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When rscale adjusts the rhythmic durations in a file, it also stores the scaling factor in a reference record which start with "!!!rscale:". If this reference exists in the data file already, it will be updated by multiplying the rational number found in the reference record by the current scaling factor being applied. If no !!!rscale: reference record is found in the data, one will be appended to the end of the output data. Examples of these !!!rscale: reference records can be seen in the above output from rscale, and here is an example of applying successive scaling factors:
When an !!!rscale: record is present in the input data, the -o option can be used to apply the inverse rhythmic scaling factor which returns the rhythmic values to their original state.
The rscale program can handle rhythm values which are more generalized than standard Humdrum Toolkit programs. In the conventional rhythmic representation of **kern and **recip data, only rhythms which can be represented by an integer number of divisions of the whole note can be encoded (plus augmentation dots for a limited class of non-integer divisions of the whole note). For example, quarter notes are represented by "4" since four of them occur within a whole note.
One way to conceptualize rhythm values in Humdrum is as durations. For example, a quarter note is 1/4th of a whole note. Therefore, durations are the reciprocal of Humdrum rhythm values. Note, however, that Humdrum-derived durations must have a "1" in the numerator, since the rhythm representations are integers. In Humdrum **recip and **kern representations, only the augmentation dots can alter the denominator of the rhythm, or the numerator of the duration: "4." is a dotted quarter note which has a duration that is equal to the duration of a quarter note plus the duration of half of a quarter note: 1/4 + 1/2 * 1/4 = 3/8. Thus, if the augmentation dot did not exist in the Humdrum representations, the rhythm would have to be encoded as 8/3 (the inverse of the duration, since a whole note can contain 2 and 2/3 dotted quarter notes). However, since the rhythm "8/3" contains a denominator, it cannot be represented in **recip or **kern data.
Triplet whole notes are one example of a rhythm which cannot be represented in conventional **recip rhythm encodings. A triplet whole note is equivalent to 2/3rds of a whole note, so its **recip rhythm would have to be 3/2 (the inverse of the duration of whole notes the rhythm represents). Since there is a "2" in the denominator of the rhythm, it is not expressible as a **recip rhythm.
A generalized rational-number rhythmic representation extension is understood by the rscale program which encodes both a numerator and denominator for rhythmic values. The representation uses a "%" character to separate the numerator from the denominator. Therefore the rhythmic value for triplet whole notes is "3%2". Here is an example of 3 triplet whole notes playing against two regular whole notes:
Since some programs which process **kern data may not recognize this rational extension to rhythm encoding, a reference record starting with "!!!rscale-alt:" can be placed somewhere in the data. This reference record is intended for specifying a rhythmic scaling factor by which the rhythmic data can be converted into the condition where the denominator of all rhythms is "1" which is required for the basic rhythmic representation model. In this case applying a factor of 1/2 will convert whole notes from "1" rhythms to "2" rhythms (half notes), and will convert triplet whole notes from "3%2" notes into "3" notes (triplet half notes). Both "3" and "2" rhythms now parsable by the basic rhythm model.
Giving the -a option to rscale will cause the program to search for the !!!rscale-alt: reference record and scale the rhythms by the factor which it finds (or scale the values by 1 if no reference record is found).
Notice in the above example that the result of applying the 1/2 scaling factor to the rhythm durations allowed the rhythms to be expressed purely as integers, allowing the data to be processed by any program which does not understand the rational rhythm encoding method. For example, the data can be sent through timebase using the rscale -a and rscale -o pair to convert out and back into rational rhythm data:
The scaling factor can be any rational number besides the more common usage of powers of two. The following example goes through exotic rational rhythms before the original rhythms are recovered with the -o option. Notice that the bottom number in the time signature changes in order to match the rhythm scaling (this can be turned off with the -M option).
Encoding **kern music in a mensural-like style
Modern musical notation is derived from the mensural notation of the Renaissance. In mensural notation, the beat is typically found on the whole note level, and sometime on the breve (double-whole note) level (similar to the half note being the beat in cut time). Modern notation, on the other hand, prefers to use the quarter note as the rhythmic level of the beat.
Therefore, there are two style for encoding mensural notation: (1) encode the rhythms using the original rhythmic levels in the notation, or (2) divide the duration of each original rhythmic level by 4, such that beats on the whole-note level are moved to the quarter note level. The rscale program allows for switching conveniently between these two methods of rhythm encoding by using the "!!!rscale-alt:" option. For example, the original rhythmic levels can be used to encode the music, and the reference record:
!!!rscale-alt: 1/4can be used to convert to the modern beat convention with rscale -a, and the original rhythm values can be recovered with rscale -o.
From the viewpoint of mensural notation, the modern rhythmic convention uses imperfect subdivision (division by 2) of each rhythmic level to generate the smaller duration level from it.
Longs and maxima notes do not exist in modern rhythmic notation (and breves are relatively rare). Therefore they are somewhat proleptic, but useful for notating mensural notation within modern notation while keeping the original rhythmic values of the notes closer to their original values (mensural notation typically places the beat on the whole-note or breve level, while modern notation typically uses the quarter note or half note as the beat).
Suppressing 0-codes for breves, longs and maximasBy default, the rscale program will use "0" codes for rhythms larger than a whole note:
The 0-codes are for backwards compatibility with the Humdrum Toolkit, although only 0 (breve or double wholenote) is fully understood by the standard Humdrum Toolkit programs. If the -r option is used with rscale, the full rational rhythmic representations for breves/longs/maximas will be used instead of the zero codes:
The zero codes can be recovered by passing the data through rscale without any options:
Note that in the modern conception of rhythm (as used in **kern and **recip data) starting in the Baroque era, the relative durations of breves/longs/maximas is always related by fixed factors of two, with dots of prolongation used to indicate subdivisions by three. In mensural notation, rhythmic subdivisions can be either 2 (imperfect) or three (perfect), depending on context, "color" or mensural signs.
Parsed tandem interpretations
rscale tandem interpretations
Visual rhythmic adjustments for groups of notes (separate from their logically encoded durations in **kern data) can be controlled within a spine with the *rscale tandem interpretation:
By default, the rscale program will not modify this tandem interpretation unless the -t option is given. Without -t option, the visual shapes of the notes will be scaled by the given factor. However with the -t option, the note shapes will remain constant since the *rscale value will be divided by the scaling factor.
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Last week we learned that just as we are a new creation in Christ Jesus, forgiven and cleansed from all sin. As Christians, we are called to extend the same forgiveness to those who curse us, persecute and hurt us. We also are reminded of the many examples of people in the Bible, who, despite doing no wrong and honoring God, suffered even though they did good (e.g., Jesus, Job, Daniel, etc.).
We also know that we died to sin when we accepted Christ. We can no longer live in the same way we used to. What’s more, we will be united with Christ in resurrection when He returns (Romans 6:5).
Today, we will learn about how we are to rejoice despite our circumstances and regardless of how people treat us.
Life is already hard without people hurting us. But did you know that we can also make things harder for ourselves? Sometimes we do stupid things and blame God when it is really our fault.
Proverbs 19:3 (NLT) says: “People ruin their lives by their own foolishness
and then are angry at the LORD.”
So it’s important for us to learn to live in God’s wisdom. What do you think? Is God’s wisdom is the same as world’s wisdom?
Let’s turn to James 3:17-18 (NLT):
17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.
Amen? God’s wisdom teaches us to love our neighbors, our selves, and even our enemies.
What does it mean to be pure? Love from God is pure. That’s why we receive Holy Spirit who gives us power, love and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7).
When you truly love your enemies in obedience to God’s commandment to love them, you’re not trying to get them to like you. You’re not looking for praise, you’re not loving them in order to make people to think you’re a good person.
When you really love your enemies, your love for them is pure – there is no jealousy, hidden reason or some selfish motive of any kind. Then we learn that wisdom from God is also peace loving.
Peace loving is not what people think it means. It doesn’t mean that you keep quiet because you know the other person is going to hurt you or punish you for speaking up. Keeping quiet when someone does wrong is enabling bad people to hurt you and others. Peace loving is NOT enabling abusive, wicked behavior!
Peace loving means that you don’t constantly try to pick fights or exclude anyone you dislike. A lot of people tend to be passive aggressive.
For example, if you ever disliked someone and kind of glared at them every time they showed up? Or you refused to talk to someone even if they say hi to you? That’s being passive aggressive, and definitely not peace loving. When you are peace loving, you don’t reject or make people feel alone.
Next we learn that wisdom from God is also gentle at all times. A person who is gentle is someone who knows how to forgive. Gentleness is connected to patience. Just as God is patient and gentle with us every day and every moment, we are called to be gentle and patient to others at all times.
Next we learn that wisdom from God is willing to yield to others. Being willing to yield to others doesn’t mean you let people get their way with you all the time. It means you know how to listen and be kind to others.
For example, when dividing inheritance among people, Zelophehad’s daughters came to Moses about their father’s property. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. Traditionally, any property the father has is handed down to their sons. The sisters said that their father died leaving no sons. They also said that they should have a property too, even though the property is normally handed down from father to son, not to daughters. Moses yielded to the sisters and went before the LORD to ask Him what he should do. God listened to their case and told Moses that the sisters were right and to give them the property that normally would have gone to a son or to their relatives (Numbers 27:1-11). I believe God let this situation come up so that people will all see and know how to yield to others and elevated the status of women in those times when men usually ignored women.
When you are willing to yield, it means that you don’t always believe you are right. Sometimes even the worst person in your life might have a good point. We all need to be someone who is willing to listen to reason and knowing when to wisely yield. Ask God for wisdom!
Next, God’s wisdom is to be full of mercy. We don’t judge people harshly and condemn them. We make allowance for the faults of others, because God Himself gave great mercy to us through the cross. This does not mean we allow people to abuse us. It means we don’t condemn them, forgive and pray for them and bless them just as Christ forgave the people who mocked Him as He was suffering and dying on the cross for us.
After mercy, comes good deeds. Just like there is no love without action, wisdom from God leads to good deeds. You can tell a person is wise by how they live, not just by what they do or do not say. We know Jesus is wise because of how He lived. We also know that Daniel was wise because of his actions and speech. The Bible says that even fools will recognize wisdom in someone who has it.
Proverbs 14:33 (NASB): “Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
But in the hearts of fools it is made known.”
God’s wisdom also doesn’t play favorites. Refusing to play favorites is not natural for us to do. We naturally are nice to those who are nice to us back. We have a hard time being nice and kind to those who are mean to us. But God’s wisdom says: honor other people, who are made in My image, even when they do not treat you right. In doing so, we are following God’s command to love others in the same way He loved us (Mark 12:31).
Next, wisdom is always sincere. Have you ever met someone who was nice to you? Only later to find out they were nice because they wanted to take something, and not because they really cared about you. It feels insincere, right? It makes you think, “I can’t trust this person.” God says, don’t be insincere.
The world says it’s okay to use people to get what you want, but it really isn’t. When you are sincere, you aren’t pretending to be what you are not. You aren’t trying to manipulate people. Some Bible translations, instead of saying “always sincere,” say, “without hypocrisy”. Both mean the same thing. Don’t pretend to be one thing when you are trying to get something from someone. Be honest and sincere before God and people in what you say and do. This obviously doesn’t mean to just blab and tell other people everything – ask God and He will give you wisdom on what to do, what to say and how to say it.
All these things are the very same things Jesus showed us in His life! God is the very same things we learned! He is pure, peace loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good deeds, He doesn’t show favoritism, is always sincere.
Hallelujah! We have an awesome God!!!
Now when we obey God in all these things, what does the Bible say is the result?
18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. (James 3:18 NIV)
Hallelujah! When we obey God’s wisdom, our actions are like planting seeds. These seeds transform our lives as we grow in the habit of following His wisdom, and transform the lives of other people.
The more you love your enemies and follow practical wisdom God gives that we learned in James 3:17-18, the more people will come to know what God is like.
It’s not something that comes naturally, which is why we depend on the power of the Holy Spirit to choose God’s way over our own natural feelings.
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Pink is not my favourite colour, least of all when it lights up the night sky. Against this flickering glow, the Eiger brandishes his switchblade silhouette. We’re only an hour out, and already a fiasco looms, if not worse. Now, how did we get ourselves into this?
Ultimately, I'm inclined to pin the blame on Walter Weston - even if I have go back a ways to do so. In 1918, the mountaineering missionary was back in England after his Yokohama stint, but he kept in touch with mountaineering friends from Japan. One day, a student from Tokyo called to ask where he should spend his first season in the Swiss Alps. That was an easy question: Weston had fond memories of Grindelwald, where he’d done quite a few climbs in his pre-Japan days ...
Somewhere out beyond Grindelwald, a pink bolt stabs from cloud to ground. No accompanying rumble yet, but I stop trying to kid myself that a power line has shorted, or that somebody is letting off an early-morning fireworks display. This really is a thunderstorm. Now what?
The young Japanese mountaineer was Maki “Yūkō” Aritsune (1894-1989). The son of a Sendai newspaper proprietor, he grew up with both the will and means to climb. After travels with his parents introduced him to mountain scenery, he started his own climbing career with the big volcanoes. Mt Fuji was ascended in 1906, Yōtei-zan in Hokkaidō in 1909 and Aso-san in Kyūshū the following year.
In 1918, he crossed the Pacific to continue studying at Columbia University. At least, that was the plan. Unfortunately, Maki found the atmosphere on campus so frenetic, after America’s entry into the war, that he couldn’t concentrate on study. So, counterintuitively, he kept going eastwards and sailed to England.
Mountains probably influenced this decision. Not long after his arrival in London, Maki dropped in on Walter Weston, who was always ready to help fellow members of the Japanese Alpine Club, and asked about a good base for climbing.
At last, Maki was there, lodged at the Hotel Adler at Grindelwald. In July 1920, he climbed several of the big peaks in the Bernese Oberland and made a traverse over from the Mönch to the Eiger’s summit via its west ridge. Already, though, it was the ridge on the opposite side of that mountain that interested him – the Mittellegi.
By this time, all the major alpine summits and most of the Bernese Oberland’s big ridges had been climbed. If there was a Last Great Problem, it was the Eiger’s Mittellegi. The ridge had been descended, using long abseils, but so far nobody had managed to climb up the steeper sections. From the grassy meadows of the Faulhorn, Maki studied the serrated ridge through a telescope and planned his campaign. A victory would greatly enhance the nascent traditions of Japanese alpinism…
Yesterday, I’d met up with Martin Burgener at the Eismeer Station, a railway stop hollowed out inside the Eiger. We walked with ducked heads through dripping tunnels to a portal blasted into the mountain’s south face. A delicate move down a corner of wet limestone saw us onto the glacier. A fine afternoon outside, though big bales of cloud were blowing off the peaks across the valley.
We roped up and set off eastwards across the snow. Let’s move smartly here, Martin said, tilting his helmet to explain why. I looked up – a block of avalanche debris, ponderous as a delivery van, clogged a gully above us. Yes, I agreed, that lot doesn’t seem to have our best interests at heart. Martin laughed, but set off at a swift pace. Welcome to the Eiger.
We took off our crampons under a wall of compact limestone. Martin led a short chimney and then, short-roped, we meandered, carefully, across a series of ledges up towards the ridge, as if taking a slantwise stroll across a tiled roof, easy but aerily exposed. Thank goodness we don’t have to come back this way, I thought.
The Mittellegi Hut squats athwart the ridge, braced with steel cables to stop it blowing away. We dropped our gear and went in. The hut warden, bald and bearded, had a genial twinkle in his blue eyes. I didn’t notice for a minute or two that he was wearing a steel leg brace. When we came in, he ticked Martin’s name off on a slip of paper pinned on the back of the door. Only the guides were listed by name – Burgener + 1, Brunner + 1, Andermatten + 1, Bomio + 1, Brawand …
|Samuel Brawand, Yuko Maki, Fritz Steuri, Fritz Amatter|
Brawand! Sam Brawand would have to be the man. Maki’s 1921 season had started badly. His usual guide, Emil, went down with appendicitis and then, after Maki had done a few training climbs in Zermatt, the weather turned bad. When he returned to Grindelwald, the Eiger was dusted with new snow. Conditions looked hopeless, but he’d give it a go.
Maki had known Brawand since the winter of 1919, when the young guide had given him German lessons. And they’d climbed several high mountains together the previous summer. Now Maki invited him round to the Hotel Adler and explained his plan. They’d need some help, and so the two Fritzes, Amatter and Steuri, were signed up too. These were Grindelwald’s top men; Steuri had guided more than 400 ascents of 4,000-metre peaks while Amatter had made the first ascent of the Finsteraarhorn’s precipitous east face.
They also amassed about thirty pitons, as well as two thirty-metre and one sixty-metre rope, each braided with the red cord that showed it met the standards of Britain’s Alpine Club. Bivvy gear had to be considered too – a spirit stove, two blankets, extra clothing, and sheets of newspaper for insulation. As for food, there would be raw eggs, roast chicken, ham, sausage, biscuits, bread, butter and jam, and brandy.
On the evening of the 8th, they went round to the blacksmith to collect the climbing pole. Now the tension started to build. From his room in the Adler, Maki watched the sunset steep the Eiger’s north face in roseate light and wondered if it was vainglory or ambition that was driving him into this venture. But, no, that wasn’t it. It was just that the mountain’s attraction was so strong, he had to climb it. Once he’d worked that out, his peace of mind returned, as it always did …
The evening sunlight flooded straight into the hut, untainted at this altitude by any reddish tinge. The western sky was clear; banner clouds still tumbled from the Schreckhorn’s summit opposite. The föhn wind was still blowing hard. We shovelled down macaroni cheese with apple sauce while Martin explained the plan – up at 4am, away half an hour later; no point going earlier, as you need to see what you’re doing when the ridge starts to steepen.
September 9th dawned bright; no clouds in the sky, just a wisp of snow pluming from the Eiger’s summit. The slanting light hinted that autumn was on the way. Maki and his guides stuffed gear into their packs, laced up their tricouni-nailed boots, and double-checked the kit-list.
The Adler’s landlord shook Maki’s hand forcefully; his wife said to come back in one piece, and the maid promised to say a prayer for him. They all came to the station to see him onto the 8.15am train.
At the Eismeer station, the party met up with Steuri, who’d come on an earlier train with the three-metre pole, and made their way down the tunnels. Then they roped down onto the snow and set off across the glacier.
Nobody notices when the stars fade out – we’re too busy watching our footwork as we scramble up and down small rock towers. At 4.30am, we’d left the hut under a starry sky. The air was warm, the rock dry and the plan still looked good. Sign up with a guide – expensive, yes, but this is the Eiger, famed for its suboptimal outcomes – and follow in the footsteps of a pioneering Japanese alpinist. It's a sound plan - what could possibly go wrong?
Now, there it is again – that pink flicker, guttering out beyond the switchblade ridge. A young guide comes clattering down the ridge towards us. Probably an aspirant, he’s yet to master the hallmark imperturbability of the patented Bergführer. “A storm's coming in,” he says breathlessly …
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Dream Interpretation Obese | Dream Meanings
1. If the dreamer is overweight, a lack of esteem.
2. The desire to protect oneself from romantic involvement with others.
3. One is undisciplined.
4. One should have a healthier lifestyle.
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There’s nothing worse than walking into a public toilet and being so put off by what you find that you’d rather pee yourself publicly than go anywhere near the toilet bowl in front of you.
But needing to use the bathroom at inopportune moments is part of the travel experience and you haven’t really travelled until you have at least one truly horrendous toilet horror story to tell.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that simply placing some toilet paper around the seat would be enough of a barrier between you and the germs lurking in the bowl, but sadly that’s not the case and it actually could be doing you more harm than good.
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The worrying thing is, while there are bacteria lurking on the toilet seat itself, the bowls have been designed in a way that make it difficult for the germs to cling to. But you know what bacteria and germs love to stick to? You guessed it, the light, fluffy, absorbent toilet paper hanging on the wall.
Every time the toilet is flushed, small germs particles are thrown up into the atmosphere and cling to the items around the stall, including the door handle, the walls, the floor, and, yes, even the toilet paper.
RELATED: The Bathroom Habit That Could Be Making You Sick
So, instead of using the toilet paper the next time you use a public toilet, pack your own toilet paper or hygienic tissues that you can use when you get there. Or, sit on the bowl.
This article originally appeared on Travel at 60.
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Stephen Winter’s audacious fiction “Jason and Shirley” considers what might have transpired when Shirley Clarke (Sarah Schulman), a straight, white, Jewish filmmaker, interviewed the black gay prostitute and would-be entertainer Jason Holliday (Jack Waters) for her landmark 1967 film “Portrait of Jason.”
The real-life 12-hour interview session took place on December 3, 1966 at Clarke’s Chelsea Hotel penthouse apartment. It yielded a cinéma vérité documentary long celebrated for its depiction of an African-American gay man. A credit at the end of Winter’s film explains that “Portrait of Jason” is still said to be “the only film starring a black gay man which is considered essential viewing by film critics.”
Yet, “Portrait of Jason” was also condemned upon it release, with accusations that Clarke exploited her subject.
Despite strong performances, Stephen Winter’s imagining of 1967 “Portrait of Jason” backstory falls short
Similarly, Winter’s “Jason and Shirley” can be both praised and faulted. The film raises salient points about race, class, sexuality, truth, and art, but it also suffers from too often seeming like a stunt. Viewers may accept this mockumentary as an imagining or even a satire, but its real intentions are never clear. This ambiguity may be deliberate, but viewers are likely to be frustrated by not being able to believe what they see.
In fact, there are several factual errors in the film: Clarke displays her Oscar, but she never actually won one (she was not on the Academy’s nomination ballot for “Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel With the World,” for which she got a director’s credit). “Jason and Shirley” takes place during the day, but the real interview began at 9 p.m. and was shot overnight. This disregard for the truth may be Winter taking poetic license, but it feels like sloppiness.
“Jason and Shirley” opens with Jason being late and a frustrated Shirley talking with Nico (Eamon Fahey), her young production assistant. When Jason finally arrives, he eyes Nico, calls him a “hot chicken,” and has him fetch gin cocktails and light his cigarettes. Jason rejoices in his power as a black man ordering a white guy around. Jason is clearly a boisterous force of nature, and Shirley quickly plays to his vanity and need for celebrity to get him to deliver what she wants. He, in turn, asks for money when not performing for the camera or telling off-color jokes that get reactions from Nico.
If Shirley is seething as Jason wastes her time, viewers might be simply exasperated, waiting for the film to start in earnest. Only when Shirley presses Jason about why he lies all the time does “Jason and Shirley” finally crackle.
This is not to say that the performances by the two leads are not spot-on. Both Schulman and Waters fully inhabit their roles and are great fun to watch. Waters is especially good with his comic timing, capturing both Jason’s flamboyance and his seriousness as he delivers his amusing one-liners. Schulman is ingratiating as Shirley, especially when she confides to Nico that Jason is doing everything she wants him to.
Interludes where Winter presents sequences that literally portray stories Shirley draws out of Jason ring false. When Jason describes working for rich white women, his insights about race, class, and sexual dynamics are reduced to absurdities when we se him hurling insults at his matron (Peter Cramer) and then kissing and fingering her on the floor.
Jason’s discussion of his would-be cabaret act is intercut with stylish fantasy performance scenes, but they are edited in a way that makes them merely distracting. When he is seen seducing Billy Boy (Mike Bailey-Gates), the scene never quite answers Shirley’s question, “What do you like about white men?” The episode, instead, is a clumsy sets-up for her inquiry about Jason being raped.
As Shirley questions Jason, we see how she is focused triggering certain responses and controlling him. He doesn’t want to talk about his father, but when she coaxes him to do so, his answer is illuminating. (Whether it’s true is another matter, but beside the point.) When Shirley takes Jason up to the roof during a break in filming and asks him, “Is what you want the world to see of you already in the camera?,” the moment is a canny one. It’s unfortunate that the jazz background music in the scene undercuts its raw emotional power.
This struggle between these indomitable characters is a fascinating one, but in “Jason and Shirley” it too often comes off as contrived. We do, however, come to understand that though Jason may be disruptive, he has no illusions or real agenda with the interview; he is what he is –– which was the point of “Portrait.” Shirley, at moments, comes off sympathetically as she works to get what she wants –– or says she wants –– from Jason, but when she instructs an actor, Carl Lee (Orran Farmer), to “break” him, she seems merely manipulative. This may be her truth, but the film lets the viewers decide.
“Jason and Shirley” tries to have it both ways — presenting truth and creating illusion. That’s a contradiction it can’t quite pull off.
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We have a two story home, the windows, and roof trim on the 2nd floor are set back so that we need to place a ladder on the roof to reach them.
What is a safe way to set up ladders so we won’t damage the roof or slide down and kill ourselves. The pitch of the roof we are setting the ladder on is not steep, but we need the ladder to reach fifteen feet to the peak.
I just finished painting a house with two recessed peaks, gables, like you describe.
One of the peaks wasn't recessed as far as the other. With this one we used a 28 foot extension ladder from the concrete to the peak. It didn't have to much of an angle and was comfortable for the painting. This is preferred as the ladder is stable with no chance for slipping.
The other peak was recessed to far back. This required use to use a 20 foot extension ladder on the roof. The roofing material was wood shake singles and a bit slippery. For this task we used two Pivot Ladder Tools by ProVisionTools, they have good gripping power. One was used for each leg of the ladder. With the ladder set on these, another person helped steady the ladder and offer additional support.
Another option is to use a 2×4 screwed to the roof to keep the ladder from sliding. The screw holes would need filling with silicone caulk when finished.
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A helping hand
Have you tried to stop smoking and are now ready to give up once and for all? Many people have successfully used hypnosis to quit smoking.
Breaking the habit
Smoking can be a difficult habit to break, because in addition to the body’s dependency on nicotine, the unconscious mind forms associations between particular places, activities and the act of smoking. These associations act like triggers, that prompt further smoking and reinforce the habit. This can make it difficult to quit using willpower alone.
- When having a coffee and a chat
- First thing in the morning
- When drinking alcohol
- When alone
- When working at home
Stopping = motivation + hypnotherapy
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The process of stripping the essential oils and trichomes from the marijuana plant by using either ethyl or isopropyl alcohol.
The process of breaking off and harvesting trichomes from the cannabis flower through physical contact.
Bud is a synonym for the flower of the mature marijuana plant. They are the actual nuggets that you smoke. Buds are the part of the marijuana plant that contain the cannabinoids.
A marijuana concentrate that is similar to wax but softer and more pliable. Butter contain 70%+ THC.
A budtender is dispensary employee, similar to a pharmacist, who works behind the counter and showcases the stores different products.
The process of creating hash oil(s) by pushing a solvent through plant material.
One of the most popular solvents used in earlier concentrate extraction.
The chemical compounds found in the Cannabis plant that offers a variety of health benefits.
Indigenous to Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes Cannabis ruderalis, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis indica.
Cannabidiol is one of over 60 molecules called cannabinoids found in marijuana.
A clone is a marijuana plant clipping that can be planted and grown, creating a genetic copy of the plant.
CO2 extraction is the process of pressurizing liquid or gas CO2 to its Critical State, (over 1078 PSI), and passing it through marijuana.
A concentrate is any type of cannabis product that is refined from flowers into a more purified and potent form.
Cotton mouth is one of the harmless side effects of marijuana. When high, the mouth becomes abnormally dry.
Crossbreeding is when multiple cannabis plants are bred to produce a new strain.
Crystals or trichomes, are the part of the marijuana plant that hold the most THC and are specifically used to make concentrates like kief or hash.
Curing is a very important process during the growth of a cannabis plant, which allows for a much higher quality end product.
Dabbing is the latest method used to consume potent cannabis concentrates like butane hash oil.
Decarboxylation is the process of heating weed at a low temperature to transform “inactive” acid cannabinoids like THCA and CBDA into “active” THC and CBD.
Edibles are marijuana-infused products that are consumed orally.
An eighth of an ounce refers to the typical measurement of marijuana, which equates to 3.5 grams.
Endo or “indo” is a word used to describe cannabis that is grown indoors, usually hydroponically.
Flowering time references the period in which a plant produces flowers, after the vegetative stage when it’s been actively growing.
The flowers of a cannabis plant refer to the hairy, often sticky bud or parts of the plant that are harvested and used to consume in a variety of marijuana products.
A green out is like an alcohol-induced blackout, but in reference to consuming too much cannabis, usually through edibles or potent dabs.
A grinder is a circular metal, steel or wood device used to breakdown marijuana to make using the flower easier.
An heirloom strain is a virgin breed of cannabis that hasn’t been mixed or crossbred with another, therefore maintaining its original genetics.
It’s a product that can be commercially produced to make numerous products like paper, rope, food, building materials, fuel and more.
A hybrid is a cross between two genetically different strains of cannabis.
Hydroponics is a popular way to grow marijuana that utilizes a soilless system.
Indica is one of the three classifications of cannabis, alongside sativa and ruderalis.
Kief is a result of separating trichomes from the marijuana plant.
Kush is a specific indica strain of marijuana, thought to have originated from the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan where it has been cultivated for hundreds of years.
A term to describe an extraction method where plants are harvested within 48 hours of picking them.
Refers to a MIP that is fully licensed and compliant in its state/province of operation.
Is a broad word for a plant and its flowers that contain several psychoactive ingredients like THC or CBD.
Medical marijuana is a term in reference to the use of cannabis to treat chronic pain, nausea, anxiety, sleep apnea and more.
Being “medicated” is a term similar to being stoned or high.
Phenotype is a word used to successfully identify a plant’s inherent traits.
The process of removing residual solvent from a concentrate.
Recreational drug use is used to intentionally change one’s state of consciousness in order to produce feelings of elation.
Resin refers to the trichomes that are used to create hash.
Ruderalis is one of the three main variations of cannabis.
Sativa is a shorter, less scientific name for the specific species of cannabis plant.
Shatter is a type of concentrate that is believed to be the purest and most potent type of marijuana product.
A cannabis strain is a particular kind of plant species, either in a pure or hybrid variety like sativa or indica found in both the recreational and medical arenas.
Single source concentrates that have been created from a company that grows its own flower from seed.
A solvent is just a liquid in which something is dissolved to form a solution.
Terpenes are chemical compounds found in cannabis that produce the distinct flavor and smell of the flower.
Tetrahydrocannabinol is the most recognized cannabinoid in the marijuana plant, its well-known psychoactive effects, effectively causes someone to feel high.
A tincture is a liquid form of marijuana, typically made from glycerin or alcohol.
A cannabis-infused cream, oil, or lotion that is to be applied to the skin.
Trichomes are crystallized glands that produce resin on a marijuana plant.
After marijuana plants are mature, they’re harvested within a certain time frame to keep the product fresh.
The process of isolating and extracting terpenes directly from cannabis flowers through distillation.
A vaporizer pen (or vape pen) is a smaller version of a regular vaporizer. It’s portable and typically uses pre-filled cartridges available in varying sizes and types of cannabis.
Vaporizers help a user consume marijuana differently than most other methods like a joint or pipe, which often combusts the product.
A process in concentrate consumption that uses moderate heat to chemically change a solid-form concentrate into an inhalable vapor.
Wax is a concentrated form of marijuana that’s created when the plant is dissolved into a solvent.
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School endowments: Saving for what?
YALE UNIVERSITY President Richard Levin admitted this week that the institution’s endowment has lost 25 percent of its value, or over $5 billion. Harvard University’s endowment is down $8 billion. These losses are difficult to appreciate unless their value is translated into real goods. For $8 billion Harvard could have provided 25 years of Crimson undergraduates with a free education. Or built the largest particle accelerator in the world.
Many colleges and universities have spent decades amassing huge fortunes, unprecedented in scale. Part of the reason their endowments have become so large is that they are so aggressively invested. Another reason is that, despite their incredible gains, these institutions continue to engage in the Depression-era practice of spending very little of their treasure. Today’s losses are an indictment of that longstanding practice and proof that colleges and universities should have been spending more from their endowments all along.
A comparison between two fictitious institutions with strikingly different approaches to endowment payout makes this obvious. Say that two institutions – let’s call them Scrooge U and Visionary U – each had an endowment worth $100 million in 1995. Both employed skilled managers who generated annual returns averaging 16 percent – until this year.
But whereas Scrooge used only four percentage points of that return each year to support the work of the university, Visionary used 6 percentage points, or half as much more. This resulted in Visionary spending $35 million more than Scrooge, blessing its students with generous financial aid and the world with the benefits of plentiful research.
Both endowments grew handsomely over the years. All the while, Scrooge shared far fewer of its resources, based on the notion that miserliness would help it to be better prepared for a “rainy day.” And in 2008 a terrible day did come, and all endowments lost 40 percent of their value in a single year.
By being stingy and reinvesting so much of its endowment in good times, Scrooge’s endowment climbed to $435 million. Meanwhile, the more generous Visionary’s endowment reached $345 million. However, when the rainy day came, Scrooge’s loss totaled $174 million, whereas Visionary’s smaller endowment lost $138 million.
The difference in the losses was $36 million, or almost precisely the additional amount Visionary had chosen to spend and Scrooge had not. Scrooge’s attempt to “save” millions in fact ended up being a foolish gesture that resulted in real losses for real people.
A school’s endowment should not be treated as an untouchable treasure chest but as an active fund contributing to the institution and its potential to serve society. Low payout practices are outdated and need to be revised upward. Payouts have steadily declined for decades. On average, colleges and universities spent just 3.9 percent from their endowments in FY2007.
Since colleges and universities pay no taxes on their endowments or on the income they earn, the public has a keen interest in knowing whether schools are adopting payout policies that make sense. The rainy day so many colleges and universities have saved for is here. The question is whether these institutions will have the wisdom to step up spending in response.
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It is kind of crazy to think that it will be back to school time very soon. The summer is just FLYING by! If you cannot tell already, I really do like using picture books in the classroom and there is no better way to introduce this to my students than the first few days of school. The first week of school always brings a wide range of emotions for students (and teachers too!). These back to school books will be a perfect way to help students feel more comfortable in the classroom and excited for the wonderful school year that is set to come. To see all book lists featured on A Dab of Glue Will Do, click here. And be sure to check out all of our back to school activities and resources!
Back to School Books
Going back to school means homework, but also a chance for Splat to share summer adventures.
Sarah Jane is worried about starting at a new school. A great read for anyone currently experiencing or has previously felt these jitters.
Percy has 10 simple rules to survive school and make things fun, but he also shows what NOT to do!
Sister bear conquers her fear of starting kindergarten.
Amusing pictures and verse illustrate fun dinosaur antics at school.
Dexter knows all he needs to know, and has no fears, but his stuffed dog, Rufus, is scared to go to kindergarten.
Ivy can’t wait for school, but she’s also worried about it. Little does she know, but so are the teachers and just about everyone else!
There are great risks in bringing a mouse to school. Children will enjoy this fun and humorous mouse ‘tail’!
Practice the alphabet and introduce kids to kindergarten through this colorful and fun book.
This book explores back-to-school jitters and the panic of being split up from your best friend but then making new ones.
Come along on a fun and colorful journey through the school day.
Pete sings his way through school – from the library to the lunchroom and the playground. Follow Pete as he is rocking in his new school shoes.
Can you not find a resource that you would LOVE to have for your classroom? Contact me and I would be happy to make it for you.
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Shoulder pain is one of the most common body pains that people struggle within their day-to-day life. The joints of the shoulders are very much flexible and mobile, making them vulnerable to injuries.
And if you are struggling through pain in one or both shoulders, it is advisable not to ignore it and visit a doctor, especially if the pain is for no particular reason. However, the causes and treatment of shoulder pain vary with the location of pain and its severity.
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Below Conditions Causing Shoulder Pain
Pain in the left shoulder and arm is a normal part of day-to-day activities. But if there is left side pain without injury, it is a condition to be concerned about. Left side pain without injury can be a symptom of a heart attack.
So one must be careful with the pain in the left shoulder and arm. Left side pain causes involve referred pain which can be a symptom of heart attack, injury to the bone or tissue in the arm, shoulder, elbow, or shoulder bursitis. Also, tendonitis in the shoulder or arm and rotator cuff tear is part of left shoulder pain causes.
Also, some conditions can result in right side pain, and some of the common causes are rotator cuff, fractures, arthritis, and cervical radiculopathy. If the pain is moderate, one can use home remedies and stretches to ease right shoulder pain symptoms.
However, if you see right shoulders pain symptoms like swelling, stiffness, bruising, tenderness, and difficulty carrying out your daily activities, such as dressing, bathing, and cooking, you must visit a doctor and get proper treatment.
Also, some might feel top of pain resulting from the rotator cuff: tendonitis and bursitis. The top of pain might feel like a dull ache, sharp pain, or mild tenderness.
Sometimes, we experience pain in both the shoulders and wonder what causes pain in both shoulders and upper arms. Usually, inflammation of muscles tendons, the tension in your neck and shoulder muscles, chronic overuse injury, and trauma like an automobile accident or a sports injury.
In simple words, the answer to what causes pain in both shoulders and upper arms will be strain and tension in the muscles from poor posture, overuse, or trauma from an injury. However, pain in both shoulders and upper arms is preventable if one maintains posture and maintains a regular exercise regimen with proper techniques.
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The cause of left side pain in women is often seen as poor posture, which causes specific muscles to get too tight and others to get too stretched out and weaker, resulting in muscle imbalances.
Other causes of left side in women can be overuse or too much exercise with poor form and shoulder impingement. Fixing your posture to open up the chest can be a great start to treating shoulder pain in women. However, if the pain still pertains, one must visit a doctor for the treatment.
Shoulder Pain Exercises
Regular shoulder pain exercises and stretches will help in the shoulder pain treatment. The exercises involve pendulum stretch for range of motion, overhead shoulder stretch, chest expansion, stretching an arm across the chest, and neck releases.
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Stretches like Inward and outward rotation armpit and towel stretch, and cross-body reach is part of frozen shoulder treatment as in this condition; the movement of shoulders is limited. Sometimes the exercises are not enough for severe, as in the case of a frozen shoulder.
Thus, the frozen shoulder treatment also involves corticosteroids and numbing medications injected into the joint capsule. Also another kind of shoulder injury, rotator cuff injury, is a widespread shoulder injury that hinders the movement of the shoulders.
Usually, if not severe, the rotator cuff injury treatment involves Conservative treatments like rest, ice, and physical therapy.
Shoulder Pain Treatments and Remedies
- Shoulder pain treatment includes reducing swelling and redness and strengthening the muscles. One should take anti-inflammatory medication that is none steroidal as it will help to relieve pain and reduce inflammation. Reducing inflammation is very important in the rotator cuff injury treatment.
- Cold compression on the swelling area helps numb the sharp pain. However, it is suggested not to apply ice directly on the skin but wrap it in a cloth and then apply it to the swollen area.
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Evaluation of the documentary harlan region usa
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The film’s central focus may be the real-life records of a reach stages simply by miners inside the Brookside My very own against Fight it out Power Company, a big energy firm in the United States, because of its alleged unjust labor procedures, dangerous functioning conditions, and low pay. It also features the lack of response of the Combined Mine Staff of America (UWMA) for the plight in the workers.
Basically, film movie director and producer Barbara Kopple, together with her crew, spent years while using miners and the families described and written about their poor working and living conditions.
The lady followed all of them as they came back in front of the Nyse and also evaluated miners troubled by black chest disease or coalminer’s pneumoconiosis. The film also recorded that key source of discord between the company and the miners was the no-strike clause inside the contract, which was eventually taken out.
Moreover, the film also showed how the company increased its income by more than 100 percent while the miners only received a 4 per cent shell out increaseregardless of the 7 per cent increaese inside the cost of living in the same year.
Major elements also shown inside the documentary are the prevalence of country music, which has more or less been among the themes from the entire hit. However , the most significant events proven in the documentary are the murders of two miners, Paul Yablonski great family, and Lawrence Smith. Their deaths eventually altered the wave for the miners while the administration finally a agreed to set up a bagain with them, ending the strike.
1 . What elements could have caused the company to use the miners the way they performed?
2 . What were the possible cultural and financial factors that compelled the miners to stay working for the company before finally staging a strike?
3. In what methods is the film an important social masterpiece and an eye-opener to contemporary society?
1 . In general, there are many of factors which come into get regard towards the exploitation of miners inside the film. First may be the human element since Duke Power Company is definitely run by humans. Consequently , they are at risk of temptations, desprovisto, and thoughts, among many others. Additionally , the socio-economic status in the miners performed an important part in pressing their companies to exploit all of them. For example , because shown inside the documentary, the almost of all of the miners are impoverished.
So when they were able to find work as coalminers, they probably saw that as a fantastic opportunity for these to make a living and improve their conditions which is why they will agreed to help the company without considering the unfair labor methods at the time. Simply because the miners are apparently eager to discover work, the business willingly used them by providing them with harmful working circumstances and low wages. In such a way, it would also appear the miners had been indebted towards the company pertaining to providing them with jobs.
2 . Poverty can be clearly one of the most significant financial factors that compelled the miners to work for the the company. Since shown in the film, the miners skilled some of the worst living conditions. Nearly of all do not have sufficient drinking water and meals, among additional basic essentials. Seeing that these people were in terrible need of means to improve their lives, they willingly allowed themselves to get exploited provided that they are able to make a living (Biskind d. p. ).
However , since depicted in the documentary, the miners had been unaware of the indegent working circumstances that awaited them, including the no strike terms in their legal agreements, which was at some point removed. However , in a way, the miners sensed that the clause in the agreement initially meant that their place in the company is safe and there will never be any need for them to stage a reach. But sooner or later, they realized that the affect prevented these people from affecting the labor practices in the company and this is why they pushed for its removing.
3. The documentary overall serves as a significant cultural part and an eye-opener for the reason that of the painful reality it depicted. Besides the impoverished miners, the documentary also captured on film true to life situations such as imprisoned strikers, rioters, violence, courtrooms, and even killing. It can also be said that the documentary had a even more human area to that, as director Kopple had taken various dangers by participating the actual attacks and pickets and also meeting with the users of the miners and their households.
Aside from demonstrating the plight from the miners, it also depicted how people with little to no education are abused and exploited simply by those who rank higher in culture. Most of all, the strength of the film lies intensely on its moral authority (Biskind n. p. ) as it does not just portray characters and villains, but simply the truth and the lessons being learned from it.
Over-all, I believe that the document is known as a highly vital piece that depicts the realities of one of the weakest working classes in the country- the fossil fuel miners. I am sure that most persons, myself included, are not aware of the dangers that accompany the job such as black lung disease, which is perilous. In general, I believe that the the film was successful in depicting just how these coalminers risk their very own lives to ensure the homes and businesses of 1000s of Americans are supplied with electicity and power and therefore, they much more than deserve, at the very least, safe functioning conditions, fair labor techniques, and larger wages.
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Alameda expert pens book on ancient and patient art
In the forests where even the smallest of us stand, Jonas Dupuich is above the head.
For over 25 years, the Alameda resident has been cutting, cable, trimming and practicing a level of patience that would make Job look like a nervous day trader. Now, the bonsai expert has released a book to help the rest of us learn the ancient art of “tray planting.”
Dupuich teaches and lectures on bonsai throughout the Bay Area, as well as across the country. He also has a popular blog, bonsai tonight and just published a book, “The Little Book of Bonsai – An Easy Guide to Caring for Your Bonsai” (Ten Speed Press, $15).
For the uninitiated, bonsai, which translates in Japanese to “tray planting,” is all about keeping normal-sized trees small and shaping them into artistic, pleasing shapes. Japanese bonsai experts have been practicing this art for centuries.
For Dupuich, recognized as one of the leading experts in bonsai, his passion for the art developed shortly after university when, while working in his father’s nursery, he had an encounter fortuitous with a bonsai master.
As Dupuich half-heartedly pruned a small pine tree, a man approached and began offering advice, which Dupuich says he instinctively followed. Later, the man offered to take the neglected, neglected pine home and “stylize” it, a term Dupuich was unfamiliar with.
“I hadn’t even really liked the tree,” says Dupuich, “but when he brought it back, I could see it in a different way and something just clicked.”
As it turned out, Dupuich’s accidental mentor was Boon Manakitivipart, a well-known bonsai artist celebrated for his innovative techniques, unique bonsai style, and creative teaching methods. The two men became close friends.
From this point on, Dupuich’s plans for a career as a teacher of English literature faded. He joined a local bonsai club and started growing some of his own trees.
Bonsai – pronounced “bone-sigh” – has experienced a resurgence in the United States over the past decade. It’s far from scrumptious, but a growing number of people, especially millennials, are taking an interest in it.
The call is easy to understand. We have a fascination with all things miniaturized – and then there’s the idea of having a piece of beautiful nature at your fingertips. Dupuich thinks many people are drawn to bonsai because it gives them something to nurture and nurture.
Dupuich’s collection of trees is breathtaking. Many are pine trees, some grown from seed, others harvested from mountaintops. The collection also includes oaks, redwoods and maples. The age of the trees varies from 10 to 600 years.
It is a hobby with endurance.
Of course, not all trees are suitable for bonsai, but many are. It can take years of work to develop the shape and look, but Dupuich says it’s worth it.
In his classes, Dupuich says he often wishes he could give his students two superpowers. The ability to visualize the trunk of the tree as separate from the branches and leaves would allow students to better see shape and form – and the ability to imagine the future would allow them to see what the tree might look like in years. These powers of imagination would help them make choices about what to prune, what to leave, and what to mold and grow for the tree to achieve that vision in 20 or 30 years.
“Bonsai is definitely about delayed gratification,” he says.
Bonsai grown trees are all full-sized trees, deliberately kept small. Put them in the ground, says Dupuich, and under optimal conditions they will reach their full height, reaching 20 feet and more. But the bonsai artist keeps the tree small using a variety of methods, including pruning and root manipulation with bonsai planting medium. Small, finer roots produce smaller trees.
Flowers and fruits on the trees remain at or near normal size. There are no misleading genetics, says Dupuich.
Of the 200 bonsai clubs nationwide, many are centered in California. The Bay Area alone has more than a dozen. And of the 14 most famous public bonsai gardens in the country, California has three – the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland, the Bonsai collection at the Huntington in San Marino, and the Clark Bonsai Collection in Fresno.
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Overprescribing antibiotics can lead to complications in UTI patients with fever, sepsis.
TORONTO—Guidelines are needed for managing positive urine cultures in the ICU because clinicians often prescribe antibiotics inappropriately, researchers reported here at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
“Not every patient with a positive culture needs to be treated,” said study investigator Houssein Jahamy, MD, an infectious disease fellow at Wayne State University in Detroit.
“What we have is a set of guidelines for asymptomatic bacteriuria, but there is nothing that addresses positive urine cultures in the ICU. Guidelines are badly needed to decrease inappropriate prescribing, and they could also help decrease the incidence of complications that come from antibiotic use.”
Dr. Jahamy and his colleagues reviewed the records of all adult patients treated for a positive urine culture in the ICU at St. JohnHospital & MedicalCenter in Detroit from November 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005. Treatment for UTI was deemed “appropriate” in patients with urinary symptoms, fever, and/or other manifestations of sepsis without any other sources. The researchers classified antibiotic treatment as “inappropriate” when patients presented without fever/leukocytosis or with fever/leukocytosis due to other conditions.
There were 119 positive urine cultures, of which 29 were excluded be-cause patients died or were discharged prior to urine culture results becoming available. The remaining 90 positive cultures were found among 87 patients. The mean age of the patients was 62.9 years and 89% had an in-dwelling catheter.
Approximately 47% were diabetic and 65% were females. Additionally, 71% had leukocytosis, 38% were febrile, and 20% were septic. The most common reasons for ICU admission included cardiac events (26%), a central nervous system event (21%), and respiratory failure (11%).
Of the 67 patients (74%) treated for UTIs, 34 (50%) had documented or suspected infection with fever and/or leukocytosis. Antibiotic treatment was deemed appropriate in only 31% of the treated subjects; the remaining 69% received inappropriate care.
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Vanpools are quickly emerging as a popular form of smarter commuting.
The vanpooling phenomenon is continuing to gain momentum, especially in major cities with a dense concentration of commuters. As a solution to helping people skip the solo drive, vanpools are a relatively new entry in the smart commuting lexicon. Therefore, people often have questions about what they are and how they work. We’re here to help!
- Vanpools are made up of a group of commuters traveling from one or more origination points to a shared destination.
- Most vanpools include between about 7 and 15 people.
- Vanpools typically have one or two pickup locations, which frequently include designated transit stations or park-and-ride commuter lots.
- At the end of the work day, vanpools provide return transportation to the original pickup location(s). From there, commuters can then make their way home.
Vanpools can be used just about anywhere, but they tend to be most effective in areas where long-distance commutes are common and public transit options are limited. They’re also an excellent option for companies located in remote or outlying areas that are only accessible by privately operated vehicles. Providing vanpool service to and from such locations helps these businesses attract and retain employees while making the daily commute easier and more manageable for employees.
Commuters and employers enjoy many benefits by using vanpools:
- Cost savings and reduced wear and tear on privately owned vehicles.
- Reduced commuting time.
- The ability to talk, eat, read, work, or rest during the journey.
- Reduced on-site parking requirements and associated cost savings.
- Improved employee job satisfaction and productivity.
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Spitfire P7350 is the oldest airworthy Spitfire in the world and the only Spitfire still flying to have actually fought in the Battle of Britain.
Believed to be the 14th of 11,989 Spitfires built at the Castle Bromwich ‘shadow’ factory in Birmingham ‘P7’ entered service in August 1940.
After serving initially with 266 Squadron at Wittering and Hornchurch at the height of the Battle of Britain, it was one of 13 Mk IIa Spitfires that were then transferred to 603 (City of Edinburgh) AuxAF Squadron at Hornchurch on 17 October 1940, to replace the Squadron’s older Mk 1s.
On 25 October 1940, whilst with 603 Squadron, ‘P7’ was damaged in a combat with German ME Bf 109s and by the subsequent forced landing.
The aircraft was hit by cannon fire in the left wing and the pilot, Ludwik Martel (a Pole) was wounded by shrapnel in the left side of his body and legs. He fought the aircraft back down through cloud, in pain and fighting to stay conscious, and forced landed, wheels up, in a field near Hastings. Ludwik did not fly again until 6 December 1940. It was 1941 before ‘P7’ was operational again after repair at the No1 Civilian Repair Unit at Cowley, Oxford (run by Morris Motors).
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Data science has emerged as one of the most sought-after fields in the 21st-century job market. It is the multidisciplinary study of data that combines knowledge of statistics, mathematics, and computer science. The scientific tools extract and uncover useful insights from structured and unstructured data.
So, this revolutionary technology is transforming the landscape of work and delivering immense business value. Following the industry trends, it is no secret that a career in data science can prove to be extremely beneficial. Want more proof? Checkout data science salary in India.
Moreover, the applications of data science reach far and wide. Specialists in the field can follow diverse career paths, which is why data science courses have picked up the pace in recent times. From those transitioning to advanced roles to those simply looking to hone their skills for entering the workforce, the discipline offers something for everyone.
Besides the lucrative pay and the multitude of job positions, there can be various reasons why data science as a career makes sense for you. But, before you commit your time and money to it, consider all the pros and cons. Below are some factors on which you can base your decision!
Pros of Data Science
1. Highly in-demand field
Data Science is one of the most in-demand jobs for 2020. Data science and analytics would create approximately 11.5 million jobs by the year 2026. And India is the second most prominent hub of such positions after the United States. So, data science is a highly employable and appealing sector as per the current industry trends.
2. Availability of highly-paid and diverse roles
Not only is the demand for data scientists booming, but the kinds of job positions are also abundant. As analytics take centre stage in decision-making, more and more businesses are hiring data scientists. Since it is a relatively less saturated area with a moderate supply of talent, opportunities requiring diverse skill-sets and competencies are available today. According to Glassdoor, a data scientist can earn $116,100 per year on average.
3. Evolving workplace environments
Data science is shaping the workplace of the future. With the advent of artificial intelligence and robotics, more and more routine and manual tasks are getting automated. Data science technologies have made it possible to train machines in performing repetitive tasks as humans take on more critical thinking and problem-solving roles. These are highly-paid and prestigious positions that capitalize on technological disruptions to simplify arduous work.
4. Improving product standards
Usage of machine learning has enabled companies to customize their offerings and enhance customer experiences. E-commerce sites serve as the best example of this development. The websites use Recommendation Systems to refer products and give personalized advice to users based on their past purchases. By understanding human behaviour and backing decisions with data, businesses can match their products and services to customer needs and make the necessary improvements.
5. Invigorating businesses
Businesses require skilled data scientists to assist the senior staff members in taking important corporate actions. These specialists extract hidden information from huge chunks of data to provide additional insights for decision-making. The large datasets also have to be cleaned and enriched. So, there are various reasons why data science is valuable for businesses nowadays. Some of the industry sectors that are benefitting include healthcare, finance, banking, management, consultancy, and e-commerce.
6. Helping the world
Predictive analytics and machine learning have revolutionized the healthcare industry. Data science is saving lives by enabling early detection of tumors, organ anomalies, and more. In a similar vein, it is helping the world’s farmers by introducing new ways of scientifically dealing with agricultural pests and harmful insects.
Cons of Data Science
‘Data scientist’ is a broad term. When someone introduces themselves as a data scientist, it can seem difficult to pinpoint what they actually do. This is because the actual role depends on the area of specialization. Depending on one’s skills and qualifications, one can be a data science researcher, developer, business analyst, or even a product engineer. Therefore, data science is often dubbed as an ambiguous field by many experts. At the same time, others regard it as the fourth paradigm of science!
Data science is a complex field of study that borrows concepts from other academic, scientific, and mathematical disciplines. Recently, many online courses have cropped up to fill the skill-gap in the data science sector. But, it is challenging to prepare a workforce that is equally proficient in all three subjects that constitute it – Math, Computers, and Statistics. Someone with a background in Statistics may find it difficult to master computer science. So, data scientists have to keep learning and upgrading their skills to make full use of the opportunities.
Data science roles require a firm hold on domain knowledge. For example, a research study on analyzing genomic sequences would prefer someone with a background in genetics and molecular biology. Similarly, business analytics roles may expect prior knowledge of economics and finance. It is due to this reason that data scientists sometimes find it tricky to transition from one industry to another.
Data-driven predictions minimize business risks to a great extent. But in some cases when arbitrary data is provided, the expected results may not be attained. Such instances can bring down the confidence in data science systems. So, it is equally important to have relevant datasets and data points to get meaningful and actionable insights for decision-making. It is also a good practice for the management and data scientists to set goals collaboratively before they devote time and resources to the process.
5. Privacy Issues
Consumer data fuels major business strategies in modern organizations. Companies hold large volumes of identifiable data with them, which has raised ethical concerns around data privacy. A single security lapse can compromise personal data and thus, pose a threat to the individuals. As a result, it has become pertinent to integrate cybersecurity and privacy measures within data science techniques.
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When you are trying to build a career in data science, choosing the next right step can be difficult. There are several data science courses out there, which can complicate your decision-making process. So, evaluate your options by considering all the advantages and limitations before you dive in!
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Which is more beneficial: artificial intelligence or data science?
The two most significant technologies in the world now are data science and artificial intelligence. While Data Science employs AI in its processes, it does not fully reflect AI. Pre-processing, analysis, visualization, and prediction are all part of the Data Science process. Artificial intelligence, on the other hand, is the use of a predictive model to anticipate future occurrences. Data Science employs a variety of statistical approaches, whereas AI employs computer algorithms. Finding hidden patterns in data is the goal of data science while the goal of AI is to give the data model autonomy.
What aspect of data science is the most difficult?
Data scientists must be capable of resolving difficult issues. These issues are centered on building models that address some of the most difficult business issues. This necessitates a good sense of problem-solving and a strong grasp of mathematics. This makes data science an even more challenging task for many companies. Data scientists also confront significant problems in day-to-day operations, which need a great deal of critical thinking, decision-making, and analytical abilities. One of the most important tasks in evaluating an issue and creating a solution is to first identify the problem and its many aspects.
What role does data science play in assisting firms in making better decisions?
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News agencies in Europe have joined forces to fight the growing threat posed by fake news. In a resolution adopted last week in Tirana, these commit to developing effective tools and rules to enable journalists and Internet users to fight misinformation as well as to promote reliable media and educate users to surf in the digital environment.The news agencies that attended the international conference "News Agencies vs. Fake News," organized by the ATA news agency on 3- 4 December in Tirana, also agreed to cooperate directly to check the news and discover in due time fake news and improve the transparency of online news, which entails a consistent development of professional journalism.
The purpose of these measures is to mitigate the impact of fake news on communities at the local, national and international level, to highlight the entities that are at the origin of the dissemination of fake news and to strengthen the activity and profile of news agencies as real news providers.
The aim is also to raise public awareness of the danger posed by fake news to our societies and to media professionals regarding the impact of the phenomenon on the entire media environment, to enhance the skills of journalists in identifying and avoiding fake news and to promote real, impartial and accurate news.
The resolution, adopted on the last day of the Tirana conference and published on 10 December, was initiated by 13 news agencies: ATA (Albania), PAP (Poland), CNA (Cyprus), ANA-MPA (Greece) , BTA (Bulgaria), KosovaPress (Kosovo), TASR (Slovakia), ANADOLU (Turkey), AzerTac (Azerbaijan), AGERPRES (Romania), TANJUG (Serbia), HINA (Croatia) and UKRINFORM (Ukraine).
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Then the president came in, thanked Comstock for the work she’s doing to keep high school athletes safe and put his arm around her for a picture. “No matter what the rules are,” Comstock says, “when the president hugs you, you hug him back.”
Comstock, associate professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health, was one of five experts invited by the White House to speak at the Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit to address the growing risk of concussions in adolescent sports. For years, Comstock has made it her personal mission to make sports safer for the country’s teens by researching sports injuries across the country. According to the president, she’s accomplishing that mission.
When Comstock started in the sports injury field 10 years ago, it was common to hear coaches, parents, even policy makers say things like “injuries are the price you pay to play” or “it’s just part of the game.” Comstock disagreed. She knew injuries were preventable.
She noticed that there was plenty of information about professional and collegiate sports injuries, but there was no data available for high school sports. With 7.7 million students playing high school sponsored sports in the United States, Comstock knew this was an information gap that needed to be filled. So in 2004, with just a $100,000 one-year grant, she set out to fill it.
In one year, Comstock developed the country’s first national high school sports injury surveillance system, High School RIO (Reporting Information Online). It’s an Internet-based database within the Colorado School of Public Health's Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education and Research (PIPER) program that collects athletic trainer-reported data from a large, nationally representative sample of U.S. high schools, and it has made a difference.
When High School RIO started, Comstock was collecting data about nine popular sports with relatively high risk of injury (football, girl’s and boy’s soccer, girl’s and boy’s basketball, girl’s volleyball, wrestling, baseball and softball) from 100 randomly selected high schools. Last year, less than 10 years after its inception, it collected data from 22 sports and 280 high schools across the country. In just nine years, Comstock has created the largest data set that has ever been recorded about high school athletes with over 60,000 injury case reports in her database.
Before her data, policymakers and clinicians had to make decisions about the rules and protective equipment of high school sports based on data from adult athletes. But Comstock knew that wasn’t enough. High school athletes aren’t just miniature versions of their adult counterparts. Their joints aren’t fully developed; their brains aren’t fully developed; they’re bio-physiologically different, which means their injury risk factors may be different and they may need their injuries managed differently. It means sometimes the game needs to change to keep them safe.
CHANGING THE GAME
Comstock says it’s never her job to tell anyone that a change in sports rules or practices is a good idea or not. Instead, she provides the data and lets schools and policymakers make more informed decisions for themselves just like they did with the National Federation of State High School Associations’s (NFHS) kickoff debate. In 2010, the NFHS was considering moving high school football’s official point of kickoff farther back from the 50-yard line to match professional and collegiate football practices. Comstock was asked to provide data to those discussing this policy change.
So she pulled up her data: injuries sustained during kickoff were more likely to be concussions, more likely to need surgical repair and more likely to keep athletes off the field longer than injuries sustained in regular play. Based on her data, the NFHS voted to leave the point of kick-off where it was. One year later, the NFL moved its point of kick-off forward, matching the decision that Comstock’s data inspired. And that was just the beginning.
High School RIO has initiated a complete shift in sports rule-making culture. Traditionally, decisions about adolescent sports rules were made based on anecdotal evidence, emotion, and funding concerns. Now they are based on facts. Policymakers like the NFHS are now inviting Comstock to help them decide the future of high school sports, using her data to fuel an evidence-based safety discussion. In the last few years alone, these evidence-based discussions have led to new mandatory protective eyewear for every girl’s field hockey team in the country, new recommendations about limitations of player-to-player contact in football practices, and discussions of mandatory helmets for girl’s lacrosse. It’s no wonder the White House is paying attention.
Comstock knows that her research has the potential to scare parents and athletes away from participating in the potentially dangerous sports world. But Comstock says that’s not the point. She set out to create this data set so that more informed decisions could be made to keep young athletes safe, not to scare young athletes off the field. Comstock knows the facts better than anyone, and it hasn’t stopped her from playing.
Comstock was a high school athlete (the only 4-foot 11-inch volleyball and basketball player on the court). Since high school, every place she has moved for school or work, she has tried a new sport—rugby in Colorado, judo in Iowa, surfing in California and fencing in Oklahoma. At the age of 40 she played soccer for the first time in Ohio and learned how to curl. Comstock loves sports too much to let injuries keep people from experiencing them.
Now, with victories behind her and challenges ahead, Comstock hopes to stabilize and expand High School RIO so more people can safely play on. She hopes to link High School RIO to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s injury database to begin tracking concussion histories across the lifespan of any given athlete, and she wants to continue to draw attention to America’s obesity epidemic and the need to keep our young people active.
Comstock is proud of the work she has done and is happy to be helping the world become a safer place for kids like her nieces and nephews to play. She wants them to play sports just like she did, and she doesn’t want them to be afraid to do that. But Comstock’s nieces and nephews, ages 4 to 10, have highlighted another gap in the literature—younger children.
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Music teachers work hard, have bulging schedules, and manage a lot of stress. Here are some suggestions on how to re-energize from the general music forum.
Find a music activity
Participate in music just for fun—play or sing in an ensemble, attend a concert, discover a new group to listen to.
One member joined a wind ensemble. “It helps remind me that I got into music because I loved it. It’s a new challenge to myself as an artist rather than yet another challenge as a teacher. It forces me to learn new things.”
Listen to music
Listen to inspiring or your favorite music.
Sing along while you listen. “As we’ve seen in studies with stroke patients, music/singing can repair the brain. Even pop in some instrumental stuff that you’re not familiar with so your mind is getting musically fed.”
Keep on top of your health
Eat 3 full meals a day—“even if your lunch break is shorter than humanly necessary.”
Go to bed at a reasonable time and allow “for a full 8 hours for your brain to be refreshed.”
If you’re feeling sluggish, get checked for vitamin deficiencies. “Getting those vitamin levels up has really helped me. Ideas are flowing, I’m excited for class, and I have the energy to do some of those great workshops that everyone else is talking about.”
Exercise. “Yoga has been shown to reduce the level of cortisol in your body, which is often what gives you that ‘on edge, I just can’t relax’ feeling.”
Don’t neglect your needs. “Too often those of us who are teachers and parents spend most of our time giving to others, at the expense of neglecting ourselves. If you completely ignore yourself and your own needs, you’ll burn out a lot quicker.”
Look for positive experiences in your teaching
“Look for positive things happening in each class you teach: ‘For the first time, Anna found her head voice today.’ ‘Johnny finally got the concept of ta and ti ti.’ When you look for the positive, you’ll find many wonderful things happening.
“Then at the end of the day, assess the positive about yourself—like your fifth period listening lesson was inspirational, or you listened attentively to a sad child. I find that negativity just breeds more of the same.”
Look for the moments that can carry you through a tough week or day. “Yesterday I was so tired and didn’t want to do anything. Then my last class came in and the lesson when so smooth and great that I felt so much better by the end. It was a great way to end the day.”
Plan a day off
Use personal days for you. Often if you don’t use them by the end of the year, they’re gone. Planning a personal day gives you something to look forward to.
“My best friend is also a teacher. If we both have personal days by the end of the year, we take off together. We sleep in, then meet for shopping or a trip to the zoo, and then dinner. We have something to look forward to, and the day off lifts our spirits.”
If you’re facing budget cuts, communicate with parents. “Parents who know what their children are learning in music can become powerful advocates.”
Read Part 1.
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Ganesha is the elephant-headed god that is beloved by nearly all Hindus. Regardless of sect, branch, region, or family, it would be rare to find a Hindu who didn’t have a Ganesh murti or some type of Ganesh symbol.
Why Worship Ganesha* Stories * Symbolis- m * Holidays * How He Is Worshiped * Mantras and Bhajans
Why Worship Ganesha?
Ganesha is known as the remover of obstacles (Vighneshwara). He is the one to pray to before starting any new endeavor. Often he is also honored first before starting any other form of worship. He also protects homes and cars. It’s not unusual for people to place a Ganesh statue or medallion on the front dash of their cars. Ganesha is also associated with learning and study. It is he who transcribes the Mahabharata while the poet Vyasa recites it.
There are a few different stories of Ganesha’s birth, but the most well known one is that Shiva’s wife Parvati wanted to take a bath while Shiva was away but there was no one to guard the door. So she formed a little boy from clay and breathed life into him. She instructed him not to let anyone in while she bathed.
A little while later Shiva returned and was furious that the boy at the door would not let him in to see his wife. In his rage, he cut off the boy’s head. Parvati came rushing out and was horrified by what Shiva had done. She told him that this was their son.
Full of remorse, Shiva hurried to find a replacement head and a young elephant was the first creature he came across. So he took the elephant’s head to restore Ganesha and brought him back to life.
Circling the World
Some people say that this is the reason that Ganesha is worshiped first in any undertaking. Some were curious to know which of Shiva and Parvati’s two sons was the wiser and so a contest was set up. (Other possible reasons: to get a fruit, to establish who was elder). The two boys were asked to circle the world as quickly as possible and the fastest would be the winner.
Kartikeya was much more athletic than Ganesha, with the large belly and elephant head. Kartikeya (also called Murugan) took off swiftly, but Ganesha did not follow. Instead, he circled his two parents. Asked why, he said that his parents were the world to him and for such a clever answer, he won the contest.
Ganesha and the Moon
“Ganesha, was once on his way back from a feast, after having had His fill of sweets and delicacies. He was riding His pet mouse, when a snake crosses His path. The mouse is scared of the snake and starts trembling all over throwing Ganesha off balance, and to the ground. Ganesha gets up and surveys the scene. The moon in the sky looks at this funny scene and starts laughing out aloud and makes fun of the spectacle. After a bit, when the moon wouldn’t stop his jeering, Ganesha gets irritated. He breaks off one of His tusks, and throws it at the moon, leaving a dent on the moon’s surface. He also curses the moon, that he would slowly wane and disappear, and not be visible to anybody. Ganesha also finds and ties the snake that crossed His path on His tummy like a belt. The scared moon now feels ashamed of his behaviour and begs the Lord’s forgiveness, after which the benevolent Lord Ganesha modifies his curse, and says that even though the moon would wane and disappear from sight (as originally cursed), he would also slowly grow back and be visible in his full glory and splendor in the night sky. However, in memory of this incident, the devotees of Ganesha are forbidden from viewing the moon on Shukla Paksha Ganesha Chaturthi day (or rather, night). There is also a story which says that a horrible misunderstanding or some kind of trouble would befall them if they do so on purpose and do not atone/ask forgiveness for it.”
-http://srinivasiyer.blo- gspot.com/2011/08/ganesha-and-- moon.html It is sometimes said that the moon in this story represents someone who laughs at the honest attempts of others to gain mastery over the mind and senses.
In some versions of this story, Ganesha trips and falls, breaking his tusk and the moon laughs. This is the reason given why he is drawn with one tusk broken off. Other stories say that he broke off his own tusk in order to write down the Mahabharata. Another story of the tusk is:
“When Parashurama one of Shiva’s favorite disciples, came to visit him, he found Ganesha guarding Shiva’s inner apartments. His father being asleep, Ganesha opposed Parshurama’s entry. Parashurama nevertheless tried to urge his way, and the parties came to blows. Ganesha had at first the advantage, seizing Parashurama in his trunk, and giving him a twirl that left him sick and senseless; on recovering, Rama threw his axe at Ganesha, who recognizing it as his father’s weapon (Shiva having given it to Parashurama) received it with all humility upon one of his tusks, which it immediately severed, and hence Ganesha has but one tusk.”
-http://www.religionfa- cts.com/hinduism/deities/ganes- ha.htm
“One anecdote, taken from the Purana, narrates that the treasurer of Svarga (paradise) and god of wealth, Kubera, went one day to Mount Kailash in order to receive the darshan (vision) of Shiva. Since he was extremely vain, he invited Shiva to a feast in his fabulous city, Alakapuri, so that he could show off to him all of his wealth. Shiva smiled and said to him: ‘I cannot come, but you can invite my son Ganesha. But I warn you that he is a voracious eater.’ Unperturbed, Kubera felt confident that he could satisfy even the most insatiable appetite, like that of Ganesha, with his opulence. He took the little son of Shiva with him into his great city. There, he offered him a ceremonial bath and dressed him in sumptuous clothing. After these initial rites, the great banquet began. While the servants of Kubera were working themselves to the bone in order to bring the portions, the little Ganesha just continued to eat and eat and eat. His appetite did not decrease even after he had devoured the servings which were destined for the other guests. There was not even time to substitute one plate with another because Ganesha had already devoured everything, and with gestures of impatience, continued waiting for more food. Having devoured everything which had been prepared, Ganesha began eating the decorations, the tableware, the furniture, the chandelier. Terrified, Kubera prostrated himself in front of the little omnivorous one and supplicated him to spare him, at least, the rest of the palace.
‘I am hungry. If you don’t give me something else to eat, I will eat you as well!’, he said to Kubera. Desperate, Kubera rushed to mount Kailasa to ask Shiva to remedy the situation. The Lord then gave him a handful of roasted rice, saying that something as simple as a handful of roasted rice would satiate Ganesha, if it were offered with humility and love. Ganesha had swallowed up almost the entire city when Kubera finally arrived and humbly gave him the rice. With that, Ganesha was finally satisfied and calmed.”
-http://en.wikipedia- .org/wiki/Mythological_anecdot- es_of_Ganesha#Appetite
Another name for Ganesha is Ganapati.
Why do I sometimes call him Ganesha and sometimes Ganesh? In Sanskrit, every consonant has an “ah” sound attached to it automatically and that includes at the ends of words (this vowel can be modified and consonant clusters are possible also). In Hindi, the same is true except for the final syllable of a word. There is no final vowel automatically on Hindi words. So, “Ganesha” is Sanskrit and “Ganesh” is Hindi.
In southern India, Ganesha is not married because he has been unable to find a woman as perfect as his mother, Parvati. In northern India ” Ganesha is often shown married to the two daughters of Brahma, namely Buddhi and Siddhi. Metaphorically Buddhi signifies wisdom and Siddhi achievement. In the sense of yoga, Buddhi and Siddhi represent the female and male currents in the human body. In visual arts this aspect of Ganesha is represented with grace and charm.” -http://www.religionfacts.com/- hinduism/deities/ganesha.htm
In- formation on the direction of Ganesha’s trunk and its significance here: http://www.hindujagruti- .org/hinduism/knowledge/articl- e/why-is-ganapati-with-the-rig- ht-sided-trunk-not-commonly-wo- rshipped.html
Some more esoteric symbolism here: http://www.artofliving.- org/symbolism-ganesha
It is often noted that the symbol for Om looks a lot like the profile of Ganesh.
Ganesha’s birthday, falling sometime around August/September. It is celebrated by creating a Ganash Pandal, which is a temporary shrine with a new Ganesha murti that you can either buy or make yourself. A big part of the festival is immersing the new idol in water, symbolizing Ganesha washing away all your troubles. More information here: http://www.patheos.com/- blogs/whitehindu/2013/09/happy- -birthday-ganesha-ganesh-chatu- rthi/
Panchamukha Ganesh Festival
This festival is in December and is a five day event. It was created in 1985 as a substitute Christmas for Hindus in the west. More info here: http://www.hinduismtoda- y.com/modules/smartsection/ite- m.php?itemid=5071
How He Is Worshipped
Ganesh Chaturthi pooja
This is the puja to be performed on Ganesh Chaturthi, but can also be done at any time.
- Clay image of Ganesha
- Red Flowers
- 21 blades of druva grass
- 21 modak sweets
- a coconut
- red sandalwood paste (kumkum)
- incense sticks
1) Bathe, clean your home, prepare the clay Ganesha on a platform
2) Chant a Ganesha mantra: vakratunda mahaakaaya soorya koti samaprabha
nirvighnam kuru mein deva sarva kaaryashu sarvadaa
3) Recite a Pran Prathista mantra to bring breath into the idol. This is an invocation found in the Rig Veda:
गणानां तवा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनामुपमश- ्रवस्तमम |
जयेष्ठराज- बरह्मणां बरह्मणस पत आ नः षर्ण्वन्नू- तिभिः सीद सादनम ||
नि षु सीद गणपते गणेषु तवामाहुर्व- िप्रतमंकवी- नाम |
न रते तवत करियते किं चनारे महामर्कंमघ- वञ्चित्रमर- ्च ||
Gaṇānāṁ tavā gaṇapatiṁ havāmahē kaviṁ kavīnāmupamaśravastamama |
jayēṣṭharājaṁ barahmaṇāṁ barahmaṇasa pata ā naḥ ṣarṇvannūtibhiḥ sīda sādanama ||
ni ṣu sīda gaṇapatē gaṇēṣu tavāmāhurvipratamaṅkavīn- ma |
na ratē tavata kariyatē kiṁ canārē mahāmarkammaghavañcitramarca- ||
(This is a little hard to follow, but here it is being chanted: http://www.youtube.c- om/watch?v=05esliorpz4)
4) Perform a simple aarti and offern incense and flowers.
5) Offer the blades of druva grass
6) Offer the modakas
7) Offer the red flowers
8) Apply a tilak mark on Lord Ganesha using the red sandalwood paste.
9) Break the coconut (or place it near Ganesha)
10) Recite the 108 names of Lord Ganesha (or simply pray). http://www.youtube.com- /watch?v=rbGardTzzA8&
-Modified- from http://www.ehow.com/how_- 5602029_do-ganesh-chaturthi-po- oja.html
See also: http://culinaryhaven.wo- rdpress.com/2009/08/18/how-to-- perform-ganesh-chaturthi-puja-- at-home/
Simple Ganesha Puja
Nice video, though it isn’t always clear what he is picking up for offering.
Another Ganesha Puja
This one is long and complicated with a lot of mantras.
Here is more information on worshiping Ganesha. This one includes the claim that one can worship Ganeshas made of different materials to gain different boons. “worshipping a silver Ganesha grants us long life. Worshipping a green jade (marakata) Ganesha fulfills our noble wishes and grants us a rich inner life, a divine intellect, wisdom and even moksha. When we worship a jade Ganesha, he takes care of our financial debts. Worshipping a crystal (sphatika) Ganesha is wonderful for enhancing harmony between the wife and husband.”
Mantras and Bhajans
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A five-Justice majority of the Supreme Court has reportedly voted to overturn the right to abortion provided in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Politico reported(1) that they received a leaked draft(2) of the Supreme Court’s pending decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to a Mississippi law that bans abortion after fifteen weeks of pregnancy.
The draft, which is labeled as a first draft, was written by Justice Alito and joined by Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. The only conservative Justice not to join the draft is Chief Justice Roberts. In it, Alito uses extreme and, at times, arrogant language, one point stating that “[u]ntil the latter part of the 20th century, there was no support in American law for a constitutional right to obtain an abortion. Zero. None.” The draft claims that the decisions upholding the right to an abortion were “exceptionally weak” and, using a constitutional test that the majority has rarely mentioned since 1997, also claims that the right to abortion is “not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions.” This test is not normally used in cases involving autonomy, marriage, and similar issues. When Justice Kennedy wrote the decisions for Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down same-sex marriage bans, and Lawrence v. Texas, striking down bans on same-sex intimacy, he refused to use that test. The reason is simple: this country’s history and traditions weren’t instituted with minority groups, whether it’s people of color or LGBTQ+ people or any others, in mind.
Even worse, the draft claims that the decision in Roe v. Wade misused historical sources to further their own agenda.
In one footnote, while purporting to “not question the motives” of pro-choice advocates, the draft suggests that some pro-choice activists were “motivated by a desire to suppress the size of the African American population” and that abortion has had that effect because a “highly disproportionate percentage of aborted fetuses are black.” This is a far-right wing attack on the views of pro-choice Americans, so outside of mainstream views of people who believe in having a choice about whether or not to have children. You’re more likely to see this claim on an extremist website than in a Supreme Court decision.
And it’s irrelevant to the decision: the Court shouldn’t give or take rights based on the characteristics of the groups that will actually use those rights.
All of this extreme rhetoric while striking down access to a right that nearly 60% of Americans support access to safe and legal abortion.(3) Other polls of the right to abortion have support at anywhere from 56-70%. At least five of the Court’s conservatives seem to believe that anything goes – even striking down precedents from over 50 years ago relied on by everyone who has been able to conceive a child since the decision came down. This became clear during arguments in the case, when Justice Kavanaugh argued against the uncontroversial idea (which wasn’t even at issue in the case) that the Court could block states from allowing abortion in the first place. And again when Justice Amy Coney Barrett argued that so-called “safe haven” laws made the right to abortion unnecessary, an argument that also appeared in the draft opinion.
The Court’s extreme rhetoric should make anyone feel outraged in any case. In one section of the opinion draft, Justice Alito criticizes Lawrence v. Texas and Obergefell v. Hodges, two landmark decisions upholding important LGBTQ+ rights.
Although the draft goes out of its way to say those other rights aren’t at issue, that just means they’re not specifically being litigated in this particular case. The reasoning of this draft would eliminate those rights just to start. The broad sweep of the language could have unimagined consequences.
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Giorgi Sisauri (Born February 10th, 1996) is a Georgian artist of the 21st century, calligraphic master, graphic artist, miniaturist, poet, and prose writer. He is called “Genius of Modernity.” He is the author of 5 books, 600 graphic and 200 calligraphic works, at the age of 22.
Giorgi Sisauri was born in Tbilisi, Georgia on 10th February 1996. He started drawing from an early age. From 2 years, he could distinguish the works of his father and uncle from one another. A special interest and talent in painting of the fourth born child in the family of artists was noted by the parents, who helped Giorgi fully develop his talent. At the age of 7, Giorgi began to paint biblical scenes, portraits, figurative, and abstract compositions. He independently created the most difficult geometric compositions and series on various secular and religious topics. At the same time he actively participated in various art competitions, where he received numerous awards. From 2008, at the age of 12, his artistic vision altogether changed and he began to create graphic works and abstract compositions that he later called “an unreal reality.” That’s when his creativity really began, which is completely unique in the modern art world. In 2010, at the age of 14 his graphic works were noticed by art agents, that led Giorgi’s works to the attention of the experts of the Louvre Museum, who wrote in the letter of recommendation: “It is unbelievable that the author of these cosmic works is a 14-year-old. He’s a virtuoso! ” In a few months after this, the 14- year-old painter received an invitation from the Paris Academy of Art. In 2010, the first personal art exhibition of the artist was held at the gallery “Academy +”. Over 200 graphic works were presented at this exhibition. In 2010 he started to work in the art of calligraphy and the same year Giorgi Sisauri became Georgia’s first calligraphy master. In 2010, in the competition “Georgian Calligraphy”, which had more than 10,000 applicants, Giorgi took first place and won the grand prize. In the competition, which was held for 5 years, Giorgi won 23 nominations. In the last year of the contest in 2014, Giorgi became the winner of the first place and was nominated as a “Calligrapher Of The Year”. Giorgi Sisauri has been a member of Georgias’ Painter-Calligraphy Union since 2010. In 2010, Giorgi Sisauri was awarded with a special award from former President Mikheil Saakashvili and a thank-you letter. Also in the same year, the painter Gia Bugadze wrote an official letter, which addressed Mikheil Saakashvili, asking to accept 15-year-old Giorgi to The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, so that he would already have a bachelor’s degree. In the letter Gia Bugadze gave the highest evaluation to Giorgi Sisauri’s entire works. Here is an excerpt from the letter: His stroke and the drawing technique of the Georgian Script, is unique. This young person has a special kind of literary talent. He creates icons and essays with unusual artistic conviction, with far ahead of his time wisdom, philosophy and depth. Giorgi Sisauri is a distinctive person who has a very unique inspiration. He works on difficult literature and texts. His graphics are rhythmic, multifaceted, just astonishing. He is definitely unique”. In 2011, another personal exhibition of Giorgi was held at Elene Akhvlediani Children’s Picture Gallery. In 2012, Giorgi Sisauri’s first book “The Beggar’s Diaries” was published (Publishing house “Intellect”), which was called “philosophical treatise” by critics. After this work, 15 year-old Giorgi became a member of the Writers Union of Georgia. In the same year his second book was published, poet’s first collection of poems “Untitled” (publishing house “Intellect”), which consists of 70 poems and was funded by the Svetitskhoveli Brotherhood and the blessing of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia his Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. In 2013, Giorgi Sisauri’s third book entitled “Comedy”, was published, is a 333 couplet modern hymnographic poem written in archaic, old Georgian. Based on this poem, Chabua Amiredjbi, the greatest writer of modern times, called the young writer the poet of the future. The same book was presented at the Rustaveli Theater and 17-year-old Giorgi became the youngest writer of his age that the Rustaveli Theater hosted the creative evening. In 2014, at the age of 17, Giorgi became the youngest member of the Georgian Painters’ Union. This was an unprecented event. In 2014, his third personal exhibition was held at Ilia Abuladze’s exhibition hall in the National Center of Manuscripts, where his graphic works and manuscripts were exhibited together along with ancient manuscript books. In the same year, his manuscripts were exhibited in the Alexandria Library in Egypt at a multi-exhibition of Georgian and Arabian manuscripts. And after 1 year, it was also exhibited at the Beauxuahi (Egypt, Cairo) in the cultural center of Suhay. In 2015, Giorgi Sisauri was recognized as the Georgian Calligraphy Master by the National Center of Manuscripts. In the same year he created his new work “Jesus Iberian” which was presented at Rustaveli Theater. In 2016, Giorgi Sisauri’s manuscript was given as a gift to the Pope Francis I. In 2017, the poet created his new work “Lucifer’s Troparion.” 1 year after this he created the theosophical poem “Flower of Lif,e” which is the allegorical and symbolic interpretation of the “announcement” of Apostle John (the Apocalypse). Both works were presented at the Rustaveli Theater. In 2018, his new book “Mystique” (Prose) was created. In the same year, Giorgi Sisauri’s manuscripts were exhibited at the Klingspor Museum Offenbach and Frankfurt book fair. World famous fashion house Chanel was interested with the young talented Giorgi. He designed for exclusive partner’s invitations and postcards for two Chanel events. In 2017-2018, Giorgi Sisauri was a co-author of unique manuscript : “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin”, which was embossed by Georgian sculptors and jewellers working in France Guji Amashukeli. The manuscript “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” is protected by the UN Art Gallery (USCN-York) as an unique example of Georgian culture. In 2019, the 10th anniversary evening of the work of Giorgi Sisauri was arranged in the Rustaveli Theater. Since 2012 he has been working on his fifth book “Divine Mystery” – which unites 33 compositions and 4 poems. The book os created in the old Georgian language and is the synthesis of theosophical poetry and modern hymnography. 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The rumors that Apple is secretly developing its own self-driving car got another boost today. It was revealed that Jamie Carlson, a former senior engineer on Tesla's Autopilot self-driving car program, has now joined Apple in an unnamed position on its special projects team.
According to Reuters:
As we have speculated before, Apple could also be working with other car makers on new vehicles that will incorporate improvements in CarPlay technology.
I have been writing professionally about technology and gaming news for 14 years.
Why does everyone think about the self-driving aspect (if indeed Apple is making a car)? Why not just make a great electric car, maybe with some assistive technologies where applicable?
I think the improved CarPlay scenario is far, far more likely. Apple has absolutely zero experience in car manufacturing (or really, manufacturing at all - all their current stuff is contracted out, but there are no "car fabs" to be had). It just makes no sense.
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Although metabolic syndrome is not a disease, it is a major indicator of cardiovascular problems. Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors that can increase the chances of developing type 2 diabetes, stroke or heart disease. Because the metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors and not a disease return to care, it is possible to completely reverse it. Naturally this must be done with key changes in lifestyle habits and dietary mix.
6 massage therapies to reverse metabolic syndrome that you should master!
1. Foods to avoid
The first step is to prevent foods that cause inflammation, glucose water problems and triglycerides in addition. Foods that cause metabolic syndrome malignancy include manufactured processed and specialty food groups, simple meals and trans fats, sugar and synthetic sweeteners and cereals.
2, intake of Omega-3 oleic acid
After preventing unsuitable food, the key is to enhance the food containing anti-oxidants and improve physical and mental health at the cellular level. There are many foods that can assist in reversing metabolic syndrome, and omega-3 oleic acid tops the list of such foods. This essential fatty acid fights inflammation, reduces blood pressure, decreases the risk of heart attacks, and boosts LDL cholesterol. The best omega-3 foods include: salmon, tuna and anchovies, walnuts, beef and lamb.
3, enhance the supply of vegetables
We all know that vegetables are healthy food for the body, and if you have metabolic syndrome, it is more important to take a lot of vegetables. Vegetables come with green phytonutrients that reduce the level of inflammation and assist in making the lab markers associated with metabolic syndrome multipolar. Vegetables are also excellent dietary fiber origins that can help improve metabolic syndrome. Foods that are beneficial in reducing inflammation and improving metabolic syndrome include: green leafy vegetables, broccoli, cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables. Although vegetables are all beneficial, but also pay attention to some vegetables have a high carbohydrate content, and low sugar with carbohydrate diet is particularly important to reduce blood sugar levels and fight systemic inflammation.
4, eat low-sugar fruit
Most fresh fruits come with vitamins and antioxidants, but there are some fruits that have a higher relative density of nutrients than other fresh fruits. Although fresh fruit is particularly important for physical and mental health, it should be taken in small amounts. The best low-sugar fruits to reverse metabolic syndrome are: strawberries, blackberries, strawberry seedlings, and pomegranates.
5. Eat protein at every meal
Protein is good for maintaining a smooth level of glucose water and giving carbohydrates to the body. Protein is especially useful if you try to reverse the inflammatory damage of metabolic syndrome. The tastiest infection-fighting egg whites contain: beef and lamb, poultry and raw eggs, animal organs, wild seafood, large bone broth and collagen Note: It is not necessary to rely too much on the proteins of dried fruits, as they carry more omega-6 oleic acid.
6、Boost intestinal flora
Inflammation is usually deeply rooted in the intestinal flora, especially the digestive system and microflora group. Maintaining the physical and mental health of the digestive tract and giving a good natural environment for favorable intestinal bacteria to grow is conducive to reversing inflammation. According to pepsin for digestion is beneficial to relieve the stress of the stomach and intestines. Eating fermented foods and taking complex probiotic supplements will also boost the beneficial bacteria in the gut, which in turn reduces inflammation in the body.
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After a Dental Assessment by our Restorative Dentist Dr Pana, one of his treatment proposals could be orthodontics to protect your teeth in the long-term and make them look great.
Our practice policy is to save as much of your tooth structure as possible. This can follow an initial examination when treatments are obvious and your jaw is in the correct positions; a bone-to-bone relationship between your jaw joints and your teeth.
Quick tooth movements into a position that may contradict your jaw joint position can lead to aesthetic teeth that do not work in function against one another in the long-term.
This is why we recommend an Occlusal and TMJ State of Play Report to be safe for your treatment.
Tooth movement should be prescribed by a dental professional that has monitored your treatment closely, (based on the amount and position of your bone as your teeth roots move). This is because your roots need to move safely within your bone and at the same time make sure your roots do not accidentally dissolve during their movement. This is why it is so much better to move teeth the bone is growing. Tooth movement during bone growth takes the bone with the tooth in a directional change dragging new bone behind the pathway of root movement. Early bone movement before tooth extraction and tooth movement in children is highly recommended from as early as 11, long before tooth movement should be considered.
Is a specialty of dentistry that deals with the diagnosis, prevention and correction of badly postioned teeth and jaws. It can also focus on modifying bone growth, known as dentofacial orthopedics.
Abnormal alignment of the teeth and jaws is common, nearly 30% of the population has malocclusions severe enough to benefit from orthodontic treatment. Treatment can take several months to a few years, it involves the use of dental braces and other appliances to slowly move the teeth and jaws around. If the malocclusion is very severe, jaw surgery may be used. Treatment is usually started before a person reaches adulthood since bones can more easily be moved around in children.
Recommened for bone expantion before during bone growth phase.
Braces are usually placed on the front side of the teeth, but may also be placed on the side facing the tongue (called lingual braces). Brackets made out of stainless steel or porcelain are stuck to the centre of the teeth using an adhesive to your teeth itself. Wires that are clear or metal are placed in a slot in the brackets, which allows for controlled movement in all three dimensions.
Apart from wires, forces can be applied using elastic bands, and springs may be used to push teeth apart or to close a gap. Several teeth may be tied together using brackets and different kinds of hooks can be placed to allow for connecting an elastic band.
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BEIRUT — This time there are no angry protests in Arab streets or recalls of diplomats — only a low-key bid to mediate between Israelis and Palestinians.
A widening Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip to secure the release of a captured soldier has exposed a sense of helplessness among Arab governments and ordinary people alike.
Most Arab governments have done little more than issue standard condemnations of the Israeli airstrikes on targets in Gaza and the tightening blockade of its 1.3 million residents.
“The scandal, as usual, is in the stand of the Arab countries… who look away from what is happening to the Palestinian people in their homeland,” Talal Salman, editor and owner of Lebanon’s As-Safir newspaper, wrote on Friday. “They [the Arabs] don’t have an answer. They don’t have much choice,” analyst Abdel-Monem Said, of Egypt’s Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies, told Reuters. The only sign of Arab engagement has been Egypt’s mediation efforts, which seemed to be a factor in holding Israel back from a ground offensive into northern Gaza.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said the Hamas Islamist group had given “conditional approval” for the release of the soldier, who was captured in a cross-border raid on Sunday.
The factions that captured the soldier, which include the armed wing of the governing Hamas movement, are demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners even for information on whether the 19-year-old is dead or alive.
“Most of what we are seeing right now is a repercussion of Hamas winning the Palestinian elections [in January], which narrowed very much the choices available to Arab countries in terms of mediating the relationship between the Palestinians and the Israelis,” Said said.
Mohammed Ameer, an editor at Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh newspaper, said part of the problem was that Hamas did not share the vision of most Arab countries on peacemaking with Israel.
“Everybody is busy with his own problems,” he said. “The Arab governments were embarrassed in the first place when Hamas came to power.” Many voices in the Arab press complained of Western double standards and were sceptical of Israel’s intentions.
“Those in the West run to help an imprisoned soldier who is armed from head to toe, but they run into their holes when rockets and planes bombard the homes of innocents, killing defenceless babies,” an editorial in the United Arab Emirates Khaleej newspaper said.
“They are hypocrites and we must amend our policies to reflect that if this conflict is ever to end.” The only large protest was at Jordan’s Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp where hundreds of protesters slammed Arab governments for their lack of action.
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The novelistHenry Green once said, “The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.” Or, to put it another way, less is more! And in Agile reporting we doing exactly this.
When you’re building a dashboard to report data on your business, it’s not the number of key performance indicators (KPIs) you use that counts, it’s the story they tell. The fewer KPIs on your dashboard, the clearer that story will be.
Marketers often say all ads should have a call to action. The same is true of data reports. The fact is, we often overpopulate our dashboards, when the idea that anyone actually needs or will care about that much data is absurd. If someone in your company is insisting on having too much data, ask them what their call to action from the report is — what action or actions do they want the report to help them take?
When you design a data report, you need to focus on what data you truly need to receive. The data in the report should be precise and actionable, meaning that the emphasis of the report should be to help you make decisions, not just provide information. An input without an outcome is a waste of time. That may sound a bit drastic, but it’s not!
So the next time you’re building a new dashboard, ask yourself these questions to use the agile reporting method:
- What actions do I want to take? Understand what you wish to achieve.
- When do I need to take these actions? Don’t waste time building a dashboard if you won’t look at it on a daily or weekly basis.
- Can I trust the data? We all know that data is not always consistent, so if you can’t trust the data, don’t use it.
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Elixir, OCaml and ReasonML are similar: functional and object-oriented friendly.
Elixir, OCaml and ReasonML are similar: functional and object-oriented friendly.
But just like Elixir there is no static typing as you have with Bucklescript/ReasonML (and of course there are no “processes”).
Should Elixir add type system including type inference? Is that better?
It’s not really the syntax that makes Elixir great, it’s the runtime, and neither OCaml nor JS have similar runtimes.
I think transpilation of a language into a radically different runtime is more trouble than it’s worth- you have to write your code completely different and there’s not really a lot of code sharing that actually happens between runtimes.
Couple of videos (on opinions) why transpiling from a sound to a loose language may be a good idea when we are talking about the JS eco-system.
Transpiling Elixir into whatever is definitely possible and probably not too difficult, at least the sequential part of the language. However, without all the “systems stuff” like processes, concurrency, error handling, all the goodies in the BEAM, etc etc it is actually pretty useless. It is the system building parts of Erlang/Elixir which are the truly important parts and they are definitely the most difficult parts to implement.
Conceptually? Maybe. Elixir with static types would be something else, but it might end up nicer than the untypes version. But it wouldn’t be necessarily better.
On the other hand, it makes more sense to add static typing to the BEAM ecosystem than compiling elixir to a language with static types.
Adding static types to Elixir would be adding a useful compile-time feature to a great runtime.
Compiling Elixir to OCaml would be compiling a language with dynamic typing and a great runtime oprimized for concurrency and message passing into a runtime that knows little about concurrency and message passing…
In practice, you CAN’T “add static types to elixir”. You can weite a new programming language with static types with a syntax similar to Elixir, but anything with static types will no longer be Elixir… I’ve written about his somehwere else im this forum. I have to find it.
This. I’m a huge OCaml buff (and C++), but the BEAM is what makes Elixir truly awesome, and Elixir is one of the best languages on the BEAM.
That seems in general to me. Going from a sound language (like OCaml) to an unsound language (like JS or Elixir) is fairly easy, but going the other way is a slice of hell as you basically have to start wrapping everything up into a variant/sum type… >.<
I still say that trying to type the process mailbox is a fools errand, it should only be black boxed (a variant/sum type over all possible BEAM types) that has to be matched on to extract the information.
This is the important BEAM parts. OCaml will get similar things when it’s long-coming Multi-Core/Effects system comes out, but that is still an unbounded period into the future… ^.^;
I’d personally think it would be better. By having types you can write a lot less code (yay code generation based on types!), you can generate more efficient code (yay static protocols!), etc… etc…
Being able to have the BEAM use some form of type annotations would allow it to generate more efficient machine code almost for free (once implemented of course), but that’s just a speed boon rather than a coding boon.
Exactly this. OCaml will know that stuff later with the MC/Effects update, but it absolutely does not at all right now.
Sure you can, Elixir’s macro system is well powerful enough to implement an entire Hindley-Milner typing system entirely in-macro’s. I wish I had the time to work on mine!!!
But still, just have any code it calls out to that is in an untyped chunk just force the user to match on (block-box it), fully backwards compatible and all.
Well, this is a question of definitions… What exactly is “Elixir”? Is it a file such that, when fed to the elixir compiler, will run without errors (possibly outputing a valid BEAM module)?
If so, than almost anything is elixir… For example:
use BrainFuck b""" ++++++++++[>++++++++>+++++++++++ >---------->+++>++++++++>+++++++ +++++>+++++++++++>++++++++++>+++ ++++++++>+++<<<<<<<<<<-]>-.>--.> ++++.>++.>---.>---.>.>.>+.>+++., """
use OCaml o""" (* Binary tree with leaves carrying an integer. *) type tree = Leaf of int | Node of tree * tree let rec exists_leaf test tree = match tree with | Leaf v -> test v | Node (left, right) -> exists_leaf test left || exists_leaf test right let has_even_leaf tree = exists_leaf (fun n -> n mod 2 = 0) tree """
For the benefit of people following this discussion (you don’t need to be told this), of course you can implement a HM typesystem with macros. Macros are arbitrary functions that return an AST, so they can type the AST given as argument and add the types of top-level functions to a global registry. Something like:
defmodule TypedElixir do defmacro defmodule_typed(name, [do: body]) do typechecked = TypedElixir.Typechecker.typecheck_body(body) TypedElixir.Typechecker.add_to_global_registry(typechecked) processed = TypedElixir.Compiler.process(body) quote do defmodule unquote(name), do: processed end end end
The problem is that this typed subset of Elixir would be so incompatible with the standard library that although it could be called Elixir, it would be in fact something else. You can reuse some of the specs from dyalizer (if you unify the type variables properly), but I doubt you can reuse even most of them (HM needs unique type constructors for different types, so even
:error tuples are hard to type in a meaningful way.
Having worked on ElixirScript, I mostly agree with what @rvirding said. Thanks to the work that the Elixir Core Team put into Elixir 1.5 and Erlang 20, it is relatively easy to compile Elixir to another target. The useless part is almost correct. There are a lot of expectations. Most of them inside of the BEAM and ElixirScript fails to live up to those these days. The FFI though does allow one to treat it similarly to things like BuckleScript though.
All is not lost though. Any efforts to do anything of this sort should focus on the BEAM characteristics first.
Sounds like trying to define Lisp, but Typed Lisps (written in lisp macros) are still considered lisp.
Why would it be incompatible? It is easy to define external typed definitions of things (which can of course be combined up for global access).
Untyped could call typed, typed could call untyped (either by getting a variant/sum back or by typing the definition explicitly). ^.^
And dialyzer specs are a good start and can be extended pretty easily (which is what my experiment was doing, quite successfully), it would not be backwards compatible of course, but then again most code passed to a macro will fail to compile if you take it out of the macro so that’s not surprising in any case.
Yes, you can always define some typed wrappers (in both directions). My point is that it’s not easy to use the standard library. The main offender is the inconsistent use of
I’m not saying that this can’t be done! It’s just that there is this mismatch between typed and untyped code, which seems hard to deal with.
Converting typed code to untyped is easier
Most difficulties of defining a lisp translate pretty well to defining Elixir. Where lisp has reader macros, elixir has sigils, which are pretty similar.
Yeah I really wish Elixir followed Erlang more closely on those… ^.^;
But a couple wrapper modules would ease stuff too (and those could still be used from untyped code as well!).
How’s that quote go, something like Every language is getting closer to Lisp or something like that. ^.^
I don’t read much erlang, but my issue with Elixir tuples is that sometimes thy are equivalent to Haskell’s
Some/None) type and sometimes equivalent to
Either a b (AKA
Error/Ok). If these tuples were used consistently you could make them the concrete implementation of the data constructors for those types.
Yep, they are entirely just a runtime version of sum types when used as such, every time I use them I keep wishing for static typing to make it all unambiguous… >.>
An erlang term is a runtime sum type in which the first bits are the concrete implementation of the type constructor xD unfortunately, it’s the only type available in the lamguage ahahah
How about Greenspun’s Tenth Rule:
“Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad-hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.”
You can then turn Phoenix or other elixir web frameworks into more modern and powerful full-stack frameworks. Universal rendering, shared type and code, real-time subscriptions etc. Imagine a web-framework like Meteor with terrifying velocity but also having incredible scalability. It will become a power tool of beating the average.
Another example is ClojureScript, it is great and having a lot of wonderful libraries. And there are also people really using them.
ElixirScript can provide most of what you describe today. A transpiler that does not support processes, code sharing between front end and back end, an ffi, ability to create packages that can be placed in hex. If those are the goals, it’s pretty close. Could probably use more work in the user friendliness and doc departments though. | <urn:uuid:0a5a0b6b-2b2b-4481-938e-5e609d9a7ec6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://elixirforum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-transpile-elixir-into-reasonml-bucklescript-javascript/14654 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.907606 | 2,322 | 1.984375 | 2 |
A new five-year strategy for acquiring and managing Indigenous land in Australia has been released by the Indigenous Land Corporation.
The new National Indigenous Land Strategy (NILS) 2007-2012 will again focus strongly on acquisitions and projects which can generate and support employment, training and education opportunities for Indigenous people, according to ILC Chairperson Shirley McPherson.
“The ILC believes Indigenous land ownership is important but it should also deliver education, employment and training outcomes,” Ms. McPherson said.
“The ILC Board recognises the importance of a core education to the future of Indigenous youth and that the current education outcomes for those living in rural and remote areas can be limited by a lack of education facilities.
“Under the new NILS, the ILC will collaborate with Australian, State and Territory Government agencies to acquire or develop boarding facilities in regional centres to help Indigenous youth access the education they deserve.
“The ILC has increasingly tailored its programs to specify in greater detail what benefits people hope to achieve in acquiring land.
“The NILS has four main categories – Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental – under which land can be bought and we go through all applications to test that real benefits will be delivered and that the planned use of land is sustainable.
“If applications cannot meet those basic criteria they will not be supported by the ILC and we make no apologies for applying a rigorous test to applications because buying land and then having no plan on how that land will deliver benefits and how ongoing land ownership costs will be met, is a waste of time for everyone.
“In rural and remote communities the ILC believes the pastoral and tourism industries offer significant opportunities to deliver jobs, training and education and boost Indigenous economic development over the next five years.
“The existing application-based system did not always generate these kinds of projects so the new NILS builds on the ILC’s ability to generate strategic projects in its own right where economic development, employment, training and education are key outcomes.
“A multi-million dollar tourism operation and training facility at Home Valley Station in the WA East Kimberly and a $30 million redevelopment of the old Redfern Public School into a National Indigenous Development Centre catering for up to 5,000 yoiung people each year, are examples of this new strategic approach,” Ms. McPherson said.
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Growth in China's June factory activity dipped to a four-month low on higher raw material costs, a shortage of semiconductors and a COVID-19 outbreak in the major export province of Guangdong, amid wider supply chain disruptions in Asia.
The chip supply crunch has hammered other manufacturing powerhouses in Asia. Industrial output in Japan and South Korea slumped in May from the previous month as auto production declined due to semiconductor shortages, adding to concerns of flagging momentum in their respective economies.
China's June official manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) eased slightly to 50.9 versus 51.0 in May, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. It, however, exceeded analysts' forecast for a slowdown to 50.8.
It remained above the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction on a monthly basis.
"This was largely a result of COVID, which has affected factory output and also new export orders due to the rising waves of infections and resultant restrictions in some neighboring economies," said Iris Pang, Great China chief economist at ING.
"Overall, (it's) not a great month but no really worrying signs...China's growth rate is still positive, though it would be a lot lower in H2 than H1, mostly because of the change in base effects," said Pang, referring to year-ago comparisons with 2020's pandemic disruptions.
The sub-index for production eased to 51.9, a four-month low, from 52.7 the previous month. Zhao Qinghe, a senior statistician at the NBS, attributed the slowdown in production to constraining factors such as a shortage of semiconductors, inadequate coal supply, a power crunch and maintenance of equipment.
A shortage of coal supply in China's southern regions, which started in mid-May, hit factory operations though the government has said the power crunch should ease soon.
New export orders fell for a second consecutive month in June and at a faster pace, likely due to the global resurgence of COVID-19 variants, forcing some countries to reimpose lockdowns.
A sub-index for raw material costs in the official PMI stood at 61.2 in June, compared with May's 72.8, as the government cracked down on high raw material prices.
Growth in new orders, however, picked up, as domestic demand improved.
The world's second-largest economy has largely recovered from disruptions caused by the pandemic, but Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is set to moderate.
"Much of the recovery has occurred and the momentum is slowing. Combined with a relatively higher base, this means year-on-year GDP growth is expected to slow to 7.2% in Q2 from 18.3% in Q1," said analysts at HSBC.
However, in two-year average terms, they expect growth to pick up to 5.2% from 5.0%, though this is still below pre-pandemic levels of 6.0% growth.
An outbreak of coronavirus infections in China's major export province of Guangdong has also disrupted shipments.
The official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 53.5 in June from 55.2 in May, a separate survey from the NBS showed, dampened by a sharp pull-back in the recovery of the services sector due to local COVID outbreaks.
The construction index held steady at 60.1, although analysts expect the sector to face headwinds amid Beijing's clampdown on the property market.
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YERBA BUENA (MARSH MINT, PEPPER MINT)
The Yerba Buena plant is a creeping herb that rises to only 20 cm. (or 8 in.) from the ground. Its stems are fleshy or non-woody, and the leaves are coarse. This plant is also stronly aromatic. There is another creeping plant that is also called Yerba Buena. Known scientifically as Mentha arvensis L. and also commonly known as Poleo or Poliyo in some places, this non-medicinal Yerba Buena has narrower leaves and bears lilac flowers, while the medicinal Yerba Buena does not flower in the Philippines.
Yerba Buena is indicated or used primarily as pain reliever. The medical term for pain reliever is analgesic. As analgesic, it is effective for headaches, toothache, and pains caused by arthritis.
But Yerba Buena has other medicinal uses too, called its secondary indications. It is also used for gaseous distention and as mouthwash. Yerba Buena is best propagated using terminal stem cuttings. Cut the top end of mature stems consisting of three to four parts of leaves, maintaining a length of 10 to 15 cms. (4 to 6 in.), and plant them in containers or directly in plots. They will grow roots in a week’s time. The cuttings, if planted in containers, may be transplanted to plots two weeks after planting. It may also be planted near or between tall plants as it can tolerate partial shading. But avoid using chemical pesticides because they might leave poison on the plants.
The procedure for using Yerba Buena as pain reliever or analgesic is the same whether it’s for headache, toothache, or arthritis.
Preparing the decoction:
The amount of leaves you should use differs depending on whether the leaves are dried or fresh and on how old the patient is. Fresh leaves are washed first and then chopped coarsely, while air-dried leaves are crushed.
Condition of leaves
Age of patient Dried (crushed) Fresh (chopped)
Adult 4 tbsp. 6 tbsp.
7-12 years 2 tbsp. 3 tbsp.
After you have identified how much leaves to use, boil the leaves in 2 glasses of water for at least 15 minutes. This boiled mixture is called “decoction.”
Divide the decoction into two parts and take one part every three hours.
These are important rules to follow when boiling the leaves in water. Observe strictly
— Use only enameled container or claypot (“palayok”), never an aluminum pot.
— A standard glass or cup should contain 240 ml. or 8 fluid ounces of water. This measurement is the same as the content of a bottle of regular Pepsi or Coke.
— Mix leaves in water before placing on fire.
— As soon as the mixture boils, uncover the pot and let boil continuously for 15 minutes. Remember that the mixture should boil uncovered.
— Strain and let cool. You now have what is called a “decoction.”
— For headache, toothache, or arthritis take one-half (½) glass (standard glass or cup) of decoction every three hours, as needed.
When applied as fresh leaves:
— If the pain caused by headache, toothache, or arthritis is moderate and localized you may choose to just apply fresh Yerba Buena leaves on the affected part. Fresh leaves are heated, then pounded and applied on affected body part.
When used as mouthwash:
Aside from being medicinal, Yerba Buena is also a mouthwash. It is prepared as follows:
Soak tablespoonfuls of chopped fresh leaves in a glass of water for 30 minutes. Strain and use as mouthwash.
Harvesting and Storing Leaves:
It is best to harvest only the mature and healthy leaves. Make sure, though, that the plant is left with enough leaves to survive. If you wish, you may harvest excess leaves and air-dry them for storing. Air-drying takes place about four days on warm weather or about two weeks during the rainy season. Leaves are sufficiently dry if they crumble when crushed with the fingers.
Dried leaves should be sealed in plastic bag or kept in covered tinted glass jar. Keep leaves in a cool, dry place and away from direct sunlight to extend their storage life.
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Career and profession is a very important aspect of our lives. A good and well-balanced career and working life stabilise our life, bring satisfaction and a sense of achievement and help us lead a holistic life. After all, who does not wish to become successful in life and earn a good amount of money. But, choosing the right career for you is very important. To start with there are so many options, yet there is no guarantee of success in any one of them –specifically in today's world. There is another side to this problem of plenty there is so much competition that it's not always easy or possible to get into a field you desire. All in all, nowadays, it's pretty tough to choose the best field for making a fulfilling career. With Astrology you can pin-point the career for your life. Well indian metaphysics is always having an answers to every question so career is also guided here as per your horoscope in order to be on track always as money is our first priority these days without which you can’t get a food and other things.
When you take the assistance of Astrology in finding a suitable career/profession, it shall not only help you prosper in the material sense but shall also help you feel contended and grow in all aspects of life. Moreover, if you use the advice you get through an Astrology reading to strengthen your Horoscope and fortune planets, you can explore and harness even your hidden potential. The Planets and Your Horoscope: Each planet, as studied and analysed in Astrology, is attributed with certain qualities, characteristics, attributes and fields. For example, Venus is related to creative fields and performing arts, while Jupiter is related to higher education, philanthropy, education etc. And, the placement of these planets in your Personal Horoscope decides whether they are strong, weak, beneficial, malicious or neutral for you and your life. A study of these planets and their placement in your Horoscope, thus, can help an Astrologer guide you the best and most lucrative fields of career and profession for you.
While a strong planet can give you qualities perfect for a particular profession or career, the ill effects of a malefic planet can obstruct you from taking any benefit from a good period, as per your Horoscope. So, knowing in advance helps! Plus, in deciding the favourable period for any specific event in your life – the transits of Planets, Mahadasha (Main Period) and Antardasha (Sub-period) also play a vital role. These can be ascertained by studying your Horoscope. Your Natural Talents: You will agree that each of us is born with a set of natural inclinations and interests, which generally are also our strong points or areas. Your Personal Horoscope is the blue-print of your life, and a Vedic Astrology expert can draw and interpret it in various ways. Using this art, this guide can pin-point at the areas that you may be naturally strong at – given the placement and strength of planets in your Chart/ Horoscope. These will be the areas, wherein you shall be at your natural best, performing optimally and deriving satisfaction in return. The SWOT: By looking at your Horoscope, an expert astrologer can also find and point out your hidden talents and your natural strengths and weaknesses, and can then guide you accordingly to help you utilise your talents to your maximum advantage. If you happen to be weak in an area, then why try making a career there. If you, however, are pretty interested in such an area, you can still find a way, thanks to Astrology's guidance, to somehow make a career there.
Astrology can also reveal to you precisely the profession/career in which you might achieve a remarkable success. Be it in job or business, strong and favourable planets in your horoscope can give insights as to what the most appropriate profession/career would be the right choice for you so that you may live a happy and blissful life. Career Combinations Service / Business 2-10-11-6/7 2-Accumulation of Wealth; 10-Career, Name, Fame; 11-Financial Gain, Promotion; 6- Service & Working Conditions; 7- Business, Business Partner, Trade & Commerce; 5- 12th from 6th, prevents the native from getting the job & Gains of opposition(Alone good); 8-Obstacles, misfortunates & Insults; 12- Losses / 2nd of opposition ; Sun/ Moon - Government, Mars - Uniform, Jupiter/ Venus/ Mercury - Corporate, Rahu/Ketu/ Saturn - Small Establishments Promotion 2-6-10-11 Written Tests 4-9-11 6-11, 4-11, 5-11, 10-11 Any combos Interview & GD 3-6-11 or 3-11 or 3-10-11 Suspension 5-8-12 Reinstatement 2-6-10-11 If 5-8-12 & 2-6-10-11, instatement after punishment Termination 5-8-12 Subsequent DBA of 5-8-12 after suspension Change in Career 5-9 5-12th from 6th leaving the present work & working conditions; 9- being 12th from 10th signifying leaving the present status & position Change is good/bad 2-10-11-6/7 Bad if 5/6-8-12 are signified Transfer 3-9-12 If DBA of separative planets, person leaves native place for a distant place. If DBA of benefics, transferred to a development place/ country Transfer back 2-4-11 to the native place Transfer order cancel 2-4-11 Along with 3-9-12 Conspiracy 5-8-12 Against the native | <urn:uuid:dd851248-8777-4ab3-a7de-ae99e1e264b4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://astroshiksha.com/Here-is-all-you-need-to-know-about-Career-Astrology.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.931952 | 1,204 | 1.609375 | 2 |
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How to Fix a Bathtub Drain That Won't Stay Open to Drain
Some bathtubs have pop-up stoppers, but many don't, and the mechanism by which the latter hold water when you lift the handle may not be obvious at first glance. The handle is connected to a weighted plug by means of a series of adjustable rods called the linkage. Lifting the handle lowers the plug into the drain outlet and blocks the drain, while lowering the handle lifts the plug so water can flow. When the tub isn't draining properly, it's because the linkage is too long. To shorten it, you need to take it out of the tub.
Remove the overflow cover from the front of the tub by unscrewing the screws holding it in place with a screwdriver.
Pull the cover away from the tub and lift it to pull the linkage out of the hole. There should be a weight attached to the end. If the weight fell off, reattaching it to the linkage will solve the draining problem, but first you have to fish it out. Do this by creating a hook with an old coat hanger or by attaching a magnet to a string.
Look for an adjustment nut on the end of the U-shaped plate attached to the handle if the weight is still attached to the linkage. Turn this nut clockwise through three or four rotations with a pair of adjustable pliers to shorten the linkage.
Feed the linkage back into the overflow hole and let the weight fall freely. Fit the cover back onto the opening and replace the screws. Test the drain by filling the tub and then emptying it.
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Adjusting the linkage so that the tub holds water and drains freely may be a matter of trial and error, requiring more than one removal of the linkage.
If your tub has a pop-up stopper, the linkage that connects it to the handle is probably spring loaded. If the stopper doesn't open, you can usually fix it by lengthening, not shortening, the linkage.
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Last month I was doing a press conference, on a rather memorable day, and I became reflective. At the end of the press conference I said this:
I want to see Australia be everything it can possibly be. I want to see it prosperous and strong and secure and tolerant and I want to be able to see it fulfill all of those objectives and I want to make a contribution to that.
As I was speaking I was thinking about the kind of country I would like Australia to be. I was thinking about a prosperous country with high living standards supporting high standards of health care and education, high standards of transport and communication, and disposable income. I was thinking about a strong country respected in the region and the world which was secure against outside threat and able to protect its citizens and allow them to enjoy this high standard of living. But I didn't want to leave just a picture of a country that was obsessed with material prosperity. I wanted to leave the thought that we should aim to be rich in values as well. So I talked of being a country that was tolerant.
A tolerant society is one that respects differences and allows people to pursue their different aims and ambitions within an overall framework of order. How do you promote such a society? Where does the notion of trust and tolerance come from?
If you were re-building a country from the ground up after the fall of a totalitarian state you would have to start re-building trust among citizens. You would need to build a culture of tolerance between citizen and citizen which would allow expression and association within the context of trust. You would need to build trust between citizens and institutions.
And this can take enormous effort. And yet a country that has the experience of voluntary associations is likely to have a higher level of trust between citizens which can be used to build confidence in public institutions.
If you want to run a successful modern liberal economy then trust and tolerance between citizens gives you a long head start.
Trust facilitates compliance. Trust enhances efficiency. It reduces transaction costs because you do not have to ascertain and negotiate the bribe on each transaction. Trust in the legal system and the enforceability of contract underpins the willingness to invest.
Trust and tolerance are sometimes described as social capital. In an IMF paper on Second Generation Reform, Francis Fukuyama argued: "Social capital is important to the efficient functioning of modern economies and is the sine qua non of stable liberal democracy."
In 1987 Margaret Thatcher famously declared: "there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families." This is an extremely individualistic view of the world. And she received a lot of criticism over this statement.
At the other end of the spectrum are the collective views of the world usually held by politicians of the left who want to submerge individuals into groups of one kind or another. One clear giveaway is the tendency to put the word "community" after everything. In this view of the world there are no longer individuals who are artists or Greeks or businessmen. There are a series of groups into which individuals are divided and treated together. It is assumed that they have a uniformity of opinion because they share a particular characteristic even though they might never have met, have no desire to do so, and have very different perspectives.
In reality, individuals have varying connections of varying intensity with others. In the first place there is the family, then maybe the street, the neighbourhood or a town. They might have a religious association through a church they attend and their relationships might extend to involvement in a voluntary association, a sporting club, or a political organisation.
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The draft genome sequence of Xylella fastidiosa pear leaf scorch strain PLS229, isolated from the pear cultivar Hengshan (Pyrus pyrifolia) in Taiwan, is reported here. The bacterium has a genome size of 2,733,013 bp, with a G+C content of 53.1%. The PLS229 genome was annotated and has 3,259 open reading frames and 50 RNA genes.
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13 Jan Design Minds
Funded through the State Government’s $3 million Designing Queensland program 2008–12, Design Minds will provide a central, online location for design education tools that all Queensland teachers can tap into.
Manager of State Library’s Asia Pacific Design Library Christian Duell said the resource, to be hosted on the APDL’s website, would be launched with content from the Queensland- Smithsonian (Cooper-Hewitt) Design Museum Fellowships.
“The aim of Design Minds is to increase the capacity of Queensland teachers to teach creativity in the context of the Australian Curriculum, as well as increase the opportunity for students to take part in world-class design education projects and activities,” he said.
“Design educators will be able to access material for lessons, share knowledge and ideas, interact with each other, and contribute and collaborate.
“Design Minds also aligns with the goals of QUEENSLANDERSIGNTM, the Queensland Design Council’s communication initiative dedicated to celebrating and championing world- class Queensland design.”
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How to find a part of function value in Genetic Algorithm after each iteration cycle
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I am doing optimization using genetic algorithm. In a nutshell, the fitness function consists of 3 terms, A and B are normal function terms whereas C is an additional penalty term.
function XYZ = Ackley(x)
XYZ = A + B + C
After applying GA parameters. The final code is below.. Where nit = number of iterations (I am running 30 iterations minimum)
[x,fval,exitflag,output,population,score] = GAcode(nvars,lb,ub,InitialPopulationRange_Data,PopulationSize_Data,EliteCount_Data,CrossoverFraction_Data,MaxGenerations_Data,FunctionTolerance_Data,ConstraintTolerance_Data);
The code works perfectly fine for getting final function value 'fval' (XYZ) and unknowns 'x' after each iteration... Is it possible to get individual values of A,B and C as well after each iteration.?
Thanks for your help.
Alan Weiss on 31 Aug 2021
I think that you can write a Custom Output Function for Genetic Algorithm and use it to calculate what you want and store them in an array returned to the workspace. This probably will involve rewriting the objective function in the output function in a way that returns the values you want.
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Today I am excited to share a review of a great SLP blogger’s activity. The material is called ‘Voice Monsters’ and it comes from The Queen’s Speech. Don’t worry though, these monsters want to help your students learn how to use their voices in a safe way. The activity is thorough, well laid out, and kid/parent friendly.
The activity comes with an explanation of what a voice disorder is, as told by a monster, how cute is that. It also educates students with ways that they can help their voice and have good vocal hygiene. These helpful voice recommendations are on cute monster cards. The bulk of the packet is dedicated to having the student learn and practice two techniques: the yawn-sigh and what this activity calls the ‘buzzy voice’.
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I wanted to show you pictures of the the layout, before I cut everything up.
There are 79, yes 79 cards, to have students practice the yawn-sigh technique, aka ‘Easy Onset’. I really liked that these cards were scaffolded from vowel, to word, to sentence. This allows students to progress through the levels as they master this technique. There are also blank cards for you to customize.
The ‘buzzy voice’ technique encourages students to use nasals like /m/ and /n/ to create a hum while speaking so that lighter contact is made with the vocal folds. This is what some people may know as ‘Resonant Voice Therapy’, did that give anyone a grad school flash back. There are 59 cards for activity in the same hierarchy and the yawn-sign. The cards for these activities have fun phrases for the kids and the monster graphics are cute and engaging. Who doesn’t love a cute monster? There is an introduction paragraph for each technique informing you what the physical goal of the strategy is and how to implement it. This was super helpful!!! I did not have to go digging out my voice book from grad school to refresh my memory of what these strategies were or how to implement them. This would be great for parent or teacher education too.
It doesn’t stop there! We know that it can be difficult to get kids to sit and practice vocal strategies so there is an included game board to use. There is also a pre/post-test worksheet. This is a great way for students to show that were not only paying attention when you looked like a goof, demonstrating ‘easy onset’ or ‘resonant voice therapy’, but that they understand and can utilize that information. There is a ‘Voice Thermometer’ that you can use with students to help them monitor their voice and use their strategies. I actually gave these to the teachers of my voice kiddos and they loved it. They really like having a visual aide they could just point to give the student feedback. One of the teachers even started using it as a tool for her entire classroom!
There is also a chance for students be voice detectives 🙂 You can make a paddle using the red and green faces and a popsicle stick. Students are asked to hold up the ‘good face’ or ‘bad face’ to identify if a stated behavior is a ‘good voice’ behavior or a ‘bad voice’ behavior. Also included is a page of additional resources highlighting and explaining other voice techniques as well as where to go on the web for more information about vocal exercises.
In the beginning, there is an included disclaimer stating that the techniques targeted are geared towards the remediation of vocal nodules and that students should have a check up with their doctor or ENT if there are vocal concerns. There is so much to this activity! This packet has so much helpful information and is presented in an informative and engaging format, I don’t really know what more you could ask for in a resource. This is a must have resource for those voice clients that pop up 🙂
Stop by TpT to add this great activity to your speech tool box!
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28 Nov Make Peace with Death
Do you remember the first time you drove 100 miles per hour? I was 18 years old. Somewhere between Boston and New York, at about 3:00 AM on an empty stretch of highway, I floored my mom’s Mitsubishi Galant, broke 100, and held it for a half a minute or so, my heart pounding. (She’s just finding out about this now. Hi, Mom!)
During those thirty seconds, my mind decided to present me with a new thought: “It would be really easy to die right now.” Just the slightest twitch of the steering wheel was all it would take. And the weird part was, the thought didn’t come with fear so much as curiosity.
Later, as a psychology major, I reflected that perhaps this was a glimpse of the “death drive” that Freud identified – sometimes referred to by the name of the Greek angel of death: Thanatos. Over the coming years, I had more experiences of the proximity of death – and the hint of an urge to take the leap.
As I got older and acquired older friends and older patients, I began to witness humans’ fear of death. I saw people so consumed by the avoidance of death that it corrupted their experience of life. It occurred to me that getting a life is a bit like having someone hand you a lit sparkler. You can dance around with it, make patterns in the darkness, marvel at its beauty and the way it illuminates the night; or you can stand there frozen, saying, “Oh no, the sparkler is going to burn out. The sparkler is going to burn out. The sparkler is going to burn out. The sparkler is going to burn out…” until it does.
Unfortunately, I realized one day that I had joined the ranks of those who are preoccupied with sparkler burnout (i.e., death), and I saw that, for me, it began when I had children. Sure, I didn’t want the Peter game to end and I didn’t want to get dragged through some painful terminal illness, but more importantly, I didn’t want to leave my children fatherless.
At first, I thought, “So, this is the opposite of Thanatos. There is the death-drive and then there’s the fear of death.” But when I explored it further, I realized that these two drives often have the same origins: fear of the unknown, fear of loss (of oneself and the people and things one loves), fear of pain (having it and inflicting it), an unsettled relationship with life, etc.
Around that time, I participated in a course with author and speaker Hale Dwoskin, in which he directed students to bring to mind something that they fear. The first thing that came to me was cancer – dying of cancer. Then he asked gently, “Now, could you let go of wanting that to happen?”
I felt a distinct lurch in my mind as I protested, “Wanting it to happen?!” And then I noticed it – hiding the shadows – a part of me that wanted to have it and get it over with, so the fear would end. Here was the potential for both a fear of death and an attraction to it.
As I started to work through this, asking myself how I had come to be so focused on the demise of my sparkler rather than enjoying it, I realized that I already had part of my answer. Playing with the sparkler is an expression of life drive. Where had my life drive gone?!
Luckily it was still there. It was just buried under a bunch of crap. Decades of immersion in human drama had caused me, like so many others, to lose sight of the truth: The truth that a choice of perspective (a lighthearted perspective even) is always available to us. The truth that life is rich with opportunities for connection. The truth that life – regardless of the course it takes – is a gift. If I could sum up my revelation in a word, it would be remembering.
If you’re at a similar place, or just like to know yourself and “clean house” of beliefs that aren’t serving you, I recommend two strategies – making peace with death and revving up your life drive.
First, of course, some fear of death is healthy. It’s built into our nervous system, which uses fear to trigger alertness and activate survival mechanisms. It has probably saved your life multiple times, as it has mine. What I’m concerned with is not this momentary fear, but chronic fear than infringes on our experience of the present in an ongoing way.
There’s a lot to be said about death – much more than I can sum up here – so let me just offer a few of the tools that I’ve found most useful for myself and my patients.
Write about death. When you write freely about it, you become clearer on what, specifically, you’re averse to, and what triggers it. At the same time, you begin to process it. If you write repeatedly, you’ll often find a softening of strong emotions and a broadening of your perspective.
Accept the inevitable. Aside from the 7 billion humans who currently inhabit Earth, every human to come before us has died. It’s an exceedingly popular way to end life. Old people die and tiny babies die. Brave people die and scaredy cats die. You will someday join the ranks of the most impressive historical figures you can think of. It’s part of what makes life special. And it’s the way of the natural world. All things move through cycles, and one day your body will be reintegrated into the planet that birthed and sustained it.
Plan how you would like to die. You can’t usually control when or from what cause, but you can at least have a plan in place about who you’d like to have near you and what kind of environment you’d like to be in for that transition. It may not be possible to implement this plan in the end, but in the meantime, it will put your mind at ease to imagine it happening in a loving way.
Plan for what will happen after you die. Sometimes our anxiety about death comes from feeling that things won’t be taken care of properly. Making a will isn’t exactly fun, but it can be relieving. What will happen with your kids? Your assets? Your legacy? Figure it out now.
Practice mental discipline. If you find yourself often thinking purposelessly about death, catch yourself, pick up your attention, and put it on something else. Break yourself of the habit. Ask yourself whether it serves any useful purpose or just degrades your state of mind.
Watch people get old gracefully and die gracefully. There are lots of videos and books about people having good elder years and good deaths, and there are likely many people in your community who would be happy to speak to you about their dying process. Another good resource is people who work in hospice settings.
If possible, die before you die. People use this expression – die before you die – in a few different ways. One meaning is to let “die” everything that you cling to – your ego, your identities, your attachments – so they no longer represent all that you stand to lose when death occurs. Another meaning is to let die the part of you that doesn’t want to die. A third meaning is to have an experience of your death before your actual death, such as occurs in near death experiences (NDEs) and in certain shamanic ceremonies.
Read about near death experiences. Doctors Raymond Moody and Kenneth Ring, often regarded as the experts on this topic, have interviewed hundreds of people who have had NDEs and they have discovered some common themes in their stories: feelings of deep peace and being surrounded by love, a reunion with deceased loved ones, a reluctance to return to life, and, after regaining consciousness, a lasting sense of gratitude and the loss of any fear of death. One of the best newer books on the subject is Proof of Heaven by a neurosurgeon named Dr. Eben Alexander. In a different genre, another acclaimed book that seeks to illuminate the death experience is Home With God in a Life that Never Ends by Neale Donald Walsh, author of the Conversations with God books.
Use EFT or other acupoint tapping methods to reduce the emotional charge you feel about death. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is free and easy to learn – there are countless videos online about it – and it’s often an effective way to liberate yourself from negative emotions and phobias. I have seen remarkable and rapid transformations, especially around fears, with these techniques.
Learn about philosophies that assert that what we really are never dies. This concept is present in many spiritual traditions, including Native American spirituality, Buddhism, Hinduism, and even in the mystical traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. I like Advaita Vedanta, but I recommend finding a path that uses language and imagery that works for you. One teacher in this tradition, Nisargadatta Maharaj, said: “The real does not die, the unreal never lived . . . . Once you know that death happens to the body and not to you, you just watch your body falling off like a discarded garment. The real you is timeless and beyond birth and death. The body will survive as long as it is needed. It is not important that it should live long.”
Maximize your life drive. Love life. Be grateful. Focus on the good. Rather than watching some depressing movie about meth and murder, watch something that inspires and uplifts you. Smile at people and look them in the eye. Hug people. Get your hands and bare feet in the earth. Swim in a natural body of water. Stretch. Push your limits. Pay attention to the seasons. Paint. Dance. Sculpt. Write. Sing. Learn. Be fascinated. Find the things that are easiest to love and fill your life with them; then take that love and stretch it, applying it to things that are more challenging to love. And, remember who you really are and what you already know.
See you on the other side,
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What are the top graphic design school programs in Wisconsin for 2020?
|1||Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design||Milwaukee|
|2||University of Wisconsin – Madison||Madison|
Our 2020 ranking of the top graphic design school programs in Wisconsin. For an explanation of the ranking criteria, click here.
Founded in 1974, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) is Wisconsin’s only four-year, private college of visual art and design. The school, which serves nearly 900 degree-seeking students, 600 pre-college students, and 250 outreach/special programs students, is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD)—a consortium of 39 leading art schools in the United States and Canada. The school offers five degree programs and more than a dozen minors. This includes a BFA in Communication Design.
The program prepares students to work in marketing communication firms and major corporations. Communication Design coursework “will begin with the study of two-dimensional design and end in the creation of a professional portfolio,” says the school. Students will study Digital Design, Art and Photography Direction, Typography, Advertising, Package Design, and Design for Electronic and Interactive Media.
Throughout the program, students will have opportunities to take on internships at advertising and design firms in Milwaukee and across the U.S, as well as build a portfolio with real-world experience through MIAD’s Visual Resources Studio. “Self-promotion, presentation and collaboration will all be introduced and refined throughout the program.”
Graduates have gone on to land positions such as Advertising Designer, Art Director, Graphic Designer, Package Designer, Storyboard Illustrator, and Web Designers. In addition, many graduates of the program head their own successful design firms and advertising agencies.
Founded in 1848, University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW Madison) serves approximately 45,317 students enrolled in over 200 undergraduate majors and certificates and more than 250 masters, doctoral, and professional programs through 13 colleges and schools. The School of Education houses the Art Department, which offers a BFA in Graphic Design. This unique program has an optional focus in Book Structures and Artists’ Books.
The BFA program “emphasizes the process of visual communication of ideas and information,” says the school “with attention to aesthetic considerations, working process, presentation, craftsmanship, and methods through illustrations, photographs, pattern, line, shape, texture, and type to solve problems and reach audiences.”
Practical study in the area involves the “design and production of books, broadsides, brochures, and posters; the development and application of logotypes and design formats; and utilizing the facilities of letterpress, computer technologies, and graphic reproduction techniques.” Course highlights include Cultural Context of Graphic Design and Typography, Graphic Design for Branding and Identity Graphic Design for Packaging, Posters, Publications and Interactive Media, Information Graphics, Motion Typography, and Typeface Design.
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How Deep is the Ocean
Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 11am to 4pm
“How Deep is the Ocean — A Love Song to the Earth” is a musical/visual experience, an exploration of the human heart’s connection to the earth and the cosmos. An improvised version of Irving Berlin’s “How Deep is the Ocean,” combined with images of stars, sky, ocean and clouds, transforms a classic love song into a meditative prayer for the planet.
Irving Berlin’s song transformed into a meditative prayer for musician Kazzrie Jaxen in 1997, as she sang it on her daily walks by the Delaware River in Callicoon, NY. One day she turned on the tape recorder, sat down at the piano, and improvised the song from the feeling of those walks. A year later that recording was released on a CD entitled “For the Beauty of the Earth.” Cinematographer Eddie Marritz and his wife Hana heard the song on the radio and called the station to find out how to buy the CD. This was how they all met and became friends. Twenty years later, Eddie began filming images of the night sky in Equinunk, PA. An idea to combine images with the song was born. Two years later Kazzrie saw a series of director MSeven Laracuente’s short musical/poetic videos, and a three-way collaboration arose to bring the beauty of water and sky, earth and cosmos, to film.
SHORT | 5:26 | US | 2021
Director MSeven Laracuente is an LCSW that obtained her PhD at NYU. She is a Latinx social justice advocate and mental health professional that uses the visual arts to explore the full range of human emotion. MSeven grew up in Boston, MA where her passion for fusing music and imagery began. You can find her sound and film experimentations on her YouTube channel: iMSeven. She is also a writer and performance artist that believes in the power of actualizing and optimizing human potential through creative expression.
Kazzrie Jaxen is a jazz pianist/singer, bio-improviser, sound healer, Qigong and meditation instructor, and lover of all things creative. Her film credits include “Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn,” “Dear Director,” and “Odd Duck.”
An accomplished documentary director /cinematographer with decades of experience, Eddie Marritz is a visual storyteller and seasoned listener. He filmed “Spielberg” for HBO. Among his other credits are “All Things Are Photographable” for PBS/American Masters: a documentary about legendary photographer Garry Winogrand . Among his other credits are multiple festival winner “Capturing Grace” and “What You Mean We?” with celebrated performance artist Laurie Anderson.
Music originally released in 1998 on New Artists Records 1030CD “For the Beauty of the Earth
Kazzrie Jaxen, Eddie Marritz, MSeven Laracuente
“How Deep is the Ocean” Irving Berlin, Berlin Irving Music (ASCAP)
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Traces: Projecting stories of Strathcona
Living History through Artistic Mediums
In 2009, the Traces project created a living history project through various artistic mediums that connected, engaged, and built the capacity of local youth, seniors, and artists in celebrating and documenting East Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood.
Community-Engaged Public Art
Outdoor projections inspired by stories of the neighbourhood illuminated the 400 block of East Hastings St. The pieces fused video, animation, shadow puppetry, and sound. These works were installed and screened at various neighbourhood venues as part of a free, month-long series — at schools, libraries, community centres, vacant retail storefronts, and public spaces.
Through a process of collective creation and resident connection, the project resulted in a community-engaged public art project that involved youth, seniors, and artists from both the Strathcona and Downtown Eastside neighbourhoods. Specifically, Traces:
- Strengthened artist community engagement skills
- Fostered youth intern community involvement
- Instilled a sense of neighbourhood pride
- Connected and created relationships between residents from varying social, cultural, and economic groups in a creative community-building process
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Foods that can literally make you happy
Most people will agree that food makes them happy – but did you know that there is real science behind it? Some foods can really boost your mood and I want to share a few of them with you. It’s worth noting that our gut is our second brain so when we take care of it by eating a healthy diet we will feel a lot better overall. It is estimated that 90% of our serotonin production is in our digestive system so let’s feel happy.
Here are some of my favorite mood-boosting foods …
Black chocolate. You may have felt that chocolate made you happy but now it has also been scientifically proven. It has been shown that eating dark chocolate every day lowers your stress hormone levels and therefore makes you happier. It’s not free to eat endless amounts of chocolate, but it won’t hurt a little piece – in fact, it can actually help!
Fruits and Vegges. All the nutrients, vitamins and minerals from a lifestyle filled with vegetables and fruits allow you to release neurotransmitters that make you happy.
Fatty fish Omega 3 which comes from fatty fish like wild salmon and tuna which your body needs to feel less stress with nutrition, makes it much more comfortable and happy. Another benefit of omega 3 is its strong anti-inflammatory properties. If it helps you reduce pain which is an added bonus to boost your mood.
Saffron. Have you heard of saffron before? Saffron is a spice from India. Studies have shown that just a little bit of saffron a day makes serotonin more available in the brain. Saffron has also been shown to reduce the symptoms of PMS.
In addition to eating mood-boosting foods, you can try regular exercise to further enhance your mood. Endorphins released during exercise have a strong effect that can last all day and set you up for success. Another great exercise to boost your mood is to keep a daily gratitude journal. Write at least 3 things every day that you are grateful for and think about them really deeply. When we are in a state of gratitude, it completely transforms our outlook and mood. | <urn:uuid:a2511cad-d555-4de8-9d2d-3d578ce4de8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techhaunt.com/foods-that-can-literally-make-you-happy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.972204 | 448 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Remarks by Angel Gurría,
Bogotá, Colombia, 13 October 2016
(As prepared for delivery)
Minister Gaviria, Mayor Peñalosa, Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a great pleasure to be with you in Bogotá to launch the OECD report Making the Most of Public Investment in Colombia: Working Effectively Across Levels of Government. I would like to thank the Government of Colombia for agreeing to conduct this review.
I would also like to say that it is an honour for me to be in Colombia today, only a few days after President Santos received the Nobel Prize for his unfaltering work to achieve peace in this country. The prize is also a recognition of all the efforts and progress made in recent years to build a more inclusive country.
Colombia has made major progress in recent years in strengthening its economy and reducing poverty.
Despite the marked regional slowdown, between 2005 and 2015, Colombia recorded average annual growth of 4.5% and markedly reduced poverty from 49% to 28% in just over a decade. Since 2010, the country has also considerably increased public investment – it currently accounts for almost 4% of GDP, higher than the OECD average of 3.2%. Additionally, in 2012, a significant reform to promote more inclusive public investment by redistributing resource royalties more equitably throughout the country was undertaken.
However, Colombia still faces various challenges, including the major territorial disparities in terms of GDP per capita across regions. These disparities are compounded by significant infrastructure gaps. For example, the gap in transport infrastructure is greater than in other emergent countries, and the costs of domestic freight transport are among the highest in the world.
In order to address these challenges, Colombia should maintain its level of investment. However, it should not lose sight of the fact that the quality of an investment is not just about money. It’s also about establishing priorities strategically, meeting local needs and, above all, improving people’s standard of living. This is what this report is about: how to build effective governanceto make the most of investment.
Governance matters because investment is no longer the sole responsibility of national governments. In Colombia, cities and departments are now responsible for 58% of all public investment, almost the OECD average. This new reality calls for new working methods to co-ordinate investment across levels of government and new capacities at sub-national level.
That is why, in 2014, the OECD adopted the Recommendation of the Council on Effective Public Investment Across Levels of Government, a legal instrument to help governments at all levels co-ordinate and strengthen their capacity for public investment.
The report we are launching today confirms Colombia’s commitment to improve investment outcomes and implement the Recommendation of the Council on Effective Public Investment. It also identifies various actions that take an approach in line with the three pillars of the Recommendation and suggests a number of measures to consolidate them. Let me share some of them with you.
First, Colombia has considerably improved its fiscal framework for public investment. In 2014, the budget balance of sub-national governments (SNGs) amounted to 1.2% of GDP, and financial debt has been declining. However, looking ahead, it will be important to maintain fiscal discipline in order to be able to manage volatile resource revenues. At the same time, SNGs should make better use of existing borrowing possibilities, while diversifying and increasing their revenue sources.
Second, Colombia has strengthened its planning and co-ordination instruments to guide investment priorities at both the national and sub-national levels.The Contratos Plan has been put in place to co-ordinate public procurement across the national and sub-national governments, and inter-municipal co-operation has increased since 2011. Additionally, major efforts have been made to improve local development plans following the municipal elections at the end of 2015.
However, a more systemic approach to the governance of public investment is needed to reduce the overall fragmentation of the system. Measures should also be taken to strengthen the link between strategic planning and budgeting at the sub-national level and to introduce incentives to enhance horizontal co-ordination across municipalities, especially in the country’s comparatively small and poorly connected urban areas. Another priority is to reduce even further the scatter-gunning of royalties, currently administered by over 1 000 entities (OCADs), in order to promote investment projects that are regional in scale.
Third, it is essential to continue to foster measures that strengthen sub-national investment capacities. Thanks to an innovative evaluation mechanism, the National Planning Department has found that the capacities of two-thirds of Colombian municipalities are low – which may be the most significant bottleneck for effective investment.
Colombia has made significant efforts to address this situation, and these efforts must be sustained. The report sets out several recommendations to that end, and I should like to draw your attention to two of them:
Ladies and Gentlemen: reaching the Sustainable Development Goals requires effective and targeted public investment to promote more inclusive development. Improvements in multi-level governance will help Colombia to implement the New Urban Agenda, to be approved in Quito next week, and to build more sustainable and more inclusive cities.
Much of Colombia's work is on the right path. Let’s press on. You can count on the OECD to continue improving co-ordination across levels of government and design better policies for better lives.
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Kushna Name Meaning
Kushna is a Muslim Boy Name. Kushna name meaning is Flower Garland Or Bracelet. It has multiple Islamic meaning. The name is originated from Arabic. The lucky number of Kushna name is 4.
|Meaning||Flower Garland Or Bracelet|
|Lucky Days||Wednesday, Friday|
|Lucky Colors||Green, Yellow|
|Lucky Metals||Bronze, Copper|
Kushna Name Meaning and History
Kushna is a Muslim Boy name which originates from the Arabic language.Acording to Numerology Predictions, lucky number for Kushna is 4. Kushna name meaning in english are Flower Garland Or Bracelet.
People believes to have their Lucky Days according to their names, Wednesday, Friday are Favourable and Lucky Days for name Kushna and lucky metals are Bronze, Copper for Kushna name holders.
Lucky colors for Kushna are Green, Yellow and Kushna name is famous in our names dictionary, and has been searched 50467 times, which is Fifty thousand four hundred sixty-seven times.
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Kushna name meaning in Urdu is "پھولوں کا گلدستانہ". In English, Kushna name meaning is "Flower Garland Or Bracelet".
Q. What is the Lucky Number of Kushna?
The lucky number associated with the name Kushna is "4".
Q. What is the religion of the name Kushna?
The religion of the name Kushna is Muslim.
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The origin of the name Kushna is Arabic.
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For the name Kushna, the lucky color is Green, Yellow.
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“We need to talk about our relationship.”
That sentence sends shivers down some spines, especially if it’s your significant other making the proposition. In the workplace, some people will respond with a hug and say, “Great! Let’s get to know each other better and talk about any conflicts we might be feeling!” Others will moan, “No way! Let’s just get the job done and maybe we’ll have time to talk about politics over a beer when we’re done.”
Relationships are a tricky thing at work. Consider this: your coworkers are not your friends. They are your associates, a group of people who make acquaintance to accomplish a common goal or task. Friends are a matter of choice. Associates are a matter of productivity and proximity. You will love your friends, but you may not even like your associates. And that’s OK, so long as you don’t lose track of the purpose. The work is the purpose—the accomplishment of a common goal.
If you become soulmates in the process, great. But you can be in a healthy relationship without sharing personal information and being best buddies. A healthy association does not mean you celebrate each other’s birthdays. It does mean you celebrate each other’s professional accomplishments. Recognizing the difference between “associates” and “friends” eliminates hurt feelings and enhances healthy environments. It’s not personal. It’s business.
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Illustrated by Mark Myers
Flashlight Press - Children's (Ages 4-8)
Last review for Children's Day, a wee bit late because the afternoon heat turned me into a big lump of blah and I got a bit sidetracked (bought groceries, fixed supper, watched a movie).
Victricia Malicia is about a girl born to a family of pirates. But, she really just wants to read and live on dry land:
Victricia Malicia Calamity Barrett
was born on the deck of the Potbellied Parrot.
Her mom was the captain. Her dad, the ship's cook.
Her grandma was proud of her peg leg and hook.
But despite a tradition since sixteen-o-three
for every last Barrett to set out to sea,
plund'ring and looting
and pirate pursuiting,
Victricia detested it vehemently.
Victricia Malicia was sick of the sea.
Those are the words on the opening page. You have to love this book right off the bat because the author chose to make Victricia's mother the captain and her father the ship's cook, don't you?
The text of Victricia Malicia is so terrific that I feel like just describing it is kind of pitiful, but I'll go ahead and tell you about it, then you can dash off to read the pdf of Victricia Malicia and see the whole thing for yourself. Basically, it goes on to say her distaste for the sea was not her family's fault, "They raised her up right. They gave her a name filled with menace and fright," and describes how she learned her first words from a parrot, learned to tie knots from Uncle Hank (whom she's tied to the mast), etc.
In spite of all her wonderful pirate education, Victricia taught herself to read -- and reading was simply her best skill. She's shown falling from the rigging because she's not great at tying knots. With wrinkled nose, she's shown trying to cook but her cooking, the book says, "caused rats to abandon the ship." Here is where the book begins to be a real booklover's joy. When Victricia is falling from the rigging, you see a book hanging on the ropes. I turned my copy of Victricia Malicia to read the title and laughed. It's Macrame for Beginners. When she's shown cooking, the book beside her is Betty Wanna Cracker Cookbook.
As the story continues describing Victricia's un-pirate-like preferences, both real book titles and funny fake ones are shown.
Eventually, Victricia causes an accident and everyone agrees she should be let off at an island. But, then the same thing that caused the accident saves everyone from a sea serpent. Still, Victricia would rather be set on dry land and she's taken to shore. She goes into town and opens a bookstore. Now dressed in landlubber clothing, Victricia even reads to the pirates when they're in port -- and turns the entire crew into such reading addicts that the ship becomes a floating library.
What a fun book! Bright, cheerful illustrations in vivid colors, clever writing with some challenging vocabulary words (opportunities to teach!) and a great storyline make this comfortably rhythmic book a delight. All the book titles crammed into its pages make reading the book doubly fun. Highly recommended.
There's a trailer for Victricia Malicia at the Flashlight Press website. I usually don't care much for book trailers but I enjoyed this one.
I received my copy of Victricia Malicia unsolicited from Flashlight Press. My thanks to the people at Flashlight! Since you can't pick up the book and feel it, I'll just tell you their books are hardcover with jackets but you can toss your jacket aside if you're worried about it. The cover beneath is identical. Inside the book, the front endpapers have a cutaway view of a ship with objects and actions (like walking the plank) labeled. The back endpapers look like an unlabeled treasure map. Cool.
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Within a previous function we described the transcriptional silencing from the Rabbit Polyclonal to FES. amoebapore A (AP-A) gene of strain HM-1:IMSS. that encodes the light subunit from the Gal/GalNAc inhibitable lectin as well as the various other the cysteine proteinase 5 fragment was straight ligated to the next gene. Transcriptional silencing happened in both transgene as well as the chromosomal gene. SINE1 sequences had been important as was a primary connection between your upstream area and the start of the open up reading body of the next gene. Gene silencing didn’t occur in stress HM-1:IMSS with these plasmid constructs. The trophozoites with two silenced genes had been virulence-attenuated as had been those of clone G3. Furthermore trophozoites not really expressing Lgl1 and AP-A proteins MK-0822 got a significantly decreased ability to cover the Gal/GalNAc-lectin towards the uroid area when incubated with antibodies against the large (170 kDa) subunit MK-0822 from the lectin. Lysates of trophozoites missing cysteine proteinase 5 and AP-A protein had 30% much less cysteine proteinase activity than those of HM-1:IMSS stress or the G3 clone. Silencing of various other genes in G3 amoebae could give a model to review their various features. Furthermore twice gene-silenced virulence-attenuated trophozoites may be a significant device in vaccine advancement. Synopsis The individual intestinal parasite provides many genes that code for virulence. Silencing the appearance of specific genes pays to to determine their jobs. In previous function the authors confirmed the silencing from the gene coding for amoebapore which is in charge of killing of individual cells. They transfected amoebic trophozoites using a plasmid that included DNA sequences homologous towards the promoter area from the amoebapore gene as well as a portion of a repetitive DNA element (called a short interspersed nuclear element). This construct induced a modification of the chromatin and prevented the expression of the gene. Removal of the plasmid resulted in stable amoebapore-deficient parasites possessing low virulence. In the present work Bracha and colleagues show silencing of additional genes following transfection of trophozoites already silenced in amoebapore with a plasmid containing the second gene directly ligated to MK-0822 the upstream region of the amoebapore gene. The DNA sequences that are essential for transferring the silencing from the plasmid to the chromosomal gene copy were identified. Additional virulence genes that the authors irreversibly silenced are those encoding a subunit of a surface lectin MK-0822 that mediates the adherence of the parasite to host cells and a cysteine proteinase that plays a role in inflammation and invasion of the intestine. Introduction Epigenetic gene silencing is a heritable change in gene expression that occurs without a change in nucleotide sequence. Homology-dependent silencing of gene expression has been reported in plants animals and fungi [1-7] and was shown to proceed by one of two mechanisms inactivation at the transcriptional level (transcriptional gene silencing [TGS]) or at the posttranscriptional level (posttranscriptional gene silencing [PTGS]) [8 9 TGS has been shown to occur in plants following transfection with plasmids containing a transgene promoter region without the transcribed sequences . Suppression of expression was inheritable in the progeny and persisted even after the silencer sequence was excised . In TGS was epigenetically maintained during many mitotic divisions by the formation of heterochromatin-like structures . Epigenetic silencing of the amoebapore A gene occurred following transfection of trophozoites of virulent strain HM-1:IMSS with a hybrid plasmid containing a 5′ upstream region (473 bp) of the gene . Nuclear run-on experiments showed that gene silencing was at the transcriptional level (TGS) and silencing persisted in the progeny even after removal of the plasmid . Sequence analysis of the 473 bp upstream segment revealed that in addition to the promoter region of the gene it included 140 bp of an adjacent MK-0822 short interspersed nuclear element (SINE1) that is transcribed in the opposite orientation and also contained a unique thymidine-rich stretch of 48 bp. has been shown to harbor non-long terminal repeats that are either long interspersed (LINE) or SINEs [13-15]. These SINE1 repetitive elements also termed IE/Ehapt2 [16 17 are noncoding retroposons that are widely dispersed in the genome and are abundantly transcribed.. | <urn:uuid:ef7939eb-d0f8-437e-b9c8-5be9306f2ce5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ruerup-rente24.com/within-a-previous-function-we-described-the-transcriptional-silencing-from-the/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.937294 | 1,037 | 2.078125 | 2 |
A first introduction to the iconic civil rights activist.
“She was very little and very brave, and she always tried to do what was right.” Without many names or any dates, Kaiser traces Parks’ life and career from childhood to later fights for “fair schools, jobs, and houses for black people” as well as “voting rights, women’s rights and the rights of people in prison.” Though her refusal to change seats and the ensuing bus boycott are misleadingly presented as spontaneous acts of protest, young readers will come away with a clear picture of her worth as a role model. Though recognizable thanks to the large wire-rimmed glasses Parks sports from the outset as she marches confidently through Antelo’s stylized illustrations, she looks childlike throughout (as characteristic of this series), and her skin is unrealistically darkened to match the most common shade visible on other African-American figures. In her co-published Emmeline Pankhurst (illustrated by Ana Sanfelippo), Kaiser likewise simplistically implies that Great Britain led the way in granting universal women’s suffrage but highlights her subject’s courageous quest for justice, and Isabel Sánchez Vegara caps her profile of Audrey Hepburn (illustrated by Amaia Arrazola) with the moot but laudable claim that “helping people across the globe” (all of whom in the pictures are dark-skinned children) made Hepburn “happier than acting or dancing ever had.” All three titles end with photographs and timelines over more-detailed recaps plus at least one lead to further information.
It’s a bit sketchy of historical detail, but it’s coherent, inspirational, and engaging without indulging in rapturous flights of hyperbole.(Picture book/biography. 5-7) | <urn:uuid:b0418f6d-cfbb-4270-ac0c-1de54d6c6d66> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://covers.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lisbeth-kaiser/rosa-parks-kaiser/print/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.952662 | 392 | 3.4375 | 3 |
By Joshua Saks
The National Flood Insurance Program may soon reach its breaking point if Congress does not adopt essential reforms before the program expires in September. By helping communities better prepare before disaster strikes, Congress can protect natural resources, save billions in taxpayer funds and rescue the program from financial ruin.
The NFIP, which provides flood coverage to more than 5.2 million property owners across the country, plays a central role in the nation’s flood control policy by identifying and mapping at-risk areas and encouraging floodplain management. But due to outdated flood maps and an enduring focus on disaster recovery rather than preparation, the program has put billions of dollars to poor use repeatedly rebuilding properties and incentivizing the destruction of natural habitats that protect Americans from flooding and provide essential ecosystem services like pollution reduction and wildlife habitat.
Federal flood policy has a long history of directing resources toward reconstruction, with little regard for the natural flooding cycles that put some properties repeatedly at risk. The NFIP has outdated flood maps that do not properly consider longer-term flood risks, which are critical to siting new development and determining proper elevation standards in high-risk areas.
Without detailed flood maps, premiums for NFIP coverage are not adequately tied to flood risk. As a result, the program has paid out $25 billion more in claims than it has collected. Much of that money was spent subsidizing construction in high-risk, environmentally sensitive areas, hampering the ability of wetlands and other natural barriers to retain runoff and hold back floodwaters.
SmarterSafer.org, a diverse coalition of taxpayer advocates, insurance industry leaders, housing and environmental groups, has called on Congress to reform the NFIP and mandate that the program develop more accurate maps identifying flood “hotspots” — communities that experience repeated flood losses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency should work with these communities to develop mitigation plans that employ natural flood controls where possible, rather than invest in structural flood controls. By investing in community-wide mitigation by protecting and restoring natural features, like wetlands and natural berms, we can reduce flood risk, lessen premium costs and better protect the environment.
The federal government may not have jurisdiction over land use policy, but it can direct federal resources only to those communities that create plans to protect themselves from future flooding. FEMA should require communities in flood hotspots to enroll in FEMA’s Community Rating System, a program that reduces NFIP premiums in exchange for direct action to mitigate flood risk.
Federal flood policies that merely react to disasters will only waste more taxpayer dollars, with little to show for the expense. Mitigation efforts, on the other hand, pay for themselves several times over. A study by the National Institute of Building Sciences found that every dollar of public funds spent on mitigation saves society four dollars in the long run. By investing in natural solutions that reap substantial savings, the NFIP can begin to pay down the over $25 billion it owes America’s taxpayers.
Congress has the opportunity to create a national flood policy that works with, rather than against, the natural ebbs and flows of the nation’s rivers and tides. This smarter, safer policy will require an investment in more accurate mapping and a commitment to more environmentally conscious flood mitigation. In the end, however, effective reform of the NFIP would save billions of dollars and better prepare the country for the floods to come.
Joshua Saks is the legislative director of the National Wildlife Federation and a member of the SmarterSafer coalition. | <urn:uuid:80486f4e-d60e-47cd-adaf-25b70bd0a2bc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.smartersafer.org/2017/04/03/save-national-flood-insurance-by-investing-in-nature/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.930374 | 707 | 2.390625 | 2 |
The award-winning, best-selling book that changes the narrative of the “Ripper” murders forever
Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from some of London’s wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods, from the factory towns of middle England, and from Wales and Sweden. They wrote ballads, ran coffeehouses, lived on country estates; they breathed ink dust from printing presses and escaped human traffickers.
What they had in common was the year of their murders: 1888. The person responsible was never identified, but the character created by the press to fill that gap has become far more famous than any of these five women. Now, in this gripping narrative of five lives, Hallie Rubenhold finally sets the record straight and gives these women back their stories. | <urn:uuid:d6daaa6c-96de-47d7-80bc-4d75b7bff9b6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kindlenationdaily.com/2021/09/best-price-ever-on-the-lord-peter-wimsey-mysteries-the-unpleasantness-at-the-bellona-club-strong-poison-the-five-red-herrings-have-his-carcase-by-dorothy-l-sayers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.975158 | 177 | 1.671875 | 2 |
As the year draws to a close, and with the echoes of the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference still lingering, experts say that sustainability and innovation are not the future for successful businesses, but the present scenario. This is one of the keys to growth, both for established large companies and for start-ups entering the business world with new ideas and technologies.
The European Union (EU) is demonstrating a strong focus on sustainability by investing heavily in transforming its climate, energy, transport, and tax policies through the European Green Deal. Change is happening despite the effects of the pandemic; on the contrary, sustainability and innovation are at the heart of the Community's economic recovery. Support for green policies has also become more prevalent among Lithuanian institutions in recent years.
Sustainability requires more cooperation
Lina Žemaitytė-Kirkman, Head of the Rockit Centre for Financial Technology and Sustainable Innovation, says that Lithuania's experience in 2021 shows that the best results can be achieved when all stakeholders unite for sustainability: small and big businesses, the state, and politicians themselves.
“This year's Sustainability Accelerator has clearly shown that the challenges facing the world today are highly complex, and bringing together businesses from different backgrounds in communities and teams is essential. The multifaceted nature of the problem is reinforced by the fact that sustainability is usually related to different areas: innovation, energy, information technology, agriculture, etc. Targeted public policy can also bring the poles closer together,” says L. Žemaitytė Kirkman.
The Ministry will focus on sustainable innovation
And although Lithuania has made only a little progress in the World Innovation Index this year (from 40th to 39th place), there are some exceptional positive developments in the country. For example, the Sustainable Economy and Analytics Centre was set up at the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) in September. The first areas are the analysis and mapping of industrial digitalisation, the circular economy and strategic value chains, and a feasibility study on the use of green hydrogen in the Lithuanian industry.
As a good example, the European Commission's Digital Economy and Society Index report ranked Lithuania above the overall EU average, and Lithuania was ranked 4th in terms of digital services for business.
Aušrinė Armonaitė, Minister of Economy and Innovation, notes that in Lithuania, sustainable ideas not only have a favourable environment to emerge but also to be successfully implemented, thanks to the very high level of competence of local professionals.
“Having been in constant contact with businesses and seeing their ambitions, I believe that Lithuania has huge potential for improvement. The Ministry will make every effort next year to promote the development and deployment of innovative digital and environmentally friendly technologies. We will pay particular attention to investments in eco-innovation, the development and production of sustainable circular products, and the application of the latest and most environmentally-friendly equipment and technological solutions in production processes. We need to create better conditions for sustainable businesses and be at the forefront with other world leaders in sustainable innovation,” says Armonaitė.
According to L. Žemaitytė-Kirkman, last year Lithuanian businesses implemented a number of commendable sustainable projects.
"We have seen a growing focus on renewable energy by the country's major companies and a drive to reduce CO2 emissions in their operations. I can also mention examples such as the world's first hybrid biomethane tractor developed by Auga for professional use in agriculture, or the EUR 250 million investment in Vinted, the only Lithuanian unicorn that promotes the sustainable sharing of things,” says L. Žemaitytė-Kirkman.
Greta Monstavičė, CEO of private equity fund and sustainable start-up accelerator Katalista Ventures, says that the digital way of communicating and collaborating that has taken hold in the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic has also accelerated change and the development of sustainable innovation.
“In the past, investors were looking for good solutions and talented teams in the market, but now these two criteria are complemented by the sustainability aspect. While integrating sustainability is not an easy task for start-ups and businesses, we are seeing an increasing number of sustainable business programmes and accelerators that are helping this transformation to happen. This is particularly effective when start-ups are testing sustainable products with big businesses. This gives them an important customer while large businesses get a product based on sustainable innovation,” says Monstavičė.
According to her, a number of start-ups stood out in this year's sustainability accelerator, Rockit Impact: Datahood, piloted with Telia Lietuva, whose solutions help to make different city districts more sustainable and convenient for their inhabitants, while allowing businesses to discover the potential of these places, and Cogastro, which is developing an operating system for beetle farms. During the Accelerator, Earthbanc worked in line with Swedbank Lithuania to find ways to effectively measure the CO2 emissions of the bank's customers – an assessment that will be critical in the near future.
2021 was also a very successful year for PVcase, a Lithuanian start-up offering automation for solar power plant design, which raised an investment of €20 million. It is considered the largest investment in a software start-up of its kind in Europe.
Rockit, the centre for financial technology and sustainable innovation, will hold its second Sustainability Accelerator next year, taking stock of all the sustainability and innovation-related developments that have taken place in Lithuania and globally this year. It is planned to take place in the spring, with a strong focus on pilot projects with major Lithuanian businesses. Startups not only from Lithuania but also from all over the world are invited to join. Register at www.impact.rockitvilnius.com. | <urn:uuid:5d86da50-c430-44e8-8c6f-653ca70a67a0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.impact.rockitvilnius.com/post/are-sustainable-innovations-in-business-and-economic-policy-firmly-anchored-for-long-term-in-2021 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.948869 | 1,227 | 1.757813 | 2 |
© 2020 De Gruyter. All rights reserved. Objectives: Heart rate variability (HRV) is often measured during clinical and experimental cardiovascular reflex tests (CRT), as a reflection of cardiac autonomic modulation, despite limited characterization of the rapid responses that occur. Therefore, we evaluated the responsiveness of HRV indices in 20 healthy young adults (age, 27 ± 6 y; mass, 76.9 ± 16.8 kg; height, 1.79 ± 0.12 m) during four separate established CRT. Methods: These included the [I] orthostatic challenge, [II] isometric handgrip, [III] cold pressor and [IV] cold diving reflex tests. Electrocardiogram was recorded throughout, with HRV derived from RR intervals at rest and from each CRT. On a separate day, a subgroup of participants (n=9) completed the same protocol for a second time. Results: The maximal slope of heart rate change (dTdt) was significantly different between all CRT, with the orthostatic challenge producing the fastest increase (2.56 ± 0.48) and the cold pressor the fastest reduction (−1.93 ± 0.68) in heart rate. Overall HRV, reflected by Poincaré plot ratio (SD1:SD2), was significantly reduced during all CRT ([I], −0.41 ± 0.12; [II], −0.19 ± 0.05; [III], −0.36 ± 0.12; [IV], −0.44 ± 0.11; p<0.05) relative to baseline and this was reproducible in time-series. However, when HRV indices were correlated to mean-RR an exponential growth-like relationship was evident (R2 ranging from: 0.52–0.62). Conclusions: These unique outcomes demonstrate that short-term alterations in HRV are evident during CRT, while indicating the importance of adjusting for, or at least reporting, underlying heart rate when interpreting such measures. | <urn:uuid:eb6c1bbd-66ce-45ef-910a-7a574d21c9eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scholars.uow.edu.au/display/publication146566 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.936732 | 425 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Growing up in Puchong – a bustling city of 400,000 – I’m a city girl through and through. I never knew the hardships (nor the simple joys) that my parents experienced growing up in small towns in the 60s and 70s; when Malaysia was young and life wasn’t easy.
The fam and I recently visited the Gopeng Heritage House Museum in Gopeng, Perak – which houses antiquities, old furniture and other paraphernalia from a bygone era. It was a great experience for all of us – a walk down memory lane for Mi and Pi, and an interesting insight into the old way of life for the bro and I. Bonus: Parents acted as tour guides, since they knew all the stuff we modern kids have never seen before lol.
The old part of Gopeng (which was a tin mining town in the 1870s) has super wide roads and three or four rows of colonial British/Chinese shophouses. The museum is housed in a red building and looks well-preserved on the outside. The family house was donated by a Mr Wong and converted into a full-fledged museum in 2009. Today, it is managed by the local community, and it’s great to see that they’re maintaining it well 🙂
Entrance is free but do make a contribution so that they can keep on running the place ! 🙂
The house is stuffed to the brim with antiques and old furniture, recreating life for a typical middle-class Chinese family in many Malaysian towns at the turn of the 20th century, up til my parent’s era (1960s-70s). My mum used to live in a small town shophouse similar to this one until she married my dad.
(Recreation) Before plastic umbrellas, there were wooden ones made from bamboo. Apart from providing shade, they were also used during wedding ceremonies as symbolic items.
Calligraphy paintings depicting natural sceneries such as flowers and birds.
An old kapcai bike. Mi relates that she once stole my uncle’s bike to ride and crashed it into a tree. *and she says I was a naughty kid.. wonder where I got that from.
Super old phone. For each ‘number’ to dial, you had to rotate the mechanism and wait until it clicked back into place before dialing the next number. *gasp!* for the smartphone generation, this seems like an awfully ancient way to make a call. But back then you could rattle off long phone numbers by heart; now I can’t even remember what my house’s number is.
Am I the only one who finds grandfather clocks creepy? The way they chime in the middle of the night (watched too many horror films lol).
I do like the elephant detailing at the bottom though. 🙂
A bust of Chairman Mao (left). Many Chinese who came to Malaya before independence still had immense love for the Motherland. On the right is an oil lamp. We enjoy electricity at the flick of a switch now, but during my mom’s time, they had to read at night by the flickering light.
My aunt has one of these, passed down from my grandmother. Irons were heavy and super clunky, with a space at the bottom for putting hot charcoal.
Radio. I’m not that young, so I still remember these, but ask anyone below 20 and they’ll probably think it’s some alien contraption. We had one in our house and I liked playing with the antenna thing by pulling it up and down (always got scolded by parents) and messing up the tune. You couldn’t just press it like how you do with radios these days; you have to dial it to exactly the right frequency.
There were no gas or electric stoves, so people had to use firewood for cooking.
Ais kacang was (and still is!) a popular icy cool treat. Like the Filipino halo-halo, ais kacang is a shaved ice topped with various condiments such as syrup, red beans, cendol, fruits and jelly. Now we have modern machines, but the old ones were made from heavy steel and vendors had to manually grind huge ice blocks using a round mechanism at the side.
Fancy cutlery with engravings, matchboxes, cards.
The black and gold wooden basket was used to carry food to workers out on the field or in the tin mines. Reminds me of Chinese periodical dramas.
A gramophone. I bet if you showed this to a kid now they wouldn’t be able to identify what in the holy hell it is.
An even older radio. Might seem basic for us today, but these were only for well-to-do families back then. My mom lived in a very small town and while radios were more common, only one family had a TV set (black and white). All the neighbourhood kids would go over to watch shows, especially during festivals – so the kid with the TV would have been a big shot in town.
Did you know that in Malaysia pre-independence, you had to apply for a license in order to own a TV?
Up on the second floor, rooms have been converted to resemble proper living spaces, complete with beds, dressing tables and cupboards. Four poster beds like these were popular among middle-class families back then. My dad, who came from a not-so-well-to-do family and had many siblings, used to sleep on wooden planks fashioned like a bed, with just a piece of cloth as a ‘bedsheet’. 😥
(From left to right)
- 1 -A red baby-wrap carrier with embroidered detailing. There were no such things as ‘safety straps’ back then, so the only straps were four pieces of thick string.
- 2&3 – Wash basin stands were elaborately carved.
- 4 – Wooden Trunks containing personal belongings.
More paintings, these depicting deities and scenes from ancient China.
Hallway. Building is made from wood, of course. I imagine it gets quite dark in the evening, since there aren’t many lights.
Another four poster bed with quilt covering and embroidered pillows.
Before the advent of computers and printing, there were typewriters…
The attic, which the museum has fashioned into a more ‘European’ theme, has plush leather chairs, a coffee table and a coat/hat stand.
Ceiling lights with pretty flower motifs on them.
Jade hanging, surrounded by thick carved wood. Don’t ask me what the Chinese character means, I’m a twinkie.
Whether you’re someone who loves history and culture, or just a curious cat visiting Gopeng, a visit to the Heritage Museum is a definite must while in town. For myself, it was awesome hearing the stories my parents told of their childhood and seeing how they grew up with all these items and contraptions that we youngsters no longer know or recognise. It also gives us a new found appreciation for their struggles and to always treasure all the things we take for granted today. Coz they sure didn’t come easy.
GOPENG HERITAGE HOUSE MUSEUM
No. 6, Jalan Sungai Itek, 31600 Gopeng, Perak.
Open on Sat-Sun: 9am-3pm
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How are the High Impact Practices in Family Planning Service Delivery Being Applied Across the Development – Humanitarian Continuum?
Overview: At the ICFP virtual forum in February 2021, this Program Implementation Community Session focused on high-impact practices in family planning and how they are carried out effectively in countries.
Virtual roundtables (held in English and French) provided the opportunity for in-depth discussions on what’s working and why or why not. The roundtable topics were selected by the global family planning community.
Participants shared examples of implementation on the ground, success and challenges faced. COVID-19, and recommendations and tips for scaling up and other implementers. Moderated roundtable discussions were supported by live graphic recording illustrators to capture discussions and to help maximize participant engagement.
Process: The roundtable discussions are available in French and English. Discussion topics are related to implementing high-impact practices in family planning.
Audience and Use: The tool is intended to be a quick reference for program managers designing or implementing family planning programs.
You can view the main session recording below, and visit the ICFP website to watch the roundtable session recordings. | <urn:uuid:a1c86e3f-d054-4730-a3eb-2d79f852d95e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/high-impact-practices-in-family-planning-service-delivery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.914214 | 237 | 1.96875 | 2 |
The garlic is one of the first foods which was used to deal with different health conditions. Moreover, it was used to maintain the overall health. Nowadays, the use of natural remedies such as garlic is on the rise.
You should know that the garlic infuses a tasty, earthy flavor into many dishes, but that is not all. The garlic is also a powerful ally when it comes to cooking cause it can help the health or your heart and your immunity.
Read on, to find out more about the many health benefits of this common yet extremely beneficial food.
The garlic is a culinary spice which is famous for its many medicinal properties. The garlic has a long history as a treatment for many different health conditions, and this includes diabetes.
Regardless whether cooked or raw the garlic can help regulate the blood sugar. In addition, it has medicinal properties which help diminish and prevent the effects of specific diabetes-related complications.
The garlic is known to lower the blood glucose in the blood, act upon low-density lipids or bad cholesterol, boost the immune system, prevent heart disease and normalize the blood pressure.
Moreover, ti can prevent and combat arteriosclerosis, and infections and maintain good circulation of the blood. The Biomedical Science Department at the University King Faisal in Saudi Arabia made a study on this topic.
According to the study, garlic can alleviate the risk of oxidative stress and metabolic syndrome.
Traditionally, the garlic was used in ancient cultures to boost the work capacity and lower the fatigue of the laborers. As a matter of fact, the Olympic athletes in ancient Greece took garlic for that reason.
According to rodent studies the garlic can help with exercise performance. But there is a need for further research on this topic.
The oxidative damage contributes to the process of aging. The garlic contains antioxidants which support the protective mechanisms of the body against oxidative damage.
According to studies, garlic supplements of high doses can increase the antioxidant enzymes in people and notably lower the oxidative stress in people who have high blood pressure.
Due to its beneficial effects on blood pressure, you can conclude that the garlic can help you live longer. Another crucial factor is the fact that garlic can combat infectious diseases.
According to this garlic might have beneficial effects when it comes to the health of the bones in women.
The sulfur compounds found in garlic can protect against damaging the organs from heavy metal toxicity if these compounds are found in high doses.
There was a 4-week study done on this topic. The participants were employees of a car battery plant, and all of them were consistently exposed to lead.
According to this study, the garlic lowered the lead levels by 19 percent. Also, it helped lower many clinical symptoms of toxicity such as blood pressure and headaches.
As a matter of fact, 3 daily doses of garlic even outperformed the medication D-penicillamine when it comes to symptom reduction.
Cardiovascular disease such as strokes and heart attacks are the biggest killers in the world. Hypertension that is high blood pressure is actually one of the most vital drivers of both conditions.
Garlic can boost your immunity. One 12-week study came to the discovery that garlic supplementation on a daily basis lowered numbers of colds by around 63 percent.
This is a comparison to the placebo. Moreover, the average length of cold signs was lowered by 70 percent, from five days in placebo to one and a half days in the group who took garlic.
The garlic is exceptionally nutritious food. As a matter of fact, 28 g of garlic has:
RDA – Recommended Dietary Allowance
Moreover, the garlic contains vitamin B1, calcium, iron, copper, phosphorus, and potassium. In addition, the garlic has trace amounts of different other nutrients. The garlic has 42 calories, 9 g of carbs and 1.8 g of protein.
It is very easy to include this food in your usual diet. The garlic complements many savory dishes, mainly sauces, and soups. The garlic has a strong taste which adds a punch to bland recipes.
In order to enjoy the therapeutic effects, you need to eat garlic with your meals from 2 to 3 times on a daily basis. The best way to eat garlic is to eat it raw. But you can also cut it or crush it and then add it to your recipes.
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Acupuncture is not usually painful, but can cause a tingling sensation. Sometimes, the stimulation may be increased by twisting or heating the needle.
In the West, acupuncture is one of the best known and most recognized alternative treatment methods of TCM. To stimulate specific points, usually thin needles are inserted into the skin and underlying tissue layers. It is believed that dissolve through the stimulation of specific points Qi blockages in the energy channels (meridians). In classical acupuncture, there are 365 defined points that correspond to the 365 days of the year and reflect the historical connection between acupuncture and astrology. Over time, the number of points has increased to> 2000th Acupuncture is not usually painful, but can cause a tingling sensation. Sometimes, the stimulation may be increased by twisting or heating the needle. Acupuncture points can be stimulated (called acupressure) by printing Laser Ultrasonic A very low voltage electric current (so-called electro-acupuncture) is applied to the needle documents and applications Despite extensive studies, there is no high-quality evidence of any clinically meaningful efficacy of acupuncture for supported indication. High compare quality studies true (verum) acupuncture with sham acupuncture (needling at points that are not used in acupuncture) or placebo acupuncture (using opaque sheath containing a blunt needle or toothpick, which pressed on the skin, but not is introduced). Since placebo acupuncture studies also use opaque covers for real acupuncture, knowing neither the patient nor acupuncturist what treatment is used (double-blind). Such high-quality studies generally show no differences in efficacy. Therefore, the best evidence shows that neither does matter where the needle is inserted, even if it is set at all has an impact on the result, and that acupuncture has only nonspecific placebo effects. In some cultures, the publication bias tends to promote the effectiveness of acupuncture; For example, support 99% of the published studies in China, the activity against the world average of about 75%. Thus, positive results of existing studies should be interpreted with caution. Systematic reviews of acupuncture for pain, the most frequently advertised indication either show no differences between verum, apparent and placebo acupuncture or a small statistical difference which is clinically insignificant or imperceptible. Proponents also claim the effectiveness of acupuncture for certain diseases (such as carpal tunnel syndrome, addiction, asthma, stroke, RA.); However, in all cases, the systematic studies conclude that the evidence is negative or that the methodology is too poor to produce meaningful results. Possible side effects and contraindications Reliable data are scarce and often non-existent, and side effects of acupuncture are probably little mentioned. A 2012 Überprüfung1 of side effects have been reported after acupuncture, has the following states: Retained needles (31%) Dizziness (30%) loss of consciousness or unresponsiveness (19%) falls (4%), bruising or pain at the needle location (2 %) pneumothorax (1%) Other adverse reactions (12%) most (95%) were classified as a cause for little or no damage. If it is done properly, acupuncture is quite safe, but skill and care vary among practitioners; Also, follow some non antiseptic standards. 1Wheway J, Agbabiaka TB, Ernst E: patient safety incidents from acupuncture treatments: a review of reports to the National Patient Safety Agency. Int J Risk Saf Med 24 (3): 163-9, 2012 Design. | <urn:uuid:21493127-8b5a-47be-89d2-0f697a03d0b0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://healthlifemedia.com/healthy/acupuncture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.911794 | 703 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Hnd Business Enviroment Level 5
3484 words 14 pagesSUMMARY
There are many differences between business organisations, beginning with the purpose and goals of an organisation. Business organisations belong to various different categories including the private, public and non-profit sectors. This assignment will discuss a business organisation from each of those sectors, outlining the purpose, objectives, and stakeholders of each. It will also discuss the different ways that global factors and market structures can impact each of those companies.
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L01 Understand the organisational purposes of business
Identify the purpose of different types of organisation
Describe the extent to which an organisation meets the objectives of different stakeholders
Explain the …show more content…
The responsibilities of an organisation depend largely on what services or products they provide. In relation to owners and stakeholders, organisations have both legal and moral obligations towards them, ensuring they receive adequate return on investment. They have obligation towards their customers, in that they remain reliable and present adequate offering in terms of their prices. Food and drink companies abide by strict health and safety rules governed by the FDA. | <urn:uuid:b1e9552e-a192-4bec-9202-e961db35fc4f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.educationindex.com/essay/Hnd-Business-Enviroment-Level-5-P3XLWG744Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.936311 | 228 | 3.25 | 3 |
When you place an order for something you love with a business and you do not receive it in a pleasant manner, it is not going to make you want to shop with them again in the future. This is why you need to make sure that as a small business, you need to think about the same thing for your own clients. When you are sending out or shipping products to a client, always remember they are going to gain one impression about your business in an instant when they see the packaging. This is why you might want to think about eco friendly packaging for your business as this is going to make a bigger difference than you might think. Eco friendly packaging is going to be a great choice as a business for many reasons. This is why a lot of businesses today choose eco friendly packaging as this is going to be a game changer for sure. These are the benefits of using eco friendly packaging for your business packaging.
Eco friendly is best for the environment
We are going to have only one planet and this is why we need to do everything that we can to take care of our world. Many companies or large scale businesses do not think about how their resources and operations are going to affect the environment, leading to problems like climate change. With eco friendly shipping packaging you are going to be doing the best for the environment as the packaging is not going to use non renewable resources and cause harm. It is going to reduce your carbon footprint and it is not going to contribute towards any harmful problems that we see so often in the world. When you love the nature and the earth, you need to make sure you are doing everything in a way that does not cause harm!
You can become a sustainable business
The way that you are presenting your brand to the world is going to matter if you want to be hugely successful. This is why you might want to think about creating a sustainable business and brand. When eco friendly packaging is being used by you as a business, then this is going to be the start of creating a sustainable brand as a company. When you are sustainable as a brand, it is going to attract more customers to you and this is how you get to expand your brand! A sustainable brand is going to be a good fit in today’s times as well.
The packaging is going to be strong and durable
Last but not least, you need to know that eco friendly packaging is going to be strong and durable. As a business owner, you might be thinking eco friendly packaging is not as strong as regular packaging. When you are going to design and buy high quality eco friendly packaging, it is going to be strong and durable for clients. | <urn:uuid:1fa87eee-577d-4da8-8964-89b38f324250> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.airborneupperhunter.com.au/the-benefits-of-using-eco-friendly-packaging-for-your-business-packaging/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.980119 | 538 | 1.523438 | 2 |
If you live in an area with extreme temperatures and severe weather, you should give careful consideration to using steel buildings for your construction needs. Most people don't realize how beneficial steel buildings can be, but they are particularly ideal in areas with extreme weather. Here's a look at some of the things that you should know about using steel buildings in areas where the weather can be brutal.
Safety In Fabrication
Steel buildings are fabricated intentionally with safety in mind. They are heavily tested with many types of weather extremes, including strong, gusting winds, freezing temperatures, and more. Buildings are only sent to market and confirmed for use when they safely pass these rigorous environmental exposure tests, so you can be confident that your steel buildings can hold up to some of the worst that Mother Nature throws at them.
Steel buildings are designed specifically for a complete solution, with gutter systems and roll-up doors that all contribute to the structural integrity, strength, durability, and longevity of the buildings. Make sure you discuss these elements as well as any other added features with your steel building construction contractor. They can help you explore any other additional features that may benefit you, too. For example, certain types of anchors or tie-downs may be ideal for environments with hurricane-force winds or similar conditions.
Fewer Risks Of Leaks
While you might not think of steel buildings as the most watertight option, you'd be surprised at how well you can waterproof a steel building. Talk with your steel building contractor about incorporating standing seam roofing on your steel building to eliminate the screw fasteners, which create holes that make the building vulnerable to leaks. Your roofing contractor can help you explore other solutions to keep your building dry and secure.
Mitigated Fire Risk
Another thing many people don't think about is the fact that steel isn't incendiary. It won't burn, which means an errant spark isn't going to set your steel building ablaze. If you're concerned about hot, dry conditions where you are, and the risk of wildfires is significant, consider steel building construction to help prevent your buildings from burning.
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Table of Contents
1.1 Compare and contrast organizational structure and culture.
1.2 Impact of organizational structure and culture on the businesses of Microsoft and IBM.
1.3 Factors that affect individual behavior at the workplace of Microsoft
2.1 Compare the effectiveness of different leadership styles in different organizations.
2.2 Explain how organizational theory underpins the practice of management
Human relation approach.
2.3 Evaluate the different approaches to management used by different organizations.
2.3 The different approaches to management used by Microsoft and IBM.
3.1 Impact different leadership styles on motivation within a period of change.
3.2 Compare the application of different motivational theories within the Microsoft
3.3 Evaluate the usefulness of a motivation theory for managers.
4.1 Explain the nature of groups and group behavior within organizations.
4.2 Discuss factors that may promote or inhibit the development of effective teamwork in organizations
4.3 Evaluate the impact of technology on team functioning within a given organization.
The study in which how people cooperate in groups is described is known as OB (organizational behavior). Usually, this study is used in an effort to make more effective organizations of a business (Investopedia, 2016). The study’s main idea is organizational behavior is a methodical method that can be used by the employees’ management. This assignment is divided into four main parts. The first part describes the contrast between the organizational culture and the structure of Microsoft and IBM. It also concentrates on the connection between Microsoft’s cultural and structural forces.
Moreover, it notes on the issues that control the person’s performance in Microsoft. The second part highlights the contrast of diverse management methods in different corporations. In addition, it notes the number of administrations performs in the two associations and describes the hypothesis underpins that connects to their administrative actions. It also describes the numerous administration methods applied in a diverse number of corporations. The third part describes a number of management methods that may have on inspiration in associations in times of modify. It also concentrates on the contrast of numerous inspirational hypotheses in the place of work. The last part describes the distinctiveness of teams and team performance in Microsoft. It also notes the force of equipment of group operation in Microsoft.
Compare and contrast organizational structure and culture
Different activities for example supervision, task allocation, and management are directed to the aims of the organization’s achievement are defined by an organizational structure (Chron, 2016). Organizations want to be caring, efficient, innovative, and flexible to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. Organizational structures are mainly three types such as matrix, horizontal, and tall structure which are described as below:
A horizontal organizational structure is also recognized as a flat organizational structure. It has a structure of an organization with few or no stages of center management among executives as well as employees (Study.com, 2015). Flat organizational structure varies depended on how different management’s stages are using in the organization and how much managers’ control is capable of.
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Diagram: Flat structure Source: Study.com (2015)
A hierarchical organizational structure is a kind of organizational structure that has different hierarchy stages. There are typically several managers and every manager has little control span who are in charge of just a little people group in organizations (Tutor2u, 2015).
Diagram: Hierarchical structure Source: Tutor2u (2015)
The matrix organizational structure is a kind of structure in that there is many reporting managers’ line. The matrix organizational structure is multifaceted. However, it supports gaining the definitive aim such as getting higher efficiency (The Economic Times, 2016).
Diagram: Matrix structure Source: The Economic Times (2016)
Organizational culture is described as fundamental values, beliefs, ways, and assumptions of cooperating which give to the exceptional organization’s psychological or social environment (Gotham Culture, 2016). On the other hand, the culture of an organization may impact how much staffs recognize their institute. Organizational cultures are mainly four types which are described as below:
Individuals are very much apprehensive about themselves rather than an organization’s in-person culture. The organization is a person’s culture that precedes a back seat as well as ultimately undergoes. Staffs go to the workplace for the money and not ever become devoted to it. They are rarely devoted to the management or not ever choose in the organization’s favor (MSG, 2016)…………………. | <urn:uuid:9954d725-5132-445b-9116-7ab005c80f01> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.globalcoursework.com/unit-04-organizational-behavior-assignment-with-microsoft-and-ibm-gc0848/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.932168 | 986 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Courtesy ICE/Handout via Reuters
For immigrants with a criminal record, sanctuary cities don’t provide protection from deportation. They can, though, delay the process.
In Philadelphia, a year-long probe ended last month when Immigration and Customs Enforcement caught a man with convictions for manufacturing and selling illicit drugs, resisting arrest and theft. Winston Enrique Perez Pilarte, 40, is a Dominican Republic native and a green card-holding, permanent legal resident of the US. His convictions, though, make him eligible for deportation.
He was arrested last year as a suspect in a slew of crimes including attempted rape, unlawful sexual contact with a minor and aggravated indecent assault. In most cities, this arrest would have led him straight to deportation proceedings. But because Philadelphia is a so-called sanctuary city he was released from jail back to the community while his trial was pending, just as a US citizen would have been. He evaded ICE for a year before agents picked him up.
Over the past few months, mayors across the country have doubled-down on their promises to retain sanctuary city policies despite President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to withhold federal funding to their cities for doing so. More jurisdictions are joining the about 300 cities, counties and states with sanctuary-like policies. Among the latest: Santa Ana, California, where the city council decided earlier this month to give the city sanctuary designation.
Broadly, sanctuary city policies limit cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and ICE. What this means on the ground, though, has been obscured by political rhetoric. As The New York Times editorial board noted this week: “The word ‘sanctuary’ as Mr. Trump deploys it — a place where immigrant criminals run amok, shielded from the long arm of federal law — is grossly misleading, because cities with ‘sanctuary’ policies cannot obstruct federal enforcement and do not try to.”
“Sanctuary cities absolutely do not mean that the city is able to protect people from deportation,” says Caitlin Barry, a professor of law at Villanova University in Philadelphia. “The policy says that city employees are not going to use their time and resources to facilitate a deportation or to facilitate the detention of someone who the city's criminal system has already decided to release.”
Even in sanctuary cities, fingerprint data from arrestees is shared with the FBI, which passes the information to the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. So even if a person is not convicted of the crime for which they are arrested, undocumented immigrants with previous convictions are at risk of ICE deportation
ICE officials in Philadelphia requested that the Philadelphia Police Department hand Pilarte over to them when he was released from jail through what is called a detainer request. But because Philadelphia is a sanctuary city, this request was not acknowledged and Pilarte was released to the community.
Detainers and requests for notification of release are at the heart of the sanctuary city debate. Advocates argue that by creating a jail-to-deportation pipeline, local police officers are turned into de-facto immigration patrols, which errodes trust between immigrants and the cities where they live.
“What we found is that it [sanctuary policies] improves safety,” says Peter Pedemonti, director of New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, an immigrant rights organization. “Our immigrant community is able to build trust with the city and the police as well. They feel comfortable to call when they need something.”
This was the case for Estela Hernandez, 35, when her husband was robbed last year. The couple are undocumented immigrants, originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, who have been in Philadelphia for 12 years. Last winter, Hernandez’s husband was walking home from a night shift at the supermarket where they both work when he was mugged. The thieves took his wallet and his ring. Because Philadelphia is a sanctuary city, Hernandez says, she felt comfortable calling the police to report the attack.
“Previously I wouldn’t have called the police if there were an incident,” she says, remembering being scared of the local police before former Mayor Michael Nutter enacted sanctuary policies in 2014.
In this case, the police went above and beyond what she expected, she says. Not only did they treat the couple with respect, but they also directed her husband to an immigration lawyer who could help them file for a U Visa, which is a visa for the victims of crime. They are still in the process of applying.
Another common argument in support of sanctuary cities is that it wastes local law enforcement’s time and resources on a task that is out of their purview.
“The policy says that city employees are not going to use their time and resources to facilitate a deportation or to facilitate the detention of someone who the city's criminal system has already decided to release,” Barry says.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney affirmed the city’s status after Trump’s election in November, but said they would instead call themselves a “Fourth Amendment city.” (The fourth amendment of the Constitution requires the government to have probable cause to conduct searches, seizures or arrests.)
"We have no authority to violate the Fourth Amendment. All the immigration officials have to do is get a warrant signed by a federal magistrate and we'll be happy to turn that person over," Kenney said.
But ICE officials in Philadelphia say they are just asking for information.
Courtesy ICE/Handout via Reuters
Decker says by not acknowledging its detainer requests, local agents are merely slowing down the inevitable. When a person has had a detainer request placed on them in jail, they are given a copy of it upon release. And so, “They go, they run,” he says.
In the Pilarte case, ICE agents were not able to locate him in the community. They found him when he showed up for a court date last month — where ICE officials were waiting in the courtroom to take him into custody.
For documented, non-citizens, the Trump administration could increase deportations. Undocumented immigrants can be deported by ICE at any time, but those who are here legally, such as Pilarte, must be convicted of a very broadly defined “aggravated felony,” which includes crimes such as filing a false tax return and failure to appear in court.
Kris Kobach, Kansas's secretary of state, was photographed coming out of a meeting with Trump earlier this month holding documents that listed policy recommendations including targeting "any alien arrested for any crime" for deportation. “Alien” is anyone who is not a citizen.
Should Trump heed this advice, sanctuary cities would need to reform the policing practices if they wanted to limit how much their work on crime intersects with immigration enforcement. They could, for example, limit so-called "broken windows policing" in New York City and stop-and-frisk in Philadelphia, which ensnare people in the criminal justice system for low-level offenses.
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We have loved bringing you Chris & Robyn’s exciting project this week! Today marks the final installment in the series, but if you want to hear more (and hear it live!) find their session at NCTE16 in Atlanta in November! They will be presenting under this same title! Thank you, Chris & Robyn, for sharing with our community!
We hope you’ve enjoyed our journey as told in the first two blogs in this series. If you haven’t yet read parts one and two, please check them out; we promise you that this piece will make much more sense if you have read the first two.
This year has been – by far – the most enjoyable year of our teaching careers, and that happiness, the quality of our instruction, and the success of our students’ learning can all be traced back to this project. Our focus on CLEAR learning (collaborative learning through empathetic and authentic relationships) motivated us as teachers and our students as learners to remember the human side of school. We refocused our instruction and assignments and asked our kids to be mindful of relationships first and foremost—relationships with others, with texts, and with the written word. Nothing we did was revolutionary; we simply refocused our efforts, through collaboration, on what matters most: building empathy. So, regardless of if you plan on trying some of the activities we have written about in the last two pieces or not, we sincerely hope that your takeaway from our work is simple: don’t lose sight of the kids, the relationships and the empathy—the standards and test scores will take care of themselves if we take care of the caring.
With that said, we wanted to leave you with a few suggestions if you are to try to create CLEAR Learning in your class (or by collaborating with another class, ideally!) as well as share a few changes we will make next year based on student feedback.
Establish a system for workflow
This is really essential; as anyone who works with Google Drive knows, it can be very easy for students (and often times easier for teachers) to get lost within their own Google drive. So, early on in the collaboration, be sure to establish the workflow for the collaboration.
When we built student partnerships, we used Google Spreadsheets to keep a record of partnerships; this was easily made viewable for all our students and included contact emails and first and last names so students could refer back to it as needed. When it came time to assign work, Chris used Hapara to push the assignment/document to each of his students, and then each of his students shared the document with his/her partner and with Robyn. We also had students copy us on essential emails so we were in the loop for specific projects (and this reinforced how to write a friendly yet professional email – a skill so necessary for all kids today).
This entire collaboration used the spectrum of GAFE; students commented, chatted, and embedded links and images into work done in Drive. These systems worked for us, but they are certainly not the only way. Whatever you choose, be sure to think that through from the start.
Join the fun
For every writing assignment that we gave to our students in this collaboration, we joined in on the fun. As busy as we all are as teachers, it is all too easy to get caught up with the more mundane tasks of our job, forgetting how much fun we had writing poetry analyses during undergrad or giving a friend feedback on a piece of their writing. We co-wrote, responded to each other’s poetry analyses, and tried to provide real-time models of our work. In addition to showing our kids our own writing processes, we also had FUN. Take the time to join the fun; you will love it, and your students will love seeing it.
Practice Patience and Persistence
This should come as no surprise because, regardless of the task in teaching, we have all learned the even the best of plans come with their share of unexpected chaos! However, when working with two classes (or in our case three) in two different schools that meet at different times during the day, an extra pile of patience and persistence is needed. There will be times when you dedicate class time for your students to work on their half of the new assignment only to find that their partners didn’t do what they were supposed to the night before, thereby “ruining” your plan for the day. Adjust for things like the November 1st college application deadline, prom, senioritis (ahem), and/or other activities.
Being flexible is so essential in collaboration! This is just one example of many that we experienced along the way in which even the best plans didn’t go as expected. But for us it was simple: there’s always tomorrow. If we want to teach empathy, we need to practice empathy as educators; there are bigger issues in life than having to alter a lesson plan because your students’ partners were too busy with life, and all that comes with it, to finish their paragraphs the night before. The chaos was a constant reminder to us, as teachers, of the human side of teaching, and it gave us a consistent opportunity to show our students that we care.
So, what next? Lessons Learned from Student Feedback
We want to meet our partners sooner and more often.
We waited too long; it is that simple. While the field trip was a smashing success (you can read about it in blog #2), we learned something very quickly: we waited too long to give them a chance to talk to and see one another. Maybe it was fear of the logistics (of course there are all sorts of hurdles to jump with this sort of collaboration), or perhaps just not knowing, but the reality is, we plan on getting our kids talking face-to-face via Google Hangouts much sooner into the process. We will still develop the foundation of the relationships through writing, but not too soon after, we will get them talking with one another.
We want to talk books, darn it!
While they had a chance to annotate poems together (you can read about this in blog #1), it is clear that they wanted to create lit circles with members from each school mixed into the same team. The best part: they didn’t want it to be part of a grade or have any points or any assignments: they simply wanted to read together, talk together, explore together through literature. If that isn’t an English teacher’s dream, we don’t know what is.
Can we just have more time to write?
Speaking of English teachers’ dreams, it doesn’t get much better than this. Simply put, they wanted more time for writing, and while that in and of itself sounds great, it is even better when you dive into it. They didn’t just want more time because they were lazy or procrastinated, but they wanted more time to draft, to explore language, to revise based on feedback, to get more feedback to revise again, and to learn from one another. They wanted to be authors – totally free to play with words, to take risks, to FAIL, but to have the time to pick themselves up or to be picked up by their partners and to know that the right product was within them the whole time, it just hadn’t had the opportunity to jump out onto the page yet.
If you have any questions about this work and/or would like to get in touch with us, Chris can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org and Robyn at email@example.com. Additionally, we will be presenting on this at NCTE this year on this very topic, so please come by, say hello, and learn (and maybe write!) with us. | <urn:uuid:5bd34916-2be2-4c0f-b4cf-3b1308e2b151> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://movingwriters.org/2016/07/07/connecting-through-words-kids-as-writing-coaches-part-iii-the-finale/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.977563 | 1,647 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Several senators have re-filed the SIM card registration law, previously vetoed by former President Rodrigo R. Duterte over social media provisions, which he said “A more thorough study is required.”
Senator Mary Grace S., the initial initiator of the bill in the last Congress. Po-Lamangers reissued a bilingual copy of the bill before 19 p.m.M Congress‘ Open 25 June.
He said the bill needed to be passed into law to stop fraud using mobile phones and the Internet, which has affected millions of Filipinos.
In a statement on Wednesday, the senator said, “We should not turn our eyes to the unspeakable plight of millions of people who are further indebted and plunged into poverty as a result of this endless text scandal.”
The proposed measure requires SIM card registration before activating in the Philippines, where there are more than 120 million mobile subscribers. Social media users need to register their legal identity and phone number when creating a new account.
Ms Poe said she was open to discussing the provision of social media account registration with her colleagues in the new Congress, noting that it could be included in the bill or other legislation.
On the other hand, the supposed president of the Senate, Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubair, told reporters in a Viber message that the bill he introduced would be without social media provisions.
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ICS, whether formal or informal, always start with wintering and start in the spring (assuming you`re in an area where frost is a danger). Wintering also includes adjusting the system`s water supply, which usually means inspecting the ball head and then closing it. Next, rinse all the water from the irrigation components – including pipes, heads and valves – by blowing compressed air through the system. This prevents frost damage. Finally, turn off the controller to prevent it from sending commands to the system, whether that controller is « smart » or mechanical. Q: What are the best practices for securing these important contracts? Many states require irrigation systems to have backflow prevention devices that prevent water from the system from flowing back into the main water supply. If there is a backflow prevention device, you need to make sure that the device is winter-resistant, otherwise the reflux device will tear when the water freezes. Rain Bird Select Contractors is part of a network of independent irrigation companies handpicked by Rain Bird and considered the best in the industry. « At the height of our season, we have 200 commercial accounts and more than 1,000 residential accounts, » says Collis. « All these people have contracts with irrigation services. The company is so robust that if you have a problem with your system or call us for wintering and you are not one of our contract service customers, you will go to the bottom of our list.
In the fall, when we have to shut down 1,200 systems in about six weeks, you may not have time to do so. You may think this is a pipe dream, but it`s a reality for the growing number of landscapers and irrigation specialists who also provide seasonal care to their clients` irrigation systems. These companies do this with a formal or informal irrigation service contract (ISC) that seals a seasonal agreement – and hopefully for life. Warren Collis, of KT Irrigation in Chantilly, Virginia, has been signing official irrigation service contracts for years. A long-time industry veteran, he created KT Irrigation from a leading landscaping service provider five years ago because the company has grown and specialized. First of all, I have a problem with the fact that offers are awarded strictly based on low offers. That scares me. But now these contracts are awarded not only with a low bid, but also with a low bid, assuming that the contractor has provided enough money not only for standard irrigation repairs, but also for ongoing maintenance to ensure irrigation efficiency. Q: What are the important things you should include in your irrigation contracts? Making sure your irrigation contracts protect your business and that you don`t get disappointed if something goes wrong is almost as important as landing a large irrigation system. Real estate wants inclusive offers. I understand.
They think they can save money and manage a budget, but they don`t realize it`s just a short-term solution with a lazy approach to a complicated problem. That really is the case. I guarantee them one thing if you hire us to do an irrigation audit that you have to spend tens of thousands of dollars. The question is whether you should spend that money today, 1 year later, 5 years, 10 years or 20 years. It all depends on the proactivity of the property in terms of repairs and continuous maintenance of efficiency. If you don`t use legally binding contracts in your irrigation business, it`s probably a good idea to get started. They are one of the essential components of irrigation activity. Contracts can not only provide legal support in case of potential discrepancies on the road, but also provide an information base for your day-to-day operations. Continued maintenance of effectiveness: This must be done. This must be included in the maintenance contract.
Depending on the size and age of the community, the irrigation system should be checked monthly. Each area must be tested. Check and adjust overall performance. A report must be submitted monthly; which should include photos, work done and long- and short-term recommendations. If done correctly, the annual repair budget will be better prepared. Good entrepreneurs do this and they are not always a low offer. At R&R Sprinkler and Landscape, we know how important it is for our customers to save money. That`s why we`ve developed irrigation maintenance contracts that can save you hundreds of dollars in expensive repairs. Landscape Management interviewed Winchel to learn about its best practices for land contracts and the creation of irrigation installation contracts. Greg McLaughlin, owner of McLaughlin Landscaping in Hermiston, Oregon, offers his clients a popular irrigation service contract. He says ISC`s clients are better than average. « We looked at the numbers, » he admits, « and carefully monitored sales since the pre-recession period.
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Stretch the Serratus Anterior muscle to improve posture, increase shoulder, ribcage and spine health and improve upper body function. Hold a mild comfortable stretch in the serratus anterior muscle for five to one hundred and twenty seconds to decrease muscle tension and improve flexibility. Perform serratus anterior stretches while seated, supine, laying supine on a … Read the rest
Stretch the shoulder to reduce muscle tension, improve range of motion and enhance function. The shoulder complex contains four joints (Glenohumeral joint, sternoclavicular joint, acromioclavicular and scapulothoracic joint) and numerous muscles (Deltoid, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis, rhomboid major, rhomboid minor, trapezius, coracobrachialis, subclavius, pectoralis major, pectoralis minor and several more). … Read the rest
Stretch the big powerful latissimus dorsi muscles to reduce muscle tension, improve posture and increase back and shoulder motion. Tightness in the latissimus dorsi can lead to limited function, improper motion and poor posture. Use proper latissimus dorsi muscle stretching techniques to improve function, enhance motion and correct postural flaws such as Upper Cross Syndrome… Read the rest
Stretch and foam roll the piriformis muscle to help lessen compression of the sciatic nerve under the piriformis muscle. The powerful combination of stretching and foam rolling helps eliminate the source of Piriformis Syndrome.
Perform squats as the focal point of your strength training to become stronger. Learn proper technique and establish sound training practices by working with a knowledgeable strength and conditioning coach or a certified fitness trainer. A detailed warm-up and cool down are essential for optimizing results and minimizing injury risk. Sufficient rest and recovery between … Read the rest
Strengthen and stretch the thoracic spine to rehabilitate and prevent injuries. Thick muscles, tendons and ligaments attach the twelve vertebrae of the midback, also known as the thoracic spine, to each other, the ribs, the shoulder blades and the vertebra of the neck and lower back. Perform exercises tailored to eliminate the source of … Read the rest
The large exercise ball, known as the fitball, is a valuable tool for stretching the spine and extremities. The spherical shape of the exercise ball makes stretching the spine easier and more effective.
Enjoy your traveling by limiting back and neck pain. Plan ahead to stay as pain-free as possible when traveling. Often times the origin of travel-related pain is long hours in static positions, inadequate spine support, carrying heavy luggage, performing activities you are not used to performing and using different pillows and mattresses.
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The human frame is designed for motion. The human body is engineered to move effectively and efficiently. It is not designed for prolonged sitting on the couch, lengthy drives in a car and long hours at a computer work station.
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Marvels & Monsters and Alt.Comics, the current tag team exhibition at Museum of Chinese in America, offers a one-two punch that unmasks the American comic book industry’s often conflicted relationship with Asians and Asian-Americans. Organized by Jeff Yang and MOCA, the exhibitions, which run until February 24, 2013, are smart and accessible, and MOCA gets a special nod for maximizing its limited space to the greatest effect. I recommend you see it.
On the surface, the joint exhibition in many ways functions as eye candy. I love the exhibition’s use of hot pink and neon yellow as an installation element for the wall text and museum labels. Another telling detail is the broad yellow band the museum painted on the gallery walls. The black and white images just leap off the walls. For the drawing enthusiast, the installation features an array of drawing styles and approaches. Though pleasing to the eye, the shows are by no means lightweight as they outline the complex relationship between Asian Americans and comic books.
Marvels & Monsters examines the racist, xenophobic, and paranoid depictions of Asians and Asian Americans in postwar America. By stark contrast, Alt.Comics presents depictions of Asians from the perspective of Asian-American artists. The unifying theme between the two shows is a sense of Asian as alien, or what we often term “the other.”
Marvels & Monsters is drawn from science-fiction author and cultural studies scholar William F. Wu’s personal archive, which was recently donated to the NYU Fales Library & Special Collection. From World War II to the waning days of the Cold War, Wu amassed one of the biggest collections of comic books featuring images of Asians and Asian Americans. This comprehensive archive provides a unique opportunity to see how America perceived Asians during one of the most tumultuous times in modern history. It’s not pretty.
The museum does not exhibit the original comics from the Wu Collection, but digital prints, which appear on canvas, as well as foam core cutouts. And it does not disappoint. The installation is colorful and text heavy. Bright colors, text bubbles, and illustrative panels abound, while the layout of the exhibition brought to mind the comic book itself.
Jeff Yang and MOCA organize the exhibition into several key archetypes, which include “The Kamikaze,” “The Temptress,” “The Lotus Blossom,” “The Manipulator,” “The Alien,” and “The Guru.” The representations are grotesque and absurd: Asians in these postwar comics have protruding faces, big ears, and elastic lips. The images are placed within historical context and are juxtaposed with insights by Asian-American artists and writers. The text is incisive, witty, and personal. It provides an effective counterpoint to the rogues’ gallery of racist images.
Alt.Comics picks up the conversation where Marvel & Monsters leaves off. It showcases some of the most prominent artists working in the independent scene today, as they subvert, challenge, and usurp stereotypes. Among them are Larry Hama, GB Tran, and Alex Joon Kim.
The installation contains preliminary drawings, comic book panels, note cards with story arcs, sketches, and other types of original works on paper, as well as digital reprints, and a bookcase featuring original titles. The installation also features some early childhood drawings by the artists, seemingly to give the body of work some context.
Compared to the gross caricatures found in Marvels & Monsters, Alex Joon Kim draws people as generically as possible. His characters could represent any race, or no race in particular. By contrast, the protagonists in Gene Luen Yang’s drawings read as Asian, but they are as American as apple pie.
One of the great pleasures of Alt.Comics is how it offers a window into the creative process of the individual artists. From preliminary sketches to realized panels, we see how these artists get from point A to point B. The best example is GB Tran’s display, which chronicles his notes, preliminary sketches, and biographical comments for his sprawling, multigenerational epic, Vietnamerica.
New York City’s Hama also stands out in the show. MOCA presents an exquisite selection of his black-and-white ink drawings, which recall the swashbuckling samurai epics of Akira Kurosawa. His drawing style looked familiar, but I could not place it. It was only after I read some press material did I learn that Hama was one of the key creative forces behind two of my favorite comic books as a kid: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and The ‘Nam. As a kid, I used to emulate his cover art in my sketchbooks.
Marvels & Monsters and Alt.Comics both helped to rekindle an early love affair I had with the medium.
Marvels & Monsters and Alt.Comics continues at the Museum of Chinese in America (215 Centre Street, Chinatown, Manhattan) until February 24, 2013.
Memes depicting a sinister, all-powerful Joe Biden alter ego are sweeping the internet, and the Democratic establishment is loving it.
“She dug into what she was fascinated by and obsessed with: things that existed on the periphery, people who didn’t follow the rules,” said one of her friends.
The Newark Museum of Art Presents Jazz Greats: Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection
Photographers Antony Armstrong Jones, Milt Hinton, Chuck Stewart, Barbara Morgan, and more capture a breadth of legendary and local musicians and performance artists. On view through August 21.
The prized antiquities, dating from the Bronze Age to the 12th century, were trafficked by the notorious British dealer Douglas Latchford.
With Paradise Camp, artist Yuki Kihara attempts to challenge and undermine colonial images of Sāmoa through a radical camp aesthetic.
Art and photographs, publications from the 19th and 20th centuries, manuscripts, posters and more are set to cross the auction block on August 18.
Combining elements of Surrealism, Symbolism, and portraiture, Vicuña’s paintings are parables of personal and political awakening.
Featuring a delicate lead performance by Christine Froseth, this is a smart, sometimes purposefully discomfiting comedy about taking control of one’s sexuality.
Masaaki Yuasa’s latest anime feature embodies a revolutionary spirit in its tale of outcasts breaking ground in medieval Japan.
Lebanese art dealer Georges Lotfi, who once helped authorities seize looted antiquities, is now accused of doing his own share of trafficking too.
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“Financial health and well-being is about pursuing dreams and reducing stress. The products and tools individuals use daily and their choices and decisions either help or hinder them in their quest.” This excerpt from What’s It Worth? Strengthening the Financial Future of Families, Communities, and the Nation comes from the essay written by Jennifer Tescher and Rachel Schneider from the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI).
CFSI defines financial health as the outcome that we enjoy when our daily systems – including our behaviors along with the products and services we use – help us build resilience and pursue opportunities. Several recent studies have found that amid our current economic environment, characterized by stagnant and volatile wages and increasing cost of living, Americans are seeking financial health, not wealth. Pew Charitable Trusts reports that 92 percent of Americans deem financial security to be more important to them than an increase in income, a preference that also emerged in the U.S. Financial Diaries research.
It is intuitive that saving is critical to being able to weather financial shocks and pursue financial aspirations; and CFSI’s Consumer Financial Health Study found that saving behaviors and attitudes are leading indicators of financial health. But we know American households across the income spectrum find it challenging to save regularly and accumulate balances for unexpected expenses and long-term goals. More than half of Americans do not have a planned saving habit, according to the Consumer Financial Health Study. The U.S. Financial Diaries teach us that while many households with limited resources do save, they also use those savings regularly to cover unexpected expenses and income dips, making it challenging to accrue savings over the long-term.
Tax time provides a prime opportunity to help families position themselves to be more resilient and to increase their ability to pursue their financial aspirations. For the average American household, the federal tax refund is the largest check received each year. However, taking advantage of this saving opportunity can be difficult, given the multitude of other ways families might spend their refunds (from buying goods, to paying bills, to paying off debt). While some of these alternatives – particularly paying bills and reducing debt burdens – may absolutely be the right thing to do for a household’s financial health, the financial services industry has an opportunity to help households evaluate how to best deploy their refunds, and then, importantly, follow through on those plans. A 2005 study found that, “while planning to save significantly increases the likelihood of actually saving some of the refund, 55 percent of respondents who said they planned to save their refund did not save any of it.”
Research suggests that seamless, automatic, and easy-to-adopt tools available at the point of tax filing can help families commit to and act against their plans to save. A study focused on the impact of encouraging saving at the time of tax filing found that, “families are more likely to save if they can commit to savings before funds are in-hand (and subject to spending temptations).” Other research highlights the potential that financial service providers have to enable or stimulate financially healthy behavior by making healthy options available and easy to opt into. A 2008 study on the impact of presentation and information on the take-up of financial incentives for retirement savings states, “a growing body of evidence shows that individuals respond not only to the pure economic incentives they face but also to the manner in which such incentives are presented and framed. Such behavior appears to be particularly relevant in analysis of saving choices.”
Tax preparers and financial service providers alike have an opportunity to encourage these behaviors and provide a voice – and avenue for action – to counteract all the voices encouraging families to spend their refunds. There are a number of ways tax professionals and service providers could play this role, including:
- Provide an easy account opening process at the point of filing to help filers open a high-quality savings account and/or myRA;
- Provide a seamless way to split refunds and direct deposit part of it into a savings account or myRA, or use Form 8888 as an existing mechanism to do so;
- Help eligible filers take advantage of the Retirement Saver’s Credit;
- Provide access to savings incentives programs (like individual development accounts, other matched savings programs, and/or prize-linked savings programs);
- Leverage language and messaging that taps into consumers’ desires to achieve financial stability.
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Andrew Ridgeley who was a former Wham bandmate tell the story of how George Michael showed him Last Christmas for the first time. George Michael wrote Last Christmas in his childhood bedroom while Andrew was sitting watching TV downstairs at George’s parents’ house.
“We’d had a bite to eat and were sitting together relaxing with the television on in the background when, almost unnoticed, George disappeared upstairs for an hour or so. When he came back down, such was his excitement, it was as if he had discovered gold which, in a sense, he had.”
He also said
“We went to his old room, the room in which we had spent hours as kids recording pastiches of radio shows and jingles, the room where he kept a keyboard and something on which to record his sparks of inspiration, and he played me the introduction and the beguiling, wistful chorus melody to ‘Last Christmas.’ It was a moment of wonder.”
Then, he added
“George had performed musical alchemy, distilling the essence of Christmas into music. Adding a lyric which told the tale of betrayed love was a masterstroke and, as he did so often, he touched hearts.”
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From the 1920s through the late 1940s, a two-story Italianate frame house in Old West Lawrence – originally intended to be “a home for poor women and girls” – functioned as a de-facto residence hall for women students of limited means at the University of Kansas.
A trusteeship administered by the Unitarian Church, this dwelling located at 745 Ohio Street was known variously as “the Ricker Home,” “Ricker Hall,” and the “Ricker Club Co-op,” but was never formally a part of the University. Nonetheless, Ricker became an established, albeit ad-hoc, adjunct to KU’s student housing system, providing low-cost room and board for approximately a dozen cash-strapped women students every year.
The Ricker Home owed its existence to a Lawrence widow named Leonora Ricker Hollingbery. Records indicate she was born in Portland, Maine, in 1859, and then moved – presumably with her family – first to Illinois, then to Kansas, arriving in the Sunflower State when she was seven years old.
By 1899, she lived in the Kanwaka community near Lawrence and apparently had enough leisure time to be one of the three founders of the Kanwaka Summer Club, a ladies’ literary and self-improvement society. (Renamed the Kanwaka Literary Club, it remains in existence to this day.)
In December 1902, at the age of 43, she married George Hollingbery, a widower, the father of four sons, and a prosperous and established Lawrence businessman. Originally from London, he worked as a “merchant tailor.”
He was involved in local civic affairs, owned at least one house in Lawrence, and seems to have acquired substantial financial assets including bonds and mortgage notes. (His grandson – George Phillips Hollingbery – would go to win a degree of fame and fortune developing and marketing the duck-like 1923 Jayhawk mascot.)
After some 10 years of marriage to Leonora, George Hollingbery died without a will in December 1912 at the age of 68. Leonora passed away not quite two years later.
Her handwritten last will and testament – composed just 10 days before her death from cancer on November 21, 1914 – stipulated that her house at 841 Maine Street in Lawrence be turned into a residence for women of limited means to be called “the Ricker Home.”
Her idea was to establish “a place where a woman with money may hire a room at a fair price, one with little money for less, and one with none may get a cot or a place to sleep for nothing, with the use of the kitchen and laundry for nothing.” To this end, she bequeathed her Maine Street house to a trust that would be administered by the Unitarian Society of Lawrence.
The bequest also included a 160-acre farm outside of town and various financial instruments of indeterminate value held in a safe-deposit box at the Watkins National Bank in downtown Lawrence that the trustees could sell or otherwise use for the ongoing support of the Ricker Home.
Leonora Hollingbery’s will left financial management decisions to the discretion of the trustees selected by the Lawrence Unitarians. However, she was quite specific on the focus of allowable expenditures. All funds were to be used strictly for the upkeep of her contemplated “home for girls in Lawrence who are working for small wages, and have no families or whose families live elsewhere.” More to the point, “in no case is this money to be spent for elegance.”
Leonora Hollingbery expressed her wish that the Ricker Home “be opened as soon as possible,” but it is unclear when the facility first began receiving residents. Also unclear is whether these early roomers included a smattering of self-supporting KU women students, though they certainly would have qualified under the terms of the will, on top of which student housing options for non-sorority member KU women were extremely limited at the time.
What is clear from records at the Douglas County Clerk’s office and the Lawrence Unitarian Society is that the trustees for the Hollingbery estate purchased another and larger home for the Ricker women at 745 Ohio Street in 1921. Sources differ on the rationale for the relocation. Some evidence indicates the Maine Street residence had been deemed unsuitable to its purpose; other data suggest it had apparently become uninhabitable.
In either event, by the late 1920s, 745 Ohio began showing up in University correspondence and student directories as Ricker Hall, and occasionally, the Ricker Club Co-op. And by the 1930s, it appears the University had formalized arrangements with the Unitarians and was regularly doling out room assignments in Ricker to female scholarship students.
A Ricker Hall rule sheet from 1937 offers some glimpses of what life was like there. Room rent was four dollars per month for women sharing a double room, and five dollars per month for a single. With meals and utilities, total expenses per person were estimated at “around $25 per month,” though the hope was expressed that “$18-$20” would usually be sufficient. Prospective Ricker residents were also advised, “though the house is plainly furnished, it is comfortable, and as homey as the girls themselves choose to make it.”
During this time, Ricker was designated a “Cooperative House” along the lines of KU’s Watkins Hall – itself the donation of an even wealthier Lawrence widow, Elizabeth M. Watkins – and admission to Ricker was considered a form of scholarship. Indeed, as the Ricker rules put it, “those who can afford to join a sorority do not need the help which the Cooperative house affords.”
As at Watkins Hall, household tasks and work responsibilities at Ricker – such as cleaning, dish washing, and meal serving at breakfast and dinner – were to be divided equally among the residents and rotated among all during the course of a school year. It was expected that “this work should not require more than an average of 30 to 60 minutes daily, if the work is well-planned and efficiently done.”
This collective approach to job-sharing did not apply to meal preparation. As the Ricker rule sheet noted, “it has proved much more satisfactory to have one of the girls do the cooking,” in return for which she earned a share, or even all, of her house expenses. (In other years, Ricker employed cooks. Former residents remember two of them in particular – “Tulip,” and “Audrey” – quite fondly.)
Finally, Ricker residents were reminded “the intimacy of living and working together” required “a spirit of genuine cooperation, individual faithfulness in the performance of duties, and a real concern for the welfare of the whole group.”
It was in the 1940s that Ricker Hall seemed most firmly enmeshed in the KU environment. During the years 1942-47, Ricker residents annually had their names and group photos published in the Jayhawker yearbook. It is also from this time period that a collection of reminiscences of Ricker Hall residents, many of which were compiled by Fred McElhenie of the KU Department of Student Housing in spring 2000, flesh out the experience of living there.
As the home of young women on scholarship, there naturally was an overwhelming academic focus at Ricker. Many of the residence’s women were pursuing degrees connected to medicine and health care, such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing and medical technology. Shoptalk was a regular staple of mealtime conversation for these women, even when it had deleterious effects on the non-medical types.
“Since all of us were taking courses in the medical areas, such as microbiology, biology and anatomy, we naturally talked about what was happening in class at the dinner table or breakfast,” recounted Kathryn Burkepile Apel. “Once, our one and only business major [at Ricker] stopped us and said, ‘Any more talk like this and I’ll lose my meal!’ We all tried as best we could, but after a little chit-chat, we were back to what we knew best...the funny and gruesome things about some of our classes. Guess what? Very soon, [she] left the table and lost her supper. She just couldn’t handle that kind of talk at mealtime. But what else was there to talk about, since we all had a common interest in those areas. This kept life interesting for the year that I lived there.”
Academically oriented discussions with a twist weren’t solely the province of Ricker women contemplating careers in the health professions. Alameda Bollier Barrett, a journalism major, recalled the time she and Carlotta Pretzer provided the entertainment at a Ricker Hall birthday party by regaling the group with a compilation of humorous typographical errors. “Forever after, along with our two other roommates Mary Goodell and Colleen Jones, we referred to our interactions as our ‘fiendship.’”
Not surprisingly, the Spartan accommodations in the hall mandated by Leonora Ricker Hollingbery figure in many of the reminiscences of the former Ricker residents. However, the no-frills set up did not come across as a cause for complaint. Instead, these anecdotes characterize the Ricker experience as a case of “making do and getting through.”
“We each had a small table by our bed for a desk,” recalled Dorothy Dodsworth Peterson. “The comparison to student living these days is pretty laughable, but we did not have much in those war years.” Added Marion Figley Stelzer, “The furnishings left quite a bit to be desired, but none of us seemed to be too disturbed about that.”
And Betty Whitney Alderson, who took up residence in Ricker upon her arrival at KU in fall 1942, noted that “most of the girls came from families that had experienced the Great Depression at home and were used to doing without, so the lack of amenities was not a big issue.”
To be sure, the rooms were small and she shared a dresser one year, closet space the next. But there was no sense of deprivation.
“No one thought anything about it,” she added. “You maybe had a sister at home and were used to sharing. Plus at that time, the Depression still hadn’t really ended for a lot of people. You just accepted it.”
Another thing Ricker women accepted about their residence was its approximately one-mile distance from campus and the scheduling adjustments they had to make as a result.
“Whether we walked or took the bus, we generally stayed on campus all day,” recalled Doris Virginia Leiser Baxter. “It was too far from campus to go back there for lunch,” added Marie Jackson Garrett.
For many Ricker women, this often meant eating the mid-day meal at the Kansas Union, an experience that was not always pleasant, as Alderson remembered. “The US Navy machinists mates [then housed in a wing of Strong Hall while learning skills they would put to use in World War II] would be lined up to enter the Ballroom where they were fed, and it would be like running the gauntlet.”
Living at Ricker also had its lighter moments. Doranne Brown remembered one night when a bat flew into the halls’ dining room, causing a small panic. “I got a paper bag, and when the poor thing flopped to the floor, I put the bag close to its feet, and it clung upside-down to it while I went to the door and flung it into the air, and safety.”
Alice Boylan Banks recalled the time she found the entrance to Ricker’s attic. “Two of us could climb up and cross to the south side of the house where there was a small window,” she wrote. “Through the window we could climb onto the roof of the porch. From this spot, we could observe the comings and goings of people and overhear ‘porch swing’ conversations. Needless to say, discovery [of their eavesdropping] resulted in reprimand.”
Kathryn Burkepile Apel retained a remembrance of the only woman in her Ricker group who smoked. “She happened to be the youngest, and it was said she smoked because it was a way of keeping the boys from kissing her and getting her pregnant.”
Men, of course, were generally barred from entering Ricker Hall. However, throughout the 1940s, there were mid-week mixers, when the women would invite boyfriends over for dancing in the small Ricker living room. There were also the occasional “guest nights” to which the women could invite a friend for dinner.
Some former Ricker residents hold on to memories of the hall’s house parents – a “Mother” Tonkin, and a young couple named Hank and Tina Brown. The Browns were close in age to their charges and both were associated with KU. He was the University photographer and she was still a student.
On at least one occasion, it appears that Hank Brown was willing to bend the rules for the Ricker residents. “Halloween, 1945, most or all of us, along with Hank Brown, went to a late scary movie AFTER curfew,” recalled Doris Virginia Leiser Baxter. “I remember this because the story in the movie was so real to me, as though it could have really happened.”
Tricks and treats aside, the real reason for living at Ricker was so that women of modest means could acquire a college education and prepare themselves for careers. On this score, it seems that Ricker Hall served its purpose exceptionally well.
For example, Dorothy Dodsworth Peterson would go on to spend 40 years as a medical technologist at Fairview Hospitals in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ultimately becoming the director of consolidated laboratory services. Mary Goodell Wilson Lile worked as a registered dietician and was a 50-year member of the American Dietetic Association.
Kathryn Burkepile Apel joined the original Menorah Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and later helped build and worked in hospital laboratories in such Kansas towns and cities as Smith Center, Hoxie, Phillipsburg, St. Francis, and Topeka. Alice Boylan Banks became a microbiologist and infection control practitioner in Kansas, Colorado, and other states.
Doris Virginia Leiser Baxter worked as a botanist with the US Department of Agriculture, and remained active in the field during her retirement years, writing and editing an extensive “Manual For Testing Agricultural and Vegetable Seeds.” And Kathleen Broers Zimmerman, after living and working in San Francisco, returned to Lawrence with her husband and started Zimmerman Steel Company, in which she was an active co-owner.
In 1946, a minor controversy swirled around Ricker Hall. By this time, the Lawrence branch of the Unitarians had become inactive and trusteeship of the Ricker Home had been transferred to the American Unitarian Association headquartered in Boston.
The Boston Unitarians – perhaps seeking to relieve themselves of the burden of managing a small property half a continent away – seemed willing to change the expressed purpose of Mrs. Hollingbery’s bequest. In correspondence with the University, representatives of the national organization acknowledged “that no necessity for accommodations for working women was apparent.”
Consequently, as long as the University was willing to take care of the house, and make enough money from it to cover taxes and insurance, the Unitarians seemed poised to not only formalize what had heretofore been an ad-hoc arrangement, but ultimately to transfer the entire trusteeship to the KU Endowment Association.
An agreement was drawn up in August 1946 to codify all these understandings. But negotiations hit two snags.
The first was over the issue of race relations. KU inserted a clause into the legal agreement stipulating that Ricker Hall was to be occupied solely by members “of the Caucasian race.” The Unitarians were unwilling to agree to this stipulation since “This Association has taken the position that we will not discriminate against either Negroes or Orientals, [and] would be subjected to severe criticism if we put any such clause into an agreement made by the Association.”
The second problem was a purely administrative issue. KU Endowment Association was concerned that the original spirit and intent of the Hollingbery trust could leave it exposed to responsibilities not in its purview, given that KU Endowment was designed to administer activities solely under the auspices of the University.
Matters dragged on until 1947, when the American Unitarian Association filed a court action asking that KU Endowment be made the trustee of the Hollingbery estate, and that the purpose of the trust be changed from use of the house for working women and girls to housing for working girls and women attending the University. The KU Endowment Association did not have any part in bringing the action to court.
KUEA announced it would take on the trusteeship reluctantly, and only with the understanding that it could be resigned at any time, most particularly if there was a renewed demand for the use of the property by working women not connected with the University.
The judge in the case thought it over for six months, and in November of 1947 appointed two Lawrence-area businesswomen not affiliated with the University as trustees. Fay Brown and Lucille Johns told local newspapers that they were happy to oversee the trust, and that they had no desire to change the ad-hoc relationship that had developed with the University. Title to the building at 745 Ohio remained in the hands of the Unitarians. Concerns raised by the University about the race of Ricker residents became moot, and life continued as before for the residents of Ricker Hall.
Ricker Hall dropped off the rolls of University residences after the 1950-1951 academic year as new KU scholarship and residence halls for women were brought into service. At this time, Ricker also apparently shed its final vestigial ties to its original purpose of providing housing for women of limited means. However, 745 Ohio continued to be occupied by KU students, serving as the location of the Bogii Social Fraternity in 1952-53, and the Theta Chi Fraternity from 1954-56. After this point, the building no longer appears in any University directory. However, the Ricker Hall name lives on in the “Ricker House” floor in Lewis Hall.
In 1962, the house at 745 Ohio, still administered by the Unitarian Church, began service as an activities center for the Douglas County Association for Retarded Children, a function that was taken over by another non-profit organization called Cottonwood, Inc, in July 1972. Cottonwood later moved the activities center to a new location on the southwest side of Lawrence. However, 745 Ohio remained in use as a group residence for some Cottonwood clients until fall 1983.
From 1983 until 1987, various single tenants lived in the house for reduced rent in exchange for basic maintenance and upkeep of the property. This arrangement did not work out especially well, as the residence fell into dramatic disrepair. In September 1987, a reincorporated Unitarian Society of Lawrence leased the house to a local non-profit and 745 Ohio became the home of Hearthstone, a residential center for chemical- and alcohol-dependent men.
The house continues in that capacity today, accommodating approximately ten men in a fashion that would have been familiar to Ricker Hall residents – with three or four men to a room, and common areas for cooking, laundry, socializing and meetings. The Hollingbery trust also continues to exist as an “eleemosynary institution for the good of the community,” and is still administered by the Unitarians.
Taking the long view, over its various incarnations for some 90 years, Leonora Ricker Hollingbery’s bequest aimed at assisting individuals in need of a helping hand has endured, far past what even she might ever have contemplated.
Kansas Public Radio
University of Kansas
“New Home Trustees,” Lawrence Journal-World. November 6, 1947. Taken from KU Scrapbook 0/0, vol. 11, p. 30. An overview of student housing, featuring dates and occupancies, may be found in Kansas Alumni Magazine, January 1959, volume 57, #5, page 34. Unfortunately, the information in the case of Ricker Hall is not expressly reliable when cross-checked with the other references mentioned in this section...but it may provide scholars with a good basis on which to begin other explorations of KU student housing organizations. Ricker Hall folder 0/22/73, Spencer Research Library. “Notes on Leonora S. Ricker Hollingbery,” researched and compiled by Kathy Nace, July/August 1999. Spencer Research Library. Author’s personal interview with Randell Shaffer, 08/10/04. Author’s personal interview with Gary Braddy, 08/12/04. Author’s personal interview with trustee Elizabeth “Betty” Allen, 08/13/04. Author’s personal interview with Betty Whitney Alderson, 09/13/04.] | <urn:uuid:a2477ec8-efd5-4793-b7a0-9b46ace05118> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kuhistory.ku.edu/articles/unitarian-utilitarianism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.976887 | 4,547 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Morano on walruses: 'The walrus story has literally been recycled almost annually. This is a complete spun story by the media with no actual facts related to walruses. It is a normal event...Polar bears are feeding off dead walrus carcuses from stampede. If you are concerned about the polar bear, you would let the walruses naturally congregate'
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill: "The root causes of climate change are capitalism, white supremacy, and colonialism, all of which put profits over people and treat people and the environment as disposable commodities. Blaming folks like service workers, retail workers, and others is not a good look."
Dr. Happer and Dr. Lindzen summarize: “Misrepresentation, exaggeration, cherry picking or outright lying pretty much covers all the so-called evidence marshalled in support of the theory of imminent catastrophic global warming caused by fossil fuels and CO2.” | <urn:uuid:95752ba0-0c9c-4d46-a41b-5a37dca9402c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.climatedepot.com/tag/ebola/?wpdm=no | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.944005 | 194 | 1.515625 | 2 |
What is a preventive maintenance plan?
As preventive maintenance is the repairing or maintenance work performed when an equipment or tool is in good working condition in order to put unforeseen breakdown off, a preventive maintenance plan is a document used by the organization or repairing personnel when developing the jobs or tasks needed to appropriately maintain business assets, tools or equipment etc.
The plan attempts to help organization or company uncompromisingly perform required maintenance, or replacements of certain parts so all expected breakdowns can be prevented before they happen.
Having a preventive maintenance plan at place offers you a lot of advantages such as running the business operations efficiently, maximizing the lifespan of equipments and trimming the maintenance costs down amazingly.
How to Set Up Equipment Preventive Maintenance Plan
Below are the things to be considered to set up equipment preventive maintenance plan for your organization or company efficiently.
Determine the organization’s end goals
Keeping the end goal of your company or organization in mind could be a great start for you in order to create an effective preventive maintenance plan.
When you have a clear idea about what your company wants to accomplish with help of a PM plan, it will help you align your procedures with organizational goals in order to get things done in right way.
For instance, if the goal of your organization is to improve work efficiency, you must plan preventive maintenance in a way that will aid you reduce the equipment downtime, improve work completion ratio and boost the production time for each of your equipment or machines.
Keep track of equipment/assets
It seems like a time consuming task but considered as a vital element of setting up a preventative maintenance plan with best.
Tracking all your assets of equipment will help your organization a lot to check that whether preventative checks should routinely be made on all equipment or not.
Make sure all required details and information about assets such as make & model, title of the asset, serial numbers, specifications, asset tracking ID and location etc are written down rightly when listing the asset inventory down.
Categorize and make hierarchies
In order to make the preventive maintenance process easier, you should categorize all your assets or equipments. The task would be easier for you if you are using CMMS software for your organization as it can help you categorize your assets quickly.
You should also try to put all your tools or assets in equipment hierarchies not only to get the maintenance jobs done efficiently but to make the reporting process easier as well.
Establish job and labor resources
Whether you are setting up a PM plan manually or using a computerized maintenance management system to do so, you will need to include a list of resources necessary to execute required maintenance job, such as scissors lifts, drills, and wrenches etc.
Labor with appropriate skills should also be assigned according to the scope of job or work in order to get things done in your favor.
Create maintenance schedules
Creating maintenance schedules is one of the most important things to consider when you are setting up preventative maintenance plan.
As the always need time, energy and workforce to get done, having such schedule on hand will help you deal the situation accordingly.
Always keep in mind that you should make a list of high priority items that need to be repaired on immediate basis, as it will assist you to get the work done on time before overloading your workforce with low priority maintenance jobs.
Determine the spare parts & supply needs
Your company will never ever bear that your maintenance department is out of stock or supplies when there is need to execute an important maintenance work.
So, determine the spare parts & supply needs ahead of time in order to prevent inventory related issues while getting repairing jobs done.
Most of CMMS software allows you to create planning report to check the availability of parts & other resources for future dates to complete the tasks successfully.
Outsource s ome work
Outsourcing some repairing jobs could be a great way to make your workforce always available for serious situations.
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While not a legal requirement under the ADA to accommodate nursing mothers at work, the Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act (FLSA) of 2019 requires certain employers to provide “reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for 1 year after the child’s birth each time such employee has need to express the milk” in “a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk”.
The provided location, even if it is not dedicated exclusively to the nursing mother’s use, must be available when needed. The location must be hygienic and completely private with a lock. It must also contain a chair, working surface, and an electrical outlet. Businesses with over 50 employees are required to give uncompensated breaks for milk expression. For exceptions see WHD Fact Sheet #22, Hours Worked under the FLSA. Also, check with your state for greater protections beyond the FLSA requirements.
Check these sites for more information:
- Fact Sheet on Break Time for Nursing Mothers under the FLSA, U.S. Department of Labor
- Break Time for Nursing Mothers, U.S. Department of Labor
- Frequently Asked Questions – Break Time for Nursing Mothers, U.S. Department of Labor
Additionally, the ACA requires new private health insurance plans to provide coverage for specified women’s preventive health services, such as breastfeeding support, supplies, and lactation consultation, with no cost sharing.
For more information:
- Preventive Services Covered Under the Affordable Care Act, NCSL webpage
- Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines, Health Services and Resources Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Affordable Care Act Rules on Expanding Access to Preventive Services for Women, HHS.gov/HealthCare, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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It is about high time to make a new post around here. I have not done much lately but I have to admit sometimes I can be lazy as hell. At present I am working on the scalar replacement theorem so likely that is the next post on this website. This replacement theorem says that if you want you can replace the real numbers you use in for example the 3D circular or complex numbers by numbers from the complex plane. I only replace it by complex numbers from the complex plane, the more general version of the replacement theorem is much wider but I often dislike math that is ‘too general’.
On the other website I opened page five on magnetics. Page five means this is the fifth year of writing about electrons and why it is highly unlikely they are magnetic dipoles but magnetic monopoles. As such I stumbled upon the Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem, but that was nothing new only that I did not know it had that name. For me this theorem is just the description used for the forces on an electrically charged particle in and electric and magnetic field. And it says that in a constant magnetic field (that means both constant in time and constant in space), the magnetic field does not do any work. That is there is no acceleration or stuff like that, needless to say I disagree with that. Just take a look at the sun, with the Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem in your hand all that stuff that is going on is hard to explain. Why does the solar plasma accelerate along magnetic field lines? Why is the solar atmosphere, the corona, so hot compared to the surface of the sun? If indeed magnetic fields do not do any work, the sun is hard to understand… (Actually if electrons are magnetic monopoles, the sun is also hard to understand.)
I also found a cute video from about 5+ years back, so likely that was the time it started to dawn upon me that it was impossible that electrons are magnetic dipoles. At that time I tried and tried to understand the results of the Stern Gerlach experiment but how hard I tried it only worked when electrons carried magnetic charge. Until now in the last five years I could not disprove myself, I tried and tried but the longer you think about it the more nonsense it becomes that the electrons are dipole from the magnetic point of view. And to put it simple: Why is there no electric dipole particle? But those people, and I mean of course the people from physics, never talk about stuff like that. Anyway, here is the cute video:
From a screen shot from the video combined with the words from a wiki about the Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem I made the next picture:
As a funny side remark, the guy from the video is from Australia and over there in New South Wales or so they try to make quantum computers based on electron spin qbits. And they think electrons can be in a super position of spin up and spin down, that is in their view as why they can be used as qbits on a quantum computer. Until now (five years later) they still have nothing to show for. Of course when electrons carry magnetic charge, it is very hard to place one electron in a super position state of being a north and a south magnetic monopole at the same time.
Just like in a hydrogen atom where there are two particles named electron and proton that both particles are in a super position of positive electric charge and negative charge. No, the proton always has a positive electric charge and the electron a negative one. So good luck with making a quantum computer based on electron spin…
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Novelist. Born in the parish of Cripplegate, as Daniel Foe, adding the "de" latter, for effect. Published "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, considered by some to be the first novel in English. His grave with monument is in Bunhill Fields. | <urn:uuid:11b394c2-875f-4ad5-a3e7-68eaecc2d0d7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/daniel-defoe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.957049 | 77 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Is the trend toward wearable technology the best thing that ever happened to marketers? Or could it end the conversation?
I recently wrote a blog post that questioned whether the public might gradually become more wary about when and where they are willing to share personal information with businesses. When people learn that information they share with one person is suddenly accessible to the government, marketers and even strangers, there just might come a tipping point. And I can’t help but wonder if that tipping point might just come as a result of wearable technology.
There is a very funny video from The Daily Show suggesting that Google Glass users are feeling discriminated against, being refused service in public establishments. Humor aside, the video does prompt an interesting conversation about this technology. The Content Marketing Association suggests that wearables will result in a huge explosion in the amount of content users create, since the devices can be constantly recording. Now if you’re a marketer that wants to do some man-on-the-street interviewing, wearables could make your job easier. Of course, if you’re a guy walking down the sidewalk with a woman that is not your wife, you might have a problem. (Creep!)
Does the public really want to be covertly recorded in their day-to-day lives without their permission? More importantly, how much information do we, or our prospects, want to share? The state of our health? Where we are, what we’re doing, how we’re feeling? Wearable technology will have the ability to collect more data − surreptitiously − than ever before. (Creep!) Having access to all that data could be a boon to marketers. Until people start opting out, that is.
A recent article in Bloomberg discussed how marketers are excited by the possibilities this technology offers, and they’re experimenting with different ways they can use wearables to deliver their message. But the article also discusses ‘the creep factor’, which is my point here.
“We go back to the creep factor, which comes up so often when talking about personalization and in using data,” Yeager said. “You run into privacy considerations — consumers are definitely aware of that. That’s something that they have to consider when they’re building these applications — how far is too far?”
– Bryan Yeager, an analyst at EMarketer Inc.
And when people become more aware of just how much data they’re providing and who has access to that data, will they keep sharing? Or will they put on the brakes?
There’s an App for That
B2B marketers know that apps are big business. Recently, Wearable World partnered with American Airlines in a contest for the most travel-friendly app for wearable technology. The winning app, from UsTwo, would enable family, friends (or maybe your boss) to monitor where you are in your journey. As you arrive at the airport, make it through security, board the plane, take off and land, the app pushes notifications to both you and another person of your choice. So, if you’re on a business trip, and your boss is on the other end of your push notifications, you might not want to hang out in the airport bar for hours while you’re waiting for your connection to that business conference. (Creep!) But if you’re the head of marketing for a brand, like Jose Cuervo, there might be an opportunity there.
Another app that came out of the contest is InFlight Social that, after you connect to the plane’s Wi-Fi, checks your Facebook and LinkedIn accounts to see if there’s anyone on the plane that’s in your contact list. My Facebook account is strictly for play, while I use LinkedIn as a career tool. While there may be some crossover in my contact list, most are separate. So, if I use that app, I could be stuck with a business contact as a travel buddy while I’m on a strictly non-business trip. (Creep!)
It remains to be seen whether the downside (lack of privacy) of wearable technology will cause people to question sharing personal information. There’s no doubt that the app market will explode to take advantage of all the data that wearables can collect. A lot of the apps will undoubtedly have a creep factor. Will our audience really choose to share every detail of their life just so that we can put another piece of content in front of them? Or will they start to opt out of the conversation? | <urn:uuid:85a2c56d-049f-4515-9cc8-b95bc2eb0c45> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mltcreative.com/blog/b2b-marketing-wearables-creepy-app/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.954889 | 952 | 1.671875 | 2 |
NORWEGIAN ORGANIC OMEGA-3 FISH OIL
For the same reasons that we choose to eat fresh, natural foods, and not overly processed ones, Norwegian organic Omega-3 fish oil values the importance of obtaining nourishment in its native and natural form.
WHAT ARE OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS?
Omega-3 fatty acids naturally occur as triglycerides, the molecular structure that fats and oils assume in both plants and animals. Omega-3 fatty acids belong to the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (FA). This is how Omega-3 fatty acids are preserved in Omega-3 fish oil of Norway’s capsules. A triglyceride Omega-3 fish oil not only ensures that their nutritional goodness is most easily absorbed by the body, but also provides insurance against the oxidization of Omega-3 to protect their stability and efficacy.
With so many Omega-3 fatty acid supplements on the market, many producers are opting for an alternative form of Omega-3 known as ethyl esters. This type of fish oil combines free fatty acids with ethanol to make the EPA and DHA levels more concentrated. Referred to as Omega-3 fish oil concentrates, these ethyl esters are commonly used since they cost the least to produce. However, they are more difficult for the body to digest and process.
Freshly squeezed orange juice or a concentrated one. The taste may be similar, but the physical makeup is entirely different, which one would you choose?
Fish oil concentrate has been artificially manipulated to hit the same standards as fish oil triglycerides. Nordic natural Omega-3 fish oil not only offers Omega-3 fish oil in its authentic form.
Our formula is comprised of over 90% triglycerides while most other companies average around 60%. Presented with a choice of the two, what would you prefer?
Norwegian pure Omega-3 fish oil offers the cleanest and most refreshing taste and odor/scent profile possible. Thanks to organic Omega-3 fish oil of Norway’s unique patented processing refinement, it is virtually tasteless and odor free.
Which company has the highest standards for fish softgel capsules?
To match the ultimate quality in an Omega-3 wild water fish Marine Oil, we have naturally chosen Swiss Caps who hold the most highly regarded reputation in the industry, equipped with the latest production technology and ensuring only the highest quality and efficiency throughout all stages of production.
- Quality assurance, striving to surpass all industry criteria to the highest possible standards.
- Supreme over its competitors, Swiss Caps fish gelatine capsules for Omega-3 are the most highly resilient and neutral in taste.
- Smaller and more comfortable compact 500mg softgel capsules – with fish gelatin.
WHAT ARE ORGANIC OMEGA-3 FISH OIL HEALTH BENEFITS
Omega-3 fatty acids are at the top of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Ongoing extensive studies and research indicate pure Omega-3 fish oil benefits. In particular, the cardiovascular system and decreasing overall inflammation.
Among our sponsored and other Olympic athletes who take up to 6x capsules of Nordic natural Omega-3 fish oil daily, show inflammation levels were reduced by more than 90% after continuous daily consumption.
Due to the high quality nature of Norway Omega´s, wild water marine Omega-3 fish oil, a TGN Omega-3, marine oil in its natural state, over 90% natural Triglycerides and an average of 65% EPA/DHA fatty acids, Norway Omega fish oil delivers the highest quality multi-purpose Omega-3 supplement. Reducing inflammation levels and supporting the cardiovascular system are just two of the key Omega-3 fatty acids benefits.
Immune System Omega-3 fish oil benefit
The anti inflammatory nature helps to support the immune system.
Mind Omega-3 fish oil benefit
DHA has polyunsaturated fatty acids to help regulate mood and cognitive function.
Mother & Child Omega-3 fish oil benefit
Omega-3 fatty acids are a crucial part of an expecting mothers and infants development nutritional daily intake.
Skin & Hair Omega-3 fish oil benefit
Omega-3 helps to boost the skins membranes, naturally hydrating the hair & skin cell membranes.
Sport Omega-3 fish oil benefit
Aforementioned – reducing the bodies inflammation levels, aids in faster recovery from work outs and sport sessions.
A SHARED DESIRE FOR EXCELLENCE
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WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ALL OMEGA-3 FISH OILS?
Matching the ultimate quality in an Omega-3 wild water fish oil, we have naturally chosen Swiss Caps, who maintain the highest standards in the industry, equipped with the latest production technology and ensuring only the highest quality and efficiency throughout all stages of production.
- Quality assurance, striving to surpass all industry criteria to the highest possible standards
- Supreme over it’s competitors, Swiss Caps bovine and fish gelatin capsules are most resilient and neutral in taste
- Offering our customers both Fish and Bovine in smaller and more comfortable compact 500mg capsule
The finest multipurpose Omega-3 fatty acid supplements – pure unblended 65% EPA/DHA
- ECO Friendly re-useable Original Omega3 of Norway™ container (made in Norway)
- Minimum 90% natural Tryglicerides (without Ethyl-Esters)
- 65% Omega fatty acids EPA / DHA average
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- Unique batch No. can be sourced to date & time of catch
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NATURAL TRIGLYCERIDES vs ARTIFICIAL ETHYL ESTERS
The choice is clear
For the same reasons that we choose to eat fresh, natural foods, and not overly processed ones, Norwegian pure Omega-3 fish oil values the importance of obtaining nourishment in its original form. Omega-3 fatty acids naturally occur as triglycerides, the molecular structure that fats and oils take on in both plants and animals. This is how Omega-3 fatty acid supplements are preserved in Norwegian Omega-3 fish oil fatty acid capsules.
A triglyceride Omega-3 fish oil not only ensures that their nutritional goodness is most easily absorbed by the body, but also provides insurance against the oxidation of Omega-3 fish oil to protect their stability and efficacy. With so many Omega-3 fatty acid supplements available in the market, many producers are opting for an alternative form of Omega-3 fish oil known as ethyl esters. This type of fish oil combines free fatty acids with ethanol to make the EPA and DHA levels more concentrated. Referred to as fish oil concentrates, these ethyl esters are commonly used since they are the most cost effective to produce. However, they are artificial and more difficult for the body to digest and process. Would you prefer a freshly squeezed orange juice or concentrated one? The taste might be similar, but the physical make-up is distinctively different.
Fish oil concentrates are artificially manipulated to match the same standards as fish oil triglycerides. Omega-3 fish oil of Norway not only offers organic Omega-3 in its authentic form, but our formula is comprised of over 90% triglycerides while most other companies average around 60%. Presented with a choice of the two, what would you prefer?
What are triglycerides?
The National Academy of Sciences defines fats and oils as “complex organic molecules that are formed by combining three fatty acids with one molecule of glycerol”. Triglycerides, or triacylglycerols, are th ed to define this molecular structure combining three fatty acids (i.e. EPA and DHA) esterified (bonded) to a glycerol backbone. TGs are the natural molecular form that make up virtually all fats and oils in both animal and plants species.
The Omega-3 fats present in fish are almost exclusively TGs1. Because free fatty acids are rapidly oxidized the TG structure offers greater stability to the fatty acids and prevents breakdown and oxidation.
Are all fish oil concentrates ethyl esters?
The vast majority of fish oil concentrates sold globally; including those sold in North America are EPA and DHA EE concentrates. A small percentage of fish oil concentrates on the market are natural TGs. In the manufacturing of EE concentrates it is possible to convert the fatty acids back to TGs using food grade enzymes. This process, called glycerolysis, removes the ethanol molecule and re-esterifies the EPA and DHA fatty acids to a glycerol backbone. These are commonly referred to as re-esterfied or concentrated triglycerides (rTGs).
The process of converting EE to TG is uncommon due to cost constraints adding 30-40 % to the end bulk oil cost. Therefore, the only rationale for omitting the glycerolysis step is cost cutting.
What are ethyl esters, and how are they produced?
Fatty acid ethyl esters are a class of lipids that are derived by reacting free fatty acids with ethanol (alcohol)3. Called trans-esterification, the process involves a reaction whereby the glycerol backbone of a TG is removed and substituted with ethanol4. The resulting EE allow for the fractional distillation (concentration) of the long chain fatty acids at lower temperatures. Commonly referred to as molecular distillation in the fish oil industry this step allows for the selective concentration of the EPA and DHA fatty acids to levels greater than found naturally in fish3. The resulting EPA and DHA concentrate is typically the end product that is subsequently marketed and sold as “Fish Oil concentrate”. This situation presents several issues. Because the term fat or oil refers only to TG the EPA and DHA ethyl ester concentrate is, by definition, no longer a fat or oil and is incorrectly marketed as fish oil. Because EEs rarely occur in nature this affects the way they are digested and absorbed in the body.
NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF ORGANIC OMEGA-3 FISH OIL
PURITY & QUALITY OF OMEGA-3 FISH OIL
Guaranteed an ongoing supply of the highest quality oils that are consistently pure, safe and trouble free. Our commitment to purity, quality and innovation ensures our products meet the highest industry standards for safety, traceability and sustainability. With the lowest Omega-3 fish oil product specification limits for environmental pollutants in the industry, products are guaranteed to meet or exceed all known global purity standards. We unconditionally guarantee the consistency, safety and purity of every EPA/DHA Omega-3 product that we deliver.
- Conduct internal quality audits to ensure compliance with cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practice) for API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) and the authorities’ regulations for the production of marine-based Omega-3
- Manufacture our Omega-3 fish oil ingredients in regulatory compliance with Norwegian and European food safety requirements
- Handle and process products under a competent HACCP system in accordance with the US FDA’s seafood HACCP regulation 21 CFR 123 and Norwegian and European authorities. This includes full quality control and assurance
- Maintain written product specifications, material safety data sheets (MSDS) and production records
- Maintain standard operating procedures.
- Implement detailed customer feedback, non-conformity, change control and Continuous Control schemes with Corrective Action Programmes.
- Ensure that batch records are reviewed by authorized personnel prior to release.
In addition to quality assurance processes, we:
- Maintain compliance with industry standards established under the Omega-3 monographs in the EU Pharmacopoeia and GOED Omega-3 Voluntary Monograph.
- Impose strict limits for our operations; our goal is to stay ahead of regulatory developments, continually setting new standards in the industry.
- Perform multilevel testing; all products are subject to stringent internal specification testing, from the applied raw material to our finished products.
- Perform on-going stability studies to determine the shelf life of every product.
- Issue Certificates of Analysis, based on confirmation of quality and compliance, for each batch.
- Undertake validation of analytical methods.
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In case you’ve got a passion for cooking, then you’re going to be excited to experiment with various dishes. Because of this, you might consult with online and offline movies or YouTube cooking stations. While cooking those foods, if something goes wrong, then you may note down it and attempt with various mixes or add in a few of your particular ingredients the next moment. After a couple of attempts, you’ll have the ability to have to make the dish taste suitable for you. This scenario also applies to commerce from stock markets.
You might read things about trading online internet or novels or even look in an online tutorial/course. However, if you don’t do an extensive study about trading and experiment, the same that you may not comprehend the significance of active trading. If you’re an aspiring trader, below are a few methods which it is possible to think about for effective trading.
Like any other area, to turn into a successful trader, you ought to keep on researching the rules, trading methods, rules, etc.. Additionally, attempt to learn from the errors and possess self-control and be self-indulgent. You ought to be a student to get a successful trader.
Plan your trade and exchange that strategy:
To browse the stormy weather from the marketplace, you need to think about following established principles or strategies. This might allow you to endure and flourish from the stock exchange. Execute a strategy only after ultimately planning your every step of every transaction, as with no suitable strategy. You may wind up getting nothing. So be a fantastic trader who intends a commerce and exchange those strategies.
Constantly be flexible:
The most challenging thing while participating in gambling is that you can not just predict what’s going to occur next in the stock exchange. Thus, as a trader, you ought to have a flexible attitude to the market changes. The bottom rule for any effective trader would be to be more adaptable to almost any circumstance.
Trading can allow you to reap superior benefits over the years only if you do it correctly for a predetermined period. Know the tips of trading and also be quite keen on each step. Have realistic expectations so you might have a feeling of accomplishment when winning.
Self-control retains the secret:
Money could be emotional for almost all of us, and therefore it may influence us as greed or fear. Being overconfident or rougher on trading may result in over trading and healing digital trading for a game. Keep a calm mind and react to each scenario in the marketplace with a proper strategy.
Examine the Industry daily:
Maintaining a daily log of your commerce after every trading day will be able to assist you in knowing the growth pattern of your transaction as time passes. This will also aid in creating a suitable strategy for commerce.
Be perfect as You exchange:
Many top traders across the globe decide to concentrate on several tried and tested approaches and attempt to execute them flawlessly. They assess themselves how the methods were implemented besides measuring success on arbitrary transactions that may be losers or winners.
Passion, dedication, and persistence
Just people who are enthusiastic about trading could turn into a successful trader. There is little doubt because of this. You ought to have a mindset such as a youngster that has excited about hearing about visiting a playground, about exchanging daily and spend some time on it. One more matter is to be ascertained, don’t take some failures on your heart and possess a powerful will. Learn from your mistakes, and attempt to fix it later on. Always be consistent with becoming a successful trader.
You can’t grasp the art of gambling instantly. On the other hand, the points mentioned above might allow you to develop into a successful trader over some time. Therefore do your home functions and training and get started trading!
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Juan Rocha was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. He immigrated to the United States when he was three years old. He and his parents applied for lawful permanent residency after President Ronald Reagan signed the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, which granted amnesty and a path to lawful status to undocumented immigrants living in the United States before January 1, 1982. In March of 1996, he became a United States citizen. Two years later, armed with a U.S. passport, Juan moved to Thailand and traveled around Southeast Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia). After graduating from Arizona State University, he took his passport and traveled to Western Europe, and later visited Central and South America. In 2001, he moved to Chicago and attended graduate school at the University of Chicago where he had the fortune of being a student of then-Professor Barack Obama. He received his law degree from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law in 2006.
For six years he was an Assistant Federal Public Defender representing indigent clients in federal court and argued cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2013, he founded his law firm representing clients in criminal and immigration courts. Juan has written extensively on the intersection of criminal and immigration law. His articles have been published by the University of Chicago; the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL); and The Federal Bar Association. Juan has also appeared on PBS and Spanish-language radio and television to discuss the intersection of criminal and immigration law.
Juan is a lecturer at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. He teaches a class titled, "Southwest Border Crimes." The focus of the course is to show how the federal government uses criminal and immigration law to civilly and criminally prosecute noncitizens to enforce border security. Juan has been a presenter at various law conferences and universities. He has presented at the San Diego State University’s symposium on “Crimmigration,” been a guest lecturer at the University of Arizona College of Law in Tucson, Arizona, and presented at the annual conferences of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Arizona Public Defender Association. He continues to teach at various continuing legal education seminars. Juan has also written editorial pieces about Arizona politics and has been quoted by The New York Times.
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The Milankovitch cycles describe how relatively slight changes in Earth's movement affect the planet's climate. The cycles are named for Milutin Milankovitch, a Serbian astrophysicist who began investigating the cause of Earth's ancient ice ages in the early 1900s, according to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).
Earth experienced it's most recent ice ages during the Pleistocene epoch, which lasted from 2.6 million years ago to 11,700 years ago. For thousands of years at a time, even the more temperate regions of the globe were covered with glaciers and ice sheets, according to the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
To determine how Earth could experience such vast changes in climate over time, Milankovitch incorporated data about the variations of Earth's position with the timeline of the ice ages during the Pleistocene. He studied Earth's variations for the last 600,000 years and calculated the varying amounts of solar radiation due to Earth's changing orbital parameters. In doing so, he was able to link lower amounts of solar radiation in the high northern latitudes to previous European ice ages, according to AMNH.
Milankovitch's calculations and charts, which were published in the 1920s and are still used today to understand past and future climate, led him to conclude that there are three different positional cycles, each with its own cycle length, that influence the climate on Earth: the eccentricity of Earth's orbit, the planet's axial tilt and the wobble of its axis.
The Earth orbits the sun in an oval shape called an ellipse, with the sun at one of the two focal points (foci). Ellipticity is a measure of the shape of the oval and is defined by the ratio of the semiminor axis (the length of the short axis of the ellipse) to the semimajor axis (the length of the long axis of the ellipse), according to Swinburne University. A perfect circle, where the two foci meet in the center, has an ellipticity of 0 (low eccentricity), and an ellipse that is being squished to almost a straight line has an eccentricity of nearly 1 (high eccentricity).
The Earth's orbit slightly changes its eccentricity over the course of 100,000 years from nearly 0 to 0.07 and back again, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. When the Earth's orbit has a higher eccentricity, the planet's surface receives 20 to 30 percent more solar radiation when it's at perihelion (the shortest distance between the Earth and sun each orbit) than when it is at aphelion (the largest distance between the Earth and sun each orbit). When the Earth's orbit has a low eccentricity, there is very little difference in the amount of solar radiation that is received between perihelion and aphelion.
Today, the eccentricity of Earth's orbit is 0.017. At perihelion, which occurs on or around Jan. 3 each year, Earth's surface receives about 6 percent more solar radiation than at aphelion, which occurs on or around July 4.
The tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of its orbit is the reason that we experience seasons. Slight changes in the tilt changes the amount of solar radiation falling on certain locations of Earth, according to Indiana University Bloomington. Over the course of about 41,000 years, the tilt of the Earth's axis, also known as obliquity, varies between 21.5 and 24.5 degrees.
When the axis is at its minimal tilt, the amount of solar radiation doesn't change much between summer and winter for much of Earth's surface and therefore, seasons are less severe. This means that summer at the poles is cooler, which allows snow and ice to persist through summer and into winter, eventually building up into enormous ice sheets.
Today, the Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees, and slowly decreasing, according to EarthSky.
Earth wobbles just slightly as it spins on its axis, similarly to when a spinning top begins to slow down. This wobble, known as precession, is primarily caused by the gravity of the sun and moon pulling on Earth's equatorial bulges. The wobble doesn't change the tilt of Earth's axis, but the orientation changes. Over about 26,000 years, Earth wobbles around in a complete circle, according to Washington State University.
Now, and for the past several thousands of years, Earth's axis has been pointed north more or less toward Polaris, also known as the North Star. But Earth's gradual precessional wobble means that Polaris isn't always the North Star. About 5,000 years ago the Earth was pointed more toward another star, called Thubin. And, in approximately 12,000 years, the axis will have traveled a bit more around its precession circle and will point toward Vega, which will become the next North Star.
As the Earth completes a precession cycle, the orientation of the planet is altered with respect to perihelion and aphelion. If a hemisphere is pointed toward the sun during perihelion (shortest distance between Earth and sun), it will be pointed away during aphelion (largest distance between Earth and sun), and the opposite is true for the other hemisphere. The hemisphere that's pointed toward the sun during perihelion and away during aphelion experiences more extreme seasonal contrasts than the other hemisphere.
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Rominger Brothers Farms of Winters, California, received the 2019 California Leopold Conservation Award during a ceremony at the California Farm Bureau’s recent annual meeting in Monterey.
Sand County Foundation created the Leopold award to inspire American landowners by recognizing exceptional farmers, ranchers and foresters. Named in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, it is given in 20 states.
The award is presented annually by Sand County Foundation, Sustainable Conservation and the California Farm Bureau Federation. Rominger Brothers Farms Inc. of Yolo County received $10,000 and a crystal award.
Owners Bruce and Rick Rominger grow diversified crops, including rice, hay, winegrapes and processing tomatoes.
The family has long been recognized as leaders for their adaptability and innovation while overcoming regulatory challenges that, together with their conservation goals, enhance their business.
This includes planting miles of hedgerows to benefit important pollinators like bees, restoring over 5,000 feet of stream corridors to connect riparian areas and wetlands to aid a variety of species, and managing irrigation water on their rice fields to boost declining shorebird populations.
“It’s an honor to even be considered for the Leopold Conservation Award, and an even greater honor to win it, especially considering all the accomplished past winners,” Bruce Rominger said. “We are humbled to be part of that list of distinguished recipients. We love what we’re doing and believe what we’re doing improves our part of California in meaningful ways for the future. To have the Leopold Conservation Award associated with our farm is a tremendous privilege.”
“The Rominger brothers have spent three decades evolving their farm into a model of sustainability and climate resiliency,” said Ashley Boren, executive director of Sustainable Conservation, which has co-sponsored the award since its California launch in 2006. “Their extraordinary list of accomplishments includes pioneering the use of water-wise drip irrigation, planting miles of hedgerows to benefit important pollinators, and restoring and reconnecting streams and wetland habitats – all of which helps their farm and the multitude of species that call it home endure in a changing climate.”
Among the landowners nominated for this year’s award were two finalists. Philip Verwey Dairy, Hanford, and Burroughs Family Farms, Denair.
The 2018 recipient was Lundberg Family Farms, an organic rice and quinoa farm in Butte and Humboldt counties.
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New alloys of La-Mg-Ni (Ni/ (La + Mg) = 3∼4) system absorb and desorb hydrogen at room temperature, and the hydrogen capacity is higher than conventional AB 5-type alloys. The crystal structures of La 0.7Mg 0.3Ni 2.5Co 0.5 (alloy T1) and La 0.75Mg 0.25 Ni 3.0Co 0.5 (alloy T2) were investigated using ICP, SEM-EDX and XRD. We found that the alloy T1 consisted of Ce 2Ni 7-type La 3Mg (Ni, Co) 14 and PuNi 3-type La 2Mg (Ni, Co) 9 phases and that the alloy T 2 consisted of Ce 2Ni 7-type La 3Mg (Ni, Co) 14 and Pr 5 Co 19-type La 4Mg(Ni, Co) 19 phases. These alloys system has layered structure and shows polytypism that is originated from difference in stacking of some [CaCu 5]-type layers and one [MgZn 2]-type layer along c-axis. Crystal structure of La 3Mg(Ni, Co) 14 is hexagonal 2H-Ce 2Ni 7-type, a = 0.5052(1) nm, c = 2.4245(3) nm. La 2Mg(Ni, Co) 9 is trigonal 3R-PuNi 3-type, a = 0.5062 (1) nm, c=2.4500(2) nm. La 4Mg(Ni, Co) 19 is 2H-Pr 5Co 19-type, a = 0.5042(2) nm, c = 3.2232(5) nm. In these all structure, La-La distance in the [CaCu 5] layer was 0.38∼0.40 nm but that in the [MgZn 2] layer was 0.32 nm. It was also found that Mg occupied the La site in the [MgZn 2] layer. Selective occupation of Mg at the La site in the [MgZn 2] layer makes the alloy stable in repeated reaction cycles with hydrogen. This alloy system has formed an agent group is described by the general formula La n+1MgNi 5n+4 where n = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Is monitor lizard unlucky?
Monitor lizard Superstition
Interestingly, many people associated this reincarnation with the lotteries and queued up just to touch the lizard’s skin for good luck. In India, however, monitor lizards are considered as bad luck and many people, especially pregnant women, do not tolerate their presence.
What is monitor lizard in Thai?
เหี้ย … an aquatic monitor lizard; water monitor (Varanus salvator)
Has a monitor lizard killed someone?
Horrifying story of man eaten by his SEVEN 6ft-long monitor lizards in ‘most bizarre pet killing’ ever seen. Ronald Huff’s death in 2002 remains one of the most terrifying and bizarre incidents of its kind after he was devoured by his pets.
What are signs of bad luck?
This is a list of signs believed to bring bad luck according to superstitions:
- Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck.
- Bird or flock going from left to right (Auspicia) (Paganism)
- Certain numbers: …
- Friday the 13th (In Spain, Greece and Georgia: Tuesday the 13th)
- Failing to respond to a chain letter.
What does seeing a lizard mean spiritually?
Lizard symbolism is linked to sun, light, regeneration, and renewal. It is a symbol of good fortune in some cultures but also of death and uncleanliness in the Bible. Lizards are patient, determined, and have the ability to blend in with the surroundings.
What lizards are in Thailand?
Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia (lizards)
|Scientific name||Family||Common name|
|Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus||Gekkonidae||Tuberculate Bent-toed Gecko|
|Cyrtodactylus phuketensis||Gekkonidae||Phuket Bent-toed Gecko|
|Cnemaspis siamensis||Gekkonidae||Siamese Rock Gecko|
|Cnemaspis chanardi||Gekkonidae||Chan-ard’s Rock Gecko|
What HIA means in Thai?
Hia is a Thai word that means giant monitor lizard. … Hia is a Thai word that means giant monitor lizard.
Will monitor lizard bite?
Do not be alarmed. These animals are shy and will not attack humans unless provoked or cornered. … Although monitor lizards do secrete venom, it is not fatal to humans. The main cause for concern would be bacterial infection from the bite.
Has a Komodo dragon killed a human?
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What are your summer plans? Do you have a special vacation coming up, one that you weren’t able to take during COVID? How about spending more time with friends and family? Or, maybe like many of us, you’re simply going to wing it over the next few months and see what pops up. On one hand, not having plans can be a wonderful, spontaneous way to enjoy life as it comes; other the other hand, too much time can lead to less productivity and, uh-oh, boredom.
And boredom these days typically leads us to our devices … smart devices, that is. Before we know it, we’ve wasted an entire afternoon looking at social media, reading depressing news, and viewing dozens of TikTok videos involving people slapping each other with tortillas—in other words, doomscrolling.
Since July is National Anti-Boredom Month, Insights has a few suggestions to have on hand the next time you’re experiencing ennui:
- Learn to play an instrument – with the help of YouTube videos, this can be surprisingly fun and totally doable. The better videos show you the basic how-tos and then walk you through short, easy pieces. If you don’t own an instrument, borrow one from a friend.
- Write a short story – don’t worry about writing that great American novel just yet; start with a short story that’s been buzzing around in your brain for months or years. Maybe it’s based on a bizarre incident you witnessed at a grocery store—anything mundane that caught your attention is good fodder. Like any well-written story, a short story should have a hook (something that intrigues the reader right away), a beginning, a middle and an end.
- Plan your next vacation – the great thing about planning versus taking a vacation is the former is free, has no limits regarding your desires or budget, and doesn’t involve today’s inevitable flight changes or cancellations. Tear pictures out of a magazine and put together a dream board. Think about the clothes you’ll wear, the food you’ll want to eat, the types of people you hope to meet—go for it.
- Dive deep into something that has always interested you – take a day or a week to learn all you can about it; make it your goal to be a minor expert on the topic.
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It was Jacques Cousteau, David Attenborough and Silvia Earle who first opened up the marine world to us with all its color and life. The oceans are home to up to 80% of all life on planet earth.
The purpose of this short article is to offer a scientific portal into how critical all the creatures in the ocean are to the preservation of life for all humans. From whales, dolphins and the smallest of sea creatures – every living creature in our vast oceans contributes inestimably valuable properties to the ecosystem.
Few people know that when dolphins and whales return to the water’s surface to breathe, they fertilize it with phytoplankton that absorbs more than four times the amount of carbon dioxide than the Amazon Rainforest. The phytoplankton also generates 85% of the oxygen that we breathe. We all know that carbon excess produces climate change, so the necessity for protecting these animals is crucial. Simply put: if whales and dolphins die, so do we.
Japanese Whale Hunting
In 2019, it was announced that Japan intended to resume whale hunting in the Antarctic so they withdrew from the International Whaling Commission to release themselves from scrutiny. They did this despite the international whaling ban since 1986. They are not the only culprits; many countries have operated under the radar despite the ban. Japan just happens to do it more aggressively.
Taiji Dolphin Hunt
Each year, over 700 dolphins and whales are herded into a cove for slaughter in Taiji, Southern Japan. The Japanese authorities are aware that the world is watching this mass slaughter, and they intimidate any onlookers with chasing police cars, secret service, and undercover authorities. The message is clear to witnesses: stay away! Ali Tabrizi of the documentary, ‘Seaspiracy’, came back with this first-account of what he saw:
“Fleets of boats go out for a few hours. They find a pod of dolphins and then bang and make noises to scare them. The dolphins are corralled into the cove – surrounded by inescapable nets. Knife-wielding divers get in and slice into them. It is a blood bath.”
The Taiji Dolphin Hunt is allegedly supported, funded and underwritten by the Marine Park Entertainment Industry. The industry sells young dolphins to marine parks to offset their own massive costs of keeping a live dolphin at a marine entertainment center.
It occurs relentlessly every year in Japan for other major reasons: commercial fishermen view dolphins as competition to their resources. Dolphins eat lots of fish, and so they slaughter them en masse in order to retain more fish for their nets. What they fail to recognize is that commercial overfishing is the root of the problem. Getting rid of a species in the ocean is not the answer to their egregious greed.
Blue Fin Tuna
Ali Tabrizi visited a seafood market close to Taiji and discovered why the fishermen are so eager to get rid of dolphin pods. Blue Fin Tuna is one of the most expensive fish in the ocean. It is so prized and so overfished that only 3% of the Blue Fin Tuna population is left on planet earth. It sells in Tokyo Seafood markets at incredibly high prices, and so the market-driven desire to get rid of the competition (dolphins) is obvious.
Despite all the well-intended legislation across the world to limit over-fishing, and to restore marine ecosystems, conservation watch groups like ‘Sea Shepherd’ form a vital role as they go out into our oceans and confront illegal fishing vessels
The Victims of Commercial Fishing
There are currently at least 4.6 million commercial fishing vessels out at sea. We as consumers are often ignorant about the agendas behind the can of tuna we purchase in the supermarket. A conservation group called ‘Sea Shepherd’ did their due diligence and discovered that on the west coast of France, up to 10,000 dolphins are caught in fishermen’s nets every year and they die. Experts assert that every year, over 300,000 dolphins are killed worldwide as victims of commercial fishermen’s ‘bi-catch’. ‘Dolphin Safe’ tuna can fishing labels often hide the truth behind the industry.
Shark Fin Industry
Tabrizi witnessed another ecologically reckless industry in his Japanese visit. Shark fin soup – which is bland and tasteless – is regarded as a big-ticket delicacy in posh Japanese restaurants. A bowl of soup runs at around $100. The only part of the shark that is harvested is its fins, and the rest of the creature is disposed of. Tabrizi went to Hong Kong – which is known as Shark Fin City – and witnessed huge shipments of shark fins being offloaded. Sharks are critical to the ocean’s ecosystem, and whenever we target a particular species and decimate it, we inadvertently create an ecological tsunami.
Consumers Wield the Real Power
Knowledge is power and as consumers, we have ethical choices to make. Despite all the well-intended legislation across the world to limit over-fishing, and to restore marine ecosystems, conservation watch groups like ‘Sea Shepherd’ form a vital role as they go out into our oceans and confront illegal fishing vessels. Ultimately, though, we hold considerable power – the power to pay for a product – or the power to boycott a product. The fishing industry meets consumer demand – and that is how we can, individually, effect the most change.
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How to Make Challah
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Nearly every Friday morning for the past 40 some years, I have made challah – a special, braided bread eaten by Jews for the Sabbath and other holidays, although now it is fairly mainstream and I notice “Challah French Toast” on menus everywhere. I love the process of starting with four main ingredients – flour, egg, water and yeast – and ending up with a sweet, wonderful loaf of bread.
As empty nesters, my husband and I finish a large (2 ½ lb) loaf of bread by the end of the weekend. We slice it with soup or have it with dinner Friday night. Saturday morning the challah often morphs into French Toast, and the rest of the weekend sliced challah makes an appearance in all kinds of sandwiches. If there is a bit left over, I make bread crumbs and store them in the freezer. Whenever I visit my grandchildren, I inevitably end up baking at least one challah! (My children do this even when I am not there, but I like the grandmotherly touch.)
Somewhere long ago I recall reading that the smell of freshly baked bread is important for young children…maybe I made this up or dreamed it, but there is nothing like the smell that emanates from the kitchen when challah is in the oven. I have never found a “store bought” challah that tastes half as wonderful as mine.
I first learned to make challah in my early twenties, working as a nurse in Iowa. I attended a cooking demonstration, and at that stage of my life I was baking all kinds of bagels and rye breads and was anxious to learn yet another type of bread. My mom really didn’t bake bread often; she had five of us under foot. I recall that the recipe I wrote down from the class and the braiding technique worked out the first time through, yet I didn’t love the taste of that challah. It wasn’t sweet enough or dense enough for my palate.
The recipe that follows is truly my own, and believe me I have tried roughly a dozen various formulas. I like a sweet, less eggy loaf. The amount of flour you need varies with the size of the eggs and with the weather. For example, if it is rainy you might need a bit more flour. Baking bread is an art, not a science. I began making this bread by hand, and then transitioned to a stand mixer or Cuisinart. At this point in my life, I stir and knead the bread without the help of a machine because I love the feel of silky dough on my fingers. You can easily double this recipe if you would like two large loaves (you can even freeze one) or one large loaf and a pan of cinnamon rolls. Bread making is one of my favorite past times, and I make all kinds of 100% whole grain breads, cinnamon rolls, oatmeal-honey bread, pumpernickel, buttermilk bread … you name it. The principles are the same.
This can be even simpler if you are pressed for time. You can make the dough, cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and leave it in the refrigerator overnight. The next day, take it out (it will have risen), braid it, let it rise for an hour and bake it. This is more manageable for those of you with a hectic, busy life; I know my children employ this technique because they are rarely around for 3 hours in a row. I realize that this is not the most healthful bread because it calls for white flour and sugar. I tried experimenting with whole wheat challahs and somehow it doesn’t seem the same. So for challah, I make an exception to my “at least 50% whole grain bread.”
You can view the video I included for a tutorial that includes instructions for braiding a round loaf. You can make a 3 braid, 4 braid (my go-to type) or a 6 braid loaf (my sisters do this). The dough can produce two smaller loaves or you can bake a smaller loaf and a pan of cinnamon rolls or pull aparts. Endless possibilities!
Marilyn’s Global Challah
Makes one large or two small loaves
- 1 1/4 c warm water
- 1 package or 2 slightly heaping tsp dry yeast – not the quick yeast for bread machines (each package varies, so check yours.)
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature (1 for the dough and reserve the other to glaze it)
- Dash vanilla
- 2 Tbs. (1/4 stick) very soft butter, soy margarine or canola oil
- 1 ½ tsp. salt
- Scant ½ cup sugar
- 3 cups bread flour + 1 more cup measured out
- Sesame or poppy seeds (optional)
Whisk together warm water, yeast and sugar and wait 5 minutes until it bubbles.
Add 1 egg, vanilla and butter to the liquid yeast mixture.
Mix up the salt, sugar and 3 cups of flour in the large mixing bowl. Slowly add liquids into flour mixture. If needed, add the last cup of flour or you may need less depending on the weather, the size of the eggs and so on.
Finish kneading on the counter on a little flour. The dough should be a little sticky. Put in oiled large bowl and let rise covered with a dish towel or plastic wrap for one hour. Punch down and let it rest for five minutes. Put in large braid (2 ½ lb loaf) OR two smaller loaves (1 ¼ lb each) on parchment paper. Let it rise another 50-60 minutes covered with a tea towel or plastic wrap.
Brush the top with egg wash (1 egg + 1 Tbsp of water) mixed w/a little vanilla and sprinkle w/sesame or poppy seeds if desired. Brush seeds again with egg wash so they don’t come off.
Bake at 350 for 32 minutes for a huge loaf or 28-30 minutes if you’re making smaller loaves/rolls. The internal temperature should be 190 degrees if you have an thermometer to test the center of the loaf. (Round braided loaf takes 35+ min)
Remove from the baking sheet onto a rack to cool. Wait at least ½ hour to cut. Do not wrap in a plastic bag or freeze for at least 5 hours so the core is completely cool.
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Yeah, I probably sound like a broken record on this topic. But, the more I follow Orthodox Christian prayer, the more I am overwhelmed at how the request for mercy is more essential than any other petition that we may offer. Looking at the Morning prayer in the Orthodox Study Bible, in the opening trisagion, mercy is asked for seven times. It is repeated another six times in the intercessory prayers and four times in the benediction. In the evening prayers, mercy is asked for a total of twenty-two times. So, if one were to pray these (an Orthodox Christian should pray at least in the morning and at night), one would pray for mercy thirty-nine times. Include variations of the word and various orders and fellowship disciplines, it is asked for even more.
This is not to say that we Protestants don’t ask for it. But, there are some serious flaws in our prayers that we ought to correct. Let me point out this one, that we believe we don’t have to use any sort of written prayers. While it is true that the Holy Spirit does act in and on our individual souls, it is also a unifying force. We see this in Acts 2 where the disciples are all together on one accord. And what puts us together on one accord more so than prayer? The prayers of Orthodoxy have been around for 2000 years. The early church fathers came together and deemed mercy to the greatest of all petitions we can offer. So, the church handed down the tradition that all Christians should be united in this basic plea to God. We are to offer up our personal request according to our needs, give thanksgivings according to our joys, and offer up all other prayers according to our walk with the Lord. But, whoever and where ever we are on life’s journey, we are all united by our need for God to show us unmerited kindness as we all have missed the mark of living in holiness. We all stand in the need of mercy more than anything else. Thus, it should be the forefront, center, and conclusion of all of our prayers.
And this is not to say that Orthodox Christians are perfect. But, what has the fractured and individualistic nature of our prayers given to us? Look at the number of denominations and (so-called) non-denominations we have. Do we have unity of heart and mind among us? Among African-American Baptist alone we went from one national body to four major ones and an untold number of spin-off fellowships headed by men, and some women, who’s only purpose in leaving the parent body was to become the HNIC (Head Negro In Charge). As our denomination recognizes no hierarchical authority, the trend of such spin-offs will only continue based on egotistical preachers who would rather follow popular trends of gratification than academic scholarship and living in spiritual discipline. With this fractured spirit among “one” denomination of one ethnic group, our prayers are then reduced to individualistic exercises of self-importance rather than anything done in the spirit of unity.
Perhaps I am being harsh. Maybe I should concern myself with my own faith and stop looking at what other folks are doing. But, I dare anyone to look at your morning and evening prayers and analyze your words. What is the thing you ask God for more than anything else? Is that petition a universal need of everyone? Does that petition bring you to total humility to God’s will?
Our slave ancestors and Jim Crow survivors of all denominations did hold one prayer in common. Lord, have mercy. If we choose not to go back to the prayers of our ancient Christian forefathers, at least we should go back to the roots of our faith in America. At least let our denominational heads agree that every Christian should make this common plea the central focus of daily prayer and develop a common text that underscores it’s importance. In these times, we all need God’s mercy more than anything else. It only makes sense that we have written prayers that unites us in this petition. | <urn:uuid:b8d5c14e-83f0-40b7-aa02-4e1ab45d435b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stsimonsorder.org/category/holy-spirit/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.957023 | 845 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Pet bells come in all shapes and sizes, from dog bells, to sheep bells, to turkey bells, we have all bells you need! Put bells on your animals to keep track of them and protect them from predators. Bells add music to your home and train your animals.
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How To Use Dog Training Bells: Potty Training A Puppy With A BellIt takes a bit of patience, love, and persistence to train your furry friend how to ring a bell. With these simple steps, you will be well on your way to an obedient, potty trained dog!
- You will need a loud enough bell or set of bells for your dog to ring. These dog bells and dog training bells work very well. You will eventually tie these bells to ribbon or string, or attach them near the door.
- After choosing your dog bell, show it to your dog to familiarize her with it. Encourage her to touch it and play with it. If she touches the bell, become very excited and reward her with a treat! Repeat this several times over several days. Once she is touching the bell on her own, move to the next step.
- Show your dog the bell. Take her paw and gently tap it so it rings. Do this frequently over a few days. Only reward her with a treat when she is doing it on her own.
- Now, place your potty training bell near the door. Lead your dog to the door and show her the bell. She should be getting used to seeing the bell and knowing what to do. Allow her to watch as you place a treat outside the door and encourage her to ring the bell. When she rings the bell, open the door and reward her with the treat and verbal praise! Once she starts ringing the bell right away, it is time to move on to the next step.
- The next time you think she needs to potty, point to the bell and tell her to ring it. When she rings it, let her out. If she starts dilly dallying or playing instead of pottying, bring her back inside. It is important to do this, because you don't want her ringing the bell every time she spots a squirrel or just wants to play. When she rings the bell and goes out to potty, let her back in and give her a treat! Repeat this action every time you suspect your dog needs to go outside, and always reward her when she does the right behavior!
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Cat Bells To Protect Small AnimalsIf you want to protect small animals from your feline friend, then you need cat collars with bells! Cat bells warn birds of an approaching hunter, and they discourage your cat from stalking. A jingle bell is the best bell to use for this purpose. The enclosed bell will make the most noise as your cat prances about. Purchase jingle bells to tie to your cat's collar or purchase an entire collar and bell set.
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A Good Strategy for Analyzing and Revising a First Draft of a Term Paper
A good strategy for analyzing and reviewing a first draft of a term paper involves several steps that guide you through process and critiquing your own work. Some students have a difficult time editing their own work, because they are unsure of what should be edited or how to clean up the paper. They are too involved with their piece of writing and may get caught up in the subjectivity of the paper. Use the following guide as a good strategy.
Start with Fixing the Easy Parts
- Go through the whole paper and fix any simple spelling, punctuation, grammar and overall sentence structure mistakes.
- Get this part over first. It’s the easiest part of the process, and it will get you in an analyzing and revising mode.
Revisit Your Thesis Statement, Your Main Point.
- After writing the whole paper and putting so much effort forth, you may get lost and almost forget your main thesis. It can be easy to go off on a tangent, no longer paying attention to the main point.
- So, revisit your thesis statement and ensure that your paper neatly follows and addresses your thesis statement all the way through.
Reassess Your Research and Evidence
- Now that you’ve refocused your thesis, you can go back and better reassess your presented research and evidence.
- You can better determine what may be missing or what should be taken out.
Revise and Make Edits Paying Attention to Tone and Voice
- Now, go back and fix the more difficult parts of general editing, the tone of your writing and your voice.
- Ensure your tone is professional. Research term papers are not personal. Try reading your paper aloud to see hear how your paper reads.
- Make sure you turn any passive voice statement into an active voice statement. Using an active voice ensures proper readability. Passive voice usually sounds boring.
Clean Up the Paper with Solely the Reader in Mind
- Try to step outside of yourself and read your paper as if you are reading it for the first time. Pretend that it is not your paper.
- How does the paper sound to you? What are the best points? Where were you engaged the most? Why? Be sure to answer all of these questions.
Have Someone Else Read Your Paper
- Once, the person has finished reading your paper, ask this person the same questions you asked yourself while making pretend you were reading your work as another.
- Tell the person you really need constructive criticism and to be honest. Ask him or her not to be worried about offending you (and then stick to that!).
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Factors that can keep cruisers in port include mariners’ health and weather. As I took air, bus and fast ferry from New York City to Isla Mujeres off Cancun, Mexico, I was unaware that nearly a week would go by before these factors would allow us to set off on our passage to Cienfuegos, Cuba, a destination some 300 miles to the east.
On a blustery but warm Thursday afternoon, Lucy and John Knape (my sister and brother-in-law) met me as I stepped from the speedy Ultramar catamaran on Isla Mujeres, a small Mexican island. The Knapes’ boat, a 44-foot DuFour ketch named Maraki, its unique red hull clearly visible even in the spray, was a wet 10-minute ride away in the inflatable. I was ready to sail, but Lucy announced that although Maraki was provisioned and ready to go, there was no way we were leaving the next day. John had broken a tooth and had an emergency appointment with a dentist on the island.
The Knapes had left the east coast of the U.S. two years before and been slowly making their way southward, clockwise around the Lesser Antilles to South America and then back northward, up along Central America. Two decades earlier, they had taken this same DuFour ketch around the world. Lucy was a nurse as well as a seasoned sailor, but major dental repair was beyond her skill and tools.
The four legs of the trip from Isla Mujeres to Cienfuegos.
A bad tooth and lousy weather
“But even without this dental issue, we’re not seeing very favorable conditions for a while,” Lucy said. Sailing from Isla Mujeres to Cienfuegos, Cuba, poses two problems; the first is crossing the northward current of the Gulf Stream as it pours through the Straits of Yucatan in a season known for its northerlies. Current against wind, of course, makes for choppy steep waves. The second problem is that, once protected from the northerlies along the southern coast of Cuba, there are predominant easterly winds combined with a westward current pushing hard against forward motion.
The first item of each morning in our anchorage was the Isla Mujeres Cruisers net, hosted by John of the sailboat Tropical Fun. With his distinct Boston accent, he moderated the broadcast each morning at 0815 on VHF 13. Besides a local weather report, the VHF show offerered a space for priority and emergency traffic, new arrivals’ introductions, departure announcements and a goods/services exchange called “Treasures from the Bilge.” At 0830, the Knapes turned down the VHF volume and switched on the SSB for Chris Parker’s Marine Weather Center for more comprehensive weather information forecast for certain specific parts of the Caribbean. Cruisers who pay a fee to Chris Parker can call in to receive vessel-specific weather and routing advice. John called in, and Chris advised against the crossing for the next few days. “Isla Mujeres will be rough in the anchorage, but the Straits will be much worse,” Chris said.
Before the predicted winds increased to 18 to 25 knots with possible gusts up to 34, we set out a second anchor. The bottom here was muddy and the anchored sailboats — all in the 36- to 55-foot range — were vulnerable to winds from the north. Later that day, two boats did drag anchor, but their crews were able to reset them.
Lucy and John listen to the radio weather before departing Mexico.
A departure postponement had already been in place because of the dentist and complications. When John went ashore for another morning of dental work, Lucy and I went with him to explore the charms of Isla Mujeres, which translates to “island of women.” The markets there are busy and buildings brightly painted, but the beaches were empty with the cool (65° F) winds from the north, part of the same huge weather system that dumped snow along the northeastern coast of the U.S.
By Wednesday, day six in Isla Mujeres, the dental work was done. Chris Parker gave a moderately optimistic advisory, provided that we left port that day and entered the lee of Cuba’s western tip before the next round of northerlies returned with a vengeance by Friday. Specifically, he said Wednesday afternoon would see “winds from the SSW 18 to 20 knots diminishing to S 12 at sunset, with the possibility of some squalls. Thursday morning will bring WSW 12 freshening to 15 late and then going NW during the night with 20 to 25 with gusts up to 30.” By then, we planned to be in the east of Cabo San Antonio and in the lee. “Friday will bring NNW going N under 20; Saturday N 20 to 25 around Cayo Largo, going SE 10 for Sunday.” The boats in the anchorage had seen this pattern repeat itself for a month now, and although the crossing might be rough, Maraki and the Knapes could handle it.
With the final decision made to depart, all that remained was a trip ashore to get clearance from the Captain of the Port and a stamp from the passport office. We were at the Port Captain’s office before they opened at 1000, but the authorities — although friendly — carried their own sense of priority. It was not until 1330 that we were back at the ketch. We quickly got the inflatable deflated and secured to the foredeck, and the anchor raised and lashed down for the transit.
We logged departure as 1335 and began weaving our way through the channel toward the opening in the reef. At 1345, as he monitored the engine, John noticed a wet exhaust leak in the bilge. Something had occurred during the month-long stay at anchor. Lucy spun the wheel 180 degrees and we re-anchored. A confused neighboring boat radioed to ask what was wrong, and Lucy explained while John removed the clamp to rework a watertight connection.
Will Van Dorp and John Knape in the cockpit.
A second departure
At 1630, we left the anchorage again, this time with a dry bilge and no leaks. Lucy steered carefully, watching the chartplotter as John kept watch from the bow until we cleared the reef and shut off the engine. As the island disappeared, we were soon in more than 200 fathoms of water. A few open fishing boats powered by single outboards negotiated the swells more than 15 miles offshore. By early evening, the bottom had dropped to more than 900 fathoms. Our course was set at 81 degrees and after trimming the jib and main several times, we moved at 5-7 knots toward Cuba. An indication of the strong northward 3-knot current of the Gulf Stream was the need to steer 100 degrees to compensate for the powerful current. We needed to sail far enough south of Cabo San Antonio so that we could clear Cabo Corrientes as well.
Somehow Lucy managed to cook a delicious dinner — rice and chicken — but my system was not ready for the sail and I heaved it overboard in several installments, the extra-strength Stugeron notwithstanding. I stayed in the cockpit as John and Lucy alternated watch through the night. We were careful to keep a careful eye on and to dodge the dozen ships we counted on AIS.
Around 0800 we made first landfall off Cabo San Antonio, but then the land disappeared again as we crossed Ensenada de Corrientes on our way to Cabo Corrientes. By noon we saw the light at Cabo Frances and we began to motorsail our way into Bahia de Cortés, where we would be protected behind the Sierra del Rosario range. We lost wind altogether in the late afternoon, and motored the last hour and a half into Gulf of Batabano toward Playa Bailén. About a half-mile off, we anchored in 15 feet of water — 160 miles and 26 hours from Isla Mujeres. Although there was little activity visible on shore, we raised a yellow quarantine flag along with the courtesy Cuban flag from the mizzen, since we had not yet officially cleared into Cuba.
Maraki approaches the Cuban coast in the Gulf of Batabano to anchor off the beach at Playa Bailen.
Sunrise on Friday brought a clear sky. If the predicted gusts for Thursday night had happened, we didn’t see them off Playa Bailén. After a hearty breakfast, we raised anchor and set a course of 130 degrees to clear Punta Frances, a point near the southwest corner of Isla de la Juventud (Island of Youth). Punta Frances is named not for the saint but rather for the 16th-century French pirate Francois Le Clerc, also known as Jambe de Bois or Peg Leg.
The winds were so light, John decided to set the asymmetrical spinnaker. Enjoying perfect sailing at around 6 knots, we all sat in the cockpit. A skittering of flying fish suggested it might be good fishing. We threw out a line and soon hooked and lost a dorado and a small sailfish, but landed a bonito and barracuda, which we both quickly returned to the 1,000-plus-fathom water.
By sunset on Friday, we brought the spinnaker down as the winds had freshened and shifted to the northeast. And for what seemed like many hours until I was off watch, the 197-foot lighthouse at Carapachibey showed the otherwise completely dark edge of land, which we could follow at only six miles off because the steep underwater cliffs quickly dropped the sea floor to thousands of feet. In our wake, disturbed bioluminescent creatures glowed, mimicking the thousands of stars overhead.
A squall moved in and we reefed the main just before heavy rain began to fall. Because we were on a close port reach, I couldn’t stay in my portside berth even with the leeboard, so a mat wedged between the center bulkhead and starboard berth allowed me to fall into an enclosed space where I slept.
Catching a fish on Maraki.
One of the problems of sailing in Cuban waters today is the question of reliable information. Our chart resources included a GeoCuba Charts Kit, Agirre and Virgintino’s Cuba Cruising Guide and Calder’s Cuba: A Cruising Guide [editor’s note: the NV Charts company also provides an excellent modernized chart catalog for Cuba]. Beside those, there was the cruisers’ scuttlebutt.
In Isla Mujeres, the Knapes had met several cruisers who had recently sailed from east to west along southern Cuba and reported that any boat seeking shelter from weather between the southeast point and Isla de la Juventud would be asked to leave by the Cuban authorities.
By daybreak on Saturday, the wind had picked up again and we steered farther offshore for a flatter ride. The sea bottom below us varied at depths greater than 2,400 fathoms even though we were about 25 miles offshore. By midmorning, we’d decided to drop all sail and motor into Cayo Largo.
About five miles off Cayo Largo, we spotted what at first seemed like a lighthouse, but we soon recognized it was a sailboat — a sloop running downwind, the first we’d seen since leaving Isla Mujeres. We wondered whether it was Ghost Boat, which had inquired on Chris Parker’s show about timing for a passage in the opposite direction of us. Also anchored a mile or so out was Star Flyer, a 366-foot Malta-registered barquentine with the capacity for more than 100 passengers. We found a location inside the reef and anchored in 15 feet of clear blue water over sand. Leg No. 2 of the passage was marked at 150 miles in 32 hours.
John dousing the asymmetrical.
With our yellow quarantine flag still flying, we departed Cayo Largo at 1000 on Sunday morning, hoping for an easy 24-mile run to Cayo Sal, which would offer a good anchorage with protection from the forecast 15- to18-knot wind from the east. We motored the first two hours, several times burying the bow of the ketch in the steep waves.
But, by noon we had cleared the southeast point of Cayo Largo and could turn to 35 degrees and into the shallower waters of Banco de los Jardines, protected from the deep waters by a reef. By 1530 we were anchored off Cayo Sal. A Swedish ketch was already there, as was a small Cuban fishing boat. Two men seemed to be stripping a wrecked catamaran on the rocks on the north side of Cayo Sal. Periodically water shot high from a blowhole near there as well, but having not officially entered Cuba, we chose not to go ashore. We snorkeled near the boat and then enjoyed some rum with dinner.
Noise in the anchorage
Before night fell, a catamaran likely out of the charter fleet in Cienfuegos sailed into our anchorage, bringing a fair amount of celebratory noise from its crew. They also ran their inflatable out to a nearby Cuban fishing boat several times, possibly to barter for fresh fish or lobsters. As I mentioned before, we had seen no pleasure boats until Cayo Largo; since then, we’d seen at least a dozen out of the charter fleets in both Cayo Largo and Cienfuegos as well as a few private cruisers. It’s possible to fly directly to the international airport in Cienfuegos and a few hours later sail away on a chartered vessel.
The lighthouse at Cayo Guano del Este, built in 1970 to look like a Soviet rocket.
On Monday morning, Feb. 1, we got underway soon after sunrise. An unidentified catamaran followed us in for most of the 50 miles remaining for Cienfuegos. A direct 30-degree course for the entrance to Cienfuegos was not possible because of the prohibited zone across Gulf of Cazones, one bay of which is Bahía de Cochinos, the infamous Bay of Pigs. The story was that this water is prohibited because of dangerous currents and calms. I was happy for the roundabout route because it took us within a half-mile of the lighthouse on Cayo Guano del Este, a light erected in 1970 and designed to look like a Soviet rocket. When we dropped to less than 4 knots due to dying winds, we started up the engine and motorsailed in. Eventually what was a squall line dissipated and showed a ridgeline below it, the Escambray Mountains to the southeast of Cienfuegos.
By 1500, we were several miles off the entrance to the bay. North of the lighthouse, tall buildings — Cienfuegos City, we assumed — were visible over the ridge, and farther away along the beach was the unfinished and all but abandoned Juragua nuclear power plant. Although we feared that the squalls atop the Escambray might dampen an otherwise beautiful last leg and obscure the markers in the four-mile channel up to our anchorage in Cienfuegos, the clouds stayed on the peaks. We met the Panamian bulker Celia at the entrance and passed starboard to starboard, still flying the yellow quarantine flag.
The winding channel turned out to be well marked and deep as well as picturesque with many places beckoning to explore; notably, a modern hotel, an 18th-century fortress and some small fishing villages. We radioed the dockmaster in Cienfuegos requesting to check in with the authorities and got instructions to anchor in front of the yacht club, where they would come out to meet us. Directly ahead were an oil refinery and other commercial docks, but a clutch of cruising boats to starboard was our destination. The catamaran that followed us in turned out to be one the Knapes knew from their Thanksgiving in Grand Cayman. And as we motored through the anchorage there was a Dutch catamaran, Bella Ciao, they knew from cruising in Panama a half-year back. We dropped the hook near Bella Ciao and logged the time as 1630 on Monday, 360 miles total from Isla Mujeres and not quite 75 hours of travel elapsed.
The harbor at Cienfuegos, with visiting yachts and the ornate yacht club on shore at right.
Free to go ashore
By 1730, the yellow quarantine flag was down, permitted by a doctor who was ferried out by a friendly dockmaster named Nelson, who spoke English quite well. Later, Nelson returned with three customs and passport control officials dressed in military shirts with epaulettes, equally friendly but professional. The customs officials requested we open a few compartments and then stamped loose forms we were told to keep with our passports, explaining they could stamp our passports if we so desired as well. Finally, with the condition that the inflatable be used only for transit between the anchorage and the shore and that it needed to be raised out of the water each night, we were told we were free to come ashore.
Regardless of all the delays in Isla Mujeres, Tuesday morning we still needed to sign a contract with the marina. Nelson, the dockmaster, told us that rather than go all the way into the town to change money, they also could do this at the Hotel Jagua about a 10-minute walk away. Cuba has two currencies; the Cuban peso is used by Cubans, and the convertible peso or CUC (pronounced “kook”), is used by foreigners. A clerk at Hotel Jagua changed money with a minimum of paperwork or protocol, making me feel one step closer to meeting my schedule. With CUCs in pocket, we set out to explore Cienfuegos. My attention was constantly pulled by the classic American cars.
As we strolled along the malecon, a man on a bicycle stopped and asked if we would need a taxi — a collectivo, or shared taxi — to Havana, almost 150 miles away. We negotiated a price with Juan, he showed an ID (perhaps as a way to establish credibility) and we agreed on a time to meet Wednesday morning. Then Lucy, John, and I walked farther into town to locate the bus terminal as a backup plan.
Come Wednesday morning, Juan showed up at the marina gate as we had agreed. He had even better news: Because he had located two other passengers to share the taxi, my price would be 25 percent less. No catch. That’s how collectivos work. And he had other good news — a contact there who ran a casa particular, a private B&B. I said my goodbyes to John and Lucy, as they didn’t share my travel schedule and had planned to spend their entire month-long Cuba visa sailing slowly around the southern coast of Cuba before making their way to the Bahamas and then to Florida.
By early afternoon the driver dropped me off at a specific address on a narrow street in “Havana Vieja,” the old city, and I had a place to stay — not at the casa particular Juan had suggested because it had no vacancy, but at another one around the corner. There is an extensive network of these lodgings that seem to support each other in this way. I spent 24 fascinating hours in Havana before catching my return flight to the U.S.
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Can You Grow Cannabis In Iowa?
We're setting the bar pretty high with this one, folks.
You need one to drive.
You need one to fish.
Now, it turns out you can get a license to grow hemp.
Iowa is rich in agriculture. If you go out for a long drive you'll find farms with acres of crops to harvest. Instead of growing alfalfa or soybeans, it looks like farmers in Iowa might be able to plant, harvest, and grow hemp.
Last year, Iowa residents could grow this plant if they acquired a license. As reported by Radio Iowa, the Iowa Department of Agriculture is allowing people to grow the crop as long as they apply. This will be the second year in a row that Iowans can sign up.
The crop must have a THC level of .3 or less to be acceptable by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.
Last year, growers had only fifteen days to cultivate their crops. Just a year later and that time has doubled, which means that farmers have to harvest everything in thirty days or less. More than eighty licenses were given out over the course of last year's season, and the majority of people applying in 2021 are first-time growers.
For questions about applying for a hemp license, you can reach out to email@example.com via email or even give this number a call; (515) 725-1470. Officials from the Iowa Department of Agriculture also say that the actual commercial use of hemp still does not make the use of cannabidiol for human consumption (otherwise known as CBD) legal. | <urn:uuid:fc0ffbc5-4f25-4724-8060-11ec5ebfe726> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kcrr.com/can-you-grow-cannabis-in-iowa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.959597 | 335 | 2.0625 | 2 |
A new interdisciplinary interest has risen to study interconnections between oral tradition and book culture. In addition to the use and dissemination of printed books, newspapers etc., book culture denotes manuscript media and the circulation of written documents of oral tradition in and through the archive, into published collections. Book culture also intertwines the process of framing and defining oral genres with literary interests and ideologies.
The present volume is highly relevant to anyone interested in oral cultures and their relationship to the culture of writing and publishing. The questions discussed include the following: How have printing and book publishing set terms for oral tradition scholarship? How have the practices of reading affected the circulation of oral traditions? Which books and publishing projects have played a key role in this and how? How have the written representations of oral traditions, as well as the roles of editors and publishers, introduced authorship to materials customarily regarded as anonymous and collective? | <urn:uuid:897838fd-7aa6-4c82-8e16-e2ed4f488b69> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kirjat.finlit.fi/EN/page/product/oral-tradition-and-book-culture/2284961 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.966534 | 180 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The latest analysis of the state of the US news media was recently published by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Amongst other things, it notes a continuing trend for technology giants to move into the news business. For example, as part of YouTube’s plans to become a producer of original television content, it is funding Reuters to produce original news shows.
But what does the changing news environment mean for health reporting?
Thanks to Angilee Shah and the Reporting on Health blog at the University of Southern California for allowing cross-posting of an article examining just this.
(And at the bottom of the post is a link to an article at The Conversation looking at trends in philanthropic funding of journalism. It is by Bill Birnbauer, who will be well known to many Croakey readers for his health-related investigations over the years.)
Are specialised sites and social media best placed to meet the appetite for health news?
Angilee Shah writes:
This year’s State of the News Media report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism leads with mobile content. It’s not surprising considering how prevalent mobile devices are.
But what is surprising is that this new publishing world of smartphones, tablets and laptops or desktops, is not just about the short stuff.
The proliferation of mobile devices, it turns out, could actually be spurring long-form journalism:
Mobile may be leading to a deeper experience with news than on the desktop/laptop computer. As sales of e-readers and tablet computers grow, PEJ’s early research has found consumers are reading more immersively on these devices than on earlier technology. New survey data released here add to that. More than a quarter of the population, 27%, now get news on mobile devices. And these mobile news consumers are even more likely to turn to news organizations directly, through apps and home pages, rather than search or recommendations — strengthening the bond with traditional brands. The evidence also suggests mobile is adding to, rather than replacing, people’s news consumption.
A new survey of more than 3,000 U.S. adults by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism finds that rather than gravitating toward one device, a growing number of Americans are becoming multiplatform digital news consumers. These “digital mavens” get news on all their devices — and even more so if they own all three types of devices. In other words, digital devices appear to be an additive experience.
Furthermore, a media brand’s reputation still has more weight than social media links, especially on mobile devices. This is not to discount the “rapid growth” of traffic generated by Facebook and Twitter – anyone who owns a web property can tell you how important those networks are to driving readers to their content. But the report does assert that social media is not the end-all news driver that many people thought it would become was last year. The networks play an additive role, rather than act as a replacement for visiting news sites.
What does all this mean for health content in the media? The report’s data shows that newspapers pay more attention to business, education and health than other news mediums, but newspapers are also suffering from the greatest revenue loss of all the sectors Pew reviewed.
Pew’s annual report features an interactive chart-maker, where you can choose your own variables to compare media coverage of stories and topics in 2011, as I’ve done here. Health and health care, it turns out, are getting less coverage than in 2010 across all media. Here are some numbers on topics in the newshole from 2011 and 2010.
Contrast this with the research of Susannah Fox at Pew Internet, and the picture of health information on the web changes. 59 percent of adults in the United States look for health information online; 15 percent look for health information using their mobile phone, she reports.
These findings are more consistent with Michael Remez’s State of the News Media section on community news, which points out that local, niche sites are faring well. Health News Florida is a strong example.
The data leaves me with more questions than answers.
Do news media have an opportunity to provide more health information to an audience hungry for that kind of news? Or do these numbers suggest that specialised sites and social media are better venues for health information?
• Angilee Shah is the community manager at ReportingonHealth.org, a place for discussion of how we get our health news and information.
What role might universities play in supporting public interest health journalism?
At The Conversation, Monash University journalism academic Bill Birnbauer explores the health of philanthropic funding of journalism in the US.
While there are now about 75 not-for-profit centres doing investigative and accountability reporting, the competition for foundation funding is intense and its long-term sustainability is far from certain, he writes.
Birnbauer suggests that the Australian university sector could play a greater role in supporting such ventures. (Predictably enough, Croakey would love to see such an operation focusing on health-related investigations.)
Birnbauer concludes his piece urging “Australian philanthropists to note the words of the US Federal Communications Commission report on The Information Needs of Communities that ‘without strong reporting, the issues that philanthropists care about – whether health, environment, children, fiscal responsibility – are all short-changed’.”
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