to be tested, you must comply, or you'll be turned away.
These rules are from the Atlantic County Department of Health Services.
Here are six reasons you could be turned away:
1. You don't have any symptoms of Covid-19.
- You must have symptoms consistent with what has been announced.
2. You don't have a prescription.
- You must have with you a written prescription from your health care provider.
3. You didn't per-register for the test.
- You need to complete the per-registration and schedule the time of your test. That can be done here. Make sure to fill out everything completely.
4. You don't live in Atlantic County.
- the testing at Hamilton Mall is only for Atlantic County residents. Those are the rules. Not from Atlantic County? Contact your home county's health department.
5. You're not in a car.
- You must be inside a car. You can't walk up to the testing area or show up on a bicycle or motorcycle. If you don't drive, have someone drive you.
6. You don't have proper identification.
- According to the health department, "The person who is being tested must provide a drivers’ license or viable personal identification and a clear-to-see printed version of a medical prescription at the arrival checkpoint."
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|Wizard of Oz: Greg Clark’s A Farewell to Alms: a Brief Economic History of the World provided convincing evidence that the poor in Britain for several hundred years were outbred by the literate, numerate children of the successful commercial and professional classes and, though not inheriting enough to stop them being, initially, downwardly mobile, they produced the industrial revolution.|
Yes. That's more or less what Adam Smith said.
Unfortunately, the descendants of those who created the industrial revolution are too dumb, ignorant or corrupt to rectify today's clearly dysgenic breeding policy, which encourages welfare-based reproduction while providing every economic impediment to intelligent people achieving even a replacement fertility rate.
The Treason Class rules, which is to say that the object of population policy in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand is to displace Europeans as the majority by suppressing their fertility and at the same time promoting mass immigration of people of alien race, religion and culture. Without racially and culturally defined nations, the sovereign, democratic nation state is no more. In its place will emerge administrative units — each a post-national state as the globalist puppet Justin Trudeau describes Canada, which are subordinate to institutions of global governance under the hidden hand of the Money Power.
The same plan operates in America, cf. : My Plan To Destroy America | <urn:uuid:5fee1590-a6ab-4f05-9bd9-748877b6de4a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://canspeccy.blogspot.com/2019/03/european-genocide-for-globalist-hegemony.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.92985 | 275 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Did you get portabledeviceclassextension.dll missing or a not found error on your Windows PC? If you've already tried to fix DLL errors by closing the program and reopening it, restarting the computer, etc. and still have no luck, you are in the right place.
Let's first diagnose the error and then determine the cause of it. The exact error message should also be useful.
The portabledeviceclassextension.dll Windows DLL module can be shared or used by many applications.portabledeviceclassextension.dll provides an essential module for applications that depend on this file.If the file is not found, it may cause problems with your application or system.
To fix error portabledeviceclassextension.dll not found or missing from your computer, please follow these steps.An application that requires portabledeviceclassextension.dll will check for and load it from its system folder and directory.You might get an error if the file is corrupted or missing. The application may not work properly.There are a few solutions that you should try out.
It's simple to download the portabledeviceclassextension.dll and install it.Instead of visiting a service center to ask for professional assistance, you can fix the system and eliminate these DLL errors without any cost.portabledeviceclassextension.dll files are scannable and verified to be safe. | <urn:uuid:fd76f477-98a2-45a2-b856-9f747239f3e7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lernajs.io/portabledeviceclassextension-dll/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.876178 | 305 | 1.804688 | 2 |
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The UK approaches Brexit with half a million more children suffering poverty, following 'a relentless rise in the number of working families struggling to make ends meet over the last five years'. This is the main finding of Joseph Rowntree Foundation's annual report examining the nature and scale of poverty across the UK and its effect on people gripped by it.
JRF found that child poverty has been rising since 2011/12, a rise of 500,000 in the last five years. Strikingly, say the research team, in-work poverty has been rising even faster than employment, driven almost entirely by increasing poverty among working parents.
The key points of the report are:
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