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Australian Animal Incursion
Discover the amazing animals of Australia in the comfort of your kindergarten! Get face to face with some of Australia’s most fascinating mammals and reptiles in our wildlife works action packed incursion.
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Millennium Challenge Corporation/MCC, by Scott Fontaine (June 14, 2013) — The life of a Moroccan fisherman can be tough.
A boat packed with three or four men will launch well before sunrise. The fishermen occasionally need to stay on the ocean for two or three days until they fill their stores. Bad weather can shorten or cancel trips. When they return, they can face difficulty selling the catch at the peak of freshness or at the right price. Predatory middlemen often collude to keep prices low.
The lifestyle provides erratic income. Fishermen tend to be among the poorest Moroccans yet live on the coasts, where the cost of living is high without much of a safety net. But across the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, improved landing sites stand as a symbol of hope for many of the country’s small-scale fishers.
Eleven improved landing sites are being built or operating as part of MCC’s $120 million Small-Scale Fisheries Project. The sites are gleaming white complexes built on the beach; a typical site contains an auction hall where fishermen can sell directly to distributors, storage units for equipment, a watch tower in case of a waterborne accident, a cafeteria to help fund the newly formed fishing cooperatives, and cold storage units to ensure the catch doesn’t spoil before reaching the marketplace.
About 78,000 people are expected to benefit from the landing sites. Along the Atlantic coast, fishermen in three towns where the sites have not yet opened are optimistic about the future.
In Salé, Samir Wakrim is most hopeful about the fishermen’s association being formed through the project and the medical insurance it will provide. The 33-year old has been fishing for more than two decades but can’t afford to miss work because of illness or injury.
A few years ago, he slid down some concrete steps and hurt his leg. Every day he spent recovering at home meant less and less income.
“For many of us, that’s a very big concern,” he said. “It’s a general problem for fishermen across Morocco.”
In Bhibeh, a fishermen’s cooperative has already formed and includes more than 115 members. For Khalid Lamziouk, days of hard work at sea can lead to despair when buyers aren’t available to purchase the catch.
The fishermen face a difficult choice: Wait for buyers to show up and risk spoilage, or pay for ice and transportation to sell the catch at a nearby town.
With the auction hall and cold storage, Lamziouk believes he can sell more of his fish and save the money he would have spent on ice and transportation costs.
“This is the right equipment at the right time,” he said.
In Tafedna, the prospect of an auction hall where fishermen can sell directly to distributors holds the greatest promise. Currently, middlemen will often advance money for gas and nets to crews of fishermen who agree to sell their catch exclusively to the middlemen at a fixed price.
“It creates a dependency this way,” cooperative president Mohamed Dibe said.
The fishermen in Tafedna have other problems, he said. Because of the town’s remote location, the few buyers collude to keep prices low, Dibe said. Some fishermen have chosen to leave Tafedna to work out of a neighboring, larger market, where there are more buyers and prices can be 50 percent higher.
Dibe is optimistic the auction hall will help fix that.
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In 1998 a Tools for Transformation Fund award was made to establish the Human Rights Education and Research Network, a new program to promote the integration of scholarship and teaching at the University's three campuses. $20,000 was set aside for library materials, a large percentage of which was used to acquire human rights videos for the Media Collections on the three campuses. This initiative also led to the establishment of the Tri-Campus Minor in Human Rights in 2001. The idea of a special human rights film database developed during discussions with faculty concerning curriculum resources.
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio – The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration has recently collected over 45,000 lbs of prescription drugs from Ohioans.
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day occurs twice a year in the Spring and in the Fall. This past Fall, Ohio had the fifth highest amount turned in among all states.
Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said, “The purpose of it was to get unused, outdated, old prescription medication out of people’s homes and off the streets. With the opioid epidemic, these types of pills can be trafficked, they can be sold, they can be a lot of value on the street to the right person that wants to buy it.”
Sheriff Lutz said having prescription pills in your home can set you up as a target for theft. In Muskingum County this past October, there were 182 lbs of prescription drugs turned in.
“We had 221 cars that actually dropped off medication and so you would think that this stuff would start going down but it just shows how much of a need there is for us to continue having these and we’re very happy to provide the service to our citizens in the county,” Lutz said.
There are drop off centers all across Ohio but some local drop off locations for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day are at the Health Department and Riesbeck’s Pick’ N Save in South Zanesville. There is also a drop off box in the lobby at the Muskingum County Jail that is available all year with 24/7 access. | <urn:uuid:2f72bc54-6a75-42b4-8f89-cb4baf02ea6c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://whiznews.com/2018/12/10/local-prescription-drug-collection/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.965316 | 325 | 1.617188 | 2 |
What is Water-Ice?
Water-Ice a.k.a. Italian Water-Ice or Italian Ice is a legendary summertime treat in Philadelphia. It is a water-based product made with real fruit blended in fine ice to form a soft, velvety smooth texture. It contains no fat, no cholesterol and is the ideal ice cream alternative for those who are lactose intolerant.
Preparation of water-ice begins with real fruit or fruit puree mixed with water, sugar and other ingredients which undergoes a “quick-freezing” process that generations of Philadelphians have come to expect.
History of Water-Ice
There are two schools of thought when it comes to the origin of water-ice. Eastern historians believe that the Chinese first developed some form of water-ice. They claim that Marco Polo enjoyed this treat so much, he introduced it to his friends when he returned to Europe. When his fellow countrymen tried to credit Marco, he told them that the Chinese have been making it for thousands of years.
Western historians believe that some form of water-ice was discovered albeit accidentally during the rule of Roman emperor Nero Claudius Caesar. Caesar often sent his servants up into the mountains to chill his various wines. One day a servant accidentally mixed the chemical saltpeter in with the mountain snow thus causing the quick freezing effect necessary in the preparation of water-ice.
How Jim-Jim's began?
On June 12th , 1993, Jim Moy, owner of Jim-Jim’s was then a resident of Philadelphia, PA. On that hot and humid summer day, Jim was entertaining a friend who was a student at UT Austin. After lunch, Jim told his friend, “Let’s get a water-ice”. A blank look came across his friend’s face as he replied, “Sure, that sounds good”. As they strolled down the street eating their lemon water-ices the friend mumbled something. Jim asked his friend to repeat what he just said and the friend replied, “I wish we had this in Texas”. Jim thought his friend was joking and replied, “Stop kidding around, water-ice is nationwide”. His friend’s face took on a serious look and said, “I’m not kidding. I grew up in Houston and now reside in Austin, I have never seen, heard of or had a water-ice in my life”.
In Philadelphia, the water-ice business is fiercely competitive. Recipes are closely guarded secrets and every company claims to have the best tasting flavors. Jim didn’t think his chances were too good of finding someone to show him the ropes. But luck would soon shine down on Jim. That following week while attending an interdepartmental meeting at work, Jim came across his friend and former coworker, Rick, who had since moved to another department. While they were catching up on the news and gossip, Jim brought up the story of his friend from Texas. Rick told Jim that he wasn’t going to believe this, but his brother-in-law owns a water-ice company but his brother-in-law has never told anyone the recipes. Rick offered to call his brother-in-law. Jim took Rick up on his offer and said that he would be happy to work on weekends for free in exchange for the recipes. A few days later, Rick got back to Jim and said that his brother-in-law wanted to speak with him directly. So Jim called up the brother-in-law and the only question that the brother-in-law asked was, “Where do you plan to open up”. “Somewhere in Texas” Jim replied. The brother-in-law said, “That’s far enough away, I’ll be glad to teach you. I’ll see you Saturday”…..and the rest is history!
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2 edition of Ukrainian Christian names, a dictionary. found in the catalog.
Ukrainian Christian names, a dictionary.
Roma Z. Gauk
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Ukrainian given names. Diminutive and hypocoristic forms native to the Ukrainian language have either an empty inflexional suffix (Гринь, Сень) or the affixes -o, -e, -ik (Славко, Грицько, Славця, Грицуня, Андрійчик, Петрик). As in most cultures, a person has a given name chosen by parents.
First names in East-Slavic languages mostly originate. By the 18th century almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names, place names, professions and other words.
Surnames were developed for official documents or business record keeping to differentiate the parties who might have the same first name. With an active marketplace of over million items, use the Alibris Advanced Search Page to find any item you are looking for. Through the Advanced Search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as Title, Artist, Song Title, Genre, etc or you can narrow your.
GAIUS m Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical Roman praenomen, or given name, of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from Latin gaudere "to rejoice", though it may be of unknown Etruscan was a very common Roman praenomen, the most famous bearers being Gaius Julius Caesar, the great leader of the Roman Republic, and his adopted son Gaius Octavius (later known as.
Ukrainian names are used in the country of Ukraine in eastern Europe. This is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew אדם ('adam) meaning "to be red", referring to the ruddy colour of human skin, or from Akkadian adamu meaning "to make".
[more] Feminine form of ALBINUS. This was the name of a few early. Books shelved as ukrainian: Тигролови by Ivan Bahriany, Лісова пісня by Lesia Ukrainka, Ворошиловград by Serhiy Zhadan, Кобзар by Taras Shevchenko, and D. For several years already, the most widespread children names in Ukraine have been Oleksander and Anastasia.
These are the data of the Justice Ministry of Ukraine, referring to the. The Ukrainian Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant churches had parishes in most Ukrainian centres and these establishments were important places for social gathering.
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Dictionary of Ukrainian surnames in Canada by F. Bohdan,Onomastic Comission of UVAN and Canadian Institute of Onomastic Sciences edition, in EnglishPages: Title: ukrainian english english ukrainian dictionary.
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Christian is a given men and women can be named "Christian". The name comes from the Latin word Christianus, meaning "follower of Christ".It has been commonly used as a name since the Middle Ages - especially amongst females.
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The Bible says the name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous can run to it and be. The other dictionary that helps is the 11 volume Ukrainian language explanatory dictionary of the Ukrainian language, Naukova Dumka, Kyiv, This dictionary can be accessed on the internet in it's electronic form.
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The regime change in Afghanistan and the removing of Western political affect will in all probability make the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) fuel pipeline much more troublesome than earlier than.
Simon Pirani, senior analysis fellow on the Oxford Institute for Vitality Research (OIES), informed New Europe by telephone on September 10 the proposal to export as much as 33 billion cubic metres of pure fuel per yr by an roughly 1,800-kilometer pipeline from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India was already economically unfeasible even earlier than the Taliban’s fast takeover of Afghanistan.
“Allow us to ignore for the second the excessive fuel costs as a result of that is one thing in all probability short-term so with out these excessive fuel costs, which is not going to proceed without end, mainly it’s very exhausting to see how the economics of TAPI can work below any circumstances. Except you suppose the excessive fuel costs will go on for 15 or 20 years, then this undertaking doesn’t work as a result of then it’s cheaper to deliver LNG (liquified pure fuel) to India or to Pakistan and the difficulties of constructing the pipeline and the expense of constructing the pipeline imply that this undertaking can’t work,” Pirani stated.
“This was at all times been the state of affairs for a few years and for a few years when with colleagues I used to be taking a look at this pipeline, I had the impression that though the economics don’t work, it was supported significantly by the Asian Growth Financial institution and as US diplomats in Central Asia say as a ‘Peace Undertaking’. In different phrases, it was their thought of nation constructing in Afghanistan that it could not solely assist to create a non-Chinese language export route for the fuel in Turkmenistan, which is sweet from the US strategic viewpoint but additionally it could assist with this nation constructing which can also be a part of the US strategic view,” he argued. “Effectively, we had the Trump Presidency and now we had the withdrawal from Afghanistan and so clearly this strategic potential of the US now not exists so I believe that this reduces nonetheless additional the probability that this TAPI pipeline will ever be constructed,” Pirani added.
Commenting on what does regime change in Afghanistan imply for Central Asia and funding danger, Chris Weafer, co-founder of Macro-Advisory in Moscow, wrote in a word to traders on September 2 that Turkmenistan is greatest positioned politically. He reminded that the federal government in Ashgabat has maintained frequent and direct contacts with the Taliban and, at a February assembly, secured an settlement to permit the TAPI fuel pipeline and the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) Energy Interconnection initiatives to proceed.
“However these additionally rely upon main monetary help from IFIs, such because the World Financial institution, and will probably be delayed for a while,” Weafer wrote, including that it might speed up the plan to export fuel to Europe. “The inevitable stalling for these initiatives could result in a better and extra instant deal with the proposed Trans-Caspian fuel pipe that might deliver Turkmenistan fuel to Europe by way of the Southern Gasoline pipeline. This may assist enhance Ashgabat’s relations with the EU and, probably, assist in the federal government’s efforts to draw extra Western funding,” Weafer argued.
However Pirani famous that the eastward extension of Southern Gasoline Hall and economics of taking the fuel from Turkmenistan throughout the Caspian Sea and bringing it to Europe are very problematic with out excessive fuel costs persisting for a few years. “I can’t see that. What I may see is that, if we’re speaking about 20-30 years, we’re speaking concerning the altering of power coverage in Europe. I believe the consensus now could be that that is going to imply decrease fuel demand in Europe over long term though the fuel demand in Asia and different locations goes up so I’m pessimistic about TAPI and the Southern Hall,” Pirani stated.
“The dangerous luck for Turkmenistan is that it’s landlocked aside from the Caspian Sea. It’ very removed from the place massive portions of fuel are wanted. That is the pure and geographical circumstances that Turkmenistan was cursed. Traditionally, the fuel sources have been developed within the context of the Soviet Union, that labored wonderful however that not exists, in fact,” he stated.
Marika Karayianni, Caspian power skilled at College of Peloponnese, informed New Europe on September 8 the TAPI pipeline is assessed to be delayed attributable to stability and safety causes associated with the Taliban regime. Relating to the regime change in Afghanistan, Karayianni stated she doesn’t foresee any impact, both optimistic or damaging on the Trans Caspian. “There is no such thing as a interconnection between these two pipeline initiatives, the tip markets are fully totally different. And the economics as nicely,” she stated and added, “The Trans Caspian concern is kind of complicated, its realization will probably be delayed for a number of causes”.
In the meantime, Weafer famous that Afghanistan has the most important reserves of undeveloped minerals. The change of presidency and the removing of Western political affect opens the door for Chinese language funding into Afghanistan, he stated, including that the key prize is the estimated $3 trillion price of undeveloped minerals within the nation, together with massive deposits of rare-earth metals. “However China will probably be cautious of participating instantly with the Taliban given the very harsh criticism of the management in opposition to China’s remedy of the Muslim Uighurs,” Weafer stated and added, “China will probably be nervous of the extremist teams, resembling ISIL, who’re predominantly within the AfghanistanChina border areas. Beijing will in all probability attempt to pursue funding initiatives by way of Pakistan, which has a detailed political relationship with the Taliban”.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that Turkey will start paying for some of its Russian natural gas imports in rubles.
The announcement was initially made by Moscow late Friday after more than four hours of talks between Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi.
The United States is leading international efforts to impose economic sanctions on Russia in response to its February invasion of Ukraine.
But NATO member Turkey has tried to remain neutral in the conflict because of its heavy dependence on Russian energy.
Russia accounted for about a quarter of Turkey's oil imports and 45 percent of its natural gas purchases last year.
"As Turkey, our door is open to everyone," Erdogan was quoted Saturday as telling Turkish reporters on his flight home from Sochi.
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"One good thing about this Sochi visit is that we agreed on the ruble with Mr. Putin," Erdogan said.
"Since we will conduct this trade in rubles, it will of course bring money to Turkey and Russia."
Neither Erdogan nor Russian officials have said what portion of the gas will be covered by ruble payments.
Avoiding paying for the gas in dollars helps Turkey protect its dwindling hard currency reserves.
The Turkish government is reported to have spent tens of billions of dollars in the past year trying to prop up the lira against steep declines during its latest economic crisis.
The lira has still lost 55 percent of its value against the dollar and consumer prices have soared by 80 percent in the past 12 months.
The crisis has complicated Erdogan's path to a third decade in power in elections due by next July.
The United States and European Union are trying to pressure Russia's energy clients from switching to ruble payments to limit Moscow's ability to wage its war against Ukraine.
Ruble payments help Russia avoid restrictions on dollar transactions with Moscow that the United States is trying to impose on global banks.
Turkey has refused to join the sanctions regime against Russia and instead pushed for truce talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
Erdogan and Putin pledged in Sochi to expand economic cooperation in sectors including banking and industry.
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The Ebola Virus Disease can be deadly if a person does not get the right medical attention. The signs and symptoms of Ebola can appear in a person who has been affected as soon as 2 days or as long as 21 days after they first come into exposure to the virus. Most commonly, symptoms are seen within 8 to 10 days. Though the Ebola Virus is deadly, a person who has good medical care and a decent immune system can overcome this. When a person does beat Ebola, they develop antibodies that can last as long as 10 years to ward against the Ebola Virus.
What Are The First Signs of Ebola?
Within a week and up to two weeks, though it is rare for a person to not exhibit signs within the first week, there are several signs that point to Ebola being the culprit for a person’s ailments. These signs include:
Feel of being unwell, though a person may be unable to identify just what exactly is wrong
Headache, that is often severe
Pain in the joints that is much like Arthritis
Pain in the back, particularly the lower back
A person can have a few of these signs or have all of them. Due to the nature of these signs being like conditions such as the flu, it is very easy for the Ebola Virus to be misdiagnosed at first.
Ongoing Symptoms of Ebola
As the Ebola Virus begins to dominate the body more, there are more symptoms that appear. These symptoms are more painful and intense, as the virus is doing more damage to the body. These symptoms are:
Diarrhea becomes bloody, rectum often bleeds
Ears may begin to bleed
Fever begins to spike
Genitals can swell
Pain is evident at a slight touch to the skin
Eyes can swell and bleed
Bruising all over the body
A rash can form over the body that often looks like blood just under the surface
Internal bleeding begins to take place
Severe weight loss
Kidneys and liver begin to function improperly
These are severe signs that are often the point of no return for many patients, as it can be devastating to the body. These usually occur a week after showing the first signs of Ebola.
The following picture from the Center of Disease and Control shows signs and symptoms of Ebola in a timeline:
How to Diagnose If You’ve Got Ebola
Diagnosing is a difficult process as the signs and symptoms of Ebola are often associated with several other illnesses including malaria, typhoid fever, and meningitis. Due to Ebola being so similar in symptoms, the only real way to test for this is to utilize:
ELISA, otherwise known as an antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Antigen-capture detection tests
A serum neutralization test
A cell culture that isolates the virus in the body
Reverse transciptase polymerase chain reaction assay, otherwise known as RT-PCR
Since these tests involve using bodily fluids as the main way to determine whether someone has Ebola or not, it means that it must tested in a bio-hazard facility in which the laboratory personnel are very careful to avoid coming into direct contact with the samples.
What About Treatment?
Treating Ebola is a matter of controlling symptoms and maintaining the body’s response. At this time, there is no approved method, such as an anti-viral medication, that can be used to treat Ebola. However, there are two vaccines that are being tested currently undergoing human testing to see if these vaccines have the potential to aid in Ebola virus recovery or not. There is also no type of immune therapy or blood related products that have been approved by the FDA as a use for treating the Ebola virus.
Supportive Care Measures
Those who do contract the Ebola virus are often monitored for the slightest changes in their bodies and then treatment is based on these changes and what the body needs to get over these changes. For the most part, patients are often:
Put onto IV fluids in order to ensure that they do not dehydrate
Having their blood pressure constantly monitored
Given electrolytes in order to balance the salts in their bodies
Given oxygen to ensure that no organs are damaged during this time.
Infections do occur throughout the body with the Ebola virus, and these infections are treated on a case by case basis to ensure the infections do not get out of control. The key to treatment is catching the symptoms early, diagnosing the patient with Ebola, and ensuring treatment is aimed at helping the body to recover.
How Long Does It Take to Recover?
The recovery period for someone who has the Ebola virus is a couple of weeks. On average, it takes up to 2 weeks from being exposed to the virus to start showing symptoms. If these symptoms are not seen within this time frame after being exposed, chances are the person is safe. There are several factors that come into play when it comes to how long it can take to recover, which include the medical treatment they are receiving and how diligent this is in combating the infections and other issues that arise. In addition, the person’s own immune system is a huge factor in how long it takes them to completely recover.
Those who do recover from the Ebola virus have developed antibodies that are going to be in their systems for up to 10 years, according to the CDC. It is unknown as this time if it means the person is completely protected from any strand of Ebola, or just the strand in which they were infected with.
When a person has been declared recovered, they are no longer contagious. However, men can still spread the virus via semen for up to 3 months after their recovery. This is why medical professionals tell their male patients that sexual intercourse must be avoided for the next 3 months or condoms need to be used to stop the spread of the virus. | <urn:uuid:ba1dd414-401a-4ce6-8075-979f57216845> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.enki-village.com/signs-and-symptoms-of-ebola.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.964725 | 1,238 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Functional morphology of the primate vertebral column
Research in the Nalley Lab focuses on the biomechanics of primate locomotion, specifically the relationships among the vertebral column, skull, and the pectoral girdle. Using comparative morphology and locomotor modeling, our research investigates the evolution of bipedality in the human lineage, as well as the historical patterns of positional behavior in living and fossil primates. Related areas of research include examining musculoskeletal plasticity in the vertebral column and how behavior and ontogeny influence adult vertebral morphologies at both the microscopic and gross levels.
Human ancestors and the evolutionary history of the human vertebral column
We aim to identify phylogenetic and ontogenetic differences across the entire vertebral column in humans, apes, and fossil species.
Subadult Australopithecus afarensis specimen, DIK 1-1. (A) Photograph of the DIK-1-1 vertebrae in block with skull, pectoral girdle, and rib fragments before complete preparation. The vertebral column is highlighted. (B) Entire articulated cervical and thoracic column of DIK-1-1, with vertebral levels indicated on each bone, demonstrating the presence of seven cervical and 12 thoracic (rib-bearing) vertebrae. Most of these vertebrae cannot be disarticulated mechanically. (C) The three caudal-most preserved vertebrae—T10, T11, and T12—with rib facets indicated (arrows) on T11 and T12.
3D surface model of a subadult orangutan. Surface models of infant and juvenile ape skeletons are being scanned and archived in Dr. Nalley’s lab for comparative work on the growth and development of fossil human ancestors.
Functional morphology of primate cervical vertebrae, basicranium, and shoulder
We investigate the function-form relationships between cranial shape, cervical bony and soft tissue morphologies, and positional behaviors to better understand adaptation in living primates and to aid reconstructions of behavior in fossil taxa.
3D rendering of contrast-enhanced microCT scans of a tarsier primate. These data are part of a larger comparative project investigating adaptation and in situ relationships between bony and soft tissue structures in the primate neck.
Three-dimensional surface model of juvenile chimpanzee C1 with 3D coordinate landmarks used to quantify functional aspects of joint shape.
i. Ward CV, Nalley TK, Spoor F, Tafforeau P, Alemseged Z. 2017. Thoracic Vertebral Count and Thoracolumbar Transition on Australopithecus afarensis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jun 6;114(23):6000-6004. DOI: 10.10073/pnas.1702229114.
ii. Nalley TK, Grider-Potter N. 2017. Functional analyses of the primate upper cervical vertebral column. J Hum Evol. 2017. Jun:107:19-35. doi 10.1016/jhevol.2017.03.010.
iii. Nalley TK, Grider-Potter N. 2015. Cervical vertebrae morphology and its relationships to head and neck posture in primates. Am J Phy Anthropol 156 (4), p 531-542.
iv. Nalley TK, Lewton KL. 2015. From the Ground Up: Integrative Research in Primate Locomotion. Am J Phy Anthropol 156 (4), p 495-497
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This is a four hour walking or driven tour.
Prague is the treasure of Baroque
art and artists from all over Europe decorated the Prague churches, libraries,
gardens and the Charles Bridge with the statues of saints.
Join our guide to discover it.
Those who love Baroque art will enjoy this tour of baroque churches, statues, palaces, art museums and gardens.
In these places you will see the work of the famous architects from Dietzenhoffer family, J.B. Santini Aichl and F.M. Kanka.
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Prague is full of Baroque architecture. Many Gothic buildings were during the 17th century converted according to the new fashion and rules. New and mighty fortifications were built because of the Swedish army sieged on Prague during the Thirty Years War. As a result of the War the city became depopulated; newcomers were buying lands and built houses in the new fashion. Prague was gradually changing into a big Baroque fortress.
To build and convert was however possible only for those with means, which is the aristocracy, rich townsfolk and mainly the church. Therefore there were lots of church buildings and only a few town houses as their development started many years later.
Design rules of religious architecture were firmly set. A fundamental principle is the use of space whose spaciousness had to astound and make a strong impression of people’s inner feelings. An important role was also played by light, shadows and rich colours accompanied by gold mosaic or paint. Vital were various types of vaults, onion shaped domes with a strong layer of brick or stone wall and rich stucco decoration on both inner and outer sides. Houses and churches had quite often a Gothic ground plan. One example is e.g. St Tomas Church at Lesser Town.
The famous Baroque master builder Kilian Ignac Dientzenhofer participated on its renovation, painting and sculpture decoration was done by Vaclav Vavrinec Reiner and Ferdinand Maxmilian Borkof.
The important building in the style Baroque is the St. Nicholas Church at Lesser Town Square that was built by de Orsiny and after his death finished by Francesco Lurago. And we shouldn’t also forget Strahov Monastery and Loreta.
Gardens also underwent a significant change. Many plots were bought and united and that gave a rise to several large baroquely designed gardens. The most famous in Prague is Wallenstein Garden with a palace that was founded between 1627 and 1630 and was named after its original owner Albrecht von Wallenstein. This building is currently the seat of CR Senate. An interesting design has a garden at Troja Chateau that served as a summer retreat for the family of Sternberks. These days the chateau and gardens are open to the public and various cultural events take place here. Some other Lesser Town gardens such as Vrtbov, Palffy and Ledebur were designed in the same style as well and fortunately they are currently open to public.
Prague Castle underwent some changes as well even though it happened in the time of late Baroque during the reign of Marie Theresa of Austria.
The original Jesuit school was changed to the National Library Klementinum in Old Town. It is one of the biggest complexes of Baroque buildings.
When walking through Brogue Prague we can’t miss a big quantity of palaces and town houses. Let’s name e.g. Czernin Palace at Hradcany and some other objects standing at Hradcany Square and in Baroque style the converted Martinic Palace, Morzin and Thun Palaces, houses in Neruda and Tomas streets.
Today when we observe the beauty of Prague´s Baroque buildings, homes, statues, gardens and churches, it can be difficult to imagine the role this regal architectural style played in the history of the city.
Prague was one of the few cities in Europe to be touched by every single architectural style, which Praguers embraced deeply.
"The 17th century Prague, under Rudolph II, saw the flowering of a new style - Baroque. The style became immensely fashionable, the young Czech gentry took wives from the cradle of Baroque art, Italy and Spain who introduced a new manner of dressing, behaviour and thought. The xternal spirit of the town began to slowly evolve an inner turmoil which would reach its peak only later.
Actually, Baroque arrived earlier in the Czech lands, long before it was an established style in Europe, in 1554 Hapsburg Emperor Ferdinand I brought the Jesuits who were considered a kind of "Fifth column" of Rome to Prague.
At the time the Czech Lands were strongly Protestant, and any attempts at changing this seemed practically impossible. Yet half a century was enough for the Jesuits, with their Baroque ideal of science and culture, to get a dominant hold in the Czech lands.
The victorius brotherhood of Jesuits, triumphant in Prague and the rest of country, desired to build a powerful centre beneath Prague Castle, on March 28th, 1703, they began construction of the sublime Church of St. Nicholas, in the Little Quarter. The work of architects Krystof and Kilian Dienzenhofer, the church of St. Nicholas, is covering a former square and separating it into two independent spaces, forever..."
Until 1770 buildings and homes in Prague bore either the names of their owners, or else a special house sign.
During the peak of the Baroque period, Prague´s houses gained numbers for the first time, and it was discovered that the town had some fifty thousand permanent residents.
While its inhabitants were relatively few, Prague contained more churches, chapels and monasteries than any other city in Europe. There were one hundred and eight churches, thirty-two monasteries, and eight convents, there were alos thirty-eight religious brotherhoods.
Thanks to the numerous statues and towrs from the period, Prague acquired the title of City of a Hundred Spires.
"In 1628, Ferdinand II granted the Jesuits a residency which few other religious bodies could dream of. The spreading Baroque architecture in Prague enabled the Jesuits to wedge their residency beside the church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, in a Gothic setting. The portal of the church contains a statue of teh founder of the order and his golden halo, across the way, the Chapel of the Holy Body used to stand. This engarving from 1685 reveals how the Jesuits´bulding essentially changed the flavour of the New Town, something which the Jesuits themselves may not have wished, hidden power joined with impressive wealth. In Prague Jesuits made history as the first order to ever baptize followers of Mohammed, Arabs and Turks.
The Jesuits obtained a noteworthy copy of the cave at Lourdes and a statue of Bernadette Soubirous, which they placed in the entrance of the church. Bernadette was a girl who witnessed the appearance of the Virgin Mary in 1858..."
text - Jiri Kuchar - "Praha esotericka"
The Church of St Nicholas, the most famous Baroque church in Prague, stands along with the former Jesuit college in the centre of the Lesser Town Square. A Gothic parish church consecrated by Prague Bishop Tobiáš in 1283 stood at the site until 1743; nearby was the Romanesque Rotunda of St Wenceslas, which had been built in memory of the miracle that occurred during the transfer of Wenceslas’ body from Stará Boleslav to Prague Castle, as mentioned in medieval legends. The Jesuit college, designed by Francesco Caratti, Giovanni Domenico Orsi and Francesco Lurago and built in 1672-1687, created an ideal optical base for the two towers of the future church. Twelve houses, including the important Rotunda of St Wenceslas and an old school were demolished; the adjacent cemeteries were likewise closed. The former Jesuit college currently houses the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague.
Today’s Church of St Nicholas is one of the most valuable Baroque buildings north of the Alps. Construction lasted approximately one hundred years, and three generations of great Baroque architects – father, son and son-in-law – worked on the church: Kryštof Dientzenhofer, Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer and Anselmo Lurago. Although the church underwent certain developmental transformations, the resulting building is an architectural gem. A partial impression of the original planned appearance of the church at the time the Jesuits chose the initial plans by Giovanni Domenico Orsi in 1673 and laid the foundation stone is provided by the Chapel of St Barbara, which was built first so that mass could be celebrated. The chapel is a relatively enclosed space with an oval plan and featuring late Renaissance elements. Nevertheless, a key construction phase began after 1702, when the overall design was altered. The new plans involved an intricate geometrical system of interconnected cylinders with a central dome above the transept. The massive nave with side chapels and an undulating vault based on a system of intersecting ellipsoids was apparently built by Kryštof Dientzenhofer in 1704-1711. The pillars between the wide spans of the arcade supporting the triforium were meant to maximize the dynamic effect of the church. The chancel and its characteristic copper cupola were built in 1737-1752, this time using plans by Kryštof’s son, Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer. Although the church was then consecrated, work on ornamentation continued for another twenty years. Following the abolition of the Jesuit Order by Pope Clement XIV, St Nicholas became the main parish church of the Lesser Town in 1775.
The diameter of the dome is an impressive 20 m; the height inside the church to the top of the lantern is over 49 m, making it the tallest interior in Prague. Highlighting the unique aesthetic impact of the building is the direct connection of the adjacent slender belfry and the church’s massive dome. Both are 79 m tall. The belfry, which, unlike the church, belongs to the city, was completed in diminutive Rococo forms in 1751-56 by Anselmo Lurago following Dientzenhofer’s death. A vast crypt with barrel vaults that ingeniously utilised the sloping terrain was built beneath the entire ground plan of the church.
Completed in 1710, the facade of the church is composed of waves of alternating concave and convex forms, the dynamic effect of which is intensified by a trio of large gables towering over the elevated central part with a larger than life-sized statue of St Nicholas from the workshop of sculptor Jan Bedřich Kohl, the inscription IHS and a crucifix. The actual facade, decorated with the crest of the church’s greatest patron, Franz von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky and stone sculptures of the Western Fathers of the Church, is the purest example of the Roman Baroque in Prague. Semi-circular staircases lead to a trio of grand entrances. Despite the differences in the designs and styles of the father and son architects, the Dientzenhofers combined a strong sensitivity for the plasticity of forms. Despite their formal differences, all columns, capitals, consoles, portals and window chambranles are skilfully subordinated to a uniform harmony.
In the interior architect Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer demonstrated his mastery of perhaps all of the expressional resources offered by the Baroque style in order to emphasize the overall aesthetic effect. The elemental lack of restraint in the individual elements is typical for the architect. The interior is crowned by a play of light that imbues the nave with airiness; the contrast between the dark dome and the bright light from the lantern is striking. The church ranks second only to St Vitus Cathedral in terms of the finest sacred architecture in Prague.
The artificial marble on the columns, pilasters and cornices was made by stucco master Johann Hennevogel von Ebenberg; polished marble sculptures of saints by Ignáce František Platzer from 1752-55 stand in front of the pillars. Four larger-than-life-sized statues of the Eastern Church Fathers from 1769 by the same sculptor stand below the cupola; a copper and gold-plated statue of St Nicholas from 1765 is installed above the main altar with other sculptures. A fresco by František Xaver Palko adorns the dome; a fresco of St Cecilia by the same artist is on the ceiling above the organ loft. The surface of the dome is covered by the artist’s painting of the open heavens in which Christ and the Holy Father are glorified by a choir of saints (1753-54). Josef Hager’s painting Angels’ Homage to the Holy Trinity can be seen below the organ loft. The grand ceiling painting Apotheosis of St Nicholas is the work of Viennese painter Johann Lukas Kracker from 1761, as are the paintings in the Chapel of St John of Nepomuk and the altar painting of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (1760) on the side altar in the end chapel beneath the dome. Paintings in the oldest Chapel of St Barbara were executed by Josef Kramolín (the ceiling painting Adoration of St Barbara from the second half of the 18th century), Ludvík Kohl (the altar canvas from 1769) and the famous Karel Škréta with his work Crucifixion and Souls in Purgatory (from before 1646). This masterful work had been painted for the earlier Gothic Church of St Nicholas. Jesuit Order painter Ignác Raab executed a painting of St John of Nepomuk and several others with the theme of Jesuit saints in the side chapels. The altar painting of St Michael the Archangel is by Francesco Solimena, a noted 18th century Neapolitan artist.
The pulpit crafted from artificial marble is decorated with the sculptures Allegory of Faith, Hope and Love and The Decapitation of St John the Baptist by Richard and Petr Prachner from around 1765. The pulpit’s elegant construction and fine ornamentation are unrivalled in Bohemia. Jan Bedřich Kohl produced the High Baroque polychrome sculpture Crucifixion around the year 1720.
The church’s matroneum features an outstanding series of ten paintings on the subject of The Passion of Christ by Karel Škréta; dated to 1673-74 the paintings are key works from the end of the artist’s career. This set of paintings was likely installed earlier in the Jesuit college.
A copy of the Gothic wooden sculpture Our Lady of Foy is displayed in a glass case in the left side altar beneath the dome. The graceful sculpture Mater gratiarum (Mother of Mercy) was brought to Prague by the Jesuits in 1629. Also transferred from the old church to the new building were a painting of St Anne by an unknown artist from the 1670s (today in the Chapel of St Anne) and a Late Gothic pewter baptismal font from the 1460s.
The Jesuit Thomas Schwarz built the small and main organs as well as many others in Bohemia. Built in 1745-47, the main organ has over 4,000 pipes up to six metres in length. W. A. Mozart played this organ during his stay in Prague as a guest of the Dušeks.
The Church of St Nicholas is a superb example of High Baroque architecture, a building that astonishes visitors with its size and monumental interior. As the most prominent and distinctive landmark in the Lesser Town, no panoramic view of the city would be complete without its silhouette below Prague Castle.
"The Church of St. Nicholas, the most prominent Baroque edifice and one of the landmarks of Prague was at risk several times throughout the centuries. While the architect Kilian Ignac Dientzenhofer was on his deathbed, a special commission consisting of master builders of all Prague Towns inspected the stability of the church and its tower and considered tearing down the bold vault. Although the inspection went well, the church was struck by lightning, which compromised its resistence against weather. In 1925, tinsmiths forgot a small stove on the church roof, but luckily firemen put out the fire within three hours.
In the middle of the last century, two.thirds of the frescos in the interior were almost destroyed by leaking water, humidity and agressive moss. After four years of unbelievably difficult work, the restorers managed to save 900 square meters of the frescos.
The adornment of the Church of St. Nicholas - more than 50 statues and sculptures - is mostly the work of Ignac Frantisek Platzer. The monumental, mostly white wooden statues have always awed the Christians and strengthened their faith. Next to the guilded statue of St. Nicholas on the altar, there are saints of different orders, Czech patrons and Doctors of the Church as well as other notables from the history of Christianity, such as King Cyrus of Persia who liberated the Hebrew exiles, Emperor Constantine who conquered pagans and Emperor Theodosius who banned the Oracle of Delphi."
text - Jan Bonek - "Baroque Prague"
STRAHOV LIBRARY - Theological Hall
The Theological Hall was built under Abbot Jeroným Hirnhaim (1671-1679). The architect was a Prague burgher of Italian origin, Giovanni Domennico Orsi, whose Italian school is evident in the stucco cartouches. The Baroque concept of the library is demonstrated by the shelves; unlike the Romanesque treasury system or the Gothic desk system, the books were stored upright. Above the shelves, there are gilded wooded carved decorations with wooden cartouches. This was a rudimentary library aid, because the pictures in the wooden cartouches and their titles specified the type of literature stored on the shelves. At this time (1672) Library Rules were compiled by Abbot Hirnhaim.
Fifty years later, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the translation of St Norbert's relics (1727), the hall was extended by several metres. It was then decorated with frescoes by the Strahov Premonstratensian and painter Siard Nosecký. Symbolically, and based on quotations from the Bible (mainly Proverbs) and in part from the philosophical tracts of the hall's founder, Abbot Hirnhaim, he presented the true wisdom we acquire through piety, fear of God. In his tracts, Hirnhaim opposed scholasticism and its racionalistic understanding of the world and truth, which he believed to be false or proud wisdom. He wanted to gain an understanding of the world through true humble piety. A person enlightened by faith, however, must build on knowledge and education. The library hosts several frescoes as a symbol of this principle. Above the forged iron gates on the other side of the library there is a small legend: INITIUM SAPIENTIAE TIMOR DOMINI - the beginning of wisdom is fear of God. It remains a paradox that the philosophical works of the library's founder were put on the index of forbidden books and were therefore placed in special locked cabinets above both the hall doors; Hirnhaim himself had these cabinets installed. As time passed, publication of his works was permitted, and they became the inspiration for Siard Nosecký. A portrait of Jeroným Hirnhaim hangs by the first window, Nosecký's self-portrait by the second.
The left-hand side of the hall is dominated by a Late-Gothic wooden statue of St John the Evangelist. The link between this statue and the library is his small pouch, held by St John in his left hand. This pouch called girdle-book, although frequently depicted in manuscripts, has only been preserved in several cases, mainly because of the purpose it served - as a travel bag. It was either destroyed during journeys or cut off on inclusion in the book collection. On the right-hand side, there is a 'compilation wheel', commissioned by the library in 1678 and used to compile texts. The scribe had the various sources he was using distributed over the shelves of the wheel. The planet mechanism means that when turned, its shelves were kept at the same angle so the books are not liable to fall.
A number of globes (both astronomical and terrestrial) line both sides of the Theological Hall. Some of them come from the workshop of the Rotterdam-based family Blaeu, which specialized in manufacturing maps, atlases, and globes over several generations in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Over 18,000 volumes are stored in the Theological Hall. The name of the hall comes from the content of these works. The northern wall contains nothing but different editions of the Bible or parts of the Bible in many languages.
In 1993 and 1994, the interior was restored; the shelves were completely dismantled and the wood was treated. At the end of the 1980s, the original red paint was discovered under the later blue-grey paint, and this red was used in the restoration as the oldest layer. The parquets from the 20th century were replaced with a historically and aesthetically more accurate copy of the original Baroque flooring. The original visitors' route went through all the main areas of the library. After long-term readings were analyzed, the tour was adjusted to the current version, as the humidity in the halls fluctuated so much during the day that the good condition of the frescoes and book bindings was in jeopardy.
STRAHOV LIBRARY - Philosophical Hall
In the final quarter of the 18th century, Abbot Václav Mayer decided to build new library space for the numerous additions to the library. To this end, he had the current Philosophical Hall built on the site of a granary by Jan Ignác Palliardi, an Italian architect naturalized in Bohemia. The façade was built in 1783, but after the advantageous purchase of a walnut interior for the library, relocated from the abolished Premonstratensian monastery in Louka by Znojmo, he adapted the dimensions of the future hall to the size of the shelves. The interior was installed in 1794-1797 by its original designer, Jan Lahofer of Tasovice, and modified to an Early Classicist Style. The amazing size of the hall (length: 32 m, width: 22 m, height: 14 m) is compounded by the monumental ceiling fresco by Viennese painter Anton Maulbertsch, painted over six months in 1794 with the help of just one assistant. The highest rows of books are only accessible from the gallery; hidden spiral staircases, masked with false book spines, lead up to the corners of the gallery.
The fresco 'Intellectual Progress of Mankind' is a concise depiction of developments in science and religion, their mutual impact on each other, and quests for knowledge from the oldest times until the time the hall was built. The basis and locality of true wisdom can be found in Christianity. Divine Providence, surrounded with virtues and vices, is set in the centre of the fresco as a guarantee of this search for wisdom. The development of mankind starts with its dawn, which is understandably linked with Old Testament motifs. In the centre of these events are panels with the Decalogue, and Moses, behind which is the Ark of the Covenant. Others depicted here are Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, Solomon, and David. On the left-hand side we can track the development of Greek civilization, from mythical times, to the time of Alexander the Great (portrayed in the presence of his teacher Aristotle), right through to the philosophers Socrates, Diogenes, and Democritos. The evolution of science is illustrated on the right-hand side (e.g. Aesculapos, Pythagoras, Socrates in prison). By the legend 'Wenceslaus secundus, hic primus', which tells us that the founder of the hall, Václav Mayer, was the second abbot to be named Václav, but the first Václav in the library, there is a group of defeated misbelievers as an allusion to the French encyclopaedists. Their Encyclopaedia is, however, stored in the hall among the first volumes, which indicates the liberalness of the then atmosphere in Strahov. The opposite side is dominated especially New Testament scene of St Paul's speech at the monument of unknown god on Areopagus in Athens.
Wenceslas, Patron Saint of Bohemia, stands in the right-hand corner, a banner with the Eagle of St Wenceslas swaying in his left hand. The old woman on his right is his grandmother, St Ludmila. Underneath him, among the four Fathers of the Church (Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, and Gregory) stand St Methodius, who christianized Great Moravia Empire, and the second Bishop of Prague, St Adalbert. The last in the line, with an enlightened face and holding his abbot's croizer, the founder of the hall, Abbot Václav Mayer, peers into the hall. To his right, other Bohemian patron saints, St John of Nepomuk and St Norbert (the founder of the Premonstratensian Order) are kneeling.
At the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century, the library became famous throughout European cultural circles. Numerous visits by important people are recorded in the oldest visitors book first used in 1792. Women were initially only allowed to enter the library sporadically because of the imposition of monastic seclusion. One of the first was, surprisingly, Lady Emma Hamilton, who visited the library in 1800 with her husband, the British archaeologist and statesman Sir William Hamilton, and her lover, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. Another significant woman to enter the library, on 17 June 1812, was the Austrian Princess and wife of Napoleon Bonaparte Marie Louise. In the autumn of the same year, she sent Strahov Library more books, a Viennese set of porcelain, and, most significantly, a four-volume work on the first Louvre museum. When this exclusive publication had been completed, Napoleon is said to have ordered the whole print run to be destroyed, and kept just three or four complete series. He was afraid that his reputation would be ruined by the fact that the work listed the origin of a whole number of exhibits, looted in the main in Italy. This gift was stored in a special high cabinet overlooking the other furniture in the hall. Opposite the entrance doors, on the other side of the hall, there is a bust of the Strahov librarian and archivist Prior Cyril Straka, who made a substantial contribution to the cataloguing work and to the process of making the library and archival materials available to the public, primarily in the first quarter of the 20th century. He was also one of the foremost experts on Czech bookbinding. It was Straka who named the two halls after traditional separate philosophical and theological study subjects. In addition to philosophy, which originally included all the sciences, we can also find works from other disciplines which were taught at universities in the scope of courses on philosophy: astronomy, mathematics, history, philology, etc. There are more than 42,000 volumes in this hall.
STRAHOV LIBRARY - Cabinet of Curiosities and connecting Passage
The Strahov Cabinet of Curiosities was bought for Strahov out of the estate of Karel Jan Erben in 1798. Cabinets of curiosities (Wunderkammer) are the direct predecessors of modern museums. Their collections reflect the Rudolphine Renaissance and its interest in the mysterious and remarkable, and the beginnings of the systematic concept of natural sciences.
Right at the entrance to the historical part are natural science collections, mainly with sea fauna, complemented with collections of insects, minerals, and wax replicas of fruit. Here a true object of
curiosity is the prepared remains of the bird Dodo (Dodo ineptus), now extinct. A wire shirt from the 12th century and a breastplate from the 17th century hang between the display units. The display units contain 'archaeological' collections: ceramics, handcuffs, Hussite peasant weapons. In front of the entrance to the connecting passage there is a pedigree chart of Premonstratensian monasteries for the period from 1120 to 1727.
In the connecting passage, we can see a number of volumes, mainly related to medicine, law, alchemy, and metallurgy. At the end of the corridor, above the door, there is a portrait of Abbot Kryšpín Fuck, who made the upper flow of the Vltava navigable all the way to Prague just before the mid-17th century.
Right of this picture a dendrology library or a xylotheca is situated. Of the 68 volumes prepared by Karel of Hinterlagen around 1825, each documents one type of wood. The panels are made of the wood of the relevant tree, the spine with the title in Latin and German is made of bark with lichen, inside there are roots, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, sections of branches, and pests. Beyond the dendrology library, on the back wall of the passage, there is an illusive perspective painting by Achbauer, from 1825, which extends the corridor by means of optical illusion.
A facsimile of the Strahov Evangeliary is presented on a special stand. This codex, which is older than the Czech state, is dated 860-865 and comes from Trier; in around 1100 it was still the property of the local monastery of St Martin. Between 980 and 985 four full-page illustrations of the evangelists were bound into the codex. These illustrations, the peak of the Ottonian art of illumination, were produced by one of the most distinguished masters of book illustration in the Early Middle Ages, Master of St Gregory. On the new binding from the Gothic period, covered with red velvet, there are, in the corners, four large enamel targets with Romanesque ornaments (circa 1180), four bronze Romanesque figures, and six cut crystals. At the time the new binding was made, sculptures of Christ on the Cross, Our Lady, and St John, and four silver Renaissance medallions with four Evangelists. The groups of curiosities between the windows are predominated by military ship from the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Next to these are military exhibits: the barrel of a cannon from 1686, five cannonballs, and riding boots which are perhaps from the time of the French siege of Prague in 1742, three Polish spears, a Tatar bow, a hunting crossbow, helmets from the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, and a Slovak axe (valaska). Two elephant trunks and a tooth from a narwhal (previously passed off as a unicorn horn) lie on the landing.
The Prague Loreto is an artistic and historical monument, as well as a Baroque pilgrimage site the renown of which in the city can perhaps be compared only with that of the wonder-working statue of the Infant of Prague. Construction of the Prague Loreto Santa Casa (illus. 9) began on 3 June 1626, at the instigation of Baroness Benigna Katharina von Lobkowitz. The Loreto arose gradually over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries; the interiors were partly renovated in the 19th century; and in the 1950s and 1960s, a new treasury was built, accessible to the public.
The pilgrimage site is conceived as a self-contained complex of buildings around a central Santa Casa, with an oblong, two-storey arcade courtyard (unlike the Italian Loreto, where the Casa is inside the pilgrimage church). The present-day Church of the Nativity of Our Lord (on the longitudinal axis - no. 8) and two of the chapels (in the middle of the northern and southern wings - nos 4, 10) were only shallow alcoves with altars in the original design from the 1660s. As the renown of the Loreto grew, the number of visitors increased and it was necessary to enlarge the liturgical spaces of the pilgrimage site. Thus, gradually (by the end of the 17th century) the larger oblong chapels were built in the corners of the courtyard (nos 3, 5, 9, 11); subsequently, both chapels on the transversal axis were enlarged and the Chapel of the Nativity of Our Lord reconstructed in several phases into a more spacious church.
Loreto Treasure is besides the St Vitus Cathedral treasure one of the largest and most valuable Church treasure in the Bohemia. In contrast to the the Cathedral Treasury, the Loreto Treasure collects almost exclusively works by 16th to 19th century. Particularly outstanding is the collection of great Baroque monstrances, which quality is excellent and presents the top of central Europe goldsmith art of the 17th and 18th centuries. 00016 3
These significant artworks, headed by the Diamond monstrance, so called the « Prague Sun », are the real masterpieces. Interesting are also other valuable artworks - home altars, reliquaries, crowns of a miraculous statue of Our Lady of Loreto, carved ivory, small sculptures, paintings and jewelry. 00016Loreto treasure is a remarkable collection, a mosaic of items of different materials and techniques - all these works were devoted by benefactor to this place pilgrimage, as gifts to Our Lady of Loreto, mostly in thanksgiving for the acceptance of their prayers. Welcome and enjoy the view of works which for centuries breathtaking pilgrimage site visitors!
DIAMOND MONSTRANCE - OSTENSORIUM
This impressive monstrance (ie valuable vessel designed for exposure consecrated communion wafers - the Body of Christ) is aptly called "Prague Sun". This gem of a liturgical vessels is decorated with incredible 6.222 diamonds. Their shine it fascinating, but equally remarkable is the overall artistic concept of this unique goldsmith work.
The author of the concept is a Viennese architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach, the monstrance was made in court goldsmith's workshop of Johann Baptiste Känischbauer (the goldsmith) and Matthias Stegner (jeweler) in Vien between 1696-99.
The middle box of the Blessed Sacrament seems to levitate in the gloriole of rays of shining diamonds, supported by a dynamic figure of the Virgin Mary Immaculate. Diamonds, of which is the monstrance made, were donated in 1695 by Ludmila Eva Francis Countess of Kolowrat, née. Hýzrle of Chodau. Completed artwork had to be accompanied by an armed escort of soldiers during it's transportation from Vienna to Prague.
Practical use of this magnificent monstrance in the liturgy is rare for obvious reasons - the last time when pilgrims were invited to honor the Body of Christ exhibited in the "Prague sun" was in 1999 during a ceremony of anniversary of 400 years of the arrival of the first Capuchins in Bohemia.
Troja Chateau is considered of the most important architectural works of the beginning of Late Baroque in Central Europe. In areas where vineyards were once located, Count Václav Vojtěch from Šternberk had the chateau built in 1678 to successfully obtain a title of nobility. The chateau's form resembles a type of an Italian suburban villa, it is therefore a summer residence rather than a chateau. The villa was also to serve as a residence and resting place of the emperor and his retinue while hunting in Stromovka, the nearby game enclosure. Outstanding European artists were invited to the construction and decoration of the chateau. The project under the Italian influence was designed by Jean Baptiste Mathey, a French origin architect, who changed the original concept to regular disposition with grand hall in the center.
Giovanni Domenico Orsi de Orsini, renowned Prague architect, started the construction and his disciple Slivestro Carloni lead it for a few initial years. Despite his extensive experience the architect Mathey was not allowed to lead the construction himself, for he had not been trained in the mason's guild, which was against the then valid regulations.
The chateau's decorations are devoted to the celebration of the imperial line, to which the chateau was to be "dedicated". The view of the ruler's seat, The Prague Castle, is directly in the main axis of the chateau.
If you enter the chateau's premises via its original ceremonial entrance, the southern gate by the Vltava river, you may sense the original atmosphere. Following the axis of the garden, guests may reach the very apex of the chateau's composition - the monumental two-arm grand sairway, which leads directly to the grand hall.
The stairway is decorated with dramatic scenes from the Gigantomachy, depicting the triumph of the Olympian gods over the Titans characters as it is portrayed in the ancient Greek Iliad. It is very likely that this was also the inspiration for the name "Troja", which then spread out to the whole locality. The sculptures are works of the sculptors Paul and George Heermann who were invited from Dresden to decorate the stairway in 1685 and around 1705 they were joined by Jan Brokof.
The Grand "Emperor's" Hall is the dominant and central feature of the chateau, from which corridors with door enfilade of adjacent lounges lead down both sides. Both corridors are connected by two opposite spiral stairways in tower-like two-storey belvederes. These belvederes give the construction a unique character and at the same time they represent an obvious "signature" of the work of the architect Jean Baptiste Mathey.
The premises of the ground floor served as a background for the servants and in the basement there was a spacious wine cellar. A single-wing stables and a coach house with two-storied pavilions had been built by the wall in the northern courtyard of the complex.
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Methods development for metaproteomics-guided bioprospecting of novel enzymes
Abstract: Industrial biotechnology has been announced by several organizations and governments as a key enabling technology for the enhanced economic growth in a low-carbon and knowledge-based bioeconomy. An important goal to promote an environment friendly and sustainable industrial biotechnology is the discovery of new enzymes.To date, almost all enzymes used in industry have been discovered by pure culturing of microorganisms, however, it is known that less than 1% of all microorganisms can be obtained in pure cultures. The remaining majority of microorganisms is only viable by close biological interactions provided in microbial communities and is not available for enzyme discovery using the classical pure culture approaches. The investigation of microbial communities, which can be viewed as metaorganisms, has been enabled during the last two decades by refining established methods for the analysis of genes, mRNA or proteins and are called metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics, respectively. To date, these techniques have mostly been used in the field of microbial ecology for the understanding of the composition, function and metabolism of microbial communities but not for the purpose of bioprospecting for novel enzymes. Identification of genes that code for possible enzyme candidates is hindered, due to the fact that 30-40% of the sequenced metagenomes contain genes coding for unidentified proteins. Additionally, the -omics techniques generate large amounts of data that need to be analyzed and the outcome of the analysis does not necessarily lead to the discovery of novel applicable enzymes.The work presented in this thesis describes the establishment of the necessary conditions for a metaproteomics-based method that allows for a straightforward and targeted identification of novel enzymes with desired activity from microbial communities. The approach provides a valuable alternative to the incomplete and inefficient analysis of non-targeting data and laborious workflow, which is typically generated by the established meta-omics techniques. In developing the methods presented in this thesis, microbial communities in constructed environments were established, which allowed for the controlled expression of extracellular hydrolytic enzymes under defined conditions. By combination and modulation of advanced metaproteomics and metagenomics techniques, we were able to directly identify the enzymes and the corresponding gene sequences of several cellulolytic enzymes as a first example for the feasibility of this approach.
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In a 1999 article in Mathematics Teacher, we demonstrated how graphing systems of linear inequalities could be motivated using real-world linear programming problems (Edwards and Chelst 1999). At that time, the graphs were drawn by hand, and the corner-point principle was applied to find the optimal solution. However, that approach limits the number of decision variables to two, and problems with only two decision variables are often transparent and inauthentic.
Thomas G. Edwards and Kenneth R. Chelst
Chris Harrow and Lillian Chin
Exploration, innovation, proof: For students, teachers, and others who are curious, keeping your mind open and ready to investigate unusual or unexpected properties will always lead to learning something new. Technology can further this process, allowing various behaviors to be analyzed that were previously memorized or poorly understood. This article shares the adventure of one such discovery of exploration, innovation, and proof that was uncovered when a teacher tried to find a smoother way to model conic sections using dynamic technology. When an unexpected pattern regarding the locus of an ellipse's or hyperbola's foci emerged, he pitched the problem to a ninth grader as a challenge, resulting in a marvelous adventure for both teacher and student. Beginning with the evolution of the ideas that led to the discovery of the focal locus and ending with the significant student-written proof and conclusion, we hope to inspire further classroom use of technology to enhance student learning and discovery.
I always seek activities that might stretch my students yet would be accessible to them; that might require logical thought yet would contain counterintuitive elements; that might provide the opportunity to venture into new mathematical realms yet would have a simple starting point. This article and the activity that inspired it did indeed arise by way of a relatively straightforward problem that I proposed to one of my classes.
Readers comment on published articles or offer their own ideas.
Craig J. Cullen, Joshua T. Hertel, and Sheryl John
Technology can be used to manipulate mathematical objects dynamically while also facilitating and testing mathematical conjectures. We view these types of authentic mathematical explorations as closely aligned to the work of mathematicians and a valuable component of our students' educational experience. This viewpoint is supported by NCTM and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM).
Processes using linear measurement can be adapted to teach complex topics such as polynomial multiplication, rational exponents, and logarithms.
Regarding the reflection “On the Area of a Circle” by Cheng, Tay, and Lee (MT April 2012, vol. 105, no. 8, pp. 564-65), it is possible to prove that one can arrange infinitely many sectors of a circle into a rectangle to show that a circle's area is π2. However, the authors' derivation is invalid because they assume their conclusion by using the area of the circle within their proof.
When understood and applied appropriately, mathematics is both beautiful and powerful. As a result, students are sometimes tempted to extend that power beyond appropriate limits. In teaching statistics at both the high school and college level, I have found that one of students' biggest struggles is applying their understanding of probability to make appropriate inferences.
Maria L. Hernandez and Nils Ahbel
luidMath™ (www.fluiditysoftware.com), a new mathematics software tool for Tablet devices, computers, and interactive whiteboards, can create a dynamic graph or table with a simple gesture and recognize written expressions as the mathematical relationship they intend. The software uses a stylus as its input device. By changing constant values in an equation to parameters, the user can create sliders instantly and see graphs and tables change dynamically. The CAS (Computer Algebra System) functionality allows simplification of algebraic expressions and solution of equations and can perform all the calculations from algebra through calculus. FluidMath uses standard mathematical notation to explore explicitly and implicitly defined functions, parametric functions, polar functions, and recursively defined functions.
Dick J. Smith and Eric F. Errthum
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Alfonso II El Casto
Imagined Portrait of Alfonso II of Asturias, The Chaste.
Based on written and historical sources.
To hallmark his spiritual side, I’ve portrayed him in a relaxed attitude and with moderate gentle gestures.
He is placed between two arcs and he is the first person to narrate the discovery of Santiago the Apostle’s tomb to the Bishop Teodomiro, just like the well-known conserved image. To balance the painting I’ve incorporated in the other arc a tomb and an angel. The King seems to be listening to what has happened and then can attest to as well as have faith in.
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2B Nguyen Binh Khiem Str., Ward Ben Nghe, Dist. 1, Ho Chí Minh City, Vietnam
Located at 2B Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, District 1, Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens is one of the most fascinating tourist attractions in Ho Chi Minh City with its life expectancy ranking 8th in the world. It is home to harmonious interference among animals, plants and humans. Setting foot on Saigon Zoo and Botanic Garden, tourists will return to integrate into the natural vegetation and wildlife species. Bringing the quiet space separating from the hustle and bustle outside, the zoo and botanical garden is considered as a "peaceful oasis" in the heart of the luxury city. Once visiting the zoo and botanical garden in Ho Chi Minh City travel will definitely leave unforgettable impressions in the hearts of tourists.
Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens began its construction in March 1864 on an area of 12 hectares located near Rach Lang River (in the northeast of Saigon) by J.B.Louis Pierre, a French specialist researching tropical plants. The construction was completed in 1865. The zoo and botanical garden is home to the great number of precious plants at home and abroad. It also houses many species imported from India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia such as cocoa, coffee, vanilla as well as numerous rare and exotic animals brought here for breeding. Currently, Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens is one of the indispensable tourist addresses in the journey of discovering Saigon travel.
As one of the most impressive zoo and botanical gardens in Vietnam after more than 130 years of existence, the zoo and botanical garden has become an enormous zoo with 590 animals of 125 species, whereas plants include 1800 woody trees belonging to 260 species, 23 species of inland orchids, 33 species of cactus, 34 types of bonsai... and being supplemented. A world of rich flora with full range of species from popular to rare together with the diverse fauna... has drew up a harmonious space between plants and animals. Setting foot in Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, tourists not only have a chance to immerse themselves in the quiet space, breathe fresh air but also listen to the breath of nature and mountain and admire cute animals in the campus as well. All seems to take tourists into the kingdom of wild animal. Discovering Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens is definitely one of the most impressive things to do in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tourists going to the zoo and botanical garden can admire 2 unique architectural works. It is Blanchard de la Brosse Museum built in 1927 and completed in 1929. Its architecture was similar to Summer Palace in Beijing introducing the researches of anthropology, archeology and ethnology. Another construction retaining similarities of temples in Hue is Temple de Souvenir, which was built in 1929. In 1956, Saigon Government reconditioned the zoo and garden. Accordingly, Blanchard de la Brosse Museum was renamed into National Museum, whereas Temple de Souvenir was converted as Hung Kings Temple. After 1975, National Museum was expanded its area and renamed as Museum of Vietnamese History - Ho Chi Minh City. This is one of the highlights turning Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens into one of the most impressive tourist Ho Chi Minh City attractions.
Adorning the campus of the zoo and botanical garden is flower gardens designed with extremely splendid shapes, spectacular fountains and large stage for performing art programs. Going to the Saigon Zoo and Botanic Garden on the big festive occasions, tourists will have a chance to enjoy wonderful performances of music, circus or theater... Especially, those who would like to rest after hours of watching the vivid animals should go to Suoi Mo (Dreaming Stream) Lake. Here, tourists can admire the beautiful natural scenery, soak in the gurgling water from the cliffs at headwaters to settle the soul and find the gentle rhythm of the life. Taking a stroll in the space of Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Ho Chi Minh City tours, tourists will truly enjoy special feelings nowhere can be found.
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(Or, are you preparing to watch others live their dreams in 2022?)
Thomas Watson Sr. (no relation to me) was 40 when he took over as general manager of a little-known manufacturing company that processed meat slicers, time clocks, and simple tabulators. He had a dream and a vision for a machine that could process and store information before the computer became a reality. To move the company toward his dream and vision, he renamed the company International Business Machine Corporation or IBM. In an interview he would later give after the success of the company, he was asked, “What point did you envision the company becoming successful?” He simply responded, “At the very beginning”.
Thomas Watson Sr. had a dream that he turned into a reality. Vision begins with imagination, joined with the belief that the dream will come to fruition. This is what many of us call faith.
Helen Keller was asked in an interview what was worse than being blind. “Having eyesight and no vision,” she responded. Holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl said to an audience he was speaking to, “What kept me alive in a situation where others had given up hope and died was the dream that someday I’d be here telling you how I survived the concentration camps.” His vision and dream allowed him to overcome the horrific concentration camps and share his experience with the world.
We must visualize our dream and see it unfolding. We must become so dedicated to our dream and vision that we don’t let anything disrupt the goal of obtaining it. Our dreams open up the doors to our reality. Our futures must be dreamt before becoming reality.
The words, “I have a dream,” from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. touched the hearts of millions of listeners and prompted a belief that anything was possible.
The power of dreaming or envisioning a better reality has been taught to athletes in the form of positive mental imagery to galvanize peak performance for years. Anticipating and dreaming of the future guides individuals toward that outcome, be it positive, or negative.
When we dream about our future and identify individuals living out similar dreams, it is critical to get the full perspective on the journey they endured to accomplish their dreams.
I was recently asked in an interview, what is the number one factor that prevents others from reaching their dreams of success? I responded by stating that:
Many people enjoy seeing and hearing about the success of others. Often we hear all about the GLORY (what went well) of success; however, we don’t hear about the GRIT (what went wrong) of success. We don’t hear about the price that individuals had to pay to achieve success. Therefore, when many individuals say they want to achieve something- they do not know the GOOD, BAD, and UGLY of a person’s journey so they end up ill-prepared. Being ill-prepared prevents individuals from having the resilience needed to get beyond the many barriers that are a prerequisite to succeeding.
In fact, when I began my journey into the world of entrepreneurship, I spent time meeting with entrepreneurs who had been successful and those who had not been successful. The ones who had not been successful would say, “Tommy, I started my business, this went wrong, that went wrong, and that was enough for me. I stopped.” The person who was the successful entrepreneur said, “Tommy, I started my business, this went wrong, that went wrong, this went wrong again, that went wrong again, and I stayed with it. I kept going.” It did not take long for me to solely focus my meetings with only those entrepreneurs who had been successful.
(Read the interview in its entirety: http://dreamstothings.blogspot.com/2013/02/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-ja-x.html)
Knowing the full story behind a person’s journey will keep us motivated to stay after that dream during times of GRIT and have a deeper appreciation during moments of GLORY.
Here are some questions to consider as you prepare to stay motivated to reach your dreams in 2022:
1. What makes your dream come alive for you?
2. What makes you yearn to fulfill your dream?
3. What three big accomplishments would make you feel as though you have come close to your dream in 2022?
4. Who are the people who will support you as you reach your dream in 2022?
5. What have you already started putting in place toward your dream in 2022?
6. What small pieces of your dream could you begin working on now?
7. If your dream were to become a reality today, how would it feel? What would you do to celebrate?
8. What makes you feel proud and capable to go after your dream in 2022?
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We should be careful about extrapolating from one’s own experience using normal-width skis in soft snow when making ski recommendations for people of substantially different weights. Here’s why:
Let’s assume that there is some validity to the oft-heard claim that mid-80’s skis are the best thing since sliced bread for average weight guys (say, 175 lbs) in soft snow. Then, one can estimate the width of a ski that would give the same amount of float to a skier of a different weight. Here’s a table that does this:
Thus, if you are a little slip of a 120 lb woman, you will have the exact same float on a 58 mm wide pair of skinny boards that Mr. Average Guy (at 175 lbs.) has on his 85 mm “lite-fat” skis.
Basically, on any sub-70 mm ski currently being sold (because they are all greater than 60 mm), Ms. 120 Pounder will sink in less than Mr. Average Guy on his Rex’s, so its to be expected that a light weight person might not fully appreciate the need for fatties (at least from direct personal experience).
At the other end of the spectrum, a man weighing 210 lbs. will need to be on 100 – 105 mm boards to achieve the same float as Mr. Average Guy on his sticks.
Bottom line – guys, especially big guys, have a valid point in wanting to be on wide skis in soft snow. And, to head off any comments, yes, we have all skied powder in 207 cm long, 64 mm straight sticks from the past, so fatties are not absolutely required, but sure are fun and make marginal snow much easier.
Ski Width, Snow Depth, and Floatation
Folks thinking about making their first purchase of a wider than normal ski repeatedly make statements such as, “I expect that this 82 mm wide ski should be ‘good enough’ for foot deep snow”.
The problem with this expectation is that soft snow skiing is a lot like water skiing. Specifically, for a given speed, you and your skis won’t start lifting you up unless the upward force that the snow exerts on your skis exceeds your weight. So, a 200 lb guy going 25 mph may get 150 lbs of upward force from 70 mm wide skis, and his skis won’t lift off of the hardpack base.
Assuming the lift force is proportional to area of the skis, on a pair of 90 mm wide skis (same speed, same angles, etc.), his skis will be generating 192 lbs of upward force and hence, they will still be sitting on the hard base under the soft new snow. However, as soon as he gets on a pair of 95 mm or wider boards, they will generate 203 lbs (or more) of upward force, and his skis will be able to lift off of the base layer and rise through the soft layer.
Thus, this skier will hardly see any change in float from 70 mm to 90 mm wide, then, all of a sudden, at 95 mm, he will start to experience a change in sensation and mode of skiing. This is precisely why many folks (particularly, those over, say 180 lbs) feel that mid-fats are “Jack of all trades, master of none”, and why I object to the statement that mid-width skis are “good enough” for a foot of snow. If they really are “good enough” (ie, wide enough at your weight) to float in a foot of snow, they will float in a meter of snow.
This is also why many folks advocate bypassing the mid-fats and going directly to fats. It is also why lighter weight folks get enough float out of mid-80’s skis and like them. To them, mid-80’s are “fat” skis (at least in their behavior, if not actual width).
Now, obviously, the above description is a simplification. Skiers don’t all travel at precisely one speed, and snow compacts, so new snow just above the hardpacked base will be more dense than snow near the surface, particularly if it has aged for a bit. This means that for real skiers in such snow, the transition from not-floating to floating will not be as abrupt as I described above. It will be more gradual with respect to changes in width, speed, and other variables, so mid-fats will actually float a bit better than 70 mm wide skis, just not as much as most skiers seem to believe.
What Qualifies as Powder?
Width really makes skiing possible when we enter the realm of wind buff and breakable crust. If you break through the surface in these conditions, disaster can quickly ensue. A heavy skier, or lighter skier moving fast making high angle turns, is at considerable disadvantage in breakable crust, but can get floatation with a wide enough ski. For me, the magic width in these conditions is over 100 mm at the waist. A frustration for me this past winter was learning my V-Mantras (94 mm) intermittently and unpredictibly broke through the crust; but taking out a pair of Gotamas (110) in the same conditions solved the problem (but left me looking for more stiffness). I can ski light powder on any width ski, but dust on crust, breakable crust, and variable crud really calls out for a tool that can produce a predictable amount of float and stability.
Powder Skis and Eastern Skiers
Previously, the discussion centered around the observation that for a skier to rise upwards in a layer of deep soft snow, the skis must produce an upward force (i.e., “lift”) greater than the skier’s weight. Thus, to realize the full benefits of purchasing fatter skis, heavier skiers (say, heavier than 180 lbs) shouldn’t stop in the traditional mid-fat range (mid 70’s – low 80’s), but go all the way to 90+ mm skis.
It recently occurred to me that there is yet another fallacy embodied in the oft-heard statements about not considering any ski wider than a mid-fat, e.g., “82 mm should be good enough for an east coast skier.”
Skiers thinking about buying a pair of fatter skis will often say that since they only see a couple of deep snow days per season, there is no reason for them to go beyond mid-fats. The real problem is that most of these folks make this statement even though they already own a quiver of groomer skis that are perfectly adequate for several inches of new snow, i.e., the usual snowy day in the east. Thus, they really only need a new pair for those rare days when it dumps a foot or more, or for soft, deep spring slop. It almost like these folks think that there is some sort of algorithm that says that for every soft 12” snow day per season you encounter, you are allowed to add a mm to the width of your new skis, but you shouldn’t go beyond this width–or else!
It just doesn’t work like this. If you are in deep soft snow, it doesn’t matter whether this is the only time you will see such conditions this season, or it’s the 40th time. It’s still deep soft snow. Thus, skiers who follow such reasoning and who don’t even bother looking above mid-fat widths when thinking about purchasing a new pair of skis will likely see limited benefits from their new skis in exactly the conditions they bought them for, particularly if the skier is of above average weight. Yes, an 82 mm pair will be somewhat better in soft snow than the 68 mm pair they already own, but the overlap in performance envelopes is greater than it needs to be. In other words, they could do MUCH better than this.
In defense of those skiers who don’t consider skis wider than mid-fats, I do see one valid reason that a 180+ lb guy might use a mid-80’s ski: Namely, that they just never intend to use more than that one pair of skis, at least on any one day.
I would argue that if a skier can bring two or more pairs of skis to the mountain, and has the possibility of selecting the appropriate pair in the morning, or switching skis during the day, their second pair should be 90+ mm skis (at least for skiers > 180 lbs) and forget about the mid-fats. This way, they will get the benefit of fat skis when they need them instead of skiing on a pair of mid-fats that are not particularly good either on the groomers or in the deep.
By the way, when I refer to a fat ski, I don’t mean a specific number of mm. Rather, I mean a width that allows the skier to float given their weight and typical skiing speed. This might be an 75 mm ski for a 120 lb average speed skier or a 150 lb hot-shot, or a 95+ mm ski for a big guy that likes to ski at moderate speeds. This is why I always paired mm with weight in the above post.
Article republished with permission from www.epicski.com.
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Objective structural clinical examination for evaluating learning efficacy of Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme for nurses
BMC Nursing volume 19, Article number: 114 (2020)
Culture serves as an adhesive to bind the lives of people. There are no objective, useful tools to assess cultural competence and practice. In this study, we evaluated whether the cultural competence of nurses was strengthened through the Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme.
A quasi-experimental research design was used to evaluate nurses working at a medical centre in Taiwan. They were randomly allocated into an experimental group (n = 47), which received the Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme, or a control group (n = 50), which did not receive the educational programme. After the intervention, learning efficacy of the participants was assessed using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). The research data were statistically analysed on SPSS.
The average score of the experimental group was significantly higher in the ‘communication ability and skill’ category. Furthermore, OSCE scores and Standardised Patient Survey assessment and total scores were significantly and positively correlated.
The findings of this study can serve as a reference for designing future clinical education programmes.
Culture acts as an adhesive to connect the lives of people. Therefore, its impact on health should not be overlooked . Nurses must be able to identify cultural differences and apply communication skills to provide person-centred nursing care to patients from various ethnicities. Cultural skills are the ability to leverage tools and resources to develop communication skills, gather information about an individual’s cultural background and conduct a cultural assessment accordingly to fulfil needs arising from the patient’s background . Hospitals with culturally sensitive nurses and culturally friendly care environments have lower health inequalities and disparities [3,4,5]. Cultural competence is fostered through learning; thus, a fundamental strategy for nurses to foster cultural competence is participation in educational programmes . Numerous earlier studies have proposed several factors that affect the cultural competence of nurses, including their ethnic minority background, interaction frequency with culturally different people at workplace or daily life, education level, experience of caring for multiple ethnic groups [7, 8], cultural diversity training [9, 10], language skills [8, 11] and clinical experience in foreign countries . Furthermore, the amount of work experience and employment status will exert a direct impact on self-efficacy for cultural competence . Because cultivation of cultural competence is an interactive process involving various cultural scenarios, a Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme must be multistrategic . Jeffreys developed an educational programme involving different teaching strategies, such as narration, literature review and discussion, film appreciation, and roleplaying, to help clinical nurses learn cross-cultural nursing concepts and assess their cultural competence . Several studies have suggested considering course evaluation, performance analysis, and continuous course adjustment for designing an educational course that helps cultivate the cultural competence of nurses and for accumulating empirical data on cultural competence [4, 16].
Miller asserted that a bottom-up approach to determine professional competence follows the assessment of knowledge, know-how, show-how, and do . The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a show-how approach to assess the professional execution of learner skills . In other words, it is a competence-oriented assessment of clinical performance. As a single, consolidated test, the OSCE can be used to objectively, fairly and safely assess student knowledge, skills and attitudes in a simulated environment, enabling learners to confidently prepare for future clinical encounters [16, 19]. It uses a reliable and valid categorical, structured checklist and standardised patients (SPs) to test learners on specific scenarios and standard operating procedures in controlled situations . Assessment criteria for the OSCE are interpersonal communication, clinical problem-solving competence, health education, evaluation and decision-making abilities [15, 20, 21]. The OSCE is increasingly becoming the primary tool to assess clinical competence [20, 21]. Moreover, to value patient safety, the OSCE is not administered on actual patients. By adopting the objective and structured characteristics of SPs and using well-designed clinical scenarios, the OSCE is more capable of assessing learner clinical competence than earlier traditional written tests. The test also allows for reflection and self-learning. Therefore, the OSCE more effectively enhances learning efficacy of learners than traditional tests . Miller asserted that the SP-based OSCE is the best teaching tool for assessing ‘proper practices (performance)’ . The OSCE has been applied in various simulated learning scenarios, including operational and communication skills, in medical and nursing education . Bani-Issa et al. administered the OSCE to students of a physical assessment programme to evaluate their physical assessment competence, and the students expressed that the OSCE promoted in-depth learning and prepared them for the real world. Solà-Pola et al. invited nursing students to participate in qualitative interviews. The research subjects experienced the OSCE by engaging in educational activities, and the researchers were able to obtain desired clinical care performance data.
Ledford et al. developed an innovative teaching method based on adult learning theory and social cognitive theory. The researchers combined the OSCE with the religious affiliations and spiritual issues of the respondents. The results indicated that the OSCE helps medical professionals foster skills necessary to communicate with patients in challenging situations. Developers of multicultural education programmes can design different courses, dialogues, and scenarios by applying the OSCE concepts: (1) providing standardised and diversified patients; (2) citing medical histories, conducting physical examinations, and providing nursing care; (3) presenting cultural discrepancies and focal cultural learning points as open questions; and (4) referencing anatomical systems, nursing care items, and learning objectives. The verbal and nonverbal expressions of the patient’s culture, such as word use, intonation, movement, gesture, and facial expression, can be examined to elucidate the appropriateness of caregiver responses in different cultural contexts . The purpose of this learning process is to enhance the learner’s cultural observation, cultural sensitivity, cultural care performance, and reflection ability, thereby ensuring the provision of culturally appropriate nursing care and preparing students mentally and professionally to care for multicultural patients . In recent years, the focus of medical education has shifted toward the assessment of clinical performance. However, evaluating cultural competence through a written examination is extremely challenging because there are no objective and useful tools to assess cultural competence. Therefore, we used the OSCE to evaluate the learning efficacy of nurses after completing a Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme.
This study evaluated whether the cultural competence of nurses was strengthened through the Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme.
Design and participants
We adopted a quasi-experimental research design to examine nurses working at a medical centre in Taiwan. The nurses were randomly allocated into an experimental group (n = 47), which participated in the Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme, or a control group (n = 50), which did not participate in an educational programme. For inclusion, participants had to be licensed nurses who graduated from an approved nursing programme and have served as a clinical nurse for at least 1 year. Nurses diagnosed as having cancer or depression were excluded from this study. G*Power (version 3.1) was used to calculate the required sample size. Two statistical tests were performed using an analysis of variance (repeated measures, between factors) with parameters α = .05 and power = 0.8. Cohen’s rule of thumb predicted an effect size of 0.25 and a moderate autocorrelation value of 0.5 at 50% time interaction. The minimum sample size was 82 participants. This value was adjusted to 100 to allow for a 23% loss rate (n = 23). In total, 97 respondents completed the formal intervention and the 2-month post-intervention OSCE (47 respondents in the experimental group and 50 respondents in the control group). The loss rate was 3%.
The basic attributes included age, gender, educational attainment, nursing seniority, professional rank, department of work, experience of caring for foreigners, experience of attending cultural courses, experience of studying or living abroad and language proficiency.
Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme
The Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme for nurses is based on social learning theory and focuses on cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural willingness, cultural skills, and cultural circumstances [29, 30]. The programme consisted of four units. In Unit 1, the authors introduced information on the cultural competence of clinical nurses and explained the procedures of the cultural competence education intervention programme. In Unit 2, experts with ample experience interacting with new immigrant families from diverse cultural backgrounds were invited. In Unit 3, the participants watched a movie on the racial war between two countries to encourage them to reflect on their ideas about culture. In Unit 4, the authors used structured role play activities to enable the participants to experience inequality in designed scenarios.
A new unit was taught each week and each unit lasted for 3 h, for a total intervention time of 12 h. Cultural competence courses with diverse teaching strategies, such as discussion, film appreciation, and roleplaying, and continual adjusting can enhance the cultural competence of clinical nurses. Three experts in the cultivation of cultural competence were invited to review and provide feedback on the cultural aspects of the programme. The programme was also adjusted based on feedback provided by the participants. The programme was delivered by two lecturers with postgraduate degrees in nursing practice and trained in multicultural education.
Studies have reported that an education and assessment tool that combines Standardised Patient Survey (SPS) and OSCE can effectively evaluate the clinical performance of learners . The OSCE was designed based on Khattab and Rawlins’s recommendations. The OSCE comprised the Multicultural Objective Structured Examination (MOSE) to assess nurses and the SPS to assess standardised patients. The OSCE measurement was conducted a week after the intervention was completed.
The evaluation criteria of the nurses involve the following: (1) doctor–patient communication, problem assessment and problem-solving; and (2) nursing instruction for medications (communication ability and skill). The test comprises 10 items. The items are scored on a 3-point scoring system, in which 2 denotes ‘accomplished’, 1 denotes ‘partially accomplished’ and 0 denotes ‘unaccomplished’. The scores of the 10 items are summed. A high score represents a high cultural competence in clinical care. The Cronbach’s α coefficient of the test is .70.
The contents of this survey include empathy and verbal and nonverbal communication skills. A score is allocated based on the perceived interactions between the SP and the respondent. In particular, 2 is allocated when the ‘correct’ field in the right column is checked, 1 for ‘partially correct’, and 0 for ‘not performed’. The fields represent the respondents’ perceived performance. The survey comprises five items, with the total score ranging from 0 to 10. A high score represents a high nurse-to-patient communication performance and cultural competence. The Cronbach’s α coefficient of the survey is .62.
All SPs who participated in the OSCE completed a general SP programme and a performance and teacher training programme (8 h) and an OSCE rehearsal (3 h). Before the lesson, the researcher and three SPs discussed their roles. Before commencement, the examiner and the SPs discussed the script and rehearsed the scenario. The OSCE was administered 2 months after the completion of the education programme. The two groups of respondents were telephonically informed that they could take the test at the Clinical Competence Centre. The respondents entered the examination hall in order of registration, regardless of the group. The examiner and SPs could not identify the respondent groups, which ensured the research results remained unbiased.
The validity of the OSCE has been assessed by experts with over 10 years of medical and clinical education experience based on the content validity index (CVI). A four-point scoring system was adopted as the assessment standard. Expert opinions were consolidated and applied and referenced to adjust the research tools . The item-CVI and scale-CVI coefficients were 1.00 for the MOSE and SPS.
The study was conducted from August 2017 to July 2018. The standard procedures of the OSCE were based on those recommended by Boursicot and Roberts .
Designing and editing lesson plans
Several meaningful real-world examples were used to design the programme scripts. Lessons were classified into the following segments: (1) student guidelines, involving patient background data, clear instructions, and test time; (2) examiner guidelines, involving case descriptions, patient summaries, health education tools and models, and scoring standards; (3) SP guidelines, involving basic SP information, script summaries, and dialogues; and (4) score sheet, involving the assessment items, content, and scoring standards.
A teaching video was developed and evaluated collaboratively by the examiners. The Cronbach’s α coefficient was 0.85, indicating a fair internal consistency.
OSCE operating procedures
The Clinical Competence Centre of the research hospital served as the OSCE administration centre. The examination was conducted in a simulated clinical environment that could be unidirectionally monitored and recorded. The script and notes were stuck to the door. The scenario involved a 23-year-old Vietnamese caregiver who has worked in Taiwan for 2 months. Her role was to provide care for a 75-year-old man with stroke experiencing a urinary infection. The patient is scheduled for discharge that day. Student guidelines included background information, test topics, and test time. The scene involves a nurse delivering post-discharge instructions to the Vietnamese caregiver regarding medications prescribed to the patient. During the examination, the examiner completed the MOSE based on the examiner guidelines. After the examination, the SPs completed the SPS based on their perceived subject performance.
The data were processed and analysed using SPSS for Windows (version 22.0). Demographics were analysed using a descriptive statistics approach. The results are presented as percentages, mean values, and standard deviation values. Independent t test was used to compare intergroup differences. The correlations between the assessment tools in the OSCE were determined using a Spearman’s correlation analysis. A p value of <.05 was adopted as the measure of statistical significance.
This study was approved by the McKay Memorial Hospital Institutional Review Board of the research hospital (Approval No. 17MMHIS096e). Before the study initiation, the participants were fully informed of the research objectives and data collection methods. They could withdraw from the study at any time for any reason. The data collected were archived anonymously. The study was initiation once the participants provided their consent and signed the consent form.
Basic attributes of the research subjects
The average age of the participants was 36.49 (±10.14) years, whereas that of the experimental group participants was 35.98 (±9.99) years. Overall, the participants had an average of 14.78 (±10.31) years of nursing seniority. The experimental group participants had an average of 14.40 (±10.17) years of nursing seniority. Regarding educational attainment, 68% of the participants were university graduates. Regarding professional rank, 35.1% of the participants attained a rank of N4. Regarding the department of work, 36.1% of the participants served in internal medicine. However, there was no significant statistical difference between the two groups (p > .05) in any of the aspects, except for the department of work (Table 1).
OSCE intergroup effect analysis
The OSCE scores of the two groups were submitted to intergroup differential analysis. In the MOSE, the average scores of the experimental and control groups were 1.83 (SD = 0.14) and 1.78 (SD = 0.18), respectively. The average score of the experimental group was slightly higher than that of the control group, although the difference was nonsignificant (p = .08). The average scores for doctor–patient communication, problem assessment, and problem-solving were 1.91 (SD = 0.13) and 1.90 (SD = 0.13) for the experimental and control groups, respectively. However, the difference did not achieve statistical significance (p = .086). The average scores for nursing instructions on medication (communication ability and skill) were 1.72 (SD = 0.24) and 1.59 (SD = 0.30) for the experimental and control groups, respectively. The average score of the experimental group was slightly but significantly higher than that of the control group (p = .01). The average score of the experimental group for the “explaining the precautions for taking medication” item was also slightly higher than that of the control group, and the difference achieved significance (p < .001; Table 2).
Differential analysis of SPS scores and correlations between the various assessment tools of the OSCE
The intergroup chi-square test comparing the experimental and control groups did not demonstrate any significant statistical differences. Regarding the correlations between the various assessment tools of the OSCE score, the overall MOSE score and the SPS assessment score had a significant and positive correlation (r = .34, p < .01), the overall MOSE score and the overall SPS performance score had a significant and positive correlation (r = .36, p < .01), and the SPS assessment score and the SPS performance score had a significant and positive correlation (r = .95, p < .01; Table 3).
In this study, the OSCE was used to assess the effectiveness of a Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme for nurses. After participating in the Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme, there was a statistically significant difference in the MOSE score for ‘nursing instructions on medication (communication ability and skill)’, with the experimental group achieving a higher score than the control group. This finding is similar to the results of several previous studies. Alinie et al. examined differences in the practical abilities of nurses after they had received situational simulation training. In their study, the experimental group received situational training and the control group received traditional classroom lessons and clinical training. The OSCE assessment for learning efficacy indicated that the experimental group significantly outperformed the control group. Moreover, studies have reported that the OSCE provides a controlled environment to train instructors in achieving a common teaching goal. Compared to conventional assessment methods, the OSCE is more capable of enhancing the learning efficacy of the learners because it provides intricately designed clinical situations that enable examiners to observe learner nursing performance on SPs and allow learners to reflect and learn from their experiences [22, 35]. The outcomes of the aforementioned studies coincide with the findings of this study, particularly those pertaining to the performance of ‘nursing instructions on medication’. However, our findings are different from those of Doyle et al., who designed a nursing education programme for care of patients with communication difficulties . In their study, the experimental group received communication training and the control group did not receive any intervention. The OSCE was used both in pretests and posttests. The findings revealed an improvement in communication, self-efficacy, and OSCE performance of the experimental and control groups. However, the level of improvement between the two groups had no significant difference. Doyle et al. attributed their findings to both groups receiving the OSCE before the intervention and concluded that the OSCE effectively improved communication self-efficacy and OSCE performance.
The total MOSE score and the ‘doctor–patient communication, problem assessment, and problem-solving’ score of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group. However, the scores of the two groups failed to achieve significant statistical differences (p > .05). Most students expressed that the assessment method of OSCE was stressful. This method could have produced biases in respondent performance. The Cronbach’s α coefficient of the SPS was .62. Assessment of communication skills, single-station OSCE, and low item count may have influenced the internal consistency and reliability. A systematic review of the validity of the OSCE scores indicated that the covariates with significant Cronbach’s α were OSCE content (clinical scale higher than communication scale), the number of examiners (two higher than one), and scale type (checklist higher than Likert scale) . During the OSCE, the respondents entered the examination hall in order of registration regardless of their group. The examiner and SPs could not identify the respondent groups, which ensured that the research results remained unbiased .
The examiners of this study collaboratively assessed an educational video. Cronbach’s α coefficient was used as an indicator of homogeneity. The results indicated a Cronbach’s α coefficient of 0.85, which was within the acceptable range. A coefficient value of <.7 signifies that the homogeneity of a some items is questionable, requiring modifications. A coefficient of >.9 signifies the excellent internal consistency or homogeneity of the items . The results revealed that the total OSCE score was significantly and positively correlated with the SPS assessment and total scores. These findings are different from those in the study by Schwartzman et al. involving pharmacy students whose communication skills were assessed using the OSCE. The evaluation was conducted by the invited examiners and SPs. Their findings indicated no significant correlation between examiner assessments and SP assessments. The lack of significant correlation could be attributed to the different roles of the SPs and examiners. SPs are the direct subject of communication in the examination, whereas examiners are third-party observers. Hence, SPs and examiners may perceive the learner’s communication skills differently. Jeffreys highlighted that educators must evaluate courses to determine their efficacy and continue to adjust them so as to increase experimental data on developing cultural competence . In the course content designed for future research, cultural content can be enhanced to include different views of patients on health concepts and treatment methods to help participants learn effectively. Several limitations to the present study need to be addressed. First, a review of the OSCE items and examiner reliability and validity suggested that the test environment and line arrangement influence the reliability and validity of the OSCE. These factors were not addressed in this study, which is a limitation. In addition, the OSCE is resource-intensive. The high cost of conducting OSCEs has limited its application. We recommend that future research focus on the external validity of different OSCEs. Third, there was the potential for cross-contamination as the participants were recruited from a single hospital. Future research considers random allocation of the participants to different hospitals, which will help reduce cross-contamination. Fourth, as noted earlier, the outcomes were measured 1 week after the completion of the Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme because of time limitations. We hope that use of the OSCE will assist in assessing major changes, but longer time and repeated follow-up actions may lead to different findings, and future studies can consider this option. Finally, this study did not investigate the cultural background of the nurses, but it only tested the homogeneity of the basic attributes between the two groups. In the future, we should understand the cultural background of the nurses, conduct a homogeneity test of cultural competence, understand the influencing factors of cultural competence, and ensure that there is no difference between the groups.
In this study, we designed an approach to determine the performance of education programmes. The proposed approach was employed to efficiently assess the cultural competence of clinical nurses. The findings of this study serve as a reference for health care providers in the process of designing cultural competence-related education programmes to improve clinical nursing care quality.
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Lee, YH., Lin, SC., Wang, PY. et al. Objective structural clinical examination for evaluating learning efficacy of Cultural Competence Cultivation Programme for nurses. BMC Nurs 19, 114 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-020-00500-3
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“Increasing the amount of organic waste composted is one of our key objectives, as such we want to encourage the growth of the community composting sector,” he said.
“Nevertheless, composting does pose a risk to the environment and human health.
“We have therefore decided to reconsider this exemption for composting to ensure that the revised controls reduce this risk, whilst fulfilling our aim of encouraging composting.”
He said existing legislation from 1994 would remain in place while Defra assessed the situation.
But Tony Breton, spokesman for the Compost Association, said the ongoing uncertainty made members reluctant to invest in infrastructure which would be required to meet landfill diversion targets.
Ironically, by making these changes the costs to the community sector seem likely double, he argued.
Under the existing composting exemption, all compost must be used on-site so cannot be sold on and a land-spreading exemption is required.
But the cost of a land-spreading exemption is £546, a prohibitive amount for smaller composters.
Dr Jane Gilbert chief executive of the Composting Association said: “This U-turn is another example of how difficult it is for the composting industry to plan strategic investments running into millions of pounds when goal posts are being moved continually.
“Composters across England and Wales have been working with local authorities to help them meet their LATS targets on the basis that the legislation had been agreed.
“This announcement has once again left the industry and stakeholders in a state of confusion and we will be seeking a meeting with the Minister at the earliest opportunity to discuss this matter.”
Mr Breton told edie: “Nobody is complaining about the legislation, we’re all very happy with it and we agree it has the potential to stop sham waste recovery.
“But what needs to be addressed is the fee banding.
“I’ve had numerous calls from members already saying they have invested in concrete pads and other requirements in readiness for this exemption and now they don’t know what will happen.
“It makes things very difficult for the industry – it’s impossible for us to plan ahead.
“We need to have a level playing field where professionals are on the same footing as community composters.”
By Sam Bond
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Novidat is one of the most widely prescribed Ciprofloxacin brand in many countries across the globe. Generally it is considered to be a safer and effective antibiotic. However, like any other drug it may cause some adverse events. In this article you will read detailed information about the Novidat Side Effects.
Novidat Side Effects on the Gastro-Intestinal Tract
- Digestive disorders
- Abdominal pain
The doctor should be advised of any severe, persistent diarrhea occurring during or after treatment, since these symptoms could conceal a serious intestinal disorder “pseudomembranous colitis” requiring urgent treatment. In such cases, Novidat should be discontinued and replaced by another appropriate drug (e.g. Vancomycin).
Novidat Side Effects on the Nervous System
- Peripheral Paralgesia
- Unsteady Gait
- anxiety states, nightmares, confusion, depression, hallucination, impaired taste and smell and visual disturbances (e.g. double vision, color vision)
In some instances, these reactions occurred after the first administration of Novidat. In these cases Novidat has to be discontinued and the doctor should be informed immediately.
Novidat – Hypersensitivity Reactions
In some patients, treatment with Novidat may also cause some hypersensitivity reactions including; Skin reactions e.g. rashes, pruritis, drug fever. Anaphylactic reactions (e.g. facial, vascular and laryngeal edema; dyspnea progressing to life threatening shock), in these cases Novidat has to be discontinued, medical treatment (e.g. treatment for shock) is required. Punctate skin hemorrhages (petechia), blister formation with accompanying hemorrhages (hemorrhagic bullae) and small nodules (papules) with crust formation showing vascular involvement (vasculitis), Stevens Johnson syndrome, interstitial nephiritis, hepatitis and very rarely major liver disorders including hepatic necrosis.
Novidat Effects on the Cardiovascular System
- Hot flushes
Side Effects Of Novidat On Blood And Blood Constituents
- Thrombocytosis and altered prothrombin levels.
Other Rare Side Effects
- Joint pains
- General feeling of weakness
- Muscular pains
- Mild photosensitivity
- Transient impairment in kidney function, including transient kidney failure
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- If you are eager to make healthy adjustments throughout this time, proof from behavioural sciences may additionally be able to assist.
- The meat is then placed in a case of puff pastry and baked in a hot oven.
- So, as an alternative of speaking about what you possibly can and can’t eat, you presumably can simply eat.
- Ella started small but now has revealed cookbooks, lots of of in style vegan recipes, a line of merchandise, and even a restaurant.
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After dicing and stir-frying the raw materials, broth was added to supplies and then stewed slowly. Stewing can make water-soluble nutritional vitamins, inorganic salts, peptides, proteins, and amino acids dissolved into the soup, thus producing very nutritious soup. If people ate fried food regularly, they’re extra more probably to have weight problems Food Open Now and different illnesses corresponding to diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, loss of urge for food, chest swelling, and indigestion. Moreover, folks may also get infected if they typically eat fried foods, due to lack of vitamins and water in the lengthy run.
i love thinking about what megumi likes to eat, since i have a hc that toji’s great at cooking. his favourites are toji’s croquettes and menchikatsu but toji tries not to make fried foods all the time. he loves cream stew and nikujaga and cabbage rolls and anything with ginger!!
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In 1927, Polish baker Harry Lender opened the primary bagel plant outdoors New York City in New Haven, Conn. The bagel’s popularity started to unfold in the United States. Bacon has played a prominent position in the historical past of superstition. It was thought-about a sacred food by the pagans and was regarded as a logo of prosperity. It was regularly used as an providing to the Gods, and was believed to have healing properties. If a knife, which brought on a wound, was caught into bacon afterwards, it was supposed to stop an infection. Explore meals and customs from quite so much of cultures, and discover conventional recipes from all over the world.
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The farmers’ market is a simple place to begin out, but don’t overlook about roadside stands, Community Supported Agriculture , and grocery stores that promote native food. Some counties have access to regionally produced food in cooperatives, unbiased grocery shops, or food hubs that enable direct buying. See part 4 beneath the Additional Resources links for directories of local food providers. Become knowledgeable about harvest occasions for fruits and vegetables in your area and plan your recipes accordingly. A couple of great locations to begin are the provision charts from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) and the NC 10% Campaign.
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The Board of Communities communicates the collaboration with the City Council and the Archbishopric for the recovery of public access to the Cathedral Tower, which contains, among other treasures, the so-called ” Big Bell” , which was not accessible for security reasons since 1983.
This news is from 2009. Since 2011 the Campana Gorda in Toledo is visitable. You can read more in this link: Toledo Cathedral Gorda Bell Hours
As you know those who visit us regularly, in ToledoSpain.click we have a special sensitivity for this important monument that is the Cathedral of Toledo, and very special in its hidden treasures, highlighting one of the most ” enormous” , as is the Bell Gorda.
It is curious that one of the largest elements of the Cathedral has been ” almost” inaccessible for 26 years, and one of the most curious, because the ” Campana Gorda” is one of the most well-known traditions of the city along with marzipan, swords, damascene …
Today we read in the press releases of the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha that the latter, in collaboration with the Town Hall and the Archbishopric, will recover public access to this fabulous viewpoint of the city, which is the Cathedral tower, and with it, access to its magnificent bell tower in which the bell of San Eugenio, better known as ” Campana Gorda” , is hung and fractured.
The action of the regional government contemplates a rehabilitation of the pavements deteriorated by the passage of time. It will also make it possible to provide the interior of the tower with safety elements such as handrails on the stairs, lighting, cleaning of the walls and restoration of plaster.
Once the intervention is over, coordinated tourist visits will be established between the three institutions.
The so-called ‘campana gorda‘ was fused by Alejandro Gorgollo and placed in 1753, with Cardinal Luis Antonio de Borbón as Archbishop of Toledo. A few months after its placement was broken.
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Israel is a tiny country - a beacon of light in a vast region of darkness. Inside the country, every Israeli seems to radiate an opinion on every subject, and it sometimes feels like we have eight million prime ministers. In reality, however, Israel is a nation of individuals, where everyone has the potential to make a difference.
Each week, an Israeli makes a discovery or launches an innovation that may benefit millions. Dr. Tal Dvir and his team at Tel Aviv University have manufactured cardiac tissue from spring-shaped fibers. The elastic tissue mimics expanding and contracting heart muscle and could be the basis of transplant material for millions of heart operations
. The world’s major pharmaceutical companies certainly value Israeli ingenuity. AstraZeneca has formed a partnership with scientists at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center to develop new medicines to treat the millions suffering from
cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes. Meanwhile Israel’s very own Teva Pharmaceuticals has launched generic alternatives to Adenoscan
, which will collectively save millions of dollars for millions of patients.
I have to inform the millions following the standard rules of the majority of diet plans that they have got it wrong. Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have proved that each individual has a different response to the same foods. In Weizmann’s Personalized Nutrition Project
, local volunteers have their glucose intake and absorption monitored and leave with an individually tailored balanced diet
. Millions of stomachs
may also contain undetected infections of the H. pylori bacterium, causing peptic ulcers, gastric inflammation, and occasionally stomach cancer. Thankfully, the BreathID testing device from Israel’s Exalenz is now in use at 220 US centers, providing results in 10 minutes instead of a three-day wait for blood tests. Staying with infections, a rap music video produced by Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem has gone “viral”
. It features the hospital’s doctors and nurses dancing and singing the virtues of anti-bacterial hand gel. The Hebrew video, uploaded on September 21, has already been seen over 150,000 times.
Millions of Syrians are suffering in their civil war and Israel certainly never hesitates to give medical assistance
to the hundreds
brought to its hospitals for treatment. In just one case, orthopedists, anesthesiologists, plastic surgeons, physiotherapists and operating theater staffers pulled out all the stops to save and restore the shattered leg
of an 8-year-old Syrian girl. Meanwhile, an Arab from East Jerusalem - Haitham Azloni - regarded Haim Attias from Judea’s Mitzpe Yericho as “one in a million”
when Haim resuscitated him at the Arab bazaar in the Old City. Haitham said, “No one came to help me, none of the brothers, no Arabs. Only one Orthodox Jewish man
I doubt if many of the 19 million passengers
that use Miami International Airport will be aware that Israel’s NICE Systems is now responsible for managing runway security. In contrast, anti-terrorist forces would certainly appreciate the Miniature Reactive Jammer (MRJ) from Israel’s Elbit Systems. The device is able to analyze millions of radio frequency messages
and disrupt any trigger signal designed to detonate an IED (Improvised Explosive Device). And when Israel’s Ceragon has finished upgrading Idea’s wireless network, 125 million
of Idea’s Indian cell-phone customers will appreciate the difference.
For two millennia, many millions of Jews have longed to be able to celebrate this time of year in the Promised Land. This may explain the emotional scenes
at Jerusalem’s Sukkot (Tabernacles) parade and Simchat Torah
(Rejoicing of the Law) parties
. To reinforce the celebrations, archaeologists such as Dr Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unearthed many links between today’s religious events and Biblical history.
After the celebrations, we have to clean up. Israeli children are educated that our land must be maintained for the benefit of the millions who will inherit it from us. So it was gratifying to see that over a quarter of a million volunteers
from 250 localities removed litter across the country on International Cleanup Day. The Ministry of Environmental Protection also announced plans to end the use of the millions of disposable plastic bags
at supermarkets and other shops.
Finally, the Jewish focus on the individual is emphasized in the following item. Rabbi Shaul Inbari was born with severe cerebral palsy and like millions of disabled individuals
he dreaded life in an empty house. Rabbi Inbari believed that everyone deserves happiness and took action by founding Israel’s Inbar organization. Inbar holds events for singles with varying disabilities that are seeking a soul mate. Last year, Rabbi Inbari married Neta, whom he had met at Inbar.
Definitely one in a million!
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One of the most essential components of a crisis management plan is internal communication. In a crisis situation, employees look to leadership for direction and guidance on how to interface with clients and the public. So how do you prioritize crisis communication when you’re busy putting out fires left and right? The key is to have an effective, well-prepared plan in place long before any crisis occurs.
What is crisis management?
Public relations firm Tucker Hall defines crisis management as “the planning, implementation, and monitoring of strategies that are put in place to help an organization deal with a significant negative event”. Crisis management plans often consist of identified potential threats, risk management strategies, pre-assigned tasks, and communications blueprints.
There are many potential sources for a crisis, both internal and external. The coronavirus pandemic is a perfect example of an external crisis. Internal sources might include employee misconduct or an accident on company property. Identifying the source will help shape your crisis management plan and determine the appropriate response.
Preparation is key
As we’ve learned, there is no way to predict how or when a crisis will strike. An effective crisis communication plan can’t be thrown together at the eleventh hour by the management team; it should already be in place long before any hint of a potential threat.
List potential threats
Different crises will affect your business in very different ways. While coming up with a list of every scenario that could possibly go wrong might not be feasible, you can certainly identify different types of situations that would trigger the need for crisis response.
Fast Company identifies three main types of company crises:
- Personnel crises: Misconduct, unethical or illegal activities performed by employees that attract negative publicity
- Systemic crises: Operational crises that arise from within the organization, such as product recalls or quality issues
- Contextual crises: Natural disasters, pandemics, terrorism, etc.
There may also be industry-specific crises that your company needs to prepare for. Those involved in finance, for example, should develop a plan for fluctuations in the global markets, while energy firms would be wise to have an environmental crisis management plan in place.
Crisis response requires many essential tasks to be carried out in a short period of time. If roles aren’t clearly defined in advance, you may experience the bystander effect, a phenomenon that discourages individuals from acting when others are present in an emergency situation. Make sure your crisis communication plan clearly defines a crisis team and which team members are responsible for which communications.
What is the most effective way to reach your employees with different types of communications? Keep in mind that information with varying levels of urgency might be more appropriate for different channels. Emergency notices may need to be issued via smartphone notification or text message. On the other hand, routine updates and less urgent information can wait for an email or an update in your corporate portal.
However, you choose to communicate internally during a crisis, make sure to set the standard for how frequently employees should be responsible for checking for updates. Staff should also know where they can go to look for important information and answers to questions they may have regarding an ongoing crisis, such as dedicated pages or message boards.
In the hours and days following a crisis, you don’t want to waste valuable time creating communications from scratch. Having a series of templates on hand will help get your crisis communication plan into action as quickly as possible. All Powell Software corporate solutions include ready-made communication templates to help get you going.
Using crisis response tools
When crisis strikes, it’s time to put your crisis management plan into action to ensure business continuity. With the right plan in place, your crisis response efforts should be freed up for key decision making and adjusting to new developments. You can also prioritize making the most of your crisis response tools to maintain effective communication with your employees. Here are some best practices.
The most important and urgent information your employees need to know should be communicated through alerts. With a company intranet like Powell 365, you can decide when and how these alerts are sent, and even customize different messages for different teams.
Your crisis communication plan should determine what is and isn’t important enough to issue an alert. Information like office closures, health and safety warnings, and time-sensitive instructions are some of the most common reasons to send an alert. But make sure to prioritize only the most urgent messages so that employees aren’t overloaded with too much information.
As a crisis continues, you’ll likely have important updates that aren’t urgent enough to warrant alerts. These updates can be shared through pre-established channels such as a dedicated section in your internal mobile app, like Powell Apps. Some examples of updates might be company news or reminders of crisis-related protocols.
Crisis communications is a two-way street. Make sure you take the time to collect feedback from your employees. This will help you gauge office morale and get valuable insights into how clients are reacting to the crisis. Employee polls are a great way to do this; once again, this feature is available via Powell 365 and is easy to set up, deploy, and collect responses.
Internal crisis communication tips
While the subject matter and timeliness of your internal communication matters, so does the way in which you communicate. The tone you set with employees during crisis management will make or break how they are able to handle the crisis.
Tone and positivity
What mood are you conveying in your internal messages during a crisis? Even though leadership faces challenges and may feel stressed and overwhelmed during difficult times, it’s important to stay positive when interacting with the rest of the company. Addressing the workforce with confidence will go a long way in keeping morale high.
It’s easy for leaders to feel like they need to stay in control during a crisis by performing all the essential tasks themselves. However, the responsibilities of communication can be shared. While it’s important for employees to hear from the CEO or president, some information is just as effective coming from other members of the leadership team. Spreading these responsibilities out will help ease the burden and reduce fatigue.
Keeping channels open
It’s normal for employees to have questions and concerns during a crisis. So it’s important to have an inclusive culture where employees feel comfortable enough to ask questions. Be sure to have a clear and open line of communication for these issues to be addressed in a timely manner. More importantly, employees should be made aware of these channels, how to use them, and what type of response they can expect.
Crisis management doesn’t end when the crisis is over
The end of a crisis is a huge relief for everyone involved in executing a crisis management plan. However, it doesn’t mean that you can simply stop crisis communication. Even post-crisis after the immediate situation has defused, keep talking to your team about how to return to business as normal. You can also use this time to evaluate the success of your crisis management plan in action and decide how to make changes to improve things next time.
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“One curiosity practice I have is, rather than falling in love with the solution,… I like to fall in love with the problem. When you [do that], you’ll find yourself brainstorming many, many more solutions and coming up with a better solution to the problem.” ~ Erik Neighbour
An app that has people looking for clues, thinking outside the box and seeing sights through new eyes? Yes, please!
I jumped when I learned about Capital Clues, local entrepreneur Erik Neighbour’s new scavenger hunt app. Erik and I dig into the value of curiosity at every stage of his enterprise and consider how gamification helps motivate engagement in just about everything.
You may never look at Abe Lincoln’s hands the same way again!
Join the launch event for Capital Clues, July 10, 2022.
Erik rediscovered the national monuments during the pandemic. And my own new horizons inspired these shows: Engineering & Frederick Douglass Bridge, with Dennis Howland or Ode to Crows, with John & Coleen Marzluff.
I love more than just the lesson about looking up from The Phantom Tollbooth. Here’s my short list.
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United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he is in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union in an effort to restore Ukrainian grain export as a global food crisis worsens.
“It threatens to tip tens of millions of people over the edge into food insecurity, followed by malnutrition, mass hunger and famine, in a crisis that could last for years,” Mr Guterres said.
Addressing a food security meeting at the United Nations hosted by US secretary of state Antony Blinken, Mr Guterres appealed to Russia to allow “the safe and secure export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports” and for Russian food and fertilizers to “have full and unrestricted access to world markets.”
Russia’s war in Ukraine has caused global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertilizer to soar, and Mr Guterres warned this will worsen food, energy and economic crises in poor countries.
“I am hopeful, but there is still a way to go,” said Mr Guterres, who visited Moscow and Kyiv late last month. “The complex security, economic and financial implications require goodwill on all sides.”
Ukraine used to export most of its goods through seaports but since Russia’s February 24th invasion, it has been forced to export by train or via its small Danube River ports.
UN food chief David Beasley appealed to Russian president Vladimir Putin: “If you have any heart at all, please open these ports.” Mr Beasley heads the World Food Programme, which feeds some 125 million people and buys 50 per cent of its grain from Ukraine.
“This is not just about Ukraine. This is about the poorest of the poor who are on the brink of starvation as we speak,” Mr Beasley said.
Russia and Ukraine together account for nearly a third of global wheat supplies. Ukraine is also a major exporter of corn, barley, sunflower oil and rapeseed oil, while Russia and Belarus – which has backed Moscow in its war in Ukraine – account for more than 40 per cent of global exports of potash, a crop nutrient.
Mr Blinken said Russia must be compelled to create corridors so that food and other vital supplies can safely leave Ukraine by land or sea. “There are an estimated 22 million tons of grain sitting in silos in Ukraine right now. Food that could immediately go toward helping those in need if it can simply get out of the country,” Mr Blinken said.
The United Nations has said 36 countries count on Russia and Ukraine for more than half of their wheat imports, including some of the poorest and most vulnerable in the world, including Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mr Guterres spoke with Russia’s first deputy prime minister Andrei Belousov on Tuesday about Russian exports of fertilizers and grains, said Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia.
“The discussions, as far as I know, went well and positive,” Mr Nebenzia told reporters on Wednesday, but he signaled that Ukrainian access to international markets was a separate issue. “We are prepared to do our share. The Ukrainian grain market access, that’s another thing,” Mr Nebenzia said.
Mr Nebenzia said that while there were no direct sanctions on Russian fertilizers or grains, there had been a chilling effect on shipping, insurance and banking after the United States and others began punishing Russia over what Moscow calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine.
Mr Blinken said it was “false” to blame sanctions because the United States had created exceptions and was working to ensure measures imposed by Washington “are not preventing food or fertilizer from leaving Russia or anywhere else.”
Moscow said nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Russian-held Mariupol as it shored up a key gain in the south, while the United States became the latest Western country to reopen its embassy in Kyiv.
Ukraine has ordered its garrison in Mariupol to stand down, but the ultimate outcome of Europe’s bloodiest battle for decades remains unresolved.
Top commanders of Ukrainian fighters who had made their last stand at the Azovstal steelworks in the port city are still inside the plant, according to the leader of pro-Russian separatists in control of the area, Denis Pushilin, quoted by local news agency DNA on Wednesday.
Ukrainian officials have declined to comment publicly on the fate of the fighters.
“The state is making utmost efforts to carry out the rescue of our service personnel,” military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzaynik told a news conference. “Any information to the public could endanger that process.”
Ukraine confirmed the surrender of more than 250 fighters on Tuesday but did not say how many more were inside.
Russia said on Wednesday an additional 694 more fighters had surrendered, bringing the total number to 959. Its defence ministry posted videos of what it said were Ukrainian fighters receiving hospital treatment after surrendering at Azovstal.
Mariupol is the biggest city Russia has captured so far and allows Russian president Vladimir Putin to claim a rare victory in the invasion it began on Februry 24th.
Moscow has focussed on the southeast in recent offensives after pulling away from Kyiv, where, in a further sign of normalisation, the United States said it had resumed operations at its embassy on Wednesday.
The US Senate approved veteran diplomat Bridget Brink as ambassador to Ukraine, filling a post that has been vacant for three years.
Canada, Britain and others have also recently resumed embassy operations.
Moscow says it is engaged in a “special military operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” its neighbour. The West and Kyiv call that a false pretext for invasion.
On the battle front, Russian forces pressed on with their main offensive, trying to capture more territory in the eastern Donbas region which Moscow claims on behalf of separatists.
Ukraine’s general staff said in a statement on Thursday that Russia’s attacks were focused on the Donetsk region in the Donbas.
Around Slovyansk to the north of Donetsk, Russian forces “suffered significant losses” around the settlement of Velyka Komyshuvakha, it said.
Reuters was unable to verify the reports.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said Ukrainian saboteurs had blown up railway tracks ahead of an armoured train carrying Russian troops in the occupied southern city of Melitopol.
“The partisans got it, although they did not blow up the armoured train itself,” he said in a video posted on social media, contradicting an earlier statement from Ukraine’s territorial defence force that the train had been blown up.
Arestovych said the incident showed that the partisan movement was actively disrupting Russian forces.
Finland and Sweden formally applied for Nato membership on Wednesday, a decision made in the wake of the Ukrainian invasion and the very kind of expansion that Mr Putin cited as a reason for attacking Ukraine.
US Ambassador to Nato Julianne Smith called for an expedited accession process that could be “done in a couple of months”, but Nato member Turkey said its approval depended on the return of “terrorists”, namely Kurdish militants and Fethullah Gulen followers.
Finland and Sweden were both militarily non-aligned throughout the Cold War.
Although Russia had threatened retaliation against the plans, Putin said on Monday their Nato membership would not be an issue unless the alliance sent more troops or weapons there.
Russia could, however, cut off gas supplies to Finland this week, Finland’s state-owned energy provider Gasum said.
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It allows citizens more control over their lives
Direct democracy cuts out the need for citizens to engage with actors who may act in their own interest.
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Direct democracy allows citizens to personally make decisions that directly impact on their lives without the obstacle of having to indirectly engage with elected representatives or political parties who may not have their best interests at heart. Through referenda and initiatives people have an increased amount of control over the major decisions that affects their lives. It also ensures that citizens do not have to worry about replacing corrupt or incompetent representatives at an election, as ultimately they have a personal responsibility for key policy decisions.
Direct democracy is heavily time consuming and requires that citizens are willing to engage with the process of governing and educate themselves on the issues. It requires a significant commitment from citizens to be able to understand the complex real world impact of their policy decisions. Many citizens simply do not have the time required to dedicate themselves to mastering the process of governing. This builds an inequality into society, as the demographics that have the time and resources to do so would be put at an advantage, wielding more power and influence over their fellow citizens.
[P1] With direct democracy, people can engage directly with policies without any middle men.
Rejecting the premises
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Twitter, the leading forum on social media, has suspended the Twitter account of Pro-Independence Baloch leader Dr. Allah Nizar. It is noteworthy that this is not the first time. Before this, Twitter has restricted Dr. Allah Nazar’s Twitter account on several occasions. Baloch activists have called the blocking of Dr. Allah Nazar’s Twitter account as an attempt to restrict his freedom of expression.
Shari Baloch, the editor of the Sangar media group and publication, has denounced Twitter’s this action and said that it is unacceptable and unjustified that Twitter can block one’s account without any valid reason. Not only is it tantamount to imposing restrictions on freedom of expression, but also it is a well-planned attempt to block the Twitter account of journalists and activists, particularly targeting Baloch leaders, to limit their expressions of ideas in front of the world. | <urn:uuid:d05fc5df-810b-44b5-a0c5-bfde70d28487> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.sangarpublication.org/archives/463 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941153 | 191 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Living Longer-Ageing WELL
Longevity is changing the way we need to think about our life journey.
Women on average outlive men. In South Africa at age fifty, women are 50% of the population growing to 70% beyond the age of 80. It is time for women to take a more active role in creating the future of the longevity industry, both personally and collectively.
Our population across the industrialized world is aging to an extent never experienced before in history. We are now living 10 years longer on average than our parents’ generation and nearly two decades longer than our grandparents’ generation. (DAVOS 2020- MERCER)
During the month of AUGUST, 50Plus-Skills invite you to nominate a South African female leader who leads change, creates innovation, or adds value and awareness in the field of LONGEVITY.
Wealth, Health, Academia, Work, Community, Technology, Media, Living, Sport are some of the sectors where this change is happening.
The nominees can be any female older than 25 and must be involved in or leading any initiative that positively impacts a longer lifespan.
While this campaign is managed by 50Plus-Skills, JUST SA – South African retirement income specialists – are the proud sponsors.
CEO of JUST SA, Deane Moore says: “The average 65-year-old woman will live a further 22 years, which is 5 years longer than the average man. 25% of these women will reach age 94 and 10% will celebrate their 100th birthday! It’s so important to do what we can to protect our health and wealth to enjoy those years. Just SA is delighted to support this campaign that seeks to highlight those doing great work to support a better later life.”
The process to nominate is easy.
Nominations close at the end of August.
Join us in celebrating and spotlighting South African women leading change in the longevity sector.
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Do you have back pain that doesn’t seem to go away? Read here to learn what spinal decompression therapy is and if it’s right for you.
The single leading cause of disability around the world is back pain.
Regardless of severity, treatment options include therapy, medication, and surgery. These solutions aren’t as simple as they seem, though.
Relying on medication for pain has led to an opioid epidemic. 130 people die every day from opioid abuse, indicating that we should look towards other options for treatment first.
Surgery then becomes a complicated alternative, as post-operation often involves pain killers. With a 40% failure rate for back surgery, this seems like a risk many wouldn’t want to take.
This leaves us with therapy. Perhaps decompression therapy may lead the way for a healthier world.
Here’s everything you need to know about spinal decompression therapy so you can decide if it’s right for you.
To understand the treatment of back issues, you should first understand the spine.
It comprises of 33 individual bones, called vertebrae. Between many of these bones are elastic, fibrous cartilage called discs.
The 23 intervertebral discs in the spine serve as a buffer between vertebrae. They promote movement and allow nerves to send signals throughout our bodies.
Discs compress when pressure is on our spine, releasing fluid and becoming smaller. After pressure relieves, the discs decompress, reabsorbing fluid and becoming thicker again. Essentially, this is how we can move our spine in any way without feeling the pain of bones and nerves grinding on each other.
As we accumulate more wear and tear on our back, these discs wear out, become damaged, or move out of place. This can happen at any age, gradually, or suddenly due to trauma.
No matter how it happens, damaged vertebrae and discs lead to similar feelings: pain, numbness, and loss of function.
One solution to this that avoids surgery and medication is spinal decompression therapy.
Spinal Decompression Therapy
Technically, there are non-surgical and surgical spinal decompression treatments.
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression
Spinal decompression therapy involves carefully stretching the spine. This gentle stretching creates a slight pressure, allowing discs to re-adjust and retract.
The therapy takes place over a course of 5-7 weeks, as it’s a non-aggressive tactic to alleviating back pain. Through gradual treatment, the patient’s spine begins to re-align.
When discs start going back into place, they stop pressing against nerves. Thus, pain lessens. In the newfound space where the disc was, oxygen, nutrients, and water flush in to give the body the materials it needs to repair itself.
The therapy involves the patient wearing a harness around the pelvis and laying on a mechanical table. They shouldn’t feel any pain throughout the 30- to 45-minute treatment as their spine gets lightly stretched.
Some doctors choose to pair decompression therapy with cold therapy, electrical stimulation, heat therapy, or ultrasound to enhance treatment.
Surgical Spinal Decompression
Although this isn’t a therapy, these treatments are often lumped in with non-surgical spinal decompression therapy in research and discussions.
This may be due to the fact that both are aiming to alleviate back pain through doctor intervention.
The surgical route includes some of the following fusions and -ectomies.
Spinal fusion is when a doctor combines multiple vertebrae together using a bone graft. Recovery includes immobilization of the back with a brace.
-Ectomies are the medical way of saying removal. To fix back problems, a doctor may perform the following -ectomies.
- Corpectomy: removal of entire parts of involved vertebrae and the associated discs
- Diskectomy: removal of part of a damaged disc
- Laminectomy: removal of the back part of certain vertebrae to increase space in the spinal canal
- Osteophyte removal: removal of bony growths (i.e. bone spurs)
Complications for each of these surgeries include allergic reactions, bleeding, blood clots, infection, and nerve damage. Plus, the surgery isn’t guaranteed to fix the initial back problem.
How do you know if you should opt for non-surgical spinal decompression or opt for surgery? Aside from your doctor’s recommendations, here’s information to guide your decision.
When Spinal Decompression Therapy May Be Right For You
It might be easiest to start with when it isn’t right for you.
If you have a fracture, tumor, or metal implants in your spine, this option isn’t for you. Additionally, if you have an abdominal aortic aneurysm or advanced osteoporosis, you should consider other treatment options besides spinal decompression therapy.
If these examples don’t match your case, decompression therapy might be your saving grace. Here we’ll dive into examples of ailments spinal decompression therapy may treat.
Degenerative Disc Disease
This disease is due to the deterioration of one or more discs, leading to pain, numbness, and discomfort.
Decompression therapy may alleviate pain by allowing your discs to shift from pressing against your nerves. While degenerative disc disease isn’t actually a “disease,” it can be debilitating.
When your discs deteriorate, your body might try to correct the issue by growing extra bone along the vertebrae. These are bone spurs, and they may interfere with nerves.
A doctor can remove bone spurs through osteophyte removal surgery, but either way decompression therapy may help shift everything back into place to alleviate pain.
This syndrome occurs from trauma, incorrect postures, and disc degeneration. Thus, it’s somewhat tied to degenerative disc disease.
Similarly, spinal decompression therapy can alleviate the pain experienced with this syndrome.
Also called bulged, slipped, or ruptured discs, herniated discs lead to severe nerve pain.
The inner layer of disc tears through the outer layer of a disc, resulting in it protruding into the nerve column. Basically, parts of the disc aren’t where they need to be, resulting in pressure on nerves that results in pain.
Luckily, medical professionals like the Inner Balance Institute state that spinal decompression therapy is 86 to 91% effective in healing herniated discs, amongst other back problems.
An Assortment of Other Back Issues
Spinal decompression therapy, due to its ability to slowly and gently rearrange the components of the spine, help with a variety of issues related to cartilage and bone location causing pain.
This includes stenosis, sciatica, and general back leg, neck, and arm pain linked to back problems. Additionally, this therapy is an option for those who have experienced failed spinal surgery or who haven’t experienced improvement from non-operative treatments.
Keep Researching And Consider Therapy Over Surgery
Again, we’re not shooting down surgery as it is necessary for many patients.
However, it’s important to consider alternative treatment, such as spinal decompression therapy, after researching and understanding it. Having a wide understanding of options helps patients and medical professionals alike choose the best treatment based on current research.
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The Chinese military said it had deployed more than 100 warplanes and 10 warships in combat drills to blockade Taiwan. Photo/Xinhua
Beijing state media, Xinhuacalled this massive maneuver a joint blockade or siege operation in Taiwan’s six water zones.
The Chinese government also announced the imposition of sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her visit to Taiwan last Tuesday.
According to reports Xinhuawarplanes, bombers, destroyers and frigates were all used in the “joint blockade operation” that took place in six zones off the coast of Taiwan.
Also read: China and Taiwan on the brink of war, this is a comparison of the military strength of the two
Taiwan has been self-governing since 1949 or since China’s civil war ended. However, Beijing still considers it part of China.
The military’s Eastern Theater Command also fired new versions of missiles that reportedly hit unidentified targets in the Taiwan Strait with precision. A Chinese military officer said it included projectiles fired toward Taiwan and into the Pacific.
Massive military exercise, pictured Xinhua held on an unprecedented scale, was China’s response to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last Tuesday.
Polosi is the highest-ranking US politician to visit Taiwan in the last 25 years.
China announced unspecified sanctions against Pelosi and her family. Such sanctions are generally largely symbolic.
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A cigarette, or cigaret, is a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves rolled in thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end causing the cigarette to smoulder and allowing smoke to be inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth; in some cases, a cigarette holder may be used, as well. Most modern manufactured cigarettes are filtered, and also include reconstituted tobacco and other additives.
- Smoking restrictions
- Smoking age
- Fire safe cigarette
- Cigarette advertising
- Warning messages in packages
- Tobacco blend
- Cigarette tube
- Cigarette butt
- Environmental impact
- Aquatic life health concerns
- Other health concerns
- Factors in biodegradation
- Solution and remediation projects
- Second hand smoke
- Smoking cessation
The term cigarette, as commonly used, refers to a tobacco cigarette, but can apply to similar devices other substances, such as cannabis. A cigarette is distinguished from a cigar by its smaller size, use of processed leaf, and paper wrapping, which is normally white, though other colors and flavors are also available. Cigars are typically composed entirely of whole-leaf tobacco.
Rates of cigarette smoking vary widely throughout the world and have changed considerably since cigarettes were first widely used in the mid-19th century. While rates of smoking have over time leveled off or declined in the developed world, they continue to rise in developing nations.
Cigarettes carry serious health risks, which are more prevalent than with other tobacco products. Nicotine, the primary psychoactive chemical in tobacco and therefore cigarettes, is very addictive. About half of cigarette smokers die of tobacco-related disease and lose on average 14 years of life. Cigarette use by pregnant women has also been shown to cause birth defects, including low birth weight, fetal abnormalities, and premature birth. Second-hand smoke from cigarettes has been shown to be injurious to bystanders, which has led to legislation that has prohibited smoking in many workplaces and public areas. Cigarettes produce an aerosol containing over 4,000 chemical compounds, including nicotine, carbon monoxide, acrolein, and other harmful substances. Over 50 of these are carcinogenic. Cigarettes are a frequent source of fires leading to loss of lives in private homes, which prompted both the European Union and the United States to ban cigarettes that are not fire-standard compliant from 2011 onwards.
The earliest forms of cigarettes were similar to their predecessor, the cigar. Cigarettes appear to have had antecedents in Mexico and Central America around the 9th century in the form of reeds and smoking tubes. The Maya, and later the Aztecs, smoked tobacco and other psychoactive drugs in religious rituals and frequently depicted priests and deities smoking on pottery and temple engravings. The cigarette and the cigar were the most common methods of smoking in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central and South America until recent times.
The North American, Central American, and South American cigarette used various plant wrappers; when it was brought back to Spain, maize wrappers were introduced, and by the 17th century, fine paper. The resulting product was called papelate and is documented in Goya's paintings La Cometa, La Merienda en el Manzanares, and El juego de la pelota a pala (18th century).
By 1830, the cigarette had crossed into France, where it received the name cigarette; and in 1845, the French state tobacco monopoly began manufacturing them.
The first patented cigarette machine was by Juan Nepomuceno Adorno of Mexico in 1847. However, production climbed markedly when another cigarette-making machine was developed in the 1880s by James Albert Bonsack, which vastly increased the productivity of cigarette companies, which went from making about 40,000 hand-rolled cigarettes daily to around 4 million.
In the English-speaking world, the use of tobacco in cigarette form became increasingly widespread during and after the Crimean War, when British soldiers began emulating their Ottoman Turkish comrades and Russian enemies, who had begun rolling and smoking tobacco in strips of old newspaper for lack of proper cigar-rolling leaf. This was helped by the development of tobaccos suitable for cigarette use, and by the development of the Egyptian cigarette export industry.
Cigarettes may have been initially used in a manner similar to pipes, cigars, and cigarillos and not inhaled; for evidence, see the Lucky Strike ad campaign asking consumers "Do You Inhale?" from the 1930s. As cigarette tobacco became milder and more acidic, inhaling may have become perceived as more agreeable. However, Moltke noticed in the 1830s (cf. Unter dem Halbmond) that Ottomans (and he himself) inhaled the Turkish tobacco and Latakia from their pipes (which are both initially sun-cured, acidic leaf varieties).
The widespread smoking of cigarettes in the Western world is largely a 20th-century phenomenon. At the start of the 20th century, the per capita annual consumption in the USA was 54 cigarettes (with less than 0.5% of the population smoking more than 100 cigarettes per year), and consumption there peaked at 4,259 per capita in 1965. At that time, about 50% of men and 33% of women smoked (defined as smoking more than 100 cigarettes per year). By 2000, consumption had fallen to 2,092 per capita, corresponding to about 30% of men and 22% of women smoking more than 100 cigarettes per year, and by 2006 per capita consumption had declined to 1,691; implying that about 21% of the population smoked 100 cigarettes or more per year.
German doctors were the first to identify the link between smoking and lung cancer, which led to the first antitobacco movement in Nazi Germany. During World War I and World War II, cigarettes were rationed to soldiers. During the Vietnam War, cigarettes were included with C-ration meals. In 1975, the U.S. government stopped putting cigarettes in military rations. During the second half of the 20th century, the adverse health effects of tobacco smoking started to become widely known and text-only health warnings became common on cigarette packets.
The United States has not implemented graphical cigarette warning labels, which are considered a more effective method to communicate to the public the dangers of cigarette smoking. Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Hungary, the United Kingdom, France, Romania, Singapore, Egypt, Nepal and Turkey, however, have both textual warnings and graphic visual images displaying, among other things, the damaging effects tobacco use has on the human body.
The cigarette has evolved much since its conception; for example, the thin bands that travel transverse to the "axis of smoking" (thus forming circles along the length of the cigarette) are alternate sections of thin and thick paper to facilitate effective burning when being drawn, and retard burning when at rest. Synthetic particulate filters may remove some of the tar before it reaches the smoker.
The "holy grail" for cigarette companies has been a cancer-free cigarette. On record, the closest historical attempt was produced by scientist James Mold. Under the name project TAME, he produced the XA cigarette. However, in 1978, his project was terminated.
Since 1950, the average nicotine and tar content of cigarettes has steadily fallen. The fall in nicotine content has led to smokers inhaling larger volumes per puff.
Many governments impose restrictions on smoking tobacco, especially in public areas. The primary justification has been the negative health effects of second-hand smoke. Laws vary by country and locality. Bhutan is currently the only country in the world to completely outlaw the cultivation, harvesting, production, and sale of tobacco and tobacco products under the Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010. However, small allowances for personal possession are permitted as long as the possessors can prove that they have paid import duties. The Pitcairn Islands had previously banned the sale of cigarettes, but it now permits sales from a government-run store. The Pacific island of Niue hopes to become the next country to prohibit the sale of tobacco. Iceland is also proposing banning tobacco sales from shops, making it prescription-only and therefore dispensable only in pharmacies on doctor's orders. New Zealand hopes to achieve being tobacco-free by 2025 and Finland by 2040. Singapore and the Australian state of Tasmania have proposed a 'tobacco free millennium generation initiative' by banning the sale of all tobacco products to anyone born in and after the year 2000. In March 2012, Brazil became the world's first country to ban all flavored tobacco including menthols. It also banned the majority of the estimated 600 additives used, permitting only eight. This regulation applies to domestic and imported cigarettes. Tobacco manufacturers have 18 months to remove the noncompliant cigarettes, 24 months to remove the other forms of noncompliant tobacco. Under sharia law, the consumption of cigarettes by Muslims is prohibited. In the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant the consumption, and even its possession is illegal.
Beginning on April 1, 1998, the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to people under the state purchase age has been prohibited by law in all 50 states of the United States. The purchasing age in the United States is 18 in 44 of the 50 states — but 19 in Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey, Utah, and Nassau, Suffolk, and Onondaga Counties in New York, and 21 in California, Hawaii, and more than 180 municipalities across the nation. The intended effect of this is to prevent older high school students from purchasing cigarettes for their younger peers. Legislation was pending as of 2004 in some other states. In Massachusetts, parents and guardians are allowed to give cigarettes to minors, but sales to minors are prohibited.
Similar laws exist in many other countries. In Canada, most of the provinces require smokers to be 19 years of age to purchase cigarettes (except for Quebec and the prairie provinces, where the age is 18). However, the minimum age only concerns the purchase of tobacco, not use. Alberta, however, does have a law which prohibits the possession or use of tobacco products by all persons under 18, punishable by a $100 fine. Australia, New Zealand, Poland, and Pakistan have a nationwide ban on the selling of all tobacco products to people under the age of 18.
Since 1 October 2007, it has been illegal for retailers to sell tobacco in all forms to people under the age of 18 in three of the UK's four constituent countries (England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland) (rising from 16). It is also illegal to sell lighters, rolling papers, and all other tobacco-associated items to people under 18. It is not illegal for people under 18 to buy or smoke tobacco, just as it was not previously for people under 16; it is only illegal for the said retailer to sell the item. The age increase from 16 to 18 came into force in Northern Ireland on 1 September 2008. In the Republic of Ireland, bans on the sale of the smaller 10-packs and confectionery that resembles tobacco products (candy cigarettes) came into force on May 31, 2007, in a bid to cut underaged smoking.
Most countries in the world have a legal vending age of 18. In Macedonia, Italy, Malta, Austria, Luxembourg, and Belgium, the age for legal vending is 16. Since January 1, 2007, all cigarette machines in public places in Germany must attempt to verify a customer's age by requiring the insertion of a debit card. Turkey, which has one of the highest percentage of smokers in its population, has a legal age of 18. Japan is one of the highest tobacco-consuming nations, and requires purchasers to be 20 years of age (suffrage in Japan is 20 years old). Since July 2008, Japan has enforced this age limit at cigarette vending machines through use of the taspo smart card. In other countries, such as Egypt, it is legal to use and purchase tobacco products regardless of age. Germany raised the purchase age from 16 to 18 on the 1 September 2007.
Some police departments in the United States occasionally send an underaged teenager into a store where cigarettes are sold, and have the teen attempt to purchase cigarettes, with their own or no ID. If the vendor then completes the sale, the store is issued a fine. Similar enforcement practices are regularly performed by Trading Standards officers in the UK, Israel, and the Republic of Ireland.
Cigarettes are a significant source of tax revenue in many localities. This fact has historically been an impediment for health groups seeking to discourage cigarette smoking, since governments seek to maximize tax revenues. Furthermore, some countries have made cigarettes a state monopoly, which has the same effect on the attitude of government officials outside the health field. In the United States, cigarettes are taxed substantially, but the states are a primary determinant of the total tax rate. Generally, states that rely on tobacco as a significant farm product tend to tax cigarettes at a low rate. Higher prices for cigarettes discourage smoking. Every 10% increase in the price of cigarettes reduced youth smoking by about 7% and overall cigarette consumption by about 4%. Thus, increased cigarette taxes are proposed as a means to reduce smoking. Coupled with the federal cigarette tax of $1.01 per pack, total cigarette-specific taxes range from $1.18 per pack in Missouri to $8.00 per pack in Silver Bay. States also charge sizable settlement payments to tobacco companies, and the federal government levies user fees to fund FDA regulatory measures over tobacco. While these charges are not cigarette-specific, tobacco companies are ultimately forced to pass on those costs to their consumers. Lastly, most jurisdictions apply sales tax to the full retail price of cigarettes.
According to Simon Chapman, a professor of public health at the University of Sydney, the burning agents in cigarette paper are responsible for fires and reducing them would be a simple and effective means of dramatically reducing the ignition propensity of cigarettes. Since the 1980s, prominent cigarette manufacturers such as Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds developed fire-safe cigarettes, but did not market them.
The burn rate of cigarette paper is regulated through the application of different forms of microcrystalline cellulose to the paper. Cigarette paper has been specially engineered by creating bands of different porosity to create "fire-safe" cigarettes. These cigarettes have a reduced idle burning speed which allows them to self-extinguish. This fire-safe paper is manufactured by mechanically altering the setting of the paper slurry.
New York was the first U.S. state to mandate that all cigarettes manufactured or sold within the state comply with a fire-safe standard. Canada has passed a similar nationwide mandate based on the same standard. All U.S. states are gradually passing fire-safe mandates.
The European Union wishes to ban in 2011 cigarettes that are not fire-safe. According to a study made by the European Union in 16 European countries, 11,000 fires were due to people carelessly handling cigarettes between 2005 and 2007. This caused 520 deaths and 1,600 people injured.
In many parts of the world, tobacco advertising and sponsorship has been outlawed. The ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship in the EU in 2005 has prompted Formula One management to look for races in areas that allow the tobacco-sponsored teams to display their livery. In the United States, advertising restrictions took effect on June 22, 2010.
In some jurisdictions, such as the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the retail store display of cigarettes is completely prohibited if persons under the legal age of consumption have access to the premises. In Ontario, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec, Canada and the Australian Capital Territory the display of tobacco is prohibited for everyone, regardless of age, as of 2010. This retail display ban includes noncigarette products such as cigars and blunt wraps.
Warning messages in packages
As a result of tight advertising and marketing prohibitions, tobacco companies look at the pack differently: they view it as a strong component in displaying brand imagery and a creating significant in-store presence at the point of purchase. Market testing shows the influence of this dimension in shifting the consumer’s choice when the same product displays in an alternative package. Studies also show how companies have manipulated a variety of elements in packs designs to communicate the impression of lower in tar or milder cigarettes, whereas the components were the same.
Some countries require cigarette packs to contain warnings about health hazards. The United States was the first, later followed by other countries including Canada, most of Europe, Australia, Pakistan, India, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In 1985, Iceland became the first country to enforce graphic warnings on cigarette packaging. At the end of December 2010, new regulations from Ottawa increased the size of tobacco warnings to cover three-quarters of the cigarette package in Canada. As of November 2010, 39 countries have adopted similar legislation.
In February 2011, the Canadian government passed regulations requiring cigarette packs to contain 12 new images to cover 75% of the outside panel and eight new health messages on the inside panel with full color.
As of April 2011, Australian regulations require all packs to use a bland olive green, with 75% coverage on the front of the pack and all of the back consisting of graphic health warnings. The only features that differentiate one brand from another are the product name in a standard color, standard position, and standard font size and style. New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom have considered similar policies. In response to these regulations, Philip Morris International, Japan Tobacco Inc., British American Tobacco Plc., and Imperial Tobacco attempted to sue the Australian government. On August 15, 2012, the High Court of Australia dismissed the suit and made Australia the first country to introduce brand-free plain cigarette packaging with health warnings covering 90 and 70% of back and front packaging, respectively. This took effect on December 1, 2012.
Modern commercially manufactured cigarettes are seemingly simple objects consisting mainly of a tobacco blend, paper, PVA glue to bond the outer layer of paper together, and often also a cellulose acetate–based filter. While the assembly of cigarettes is straightforward, much focus is given to the creation of each of the components, in particular the tobacco blend. A key ingredient that makes cigarettes more addictive is the inclusion of reconstituted tobacco, which has additives to make nicotine more volatile as the cigarette burns.
The paper for holding the tobacco blend may vary in porosity to allow ventilation of the burning ember or contain materials that control the burning rate of the cigarette and stability of the produced ash. The papers used in tipping the cigarette (forming the mouthpiece) and surrounding the filter stabilize the mouthpiece from saliva and moderate the burning of the cigarette, as well as the delivery of smoke with the presence of one or two rows of small laser-drilled air holes.
The process of blending gives the end product a consistent taste from batches of tobacco grown in different areas of a country that may change in flavor profile from year to year due to different environmental conditions.
Modern cigarettes produced after the 1950s, although composed mainly of shredded tobacco leaf, use a significant quantity of tobacco processing byproducts in the blend. Each cigarette's tobacco blend is made mainly from the leaves of flue-cured brightleaf, burley tobacco, and oriental tobacco. These leaves are selected, processed, and aged prior to blending and filling. The processing of brightleaf and burley tobaccos for tobacco leaf "strips" produces several byproducts such as leaf stems, tobacco dust, and tobacco leaf pieces ("small laminate"). To improve the economics of producing cigarettes, these byproducts are processed separately into forms where they can then be added back into the cigarette blend without an apparent or marked change in the cigarette's quality. The most common tobacco byproducts include:
In recent years, the manufacturers' pursuit of maximum profits has led to the practice of using not just the leaves, but also recycled tobacco offal and the plant stem. The stem is first crushed and cut to resemble the leaf before being merged or blended into the cut leaf. According to data from the World Health Organization, the amount of tobacco per 1000 cigarettes fell from 2.28 pounds in 1960 to 0.91 pounds in 1999, largely as a result of reconstituting tobacco, fluffing, and additives.
A recipe-specified combination of brightleaf, burley-leaf, and oriental-leaf tobacco is mixed with various additives to improve its flavors.
Various additives are combined into the shredded tobacco product mixtures, with humectants such as propylene glycol or glycerol, as well as flavoring products and enhancers such as cocoa solids, licorice, tobacco extracts, and various sugars, which are known collectively as "casings". The leaf tobacco is then shredded, along with a specified amount of small laminate, expanded tobacco, BL, RL, ES, and IS. A perfume-like flavor/fragrance, called the "topping" or "toppings", which is most often formulated by flavor companies, is then blended into the tobacco mixture to improve the consistency in flavor and taste of the cigarettes associated with a certain brand name. Additionally, they replace lost flavors due to the repeated wetting and drying used in processing the tobacco. Finally, the tobacco mixture is filled into cigarette tubes and packaged.
A list of 599 cigarette additives, created by five major American cigarette companies, was approved by the Department of Health and Human Services in April 1994. None of these additives is listed as an ingredient on the cigarette pack(s). Chemicals are added for organoleptic purposes and many boost the addictive properties of cigarettes, especially when burned.
One of the classes of chemicals on the list, ammonia salts, convert bound nicotine molecules in tobacco smoke into free nicotine molecules. This process, known as freebasing, could potentially increase the effect of nicotine on the smoker, but experimental data suggests that absorption is, in practice, unaffected.
Cigarette tubes are prerolled cigarette paper usually with an acetate or paper filter at the end. They have an appearance similar to a finished cigarette, but are without any tobacco or smoking material inside. The length varies from what is known as King Size (84 mm) to 100s (100 mm).
Filling a cigarette tube is usually done with a cigarette injector (also known as a shooter). Cone-shaped cigarette tubes, known as cones, can be filled using a packing stick or straw because of their shape. Cone smoking is popular because as the cigarette burns, it tends to get stronger and stronger. A cone allows more tobacco to be burned at the beginning than the end, allowing for an even flavor
The United States Tobacco Taxation Bureau defines a cigarette tube as "Cigarette paper made into a hollow cylinder for use in making cigarettes."
The common name for the remains of a cigarette after smoking is a cigarette butt. The butt is typically about 30% of the cigarette's original length. It consists of a tissue tube which holds a filter and some remains of tobacco mixed with ash. They are the most numerically frequent litter in the world. Cigarette butts accumulate outside buildings, on parking lots, and streets where they can be transported through storm drains to streams, rivers, and beaches. It is also called a fag-end or dog-end.
In a recent trial the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, partnered with TerraCycle to create a system for recycling of cigarette butts. A reward of 1¢ per collected butt was offered to determine the effectiveness of a deposit system similar to that of beverage containers.
Cigarette filters are made up of thousands of polymer chains of cellulose acetate, which has the chemical structure shown to the right. Once discarded into the environment, the filters create a large waste problem. Cigarette filters are the most common form of litter in the world, as approximately 5.6 trillion cigarettes are smoked every year worldwide. Of those, an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette filters become litter every year. To develop an idea of the waste weight amount produced a year the table below was created.
Discarded cigarette filters usually end up in the water system through drainage ditches and are transported by rivers and other waterways to the ocean.
Aquatic life health concerns
In the 2006 International Coastal Cleanup, cigarettes and cigarette butts constituted 24.7% of the total collected pieces of garbage, over twice as many as any other category, which is not surprising seeing the numbers in the table above of waste produced each year. Cigarette filters contain the chemicals filtered from cigarettes and can leach into waterways and water supplies. The toxicity of used cigarette filters depends on the specific tobacco blend and additives used by the cigarette companies. After a cigarette is smoked, the filter retains some of the chemicals, and some of which are considered carcinogenic. When studying the environmental impact of cigarette filters, the various chemicals that can be found in cigarette filters are not studied individually, due to its complexity. Researchers instead focus on the whole cigarette filter and its LD50. LD50 is defined as the lethal dose that kills 50% of a sample population. This allows for a simpler study of the toxicity of cigarettes filters. One recent study has looked at the toxicity of smoked cigarette filters (smoked filter + tobacco), smoked cigarette filters (no tobacco), and unsmoked cigarette filters (no tobacco). The results of the study showed that for the LD50of both marine topsmelt (Atherinops affinis) and freshwater fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), smoked cigarette filters + tobacco are more toxic than smoked cigarette filters, but both are severely more toxic than unsmoked cigarette filters.
Other health concerns
Toxic chemicals are not the only human health concern to take into considerations; the others are cellulose acetate and carbon particles that are breathed in while smoking. These particles are suspected of causing lung damage. The next health concern is that of plants. Under certain growing conditions, plants on average grow taller and have longer roots than those exposed to cigarette filters in the soil. A connection exists between cigarette filters introduced to soil and the depletion of some soil nutrients over a period time. Another health concern to the environment is not only the toxic carcinogens that are harmful to the wildlife, but also the filters themselves pose an ingestion risk to wildlife that may presume filter litter as food. The last major health concern to make note of for marine life is the toxicity that deep marine topsmelt and fathead minnow pose to their predators. This could lead to toxin build-up (bioaccumulation) in the food chain and have long reaching negative effects. Smoldering cigarette filters have also been blamed for triggering fires from residential areas to major wildfires and bushfires which has caused major property damage and also death as well as disruption to services by triggering alarms and warning systems.
Once in the environment, cellulose acetate can go through biodegradation and photodegradation. Several factors go into determining the rate of both degradation process. This variance in rate and resistance to biodegradation in many conditions is a factor in littering and environmental damage.
The first step in the biodegradation of cellulose acetate is the deactylation of the acetate from the polymer chain (which is the opposite of acetylation). An acetate is a negative ion with the chemical formula of C2H3O2−. Deacetylation can be performed by either chemical hydrolysis or acetylesterase. Chemical hydrolysis is the cleavage of a chemical bond by addition of water. In the reaction, water (H2O) reacts with the acetic ester functional group attached the cellulose polymer chain and forms an alcohol and acetate. The alcohol is simply the cellulose polymer chain with the acetate replaced with an alcohol group. The second reaction is exactly the same as chemical hydrolysis with the exception of the use of an acetylesterase enzyme. The enzyme, found in most plants, catalyzes the chemical reaction shown below.acetic ester + H2O ⇌ alcohol + acetate
In the case of the enzymatic reaction, the two substrates (reactants) are again acetic ester and H2O, the two products of the reaction are alcohol and acetate. This reaction is exactly the same as the chemical hydrolysis. Both of these products are perfectly fine in the environment. Once the acetate group is removed from the cellulose chain, the polymer can be readily degraded by cellulase, which is another enzyme found in fungi, bacteria, and protozoans. Cellulases break down the cellulose molecule into monosaccharides ("simple sugars") such as beta-glucose, or shorter polysaccharides and oligosaccharides.
These simple sugars are not harmful to the environment and are in fact are a useful product for many plants and animals. The breakdown of cellulose is of interest in the field of biofuel. Due to the conditions that affect the process, large variation in the degradation time of cellulose acetate occurs.
Factors in biodegradation
The duration of the biodegradation process is cited as taking as little as one month to as long as 15 years or more, depending on the environmental conditions. The major factor that affects the biodegradation duration is the availability of acetylesterase and cellulase enzymes. Without these enzymes, biodegradation only occurs through chemical hydrolysis and stops there. Temperature is another major factor, if the organisms that contain the enzymes are too cold to grow, then biodegradation is severely hindered. Availability of oxygen in the environment also affects the degradation. Cellulose acetate is degraded within 2–3 weeks under aerobic assay systems of in vitro enrichment cultivation techniques and an activated sludge wastewater treatment system. It is degraded within 14 weeks under anaerobic conditions of incubation with special cultures of fungi. Ideal conditions were used for the degradation (i.e. right temperature, and available organisms to provide the enzymes). Thus, filters last longer in places with low oxygen concentration (ex. swamps and bogs). Overall, the biodegraditon process of cellulose acetate is not an instantaneous process.
The other process of degradation is photodegradation, which is when a molecular bond is broken by the absorption of photon radiation (i.e. light). Due to cellulose acetate carbonyl groups, the molecule naturally absorbs light at 260 nm, but it contains some impurities which can absorb light. These impurities are known to absorb light in the far UV light region (< 280 nm). The atmosphere filters radiation from the sun and allows radiation of > 300 nm only to reach the surface. Thus, the primary photodegradation of cellulose acetate is considered insignificant to the total degradation process, since cellulose acetate and its impurities absorb light at shorter wavelengths. Research is focused on the secondary mechanisms of photodegradation of cellulose acetate to help make up for some of the limitations of biodegradation. The secondary mechanisms would be the addition of a compound to the filters that would be able to absorb natural light and use it to start the degradation process. The main two areas of research are in photocatalytic oxidation and photosensitized degradation. Photocatalytic oxidation uses a species that absorbs radiation and creates hydroxyl radicals that react with the filters and start the breakdown. Photosensitized degradation, though, uses a species that absorbs radiation and transfers the energy to the cellulose acetate to start the degradation process. Both processes use other species that absorbed light > 300 nm to start the degradation of cellulose acetate.
Solution and remediation projects
Several options are available to help reduce the environmental impact of cigarette butts. Proper disposal into receptacles leads to decreased numbers found in the environment and their effect on the environment. Another method is making fines and penalties for littering filters; many governments have sanctioned stiff penalties for littering of cigarette filters; for example, Washington imposes a penalty of $1,025 for littering cigarette filters. Another option is developing better biodegradable filters; much of this work relies heavily on the research in the secondary mechanism for photodegradation as stated above, but a new research group has developed an acid tablet that goes inside the filters, and once wet enough, releases acid that speeds up the degradation to around two weeks. The research is still only in test phase and the hope is soon it will go into production. The next option is using cigarette packs with a compartment in which to discard cigarette butts, implementing monetary deposits on filters, increasing the availability of butt receptacles, and expanding public education. It may even be possible to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes altogether on the basis of their adverse environmental impact. Recent research has been put into finding ways to use the filter waste to develop a desired product. One research group in South Korea has developed a simple one-step process that converts the cellulose acetate in discarded cigarette filters into a high-performing material that could be integrated into computers, handheld devices, electrical vehicles, and wind turbines to store energy. These materials have demonstrated superior performance as compared to commercially available carbon, grapheme, and carbon nanotubes. The product is showing high promise as a green alternative for the waste problem.
As of 2002, about 5.5 trillion cigarettes were produced globally, and were smoked by over 1.1 billion people, or greater than one-seventh of the world population. While smoking rates have leveled off or declined in developed nations, they continue to rise in developing parts of the world. Smoking rates in the United States have dropped by half from 1965 to 2006, falling from 42% to 20.8% of adults. In the developing world, tobacco consumption is rising by 3.4% per year. Smoking rates in Australia have dropped 4.9% in the year that ended in March 2014. Consumption of cigarettes and tobacco dropped 7.6% in the first quarter in Australia, and 0.1% of the nation’s gross domestic product was clipped from the cut in household consumption of cigarettes. Australia is cutting their overall smoking consumption faster than most of the developed world, in part due to landmark legislation passed banning logos on cigarette cartons, and instead replacing labels with graphic images of sick or dying cigarette smokers and dire health warnings in front of the images. This legislation, passed in 2011, is called Australia’s Plain Packaging Act, and was fought in the country’s High Court by manufacturers of tobacco products. The legislation has significantly reduced consumption in Australia, and could serve as precedent for many other governments currently expanding restrictive legislation on cigarette and tobacco use. An independent review made by one of Britain’s most prominent doctors, Cyril Chantler, may be one of the first steps for Britain to follow Australia in cutting its overall household consumption. In his report, he notes that “standardized packaging would serve to reduce the rate of children taking up smoking.” Ireland’s health minister, James Reilly, has said the government has passed a draft bill in 2014 on plain packaging. In New Zealand, a bill has been presented to parliament in which the government’s associate health minister said “takes away the last means of promoting tobacco as a desirable product.”
Source: World Health Organization estimates, 2000
Cigarettes labeled as “Lights”, “Milds”, or “Low-tar” are considered to have a “lighter”, less pronounced flavor than regular cigarettes. These cigarette brands may also contain lower levels of tar, nicotine, or other chemicals inhaled by the smoker. The filter design is one of the main differences between light and regular cigarettes, although not all cigarettes contain perforated holes in the filter anymore. In some light cigarettes, the filter is perforated with small holes that theoretically diffuse the tobacco smoke with clean air. In regular cigarettes, the filter does not include these perforations. In ultralight cigarettes, the filter’s perforations are larger, and in theory, these larger holes produce an even smaller smoke-to-air ratio.
The majority of major cigarette manufacturers offer a light, low-tar, and/or mild cigarette brand. Due to recent U.S. legislation prohibiting the use of these descriptors, tobacco manufacturers are turning to color-coding to allow consumers to differentiate between regular and light brands.
The scientific evidence is that switching from regular to light or low-tar cigarettes does not reduce the health risks of smoking or lower the smoker’s exposure to the nicotine, tar, and carcinogens present in cigarette smoke.
Nicotine, the primary psychoactive chemical in cigarettes, is highly addictive. The resulting use of tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. Smoking leads most commonly to diseases affecting the heart, liver, and lungs, being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and cancer (particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and mouth, and pancreatic cancer). It also causes peripheral vascular disease and hypertension. On average, each cigarette smoked is estimated to shorten life by 11 minutes. Starting smoking earlier in life and smoking cigarettes higher in tar increases the risk of these diseases. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths in 2004 and 100 million deaths over the course of the 20th century. Cigarettes produce an aerosol containing over 4,000 chemical compounds, including nicotine, carbon monoxide, acrolein, and oxidant substances. Over 50 of these are carcinogens.
The most important chemical compounds causing cancer are those that produce DNA damage since such damage appears to be the primary underlying cause of cancer. Cunningham et al. combined the microgram weight of the compound in the smoke of one cigarette with the known genotoxic effect per microgram to identify the most carcinogenic compounds in cigarette smoke. The seven most important carcinogens in tobacco smoke are shown in the table, along with DNA alterations they cause.
"Ulcerative colitis is a condition of nonsmokers in which nicotine is of therapeutic benefit." A recent review of the available scientific literature concluded that the apparent decrease in Alzheimer disease risk may be simply because smokers tend to die before reaching the age at which it normally occurs. "Differential mortality is always likely to be a problem where there is a need to investigate the effects of smoking in a disorder with very low incidence rates before age 75 years, which is the case of Alzheimer's disease", it stated, noting that smokers are only half as likely as nonsmokers to survive to the age of 80.
Second-hand smoke is a mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. It is involuntarily inhaled, lingers in the air hours after cigarettes have been extinguished, and can cause a wide range of adverse health effects, including cancer, respiratory infections, and asthma. Nonsmokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke at home or work increase their heart disease risk by 25–30% and their lung cancer risk by 20–30%. Second-hand smoke has been estimated to cause 38,000 deaths per year, of which 3,400 are deaths from lung cancer in nonsmokers. Sudden infant death syndrome, ear infections, respiratory infections, and asthma attacks can occur in children who are exposed to second-hand smoke. Scientific evidence shows no level of exposure to second-hand smoke is safe.
Smoking cessation (quitting smoking) is the process of discontinuing the practice of inhaling a smoked substance.
Smoking cessation can be achieved with or without assistance from healthcare professionals or the use of medications. Methods that have been found to be effective include interventions directed at or through health care providers and health care systems; medications including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and varenicline; individual and group counselling; and web-based or stand-alone computer programs. Although stopping smoking can cause short-term side effects such as reversible weight gain, smoking cessation services and activities are cost-effective because of the positive health benefits.
At the University of Buffalo, researchers found out that fruit and vegetable consumption can help a smoker cut down or even quit smoking
Tobacco contains nicotine. Smoking cigarettes can lead to nicotine addiction. The addiction begins when nicotine acts on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to release neurotransmitters such as dopamine, glutamate, and gamma-aminobutyric acid. Cessation of smoking leads to symptoms of nicotine withdrawal such as anxiety and irritability. Professional smoking cessation support methods generally endeavour to address both nicotine addiction and nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
The number of nicotinic receptors in the brain returns to the level of a nonsmoker between 6 and 12 weeks after quitting.
Electronic cigarettes are battery-powered vaporizers that simulate the feeling of smoking, but without tobacco. Their use is commonly called "vaping". The user activates the e-cigarette by taking a puff or pressing a button. Some look like traditional cigarettes, but they come in many variations. Most are reusable but there are also disposable versions called first generation cigalikes. There are also second, third, and fourth generation devices. Instead of cigarette smoke, the user inhales an aerosol, commonly called vapor. E-cigarettes typically have a heating element that atomizes a liquid solution known as e-liquid. E-liquids usually contain propylene glycol, glycerin, nicotine, and flavorings.
The benefits and the health risks of e-cigarettes are uncertain.> There is tentative evidence that they can help people quit smoking, but they have not been proven better than regulated medication. Their usefulness in tobacco harm reduction is unclear, but they could form part of future strategies to decrease tobacco related death and disease. Their safety risk to users is similar to that of smokeless tobacco. Regulated nicotine replacement products are safer than e-cigarettes, but e-cigarettes are probably safer than smoking.
Non-smokers who use e-cigarettes risk nicotine addiction The e-liquid has a low level of toxicity, and contamination with various chemicals has been identified in the product. E-cigarette vapor contains fewer toxic substances, and lower concentrations of potential toxic substances than cigarette smoke. Metal parts of e-cigarettes in contact with the e-liquid can contaminate it with metals. Normal usage of e-cigarettes generates very low levels of formaldehyde. A 2015 review found that later-generation e-cigarettes set at higher power may generate equal or higher levels of formaldehyde compared to smoking. A 2015 review found that these levels were the result of overheating under test conditions that bear little resemblance to common usage. No serious adverse effects from e-cigarettes have been reported in trials. Less serious adverse effects include throat and mouth inflammation, vomiting, nausea, and cough. The long-term effects of e-cigarette use are unknown.
Insufficient data are available to determine the impact on public health from e-cigarettes. The potential harm to bystanders from e-cigarettes is unknown. No long-term data are available. A white paper published in 2014 by the American Industrial Hygiene Association concluded e-cigarettes emit airborne contaminants that may be inhaled by the user and those nearby. Due to this possible risk, they urged restriction of their use indoors, similar to smoking bans, until research has shown the aerosol does not significantly harm others in the area. A 2014 review indicated that the levels of inhaled contaminants from the e-cigarette vapor are not of significant health concern for human exposures by the standards used in workplaces to ensure safety. The British Medical Association reported in 2013 that "concerns [exist] that the use of e-cigarettes could threaten the norm of not smoking in public places and workplaces." The use of e-cigarettes in a smoke-free area could expose nonusers to toxins. The effect on bystanders would likely be much less harmful than traditional cigarettes. | <urn:uuid:ce3a5ec4-dea1-45dc-8fac-fef1fb01d6f7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://alchetron.com/Cigarette | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.950002 | 9,186 | 3.296875 | 3 |
On the day a Spanish court’s ruling in favor of his extradition was created public, John McAfee died in a prison cell outside Barcelona. A request for comment to the Catalan government was not returned by press time. McAfee had been detained in Spain considering that final fall, when he was arrested on allegations of tax evasion. The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission added to these charges in March, indicting McAfee and an associate on numerous counts associated to two cryptocurrency schemes that had allegedly spanned years. The antivirus pioneer turned fugitive was 75 years old. “Confirmation has come from our legal group in Spain that John was found dead in his jail cell. Security guards at the Brians two penitentiary discovered McAfee dead in his cell on Wednesday in a statement offered to the Associated Press, the Catalan government indicated that McAfee died by suicide. He had faced up to decades in prison if convicted of all charges.
The very first objective of this paper is twofold. This characterization will point out how, when contemplating cryptocurrency P2P networks, some of the nicely-recognized challenges of P2P networks are not a concern, when other problems pose completely new challenges. The second objective of this paper is to analyze to what extent the adoption of cryptocurrencies, and their underlying P2P networks, can be a highly effective tool for the improvement of distributed applications with mobile elements. There are three relevant properties of cryptocurrencies that can be applied as creating blocks for such applications: secure distributed payment mechanisms, distributed storage with integrity by style, and safe transfer and distribution of digital assets. On 1 hand, the paper fully describes the Bitcoin P2P network. We analyze how these properties can be made use of to assistance distributed applications such as mobile crowdsensing or distributed IP/name resolution, to cite just two examples. On the other hand, it characterizes the network to show how the aforementioned network goals, together with the unique format of the information being transmitted by way of the network, conform to a new paradigm for P2P networks.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global (COIN) was given a reference cost late Tuesday of $250 a share for its direct listing on the Nasdaq in a very anticipated initial public supplying. The Coinbase IPO will commence trading Wednesday below the ticker COIN. Nonetheless, it does not indicate where the stock will open. The company’s worth has soared in the past year as the cost of bitcoin and ethereum, the major currencies traded on the site, have soared. Coinbase is the biggest U.S. The reference price is primarily based on past transactions of Coinbase shares on private exchanges and input from the investment bankers. As to where the valuation will be on its initial day of trading is just speculation but the high finish of estimates is about $100 billion. At the reference price tag, Coinbase will have a valuation of $65.3 billion on a completely diluted basis. It lists about 50 cryptocurrencies for trading and is the first important crypto organization to go public.
Abstract: Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies, facilitating the convenience of payment by supplying a decentralized on the net resolution, have not been extensively adopted so far due to slow confirmation of transactions. In DelegaCoin, an owner can delegate his coins by way of offline-transactions without having interacting with the blockchain network. A formal model and evaluation, prototype implementation, and additional evaluation demonstrate that our scheme is provably secure and virtually feasible. Furthermore, the approach equipped with a third celebration contradicts the true intention of decentralized cryptocurrency systems. Offline delegation gives an efficient way to exchange coins. We exploit trusted execution environments (TEEs) as decentralized “virtual agents” to avert malicious delegation. Even if a third celebration can be regarded as a judge involving the delegator and delegatee to safe transactions, she still faces the threat of being compromised or supplying misleading assure. However, in such an method, the coins that have been delegated confront the threat of being spent twice considering the fact that the delegator’s behaviour can’t be restricted conveniently on account of the absence of efficient supervision.
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A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). The index of refraction is calculated from Snell’s law while for mixtures, the index of refraction can be calculated from the composition of the material using several mixing rules such as the Gladstone–Dale relation and Lorentz–Lorenz equation.
Types of refractometers
There are four main types of refractometers: traditional handheld refractometers, digital handheld refractometers, laboratory or Abbe refractometers, and inline process refractometers. There is also the Rayleigh Refractometer used (typically) for measuring the refractive indices of gases.
In veterinary medicine, a refractometer is used to measure the total plasma protein in a blood samples.
In drug diagnostics, a refractometer is used to measure the specific gravity of human urine.
In gemology/gemmology, the gemstone refractometer is one the fundamental pieces of equipment used in a gemological laboratory. Gemstones are transparent minerals and can therefore be examined using optical methods. Refractive index is a material constant, dependent on the chemical composition of a substance. The refractometer is used to help identify gem materials by measuring their refractive index, one of the principal properties used in determining the type of a gemstone. Due to the dependence of the refractive index on the wavelength of the light used (i.e. dispersion), the measurement is normally taken at the wavelength of the sodium line D-line (NaD) of ~589 nm. This is either filtered out from daylight or generated with a monochromatic light-emitting diode (LED). Certain stones such as rubies, sapphires, tourmalines and topaz are optically anisotropic. They demonstrate birefringence based on the polarisation plane of the light. The two different refractive indexes are classified using a polarisation filter. Gemstone refractometers are available both as classic optical instruments and as electronic measurement devices with a digital display.
In marine aquarium keeping, a refractometer is used to measure the salinity and specific gravity of the water. In the Automobile Industry, a refractometer is used to measure the Coolant Concentration and the Ph Value of the Coolant Oils for the CNC Machining Process.
In homebrewing, a refractometer is used to measure the specific gravity before fermentation to determine the amount of fermentable sugars which will potentially be converted to alcohol.
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How Acupuncture Can Assist with Fertility
It is not easy for families to cope with infertility issues, especially when they really want to conceive. There is often an overwhelming feeling of anguish and a sense of loss. Acupuncture, while valued for its relaxing and stress-relieving benefits, has recently become a component of fertility treatments. Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine, which applies herbal medicine and various mind/body practices (e.g. tui na, moxibustion, tai chi, Chinese cupping, and acupuncture) to treat or prevent health problems. Acupuncture, specifically, has been rapidly accepted by the general public all over the world, and is being practiced by many therapists today.
Other infertility treatment options (surgery, home remedies, in vitro fertilization) can range from hundreds of dollars for medication to tens of thousands for advanced procedures like intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization. Thanks to modern healthcare, the array of options available for couples struggling to conceive has vastly expanded. Alternative and holistic treatments (such as acupuncture) are gaining popularity with the general public, especially those in search of affordable and effective health care.
The Evolution and History of Acupuncture
The foundations of acupuncture are believed to date back to the Stone Age when sharp-edged tools were used to puncture the skin when a person has abscesses and needed to drain blood. This means that acupuncture has a recorded history of about 3,000 years.
There are nine classical acupuncture needles listed in the Chinese document titled Lingshu (translated as “Miraculous Pivot”). They are identified as the following:
These needles were originally made from gold, silver, or bronze, but modern acupuncture only uses stainless steel filiform needles.
In the United States, physicians started practicing acupuncture in the early 1800s. When New York Times journalist James Reston had an emergency appendectomy in China, acupuncture was used as a pain reliever. His newspaper published a 1971 story about him and it piqued public interest in the procedure.
Acupuncture’s potential to manage vomiting, nausea, and post-operative pain was advocated by the National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement in 1997. Ten years later, a report published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) stated almost 40% of adults used alternative and complementary therapies (such as acupuncture) in the prior year.
Researchers have been compelled to take a closer, scientific look at the full potential of acupuncture due to the rise of its popularity. Because acupuncture can relieve pain, reduce stress, and aid weight loss efforts, its benefits have raised interest in its potential to increase the chances of conception.
The Science Behind Infertility
Stress is one of the factors that can interfere with ovulation. This is due to the delicate balance between the pituitary, hypothalamus, and reproductive glands. Stress can create spasms in both the uterus and fallopian tubes, interfering with movement and implantation of a fertilized egg. In men, stress can cause impotence, motility, and alter sperm counts. Using acupuncture for infertility treatments works because the procedure releases endorphins in the brain, countering the effects of stress and cortisol.
The most common cause of female infertility is an ovulation disorder in which a mature egg is prevented from being released from the ovary (because of a hormonal imbalance). The fetus is not able to attach to the uterus as there is not enough progesterone. Another reason ovulation does not occur is due to high levels of prolactin, the hormone that stimulates the production of breastmilk.
Sperm motility and production can also be affected in men when there is an imbalance in the reproductive hormones. However, the fertility drugs that stimulate ovulation in women by regulating the pituitary and hypothalamus (the glands that control reproductive hormones) don’t perform as well with men. In fact, success rates are about one-third of those for women. Male infertility treatment needs to be handled differently. If impotence is a factor in a couple’s infertility, an herbal impotence cure has a reported success rate and no side effects when taken in conjunction with male infertility treatment.
While there is a 20 to 60 percent pregnancy rate with women who have been prescribed fertility drugs, there are also a number of side effects such as:
- Fluid retention
- Abdominal tenderness
- Weight gain
- Breast cancer (revealed in some studies)
Acupuncture to Potentially Increase the Chances of Conception
Acupuncture has been shown to reduces stress and may then increase fertility. According to several studies, it can also balance the endocrine system and increase the blood flow to the reproductive organs. Because acupuncture provides better blood flow to the ovaries and uterus, there is a stronger chance for an egg to be nourished and carried until it reaches full term.
There are more than 2,000 acupuncture points on the human body, which connect with 14 major pathways (called meridians). Modern acupuncture consists of the gentle insertion and stimulation of thin, disposable sterile needles at any of these acupuncture points.
Chinese medicine practitioners believe that the meridians conduct energy (or qi) between the internal organs and the surface of the body. It is qi that regulates emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual balance. When poor health habits and other circumstances disrupts the flow of qi, disease and/or pain can result. Acupuncture increases a couple’s chances of conceiving by helping to keep the normal flow of this energy free and clear.
Acupuncture treatments can be used to address almost all causes of infertility. Approximately 40% of infertility problems are attributed to issues with the female’s health (especially when disorders like endometriosis and anovulation are present). Another 40% are caused by problems in the male’s body, including motility or low sperm count. The remaining 20% are the result of unknown causes.
Stress is often the key factor as to why a couple is having difficulty conceiving – and it can be exacerbated when one or both partners are experiencing infertility issues. When a person is stressed, the hormone cortisol is released in the brain and alters the brain’s neurochemical balance. Hormone levels begin to change, which disrupts the pituitary balance (a huge factor in the reproductive cycle.)
Side Effects of Acupuncture
Acupuncture produces little to no side effects. It stimulates the hypothalamus to effectively balance hormones and the endocrine system to get to the root cause of female infertility (as well as male infertility). This time-tested and natural alternative treatment used by eastern cultures could be worth a try for couples struggling to conceive.
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Consumers believe product sustainability to be more important when buying items for the home than when purchasing anything else. Yet, in Home, aside from furniture leader IKEA, supermarkets and department stores are leading the way with ethical initiatives, with shoppers perceiving these retailers to be more environmentally friendly.
33.3% of consumers buying furniture and floorcoverings selected 9 or 10 on a scale of importance for product sustainability. This exceeded food and grocery (32.8%), and health and beauty (32.7%). But it’s supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s with a newly launched pledge to become ‘net zero’ by 2040, and department stores, such as John Lewis with its ‘sustainability edit’ (106 items that are responsibly sourced) that are doing much more in the field than specialist home retailers.
How important consumers think product sustainability is on a scale of 1 (not important) to 10 (very important) when purchasing from each sector, %
Home shoppers score general merchandise retailers M&S and John Lewis in the top three for being environmentally friendly, while other home specialists fall lower in the ranking; scores for Oak Furniture Land, Harveys and Sofology have all dropped since last year. IKEA, however, remains an outlier, ranking first, and is the only retailer among the top five whose score has markedly increased over the last three years (M&S’s score has increased marginally this year compared with last).
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GLOBAL DAILY WATER NEWS
- More frequent and intense dry years in states along the Colorado River forces officials to look for long-term solutions.
- Deadly tropical storms in Mozambique offer lessons into how wealthier nations can support economically depressed countries during climate disasters.
- Over six months after flooding began, citizens throughout South Sudan are still isolated or displaced.
- Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia resume talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
New research out of the United States answers a question about desalination scientists have struggled to solve for years.
“Fresh water management is becoming a crucial challenge throughout the world. Shortages, droughts—with increasing severe weather patterns, it is expected this problem will become even more significant. It’s critically important to have clean water availability, especially in low-resource areas.” – Enrique Gomez, a professor of chemical engineering at Penn State. Research out of The University of Texas at Austin and Penn State found that uniform density at the nanoscale is the key to increasing how much clean water desalination membranes can create, UT News reports. The research provides an answer to a complex question about the desalination process that scientists have struggled to solve for decades and could bring society one step closer to reducing costs of clean water production.
In context: Desalination Has a Waste Problem
IN RECENT WATER NEWS
Far from being in the rearview, the upheaval of the last year will set the stage for the next 12 months and beyond.
The pandemic’s economic dislocation continues to reverberate among those who lost work. Severe weather boosted by a warming climate is leaving its mark in the watersheds of the Southwest. And President-elect Biden will take office looking to undo much of his predecessor’s legacy of environmental deregulation while also writing his own narrative on issues of climate, infrastructure, and social justice.
Unanticipated storylines will undoubtedly arise — who, a year ago, expected such tumult from a virus? — but some trends are known in advance. The contours of these four stories have already taken shape.
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What’s Up With Water – January 4, 2020 – This week’s episode covers a settlement to compensate victims of the Flint water crisis in Michigan, the replacement of all lead service lines in Newark, New Jersey and the federal approval of a water rights settlement that will fund drinking water infrastructure on reservation lands in Utah.
Economically Struggling Nations Like Mozambique Hit Hardest When Climate Catastrophes Strike
Nearly two years after Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, the country is still struggling to recover. Now, just weeks after another tropical storm hit the country’s capital city, The Guardian reports that the impact of deadly storms is less explained by its intensity and more by how underprepared the countries the storms strike are. Nearly 92,500 people in Beira are still homeless due to the cyclone, a city marked by poverty and destitution. Without aid from wealthier nations, countries like Mozambique will continue to face harsher impacts of climate change, according to experts and aid organizations.
TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS
1 MILLION PEOPLE
Around one million people in South Sudan have been displaced or isolated by flooding over the past six months. The Associated Press reports that families throughout the country are struggling to access food, water and medical care during a time when the nation is still recovering from an intense civil war. Almost all of the 60 villages throughout Fangak county have been affected by flooding. Locals say they can’t rely on their federal government for help, instead looking to international aid organizations for supplies and medical care.
Rising temperatures have intensified dry years across the Colorado River Basin over the past 20 years, Arizona Republic reports. Colorado River Water Conservation District general manager Andy Mueller said extreme conditions over the past year, including drought and wildfire, will become more frequent in the future due to climate change. Farmers, city officials, environmentalists and managers of water districts along the Colorado River have begun discussing ways to adapt to the changing climate but there has been little agreement on the best way to move forward.
ON THE RADAR
Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agreed on Sunday to resume discussions over the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Al Jazeera reports that major questions about how much water Ethiopia will release downstream remain. Egypt has long voiced concerns that the dam will severely cut their access to water along the Nile, which accounts for nearly 97 percent of its irrigation and drinking water. Sudan has warned that millions of lives could be at “great risk” without a binding agreement, while Ethiopia says the dam is essential to meeting the power needs of its population.
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In poker, the cards you’re dealt are random. While the “luck” element of poker is minimized over time, it is still present. You can’t control the “randomness” of cards, and you can’t influence how they’re dealt. The expected value of each hand is based on statistical probability, but you can take advantage of the game’s inherent flexibility. To learn how to play optimally, here are some tips.
The game has many variations, with each variant having different betting intervals. In each game, a player is required to place a bet. This bet has to equal the sum of contributions made by players before him. This player is said to be an active player. A poker tournament is held in a casino and the winner is declared the one with the highest hand. In a game of poker, the player who has the highest hand is considered the winner.
In the earliest form of the game, people played a card game called poque. This game involved betting and bluffing. In addition, French sailors brought the Persian game, called as. This game also uses five-suit decks. Various travelers and riverboat con men changed the rules to make the bluffing easier and more profitable. The word “poker” was Anglicized and was first mentioned in 1834.
The game is played using a 52-card deck. The cards are ranked A-J and K-high. In a straight flush, a pair of tens is considered the best hand. In all variants of the game, the highest hand wins the pot. In a no-limit game, a joker is used as a wild card. The payout structure of a poker tournament is calculated by the winnings of every round, and the best hand wins the pot.
The rules of poker vary from one country to another. The rules of the game in poker clubs can differ. For example, some clubs use different types of cards, which are called “community cards.” In these cases, the players may have to be in the same room to play the same game. While playing the same games in a club, the players of the club should have the same house rules, albeit a specific set of rules. However, it is recommended to follow the laws of the game in your area.
The rules of poker are relatively simple. It’s not hard to learn, and the rules of poker aren’t complicated. If you’re a beginner, you can start playing in poker tournaments. You can practice at home. But make sure that you don’t play against the house. Then, it’s important to study the rules of the game in order to become a successful player. For example, poker variants in your local area can vary depending on the laws of your city. | <urn:uuid:fae1400b-2325-4d95-9b3d-9a686762ab10> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://clendeninwv.org/the-basics-of-poker-7/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.973533 | 589 | 1.835938 | 2 |
by Dr. Michael Kane
If you ever had a fish tank you know that the survival of the fish is dependent on more then just fish food. So too with the good bacteria in your intestinal tract. There are many elements that can help this population survive and thrive.
The gut microflora, which includes both potentially beneficial and potentially harmful bacteria, is important in maintaining a healthy intestinal tract and helps the intestine act as an effective barrier; allowing nutrients to be absorbed, and keeping out toxins and pathogens (foreign bacteria or viruses). The gut microflora breaks down vitamins and also ferments fibers and carbohydrates that are not digested in the upper GI tract. This breakdown produces fatty acids that are important for supporting a healthy intestinal barrier (particularly in the lower GI tract) and also inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria. Healthy intestinal flora is also associated with intestinal (stool) regularity.
In order to keep a strong population we need to insure good food and environment for our microflora.
Prebiotics – The Food for the little guys
Fiber: Most of the foods for the intestinal flora are fibers, long chains of carbohydrates. Fiber is beneficial for a number of reasons but certainly it is important for gut bacteria health. I would recommend 25-30 grams of fiber daily.
By increasing the consumption of fruits, vegetables and beans we can insure enough of these fibers. Making a dramatic shift can result in more gas and bloating so making a gradual change is often recommended.
Some supplements will contain both probiotics and prebiotics. They are often call Synbiotics. Along with the strains of beneficial bacteria they contain some of the food for the bacteria. I,f you see ingredients like: inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides (fructans , FOS) and galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) along with the good bacteria strains, this is a synbiotic.
Most of us are aware that antibiotic medications can have a harmful effect on our gut population, but other medications can also influence the gut bacteria.
People taking medication for acid reflux can have issues due to the changes in the PH balance of the small intestine and cause a shift in the bacteria of the gut.
Diversity – A healthy gut bacterial population is diverse. The goal for your gut bacteria is diverse in populations and abundant in number.
Probiotics in Your Food
Foods that are fermented can contribute to the number and diversity of healthy bacteria.
I recommend adding fermented foods to your diet on a regular basis. These can include things like sauerkraut, pickled foods (cucumbers, beets). I also like miso and tempeh- two soy products that have little processing (best to buy organic).
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Earlier this week I celebrated my birthday. It wasn’t an especially significant one, but the completion of another year of my life inevitably gave rise to some personal reflection on the passage of time.
I have reached the age when my consciousness of how things have changed over my lifetime is becoming ever more acute: the gradual disappearance of red telephone boxes from our streetscapes; the inexorable increase in the use of coloured clothing by cricketers; the marked decrease in the integrity and seriousness of many of our elected politicians. I rarely give voice to my thoughts on such matters. This is partly because I do not want to acquire a reputation for being a grumpy old man; it’s also because my understanding of the Christian faith compels me to embrace change even if (perhaps especially if) it makes me feel uncomfortable. I think of the rich ruler in Luke’s Gospel (Luke 18.18-25) who was overcome with sadness at the prospect of changing his whole lifestyle to the extent of giving all he had to the poor; I think of St Peter, in John’s account of the events on the night before Jesus died, unable fully to comprehend the magnitude of the change he was about to experience on Good Friday: ‘Lord, why can I not follow you now?’ (John 13. 37); and I think of the immense difficulty the early Christian community had in accepting that their former persecutor, Paul, had encountered and accepted Christ: ‘(the disciples) were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple’ (Acts 9.26).
We are having to embrace change in our cathedral community too. In Catch-Up this week you will learn about the imminent closure of the Cathedral Kitchen. For some fifteen years the Kitchen has been a place of welcome and hospitality. Now, as you will read below, the brute forces of market economics have defeated us. But neither the closure of the Kitchen, nor the changes this will bring, are marks of failure. Rather, they are part of a wider pattern of events through which we are called to discern the new ways in which the Spirit is prompting us to fulfil our vision to be a place that is safe and welcoming, life-giving and inspiring. ‘I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?’ says God to the prophet Isaiah. As we give thanks for all that the Kitchen’s staff and volunteers have contributed to our mission over the last decade and a half, may we look forward with confidence to the new things that will spring forth through God’s grace, and with a willingness to embrace the change that will be necessary. For all that has been: thanks; for all that shall be: yes!
With love and prayers,
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The programme will complement the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' (Sasog) existing initiative, the BetterObs programme which was established during 2015 and is aimed at reducing the number of maternal deaths in South Africa.
“The implementation of the BetterGyn programme means that we will have covered the entire spectrum of women’s health issues and not just those associated with pregnancy and childbirth," says Professor Greta Dreyer, president of Sasog.
Gynaecologists and other practitioners are provided with a set of protocols aimed at the prevention and management of serious surgical complications and important conditions affecting women. Once development in the first phase has been completed, a total of 32 conditions and procedures will be covered. Surgical procedure guidelines include conditions such as hysterectomies, urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and surgical complications. Importantly, attention will also be given to cancer screening and contraception, both of which are national priorities. The programme includes information for patients to assist in the communication between practitioner and patient.
The BetterObs programme is aimed at reducing the number of maternal deaths and complications and consists of a set of protocols for best practice for 19 of the most frequent and high-risk complications occurring during childbirth, including excessive bleeding, preterm labour and caesarean section deliveries. Already introduced into all labour wards in South Africa, these guidelines, which must be adhered to by all members of the delivery team, are aimed at standardising and raising the quality of care in the labour ward.
Dreyer says that for every 100,000 live births, 134 women are losing their lives during childbirth, many from causes that could be prevented by improving infrastructure, health care systems and clinical know-how.
“Although as a country we are making progress in bringing down the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, we are still losing far too many women from preventable complications such as those resulting from HIV, severe bleeding after childbirth, high blood pressure during pregnancy and infections," she says.
The BetterObs programme is a holistic approach to improving quality and outcomes and involves commitment from the obstetrician, the hospital, the attending paediatrician and the patient. Under these guidelines, obstetricians are expected to adhere strictly to the protocols and must comply with set peer review processes. Attending paediatricians are expected to complete detailed discharge summaries on each newborn and must notify the delivering obstetrician if the infant is readmitted, be it either to the same or another hospital.
Also included in the programme are compulsory mortality and morbidity (M&M) meetings attended by obstetricians and paediatricians, where complications and quality of care are scrutinised and monitored. Hospitals must ensure that meetings take place regularly and must consider withdrawing delivery rights of an obstetrician not attending these meetings.
Upon admission, hospitals must make patients aware of the programme and of the procedure to follow in the case of a complaint.
Dr Johannes van Waart, BetterObs programme leader, says that a handbook, compiled by the society, has been presented to every obstetrician in the country and has also been made available for maternity nursing staff at all hospitals. He adds that, in the case of an adverse event, the Expert Opinion Panel are requested to study all the facts and provide recommendations on their findings and the way forward, to the Sasog executive committee and the doctor involved. This panel will also refer potential litigation cases for mediation. The functions of the panel extend beyond obstetrics to the entire field of gynaecology.
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SAN DIEGO — A school day at Gage Elementary just isn’t complete without a good run … or two.
About 360 students in the East County school — from K-1 through 5th grade — are part of the Gage Running Club as they run together just before school begins and again at morning recess.
“We’re really trying to promote that healthy lifestyle with them and how good it is for their body and how it’s going to help them in the classroom to become a better learner,” said Cindi Elrod, who teaches Physical Education and runs the club.
The Gage Running Club is a 30 year tradition started by a teacher who started running with students.
It evolved into students running quarter-mile laps around a field as teachers track their distances.
Some kids end up running hundreds of miles during a single school year. This year has been record-breaking.
“In 2003, we had a student that ran 453 miles, but I never thought anyone would break that,” said Elrod.
But three boys did just that. After running neck-and-neck most of the year, 11 year-old Alec Ege pulled away with 504 miles.
“Last year I was so close – I had 429. I thought, this year, I’m going to be able to break it,” said Ege, a fifth grader.
All students at Gage who ran at least 150 miles were recognized as “Top Runners” during a school assembly.
For the school, the numbers were even more staggering. Combined, students ran for more than 32,000 miles — also a new record.
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Call me Allan. Yeah, Allan. That’s A_L_L_A_N. Not Alan. Not Allen. Not Allyn.
I’ve spent decades dealing with the misspelling of my given name. I have no idea why my parents spelled the name in an uncommon way. But I can’t pin the blame on them for your carelessness, dear reader—although it appears some parents go out of their way to create spelling confusion.
Lighten up, you say, it’s no big deal. Better to get worked up over things like climate change or why people don’t know there are two “c’s” and two “m’s” in accommodation. Besides, even people who can’t spell hamburger can become president of the United States.
In fact, I’ve always accepted the misspelling good-naturedly. But something pushed me over the edge recently. I have a relative—let’s call her Cousin B—who has known me for all of my 66 years. I texted her to wish her happy birthday. “Thanks, Allen,” she responded. Ugh. And it wasn’t the first time. My cousin is like a sister to me, and I love her dearly. So it stings even more that she can’t spell my name correctly after all this time.
I am hardly alone. Many names are the victims of tortured spelling, especially in increasingly multicultural societies (mispronunciation is a whole other story). I asked some colleagues at Leff about their name misadventures:
• “My surname is Ploog. Not Floog. ‘P as in Peter, L_O_O_G.’”
• “My name is Jennifer. My nickname is Jen. Please don’t spell it Jenn. This drives me nuts. And don’t call me Johnson, as someone once did.”
• “My name is Scott Leff, but people constantly call me Jeff, Jeff Leff. In many ways, Jeff is no worse than Scott—square, white names that say almost nothing about the person to whom they are affixed. And yet being called Jeff still feels like a slap in the face.”
• “My name is Mimi. People write MiMi and Meme. Maybe they think I’m a cheesy smooth jazz artist.”
• “My name is Alyssa Abkowitz. A former boss of mine spelled my last name as Abobkowitz, and he also would say it that way. It was awful. And Alyssa has definitely had an ‘i’ instead or an extra ‘s.’ And then in one email my name became Alice. In my next life, I’d like a last name like Smith. My married last name isn’t any better—Cendrowski.”
• “My name is Tiana, but apparently not at Starbucks”:
Perhaps we should attribute this phenomenon to the debasement of the English language and communication skills. For example, we’re in such a hurry to finish an email that we can’t be bothered to double-check a spelling. Then, there’s the challenge of writing a typo-free text on an iPhone.
Others see the lack of attention to spelling names correctly as a form of microaggression. And Tiana’s not alone—some people speculate that Starbucks baristas intentionally misspell your name as a marketing ploy of some kind (false, the company says).
Whatever is going on, it’s probably true that people have been misspelling names since the days of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. (And no one dared misspell the name of Nebuchadnezzar II.)
When it comes down to it, misspelling someone’s name—regardless of its rarity or complexity—is disrespectful. From a commercial perspective, it’s hard to build business relationships when you can’t even get your counterpart’s name right. In journalism school, the professor gave you an F on the assignment if you misspelled a name. (But even journalism schools screw up.) Copy-editing tests routinely include traps, such as misspelling the first name of the well-known performer who sings “People.” As the j-school professors reminded us, if you can’t spell a name correctly, why should we think anything else you write about is accurate? And yet, we’ve all probably been guilty of it at one point or another.
So how can we do better? At bottom, it’s not that complicated:
• Review your email text (or other form of correspondence) before you hit send.
• If you’ve sent the email and then realize you have misspelled someone’s name, just send an apology email. (That’s what my son’s very proper former preschool teacher did when autocorrect rendered my wife’s Polish diminutive, Ania, as “Dear Anus…”) The recipient will appreciate your gesture.
• If you’re writing an email and you’re in doubt, you can always apologize in advance (“Sorry if I have misspelled your name”).
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At the Port of Tacoma, leaders hope a new project to build added storage capacity for containers will help operations run more smoothly as ports across the West Coast are now facing a surge with activity resuming.
The port was recently awarded a $15.73 million grant through the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) to help fund construction of new container storage on a 24-acre site of port-owned land.
The off-dock site will free up needed on-dock space at nearby terminals, and is expected to be completed by 2023.
As ports face congestion leading to stalls in the supply chain because of the pandemic, people have faced rising prices and shortages of products.
“The average person now is more acutely aware of supply chain problems and needs than they were a year and a half ago,” Port of Tacoma Commissioner John McCarthy told The News Tribune on Dec. 23.
McCarthy said that there’s been discussions over the past year around the need for added terminal space and that the new project is important for the port.
“What this does is gives us an ability to get the cargo off the terminals, to keep the supply chain moving better,” McCarthy told The News Tribune.
Dick Marzano, president of the Port of Tacoma Commission, said Dec. 23 that over the past several months the Northwest Seaport Alliance and partners have opened more than 60 acres of off-dock storage across Tacoma and Seattle to reduce congestion on marine terminals.
“The addition of off-dock storage capacity alleviates congestion on marine terminals and will help reduce the need for vessels to anchor in the Puget Sound,” Marzano said. That also means reduced air emissions as trucks spend less time facing time-consuming congestion.
As mountains of shipping containers have become highly visible to the public in the last few months, the new space will reduce the number of containers stored on marine terminals, but they’ll still be visible at the new site from surrounding roads.
Upon completion, the new site will have space for 1,260 20-foot containers, 121 reefer containers, 170 wheeled chassis, 195 block-stowed chassis and 100 wheeled-reefer stalls.
“While there is an immediate use for off-dock storage, the off-dock container facility will provide additional space for years to come,” Marzano said. “By storing empty containers, full refrigerated containers, and chassis on this property, goods will be able to move more efficiently through the supply chain, reducing the impacts of future congestion on our gateway.”
Marzano thanked U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and U.S. Reps. Derek Kilmer, Kim Schrier, Adam Smith and Marilyn Strickland in a press release for their support in securing the grant.
“As we continue to see increasing levels of marine cargo activity at our port, it is imperative that we move forward with infrastructure projects like this in order to create and maintain family-wage jobs, improve supply chain efficiencies and lower air emissions by reducing truck congestion,” Marzano said. “This partnership and investment help ensure that the Port of Tacoma continues to serve as an important economic driver in our region.”
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Adaptations call to Tony Kusnher. Even though he made his reputation through his revolutionary and epic two-part AIDS-era theatrical landmark, Angels in America, throughout his career he has repeatedly dipped into the works of others. "If you love a text," he said, "there's no way to get more intimate with it than to adapt it."
Theatre, by its nature, is a place for adaptations and translations to flourish, and so Kushner has taken on new versions of classic plays (including two Brechts, The Good Person of Szechuan and Mother Courage and her Children), lesser-known texts (such as The Illusion, his revisting of Pierre Corneille's L'illusion Comique), and literary adaptations (his 1991 play of Ariel Dorfman's Widows, cowritten with the author).
It's a particular set of challenges, often specific to the text and the moment. As a case study, he cited his 2006 translation and production of Mother Courage at New York's Public Theater. "There's a great British translation by John Willett and Ralph Manheim that's very very actable and playable, but it's done in a kind of Lancastrian, Mancunian, 'nowt'-kinda dialect, and it's useless in America. There was no good American-English version of Mother Courage, and I really wanted Meryl Streep to do it, so I told her that if she'd do it I would do the translation, so we did."
He's also no stranger to cinematic conversions, having adapted George Jonas's Vengeance into Munich and Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals into Lincoln for Steven Spielberg. So when the Schindler's List director approached him about writing the script for a new film version of 1957 Broadway phenomeon West Side Story, he went in like it was any other project, unaware that there was going to be backlash at the very idea of a second film version after the Oscar-winning 1961 adaptation, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. "I didn't know how universal the skepticism was, and I'm glad I didn't know about it when we were writing it."
Lesson learned: nothing gets up the gander of film culture more than the concept of a remake. It wasn't until the reviews came out that he grasped the urge to discount this version sight-unseen. He recalled, "[Even] very favorable ones were beginning with some version of 'I couldn't imagine that this would have anything to add, or that this would work, or I couldn't imagine why they were doing this - but now I see why.'"
[inset-1-right]Not that Kushner didn't have questions himself. Any adapter is going to ask why they should revisit a work and Spielberg's response, per Kushner, was simple: "'You tell me.'" Spielberg had his own reasons, including some technical ideas about what could be done with cameras now that cinematographer Daniel L. Fapp couldn't pull off in the sixties. But when it came to the story, Kushner said, "It seemed to us that there was a way to go back to go to the original source material, to the Broadway musical, the original score and the original book.'"
The reality is that there is no sacrosanct singular version of West Side Story. Even the stage version itself is not immutable: for example, in his 2009 revival original writer Arthur Laurents himself worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda for a bilingual translation. There were also major structural and story differences between the play and the 1961 film. Even though it was only released four years after the original musical shook up Broadway forever, scriptwriter Ernest Lehman made radical changes to Laurents' book, adding characters, changing the order of songs, even swapping musical numbers between parts. Kushner's theory was that Robbins wanted to prove that the musical, which had opened to tepid reviews and lost the Tony to The Music Man, was a masterpiece and that every change was made to re-enforce that point. Case in point: the addition of an overture. In the stage version, he said, "It just started with the 'dah-dah-DUM' and then right into prologue. If you don't have an overture, the audience doesn't get to hear the songs, the melodies. But before you hear 'Some Enchanted Evening' in South Pacific, you've heard it two times before in the overture. There was nothing to get the audience ready to hear these incredible melodies."
[image-1-right]However, his main decisions were to go back to the original version, such as moving "Gee, Officer Krupke" back from the second act (where Lehman had moved it, to get all the comedy into the first half of the film). If he took anything solid from the Robbins and Wise version, it was license to make some of his own changes, even with immediately identifiable songs. He explained, "In the stage version, 'Somewhere' is sung by a fantasy character in a dream ballet. So I felt like I had the right to take it away from Tony and Maria, who grabbed it for the first movie, and give it to our new character, Valentina, for Rita Morena to sing."
It's not like Kushner's the first person to do a fresh adaptation of a classic work for the stage that has been filmed before. "There are one or two versions of Hamlet," he deadpanned, "and one of them is very good." Plus, a little secret that not many people may know. West Side Story is itself a loose reworking of Romeo and Juliet. "I'm sure some people went, 'why make a musical when the play is so great?'"
Still, what appealed to Kushner and Spielberg was that the original musical is a landmark and a classic, and so they didn't want to mess with what attracted them in the first place. However, they also had somewhat unique approval to their choices, with "great encouragement" from the families and estates of Laurents, Robbins, and composer Leonard Bernstein, and most especially from Stephen Sondheim. The lyricist of the original musical was present during filming and the recording process, and even made a few tweaks to the lyrics himself. Kushner recalled, "I think he would have made bigger changes if I had let him."
If anything, the Kushner/Spielberg version is closer to what opened in 1957 at the Winter Garden Theatre than the first film versions: but Kushner's role was not merely to be a stenographer. He first went back to the original cast recording, listening to it over and over again, and rereading Laurents' book, "thinking about things that had been changed for the movie that we might want to change back." During this process he found "ideas, very exciting character attributes and so on, that were latent and hinted at in the musical and the '61 film, but for whatever reason weren't really made explicit in any way." The more he read, he added, "the more confident I felt that there was a lot of room for growing ideas of our own, without in any way betraying or violating or intruding on in any alien way into the original intentions."
[inset-2-right]That confidence was re-enforced by the writing process, which Kushner described as "in dialogue" with the earlier versions. "Beat by beat, as I came to Steven with new ideas and a new structure, new ideas about the characters, some major changes about the characters, we became more and more excited about the possibilities [and] the original film began to feel a little less daunting."
The process allowed him to really get deep into the original work - a passion of his ("Sometimes when I'm reading a book and I love it, I'll just type out a passage from the book, just to have the feeling of writing the words down.") This also meant tackling one of his long-running problems with the story, right back to Romeo and Juliet. "I don't believe people really fall in love at first sight. I think people have intense feelings of lust for each other at first sight, and then that may - if they're lucky or unlucky - turn into an incredible feeling of love or deep attachment. But I can't understand how it can happen, how you can really fall in love with someone you have seen for an instant at a dance at a gym."
So, as always, he went back to the source material. In this case, Romeo and Juliet, and more specifically Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version. "The balcony scene in that movie is phenomenal, and you realize that Romeo and Juliet they don't fall in love with each other at first sight. They tease each other, and they're obviously hot for each other when they meet at the party, and then the balcony scene they realize they're as amazing as they first seem, and they start to really play with themes of being madly in love. It's a kind of play acting, and then it doesn't really turn into love until they're together again."
With that context, he was able to go back to the scripts and make those scenes work - only to discover that Sondheim had already hidden all that wisdom in plain sight, in the words to "Tonight." Kushner said, "That he writes words like, 'Today, the world was just an address/A place for me to live in/No better than all right.' In later years, he would sneer at those lyrics, but there's something incredibly daring about having these two teenagers singing one of the great melodies of all time, and he wrote lyrics showing them straining to fill the space that Bernstein has created - which is what you do when first fall in love. You try to live up to all the fantasies of what being in love should be, and some part of you is always aware you're faking it a little bit, and you're hoping the other person doesn't notice it. And then something changes, and you're not falling in love anymore. You're in love."
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Often asked: Which Information Provided By A Client Would Be Considered A Presumptive Sign Of Pregnancy?
- 1 What information provided by a client would be considered a presumptive sign of pregnancy?
- 2 Which of the following are considered presumptive signs and symptoms of pregnancy?
- 3 What are the probable signs of pregnancy that would be noted in a woman select all that apply?
- 4 What is the major concern for a lactose intolerant woman who is pregnant?
- 5 What are the categories of signs of pregnancy?
- 6 What is Ballottement in pregnancy?
- 7 What are the 3 signs of pregnancy?
- 8 When do you start to feel pregnant?
- 9 What could be mistaken for pregnancy?
- 10 What is the Colour of urine in early pregnancy?
- 11 How can you detect early pregnancy?
- 12 Can a baby in the womb be lactose intolerant?
- 13 What dairy products can you not eat when pregnant?
- 14 Is lactose intolerance permanent or temporary?
What information provided by a client would be considered a presumptive sign of pregnancy?
In fact, nausea and vomiting are considered a presumptive sign of pregnancy, and for 10% to 20% of pregnant women, these symptoms may persist throughout the whole pregnancy. While nausea and vomiting are common occurrences, hyperemesis gravidarum is rare, occurring in 0.2% to 3.6% of all pregnancies [1,2,115].
Which of the following are considered presumptive signs and symptoms of pregnancy?
Presumptive signs of pregnancy — possibility of pregnancy
- Amenorrhea (no period)
- Nausea — with or without vomiting.
- Breast enlargement and tenderness.
- Poor sleep.
- Back pain.
- Food cravings and aversions.
What are the probable signs of pregnancy that would be noted in a woman select all that apply?
What are the signs of pregnancy?
- Extreme tiredness.
- Sore and swollen breasts.
- Nausea or vomiting (also called morning sickness)
- Frequent urination.
- Certain food cravings or aversions.
- Bloating of the belly.
- Darkening of the skin around the nipples (also called the areola).
What is the major concern for a lactose intolerant woman who is pregnant?
One of the biggest concerns for people who are lactose-intolerant is making sure they get enough of the nutrients found in milk products, especially calcium. Calcium is most important for children, teens, pregnant women, and women after menopause.
What are the categories of signs of pregnancy?
Common Signs of Early Pregnancy
- A missed period. For most women, a missed period is often the first sign they’ve entered the early stages of pregnancy.
- Frequent urination.
- Swollen or tender breasts.
- Nausea, with or without vomiting.
- Light spotting and cramping.
- Mood swings.
What is Ballottement in pregnancy?
Medical Definition of ballottement: a sharp upward pushing against the uterine wall with a finger inserted into the vagina for diagnosing pregnancy by feeling the return impact of the displaced fetus also: a similar procedure for detecting a floating kidney.
What are the 3 signs of pregnancy?
Classic pregnancy signs and symptoms
- Missed period. If you’re in your childbearing years and a week or more has passed without the start of an expected menstrual cycle, you might be pregnant.
- Tender, swollen breasts.
- Nausea with or without vomiting.
- Increased urination.
When do you start to feel pregnant?
It takes about 2 to 3 weeks after sex for pregnancy to happen. Some people notice pregnancy symptoms as early as a week after pregnancy begins — when a fertilized egg attaches to the wall of your uterus. Other people don’t notice symptoms until a few months into their pregnancy.
What could be mistaken for pregnancy?
Women with pseudocyesis have many of the same symptoms as those who are actually pregnant, including: Interruption of the menstrual period. Swollen belly. Enlarged and tender breasts, changes in the nipples, and possibly milk production.
What is the Colour of urine in early pregnancy?
Urine color is normally pale yellow, but the depth of yellowness can vary healthily. The yellow color gets darker as the concentration of the urine gets higher.
How can you detect early pregnancy?
In this article, we list 10 early signs that can indicate a woman should take a pregnancy test.
- Missed period. The most common reason to take a pregnancy test is a missed period.
- Breast changes.
- Light bleeding.
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Food aversions or cravings.
- Changes in bathroom habits.
Can a baby in the womb be lactose intolerant?
While relatively uncommon, some babies can be lactose intolerant, and the condition can cause discomfort if left untreated.
What dairy products can you not eat when pregnant?
Although the risk is small, some dairy foods are more prone to contamination with listeria than others and should be avoided during pregnancy. When pregnant, avoid eating unpasteurised dairy products and soft, semi-soft and surface-ripened cheese such as brie, camembert, ricotta, feta and blue cheese.
Is lactose intolerance permanent or temporary?
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We offer a variety of ways for youth to learn about the Holocaust and humanity subjects and take action to become leaders in our community. View activities and program offerings below. We also partner with educators to incorporate Holocaust and humanity education in the classroom.
Leadership through Character Strengths Activity (coming soon!)
In this unique time, students can complete the VIA Character Strengths survey to determine what their top character strengths are and how they can leverage themselves to address challenges and make a difference.
Youth Leadership Day
On Youth Leadership Day, students in grades seven and eight participate in a daylong workshop to gain leadership skills, empowering them to affect positive change.
Comic Artist Badge Activity
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Media culture focuses on investigating factors or processes that shape today’s world. With the rapidly evolving technology and the changing times, media culture plays a significant role in addressing some global emergencies such as climate, health, and structural inequalities. The reason is that the media can reach a broad audience and is instant. Today, the climate is a big global crisis that significantly affects political, economic, and social lives worldwide. More so, the media is also playing a big role in addressing structural inequality.
Structural inequality refers to the situation where certain privileges are not provided equally to all social groups or all institutions. Allocation of resources such as health is biased, which means that some groups or some institutions have more advantages than other groups.
Another factor that the media has had an impact on is the health sector. The World Health Organization has highlighted several health emergencies that should be prioritized and insists on the importance of public health (Anderson et al., 2012). This paper will focus on these three factors and evaluate how media culture has helped address these emergencies.
The media has greatly helped in sensitization on matters of climate change. This has affected the public’s opinion on the climate crisis that the global continent is facing. Without a doubt, the media is at the center of fighting climate change. It has helped raise awareness and bring to an understanding of the environment or climatic changes encouraging friendly environmental behavior (Anderson, 2017). With the media providing informative information about climate change, policymakers can make the right decisions and take the appropriate steps to handle this emergency.
Additionally, media culture helps provide a translation of information given by scientists and activists to the general public in a more understandable way. On the other hand, the media has helped people understand their rights by holding the people in power accountable for the climate crisis. This has led to media personalities interviewing government officials on what they have done in order to combat the crisis.
Such questions or interviews with politicians allow the public to evaluate the government’s initiatives and decide whether they chose the right leaders. Finally, the media emphasizes and airs the impacts of climate change and how they affect human beings. For example, by covering news of areas in which people have been swept away by floods, the media sensitizes people on the need to be more cautious and take more care of the environment to reduce climate change impacts
Media Culture and Society
The significant role of media in the health sector cannot be disputed. The media has played a huge role in ensuring that the public is well-educated on health issues. Media has been the biggest catalyst to help promote healthcare. For example, during the Coronavirus, pandemic media has been the Primary educator on rules and regulations that need to be followed to avoid contracting the disease.
Besides, it also helps bring together different partnerships, private sectors, non-governmental organizations, volunteers, and professional organizations worldwide to solve a certain health crisis (Moorhead et al., 2013). For example, it has brought together different stakeholders from different countries in an effort to find a vaccine for coronavirus disease.
Additionally, the media has also helped health workers reach disadvantaged groups in rural areas. Health workers can also keep the public updated about certain immunizations or offer guidance on measures that should be taken on emergency health complications. Apart from just education, the media also informs the public about the general health situation worldwide
It is the media’s role to provide correct statistics and correct information on the number of people infected by a certain disease or the people who are more vulnerable to infection. The media should also inform the public about geographical areas that have been affected or are more likely to be affected by a certain disease.
The fairly widespread inequalities have posed a question and need for concern as they are a potential threat for social disruption. As a result, the media has come up to play a crucial part in making the public aware of their rights and addressing inequality issues. Search inequalities include education inequality, health inequalities, ethnic inequalities, racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and employment discrimination (Childress & Nault, 2019). Such discrimination has led to conflict and violence in the past few years. Entertainment, politics, and news media all influence the public’s opinion on inequality.
Awareness of Media Culture
However, while the media has been used to promote awareness about inequalities, it has also been at the center in promoting inequality. This is majorly because most of these media channels are owned by private individuals. The channels mostly release news based on their customers or where they are located, which means that they will definitely want to give their consumers what they like to hear.
Sometimes political members even bribe the media to hide relevant information that could have been useful to the public. For example, in the case of employment, employers may employ only their family members and collaborate with the media to avoid exposing the employed list to the public. This is clear evidence that rich people or relatively high-class people have the power to manipulate information that is released to the media.
In conclusion, it is without a doubt that media plays an integral part in emergency response. On the media, it is easy to influence the public, mobilize the public, raise funds, and hold campaigns to manage an emergency. This is because it reaches information fast to the people who need it most. With advanced technology, media culture has the ability to manage emergencies, unlike in ancient times when there was no internet or technology. Nevertheless, government and media organizations deem to improve the dissemination of information. It is their role to ensure that the news released is accurate, responsible, and reliable.
Anderson, A. A. (2017). Effects of social media culture use on climate change opinion, knowledge, and behavior. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science.
Anderson, P. D., Suter, R. E., Mulligan, T., Bodiwala, G., Razzak, J. A., Mock, C., & International Federation for Emergency Medicine. (2012). World Health Assembly Resolution 60.22 and its importance as a health care policy tool for improving emergency care access and availability globally. Annals of emergency medicine, 60(1), 35-44.
Childress, C., & Nault, J. F. (2019). Encultured Biases: The Role of Products in Pathways to Inequality. American Sociological Review, 84(1), 115-141.
Moorhead, S. A., Hazlett, D. E., Harrison, L., Carroll, J. K., Irwin, A., & Hoving, C. (2013). A new dimension of health care: systematic review of the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health communication. Journal of medical Internet research, 15(4), e85.
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Last year my boyfriend Chris and I became part of the home-owners club. We were so ecstatic after signing all the paperwork that we headed straight over to our new home and took a selfie. We love being homeowners and despite all the work that goes into buying a home, we are so happy we did it.
However, before we started this process we had no idea how much work it would take, what questions to ask, who to trust, how much we should pay for our house, etc. A good thing for us is that we had family members who purchased homes before, who gave us solid advice. But even then, we were getting mixed advice from our elders.
If you don’t know what you are doing, buying a house can be so stressful and confusing. But I want to shed some light into what it is like to buy your first home and hopefully give you tips to make this process easier for you.
Decide Home Much You Should Spend
As expected, affordability is one of the most important home buying tips. And there are many factors to consider. For example, keep in mind that your potential home’s location has a significant influence on the going price. That’s mainly because some US states are more expensive than others, and unless you can afford a high-end home, it is not advisable to gamble with this step.
One of the first steps is figuring out how much home you can afford. Start by sticking to the right price range. A rule of thumb is to look at houses that are 2.5 times your annual salary. This was our rule of thumb when we purchased our home. Ideally, your monthly housing payment shouldn’t be more than 28 percent of your gross household monthly income. Use an online mortgage calculator to help figure out what you can afford. We did not do this at first and sure enough, ended up getting approved for one amount then approved a second time for another amount. Luckily for us, the second amount was just right. But we would’ve saved ourselves the headache if we just used an online mortgage calculator.
Make Sure You Have Your Financial Ducks in a Row
Your financial history is important too. Lenders look at income, assets, job history, credit score, total debt and how much you’re willing to put down as a down payment. I have to admit this was the most stressful part of home buying for me personally. There is a lot of emotional stress for me when it comes to talking about my spending habits, debts, and what that means for our relationship. So if you are buying a house with someone, be prepared for this. Chris and I had to get to know each other all over again but in regards to our debts, expenses, and previous rental and credit history. They will dig into your past into things you may not even have known existed, so be aware of this. Our Lender requested pay stubs for 3 months prior and previous tax documents, so it was good that we had these items filed away.
Decide How Much You Should Put in the Down Payment
The traditional estimate for a down payment is 20 percent of the purchase price of the house, which can lower your monthly payments and avoid mortgage insurance better than a lower down payment. Remember that the more you pay upfront, the less you pay in the long run. But that all depends on how much you have saved. If you cannot do 20%, that is fine too, just be open with your lender as to how much you plan to put down.
Be Weary of Closing Costs
Remember that closing costs can add to the amount you need to close your loan and take possession of your new home. Look them over carefully, because they can vary from one lender to another. Outside of your down payment on the house, these are your usual out-of-pocket expenses when home buying. Closing costs can really range from a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars, so make sure you are paying attention to this number.
Put on Your Negotiating Hat
Speaking of closing costs, don’t be afraid to negotiate with the seller and lender to pay closing costs for you. Chris and I did this and it worked out really well for us. The seller agreed to pay up to $5000 in closing costs and then our lender also agreed to pay $5,000 so we had to pay…wait for it…nothing. We paid nothing for our closing costs so speak up!
Use Tools to Help You
This is one thing we did not do enough of and it would have made our lives so much easier. There are many tools out there specifically for millennials to prepare themselves for such a big first step. Capital One actually has a plethora of resources to help the first time home buyers go through this process smoothly. Capital One’s goal is to help first-time homebuyers understand how the home loan process works, which is why they’ve launched a new online learning center that features the know-how you’ll need to become the savviest homeowners on the block.
The Capital One Home Loans Online Neighborhood is a free online resource where you can learn all about home buying. They have gathered easy-to-understand articles and helpful videos, as well as information about Capital One’s Home Loans offerings.
If you’re interested in learning more about Capital One Home Loans and how they can help you buy your first home, visit https://www.capitalone.com/home-loans/direct/learning-center or call them at 855-900-8886.
Mortgages come in all shapes and sizes, and which one you choose depends on a lot of variables, including your budget, the amount you can afford to put down, the interest you’ll pay and the term length. All mortgages have pros and cons, but starting with at least a top-line understanding of what’s available is important as you save for this major purchase. I hope these tips were helpful and good luck on buying your first home!
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The steppe wolf (Canis lupus campestris), also known as the Caspian Sea wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the Caspian steppes, the steppe regions of the Caucasus, the lower Volga region, southern Kazakhstan north to the middle of the Emba, and the steppe regions of the lower European part of the former Soviet Union. It may also occur in northern Afghanistan and Iran and occasionally the steppe regions of Romania and Hungary. The German name is Steppenwolf, whence the novel (1927) by the German author Hermann Hesse got its name. Studies have shown that this type of wolf is known to carry rabies. Due to its close proximity to domestic animals the need for a reliable vaccination is high. Rueness et al. (2014) showed that wolves in the Caucasus Mountains of the putative Caucasian subspecies, C. l. cubanensis, are not genetically distinct enough to be considered a subspecies, but may represent a local ecomorph of C. l. lupus. In Kazakhstan, villagers keep them as guard animals.
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This breed is also called Canis Lupus Campestris, Canis Lupus Cubanensis, Caspian Sea Wolf, Steppe Wolf as well as Steppe Wolves.
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An old A 2002 magazine sports the ad pictured below, juxtaposing
Their hunt the roast vegetable sauce.
with "Our roast vegetable sauce." There's something funny going on in the syntax of the former phrase, that actually made me pay some attention to it. I can't put my finger on what it is though.
Presumably this may be an elliptic construction ("their hunt [after/for/of] the roast vegetable sauce"), where "the roast vegetable sauce" would be in a genitive position. Just as well, this might be just a set phrase, no longer productive.
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In today’s rapidly changing market environment, management and leadership have become increasingly difficult and demanding, and from the managers have been asked to fulfil more goals in increasingly short terms. Due to increasing competition, the companies need to optimise their businesses. Each day the new tools, methods and approaches arise that allow for increasing business efficiency and profitability.
One such approach is also focused on the business processes, the symbol of modern doing business. Since this era does not belong to the era of the great inventions, but technological progress is more ‘cosmetic’ and commercially oriented, the only difference is possible to draw if you constantly keep with the training and posses good reflexes. Today win those who can manage with the cycles of procurement and implementation of information’s, services, materials and products during the shortest period of time. One of such approaches is also aforementioned orientation on business processes that today require such decisions which have to be taken at the level of work i.e. the occurrence of the problems, because the competition destroys organisations that think they have the ability to make decisions managing through a deep hierarchy.
The company should be organised in such a way that allows the vertical and horizontal flow of information’s necessary for the achievement of organisational goals.
If we want to understand the important concept in, above all, traditional, classical organisations, and also in all other forms of organisations – is the understanding of hierarchy. The hierarchy gives them structure which is a form of a protection that keeps them away from the dangers of the outside world.
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Student organizations at the University of Connecticut can now apply for grant funding through the Zipcar/Ford “Students with Drive” video contest.
Those interested can fill out a brief questionnaire and submit a one to two minute video showing what the awarded funds will do for their club. Organizations can apply online at zipcar.com/studentswithdrive.
Katelyn Chesley, public relations manager at Zipcar, said that at UConn specifically, Zipcar has yet to receive an application to Students with Drive. Chesley said this is because UConn has been home to Zipcar for one year.
Miranda Smith, a UConn seventh-semester human development and family studies major and psychology minor, said she is a part of HOLA (Hearts Over Latin America), a fairly new club at UConn that travels to various Spanish-speaking countries across the globe to help children with various developmental aspects of life. Smith said a check from Students with Drive would significantly help her club.
Smith said that HOLA’s goal is to “[help] out rural areas in anyway possible, whether it be through education or even just by building a playground.”
A press release from Zipcar and Ford said that the pair recently exceeded $1 million in donations to organizations on college campuses through this philanthropic program.
According to Chesley, through a partnership with Ford, Zipcar began this initiative in October 2011 to aid in providing funding to college clubs and organizations that help make their campuses and communities a better place to live.
Chesley said the two companies met and asked, “How could we help student organizations doing really great things and how could we help their efforts?” From this, Chesley said, the program was born.
The press release said that each year, clubs and organizations from over 400 college campuses apply for the $25,000 grand prize.
According to Chesley, upon receipt of the sum, $10,000 must be designated to the specific cause, another $10,000 to the university’s scholarship fund and the final $5,000 towards driving credit of Zipcar-provided vehicles.
Aside from the grand prize winner, $13,000 in grant money is awarded to the second-place organization and $9,000 is awarded to the group that comes in third, according to the press release.
Chesley said that each submission is judged by a panel from Ford and Zipcar, as well as by popular vote from the public. The popular vote was implemented this past year, Chesley said.
Chesley said that this year, the Outing Club at Brown University was awarded the top prize of $25,000. The donated funds for the club will go towards “connecting students to outdoor adventure.”
Clem Aeppli, member of the Brown Outing Club, said the funds will help subsidize travel costs and aid more children in poverty. Zipcar will help to improve accessibility from his club to outside community members.
“With Zipcar, we’re able to really increase the number of trips we run and increase the capacity of those trips and bring outdoor access to more students at Brown,” Aeppli said.
According to Zipcar, access to their service for a year is $15 for students and $25 for the public. Each car is priced differently and renters do not pay for gas or insurance.
Smith said she takes advantage of Zipcar throughout the week when she goes to work at a local daycare.
“Things happen; (Zipcar) is very understanding and flexible,” Smith said. “If you live out of state, this is an optimal service.”
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Chain Cohn Stiles is launching a new scholarship aimed to help high school students pay for their driver’s education training.
With many schools eliminating driver’s education programs due to budget cuts, the law firm said the Guided Partners in Safety Scholarship will help students from low-income households that otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford private training and would be more at risk on the road.
Chain Cohn Stiles said the ultimate goal is that the scholarship will increase driver safety and help prevent teenagers from being injured or killed in collisions.
“The safety of our youth is a top concern,” said David Cohn, managing partner at Chain Cohn Stiles. “Our goal is to help those in need, and at the same time reinforce the importance of talking to teen drivers about the responsibilities, rules, and consequences that come with getting behind the steering wheel.”
Applicants must have at least a 2.5 grade-point average, be enrolled in a Kern County high school and write a 200-word creative essay answering the question “Why do you want to drive?”
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Aikido is one of a few martial arts where practitioners wear a hakama. When O Sensei taught Aikido, he required students to wear hakama during practice. Many of his students didn’t have a lot of money and would take old futon covers, dye them blue/black and convince someone to sew the salvaged fabric into a hakama. The story is that over time the dye would wear away and the original futon prints would start to show through.
Since that time, Aikido dojos have adopted various policies on wearing the hakama ranging from “everybody wears them”, through “only the head instructor wears one”. The Aikido Olympia approach is that people shodan (first dan blackbelt) and above wear the hakama. Our rationale is that it’s easier to help students work out their footwork and movement with techniques when a bolt of black fabric is not hiding their feet and legs.
Finally, the folding a hakama. The pleats and the long straps of these pants make them difficult to maintain, and difficult to fold into a portable package. There is a practical reason you’ll see yudansha folding their hakama on the edge of the mat after practice- they don’t want to iron it and if they can fold it in a way that protects the pleats, they don’t have to. You might also notice that senior students will ask to fold the instructor’s hakama. This demonstrates respect, helps people learn how to fold the hakama, and creates a game where everyone is demonstrating how they’re still applying martial awareness after the class has ended.
Aikido in Daily Life
We come to our dojo to train so that we’re better able to apply the principles of aikido in our daily lives.
Some of you may be aware of a little “discussion” going on in the virtual aikido community, regarding the effectiveness of aikido in competitive martial arts. This is an interesting discussion since aikido is based on the principle of non-competition. For many aikidoka, we passively accept that aikido isn’t competitive but don’t often ponder what strategic value this principle might provide.
As a pretty competitive guy, it took me years to realize that if you’re not trying to compete with someone, either in life or in a martial art, then you gain a strategic advantage. First, if you’re competing, you have to be willing to put yourself out there as you have to “make your move”. By not putting energy into that, you can instead put your energy into being able to respond. Second, in competition we have to establish criteria for who wins.
By not setting artificial criteria for success, we open more options for how we can be successful. In fact, some options include all involved parties being successful together.
For those who haven’t had the opportunity to join us on Thursday mornings at 5:30, there is something special about the smell of our dojo in the morning after a vigorous summertime Wednesday evening double feature. And by special, I mean funky!
Harmony can take many forms and sometimes it takes the form of a clean gi. Among martial artists, cleaning methods are a mix of voodoo and chemistry. If you search the internet you’ll find suggestions ranging from “only dry your gi under moonlight” to “bleach it till it glows”.
A middle of the road method that many aikidoka recommend is to first soak your gi in warm water with some Borax or Oxyclean. I have a “gi bucket” (a plastic 3 gallon bucket I picked up at Oly Hardware a few years ago). Fill it up with enough water that your gi can be covered with water and mix in the detergent. The sooner after using your gi that you can start the soaking the better. Use your judgement about the soaking but soaking it longer than overnight is probably not useful.
After you feel that it’s soaked long enough, run it through a sturdy wash cycle using your regular laundry detergent. Once it’s washed, air drying it is the best approach. This avoids shrinking, saves energy, and if it’s sunny out can add some ultraviolet light to reduce some of the bacteria that create the questionable gi funkiness described above.
In my life outside of the dojo, I’m often preoccupied with concerns related to leadership. Last month, I had an opportunity to participate in the Integrated Leadership training, held in Sequim, Wash.
First, let me say that this was one of the most physically uncomfortable leadership trainings in which I’ve had the opportunity to participate. Second of all, this discomfort made it one of the most rewarding leadership trainings I’ve ever experienced (and admittedly, I’ve been to a few… mostly because I’m a slow learner).
The reason this training was uncomfortable was that this experience required a considerable amount of zazen (sitting meditation) which, unapologetically, requires one to embrace discomfort as a training tool. Aikido also encourages building new relationships with discomfort, whether it’s struggling to learn a movement, falling to the ground, or getting up at 5:00 for the morning class. It is through these experiences that we have new opportunities to build our leadership skills – whether we think of ourselves as leaders or not.
As many of us have been taught, “do” translates as a “way of being.” This “way of being” in aikido includes becoming a leader (in our jobs, our families, our community, etc.). We practice expanding our awareness (use “big vision”), taking the initiative and making decisions (“all techniques are irimi”), expanding our energy to influence those around us, learning to lead others physically as we practice techniques, and harmonizing with others and the world around us. Through these practices, we have the opportunity to integrate those concepts into the “way we are” and extend the spirit of aikido into the world. And, more than anything, it is about embracing discomfort, blending with it, and using it to reach greater potential.
Budo is known to most American martial artists as “the Way of the Warrior”. For many Aikidoka, reconciling the ideas of warriors and promoting peace can be a struggle. By taking a step back we can reframe these seemingly opposed ideas. Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido began developing a martial art that built on a rich martial tradition while reorienting the techniques and purpose of the previous martial practices to build peace and harmony. As the practice that became Aikido emerged, O Sensei initially called it “Aiki-Budo” and in 1938 published a book titled “Budo”.
Budo is an interesting choice of brands for an emerging martial art. The specific word translates to english as “to set the spear aside” or “stop the fighting”, perhaps even to “create peace”. Bringing this to the point, Budo also meant something particular to O Sensei. Something different then other terms for fighting arts that he could have chosen. In his descriptions, this term conveyed a way of being and acting. In his words Budo is “a way of life dedicated to peace and enlightened action”. As students of Aikido, we have many reasons that we enjoy our practice. These are all good and valid reasons for showing up and participating in this art and while we all move down our path it is sometimes useful to reflect on the values that our practice is built on.
Through Ukemi, we learn to be connected to the nage. As the nage moves we adjust to their movements. Following closely and with a highly responsive awareness that allows us to protect ourselves and shape the results of the interaction. For most (hopefully all) of us, it’s very unlikely that we will be engaged in a physical altercation but the responsive awareness we’re developing in our practice has immense benefit in our daily lives. It’s through engaging with others and our environment with ever increasing awareness that we can respond constructively and shape the outcomes of our daily interactions.
Misogi Harai means polishing the dust off of the mirror. This past month, Aikido Olympia hosted promotional demonstrations. It was wonderful to come together as a community and participate in this event (and the “snackluck” that followed). And, as with many Aikido practices, there are many layers to this activity. It is easy to view promotional demonstrations as a way showing our community what skills have been learned or showcasing many months of practice. At another level, these events are very personal and much more a form of ukemi, or putting yourself out there, extending energy, and accepting the outcomes. Those participating in the demonstrations, have to take one more step toward polishing the dust off of their mirror and learning more about themselves.
”Aikido is a do or a way of being. Which is different than collecting techniques- that is a jutsu.” This is a phrase that almost all of us have heard at the first class of every month, where new students are welcomed to Aikido Olympia. In our training we all occasionally get carried away with the technique and occasionally need a reminder that Aikido is done with a partner for many reasons. Most importantly is that this partnership, when in harmony creates a special a kind of a mirror. A mirror that reflects our own abilities, biases, weaknesses, and motivations. And, if we can extend this practice of building harmonious partnerships outside the dojo, there is a possibility that we can create these mirrors in other parts of our life as well. Imagine the self awareness and personal development that could come from that… | <urn:uuid:7f45e655-b0ed-4e7e-ba60-8952deab715a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://aikidoolympia.net/aikidoblog/page/11/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955756 | 2,114 | 2.140625 | 2 |
FISHERS — Days before the Spark Fishers Parade, the Fishers High School Tiger Band is preparing diligently for this performance, a showcase to the community.
"We're really excited to show everyone what we've been working on. Besides the Sparks Fishers Parade, we're also getting ready for the Macy's Day Parade in 2023, which is a big deal," Chad Kohler, director of athletic bands at FHS, said.
Kohler says making sure the students are prepared for these big performances and the season ahead is important, but doesn't trump keeping the kids safe when it's hot outside.
"They're inside warming up and then they'll be out. We'll be out here for about 25 minutes," he said. "We've not spent any longer than about an hour per segment outside."
"If it's really hot, we've been going inside and doing basics and choreography stuff in one of our gyms," Katy Delaney, one of the drum majors, said. "Since our June camp is at night, it's a little less hot and we're able to be out here when the sun is setting."
Summer break has been scorching for kids across Central Indiana, making it tough for students participating in any extra-curricular activity to be outside practicing.
Dr. Gary Kirkilas, a pediatrician at Phoenix Children's Hospital, says he understands the delicate balance parents face when sending their kids to practices when the weather is extremely hot. Living in Phoenix gives him a unique perspective on hot weather.
"I think this whole week it's like in the 105 and 108 range," Dr. Kirkilas said. He shares the most common thing he tells parents with school age kids doing activities outside.
"In general, what I do recommend is to avoid the hottest parts of the day between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.," he said. "If you're experiencing a lot of hot, [if] the skin turns to a reddish color, those are signs you're experiencing heat exhaustion. It's very scary when it turns into a heat stroke. The patient will get very confused, they're not acting like themselves."
NiCole R. Keith, PhD, the past president of the American College of Sports Medicine, says parents should tell their kids to listen to their bodies when they're participating in outdoor activities.
"Our brains will tell us when we need to hydrate. If a kid says I'm thirsty, you need to let that kid drink," she said. "The older we get, the worse we are at this. We say 'I can push myself a little bit harder.' For teenagers, high school students, it's the adult's responsibility to make sure they're hydrating because they will try to push."
Kohler says proper hydration and mandatory breaks are all things reinforced to the students by the staff.
"These kids are our kids. We have to look out for them as if they're ours. We reinforce with them. We mandate that they're hydrating constantly and showing up to rehearsals with food in their belly," Kohler said. | <urn:uuid:ffe9cbb3-fb73-47a3-9823-9b7a0d58d381> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/keeping-students-safe-when-the-weather-gets-hot | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.976643 | 646 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Human mesenchymal stromal cell sheets induce macrophages predominantly to an anti-inflammatory phenotype
Stem Cells and Development , Volume 27 - Issue 13 p. 922- 934
Tissue healing is a highly complex process involving a cascade of biochemical and cellular events. Excessive inflammation can impair the healing response. Previous in vitro studies have shown that mesenchymal stromal cells can modulate macrophage-induced inflammation and, therefore, are promising candidates for cell-based therapies aimed at promoting tissue repair. Recently, cell sheets were introduced as a new method of delivering stromal cells to the repair site. The goal of the current study was to compare the effect of different types of stromal cell sheets on the inflammatory state of macrophages in vitro. We compared the effects of adipose tissue-derived stromal cell (ASC) sheets, bone marrow derived stromal cell (BMSC) sheets, and fibroblast sheets on macrophage functional phenotype using flow cytometric analysis, gene expression, as well as cell sheet protein secretion. This was evaluated with and without inflammatory stimulation. Viability and senescence for the different types of sheet were also evaluated. Macrophages cultured in ASC sheet conditioned medium (CM) displayed a higher fluorescence intensity of the anti-inflammatory CD206 surface marker than when cultured in BMSC sheet CM and expressed more CCL18 and IL1RA than when cultured in fibroblast sheet CM. Moreover, ASC sheets had higher cell viability and less senescent cells than BMSC sheets and fibroblast sheets. Taken together, ASC and BMSC can stimulate the anti-inflammatory macrophage (M2) phenotype to a better extent than fibroblasts. It is suggested that ASC sheets might outperform BMSC sheets in an inflammatory situation since ASC sheet CM induced-macrophages have more M2 characteristics, and ASC in the sheet was more viable.
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|Stem Cells and Development|
|Organisation||Department of Otorhinolaryngology|
Sukho, P, Hesselink, J.W. (Jan Willem), Kops, N, Kirpensteijn, J, Verseijden, F, & Bastiaansen-Jenniskens, Y.M. (2018). Human mesenchymal stromal cell sheets induce macrophages predominantly to an anti-inflammatory phenotype. Stem Cells and Development, 27(13), 922–934. doi:10.1089/scd.2017.0275
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Advances in the development of universal influenza vaccines
Despite the widespread availability and use of influenza vaccines, influenza still poses a considerable threat to public health. Vaccines against seasonal influenza do not offer protection against pandemic viruses, and vaccine efficacy against seasonal viruses is reduced in seasons when the vaccine composition is not a good match for the predominant circulating viruses. Vaccine efficacy is also reduced in older adults, who are one of the main target groups for vaccination. The continual threat of pandemic influenza, with the known potential for rapid spread around the world and high mortality rates, has prompted researchers to develop a number of novel approaches to providing immunity to this virus, focusing on target antigens which are highly conserved between different influenza A virus subtypes. Several of these have now been taken into clinical development, and this review discusses the progress that has been made, as well as considering the requirements for licensing these new vaccines and how they might be used in the future. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | <urn:uuid:d2738f6f-44d2-462c-a0af-00ca6252bc2c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.psi.ox.ac.uk/publications/426135 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.952932 | 205 | 3.078125 | 3 |
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a simple, straightforward message this week when he toured Israel’s border with Syria and Lebanon with top security officials.
“Our face is turned toward peace, we are ready for any eventuality, and I don’t suggest anyone test us,” he said Tuesday in a video message he posted on Twitter, the sound of helicopter blades whirring in the background.
The mixed message signaled Israel’s ambivalence about taking on the terrorist group Hezbollah 12 years after Lebanon and Israel were left gutted by a summer war.
The 2006 war was costly for both sides: Hezbollah, the preeminent militia in Lebanon, lost political capital for inviting a devastating response to its provocations along Israel’s border. Israel’s military and political class at the time paid a price for not decisively winning a war that precipitated a mass internal movement of civilians southward.
Reuters on Thursday quoted a senior Lebanese official as saying that an American intermediary conveyed a message from Israel to Lebanon: Israel does not want an escalation.
Yet the sides are making increasingly belligerent noises. Here are five factors contributing to increasing tensions along the border.
Syria may be winding down, and Iran is winding up.
The Assad regime, along with its allies Russia, Iran and Hezbollah — Iran’s proxy in the region — have the opposition in Syria’s civil war on the run. Iran and Hezbollah are striking while the iron is hot, establishing preeminence in the region. Iranian brass recently toured southern Lebanon and Tehran, according to Israeli reports, and Iran is financing a military factory in Lebanon.
Israeli officials reject a permanent Iranian presence on its border — a message that Netanyahu delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin when they met last month in Moscow.
“I told him that Israel views two developments with utmost gravity: First is Iran’s efforts to establish a military presence in Syria, and second is Iran’s attempt to manufacture – in Lebanon – precision weapons against the State of Israel,” he said after the meeting. “I made it clear to him that we will not agree to either one of these developments and will act according to need.”
A U.S. leadership vacuum is creating anxiety.
President Donald Trump ordered a missile strike on a Syrian missile base last year after it was revealed that Syria used chemical weapons against civilians, but otherwise the U.S. engagement with shaping the outcome of Syria’s civil war has been desultory. Russia is filling the vacuum, which is stoking Israeli anxieties. Despite generally good relations between the Netanyahu and Putin governments, Israel cannot rely on Russia to advance Israeli interests in the same way it has with the United States.
“As the shape of the Syrian war changes, Israel may find its working relations with Russia undermined by Moscow’s desire to exercise influence in Syria generally from afar, and by its shifting relations with Iran,” Shoshana Bryen, the senior director at the Jewish Policy Center, wrote this week in The Algemeiner.
Absent focused U.S. leadership, Israel may strike out on its own to prevent Hezbollah from becoming the preeminent force in the nations to its north.
There are signs that the Trump administration, albeit belatedly, is noticing what its absence has wrought: Last month, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said 2,000 U.S. troops currently in Syria to assist pro-Western rebels would remain stationed there to mitigate against a permanent Iranian presence in Syria.
New fences make restive neighbors.
Israel is building a wall on its northern border along a line demarcated by the United Nations in 2000, when Israel ended its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon. Israel is building the wall in order to prevent the deadly Hezbollah incursions that spurred the 2006 war, which claimed 1,200 Lebanese lives and more than 60 Israeli lives.
But neither Lebanon nor Hezbollah accepted the demarcation as a permanent outcome, citing disputes over small patches of land that extended back to the 1949 armistice, and the Lebanese government and Hezbollah have threatened action.
Oil and gas
Lebanon last month approved a joint bid by Italian, French and Russian oil companies to explore seas off its coast. Israel claims a portion of the waters. Israeli leaders have called for a diplomatic solution to the dispute, but the competing claims are aggravating tensions between the countries.
Hezbollah, intermittently, has also threatened to attack Israeli platforms in the Mediterranean extracting natural gas.
The Gaza Strip also is restive, with an increase in rocket attacks from Hamas and Israeli retaliatory strikes after Trump in December recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. An Israel distracted by an engagement with Hamas and other terrorist groups in the south could be seen by Hezbollah as an opening to strike in the north. | <urn:uuid:2bf4662b-1015-4e37-a2fb-1a45404a7cdd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jta.org/2018/02/07/united-states/israel-is-ready-for-war-with-hezbollah-in-lebanon-here-are-five-reasons-why | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955347 | 1,005 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Blackout Tuesday: Celebrities, organisations and people show solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement. Here’s how to do it right
Scrolling through your Instagram, Twitter or Facebook feeds, it would be nearly impossible for you to not notice that the array of colourful posts that usually pop up as you scroll down have been replaced by black squares, hashtagged #BlackoutTuesday. The social media campaign was started by the music industry in a show of solidarity to the Black Lives Matter movement and also with people around the globe protesting an end to police brutality after the brutal death of 46-year-old African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May by white police officer Derek Chauvin. Video footage showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe.”
People took to the streets to peacefully protest, although some protests turned violent or ended with looting and vandalism.
Major institutions, celebrities, musicians, museums, galleries, actors, ordinary people and organisations around the globe posted black squares on their social media handles to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Several music labels including Warner Music Group, Sony/ATV, Universal Music, Motown, Capitol Records, British label Dirty Hit, Eminem’s Shady Records among others halted business operations on Tuesday in a move organised by Live Nation.
Live Nation posted, “On Tuesday June 2nd all of Live Nation’s offices around the globe will observe Blackout Tuesday to stand with the black community and our colleagues, artists, crews, fans and leaders fighting against injustice and racism. We are pulling the plug on business as usual. We will take the day to work together with our employees and colleagues on actionable next steps that will continue to engage and spark consistent action in fighting racism. #BlackLivesMatter.”
The post was captioned #TheShowMustBePaused, a hashtag started by music executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang, their intention was to get those from within and outside the industry to “intentionally disrupt the work week” and “take a beat for an honest, reflective and productive conversation about what actions we need to collectively take to support the Black community.”
Musicians Ariana Grande and Rihanna are also doing their bit to promote the movement. Ariana Grande posted a black square with links to Black Lives Matter accounts for her 189 million followers on Instagram, captioned,”Sending strength and if you are protesting today please be safe.” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with his 185 million followers posted a black square with the hashtags #normalizeequality and #blackouttuesday.
Rihanna took to her Twitter to post, “We ain’t buying s**t!!! and we ain’t selling s**t neither!! gang gang! #BLACKOUTTUESDAY AF!!!”, and the singer also posted a black square on her feed. Rihanna’s three companies, Fenty, Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty have replaced their usual homepage with a message in solidarity with the movement that reads, “We are not staying silent and we are not standing by. The fight against racial inequality, injustice, and straight-up racism doesn’t stop with financial donations and words of support. In solidarity with the Black community, our employees, our friends, our families, and our colleagues across industries we are proud to take part in #BlackoutTuesday.”
The message continues: “This is not a day off. This is a day to reflect and find ways to make real change. This is a day to #PullUp.” Rihanna started the company with Louis Vuitton’s parent company, LVMH, and is the first black woman to run a major luxury fashion house.
The label shared on Instagram Tuesday reads: “Fenty as a brand was created to elevate beauty, power and freedom! At this very moment, racists are attempting to rip those values away from black people and we will NOT stand by and let that happen. We are too powerful, creative, and resilient.”
Tom Brady and Giselle Bundchen also posted black squares on their feeds to show solidarity. Giselle captioned her post, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -Martin Luther King, Jr.” Followed by the Portuguese translation of the same quote.
However, Black Lives Matter activists reminded people to not use Black Lives Matter hashtags and expressed concern that mistagging Blackout Tuesday posts with hashtags for Black Lives Matter or BLM was stopping the flow of important information related to the movement, as these hashtags are used to organise future protests and share information. Activists say that doing this causes important posts with critical information about protests and efforts to get lost as platforms’ algorithms sort out their feeds.
Artist Toyin Ojih Odutola captioned her post, “Please don’t use the black lives matter hashtag, it’s to help those on the ground, and instead refer to local bail fun or international organisations.”
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza urged people to use other hashtags like Blackout Tuesday or The Show Must Be Pause, tweeting, “Today we need to be MORE connected than ever.”
Among the many artists that participated were Olafur Eliasson, and Tracey Emin, who wrote, “The world is full of so much fear, and those who are in charge are making it worse and worse and worse and worse.”
While some supported the movement, others thought it oversimplified the cause and was reductive. UK rapper Awate, said the move was undemocratic and enforced on artists. He tweeted, “Instead of this performance, we should find a way to unionise and innovate methods of supporting the struggles of our people under attack. Capitalism got us here. Let’s try a collective approach.”
Several museums and galleries also participated. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Queens Museum in Brooklyn, postponed their online activities, while, the Tate posted a Chris Ofili painting in tribute to Stephen Lawrence captioned, “Nobody should have to live in fear because of the colour of their skin.”
TikTok said it was “standing in solidarity with the Black community and the music industry” and would turn off its playlists to mark “the extraordinary recurrence of injustice the Black community is experiencing in the long fight against inequality, racism and violence”. The company also said that it plans to set up a “creator diversity council” which will be “recognizing and uplifting the voices driving culture, creativity, and important conversations on the platform.” Other than this, the company has also pledged to donate $3 million to charities that are helping the black community during the coronavirus pandemic and is committing another $1 million toward fighting racial injustice and inequality in the United States of America
In a separate post on TikTok, the company’s incoming CEO, Kevin Mayer, said, “As I begin my work at TikTok, it has never been a more important time to support Black employees, users, creators, artists, and our broader community. Words can only go so far. I invite our community to hold us accountable for the actions we take over the coming weeks, months, and years.”
High-end fashion brands such as Versace, Saint Laurent and Gucci have also posted messages pledging solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement after a number of luxury boutiques suffered looting in recent days in top locations such as California’s Rodeo Drive and New York’s SoHo.
Gucci reposted a poem by writer Cleo Wade on Twitter and Instagram about how to end racism and bigotry, while Prada SpA uploaded a statement that it was outraged and saddened by the injustices facing the black community. French cosmetics brand L’Oreal SA posted “Speaking out is worth it” on its social media accounts. While H&M’s parent company, Swedish apparel chain Hennes & Mauritz AB kept the message simple with “Let’s change.” | <urn:uuid:f324961b-ac2e-489b-8a60-51b28a928151> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/blackout-tuesday-celebrities-museums-organisations-show-solidarity-with-black-lives-matter-here-s-how-to-do-it-right/story-BZDHUxoVim1jLw33pNeb0M.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.945141 | 1,736 | 1.539063 | 2 |
It is our school policy that all children wear school uniform when attending school, or when participating in a school-organised event outside normal school hours.
Aims and objectives
Our policy on school uniform is based on the notion that school uniform:
- promotes a sense of pride in the school;
- engenders a sense of community and belonging towards the school;
- is practical and smart;
- identifies the children with the school;
- contributes to a positive and powerful learning climate;
- prevents children from coming to school in fashion clothes that could be distracting in class;
- makes children feel equal to their peers in terms of appearance;
- is regarded as suitable wear for school and good value for money by most parents;
- is designed with health and safety in mind.
Click the link above to order your new school uniform.
Our school uniform is:
Red sweatshirt or sweat cardigan
White polo shirt , Grey trousers or skirt/pinafore dress
Black shoes In summer, Red and white gingham dresses, Grey shorts, Appropriate flat shoes (summer)
An optional red storm-proof coat may also be purchased from school.
Our P.E. Kit is:
White tee shirt
Plain black shorts
Appropriate trainers for outdoor lessons
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If your home does not have air conditioning, there are simple ways to help keep it as cool as possible during the hot summer months. The number-one rule of thumb? Circulation, circulation, circulation. Since heat rises, put fans on the upper level of your house and open windows on the lower levels. For smaller homes or apartments, close windows near fans and open the windows that are farthest away. This simple trick will help maximize the airflow and keep the air moving as efficiently as possible. The effect will help wick away sweat from the skin and keep you cool. | <urn:uuid:df432a0f-0dae-409b-967c-862a26809eea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.uexpress.com/life/do-just-one-thing/2014/07/06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.956351 | 117 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Boneyard Creek facts for kids
Quick facts for kidsBoneyard Creek
The Boneyard flows through the UIUC Engineering Campus
|Main source||City of Champaign, Illinois|
|River mouth||Confluence with the Saline Branch, Urbana, Illinois
728 ft (222 m)
|Length||3.3 mi (5.3 km)|
|Progression||Boneyard Creek → Saline Branch → Salt Fork → Vermilion → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico|
Boneyard Creek is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km) waterway that drains much of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It is a tributary of the Saline Branch of the Salt Fork Vermilion River, which is a tributary of the south-flowing Vermilion River and the Wabash River. The creek flows through the northern sections of the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The newsletter of the university's ACM chapter is Banks of the Boneyard, named after the creek.
In pre-settlement times, the Boneyard, like most of the other watercourses of Champaign County, Illinois, was probably a series of connected wetlands without a clearly defined channel. With settlement, the drainage was "improved". Today the Boneyard is a highly channelized stream, running in a slit trench, with steel sheet pilings along much of its length.
There are several stories about the origin of the name "Boneyard". One is that the local Indians hung their dead over the stream, allowing the bones to fall into the creek, so that the creek was full of human bones when the first American settlers arrived. This could be an example of excarnation, which many Native American peoples indeed practiced. One problem with this story is that there have been no confirmed findings of human bones in excavations along the streams. In University of Illinois lore, the name "Boneyard" comes from the remains of poor students who could not handle the school's tough engineering curriculum.
In the 1950s, Professor Karl B. Lohmann, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois, and Urbana Parks Commissioner, publicly advocated improving the Boneyard Creek.
Prior to the environmental movement in the late 1960s the Boneyard was an open sewer, with floating solids and a foul stench. During the 1970s many sources of pollution were removed, and water quality gradually improved.
The Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District sewage outfall is located on the Saline Branch, just downstream from where the Boneyard enters that stream. Late in the 1970s, sewage chlorination, required by environmental regulations, was identified as a major negative factor for aquatic life. Although disinfection theoretically reduced the chances of hypothetical bathers contracting disease downstream of a sewage outfall, chlorination also killed most aquatic life for miles downstream. Late in the 1980s, the Sanitary District was allowed to discontinue chlorination. Fish soon returned to the Boneyard, after the chlorine block was removed from the Saline Branch. The fish, however, live a tenuous life on the Boneyard, which has frequently seen major fish kills as a result of spills and other accidents in the urbanized area.
One branch of the Boneyard extends into South Neil Street, where it meets the headwaters of the Embarrass and Kaskaskia rivers. During the 1920s, the Illinois Central Railroad tracks were elevated in this area, to allow traffic to pass under the tracks. The rail embankment cut off the South Neil branch of the Boneyard, creating "Lake Neil" after a moderate rain event. This flooding would subside over several hours as the water flowed under the rail embankment through tiles.
The City of Champaign, in cooperation with the University of Illinois, has set up a master plan for improving the creek's watershed.
During the 1980s, "Lake Neil" was eliminated by placing larger tiles under the rail embankment. This, however, had the effect of creating flooding on the other side of the tracks, near Fourth and Green, where the branches of the Boneyard joined. In wet years, flooding caused damage estimated to be as much as $1000 per year.
During the late 1990s, the City of Champaign resolved to eliminate the flooding near Fourth Street and Green Street. After considerable debate, the city built an enormous detention basin upstream of Fourth and Green streets, at a cost of approximately $22 million. The basin is designed to fill when the Boneyard approaches flood stage, preventing flooding at Fourth and Green streets up to a 100-year flood.
- - Scott Park, Champaign
- - UIUC Engineering campus, Urbana
- - Patterson Parklet, Urbana
The Boneyard Greenway is a pedestrian and bike path that runs along the length of the Boneyard Creek from S 1st St to S 6th St. This path is used primarily by UIUC students, faculty, and local residents to navigate campus away from the busy sidewalks and streets of the main roads.
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Having upgraded his rank to five in Swachh Survekshan at the national level of the Union government This year, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is aiming for the top spot in 2022, so the civic body has forced its employees to download the Swachh mobile app and promote public participation through it.
Municipal Commissioner Vikram Kumar ordered all PMC employees to download the Swachh mobile app. The Swachh contest aims to improve and encourage cleanliness in cities across the country and, along with other measures, has also weighed citizen participation. Greater public participation through the app increases the chances that a city will improve its ranking in the competition.
Therefore, civic staff have been directed to download the Swachh mobile app and encourage others to do the same. Citizen feedback is considered crucial in rating cities for cleanliness. The corporation had previously received criticism after ranking 17th in last year’s Swachh rankings.
The PMC has now hired consultants to guide it on cleanup measures and streamline its administrative process for fast and efficient waste management. In addition, it has decided to take new measures for the management of solid and liquid waste. It also plans to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities and establish new garbage processing plants, as well as segregating the maximum amount of waste before sending it for processing. To promote best practices in waste management and its scientific disposal, the civic entity has also been organizing public awareness campaigns. | <urn:uuid:a05aeff4-dd66-497a-922d-e7b8e72358eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thakurblog.com/pune-eyeing-top-rank-in-cleanliness-pmc-asks-civic-staff-to-download-swachh-app/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959142 | 296 | 1.515625 | 2 |
AC43.13-1B – Superb FAA reference material on standard aircraft practice.
Matronics lists – Excellent archive of email groups about light aircraft.
Matronics FTP site – FTP portal for downloading archives for off-line reading.
SL-360 Build – Pictorial of a Superior (Lycoming clone) engine build. Great stuff
Gyro Systems – An interesting article about Gyroscopic Instrument errors.
Mode S – Info on Mode S transponders
Some Aircraft Type Specific Websites
RV Squadron – A Yahoo group for UK Vans RV kitplane owners.
RVUK – A web site dedicated to RVs in the UK. Concise and refreshing.
Vans Air Force – A Yahoo group for Vans Air Force. Large almost ‘corporate’ site with lots of info.
The Europa Club – The Europa is the most popular UK manufactured homebuilt aircraft.
The International Jodel Club – A forum for Jodel owners. Create a Yahoo.com account and then access through our link.
Piel Discussion Group – Create a Yahoo.com account and then access through our link.
Piel Planes Forum – Le Forum Avions Piel – French site dedicated to all Piel models
European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) – The European equivalent of the US FAA. Its purpose is to produce common European Standards for regulating aviation. It has the power to regulate rather than advise national authorities .
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) – The CAA is a company the UK government uses to regulate UK aircraft and airspace. It is a cost-plus organisation required to return a 6% profit to the exchequer each year. While EASA and EU regulation and law presently control many aspects of aircraft operation and pilot licensing within the UK, the CAA has its own specific responsibilities. A recently established “GA Unit” within CAA has made considerable progress in removing some of the regulatory burden for GA aircraft and pilots within its own remit. It is also lobbying EASA to do similar for GA aircraft.
Of course BREXIT may alter this position considerably!
G-INFO – The online UK aircraft register. The CAA places information about aircraft, owners, even their address in the public domain. Burglars and junk mailers love it!
Light Aircraft Association Ltd (LAA) – A members’ association, now also a company delegated by the CAA with responsibility for amateur built and some vintage aircraft in the UK. Unlike the USA’s EAA it has a legal responsibility for the safe construction and operation of such aircraft. It tries to be both a regulator of permit aircraft and representative for their owners; conflicting roles that it carries out with some success.
LAA leaflets – Detailed information about LAA regulation of permit aircraft.
LAA Struts – Struts are LAA member clubs around the UK. To find a strut in your area use the postcode search at the bottom.
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C Gypsy Minor
C Gypsy Minor scale for guitar.
The C Gypsy Minor is a seven-note scale. Notes are displayed in the diagram with blue color with the root notes indicated by darker color. In the two-octave pattern, the first root note appears on the 6th string, 8th fret.
2 octavesNotes: C - D - Eb - F# - G - Ab - B Intervals: 2 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 1 Type: Septonic
The scale displayed with its numeric formula, intervals and scale degrees.
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The main three-note and four-note chords that can be harmonized from this scale are the following:
The tones in these chords correspond to the tones of the C Gypsy Minor scale.
The second and fourth columns include short notations for the chords in the first and third columns respectively. These are based on common ways to play the chord, but there are other alternatives. See more about this notation system on the FAQ page.
The C Gypsy Minor consists of seven notes. These can be described as intervals, based on semi-notes or steps on the guitar fingerboard, written as 2 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 1 from the first note to the next octave.
The scale can be played on the guitar from different starting positions in which C functions as the root tone.
The C Gypsy Minor is also referred to as the C Hungarian Minor scale. It should not be confused with the C Gypsy Major scale.
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- Lloyds TSB is the UK’s first financial services provider to offer Deaf customers an online sign language service
- Customers can use the service to handle everyday transactions on their Lloyds TSB personal current, savings and credit card accounts
- There are 70,000 people who use British Sign Language (BSL) as their first language in the UK
Lloyds Banking Group is the first financial services provider in the UK to introduce a sign language communication service for its Deaf customers. Called SignVideo, the service enables Deaf customers to have direct access to the Lloyds TSB customer service team via a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter using their computer and a webcam. This will enable Lloyds TSB Deaf customers to communicate in their first or preferred language of BSL.
To access the service, customers simply click on the SignVideo BSL Live link on the LloydsTSB.com contact us page and follow the on-screen instructions.
Once connected, customers talk to the SignVideo interpreter using sign language and the interpreter relays whatever is said to the Lloyds TSB customer service team and vice versa.
Customers can use the service to handle everyday transactions on their Lloyds TSB personal current, savings and credit card accounts. This includes paying bills and transferring money to other UK accounts.
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, says: “I’ve been calling for companies to play their part in addressing the needs of their British Sign Language customers, and so I’m delighted that Lloyds TSB has shown leadership on this issue within the banking sector. It’s a great example of industry self-regulation at work, and proof that Video Relay Service schemes can be put in place easily, and at minimal cost. The digital economy depends on making sure everyone can contribute and everyone can benefit, and I would now urge the rest of the banking industry to follow Lloyds’ lead.”
Martin Dodd, Lloyds Banking Group’s Customer Services Director, says: “We are always working hard to understand the challenges faced by our disabled customers, looking to find new ways to improve the services we provide to make their lives easier. This is why we have launched a new programme focussed on meeting the needs of our customers with disabilities – this includes launching Talking ATMs this year through to this new, market-leading sign language service.
“Many of us take for granted being able to quickly call our bank and ask a question or pay a bill, but for the thousands of Deaf people in the UK, whose preference is to communicate using BSL, this simply has not been possible until now. I’m delighted to be announcing the launch of this service which will significantly improve the service we provide to our deaf and hard of hearing customers.”
Disability Rights UK has worked with Lloyds TSB to ensure service improvements are through real engagement and understanding of disabled people and their needs.
Liz Sayce, the CEO of Disability Rights UK, says: “As well as common adjustments that work for everyone, service providers need to make access provision for specific groups. We are very pleased that Lloyds TSB is leading the way in utilising new technologies to ensure access for Deaf sign language users and hope other banks will follow their lead.”
Joanna Wootten, Director of Information & Advice, Business Disability Forum, says: “Lloyds Banking Group is the first bank in the UK to be widening their access to British Sign Language (BSL) users. As a BSL user myself, I hope that many other businesses will start to follow suit. Whatever your business, ensuring you provide access for deaf people is vital to sustaining your business. Disability-smart businesses work hard to get it right for all their customers.”
SignVideo is available to all Lloyds TSB customers who have access to a PC with a webcam and Microsoft Internet Explorer or Safari.
Lloyds Banking Group will be rolling the service out to all Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers in February 2013.
Lloyds Banking Group is also introducing TexBox, an enhanced form of Textphone that allows deaf or hearing impaired customers to use their own mobile or computer as well as a traditional textphone to contact the bank and converse with customer service staff.
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Patterson, Robert, F.L.S., 1802-1872. A Belfast merchant and distinguished zoologist. Belfast Collection, 1886 gives his hymn on the Power of Religion, "There is a power which soothes the soul." It is also in Beard's Collection, 1837.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Two faculty members, one an archivist and the other a rhetoric and composition scholar/professor collaborated in processing the papers of a rhetoric and composition scholar. This project allowed the archivist to gain a better understanding of archival researchers' needs, while allowing the researcher to better understand the thought process and activities inherent in archival processing-- the activities of organizing, describing, and preserving primary source materials in the archives. Through this article the authors seek to demystify and increase transparency of archival processing, while enhancing researchers' abilities to interpret the archival collections with which they work.
archives, archivists, rhetoric, composition, processing, finding aids, research, researchers, scholarship, archival science
Working in the Archives, edited by Alexis E. Ramsey, et al. Southern Illinois University Press, 2009.
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As an example, let's take Clostridium botulinum (the source of "Botox" serum), a soil bacterium with unusually low G+C content, at 28%. If we go through the organism's 3,404 protein-coding genes, we find actual base contents of:
These numbers are for a single strand (the coding strand or "message" strand) of DNA, which is why A and T aren't equal. For whole DNA, of course, A =T and G = C, but that's not the case here. We're just interested in the message strand.
If we put the above base frequencies into the Shannon equation, we come up with a value of 1.8467 for the information content (in bits) of one base of C. botulinum DNA. The DNA is about 7.67% redundant on a zero-order entropy basis. The DNA may be over 70% A and T, but it's a long way from being a two-base (one bit) information stream. Each base encodes an average of 1.8467 bits of information, which is a surprising amount (surprisingly close to 2.0) for such a skewed alphabet. | <urn:uuid:d0d2365b-425c-46cf-8dad-56b9bb2f6909> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://asserttrue.blogspot.com/2014/05/shannon-entropy-and-dna.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.888203 | 279 | 3.09375 | 3 |
On 22 December back in 2018, Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted. The collapse of its flank triggered a tsunami that killed more than 400 and injured at least 30,000 people.
To understand how the events of that day unfolded with such catastrophic effect, an international research team led by Research Associate Anna Perttu from the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) turned to the data collected from monitoring stations from all around the region, official reports, as well as satellite and visual observations.
Eruptions produce a wide range of signals. Humans can see and hear some of them only when close enough to the eruption. Monitoring instruments help fill the gap. Satellites can be used to image volcanic plumes that are too high or obstructed from an observer. And seismic and infrasound sensors are able to detect very small ground movements (e.g. earthquakes) and pressure waves (e.g. volcanic explosions).
These waves can travel over very long distances and be recorded by stations hundreds of kilometres (km) away from their source. The signals associated with the Krakatau eruption even reached Singapore 840 km away, where EOS scientists maintain an infrasound network, as well as Cocos Island over 1,000 km away.
Seismic waves travel quickly underground and are recorded almost instantaneously by regional stations. Because infrasound waves travel in the air at much slower speeds and are affected by wind conditions, they arrive later at the stations. An infrasound signal from Anak Krakatau’s eruption, for example, took approximately one hour to reach Singapore.
These are just some of the factors the scientists had to consider when comparing their datasets against visual observations in order to reconstruct the eruption at Anak Krakatau. Ms Perttu acknowledged that “bringing all that data together into a coherent timeline was one of the most challenging parts” of the project.
After careful analysis of the data, the scientists are now able to take us on a journey that reveals the dramatic turn of events at Anak Krakatau on that fateful day. Bringing us back to approximately six months before the deadly eruption, Anak Krakatau was already actively erupting. These eruptions were relatively small, producing a few lava flows, plumes not exceeding 5-km in height, and the occasional seismic and infrasound signals.
But things changed drastically at around 12.30pm (local time), when the eruptions grew more intense and the detection of infrasound signals became continuous.
At about 9pm, a large signal was recorded on regional seismic and infrasound stations. This signal (typical of mass movements) represents the collapse of the volcano’s flank into the sea. This collapse triggered the tsunami that devastated the coastline. The recorded seismic data tells us that the tsunami had repeatedly struck the shore around the Sunda Strait over a period of 40 minutes. The local fishermen recall seeing a series of waves, with the last one being the largest.
In the few hours that followed, the volcano was obscured by a dark cloud. But satellites and an eyewitness were able to observe three distinct volcanic plumes. The eruption continued unabated till 28 December 2018, with a distinct signature in its monitoring data. Strong activity in January 2019 caused more eruptions to occur and the deposits from those began to rebuild the volcano. Eventually, the activity slowed down to its current level which consists of occasional eruptions.
“Monitoring data is a powerful storyteller, but eyewitness reports are very helpful with filling in some of the gaps”, said Ms Perttu. Survivor stories, in particular, can provide valuable insight. In the video below, the story of a fisherman who was in the waters close to Anak Krakatau at the time is retold using animation.
According to Ms Perttu, “Several signals for this eruption are still not completely understood. EOS is part of a collaboration to install more local stations to help us better understand future volcanic activity.”
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Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History
About the Book
Designed as a tribute to world-renowned ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettl, this volume explores the ways in which ethnomusicologists are contributing to the larger task of investigating music history. The fifteen contributors explore topics ranging from meetings with the Suyá Indians of Brazil to the German-speaking Jewish community of Israel; from Indian music in Felicity, Trinidad, to Ravi Shankar's role as cultural mediator.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cake
Cake base ingredients:
- 1 x quantity gingerbread dough (recipe here for the dough)
- 3 x supermarket mud cakes
- 1 x packet of ready-to-roll coloured fondant (the multipack from the supermarket)
- cornflour, to dust the bench
- 500g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoon milk
- First, you will need to make your gingerbread antlers. You can make chocolate antlers by melting chocolate and spreading it in big strokes on some baking paper and then letting them set in the fridge. They are a little more fragile than gingerbread but are quick to make.
- Next, whip up your buttercream frosting. Beat butter with an electric mixer until pale in colour (it's an obvious change, so keep going until it's nice and light). Using a spatula scrape down the sides of the bowl, intermittently, so that you don't end up with yellow lumps.
- Add the icing sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, and beat between each addition, then add the cocoa powder the same way. Add milk 1 teaspoon at a time until completely incorporated. Put the icing into piping bags until you need it, to make it easy to work with.
- Now it's time to build Rudolph. Take your mud cakes out of the packaging and stack them one on top of the other, using buttercream between the layers to hold them together. Cover the whole outside in the frosting and smooth to an even finish. Then place the cake into the fridge to set the frosting a little.
- Meanwhile, take your fondants out of the pack and choose your Christmas colours. Sprinkle some cornflour on your bench to stop the fondant sticking and roll a Rudolph nose from the red fondant, some closed eye lines from the black, a scarf from the green and any other touches you want. But the beauty is that for this face, you don't need many details. Once the cake has firmed a little it's time to place all the elements.
- Position the scarf, eyes and nose on Rudolph, then use a knife to make slots in the top of the cake where your antlers go and gently slot them in. Turn the hearts upside down to make the ears and press them into the cake in front of the antlers. Finally, use the leftover buttercream to create a main out of buttercream swirls that will secure and support the antlers. And Rudolph is ready for the reindeer games! | <urn:uuid:cf224ef3-3c88-4ebe-a52e-6aff4a6dd8be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/food-wine/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-cake | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.925202 | 553 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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A group of 22 coeds working under the name Solar Team Eindhoven has just unveiled Stella Vita, an entirely solar-powered camper.
The vehicle features a pop-up roof lined with solar panels that the students claim produce enough electricity to travel over 450 miles in a single day. It will take between two and three days for the mobile home to fully recharge, so it’s best suited for leisurely trips where you can schedule stops of a few days or more.
The Stella Vita, which the team calls a self-sustaining “house on wheels,” features a teardrop design that slopes dramatically in the rear. The long roof provides plenty of surface area for solar panels. To further maximize this space, there are two partitions just below the roofline that pop out on both sides of the vehicle, effectively doubling the amount of solar panel area to 57.4 sq ft. The roof also pops up, increasing the interior space of the camper which is accessible via a rear set of passenger-side doors.
Inside, you’ll find a small cooking area and fridge, both of which run on solar power, as well as a toilet, couch and full-size bed with room for two adults.
You can read the original article at robbreport.com
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Medicago and GSK's COVIFENZ® (CoVLP+AS03) COVID-19 vaccine uses living plants as bioreactors to produce non-infectious versions of viruses (Virus-like Particles, or VLP). VLPs mimic the architecture of a virus but are non-infectious.
The technology Proficia® uses N. benthamiana plants, the most widely used experimental host in plant virology, due mainly to many viruses that can successfully infect it. Its weakened immune system, the result of natural genetic changes over millennia, means genetic material can be successfully hosted by the plant and not rejected. The natural cell process of Nicotiana benthamiana is therefore temporarily exploited to produce VLPs.
The VLPs present antigens to the individual's immune system, eliciting a protective and long-lasting immune response. In addition, VLPs mimic the native structure of viruses, allowing them to be easily recognized by the immune system. However, they lack core genetic material, making them non-infectious and unable to replicate. In other words, they induce an immune response similar to a natural infection but without the inconveniences associated with it.
VLPs can also be engineered to have antigens attached for use in vaccines or other immunotherapies, says the company. For example, GSK and Medicago announced a collaboration on July 7, 2020, with GSK's pandemic adjuvant system. In addition, on July 8, 2020, Medicago partnered with Dynavax to test the adjuvant, Cpg 1018 (ISS-1018), which provides an enhanced immune response.
On October 7, 2021, the companies announced: 'The overall vaccine efficacy rate against all variants of SARS-COV-2 was 71% (95% Confidence Interval: CI 58.7, 80.0; Per Protocol Analysis: PP). The corresponding number for people with an initial seronegative status indicating no previous exposure to COVID-19 was 75.6% (95% CI: 64.2-83.7; PP). The vaccine candidate demonstrated the efficacy of 75.3% (95% CI: 52.8, 87.9; PP) against COVID-19 of any severity for the globally dominant Delta variant. Efficacy was 88.6% (95% CI: 74.6, 95.6; PP) against the Gamma variant. No Alpha, Lambda, and Mu variants were observed in the vaccinated group, while 12 cases were observed in the placebo group. The Omicron variant was not circulating during the study.
GSK confirmed on February 9, 2022, that data from the Phase III trial of their plant-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, combined with GSK's pandemic adjuvant, demonstrated 71% efficacy against the main variants SARS-COV-2 circulating at the time of the trial. And announced with Sanofi that a single booster dose of the recombinant, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate was well tolerated and delivered strong immune responses regardless of the primary vaccine received.
On February 24, 2022, Medicago and GSK announced that Health Canada had approved COVIFENZ®. Health Canada based its decision on scientific data shared by Medicago as part of their rolling submission that began in April 2021 under an Interim Order and concluded with the filing of a New Drug Submission-CV.
Canadian media reported on March 25, 2022, “We are aware that the WHO updated Medicago’s vaccine status to ‘not accepted.’ We received an email that indicated the WHO’s preliminary decision and informed us that official communication outlining the details and rationale would follow,” wrote Medicago President and CEO Takashi Nagao in a statement to Global News. “Once we receive this, we will review the rationale and continue to discuss the next steps with our partners and shareholders.”
The peer-review journal NEJM published an Original Article on May 4, 2022, that a phase 2/3 clinical study found the CoVLP+AS03 vaccine was effective in preventing Covid-19 caused by a spectrum of variants, with efficacy ranging from 69.5% against symptomatic infection to 78.8% against moderate-to-severe disease.
U.K.-based GSK collaborates with companies and research groups worldwide, working on promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates using our innovative vaccine adjuvant technology.
Located in Quebec City, Canada, Medicago is a biopharmaceutical company and pioneer in plant-based therapeutics technology. It was founded in 1999 with the belief that innovative approaches and rigorous research would bring new solutions to healthcare. Medicago is an affiliated company of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) Group, with its headquarters in Osaka, Japan. MTPC is a member of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group.
The Covifenz CoVLP vaccine is indicated to prevent COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, no pediatric vaccine efficacy has been disclosed.
Subjects in a phase 3 study received two doses of 3.75 µg of Covifenz CoVLP adjuvanted with AS03 adjuvant given 21 days apart into the deltoid region of the alternating arm (each arm will be injected once).
In a phase 2 study, Covifenz CoVLP with AS03 induced a greater humoral response in Adults than in Older Adults after a single dose. Still, this effect was overcome with a second dose when both age cohorts responded with NAb titers ∼10-fold higher than those in a panel of sera from patients recovering from COVID-19. A single dose of CoVLP with AS03 induced a significant IFN-γ response in both age cohorts; a second dose significantly boosted IFN-γ and IL-4 responses in both age cohorts. Adults generated a stronger IFN-γ and IL-4 cellular response than older adults after one or two doses of AS03-adjuvanted CoVLP.
COVIFENZ Side Effects
During the Covifenz phase 3 study, no related serious adverse events were reported. To date (Dec. 7, 2021), the Phase 3 results have confirmed the safety profile is consistent with Phase 2 results. In addition, the frequency of mild fever was low (<10%), even after the second dose.
Health Canada issued authorization for COVIFENZ® on February 24, 2022. COVIFENZ is not currently approved or authorized to prevent COVID-19 or any indication anywhere other than Canada.
COVIFENZ News For 2020 - 2022
June 8, 2022 - The New England Journal of Medicine has published results of Phase 3 studies for two novel Covid-19 vaccine platforms.
May 5, 2022 - Medicago announced the publication of the results from the Phase 3 study of COVIFENZ by the NEJM. “The world needs a diverse range of vaccine options to continue to fight COVID-19, and we are proud to be able to contribute”, said Toshifumi Tada, CEO, and President at Medicago.
March 25, 2022 - The World Health Organization has decided not to accept the Medicago COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, citing the company's ties to big tobacco. Marlboro cigarette manufacturer, Philip Morris International, is a shareholder of the Quebec City-based company.
February 25, 2022 - The Government of Canada contracted with Medicago to supply the COVID-19 vaccine and is committed to fulfilling this order as soon as possible. "The approval of our (Covifenz) COVID-19 vaccine is a significant milestone for Canada in the fight against the pandemic. We appreciate Health Canada's timely review," said Takashi Nagao, President, and CEO at Medicago.
December 7, 2021 - Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline reported positive Phase 3 results for their plant-based COVID-19 vaccine. The overall vaccine efficacy rate against all (non-Omicron) variants of SARS-COV-2 was 75.3%.
December 7, 2021 - NPR reported A COVID vaccine grown in plants measures up.
October 1, 2021 - Medicago and GSK announced that Phase 1/2 clinical trials would begin in Japan for Medicago's plant-derived VLP COVID-19 vaccine candidate combined with GSK's pandemic adjuvant. This study will be conducted by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, the parent company of Medicago. This Japanese study, combined with final data from the global Phase 2/3 study of the vaccine candidate, will support an application for regulatory approval in Japan by March of 2022.
May 18, 2021 - Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline reported positive interim Phase 2 clinical trial safety and immunogenicity data for Medicago's plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine candidate, tested in combination with GSK's pandemic adjuvant. As measured by the neutralizing antibody titer, immunogenicity was high - about ten times higher than those in a panel of sera from patients recovering from COVID-19. In addition, no related severe adverse events were reported, and reactogenicity was generally mild to moderate and short in duration.
May 17, 2021 - A non-peer-reviewed study was published: Interim Report of Phase 2 Randomized Trial of a Plant-Produced Virus-Like Particle Vaccine for Covid-19 in Healthy Adults Aged 18-64, older Adults Aged 65 and Older.
April 23, 2021 - Medicago announced that Health Canada received for review the first portion of Medicago's plant-derived adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate rolling submission on April 19.
March 16, 2021 - Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline announced Phase 3 clinical testing of Medicago's plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine candidate combined with GSK's pandemic adjuvant part of the ongoing Phase 2/3 study. In addition, Medicago received approval from Canadian and US regulatory authorities to enroll healthy adults in the Phase 3 portion of the trial based on positive interim Phase 2 results. Medicago has also initiated a vaccine candidate's feasibility study to address the emerging COVID-19 variants.
February 17, 2021 - The vaccine candidate, combined with the pandemic adjuvant, was granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. FDA which allows the FDA to expedite the development and review of new medicines and vaccines intended to treat or prevent serious conditions and address an unmet medical need.
November 12, 2020 - Medicago and GSK announce the start of Phase 2/3 clinical trials of its plant-derived vaccine candidate for COVID-19 to evaluate its efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity. Based on the positive Phase 1 results and the approval of Canadian regulatory authorities, Medicago has decided to launch the Phase 2/3 clinical trial with GSK's pandemic adjuvant.
November 10, 2020 - A study found that 100% of subjects who received an adjuvanted vaccine candidate developed significant antibody and cellular immune responses after two doses.
November 6, 2020 - Non-peer-reviewed study: Phase 1 trial of a Candidate Recombinant Virus-Like Particle Vaccine for Covid-19 Disease Produced in Plants. Conclusion CoVLP ± adjuvants were well-tolerated. Several adjuvanted formulations elicited strong humoral and T cell responses after dose 2. Even at the lowest CoVLP+AS03 dose, NtAb titers were ∼10-times higher than convalescent serum with a balanced IFNγ and IL-4 response. These findings support the transition of CoVLP (3.75μg+AS03) to further clinical evaluation.
October 23, 2020 - Medicago announced that it had reached an agreement to supply Canada's Government with up to 76 million doses of its vaccine against COVID-19, subject to Health Canada approval. Medicago will also receive $173M in funding support from the Government of Canada for its vaccine research and development and the construction of its Quebec City manufacturing facility.
July 14, 2020 - Medicago began Phase I clinical trials for its plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine candidate yesterday, administering the first doses in healthy human volunteers. Medicago is also planning a Phase 2/3 trial in October 2020.
July 8, 2020 - Dynavax Technologies Corporation and Medicago, a biopharmaceutical company creating vaccines and therapeutics by leveraging innovative plant-based technologies, announced their collaboration to investigate an adjuvanted vaccine candidate to protect against COVID-19. The collaboration evaluates the combination of Medicago's Coronavirus Virus-Like Particle (CoVLP) with Dynavax's advanced adjuvant, CpG 1018™. Adding CpG 1018, the adjuvant in Dynavax's U.S. FDA-approved adult hepatitis B vaccine, is intended to enhance the immune response of Medicago's COVID-19 vaccine to decrease the total amount of antigen needed per dose, providing more doses to help protect a greater number of people.
March 12, 2020 - Medicago said it had produced a virus-like particle of the novel coronavirus, a first step towards producing a vaccine, which will now undergo pre-clinical testing for safety and efficacy.
Medicago COVIFENZ COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials
In clinical trials, Medicago and GSK tested their CoVLP adjuvanted recombinant COVID-19 plant-derived vaccine candidate. The Phase 3 study is an event-driven, randomized, observer-blinded, crossover placebo-controlled design that will evaluate the efficacy and safety of the CoVLP formulation, compared to placebo, in up to 30,000 subjects in North America, Latin America, Japan, and Europe.
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We are exploring the possibility of developing a public charter school to serve families in Mequon, Thiensville, Cedarburg, Fox Point, and other neighboring communities in the North Shore. Charter schools are independently-operated public schools. They are publicly-funded and open to all students who wish to attend. Charter schools also do not charge tuition and they cannot discriminate when making enrollment or admissions decisions.
A liberal arts curriculum in the core subjects of literature, history, science, and mathematics underpins our model. Classes will be offered in a traditional teacher-led environment that challenges students to excel academically, engage their curiosity, and develop their character.
A kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) education will be offered with opportunities for students in grades 10 through 12 to explore or specialize in one or more of the following pathways:
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“No man is an island, entire of it self; every man is a peace of the continent, a part of the main. …And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” In one phrase, poet John Donne managed to capture the inclusiveness of reality and the role we are incumbent to play within it.
The bells are tolling very loudly nowadays—all over Europe, in America, and the world over. Just over a week ago, two stories were published a day apart. “Europe’s Jews decry ‘beast’ of anti-Semitism overtaking continent” screamed the burgundy headline in Amanda Borschel-Dan’s June 24 story in The Times of Israel. A day later, Yossi Aloni stated in Israel Today that “Anti-Semitism Infects Mostly Democracies.”
It’s not as if there hasn’t been anti-Semitism before there were democracies. It’s also not as if pre-developed Europe did not harbor anti-Semitic sentiments. But the ideology of destroying the Jews altogether came from the most developed country in Europe at the time, and is emerging again from the most developed countries in this continent, and from the heart of free thought and liberalism: the campuses of US universities.
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We should also keep in mind that so far, the anti-Israel campaign has been a great means of masking anti-Semitism, but this mask will not stay on for long. When the next clash erupts in Gaza, the mob won’t see the difference between a Jewish mother in Brussels and an Israeli soldier in a tank.
We are being repeatedly blamed for causing every war and trouble, not just in Israel, but throughout the world, from the financial collapse of Greece, through the outbreak of Ebola, to the emergence of ISIS, or every other misfortune that befalls people.
When people ascribe us that much destructive power, we should pay attention. Because deep down, every Jew harbors a desire to correct the world, not to see it ruined. And if we are blamed for just the opposite, we should at least see what has “earned” us that reputation, what is the great wrong in the world for which we are categorically blamed.
To do that, we need to understand that indeed, “no man is an island.” Humanity is by all accounts an integrated and interdependent system where each element influences every other element. We, Jews, have a unique role in it. Reluctantly, we are regarded by more and more people—especially in the developed world, and particularly in democracies, where people are socially aware—as having some sort of hold on the world’s well-being. Put differently, anti-Semites are stating that we control the system, and that we’re doing a bad job at it. However, this implies that we can also determine the direction of the system: for better or worse.
We may not feel that we’re controlling the world, certainly not the vast majority of us, but that changes very little in the eyes of those who see us as responsible. And so with that in mind, perhaps we should take a look at the world and see if we can do some good.
When it comes to charity, no one donates more than Jews. When it comes to helping in disaster zones, no one helps more than the Israelis. When it comes to self-scrutiny and self-restraint with regard to entities that have vowed repeatedly to destroy us, no one is more humane and considerate than us. But the world doesn’t care; the majority of it still sees us as the cause of all that’s wrong.
The world is a mess, no doubt, but making things right again is easier than we think. The prime culprit of the global muddle we are in is our ruthless pursuit of domination and power. We do this on all levels—in our own families, our communities, our countries, and internationally. This control frenzy is destroying our society and will ultimately destroy our chances for survival. And even though we clearly see that it’s as stupid as a fight over excess blood and oxygen among our inner organs, we cannot bring ourselves to stop.
The nations are accusing us of precisely this senseless battle. They will continue to do so until we learn how to unite among ourselves and set an example of unity to the rest of the world. We are certainly not the worst example of discord that the world could find, as some nations take to cutting off their antagonists’ heads as a means to “make their point.” And yet, no other nation is even remotely scrutinized and criticized as we, which means that whatever negativity we project among us spreads a thousand fold more powerfully than that of other nations. And in the end, as we have seen, the nations blame us even for the way they fight among themselves.
The solution, therefore, is pretty simple: we need to unite. We needn’t put aside our differences. On the contrary, we need to display them openly, and then display how we unite above them. If we set this example, the world will have an outlet from the ruthless power-struggle.
Unity has been our nation’s DNA since the days of Abraham, who taught mercy, and the days of Moses, who united us “as one man with one heart.” But our “unity gene” is dormant. The only way we can awaken it is by trying to do so, much as children learn to walk before they can do it, but the knowledge that exists within them expresses itself when they begin to try.
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Hollister Hall is headquarters for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). CEE has three broad intellectual areas: Civil Infrastructure, Environment, and Engineering Systems and Management.
A favorite among CEE’s sophisticated research facilities is the DeFrees Hydraulics Lab,
the focal point of research and experimental studies in the environmental fluid mechanics and hydrology program. The state-of-the-art turbines and tilting water tanks reproduce some of nature’s hydrodynamic complexities in a variety of test conditions.
Hollister Hall was opened in 1959; it is named in honor of Solomon Cady Hollister who was dean of the college for 22 years, beginning in 1937.
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Sawtry mum inspired to take on 100k canal run by daughter’s rare genetic disorder
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The fact it’s Christmas Day won’t stop a Sawtry mum-of-three pulling on her trainers and going for a run.
Tracy Halpin is training for the 100k Grand Union Canal Challenge, a 62-mile run in June from London to Bletchley, near Milton Keynes.
She has good reason to be taking on such a daunting distance, particularly for someone who started running only in February.
Her 12-year-old daughter Connie Hendery has Angelman Syndrome, a rare condition which means she is unable to speak and has a lot of autistic tendencies.
“We knew from very early on that she had issues,” Tracy said. “The pregnancy and birth were straightforward. But when we first got her home from hospital we could not feed her very well. She couldn’t tolerate milk and used to projectile vomit a lot.
“We had a couple of periods of being at Hinchingbrooke because she used to stop breathing. My partner and I used to sleep in shifts so one of us was awake at all times to keep an eye on her 24 hours a day.”
The usual milestones for development came and went, so at four months old she could not hold her head up or sit up.
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It was only once she was nearly four, after tests at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, that she was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome, a genetic disorder.
Tracy, who lives with partner Michael, and has a son, Mathew, 19, and another daughter, Eleanor, 17, said the impact on the family was unimaginable.
“Connie’s behaviour is very autistic and incredibly challenging. Everything has to be done in a routine, that’s key. Meals have to be at the same time, sat at the same seats at the table. Things like going out for dinner, it completely throws her, she will scream, throw things.
“It’s life-limiting. Things we should be able to enjoy with her, like going to the park or cinema, is something she cannot cope with.”
Tracy, 41, a lettings negotiator for Peter Lane, Huntingdon, took up running as a way of coping with stress. “It’s an incredibly worthwhile coping mechanism,” she said. “I wanted to push myself and see how far I could take it.”
So having joined the BRJ Run and Tri Club, based in Huntingdon, she has completed about 15 10ks and three half marathons, but nothing approaching 100k.
“It’s going to be an enormous challenge, not only physically but mentally as well. I’m aiming to do it in 12 hours.”
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Some of these messages are wonderful and incite feelings of love and compassion, which to me, is the gift of this season.
One message that floats around during every holiday tells you to compare yourself to others. Such as: If you have (certain things in your life), that someone else doesn’t have …. you should be grateful (that you are not them, have more then them, are doing better off than them, etc).
This message troubles me and as explanation I offer the following:
An excerpt from my recent book on Gratitude:
Dr. Robert A. Emmons, A UC Davis psychologist, conducted a 10 week research in the psychology of gratitude. In one of his studies the participants were asked to list what they were grateful for compared to what they weren’t happy about in their lives. In another study they were asked to list what they were grateful for where thought they were better off than others.
The results showed that those who expressed gratitude without comparing themselves as “better than” were significantly happier than those making comparisons between themselves and others.
From another study at USC on self esteem:
A dangerous silent damage to your feelings of self worth is created and intensified when you compare yourself to being better off or more successful, or more of anything than someone else. By practicing the habit of comparison when you are feeling happy with yourself or your life, you are establishing the foundation for feelings of lack of self worth when you don’t measure up to any comparison in the future. The inherent problem with this habit is that then takes considerably more effort to repair your feeling of lack which can contribute to difficulty in regaining levels of success in chosen areas of your life. A person who can see their unique qualities, success and strengths without the need to compare themselves to anyone other than themselves are found to be emotionally stronger when facing difficult decisions and occurrences.
I wish you all the Happiest of Holidays because YOU are awesome, unique and amazing.
This year, if you see yourself in the mirror wearing a brand new outfit - remember a time when you didn't or couldn't afford one - and be grateful to yourself that you now can give this or accept this for yourself.
This year, as you look into the eyes of a loved one, remember a time when you felt unloved, and be grateful to yourself that you opened your heart to love.
This year, when you take a deep breath of fresh air, remember a time when you felt ill or suffered a disease in your body - and be grateful to yourself for your opportunity to take a deep breath today.
Can you find other areas of your life where you were once without something important in your life, and now your life has changed where this is now present? Be grateful to yourself.
Compare yourself only to yourself and be grateful.
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McDonald’s is selling all of its restaurants in Russia 30 years after the burger chain became a powerful symbol of easing Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.
The company shuttered hundreds of locations in March after Russia invaded Ukraine, which has cost McDonald’s about $55 million per month. On Monday, McDonald’s announced it would sell those stores and leave Russia.
An existing McDonald’s licensee, Alexander Govor, who operates 25 restaurants in Siberia, has agreed to buy McDonald’s 850 Russian restaurants and operate them under a new name, the Chicago burger giant said Thursday.
McDonald’s did not disclose the terms of the sale. Last year, McDonald’s Russian operations contributed 9% of the company’s total annual sales, or around $2 billion.
McDonald’s was among the first Western consumer brands to enter Russia in 1990. Its large, gleaming store near Pushkin Square in Moscow, which opened shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, signaled a new era of optimism in the wake of the Cold War.
It’s the first time the company has “de-arched,” or exited a major market. It plans to start removing golden arches and other symbols and signs with the company’s name. McDonald’s said it will also will maintain its trademarks in Russia and take steps to enforce them if necessary.
The sale announced Thursday is subject to regulatory approval, but is expected to close within a few weeks, McDonald’s said.
Govor, a licensee since 2015, has also agreed to retain McDonald’s 62,000 Russian employees for at least two years on equivalent terms. Govor also agreed to pay the salaries of McDonald’s corporate employees until the sale closes.
Govor is also half-owner of Neftekhimservis, a construction investor that owns an oil refinery in Siberia. He is also on the board of directors of Inrusinvest, whose projects include a medical center and a Park Inn hotel in the Siberian city of Novokuznetsk.
It’s unclear if other U.S. chains will follow McDonald’s lead and leave Russia. McDonald’s owned 84% of its Russian stores, which gave it more control over operations than many of its rivals whose stores are owned by franchisees.
Starbucks’ 130 Russian stores have been closed since early March. Its franchisee in the country, Kuwait-based Alshaya Group, is continuing to pay its 2,000 Russian employees.
Papa John’s suspended corporate operations in Russia and is no longer accepting royalty payments from its 185 stores there. But the stores, which are owned by Colorado-based entrepreneur Christopher Wynne, remain open. A message was left Thursday with one of Wynne’s companies.
McDonald’s left open the possibility that it could one day return to Russia.
“It’s impossible to predict what the future may hold, but I choose to end my message with the same spirit that brought McDonald’s to Russia in the first place: hope,” CEO Chris Kempczinski wrote in a letter to employees. “Thus, let us not end by saying, ‘goodbye.’ Instead, let us say as they do in Russian: Until we meet again.” | <urn:uuid:2976eafe-cbdf-4ec0-be0f-9213510a3bc7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thebusinessjournal.com/mcdonalds-era-in-russia-coming-to-a-close-restaurants-sold/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mcdonalds-era-in-russia-coming-to-a-close-restaurants-sold | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.952001 | 710 | 2.0625 | 2 |
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- Experimental tokamak facility at Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Germany.
Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Experiment
- Alcator C-Mod facility at MIT. Links provide a gateway into the web presence of the world's highest magnetic field tokamak plasma confinement experiment.
- Highly flexible, medium-sized tokamak that has been specifically designed to address the key physics issues associated with magnetic confinement fusion. It plays a major role in the co-ordinated European fusion programme and is funded by the DTI and EURATOM, with additional support from EPSRC and various schemes for student grants.
Dusty Plasma Experiments
- MPEG movies of experiments directly from the video cameras. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.
Joint European Torus (JET)
- The world's largest magnetic confinement fusion experiment; it is based on the tokamak concept.
Large Helical Device(LHD) Project - Japan
- Major project to build a stallarator fusion reactor. Important parts of the project include research in superconducting magnets and plasma heating. Part of the site is in Japanese; but it also contains many photographs with English captions and videos of the plasma research.
- Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments in the Plasma Physics Group at Imperial College, London.
Magnetic Fusion Energy Experiments
- Page of the Plasma Physics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
NSTX National Spherical Torus Experiment
- Spherical tokamak experiment at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, US.
National Ignition Facility Programs
Staged Z Pinch
- Description of a compact device projected to achieve break-even fusion using a pulsed electrical generator that drives current through an annular-plasma shell. Site includes schematics, technical specifications, and links to related publications.
- The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor experiment that was a large US fusion experiment directed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Stopped operation and decomissioned by 2000.
The Low Energy Neutral Atom (LENA) Imager on the IMAGE spacecraft
- LENA, one of the IMAGE spacecraft's three neutral atom imagers, will image energetic neutral atom (ENA) emissions from the ring current, inner plasma sheet, and polar ionospheric outflows.
- A fusion research facility of the Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, Institute of Plasma Physics.
Toroidal Plasma Experiments
- Plasma Formation and Heating Using Radio-Frequency Waves, Confinement and Transport Studies, Magnetic Structure Studies, Turbulent Transport and Fluctuations. Plasma Research Lab, Australian National University.
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Indonesia is an archipelago of over 17,000 islands with a population of more than 200 million, scatterd over a land area of some 2.02 million square kilometers. Lying across a region of immense volcanic activity, Indonesia has some 400 volcanoes, with at least 70 still active.
Bahasa Indonesia is the official language. English is frequently used in commerce. The people are predominantly Muslim, minority religious groups being Christians, Hindus and Buddhists.
|The Department of Justice and Human Rights has officially determined that as of 1 February 2004:
Although Indonesia is hot and humid throughout the year, the official wet season runs from October to August and is marked by heavy, short rainstorms after which the air is fresher. Temperatures range from 21 to 33°C in the lowlands. Higher altitudes enjoy cooler conditions.
Airport Tax and Transport
Passengers departing on international and domestic flights have to pay Rp. 50,000 and Rp. 11,000 airport tax respectively.
Metered taxis are available only at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. At other major Indonesian airports, taxis operate on a fixed rate basis.
From Jakarta airport, all taxi fares include a surcharge of Rp. 2,300 and a highway toll of at least Rp. 4,000, depending on destination. The surcharge does not apply to trips to the airport, though the highway toll does. In both directions, airport taxis offer a 25 percent discount on the toll fee.
On entry to Indonesia, each adult is allowed to bring in tax-free a maximum of one liter of alcoholic beverages and 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 100 grams of tobacco.
Cameras, video cameras, portable radios, cassette recorders, binoculars and sport equipment are admitted provided they are taken out of the country on departure. They must be declared to Customs. Prohibited are firearms, narcotics, pornography, Chinese printing and medicines, transceivers and cordless telephones. Films, pre-recorded video tapes and laser disks must be screened by the Censor Board.
There is no restriction on the movement of foreign currencies or travellers checks in and out of the country. However, the import and export of Indonesian hard currency exceeding Rp. 5 million is prohibited.
Long-distance telephone calls within Indonesia are by direct dialing. International Direct Dialing (IDD) is available in all 26 provincial capitals and in more than 320 cities throughout the country. For the business travellers, facsimile, telex and email services are available in most hotels and at service outlets.
Exchange facilities for the main foreign currencies are available in banks or at authorized moneychangers in major cities of Indonesia. Rupiah comes in denominations of 100,000, 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, 5000, 500 and 100 in bank notes, and 1000, 500, 100, 50, 25, 10 and 5 coins.
Indonesia is divided into three time zones. Western Indonesia Time (Sumatra, Java, West and Central Kalimantan) is seven hours ahead of GMT, Central Indonesia Time (Bali, South and East Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara) is eight hours ahead, and East Indonesia Time (Maluku and Irian Jaya) is nine hours ahead.
50Hz at either 110 or 220 volts.
Most government offices are open from 8 am to 3 pm. On Fridays, they close at 11:30 am. On Saturdays, they are open until 2 or 3 pm.
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Stress is linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide. It is also the reason 75% of us visit the doctor, according to the American Psychological Association.
This helps fuel the billions in profit each year made by the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.
You may be wondering… is the current approach to treating stress working? From the eyes (and pockets) of the pharmaceutical companies, the answer is “yes”, but for the average person who is being prescribed drugs to deal with their stress-related issues the answer may be not so positive.
In 2008 I suffered a stress-related burnout. Full disclaimer, I have no medical training and the following information is from my own personal experience. Without going into too much detail or delving into my personal medical records, I can tell you the resulting cocktail of drugs that my doctor prescribed me left me in a zombie-like state.
These were dangerous drugs – the FDA says 100,000 people die from the side effects of prescription drugs each year. That’s just the side effects; this figure does not include accidental overdoses due to human error. I remember wondering to myself on multiple occasions if I would wake the following morning after downing my ever increasing dose of sleeping pills before dropping off into a death-like slumber.
The pills I was taking merely masked the response my body was having to the stress and did nothing to fix the core issue. My doctor said that it was like using a crutch; you use a crutch as a broken leg heals, when you can walk unaided you no longer need the crutch. The problem was that the drugs I was taking seemed to cause even more symptoms which needed more drugs to counteract them. It was a slippery slope that can be very tricky to unravel yourself from, especially when you’re in no mental state to make the kind of life-changing decisions necessary to get to the root cause.
Let’s face it, life in 2016 in the western world is stressful for the majority of people. Patches or crutches that can aid us to get by are a tempting proposition. For me, cannabis was the solution that helped me wean off of a dependency on sleeping pills, pain killers, anti-anxiety tablets and antidepressants.
The therapeutic wonder herb
Over time, it dawned on me how much of my life I was missing out on. I was numb to the world around me and my emotional repertoire was as flat as the Dutch landscape. I looked for natural solutions to the issues I was having, and time and time again I came across evidence pointing towards cannabis. I had smoked recreationally in my younger days but had somehow drifted away from it.
After some research (mainly using the wonderful Leafly service), I identified a selection of strains that would help me and set off to Amsterdam to track them down in cannabis coffeeshops. It worked miraculously. I’d been brainwashed into thinking that cannabis was a drug. As the late, great, Bill Hicks put it “Don’t put pot in the drug category. It’s a herb man, like tea.” I tend to refer to cannabis as a “therapeutic herb”.
Cannabis consumers have no rights
The limit one can buy in a coffeeshop is five grams. So getting enough “medicine” to see me through without constantly travelling back and forth to the Netherlands (I live in neighbouring Belgium) was a pain. Another issue is that as a cannabis user, you have absolutely no consumer rights. I had no idea how the cannabis I was buying was grown or treated. I was following the only reasonable option to me after what was proposed by my doctor was clearly not having the desired results.
An unfortunate consequence was I had slipped from patient to borderline criminal and social outcast. This paradox of being put in a stressful situation to treat my stress-related illness was not lost on me and it took a lot of inner contemplation to refuse to be ashamed of the path I had chosen.
Growing up in the 1980s and the war on drugs, it had been drilled into me that cannabis was absolutely a taboo topic. This made me feel very isolated. Many cannabis consumers are just as isolated, those in favour of prohibition like it that way. The more I talked with people about cannabis, the more I understood that they really did not care or judge you for using it, especially for medicinal reasons. To come out and openly discuss cannabis was a liberating experience.
Freedom to farm
Over time it was clear that producing my own cannabis was the best way to go. At least until one can buy verified organic cannabis products legally from a shop like you can other mind-altering drugs, such as wine or beer (which you know are way more dangerous).
To many, the act of growing is as beneficial to a “patient” as the actual consumption of the “medicine” itself. To consume one’s home grown medicine is a wonderful experience too few of us get to enjoy.
I’m lucky enough to reside in a country where the growing of one cannabis plant (which incidentally is infuriatingly low) is tolerated. This at least takes the stress off of worrying about breaking the law. I also have my doctor on record saying she believes cannabis is the right choice for me.
Over time and with experience, I’m getting steadily more efficient at producing my annual supply. Which — to be honest — is not really an annual supply, but it lasts me a few months. A move indoors would remedy this, but I prefer going au natural with the big sun lamp in the sky. It does wonders for your green credentials.
Is cannabis for you?
My personal experience has been that cannabis, along with the beneficial cannabinoids that it contains, has enabled me to vastly decrease my reliance on pharmaceutical drugs that were never going to cure me, because where’s the profit in that? It aids me to sleep well at night and it allows me to unwind in a healthier way than other intoxicants. These two things alone massively alleviate issues caused by stress.
Cannabis also allows me to think differently. I find that I’m much more patient with people and situations. As my mind opens I’m gravitating towards a more healthy lifestyle that includes meditating and healthy eating. This added mindfulness enables me to be more compassionate and empathetic towards others, which usually has positive results.
Over time it seems that cannabis is fundamentally changing me as a person. It’s a change that I have taken on whole-heartedly. One of the positives of hitting rock bottom is that the only place to go is up. And we all know cannabis is very good at taking people higher.
I was in need of a complete reset and cannabis granted it to me. Want to know if cannabis can help you? Then why not do a quick browse on Leafly and see if there are strains that can treat your symptoms? Then try and track them down. If you cannot get access to strains in a dispensary, coffeeshop or cannabis club, then why not grow your own? It’s a fun and rewarding hobby that is not as difficult as you would think. | <urn:uuid:ac25b3cd-44c3-42dd-b0cd-5d5d7e5962cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.marijuanatimes.org/stress-kills-but-cannabis-can-help/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.978849 | 1,524 | 1.992188 | 2 |
100 Aspects of the Moon # 7 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Taiso) (1839-1892)
Woodblock Prints Title: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon # 7 Inaba Mountain moon (Inabayama no tsuki)
1st Publication: December 1885
Size: 13-1/2" x 9" + Margins as shown
Date of this edition: December 1885
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon
Condition: Backed on an acid free album page, else very fine. Excellent colors and impression, very good overall condition.
More about this print: In this scene from the Chronicles of the Taiko, Konoshita Tokichi (1536-1598), son of a peasant who later became the famous Toyotomi Hideyoshi (print #66), leads a successful advance party of seven against the supposedly impregnable Saito clan castle atop Mount Inaba. Hideyoshi's brilliant career made him the prime candidate to become Shogun in 1585. In order to deal with his low birth he was given the title of Kwampaku (Regent), and the family name Toyotomi. In 1590 he was succeeded by his adopted son Hidetsugu (print #75), and took for himself the title of Taiko, or retired Regent, by which he is generally known.
Pictures: Pictures are taken outdoor, in the shade, to reflect true colors, without any enhancements of any kind. The last picture is taken indoor, with a light behind the print, to reveal the exact paper grain, holes if any, or other possible flaws.
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When it comes to sharing your music, there’s often a dilemma about exactly what to send – file or stream? Obviously consumers want streams as do many music professionals, but there are also exceptions as well. When it comes to collaboration, mix or master checking, promotion, and radio, to name a few, then files are often preferred. But there’s always the question of “What should I send?” and that’s what a new study commissioned by sharing platform Byta attempted to find out with its “State Of Music Sharing” whitepaper.
The document was authored by Barcelona-based freelance writer and editor Shawn Reynaldo, who is also responsible for First Floor, a newsletter devoted to electronic music. The project was developed in partnership with researcher Dr. John Sullivan (Ph.D. Music Technology, McGill University, Canada), and it revealed some interesting results, such as:
- Loyalty to a single file-sharing platform is impossible, particularly when most users are both sending and receiving files on a regular basis. User behavior is highly personalized and context driven. In the absence of standard practices, users are piecing together workflows that fit their specific preferences, using a combination of platforms with the exact functionalities they need.
- Flexibility is important, but functionality is an even bigger priority. Faced with a complex and ever-changing file-sharing landscape, simplicity is what users crave most.
- Users want what they want. When it comes to file sharing, the most logical course of action would be to make as many formats available as possible for recipients.
- In the streaming vs. downloads debate, there is no correct answer. Although preferences may be shifting, entrenched camps specifically need either streams or downloads.
- Paid file-sharing services shouldn’t be seen as a niche corner of the market.
- Security and metadata rank high on the list of user priorities. Frustrations regarding metadata tend to rile up more emotional responses than nearly every other issue.
The bottom line is that there’s no one service, format or situation that is normal or preferred, so this survey just confirms the confusion. It’s well written though, and an easy read so well-worth checking out if you’re the least bit affected by this question. You can download the whitepaper here. | <urn:uuid:86874533-2c21-4a64-b562-63396dee6e38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://music3point0.com/2021/12/13/sharing-your-music/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.944898 | 485 | 1.570313 | 2 |
“Cat’s In The Cradle” by Sandy and Harry Chapin is the Peace Song of the Day for Father’s Day. We dedicate with lots of love to fathers, though the song is somewhat of a “warning song” to busy dads to spend more time with their families. Though, the song also contains many beautiful father-son images, and an overall spirit of profound love.
Another beautiful reason to share this song on Father’s Day, is the story of this wonderful family. Harry Chapin, a beloved national artist from Long Island, passed away too soon. Though, for all these decades, his wife and family have been passionate and careful in keeping his memory vibrant, including continuing charity work in his name, and creating a website with excellent resources for his music. You can find the full lyrics to this song, and other Harry Chapin songs at www.harrychapin.com. There is a link to “Long Island Cares/The Harry Chapin Food Bank“: here.
Cat’s in the Cradle
by Sandy & Harry Chapin
(excerpt from lyrics)
And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
“When you coming home, dad?” “I don’t know when,
But we’ll get together then.
Harry Chapin Tribute:
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As the official gateway to Snowdonia, Betws-y-Coed is uniquely positioned within the National Park for its easy access to Snowdon. Snowdon is the highest mountain in England & Wales at 3,560ft. Also in close distance to Betws-y-Coed are Tryfan and 15 other peaks all with their own trails to the Snowdon summit.
It is only 6 miles to Pen-y-Pass which is the main trekking route up to Snowdon via the Pyg & Miners tracks. There is a pay & display car park or take the Sherpa Bus direct from the village.
Further along from Capel Curig on the A5 and situated in the Ogwen Valley is Tryfan which is known as the 'hands on' mountain with the famous Adam and Eve boulders at the summit. It is a very popular climb and offers a more adventurous experience.
Adjacent to Tryfan lies Cwm Idwal, a spectacular hanging valley and is a site of special specific scientific interest (SSSI). The mountains act as an amphitheatre around the lake and are popular with climbers especially in Winter. Cwm Idwal has a car park and visitors centre.
Safety in the mountains is paramount as the weather conditions vary frequently and therefore you are advised to check the forecast before venturing out and inform them of your route. Proper weather mountain gear is essential on all climbs in Snowdonia.
Snowdonia – We need to Give a little Back
People who love the area, including visitors, residents, businesses and scientists have realised for a long time that they need to do something to ensure that Snowdonia retains its beauty, natural diversity and unique appeal.
It was the third National Park to be designated in Britain, and the first in Wales. Today, Snowdonia is one of 15 National Parks in Britain. Snowdonia National Park is an independent authority, who’s main purposes remain to:
Conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the area.
Promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the Park by the public.
A duty to seek to foster the economic and social well being of local communities within the Park.
However, the continually growing popularity… (more than double the number of people on Mount Snowdon since 2007!) and the inevitable pressures that increased numbers of people bring, mean that the area is more than ever in danger of becoming a ‘victim of it’s very own success’.
It is important to understand that the negative impacts resulting from the significant increases in user numbers are not being covered by funding from Government or taxation, and so this means that real threats exist in both the short and long term.
The threats to the unique aspects and therefore value of Snowdonia are significant, specific and numerous, but it is imaginable to think of the place with its environment, wildlife and community degraded or destroyed in anyway.
Please have a look at the video below to find out about the amazing new scheme starting in the area.
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A question that a lot of people who are suffering from hair loss would like the answer to is – Will there ever be a permanent cure for hair loss? Given the advancements in technology and medicine over the last decade, it’s an almost certainty that there will be a permanent cure for hair loss. Given that, the more interesting questions are – when will we have it and what will it look like?
When will we have it?
The hair loss industry is worth billions each year, when you take hair transplants and hair loss treatments into account. This being the case, a permanent cure for hair loss would be worth unimaginable amounts of money. Whenever there’s a lot of money to be made, you can sure that someone’s trying to figure out how to make it. This is a big part of the reason why research into hair loss has increased dramatically over the last 2 decades.
At one time, it was simply accepted that some men lose their hair and there’s nothing that can be done about it. Nowadays, as scientists have learned more about the biological reasons behind hair loss, the premise of a permanent cure looks much more likely. Whilst it’s impossible to predict exactly when a permanent and completely effective cure for hair loss will be on the market, it certainly doesn’t seem like a foreign notion when you consider the effective solutions that are available right now.
What will it look like?
It’s easy to assume that a permanent hair loss cure would come in the form of a pill, much like Propecia is now. However, one of the most promising avenues of hair loss research is hair cloning. Hair cloning is being researched in many different labs around the world as I write this. In fact some people are so invested in this research that they’re convinced that soon it will be the most | <urn:uuid:14694000-3749-4072-b611-faed6095b13c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://torontohairtransplant.com/will-ever-permanent-cure-hair-loss/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.977373 | 381 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Where to begin
A Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation (or CVL) is undertaken by a business when they have reached the point of insolvency and need to liquidate. It is a voluntary process that can be entered into when the directors are in agreement that the business is insolvent and needs to cease trading. It can occur in advance of being forced into liquidation by others, such as when creditors issue a winding-up petition. All the business’ assets will be realised, and the money accrued will be used to repay the company’s debts.
Below, we’ve listed some of the most frequently asked questions about a CVL.
What is a CVL?
A Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation, or CVL, is a way for the directors and shareholders of a limited company to formally close the doors of their insolvent business. A company is facing insolvency when there is mounting pressure from creditors to repay debts, and the cash flow does not support it. As a voluntary process, it can be entered into before the company is mandated to liquidate by external parties and, therefore, offers a little more control to those involved in the business. It will require a third-party insolvency practitioner’s involvement to ensure the process is followed correctly, the company closes legally, and funds are appropriately distributed.
How will a CVL work?
The directors of the business facing insolvency must be in agreement that they want the company to liquidate. Once agreed, they will need to speak with an expert adviser such as 1st Business Rescue who will be able to appoint an insolvency practitioner to follow the process. It is advisable to do this sooner rather than later in order to avoid any accusations of misconduct or wrongful trading. The company will cease trading, and all assets will be ‘realised’ (i.e., sold off for cash). Any funds remaining within the business, or generated via the assets, will be used to repay creditors a proportionate amount. Investigations will be conducted as part of the process, including examining the directors’ conduct throughout to ensure they acted with integrity at all times, and in the best interests of the creditors. Once the CVL has been completed, the company will no longer exist, and if any debts are outstanding, they will be dissolved at that point.
Do the shareholders have to agree to a CVL in order for it to go ahead?
The directors must agree to liquidate the company, and 75% of the shareholders must also be in agreement before the CVL can proceed. It is commonplace for a meeting with the shareholders to take place, and it is at that point when their consent will be given. If it is below a 75% rate of agreement, the CVL cannot proceed.
How does a CVL affect directors?
The ceasing of trading and entering into a CVL will relieve the pressure from creditors about repaying the debts owed to them, which can significantly benefit the directors. If the business employs you as a director, the business’s closure effectively ends your employment. You will no longer receive any salary or benefits but should be eligible for government redundancy payments via the National Insurance Funds. In terms of your personal credit rating, the company’s limited liability will mean that you are protected from being personally responsible for company debts, unless you have signed any personal guarantees for them. Providing there has been no trading misconduct, and there has been no borrowing from a Director’s Loan Account or personal guarantees signed, the director will be protected from financial repercussions. If wrongdoing is uncovered and proven, the situation is different. It can result in disqualification from holding a directorship (for up to 15 years) and can mean that the director becomes personally liable for company debts. Directors must act in the creditors’ best interests at all times and appoint an insolvency practitioner at the earliest opportunity in order to avoid any such issues.
How does a CVL affect employees?
In the same way as employed directors, when an insolvent business ceases trading, the employment of the staff ends too. If there are no sufficient assets within the business to pay for redundancies, the employees can again apply via the National Insurance Fund provided they meet the criteria laid out.
What are the benefits of opting for a CVL?
- As a voluntary process, directors have more control over the liquidation of the business and can have a say in choosing their insolvency practitioner
- An insolvency practitioner is appointed early in the process, mitigating the risk of any trading misconduct which could have severe ramifications for the directors, including becoming personally liable for the company’s debts
- All creditor claims can be submitted in a thorough and organised way and will be dealt with accordingly and fairly
- Directors and employees can be eligible for redundancy payments
- Any legal action which has been launched by creditors is paused whilst the CVL is ongoing, and no action can be taken against you
- Once the company has been formally closed, any debts which have not been repaid as part of the process will be dissolved
Can I set up again after a CVL?
Providing you have not been disqualified as a director, you will be able to set up another business if you so desire. You will even be able to operate it in the same field as your previous company. However, there are likely to be some restrictions on using the same company name and this will need looking into from a legal standpoint.
If you believe your business is facing insolvency, it is essential to appoint the services of an insolvency practitioner such as 1st Business Rescue in order to mitigate the risk of any issues occurring. You might also find there is an alternative solution to closing the doors on your business altogether. So, get in touch and we will be happy to answer any of your questions. | <urn:uuid:1477f74f-a2c1-4883-baa1-73e3c2dd1aa3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.1stbusinessrescue.co.uk/creditors-voluntary-liquidation-cvl-faqs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.966096 | 1,212 | 1.992188 | 2 |
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