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Specialized endocrine cells secrete a variety of peptide hormones all along the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, making it one of the largest endocrine organs in the body. Nutrients and developmental and neural cues trigger the secretion of gastrointestinal (GI) hormones from specialized endocrine cells along the GI tract. These hormones act in target tissues to facilitate digestion and regulate energy homeostasis. This SnapShot summarizes the production and functions of GI hormones.
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- REIA have called on the federal government to address housing affordability
- 97% of Australians are concerned with housing supply
- Supply shortfalls are predicted to be between 20% and 50%
Urgent calls have been made on the Australian government to address the issues surrounding home ownership.
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has outlined five key areas in which supply challenges need to be solved. These include homelessness, social and affordable housing, private rentals, first home buyers and home ownership.
REIA’s president, Adrian Kelly, highlighted the urgency for addressing the housing difficulties while speaking at the National Housing Forum earlier this month. He said that after hosting ‘Getting Real‘, the first ever policy forum for real estate agents, the predictions for sales and rental supply shortfalls were upgraded to 20 – 50 %.
“The amount of owner-occupiers without a mortgage plummeted from 40% in 1994 to just 30% by 2018 and this figure is expected to continue to decline as more people struggle to pay off their homes,” he said.
Mr Kelly believes that addressing the private sector, rather than affordable or social housing, should be a higher priority.
“…we do have to acknowledge that 97% of Australians are concerned with supply in the private market.”
Adrian Kelly, REIA President
“Pre-pandemic, REIA estimated the supply shortfall to be around 150,000 homes and this is despite the major home construction boom credited widely to the HomeBuilder stimulus.
“With 235,000 new Australians expected to return in force by 2023-24 after negative population growth, enabling supply is going to be critical. Between 2023 and 2060, we can expect significant changes to the status quo that must be planned for,” Mr Kelly said.
The housing affordability crisis is highlighted in New South Wales where it is at its worst ever according to REIA. Mortgagors in the state spend a staggering 43.7% of their income on loan repayments. Renters spend 27.5% of their income on rent.
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Extended-time period care: Early preparing pays off
It is greatest to converse about extensive-time period care early — just before health care or particular care is necessary. Here is assist knowledge, deciding upon and financing extensive-time period care.
By Mayo Clinic Personnel
Extended-time period care is a time period employed to describe household and neighborhood-dependent providers for adults who need assist caring for on their own.
If you are thinking about extensive-time period care choices for yourself, a dad or mum, or other close friend or relative, commence the exploration and conversations early. If you wait around, an harm or sickness may possibly power your hand — foremost to a selection that may possibly not be greatest in the extensive operate.
Here is assist receiving familiar with extensive-time period care choices.
Understanding forms of extensive-time period care
Studying about the different forms of extensive-time period care can assist you decide on the most correct choices for you or the particular person you are supporting. Possibilities include things like:
- Home care. Personalized or household overall health aides can assist with bathing, dressing and other particular needs at household, as well as housekeeping, foods and buying. Home overall health nurses provide fundamental health care care at household, these as assisting with medicines. Meal shipping systems can provide scorching foods to your household.
- Day systems. For adults who never need spherical-the-clock care, day systems provide social conversation, foods and routines, usually which include work out, video games, discipline visits, art and audio. Some systems provide transportation to and from the care centre as well as health care providers, these as assist taking medicines.
- Thorough at-household care systems. A Software of All-Inclusive Treatment for the Elderly (Rate) offers complete health care care and assistance providers, funded by Medicare and Medicaid, for more mature people today living at household. Availability of Rate providers varies by condition.
- Senior housing. Numerous communities provide rental residences meant for more mature adults, and hire may perhaps be subsidized for some people. Some senior housing amenities provide foods, transportation, housekeeping and routines.
- Assisted living. Personnel customers at these amenities assist people with taking treatment, bathing and dressing — as well as foods, transportation, housekeeping, laundry and social routines. Some assisted living amenities have on-site elegance shops and other amenities, too.
- Continuing-care retirement neighborhood. These communities provide several degrees of care — these as senior housing for those who are wholesome, assisted living for those who need assist with each day routines, and spherical-the-clock nursing care for those who are no extended impartial. Citizens can move amid the degrees of care depending on their needs.
- Nursing household. Nursing residences provide 24-hour nursing care for those recovering from sickness or harm and serve as extensive-time period residences for people today who are unable to care for on their own. Nursing residences also provide stop-of-daily life care. Solutions commonly include things like assist with having, dressing, bathing and toileting, as well as rehabilitative therapy.
Picking out the right extensive-time period care facility
Picking out a extensive-time period care facility can be frustrating. Take into account the subsequent thoughts for you or the particular person you are assisting to make decisions:
- What degree of support do you need? Do you need assist with receiving dressed or using the toilet? What normal health care care do you need? What form of assist do you need with foods or housekeeping? What sort of care does your health practitioner advocate?
- What are your particular tastes? Would you choose a lesser facility or specified living preparations, these as a one room? Would you fairly try to eat your foods in a neighborhood dining room or in your own room? What amenities are most crucial?
- What are the institution’s guidelines? Can people decide on when to get up and go to mattress? When are visitors allowed, and what social routines are presented? Can people continue on to see their particular medical practitioners?
- What amenities are supplied? What forms of recreational or social routines are supplied? Are there possibilities to participate in religious or cultural events? What forms of transportation providers are supplied?
- What can you find the money for? Get the particulars on rates, costs and providers. Know what is actually incorporated in the regular monthly payment and what costs excess.
- What’s obtainable close to household? Staying close to buddies and relatives can ease the transition to extensive-time period care. If vacancies are an challenge, question about waiting around lists.
- What’s your initially effect? Schedule a tour of the facility. Does the facility seem harmless and clean up, and are people taken care of respectfully? Do they seem delighted? Does the facility odor Alright, and is the temperature at ease? Are there ample caregivers on team? Make a second unannounced take a look at to confirm your initially effect.
- How does the facility review with some others? Use tools these as Nursing Home Look at on the Medicare website. Check with a extensive-time period care ombudsman — an formal who investigates issues towards extensive-time period care amenities — about the strengths and weaknesses of particular amenities. To locate a local ombudsman, use the Eldercare Locator, an online support of the U.S. Administration on Aging.
Also, get views from buddies and relatives who have encounter with nursing residences. Check with your health practitioner for a recommendation and if he or she sees people in any nursing residences. Social staff, hospital discharge planners and local companies on ageing may possibly provide strategies as well.
Spending for extensive-time period care
Extended-time period care can be highly-priced. Commonly, paying for extensive-time period care commences as an out-of-pocket price. Other fiscal choices include things like:
- Medicare, a federal system for people today more mature than 65 and those who have specified disabilities, will not typically pay for extensive-time period care. Specified choices beneath Medicare will protect health practitioner care, prescriptions and health care units you need though in a extensive-time period care facility. Medicare does protect short-time period nursing household care for these needs as rehabilitation or nursing care right after surgical procedure or hospitalization.
- Medicaid, a joint condition-federal system intended for people today who meet specified cash flow demands, may possibly be an selection to protect extensive-time period care for adults who have minimal belongings or those who’ve just about depleted their belongings.
- Extended-time period care coverage policies may perhaps protect extensive-time period care at a facility or in your household. Rates will rely on your age, your overall health and the form of added benefits you want.
- Everyday living coverage policies may perhaps include things like added benefits that can be employed to pay for extensive-time period care or an selection to provide your policy for its present price.
- A reverse mortgage loan is a bank loan towards a portion of the price of a residence. The payment of the bank loan, fascination and costs is due when the borrower sells the home, no extended makes use of it as a major residence or dies. Service fees and interests are typically a great deal bigger than other home loans.
Take into account consulting an legal professional, accountant or a local company on ageing for assist with fiscal decisions.
Speaking about extensive-time period care
If you are looking into extensive-time period care choices for a dad or mum, another relative or a close friend, make absolutely sure the particular person needing care is concerned in conversations and selection-earning as a great deal as attainable. Take into account these recommendations:
- System ahead. Will not wait around right until a extensive-time period care facility is essential. Begin preparing early so that you have time to appraise the choices together.
- Function extensive-time period care into day-to-day dialogue. If your mother mentions a trouble turning on the faucet, for example, question no matter if she could use assist bathing or managing other elements of particular care.
- Hear to tastes and considerations. Any particular person who’s mentally knowledgeable has the right to make decisions about extensive-time period care. Hear to thoughts, considerations and tastes that can assist manual decisions and your look for for the greatest choices.
- Reveal the need for care. Reveal why you really feel your relative needs extensive-time period care. Is 24-hour safety a concern? Is it difficult to vacation from household to health care care? Is it difficult to get wholesome foods each and every day? These difficulties can assist manual your dialogue and clarify the requirement of extensive-time period care.
- Involve some others. If endeavours to converse about extensive-time period care are not heading well, you may possibly entail dependable men and women, these as other kin or buddies, clergy, a health practitioner, or an legal professional.
- Aging in place: Rising more mature at household. National Institute on Aging. https://www.nia.nih.gov/overall health/ageing-place-growing-more mature-household. Accessed March 24, 2020.
- Your manual to deciding upon a nursing household or other extensive-time period care. Department of Health and Human Solutions. https://www.medicare.gov/pub/well known-medicare-publications. Accessed March 24, 2020.
- Grownup day systems. Administration for Community Residing. https://eldercare.acl.gov/community/methods/topic/Grownup_Day_Applications.aspx. Accessed April 1, 2020.
- Applications of All-Inclusive Treatment for the Elderly added benefits. Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Solutions. https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/extensive-time period-providers-supports/rate/systems-all-inclusive-care-elderly-added benefits/index.html. Accessed April 1, 2020.
- Household amenities, assisted living, and nursing residences. National Institute on Aging. https://www.nia.nih.gov/overall health/residential-amenities-assisted-living-and-nursing-residences. Accessed March 24, 2020.
- How to decide on a nursing household. National Institute on Aging. https://www.nia.nih.gov/overall health/how-decide on-nursing-household. Accessed March 24, 2020.
- Spending for care. National Institute on Aging. https://www.nia.nih.gov/overall health/paying-care. Accessed March 24, 2020.
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What Is A Hand Block Fabric?
Hand blocking is an ancient method of textile printing, renowned for it's exotic designs in vibrant colours on fabric. In this method, wooden blocks carved with intricate details are used to manually print beautiful designs that usually cover the entire length of a fabric.
This form of printing takes time and effort, but the results are stunning and justify the painstaking precision it takes.
Where Did Hand Block Printing Originate?
The art of block printing dates back to the ancient Indus valley civilization of India. There are examples of Indian block printed cloth from as early as the 12th century in museums. The article Art of Block Printing outlines the fascinating history of block printing in India, which continues to this day.
Creating The Design
It begins with the preparation of the design on wooden blocks. The block is normally two to three inches thick and is created out of box, lime, pear wood, teak, holly or sycamore. The upper surface is flattened and perfectly smooth.
Now comes the phase of transferring the design onto the block. The design which is first created on paper, is outlined on the block using lampblack and oil. The block cutter then begins carving in the details. The indents are created around the heavier masses first, and then the finer portions are handled.
Once the larger masses are cut, the design stands out like a letterpress. Here begins the difficult part. When we look at a hand block fabric we can observe several fine details. It is difficult to achieve these details by carving them directly into wood. Even when carved on wood, it is likely that these delicate details will break off easily. To prevent this, the details are built up in strips of metal and driven into the printing surface. This is called “coppering”, which is the process that creates the delicate stars, flowers and the pretty little details that we adore in hand block prints.
Now, here's an interesting fact: for every colour that is used in the design, a separate block is required. There are designs that are so complex that they use up to 30 blocks!
The Printing Process
The fabric to be printed is stretched out tightly on a printing table. A colour sieve (a tub filled with a dye and starch paste) is used to create the colour. Eco-friendly dyes are usually used in the traditional hand block printing method. Certainly, all the dyes used to create our hand block printed fabrics are azo-free.
The artist begins the process by stretching the required amount of cloth from the roll, securing it and marking the initial position where the first print is to be made. The engraved block is now immersed in the dye. It is then pressed firmly in the indicated position on the cloth and struck on the back to create a solid shape, or impression. A second impression is created in the same manner so that it aligns perfectly with the first. As any of you screen-printers will know, there is an incredible amount of skill needed here to ensure that the prints are created in a continuous fashion. This is all done by simply relying on pins placed at specific positions on the block as guides for the next placement. An expert printer will ensure that the print is continuous and there is no break in it.
Printing Multiple Colours
It is possible to create prints with more than one colour at the same time, using a method called “tobying”. Here, a special colour sieve containing compartments with different colours is used. The arrangement ensures that the colours stay within their specified boundaries. When the block is pressed onto the sieve, each part takes up a different colour which is then transferred to the cloth. However, this method can only be used for patterns that have different coloured shapes placed at small distances.
Although the method is relatively simple, we should remember that it is a labour-intensive process. The technique is primarily employed to create ethnic prints on sustainable textiles made with natural fibers. Nevertheless, the results are sensational, and the stunning effect of hand block fabrics is not easy to achieve by any other method.
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United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad I and II (MINURCAT I + II)
Book title: The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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This chapter focuses on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT I + II), a peacekeeping mission deployed by the UN Security Council in September 2007 to address some of the spillover effects of the war in Darfur, Sudan. MINURCAT was initially protected by a smaller European force, EUFOR, to carry out its mandate to protect civilians in danger, including refugees and displaced persons, and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid in Chad. After providing an overview of the crisis in Chad, the chapter outlines MINURCAT’s mandate and evaluates its operational achievements and limitations, as well as the important lessons that can be learned from its experience. | <urn:uuid:943d2bc6-c2db-4968-a604-8d4c9e12d4a0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nupi.no/publikasjoner/cristin-pub/united-nations-mission-in-the-central-african-republic-and-chad-i-and-ii-minurcat-i-ii | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.918384 | 187 | 2.28125 | 2 |
A best practice for structuring your code is to separate your core algorithm from other code that you use to test and verify the results.
A best practice for structuring your code is to separate your core algorithm from other code that you use to test and verify the results. Apps are included in many MATLAB products.
Apps are included in many MATLAB products.
Course Length : 5 hours 43 minutes : ISBN CP: Towards that end, we have released the GUIDE to App Designer Migration Tool for MATLAB in R2018a which eases the process of converting a GUIDE-based app to App Designer. At the end of the course, you will be a confident user of the MATLAB utility called GUIDE and App Designer for making GUI'S and apps for your programs. In the File section, click Open > Open GUIDE to App Designer Migration Tool. At the end of the course, you will be a confident user of the MATLAB utility called GUIDE and App Designer for making GUI'S and apps for your programs.
In app designer (MATLAB) I have two graphs I want to display ontop of eachother. App Designer is the recommended environment for building apps in MATLAB. The app migrates and automatically opens in App Designer. Best Practices for Converting MATLAB Code to Fixed Point . Choose a web site to get translated content where … By Harshita Bhurat, Tom Bryan, and Julia Wall, MathWorks . Active 8 months ago. All the operations required to complete the task — getting data into the app, performing calculations on the data, and getting results are performed within the app. Create a test file to call your original MATLAB® A MATLAB ® app is a self-contained MATLAB program with a user interface that automates a task or calculation. A MATLAB ® app is a self-contained MATLAB program with a user interface that automates a task or calculation.
Drag and drop visual components to the design canvas and use alignment hints to get a precise layout. The Driving Scenario Designer app lets you create virtual driving scenarios and generate synthetic sensor data for testing perception algorithm. Stack Overflow for Teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. I'm not sure exactly the source of the problem, but it wasn't the code itself. The scenario and sensor data used in your generated scenario can be exported to the MATLAB Edit: I reinstalled Matlab and it works now. Driving environments can include cars, pedestrians, cyclists, barriers, and other custom actors. Follow guidelines and practices for authoring MATLAB apps to be secure web apps. The tool automatically creates an App Designer app with the same layout as your GUIDE app, applies the necessary component configurations, and copies the GUIDE callback code over. Create a test file to call your original MATLAB ® algorithm and fixed-point versions of the algorithm. Define a property in the main app to store the dialog box app. I had a working GUI based program created in App Designer, but unfortunately, some of the functionality appears to be broken after installing version 2019b.
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Maybe it’s better if we do nothing at all
It goes without saying that “Doing nothing” does not include wearing face masks, hand washing, and some exercise. The time has come once again for Thais to “de-group”, “de-party”, “de-politicize”, play cooks, finish long-overdue TV series or books and try to be comfortable with the place they call “home.”
COVID-19 takes advantages of non-compliance of the above, and the very wrong idea that bad things only happen to others, not to “us”, in other words, the idea of “What’s wrong with visiting a friend or a relative?” As for politicization, too much of it and humans may find out that one day there could be nothing left to politicize.
Thailand is in a weird stage. On the one hand, relatively speaking, Americans would celebrate if they had Thailand’s figures at the moment, Brazil would also light fireworks and several other governments would dissolve Parliaments because 2,000 plus infections a day would guarantee re-elections. On the other hand, there are solid, scientific reasons for Thais to be really scared, and the “doing nothing at all” strategy must be applied exclusively for Thais’ own individual interests. The strategy mustn’t have to do with “faces” at any level.
Here are good reasons to be scared: The jumps in case numbers take away the previously-perceived “hot-weather advantages” of Thailand; they take place despite vaccines bringing down figures in several other places; Unlike India, Thailand is not so densely populated, and unlike America, everyone has been wearing masks in Thailand and basic self-protection is never politicized; the currently high numbers suggest that cases of people getting infected by family members, loved ones, colleagues and friends are on the rise; and vaccination is not widespread enough.
And we probably are not seeing the full extent of the Songkran effect yet.
A grim warning has been issued by a leading medical expert as Thailand grapples with its third and worst wave of COVID-19: expect a double-digit death toll to become regular daily occurrence. Prof Dr. Prasit Watanapa, dean of Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, spoke up on Tuesday (April 27) as the country recorded its second day of two-figure fatalities – 15 COVID-related deaths.
While it is difficult not to complain, consider one word, “Wuhan”. When the city was locked down, virtually becoming the world’s biggest prison with insiders unable to go out and outsiders unable to get in, there was criticism everywhere. Yet Beijing defied critics and proceeded to do the same with other Chinese cities. Look at China now.
India is the exact opposite of iron-handed COVID-19 management. While the Chinese did “nothing at all” _ something critics said only draconian rulers could impose or coerce _ normal lifestyle and politics ensured many businesses were as usual for the Indian people. Adding to relatively regular mass gatherings, big or small drops in cases made several increasingly complacent, and the rest is history. India is now on the verge of one of the biggest public health catastrophes of mankind, with hair-raising figures even thought to be under-reported ones.
One viral social media joke during last year’s lockdown has to do with a couch potato who all of a sudden became “the most responsible person”. It’s no laughing matter this time around. Watching TV, playing with the computer and jogging on the treadmill at home are seriously Thais’ best bet.
Last but not least, spare a lot of thoughts for the true heroes _ those who cannot “do nothing” because their jobs are about saving lives and delivering health or hygiene services. In Thailand, the risks are higher than last year but the needs for those people have also increased. While others can stay away from danger, they will have to face the danger head-on.
Doctors cannot work from home. Neither can nurses, ambulance drivers, other hospital personnel, garbage truck workers and etc. Field hospitals will require more manpower, meaning someone will need to work overtime and recruitments will be necessary.
Thais can only hope that by “doing nothing”, those heroic jobs might be a little easier. It’s the best we can do, for us and them.
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Comparison on Treatment Outcomes on Paediatric Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia: ICC APL 2001 Versus HKPHOSG AML 1996 Protocol
Acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) is a biologically and clinically distinct variant of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Patients often presented as a medical emergency with lethal haemorrhages. Despite high early mortality rate, APL has superior event-free survival (EFS) with prompt administration of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). This study is a retrospective review comparing outcomes of paediatric APL patients in Hong Kong treated with the two previously adopted protocols (HKPHOSG AML 1996 versus ICC APL 2001) over past 20 years. Total 53 eligible patients were identified, 30 and 23 were treated with HKPHOSG AML 1996 and ICC APL 2001 protocol respectively. Five-year overall survival and EFS for HKPHOSG AML 1996 versus ICC APL 2001 protocol were 80% versus 82.6% and 66.7% versus 75.1% with a median follow up period of 193.4 versus 56.7 months. To conclude, local data reveals that ATRA-based therapy demonstrate better outcome than AML-based chemotherapy in treating paediatric APL patients.
Keyword : Child; Drug therapy; Hong Kong; Leukaemia; Survival
Acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) is a rare form of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with only around 2 to 4 paediatric cases annually in Hong Kong. APL was classified as AML-M3 in the older French-American-British (FAB) classification system and is currently classified as APL with t(15;17)(q24.1;q21.2); PML-RARA in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system.1 APL is a biologically and clinically distinct variant of AML. Patients often presented as a medical emergency with lethal pulmonary or cerebrovascular haemorrhage due to coagulopathies (disseminated intravascular coagulation and primary hyperfibrinolysis) induced by leukaemic promyelocytes. Despite high rate of early mortality, APL has superior EFS of above 70% to nearly 100% across all age and risk groups once the differentiation agent all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is promptly administered when diagnosis is timely suspected or confirmed.2
Due to rare local incidence of paediatric APL, the Hong Kong Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Study Group (HKPHOSG) had adopted the HKPHOSG AML 1996 protocol based on UK MRC AML 10/12 protocol in treating territory-wide paediatric APL patients in all local paediatric oncology centres during 1997 to 2008, followed by joining the International Consortium for Childhood (ICC) APL 2001 protocol as one of the participating regions in the ICC since 2009 till present.
With the establishment of the Hong Kong Children's Hospital (HKCH) as the single territory-wide paediatric oncology centre in Hong Kong after merging the five existing paediatric oncology units - Queen Mary Hospital (QMH), Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH), Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH) and Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH); together with advancements in understanding on biology and treatments of paediatric APL, this study serves as a retrospective review on the outcomes of paediatric APL patients in HK treated with the two previously adopted protocols (HKPHOSG AML 1996 and ICC APL protocol 2001) providing scientific evidence before initiation of new treatment protocol.
All children diagnosed to have APL at age 18 or below at the time of diagnosis during the period between January 1, 1996, and December 31, 2017 in the 5 local paediatric oncology centres were included. Accrual of demographic data and outcomes were conducted by HKPHOSG data officers. Cross-checking of clinical information was conducted via the Electronic Patient Record (ePR) through the Clinical Management System (CMS). Clinical Data Analysis and Reporting System (CDARS) was also searched using the diagnostic code for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, M3 (ICD-10 205.00) for any missing cases.
Statistical analyses were performed with the Statistical Package of Social Sciences version 24.0 (IBM SPSS 24.0). Continuous variables were expressed as mean and standard deviation. Overall survival (OS) was calculated from the date of diagnosis to the date of death of any cause or last follow-up (censored). Event-free survival (EFS) was calculated from the date of diagnosis to date of relapse, death of any cause, or last follow-up (censored). The probabilities of OS and EFS were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier estimation and log rank test was used to compare the survival of different groups. P-values <0.05 were deemed statistically significant.
This study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki and approval from Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong / Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster had been sought (UW 14-890).
Total 53 eligible patients were identified, 30 and 23 were recruited and treated with HKPHOSG AML 1996 and ICC APL Study 2001 protocol respectively (see Table 1). Median age of diagnosis was 12.2 years (range 2.4-17.8 years). Male-to-female ratio was 1.1 to 1. Two patients died before treatment in both treatment arms. Another two patients died during induction phase chemotherapy in both treatment arms, contribute to 6.7% and 8.7% of eligible patients in each cohort respectively. Remission was achieved in the remaining 26 (86.7%) (20 in CR1, 4 in >CR2 with 6 deaths) and 19 (82.6%) (15 in CR1, 1 in >CR2 with 4 deaths) respectively. There were total 5 (16.7%) and 1 (4.3%) patients relapse respectively. The 5-year OS and EFS for HKPHOSG AML 1996 versus ICC APL Study 2001 protocol was 80% vs 82.6% and 66.7% vs 75.1% with a median follow up period of 193.4 vs 56.7 months (see Table 2).
APL, FAB classification M3 or M3v, represents approximately 4-8% of paediatric AML1 but the incidence may be higher in children of Hispanic and Mediterranean origin. The median age at presentation is probably similar as that of other AML subtypes, but APL has rarely been reported in the first year of life. It can arise de novo or be therapy related (t-APL). The characteristics and outcome of t-APL appear similar to those of de novo APL.3
APL accounts for 5 to 20 percent of AML depending on geographical location, with higher incidence among Hispanics in Central and South America, Italy, and Spain. Blacks had lower lifetime incidence rates than non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics, and Asians.4-8 In Hong Kong, four or less cases were diagnosed every year, which accounts for 16.7 percent (23 out of 138) of all AML cases diagnosed in recent 10 years (see Table 1). Various studies have reported a modest increase in incidence of APL in the last two decades8,9 but this trend is not observed in our locality. As for age distribution, its incidence is rare in the first decade of life, it then increases during second decade, reaches plateau during early adulthood, and then remains constant until it decreases after the sixth decade.9 For local paediatric cohort, two-thirds of them presented in second decade of life. There is no gender predilection. APL sometimes occur as a subgroup of therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MDS/t-AML) after cytotoxic therapy (especially topoisomerase-II inhibitors such as etoposide, doxorubicin, and mitoxantrone) or radiation therapy.10
B. Clinical features (see Table 3)
Apart from typical presentation of pancytopenia as in other subtypes of AML (except microgranular APL which tends to present with higher peripheral blast counts) (see Table 3 case 50), APL has unique presentation of bleeding secondary to severe coagulopathy (especially for hypergranular APL variant) contributed by both disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and primary fibrinolysis, which can cause life-threatening pulmonary or cerebrovascular haemorrhage (up to 40 percent) and even early haemorrhagic death (10 to 20 percent).11,12 In local paediatric APL cohort, clinical bleeding features (conjunctival or retinal haemorrhage, intracranial or subdural haemorrhage, oral mucosal bleeding, gum bleeding, epistaxis, bruising, petechiae, pulmonary haemorrhage, menorrhagia, haematuria, per rectal bleeding or haemarthrosis) was noted in 85 percent (39 out of 46) of patients on initial presentation. In our locality, 4 out of 53 patients (7.5 percent) died of haemorrhagic complications before initiation of treatment, all due to massive intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). Infective symptoms (fever, coryzal symptoms or gastroenteritis), anaemic symptoms (pallor, fatigue, malaise, dizziness, palpitation, shortness of breath) and constitutional symptoms (loss of appetite, weight loss) and were noted in 37 percent (17 out of 46), 24 percent (11 out of 46) and 17 percent (8 out of 46) respectively. Other clinical presentations include gum hypertrophy, bone pain, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly. It is of interest to note that one of the patients present with fever and diarrhoea which later evolve into intestinal obstruction, appendicitis with gangrene formation, sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) (see Table 3 Case 51). Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO)(Ogilvie's syndrome) had been reported in several case reports or small series13-16 to be associated with acute myeloid (including APL) and lymphoblastic leukaemia during induction chemotherapy presumably due to use of vincristine which can cause autonomic neuropathy, but its association with APL on initial presentation before starting chemotherapy has not been described in literature. As general paediatricians or practitioners, it is important to recognise the clinical presentations of this rare, potentially lethal yet highly treatable disease entity as prompt referral to paediatric oncology specialists for diagnosis and treatment could significantly improve patient outcome as repeatedly reiterated in this article.
C. Diagnosis and Pathologic Features
(a) Morphology in marrow and peripheral blood smear
APL is characterised by the presence of atypical promyelocytes in bone marrow and/or peripheral blood. Promyelocytes are large (usually larger than 20 microns in diameter) myeloid precursors of variable morphologies, usually with high nucleus to cytoplasmic ratio, fine chromatin, and prominent nucleoli. Cardinal feature of promyelocyte is the presence of numerous violet cytoplasmic granules in a dense or coarse pattern obscuring the nucleus.
(b) Conventional karyotyping
Conventional karyotyping is an essential part of the standard workup. It is highly specific but time-consuming (takes approximately two days for results). Around two-thirds (32/53) of local paediatric APL patients have cytogenetics result available. APL is characterised by translocation t(15;17)(q22;q21) involving fusion of gene encoding the retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARa) and promyelocytic leukaemia (PML).17,18 In local paediatric APL cohort, t(15;17) is demonstrated in 80 percent (26 out of 32 patients) with cytogenetics results available (see Table 3). PML-RAR fusion gene predicts a favourable response to molecularly targeted therapies ATRA and arsenic trioxide (ATO).
(c) Molecular genetics
Determination of the underlying molecular fusion is critical for the appropriate clinical management of APL. Approximately 10% of APL cases with an underlying PML-RAR fusion have no detectable t(15;17) at diagnosis, either due to unsuccessful cytogenetic analysis, cryptic rearrangements or more complex rearrangements including simple variant translocations.19,20 Patients with molecularly but not cytogenetically detected PML-RAR fusion have an equally favourable outcome to those with overt t(15;17).21 Four out of thirty-two local paediatric APL patients showed normal cytogenetics. Cryptic translocation was detected by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) (see Table 3).
It is important to define PML-RAR isoform as a basis for subsequent MRD monitoring. In minority of cases (<5%), RARa is fused to alternative partners, commonest being nucleophosmin (NPM1) resulting from the t(5;17)(q35;q21) translocation20,22 and NuMA as a result of t(11;17)(q13;q21). These rare paediatric retinoid-sensitive subtypes of APL, with NPM1-RARA and NuMA-RARA fusions,20,22,23 may not be sensitive to ATO3; whereas APL involving PLZF and STAT5b as a result of t(11;17)(q23;q21) and interstitial deletion of chromosome 17 respectively, are resistant to ATRA3. These fusions were not identified in local cohort.
(d) FMS-like tyrosine kinase-internal tandem duplications (FLT3-ITD)
Among local cohort, FLT3-ITD was detected in one patient, but its prognostic significance is uncertain.24,25 (see Table 3)
APL phenotype is considered CD34 negative/partial or weak positive, HLA-DR negative, CD13 positive, CD33 positive, CD11b negative, CD15 weak or negative, CD117 weak/variable, and sometimes CD2 positive and CD56 positive.
(a) Drawbacks of anthracycline-based protocol (HKPHOSG AML 1996)
In Hong Kong, HKPHOSG had adopted the HKPHOSG AML 96 protocol based on UK MRC AML 10/12 protocol in treating territory-wide paediatric APL patients in all local paediatric oncology centres during 1997 to 2008. While the outcome is generally favourable with 5-year OS of 80%, 5-year EFS is just 66.7% with relapse rate of 16.7%. This drawback is also being identified from overseas experience.26-28 Using anthracycline-based chemotherapy protocols with ATRA followed by maintenance with ATRA, 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) and methotrexate (MTX), relapse rates for patients with a WBC <10x109/L at diagnosis are typically 10% or less, while rates may exceed 20% for patients with a WBC ≥10x109/L, which echoed with local situation.
(b) Rationale of changes in ICC APL 2001 protocol
ICC APL 2001 protocol based on the results of AIEOP-AIDA 93 trial demonstrating promising results with combined use of ATRA and anthracyclines. GIMEMA-AIEOP AIDA 93 study recruited 983 patients with newly diagnosed APL between January 1993 and June 2000 of whom 124 (13%) were aged less than 18 years. Induction chemotherapy consisted of Idarubicin 12 mg/m2/day x 4 given with ATRA 25 mg/m2/day (compared to an adult dose of 45 mg/m2/day) until remission or maximum of 90 days. Consolidation consisted of 3 monthly courses: Cytarabine (Ara-C) 1 gm/m2/day x 4 with Idarubicin 5 mg/m2/day x 4 (course 1), Mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2/day x 5 with etoposide (VP-16) 100 mg/m2/day x 5 (course 2), and Idarubicin 12 mg/m2/day x 1, Ara-C 150 mg/m2/8 hourly x 5 and 6-thioguanine (6-TG) 70 mg/m2/8 hourly x 5 (course 3). Molecular response by RT-PCR was assessed following the third consolidation course and PCR-negative patients were initially randomised to one of four maintenance arms (6-MP+MTX; ATRA alone; ATRA+6-MP+MTX; no maintenance) but subsequently to ATRA alone or ATRA+6-MP+MTX. One hundred and three (96%) of the 107 evaluable children achieved haematological complete remission (CR) and 4 died during induction (1 sepsis; 3 intracranial haemorrhage). Overt ATRA syndrome occurred in two cases and pseudotumor cerebri in 10 children. The OS, disease-free-survival (DFS) and EFS, at more than 10 years, were 89%, 78% and 76% respectively. The only significant predictor of haematological CR was the WBC; 100% vs 89% (p=0.01) for WBC less than 10x109/L and equal to or greater than 10x109/L respectively. A WBC at diagnosis of equal to or greater than 10x109/L also had a significant impact on EFS (59% vs 83% at 10 years). Ninety-four children were evaluable for RT-PCR at the end of consolidation; of these, 91 (97%) tested PCR-negative and 3 PCR-positive. Children who were in molecular remission after consolidation therapy and randomised to receive ATRA and maintenance chemotherapy were significantly more likely to remain in molecular remission than those children who received ATRA alone (77% vs 42% respectively; p=0.0177).
GIMEMA-AIEOP AIDA 93 study reduced dose of ATRA as compared to adults in view of the apparent increase in ATRA-related side effects observed in children. Besides, cumulative dose of cardiotoxic anthracyclines is also lowered. Cytarabine is delivered in consolidation assuming its role in patients with high WBC, which is a commoner situation in childhood APL, though its benefit remained unproven.29,30 The combination of intermittent ATRA and chemotherapy may reduce rates of molecular and frank relapse and hence improve outcome, particularly for patients with a high whit WBC at presentation.30-33 With ICC APL 2001 protocol, superior outcomes had been demonstrated with 5-year OS and EFS of 82.6% and 75.1% respectively with a median follow up period of 56.7 months for local cohort.
(c) Minimal residual disease (MRD) directed pre-emptive therapy
Monitoring of minimal residual disease (MRD) has been shown to be an independent risk factor for relapse34 as demonstrated in studies from Italy28,35-37 and the United Kingdom.21 German AML Cooperative Group also demonstrated that patients who failed to achieve a 3-log reduction in PML-RARa transcript level within the first 3-4 months of therapy as detected by quantitative RT-PCR had an increased risk of early relapse.38
Pre-emptive therapy for patients with positive MRD impending relapse confers survival benefit than retreating patient when they have progressed to frank relapse due to the well-recognised risk of induction death due to associated coagulopathy as evidenced by the GIMEMA and PETHEMA groups.36,39,40 Patients with persistent PCR positivity or molecular relapse will receive molecularly targeted therapy, with ATO and may proceed to stem cell transplantation. For patients achieving molecular remission and with a PCR negative stem cell harvest, good results have been achieved with autologous stem cell transplantation.41,42 Allogeneic transplant is generally reserved for APL patients in whom harvest of PCR negative stem cells is unsuccessful or who fail to achieve second molecular remission.
(d) Arsenic Trioxide (ATO)
Therapeutic use of ATO has well been documented in treatment of various diseases across centuries despite its historical reputation as a toxin and a poison. ATO has now emerged as a treatment of choice for patients with refractory/relapsed PML-RAR+ APL.43,44
Although second remission could be achieved through re-induction with ATRA alone or in combination with chemotherapy, 2 cycles of ATO at recommended dose of 0.15 mg/kg/day enables induction of molecular remission in majority of patient without significant myelosuppression,43 which allows outpatient-based therapy and reduction in anthracycline exposure.
The optimal dosing schedule for ATO is not known. At least three dosing regimens are currently in use: (i) continuous dosing at 0.15 mg/kg/day, (ii) intermittent dosing at 0.15 mg/kg/day for 5 days, off for two days, weekly x 4 with a two week break when daily ATRA is given and the cycle repeated x 2 and (iii) intermittent dosing starting with a loading dose of 0.3 mg/kg for 5 days followed by 0.25 mg/kg twice weekly. These dosing schedules are comparable in terms of efficacy and toxicity profiles.45,46 The ICC-APL Study 2001 protocol is based on the conventional continuous dosing schedule recommended by the manufacturer, Cephalon. However, alternative equivalent dosing schedules may be preferred for logistic reason. ATO has also been evaluated as part of first-line therapy of APL in the recent US Intergroup trial C971042. Safety and effectiveness in paediatric patients under 5 years of age has not been studied to any great extent. From personal communications with local adult haematologists, promising result had been demonstrated with the use of oral arsensol in adult APL patients in Hong Kong. Usage of oral arsenol has been proposed as a monotherapy in selected low risk paediatric APL patients, sparing the use of anthracyclines. Future studies could be proposed related to this.
(e) ATRA syndrome / retinoic acid syndrome (RAS) / differentiation syndrome
Despite high efficacy of ATRA and ATO in treating APL patients, their usage could lead to retinoic acid syndrome (RAS) manifested as fever, dyspnoea, weight gain, hypotension and pulmonary infiltration. The mechanism of RAS is unknown but it is speculated that capillary leak syndrome due to cytokine release from differentiating myeloid cells and mediation by cathepsin G could play a role.47 In local cohort, nearly one-tenth (5 out of 53 cases) developed RAS after ATRA/ATO. Symptoms usually subside after ATRA/ATO is discontinued in conjunction with administration of short course intravenous dexamethasone as in all 5 local cases.
(f) Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin (Mylotarg®)
Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) is an anti-CD33 targeted therapy with significant anti-leukaemic activity against APL due to high CD33 expression in APL cells.48-50 Its conjugate contains the intercalating anthracycline calicheamicin, which links the antibody to the cytotoxic agent, enables calicheamicin to be released only intracellularly, thereby avoiding much of the anthracycline-related toxicity. Its major side-effects include myelosuppression, allergic reactions and sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS).
Strengths and Limitations
This territory-wide retrospective study summarised initial clinical presentations, treatment responses, clinical outcomes and complications HK children and adolescents at age 18 or below suffering from this rare subtype of APL in the last 2 decades. It also made comparisons between the two previously adopted protocols (HKPHOSG AML 1996 versus ICC APL 2001), which consolidated local clinical experience from 5 children oncology centres in HK. The intrinsic limitation of this study is that the two groups compared are at different time points (1997-2008 vs 2009 till present). The follow up time for the newer protocol is much shorter. The secular trend of improvement is hard to be discerned whether ATRA-based therapy demonstrates better outcome than AML-based chemotherapy in treating paediatric APL patients is due to treatment itself as there could be variants and confounders like the team's learning curve, expertise mix, supportive care by intensivists as well as multidisciplinary nursing and pharmacy team care which could potentially led to better outcome.
Retrospective review of local paediatric APL cohort reveals that ATRA-based therapy demonstrate better outcome than AML-based chemotherapy in treating paediatric APL patients. With the establishment of HKCH, it is hoped that a unified updated treatment protocol in collaboration with adult haematologists and international centres would be formulated, with incorporation of more accurate and wider panel of molecular diagnostics. Besides, it is anticipated that with the newly formed hub-and-spoke clinical service model, prompt referral of suspected or diagnosed paediatric APL cases from regional hospitals to HKCH could be enhanced.
Declaration of Interest
All the authors report no conflicts of interest.
The authors would like to thank HKPHOSG data officers for data accrual and the medical, nursing and pharmacy team involved in patient care.
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Reminders & Reassurance
2 Peter 1:12-21
12 Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth. 13 I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, 14 knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15 Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure. 16 For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 18 We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain. 19 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. 21 For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
Now we get into categorizing the verses as a part of our bible study. Check out my post on studying the Bible on your own for what the different colors stand for and where I get that info. Verses can almost always fit into more than one category so if you start highlighting according to the Good Morning Girls categories know that your highlights aren’t going to be identical to mine. The purpose is to get you to analyze the scripture and what topic its covering. I love the way it looks too. 🙂
- Verse 12= teaching
- Verse 13= teaching
- Verse 14= death; Jesus
- Verse 15= teaching
- Verse 16= people; Jesus; people
- Verse 17= Jesus/God
- Verse 18= people
- Verse 19= prophecy; instruction
- Verse 20= teaching; prophecy
- Verse 21= prophecy/people; Holy Spirit
OBSERVATIONS & APPLICATIONS
It bears saying again, Peter was locked away in a dark, dirty jail when writing this letter. Take a moment to consider the conditions he was in and the treatment he received. He knew his time to die was coming quickly. He needed to make sure he got everything out on paper that he wanted the early Christians to know and remember.
We can easily apply verses 12 through 15 of this 2 Peter bible study to our own lives by telling others (that we have a relationship with) what we know about Jesus. Yes we should tell errr’rybody about Jesus. But the good conversations are going to be with people you know a lil bit better. No one wants a stranger to preach to them.
Does it feel like you’re running each day in the hamster wheel, living out the same tasks in the same places with the same people without ever really going anywhere. This bible study reminds us that there is a purpose for this everyday norm. Loving others for the glory of Jesus is anything but mundane. Share His love through action and conversation with someone.
Peter also reminds the readers that he’s not just telling stories. He saw, he heard, he lived these things firsthand. He used lessons from his life to mentor others and passed down what he learned from Jesus to the next wave of followers. Thank you Peter!
I think its important for us to have mentors in life. We need someone who has lived a little more life than we have to share their life wisdom with us. In my past I’ve had neighbors and church members that lived life alongside me as mentors. They know what’s going on in my life and share stories from their past that are applicable to my current situations. They also help whenever they see me in need, remind me of scripture that can offer hope, and sincerely pray for me as I grow. Find a mentor! You’ll be pleasantly surprised by the comfort and encouragement that having someone like this in your life brings.
PROMISE FROM GOD
This promise from God isn’t only found in our bible study of 2 Peter but is sprinkled all through scripture. He is coming back! Yay yay yay yay!! We don’t know when but in all honesty does it really matter that much? We can trust His promise that He is coming back. There is a healthy mix of fear (respect for His power) and excitement when you are convinced (believe without seeing) that He is returning to conquer and renew.
COMMAND TO KEEP
Verse 19 of our study reminds us to heed the prophecy. We should make an effort to know our bibles (hence this bible study! Huzzah!). This doesn’t have to be a daunting mountain of a task either. Little sections can be read quickly each day. Devotional emails like these can be a great start to your work day inbox.
Read the quick notes and book introductions in your study bible. The NLT study bible is a fantastic place to start. It was my first bible as an adult believer and taught me a monumental amount that helped me grow as a follower of Jesus.
Learn about the culture and the environment in which the authors wrote. Wonder about a practice you read about? Curious about the traditions the Jewish people and the Roman people had? Google can basically find anything! 😉
Memorize short verses that will help you live life. I have some that I use for everyday situations like traffic, difficult coworkers, etc. They remind me of God’s will just like Peter reminds the early Christians in 2 Peter. I’d love to share them with you!
God doesn’t keep the good news a secret. The early church had problems with false teachers and today’s church still struggles with teachings that don’t line up with God’s word. No wonder the command in this is to know the word of God. There’s a test LOL!
I’m so thankful that there are people gifted enough to teach God’s word and brave enough to do it even in the face of hostility. I’m so happy to go through this bible study of 2 Peter with you too! Let’s daily remind ourselves of Him and know the truth in order to filter out the lies and false teachings.
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A general listing of universities and colleges focusing on arts & culture may be found at this page: http://www.bunka.go.jp/culture-online/jp/relation/university_list.html Tokyo University’s Art department is considered at the apex of the ranking system. However, the Yomiuri Shimbun article posted below focuses on what is popularly considered among the top ranking private art universities dubbed Musabi and Tamabi.
Educational Renaissance / Art schools united in quest for students
Mina Matsumoto, Shigeru Nakanishi and Takumi Mizutani / Yomiuri Shimbun
The following are excerpts from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Educational Renaissance series. This part of the series focuses on open campus events that universities hold to attract prospective students.
Prospective students visiting an open campus event at Musashino Art University in mid-June were able to learn about two schools at once, as it featured a presentation held in collaboration with one of the university’s competitors this year.
When high school students and their parents visited the campus in Kodaira, Tokyo, one room was occupied by a large screen on which two phrases were flashing: “Musabi versus Tamabi” and “Musabi and Tamabi.” Musabi is the Japanese abbreviation for Musashino Art University, while Tamabi stands for Tama Art University, which has campuses in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward and Hachioji.
In front of the screen sat two representatives of the universities, both of whom were extolling the virtues of their respective institutions.
“Musabi attracts various kinds of talent,” said Ichiro Chiba, 37, who was in charge of public relations at Musashino at the time of the event. “The appealing point of Tamabi is [we boast many artistic] gemstones,” responded Kenichi Yoneyama, 35, Chiba’s counterpart at the other institution.
With about 140 visitors in attendance, the two representatives covered not only the history of the two institutions, but also examples of eccentric behavior they had observed on campus. “One day under a scorching sun, a group of students suddenly created a fountain,” Yoneyama said. “Unfortunately, it was removed shortly after.”
For the two private universities, it was the first chance for members of staff from each side to talk to their prospective examinees.
“Art has not been given the respect it deserves, as the nation’s education has been focusing on improving students’ deviation scores [on exams],” said Musashino President Yoji Koda, 69. “We’d like to emphasize the significance of art as it requires us to think on a deeper level. We shouldn’t compete against each other in our quest to attract as many examinees as possible.”
Summertime is the peak period for universities to hold open campus days to attract prospective entrance examinees, with campus events being held almost every weekend across the country.
Open campus events date back to the 1970s, when universities held briefing sessions for high school students to outline their programs and trends in their entrance exams. Today’s format, in which institutions open their facilities to prospective examinees, began in the 1980s, mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Today, almost all universities hold open campus events, which examinees regard as a major opportunity to decide which institutions they will apply for. Major features in these events include sample lessons, counseling by faculty or senior students and free meals at campus cafeterias.
Musashino held its first open campus event in August 2001. The following year, the event was brought forward to June, as it was thought that allowing visitors to see how students produce their work would be more authentic.
Musashino’s open campus events do not include features that other institutions offer to visitors, such as free meals and free transportation to and from the nearest train stations, because the institution believes that these special incentives make it difficult for visitors to get a sense of a normal day on campus.
As a public relations officer involved in designing Musashino’s open campus events, Chiba visits about 100 high schools every year, but he often finds it difficult to understand what motivates high school students to choose art schools.
Chiba often found high school teachers automatically narrowed down possible universities to which their students should apply based on their deviation scores, before finally suggesting that they should choose an art school just because they were good at drawing.
But Chiba also met high school students who wanted to go to art school and attended cram schools specializing in helping students prepare for entrance exams of such institutions. Despite these efforts, he found that some of these students were unable to tell him about what they really wanted to draw.
“I’ve found that people misunderstand art schools. This is a place where students examine artworks and consider what their creators wanted to express and learn something from the work,” Chiba said. “I believe that unless children realize this aspect at an early stage, more and more students will not become interested in art schools and, eventually, art itself.” That was the starting point of his talk at the open campus event.
Chiba remembered a toaster designed by a Musashino professor that can toast only one slice of bread. The product has drawn media attention not just because of its fine design, but also because of the message behind it–users are encouraged to relax a little and consider others while making toast by allowing another person to eat first or dividing one slice between themselves and someone else.
Musashino uses unusual methods to build up students’ skills. Some courses for freshmen, for example, require them to walk blindfolded and barefoot around a building so that they can feel with their body everyday scenes they tend to overlook, thus helping them improve their creative powers.
Chiba introduced these and other initiatives with the aim of making it possible for high school students to understand what it is actually like to study at art school.
Yoneyama expressed approval of Chiba’s efforts, saying that it was important to let students know there is “a future in art.”
Waseda-Kansai exchange opens doors to other regions
There was something odd about a sample lecture at a Waseda University open campus held earlier this month: The speaker was from Kansai University, not Waseda.
Sociology Prof. Yoji Kimura, from the Suita, Osaka Prefecture, school, was at Waseda’s main campus in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, to give a talk titled, “A Scientific Look into Laughter,” for which he used a special instrument to measure how much a person is laughing by measuring vibrations from the subject’s cheeks, diaphragm and abdominal muscles. The lecture and sample of what Kansai University has to offer was part of a reciprocal agreement completed by the two schools in May.
“We chose this lecture because this topic isn’t available at Waseda, even though it covers a wide range of academic fields,” said Kazuhiro Yabuta, head of Kansai’s admissions office.
The Osaka area is known for a rich culture of laughter and humor. Kansai University is planning to begin offering in 2010 a new humor studies program, and this is why Kimura, who also serves as vice president for the Japan Society for Laughter and Humor Studies, gave the talk.
Kansai University is one of the most renowned academic institutions in the region, but despite this, Yabuta was worried about attracting Tokyo students. He was ultimately relieved after seeing 50 prospective students–including a high school senior who had made Kansai her first choice–attending the two laughter lectures that day.
A small portion of Kansai’s student body is from the Kanto region, while a similar portion of Waseda’s is from Kansai.
Meanwhile, on the same day, the Tokyo institution invited students to attend three sample classes and briefings at the Kansai campus, attracting about 700 people. In addition, the institution introduced its so-called Tutorial English lessons, in which four students were taught by one instructor.
About 30 prospective students attended the day’s lessons, in which native-speaking instructors encouraged the students to introduce themselves and ask other members of their groups about their favorite sports and music. The instructors often offered the students hints for keeping their conversations moving.
“I think this class will help me improve my speaking and listening skills. I’d like to take courses at Waseda as soon as possible,” said a 19-year-old from Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, who is hoping to enter the commerce department at Waseda. “It’s quite helpful that Waseda has held an event where I live, because it’s difficult for me to go to Tokyo during the summer ahead of the entrance exams.”
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Nancy Nail Housand was a teacher of the moderately mentally handicapped at Wynnton Elementary School. Her program was a replication site for the Child Development and Retardation Center at the University of Washington in Seattle, and reports on her students' activities and progress were published annually to help teachers nationwide. Because of her students' special needs, Ms. Housand decided to bring networking into the teacher-parent relationship, to urge parents to turn to the school for information and support. Recognizing that many of the parents were unable to afford current publications, videotapes and educational toys, she applied for and won a Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Award to set up a parent Resource Library.
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The course commences in the summer of the Lower Sixth, when students will have some introductory sessions and support in reading and research skills. In the Upper Sixth students are assigned a supervisor and are timetabled for two periods per week. The EPQ is open to all students, although those taking four subjects at A Level are advised to think carefully about the time commitment and seek advice from their tutor, subject teachers and Mrs Costello-Kelly.
In the first taught component of the EPQ the aim is to train students in the basic research, analysis and presentation skills that they will require to be successful in the completion of their project. Alongside this taught element, the students are required to develop and produce a research proposal, while maintaining a record of their activities towards the completion of their project. It is important that students have developed a project proposal before the summer holidays in the Lower Sixth year so that they can make good use of the time available.
Although timetabled time will be available, students are expected to be very independent. Individual students, in consultation with their supervisor, set their own intermediate deadlines throughout the Autumn term. This flexibility allows the students to manage their time effectively while taking account of various coursework deadlines in other subjects. The final deadline for EPQ completion is just before the February half term break, although students should aim to complete the main written component of their EPQ by Christmas to allow time to give their oral presentations. | <urn:uuid:af67cf4c-bb00-423d-8546-f6f69df6e85a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://intranet.kes.hants.sch.uk/sixth-form/academic/extended-project-qualification/course-structure | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.968055 | 289 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Massachusetts is dropping its COVID-19 death count by 3,700 people after adopting new criteria for determining deaths caused by the virus.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said Thursday that as of March 14, the state will update its criteria “to align with guidance from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.”
Under the old criteria, the COVID-19 death definition applies not only to people who have COVID-19 listed as a cause of death on their death certificate, but also people who had a COVID-19 diagnosis within 60 days of their death but do not have COVID-19 listed as a cause of death on their death certificate.
Massachusetts’s new definition of a COVID-19 death tightens that diagnosis timeline from 60 days to just 30 days.
The new criteria will retroactively affect all deaths in Massachusetts since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
The previous approach to counting COVID-19 deaths was “overly broad and led to an overcounting of COVID-19-associated deaths,” the Department of Public Health said in a statement.
“As a result, 4,081 deaths in Massachusetts that were previously counted as associated with COVID will be removed,” the health department said.
The net drop is only about 3,700, however, because about 400 new deaths that were not previously counted as COVID-19 deaths will be added to the total. Those new COVID-19 deaths were identified by manually matching death certificates with medical records.
“We are adopting the new definition because we support the need to standardize the way COVID-19-associated deaths are counted,” said state epidemiologist Dr. Catherine Brown.
Before the new criteria, “states did not have a nationally recommended definition for COVID-19 deaths and, as such, have been using a variety of processes and definitions to count their deaths,” Brown explained.
“In Massachusetts, our definition has consistently been broader than most other states. After a deep dive into our data and reviewing thousands of death certificates we recognize that this updated definition gives us a truer picture of mortality associated with COVID-19,” she said.
Critics have previously expressed skepticism about official COVID-19 death tallies, emphasizing that there is a difference between someone dying from COVID-19 and someone who died with COVID-19 but had other health issues that primarily caused their death.
This is an excerpt from The Daily Wire.
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Snakes, ukuleles and SpongeBob: Inside NG Aidan Keanaaina's process before coming to ND
None of Aidan Keanaaina’s friends can claim they fear snakes until they hold Koa.
The female ball python is a constricting snake who stretches three feet long and can max out to twice that length, Keanaaina said. But she’s also nonvenomous.
“I see her as non-lethal,” said Keanaaina, Notre Dame’s incoming freshman nose guard. “I trained her very well to handle humans, especially with people who are really afraid of snakes. I will let them hold her, because she’s so nice. She’s so easy.”
Holding Koa, along with woodworking, playing the ukulele and watching his favorite TV show, “SpongeBob SquarePants,” are typical, everyday activities for Keanaaina during the coronavirus pandemic. He plans to spend a couple days next week alone at his family’s cabin in the woods, isolated from the world with no WiFi and activities other than hunting and fishing.
Outside of the social interaction void, Keanaaina hardly feels swallowed by the new normal. Normal almost seems foreign to Keanaaina anyways. He approaches life his own way.
“I’ve handled it OK. Of course, it’s hard. But it’s hard on everybody,” Keanaaina said. “We lost our last senior year of high school. That sucks. But a lot of people have lost even more important things. I’ve tried handling it my best.”
Keanaaina also tackles football with an individualized method.
Because he aims to play in year one, Keanaaina referred to his senior campaign at Denver Mullen as his redshirt freshman season. Then the 6-foot-3, 303-pound Keanaaina identified his stamina and diet as the biggest obstacles keeping him from achieving his short-term goal.
So Keanaaina spent this offseason ramping up his conditioning. Keanaaina acquired resistance bands for workouts and a mask that deprives him of oxygen to strengthen his lungs. He often runs short and long distances at a nearby football field. Notre Dame also provided him with regimens to follow.
“I want to come in there and produce or show that I can play. Show them that this quarantine didn’t affect me,” Keanaaina said. “I know that the Colorado altitude is going to help a little bit with the breathing and respiratory aspect.”
After Keanaaina signed to Notre Dame’s 2020 recruiting class last December, he received an informational manual that included nutritional guidance. He said he’s not worried about molding his body a certain way before arriving to South Bend.
But now Keanaaina’s aware of how his body will change in the coming years — and in a way that surprised him.
“I do not like vegetables that much. I never have really. So that part was a big wakeup call,” Keanaaina said. “But another thing that was really cool was seeing how much I have to be eating. They were like, ‘Oh yeah, you could probably be on a 4,000-calorie diet when you’re here.’ And I’m like, ‘What? How can you be on 4,000 calories? I thought it was only 2,000 or 3,000?’”
Limited length and athleticism were the popular critiques of Keanaaina during the recruiting process. Those knocks were the primary reasons why 247Sports provided Keanaaina a three-star rating, ranking him as the No. 56 defensive tackle in the class. Rivals differed, pegging Keanaaina as a four-star defensive tackle and ranking him No. 29 at the position.
Steve Wiltfong, 247Sports’ director of recruiting, understands Keanaaina’s upside and said he might be the most underrated member of Notre Dame’s signing class.
“I think he could plug the middle and be a solid pickup for Notre Dame,” Wiltfong told the Tribune in February. “I see why people had him as a four-star. He has a chance to be a guy on the interior who is very disruptive for (assistant coach) Mike Elston and his defensive line.”
What encourages Wiltfong and others is their belief that Keanaaina demonstrates advanced technique. Mullen features Keanaaina all across its defensive line. He totaled 77 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss, four sacks, seven quarterback hurries, eight forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a blocked field goal in 10 games last season.
Keanaaina credits his perceived polished skills to Matt McChesney, a former NFL offensive lineman. Their training at Six Zero Strength + Fitness became less frequent once the pandemic started, but Keanaaina is incorporating drills he learned from McChesney in his workouts.
“I know a lot of other gyms can work you out. They can probably be better than Matt at working you out,” Keanaaina said. “But the technique work and the actual live reps. The best thing is, the reps are filmed and broken down. Every piece of it, from the first step to the very end. He breaks it all down. He will always find a mistake that you made, even if it’s the best rep of your life. He will find something.”
Two NFL centers — Connor McGovern of the New York Jets and the Arizona Cardinals’ Sam Jones — have worked with Keanaaina over the years. So have other NFL offensive linemen and local products who play for Colorado, Stanford and others.
“When I’m allowed to do my reps against him,” said Keanaaina of McGovern, “he always gives me the best advice. We’ll do a rep and then after the rep, he will break down everything he saw, everything that I could do better or what he did to counter. Everything he wants me to do or knew I would do.”
Polishing technique won’t be the emphasis for Keanaaina before he arrives at Notre Dame, whenever that comes. He’s one of nine Notre Dame freshman football players who will have to adjust to online classes after their mid-June arrival date was delayed.
Then Keanaaina will say goodbye to Koa and hope that his specific focus this offseason translates to playing time.
“I was told I’m pretty strong now,” Keanaaina said. “My maxes and my weight that I can push is really strong already. But the cardio is all of it. … I remember (head coach) Brian Kelly saying on a podcast about how that’s going to be the biggest thing for all the players is conditioning.
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Australia: Adani's Carmichael en route to collapse, says expertPublished by MAC on 2019-07-25
Source: ABC (Australia)
It's hardly surprising to learn that India's mega-coal giant, Adani, is shouldering potentially ruinous amounts of debt.
To date, the outfit has benefited from complex, self-serving, politicking among Australians to keep the notorious Carmichael mine afloat. [see: Adani's mountain of debt ].
But, one of Australia's leading forensic accountants now tells ABC, she's got evidence of a manoeuvres among Adani units, seeking to conceal a "corporate collapse waiting to happen".
Adani's Carmichael coal mine surviving on lifeline from Indian parent company
By Stephen Long
23 July 2019
The company responsible for the Carmichael coal mine has current liabilities of more than $1.8b versus current assets of less than $30m
The auditors signed off on the company being a "going concern" because of a 12-month guarantee from the Indian parent firm
Accounting expert Sandra van der Laan says "effectively on paper they are insolvent. I wouldn't be trading with them"
"It looks to me like a corporate collapse waiting to happen," she says.
"It has all the hallmarks of the big corporate failures we've seen over the last 20 to 30 years."
Professor van der Laan, a forensic accounting specialist who heads the discipline of finance at the University of Sydney, has a reputation for picking "corporate collapses waiting to happen".
A decade ago, she and fellow academic Sue Newberry warned that ABC Learning — then Australia's biggest private childcare provider and the largest publicly listed childcare company in the world — was a house of cards.
It subsequently failed in spectacular fashion, causing a crisis in the industry.
She examines a diagram of Adani's Australian structure: a labyrinth of trusts interposed between private companies and Indian stock market-listed companies with ties to, and in some cases ownership in, tax havens stretching from Singapore to Mauritius, on to the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
"The structure of Adani seems to be developed to obfuscate or confuse or to hide things," she says.
"They would potentially be seeking to hide inter-company transfers, inter-company loans, transfer pricing of goods and services between related entities."
The more immediate concern is Adani Mining Pty Ltd, the Australian-registered company which is the proponent of the Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin.
Adani Mining recently provided ASIC [Australian Securities and Investment Commission] with its financial accounts to March 31.
As a private company, the subsidiary is only required to release reduced financial statements with limited detail — but enough to raise red flags for Professor van der Laan and other critics.
The accounts show the owners have contributed less than $9 million in equity to the business and total liabilities exceed total assets by more than half a billion dollars.
Current assets of less than $30 million are swamped by current liabilities, due over the next 12 months, of more than $1.8 billion.
"Adani Mining is in a very fragile, even perilous, financial position," Professor van der Laan observes.
"The gap between the current assets and liabilities is what's really concerning.
"Effectively on paper they are insolvent. I wouldn't be trading with them, as simple as that. I wouldn't have anything to do with them."
The liabilities are largely made up of an inter-company loan from the immediate parent company, Adani Global Pte Ltd, incorporated in Singapore and controlled by the Adani family.
Creditors left relying on Adani parent's assurances
Auditors Ernst & Young signed off on the accounts of Adani Mining on the basis that the company is a going concern.
But the auditors only did so on the assurance of Adani Mining's directors that the ultimate parent company, the Indian-listed Adani Enterprises Ltd, would "provide financial support for at least 12 months" and not call in loans or other amounts owing if this would leave Adani Mining unable to meet debts "for a period not less than 12 months from the date of these financial statements".
Adani Mining was also required to indemnify the auditors for an unspecified amount against legal claims arising from the audit, a practice that is not unusual with private companies.
Adani's tax haven ties
Previously unknown tax haven ties for Adani Group's Australian operations are uncovered by Four Corners.
Officially, Adani Mining's financial statements are "general purpose" accounts meant to serve as a guide to creditors and other stakeholders, yet the auditors expressly warn these parties not to rely on their opinion.
"Our report is intended solely for Adani Mining Pty Ltd and its members and should not be used by parties other than Adani Mining Pty Ltd and its members," Ernst & Young state.
Cold comfort for those doing business with Adani Mining.
In a written response to questions from the ABC, Adani Australia described the comments about its financial position as false and misleading.
It said that over nine years of operating in Australia its contractors, employees, consultants and other business partners have been paid and that its "accounts are annually audited and tested for matters such as insolvency and assessed against other financial responsibilities and accountabilities".
"Just like every mining project, our project will not generate income until the mine and rail are built and operating and coal can be sold and exported," it said.
"Until we start producing and selling coal, we will be continuing to invest in the development of the mine and rail and therefore this will be treated as an accounting loss."
Professor van der Laan responds: "You would expect a mining company to be in a slightly difficult position while they are going through the early years of the exploration and development stage, but the scale of this is what's astounding."
'Adani Power hasn't made money for a decade'
The financial position of the company that is meant to be buying the coal from Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin also raises concerns.
The coal is likely destined for power stations in India owned by Adani Power Ltd, listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange but controlled by the Adani family.
It released its latest accounts this month. Adani Power is highly leveraged with daunting debt — on current exchange rates, about $US7 billion net, or $10 billion — and thin earnings by comparison.
"Adani Power's financial position is perilous," says Professor van der Laan.
"They're not generating enough revenue to cover their interest payments, let alone repay their debt."
It's a view shared by research analysts at Credit Suisse. For years, they've classified Adani Power as a "house of debt" with insufficient earnings to cover its interest bill.
The poor financial position of Adani Power may be one reason why Adani has failed to find a bank anywhere that is willing to finance the Carmichael coal mine, argues Tim Buckley, research director of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, a philanthropically-funded body which promotes a transition to sustainable energy.
"One of the key things an external investor or financial institution would require is that you have an off-taker [for the coal] that is solvent," says Mr Buckley, a former investment banker who has been analysing company accounts for more than 30 years.
"Adani Power hasn't made money for a decade. On any reasonable interpretation it is not solvent."
Adani Power's latest financial statements were qualified by its auditors, who raised red flags about directors' expectations that Adani Power would recoup loans and interest from a bankrupt and non-operational power station business and that its troubled Mundra Power Station would become profitable.
"They are receiving audit opinions that their financial controls are not adequate and so their accounts could contain material misstatements," says Professor van der Laan, who described this as extremely worrying.
"It's very rare to see a company with a qualified audit opinion, very rare. Generally, you don't see a lot of qualified audit opinions because companies fail before they are issued."
But don't imagine the receivers will be called in soon.
Indian banks are notoriously reluctant to rein in poorly performing loans and Adani Power continues to expand. Despite the concerns about its finances, it's currently buying two Indian power stations that have gone broke, all with the backing of an Indian banking conglomerate.
'They will never pay any material corporate tax in Australia'
Adani is now going it alone and "self-funding" the Carmichael mine after failing to secure loans from banks or government wealth funds.
Although the mine has been scaled down to an initial 10 million tonnes a year output, rather than the mega-mine of 60 million tonnes a year it has approval for, the price tag for building it and an accompanying railway will still be a multi-billion-dollar sum.
Even for a man as rich as family patriarch Gautam Adani, it is no small ask.
But in the tangled web that is the Adani Group, there are ways.
Adani's ports business is the most profitable part of the empire, headed by the Bombay stock exchange-listed company Adani Ports SEZ.
It is currently raising more than $1 billion in debt on global markets.
Critics are suspicious that Adani may channel the money through its opaque corporate structure and use the money to fund the Queensland coal mine that no bank was willing to finance.
OECD push for a global minimum tax
Well over a hundred countries and territories agree to an OECD proposal to revise global tax rules by 2020.
"Historic precedent says [Adani has] ongoing intercompany transactions and transfers of assets and liabilities between various listed subsidiaries," says Tim Buckley.
"My take is that the money will come into Adani Ports and quite easily be routed back up to the Adani family and then the Adani family will invest it in Adani Enterprises [the ultimate parent company for Adani Mining] and then Adani Enterprises will shift the money across to Australia. A bit of a round robin."
Investors, analysts and ratings agencies have expressed concern about the Adani Group's propensity to shift assets and liabilities between companies in a less-than-transparent manner or on questionable terms.
"The concerns that they may be raising money in the port business to fund the Carmichael mine are very legitimate, we've seen this kind of thing before," Professor van der Laan says.
"In such a complex corporate structure, it's very difficult to understand where the funds flows are coming from or going to."
Whether or not concerns about the solvency of various Adani companies or funding for the Carmichael mine are well-founded, the promise of a company tax bonanza from the Queensland mine seems destined to remain unfulfilled, according to Tim Buckley.
Already, accumulated losses mean that, if the mine is built, Adani Mining won't pay company tax for many years in Australia and may never do so — like the Abbot Point Coal Terminal, which has paid little to no company tax under the ownership of Adani.
"They have carry forward losses that mean the first $1.5 billion of profit are corporate tax free," says Mr Buckley.
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To request immigration records from USCIS, file Form G-639, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Request, is used to request an immigration file from USCIS. The application and instructions are available on the USCIS website.
How do I get my original documents back from immigration?
Use Form G-884, Request for the Return of Original Documents, to request the return of original documents submitted to establish eligibility for an immigration or citizenship benefit. NOTE: If you filed a form that requested original documents, we will automatically return those originals to you.
How long KEEP US immigration records?
As a rule of thumb, most companies retain a copy of each employee’s immigration file for five years beyond their final termination date.
How do I get my immigration and naturalization records?
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)–After 1906, a copy of all naturalization records were sent to the Immigration and Naturalization Service or INS, now called the USCIS. You may access their records through the Genealogy Program. Their website is www.uscis.gov.
Does USCIS return original documents?
Normally, USCIS does not return original documents submitted as part of a petition or an application (regardless of outcome). There are a few exceptions, for example, when a change of status to F-1 is sought, the original Form I-20 is submitted and then, upon approval, is endorsed by USCIS and returned.
How do I find my deportation records?
You can obtain your deportation documents from the immigration court where your case was heard. You may also request the release of your immigration record under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
How do you find out when you became a citizen?
Naturalization records from state or local courts are often at state archives or county historical societies. Naturalization records dated October 1991 and after were created by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and are now with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
How can you find out if someone is a citizen?
Contact the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Contact the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services at (800) 375-5283. Request to speak to an officer, and provide the name of the individual and her birth date to learn her citizenship status.
What is Form G 639 used for?
Use Form G-639 to obtain access to U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records as allowed by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) at 5 U.S.C. 552 and the Privacy Act of 1974 (PA) at 5 U.S.C. 552a. With certain exceptions, FOIA provides access to Federal agency records.
How do I get proof of my US citizenship?
Proof of Citizenship for U.S. Citizens
- Birth certificate showing birth in the United States;
- Form N-550, Certificate of Naturalization;
- Form N-560, Certificate of Citizenship;
- Form FS-240, Report of Birth Abroad of United States Citizen; or.
- Valid unexpired U.S. passport.
Where can I find my Naturalization certificate number?
The Certificate of Naturalization number is generally an 8-digit alpha numeric number located in the top right section of the document. The certificate number, also known as a C-file number, is printed in red on all certificates issued since September 27, 1906.
Where can I get a certified copy of my Naturalization certificate?
In order to certify a copy of the certificate, you must make an appointment with your local USCIS office and bring both your original document and your photocopy. We do not authenticate or certify copies as true through the mail or electronically.
What happens if USCIS lost my file?
If USCIS has already lost your application, the easiest thing to do is file another copy. If you have saved a copy of all documents, you can re-file fairly easily. Remember, the application needs an original signature. You’ll also need to cancel your check and write a new check.
How do I get a copy of my i 130?
You might think USCIS could look up the I-130 approval on its own. However, the agency is rarely willing to do that. With Form I-824, you can ask to receive your own copy of the approval notice to replace the one that’s been lost or gone missing.
Does USCIS require notarized documents?
Notarization. Your USCIS translations of birth certificates and other documents must be certified, but they do not necessarily have to be notarized. … It may be required when sending documents from abroad. But it’s not necessary for supporting documents for immigrant visa or residency applications, or citizenship. | <urn:uuid:44dac191-a6f6-4a55-b863-28f9da1e91bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://usfiancevisalawyer.com/immigration-help/best-answer-how-do-i-find-my-immigration-documents.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.927433 | 996 | 1.601563 | 2 |
US-Mexico border wall: Pentagon authorises $1bn transfer
The Pentagon has authorised the transfer of $1bn (£758m) to army engineers for new wall construction along the US-Mexico border.
The funds are the first under the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump to bypass Congress and build the barrier he pledged during his election campaign.
Democrats have protested against the move.
The funds will be used to build about 57 miles (91km) of fencing.
President Trump has called the situation at the southern border a “crisis” and insists a physical barrier is needed to stop criminals crossing into the US. His critics say he has manufactured the border emergency.
A Pentagon statement said acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan had “authorised the commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning and executing up to $1bn in support to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol”.
The statement cited a federal law that “gives the Department of Defence the authority to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug-smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotic activities of federal law enforcement agencies”.
As well the 18ft-high (5m) “pedestrian fencing”, the funds will cover road improvements and new lights.
Democratic senators complained that the Pentagon had not sought permission from the appropriate committees before notifying Congress of the funds transfer.
“We strongly object to both the substance of the funding transfer, and to the department implementing the transfer without seeking the approval of the congressional defence committees and in violation of provisions in the defence appropriation itself,” the senators wrote in a letter to Mr Shanahan, CNN reported.
Mr Trump declared the emergency on 15 February after Congress refused his requests for $5.7bn (£4.4bn) to construct the wall. By declaring an emergency he sought to bypass Congress and build the wall with military funding.
Democrats branded the declaration unconstitutional.
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a resolution to overturn the emergency last month, and 12 Republicans later sided with Democratic Senators to get it through the Senate.
However, Mr Trump vetoed the resolution earlier this month.
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When running Windows Subsystem for Linux version 1 (WSL/WSL1) on Windows, you will be greeted by a default drive mount for your primary operating system drive. More specifically, you will find that your primary drive (usually
C:) will be mounted to
/mnt/c in your WSL shell.
This is great and super convenient; the only problem is that Windows does not understand Linux permissions, so all of the files and folders will appear to have full permissions (
-rwxrwxrwx). You can attempt to set these permissions all you like, they simply will not take effect since Windows doesn’t understand these granular file/directory access controls.
To get around this, we need to mount the drive (
/mnt/c) including the
metadata mounting option. To do this, we need to edit the
/etc/wsl.conf file. This likely does not exist by default, so you’ll need to create it.
Mounting with Metadata
Before doing that, though, you can test remounting the drive with metadata using the following commands:
# Unmount /mnt/c and remount it using drvfs and enable the metadata option sudo umount /mnt/c && sudo mount -t drvfs C: /mnt/c -o metadata
This command will first unmount
/mnt/c and if that’s successful, it will remount
/mnt/c using the
drvfs driver and the mount option
You should now find that any changes to permissions in
/mnt/c will be persisted! Now we just need to make this permanent. To do that, we need to update the WSL configuration.
Making it Stick
There are several options for configuring the drive mount. You can find details in the documentation, but for quick reference, these are the settings I use in my
[automount] enabled = true options = "metadata,umask=22,fmask=11"
These settings enable the automatic mounting of the
/mnt/c drive, and enables the
fmask mounting options. The
fmask parameters set the octal mask to exclude default permissions. In this case, all regular directories will have
rwxr-xr-x permissions and all regular files will have
rw-r--r-- permissions. You can still change the permissions however you see fit; this just masks off the default
rwxrwxrwx permissions for the Windows drive to be more sensible defaults.
Once you’ve created or updated the
/etc/wsl.conf file, you will need to restart WSL. You can do that using the
wsl.exe -t command to terminate the WSL instance. You can find the running instances with
wsl.exe -l -v.
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It should feel like a sad morning when we lose two Medal of Freedom award recipients – two of the many great people who gave their blood to make our country more like the home I want it to be. Rep. John Robert Lewis and Rev. Cordy Tindell Vivian both walked across that bridge in Selma as young men, rewarded for their efforts with brutal beatings. They both participated in numerous peaceful marches and lunch counter sit-ins. They were spat upon, kicked, beaten and jailed. Lewis said he had been jailed 40 times. They both went on to work to make life better for others, Lewis through government, Vivian through the ministry.
I never met either of these men. So rather than feeling sad about their passing, I feel enormous gratitude that there have been, and always will be, those among us who have the guts to stand up for what’s right. In 2018 Lewis said to students “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something, to say something.”
Growing up in the deep south, he couldn’t understand the segregated water fountains, movie theaters, bathrooms. His mother said “Don’t get in the way. Don’t get in trouble.” But he said he was inspired to get in trouble. Good trouble.
By recognizing America’s flaws, and fighting to eliminate them, Lewis and Vivian and many others helped to make our country greater. This is no time to give up the fight.
And by the way – Hell yes, let’s rename that bridge. Call it the John Lewis Bridge. Call it C.T.Vivian Bridge. Call it the Hosea Williams Bridge. Call it the Lewis Vivian Williams Bridge. Or call it my personal favorite, recognizing all of the brave heroes who crossed it, giving their blood to change the country for the better, Bloody Sunday Bridge. Name it almost anything other than its current name of a white nationalist slavery supporter who was a confederate general and leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Let’s make a commitment to make America greater and to honor of those who gave their blood to do the same. | <urn:uuid:0ac76a1a-af53-4a4e-bebc-fc62259777a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://laurisburns.com/2020/07/18/bloody-sunday/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.96397 | 464 | 2.296875 | 2 |
How do I Find a Permanent Visa Lawyer?
Non-citizens trying to enter the U.S. and establish themselves as a permanent resident will need to acquire a Permanent Visa or a Green Card to live in Hunterdon County New Jersey.
Getting a Green Card or Permanent Visa usually involves extensive documentation and paperwork.
Acquiring Green Cards or Visas in Hunterdon County, NJ
Green cards and permanent visas are usually used to gain citizenship by those born outside Hunterdon County or the United States. Immigrants seeking to obtain a Green Card will find that this process is greatly quicker if they have an immediate relative that is a legal resident of the United States. Even illegal immigrants may sometimes qualify for legal residence if they have been in the county long enough.
The Green Card or Visa Process for Non-citizens in Hunterdon County
Most people usually get their permanent visas and green cards before they enter into Hunterdon County, NJ.
These documents have numerous requirements and may also need to be renewed periodically once within the U.S. It is wise to seek the advice of a Hunterdon County Green Card Attorney. | <urn:uuid:ff0a80c2-8505-469f-aa7c-774213f596e7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://immigrationlawyers.legalmatch.com/NJ/Hunterdon-County/green-card.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.940468 | 227 | 1.539063 | 2 |
The commitment to scale back gas and electricity with the intention to reduce carbon emissions has been reinforced following a consultation with greater education and energy consultants. If getting a new furnace is an choice for you, this may carry you even higher energy – and subsequently cash – savings. For those who’re bored with always shelling out for furnace repairs, getting a new, energy-efficient gas furnace generally is a great choice. Professionals can work with you to determine what one of the best course of action is in your situation. You might be capable to convert your oil furnace to a fuel furnace, or you would possibly wish to set up an entire new system altogether. Either method, the functioning of your heating system will endure a vast improvement and you’ll have a great contact by way of your set up professional in your future furnace providers wants.
Air-con units needs to be placed on the north aspect of the home so that it will be shaded from direct daylight. It can cool higher and can use as a lot as 10% less electrical energy than the identical one operating in the solar. The data on this web page will help homeowners, building owners and constructing operators make informed decisions about present HVAC programs or future upgrades.
Distribution transformers distribute power from power generating services to finish-customers and whereas energy loss during transmission is inevitable, measures are taken to cut back it significantly.Nevertheless, for energy to be consumed voltage must be lowered and it’s at this point of stepping down electrical energy that distribution transformers lose energy. Although solely a small portion of energy is lost it’s in a permanent manner and standby power losses account for 2% of total electricity production.
Consider shade gardening. If changing your windows is pricey but you could have room for gardening contemplate planting shade timber on the sunny aspect of your home. The much less direct sunlight that will get into your house, the much less warmth. Shade trees even have the added benefits of decreasing local space CO2 pollution. You can count on a full grown shade tree to step by step remove about 10 lbs of CO2 a yr, native timber are always good choice because they are easier to take care of.
Substitute non-programmable thermostats with programmable versions. You can save as a lot as 10% a year on your cooling bills through the use of a programmable thermostat to regulate the temperature routinely when you often sleeping or out of the house. Whenever you shop for a programmable thermostat, remember to search for the Energy Star variations.
Wall insulation – Wall cavities in your house can act in an identical approach to double glazing, dense packed these cavities with blown-in cellulose insulation and increase the energy efficiency of your home. Some new homes may have been constructed with energy saving measure already in place, nevertheless older (present) homes all throughout the nation might need to have this accomplished to attain desired energy efficiency.
For many firms, electricity is the only largest utility cost, in lots of instances accounting for upwards of 90 p.c of a building’s annual utility invoice. Consequently, one of the core practices of an energy audit is calculating a constructing’s electrical energy value per square foot. A company’s ideal electrical energy value per square foot is determined by a number of factors, together with what sort of constructing it is (e.g. industrial facility versus workplace building) and the climate it resides in. Once measurements are taken, they’re usually in comparison with the electricity value per square foot of similar buildings in similar climates. | <urn:uuid:10253a28-886d-45ff-920b-f28c79996429> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://plusorminus.xyz/category/energy-efficiency/page/22/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.932464 | 731 | 2.125 | 2 |
Thinkific Online Course Platform Review
Thinkific is a platform for you to create, market and sell your expertise. Thinkific provides tons of templates for you to start with pre-made design templates and themes to make your video. In this article, we will give the review of Thinkfic and how you can make your tutorial video by DemoCreator video recorder and editor.
Overview of Thinkific: What is Thinkfic exactly?
Thinkific is a platform that allows you to create and deliver online courses. Once you have created your courses, you can sell them or deliver them using your own brand. There are many global corporations that have been using Thinkific to create courses, and it is in use in over 70 countries. One of the key benefits with this platform is the fact that you can customize the online learning experience and allows you to include payment options. Both instructors and students will have a great learning experience through Thinkific.
If you have existing courses or want to create new ones, you should consider the tools that are provided by Thinkific. The process of creating a course is simple and straightforward; all you need to do is drag and drop your material that you would wish to share with your students. The content can be in the form of video, PDFs, audio and so many more. With Thinkific, you can include discussions, surveys, quizzes and any other form of content that that you would need to complete your course.
Here are the main features that you can enjoy with Thinkific:
- Simple Launch: With Thinkific, you will be able to launch your online courses within a few minutes. The platform is easy to use, but has powerful elements, to support even demanding courses.
- Create Multimedia Courses: Thinkific gives you the option to create your courses from any type of content. You can use PDF, video, text, audio and HTML to build diverse multimedia content.
- Easy Import of Courses: The drag and drop course creation feature will allow you to import your courses easily.
- Voice-over Slide: If your course is made up with slides, there is a tool that will allow you to record an audio narration. This can be used for presentations using Keynote and PowerPoint.
- No technical Experience: All the technical and design issues have been handled and all you need to do is focus on teaching
- Retain Content Rights: You will retain the rights of content and grow your brand.
Pros and Cons of Using Thinkific
- You can use Thinkific to create professional online courses easily.
- With Thinkific, you will get access to all the basic information of all your students, including names, phone numbers and email address among others.
- There is no design experience that is required to use Thinkific to teach online courses
- Thinkific has the capacity to handle all sorts of course, even the ones that are demanding.
- There is exception technical support and this will allow you to keep your audience on your website such that you will grow your own brand.
- You can create multimedia courses from any type of content.
- The marketing efforts are solely upon you and as such the success of your online courses will depend on your marketing strategies.
- The price factor seems to be higher than other online course marketplaces like Skillshare and Udemy.
- Thinkific seems to be a nerdy one and has some bit of technicality.
- Besides the price that you will pay for platform, you will need to invest more time and resources to promote your courses.
Thinkific Pricing Plans
There are 4 pricing plans for this platform:
1. Core Plan
This is a starter package and is free of charge and includes all the core features that you would need to create a course. The key features are:
- Everything you need to create/market/deliver courses online.
- Instant Access to Your Funds
- Unlimited Courses
- Basic Integrations (AWeber, ConvertKit, MailChimp)
- Course Upsells
- Content Hosting (Video, Audio, PDF)
- Free Forever Plan
- Unlimited Students
- Accept Payments via Stripe
2. Essentials Plan
With this plan, you will pay $39 per month, which is billed annually, but you can pay monthly. There is a 5% transaction fee that is charged on this plan. With this feature, you will have all the features of the Core plan and also:
- Coupons & Promotions
- Course Bundles
- Bulk Student Emailer
- Basic Zapier
- Monthly Subscriptions
- Drip (Scheduled) Content
- Accept Paypal Payments
- Affiliate Reporting
- Custom Domain
- Intermediate Integrations (Lead Dyno, SumoMe, Segment.io,)
- Additional Course Prices
3. Business Plan
For $79 per month, you can get the all the features of the Core and Essential plans and also:
- Intermediate Zapier
- Private & Hidden Courses
- Instructor Payout Reporting
- Host Storyline, Captivate
- Completion Certificates
- Site White Labeling
- 3 Course Admin Accounts
- Onboarding Call
- Priority Support
- Payment Plans
4. Advanced Plan
For the Advanced package, you will be required to pay $219 per month, without any transaction fees. This offers all the Core and Business feature in addition to:
- 3 Site Admin Accounts
- Advanced Integrations (Brillium Exams, Infusionsoft Payments)
- 10 Course Admin Accounts
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Advanced Zapier (Incoming Actions and Outgoing Triggers)
- Onboarding Package
- Public API
- Onboarding Specialist
How to Built Online Courses with Screen Recorder
If you are looking for a platform through which you can build your online courses, while growing your brand, Thinkific is the option to consider. You will have full control of the information on all your students. This is an ideal platform for experienced instructors who want to advance their teaching careers.
Thinkific is self-hosting, and as such, all the information will be on your website. There are marketing efforts that would be required so as to sell your courses and as such, it may not be suitable for beginners. You can now share all your courses through this dynamic platform, and you can choose the price plan that suits your needs.
Besides using Templates, you can also use DemoCreator to record and edit your expertise video. DemoCreator also provides media packs for your tutorial or any type of videos. What's more, DemoCreator has powerful webcam and audio recording functions. In the lastest released version, DemoCreator launches the AI avatar for your presentation video. You can also import your PowerPoint by only clicking on the editor. | <urn:uuid:5b6ceb68-3155-4f90-82a7-9d34a50b2176> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://democreator.wondershare.com/screen-recorder/thinkific-review.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.915346 | 1,425 | 1.5 | 2 |
When designing packaging, it is EXTREMELY important to communicate potential hazards in order to avoid lawsuits. Please learn from some of these actual printed advisements:
Toilet Plunger: Caution: Do not use near power lines.
Bowl Fresh: Safe to use around pets and children although it is not recommended that either be permitted to drink from the toilet.
Hair Coloring: Do not use as an ice cream topping.
Christmas Lights: Warning: For indoor or outdoor use only.
Komastsu Floodlight: This floodlight is capable of illuminating large areas even in the dark.
Nabisco Easy Cheese: For best results, remove cap.
Nytol sleep aid: Warning: May cause drowsiness.
Korean kitchen knife: Warning keep out of reach from children.
Package of Fisherman’s Friend throat lozenges: Not meant as substitute for human companionship.
Helmet mounted mirror used by us cyclists: Remember, objects in the mirror are actually behind you.
Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: Product will be hot after heating.
Swan frozen dinners: Serving suggestion: Defrost.
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Amazing Grace is one of the most popular and sincere hymns we have today. Holly Halliwell’s cover will surely, captivate and inspire anyone who listens to it!
English poet and clergyman John Newton wrote the hymn in 1772. The song is about the ‘saving grace’ of God. He was inspired to write this song because of the challenges he experienced, specifically when he was saved from a terrible shipwreck. It inspires and gives hope to millions of people for centuries now.
Holly Halliwell’s cover is nothing but ethereal. Her delicate, angelic voice is soothing to the ear. It brings refreshment to a weary soul. This unplugged version of the song surely will pull at one’s heartstrings. Her heartfelt rendition makes every word more meaningful. In addition, the lyrics of the song remind us that God’s boundless, unconditional love for us is liberating! His love saves a lost soul by being found by Him.
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I’m found
Was blind, but now I see
May this song remind us that God’s love can be as vast as the sea or could even, be wider and deeper than that. No matter what we are going through, His love is more than enough to save us from any desolate or impossible situation.
My chains are gone, I’ve been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 | <urn:uuid:270235cc-3697-41c3-8ee9-3b5de9aaa9a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.faithpot.com/amazing-grace-my-chains-are-gone-holly-halliwell/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.936911 | 444 | 2.265625 | 2 |
2ND ANNUAL “SHARING THE HOPE” HEALTH FAIR
For the Second time CSF Foundation has brought you a health fair that was geared towards results. As a foundation we have been to multiple health fairs; too many to count. As always, we encountered one problem. We questioned ourselves, why was there not a follow up with the guest that attended these health fairs? How sure are we they have been able to find a solution to their medical need?
It is when we started to realize while informative health fairs are necessary and important, we as CSF, with the network we have could create a health fair that will not only provide information but also results!
This health fair is an event in which you can bring you family, your insured and uninsured friends. Everyone will be able to receive these exams for free.
CSF “SHARING THE HOPE” HEALTH FAIR FUNDRAISER RESULTS
We are very ecstatic to present the results of our annual health fair where we received more than 1,200 individuals that were able to benefit not only from information about health and wellness issues but also from having specialists on-site providing medical advice to all those with medical conditions. Preventive health tests were also performed such as:
- Gallbladder/thyroid/abdomen ultrasounds
- Bone density
- Pulmonary function
- STD exams
- Ultrasound of eyes
- Eye exams
- Cholesterol and diabetes tests
- ABI’S and many more…
Our goal is to get people involved in adopting healthy behaviors and reduce the risk factors of developing chronic diseases.
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How do you get the gas out of lima beans?
Simply place dried beans in a container, cover them with water and let them soak. They’ll need to soak eight to 12 hours, but the key to eliminating the gas is draining and rinsing every three hours. Yup, you read that right. Drain, rinse and start soaking again every three hours.
Which beans make you fart the most?
According to several articles, soybeans are the fartiest and also contain the highest percentage of sugars. Navy beans and pinto beans are the next top offenders. And other worthy contestants include black beans, lima beans, black-eyed peas, and chickpeas.
Why are lima beans bad for you?
A drawback to these gaudy varieties is that they’re more poisonous than the average bean. Lima beans contain cyanogenic glycosides, sugar-bound compounds that are harmless until cellular disruption—brought about by chewing—releases an enzyme that chops the molecule in two, generating deadly hydrogen cyanide.
How can I eat beans without getting gas?
5 Ways to Avoid Gas with Beans
- Go slow – add beans slowly into your diet. Start with just a few tablespoons and build up.
- Soak well and rinse well. …
- Cook beans until very soft. …
- Add ajwain or epazote – both of these spices will decrease gas production – I swear by the epazote! …
- Chew – eat slowly and chew well each bite.
How long does gas last after eating beans?
A 2011 study found that among participants who experienced increased gas after eating one-half cup of beans daily for one week, 70 per cent reported that their gas returned to normal after two to three weeks of eating beans.
What is the healthiest bean to eat?
The 9 Healthiest Beans and Legumes You Can Eat
- Chickpeas. Also known as garbanzo beans, chickpeas are a great source of fiber and protein. …
- Lentils. Lentils are a great source of vegetarian protein and can be great additions to soups and stews. …
- Peas. …
- Kidney Beans. …
- Black Beans. …
- Soybeans. …
- Pinto Beans. …
- Navy Beans.
Why do I fart so much after eating beans?
Beans make us fart because they contain sugars and fibre that our bodies have a hard time digesting. When these sugars meet up with the bacteria in our large intestines, it produces gas and so we fart.
Why do beans make you fart smell?
2. Beans. Beans and lentils contain lots of fibre, but they also contain raffinose, a complex sugar that we don’t process well. These sugars make their way to the intestine, where your gut goes to town using them for energy, resulting in hydrogen, methane and even smelly sulphur.
Are lima beans a vegetable or bean?
Botanically speaking, tomatoes, peas, and lima beans are categorized as fruits, but due to their savory flavors are historically used as vegetables in main meals other than dessert.
What vegetables does not cause gas?
- Bell peppers.
- Bok choy.
- Greens, such as kale or spinach.
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Freewallet, the developer of 11 user-friendly crypto-wallets for iOS and Android, has been localized and translated into Portuguese, Spanish, French, Russian, Korean and Chinese languages. That means the service now covers 75% of the app market, according to Google Play data.
People all over the world use Freewallet apps, interestingly, only 25% of customers are from English-speaking countries and another 25% are located in Asia-Pacific. Cryptocurrency enables users in developing countries to use sophisticated financial services that were previously available only in developed countries.
According to Freewallet, the internet allows for decentralization not only in blockchain technology but also for the economy as a whole, distancing it from the world’s financial centers. Therefore cryptocurrency is rising in demand within these developing regions.
Alvin Hagg, Freewallet Co-Founder stated:
“There is a wonderful book by Victor Papanek “Design for the Real World.” Must read for design thinking people. Victor is well known for his Tin Can Radio that was made of metal food cans and powered by candle. Actually it was designed to be produced cheaply in developing countries. Imagine an impact of this invention on Godforsaken villages. Just like that radio, Blockchain can activate the peripheral economies. I want to see Freewallet as a kind of the Tin Can Radio. Simple, but well-designed tool for virtually anyone in the world. Localization is the way to achieve this goal.”
As one of the few providers that can sell cryptocurrencies most anywhere for fiat currency, Freewallet strives to expand its presence in non-English-speaking countries. Regardless of nationality and income, anyone can become a part of the crypto-world with using its apps. | <urn:uuid:7bea01ee-8d43-479f-b2a2-9081e194785d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/01/28/estonian-based-cryptocurrency-app-freewallet-adds-more-language-support/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.962158 | 371 | 1.757813 | 2 |
by Pui Kuan Cheah
When thinking about literature in the 2010s, a specific group of books come to mind – the young adult (YA) wave. The commercial success of series like Twilight and Percy Jackson (and one could even say the Harry Potter series) in the 2000s were absolutely pivotal to its rise. While plenty of other books targeting this demographic were undoubtedly big, the biggest successes came from book series – think The Mortal Instruments, Divergent, The Hunger Games, and The Maze Runner.
The fictional worlds painted within the pages of these books kept young people in clutches. Many of these series took place in fantasy or dystopian worlds, with protagonists that were rebelling against a higher-standing body in their society, providing a form of escapism from the real-world.
Even at the time, the Hunger Games stood out from the rest. While many of these YA novels were set in an intricately constructed fictional world, The Hunger Games seemed the most realistic and close to society today. The setting did not seem far-fetched, and its exploration of mature, darker topics like poverty, governmental power, and class issues indicated that author Suzanne Collins was not interested in pandering to a more ‘palatable’ story for her younger readership. In some way, The Hunger Games was a gateway for many adolescents to explore more “complex ideas” regarding the society they exist in, as suggested by Scholes and Ostenson (2013).
Clearly all this worked out in Collins’ favour. Originally consisting of 3 books, with a fourth that came out recently, the story of Katniss and the country of Panem captivated millions worldwide. While the subsequent movies had a big part to play in the increased sales, before that the original trilogy was already racking up 4.3 million copies in 2010 and almost doubling to 9.2 million in 2011. Even the fourth book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes sold half a million copies in its week of release, coming out in 2020, 5 years after the movie franchise concluded.
The series was also placed on BBC’s list of “100 Novels That Shaped Our World”, under ‘adventure’ alongside The Lord of the Rings trilogy amongst others. It has performed tremendously and outpaced most of the series that came up at around the same period.
The cultural relevance of The Hunger Games stands firmly today. In the way Katniss, a mere teenage competitor in the deadly games, became a symbol of rebellion in Panem, we see many young activists now of around the same age partaking in social movements (and some even spearheading them) that typically take aim at a higher power/entity. The Capitol in the book, where the wealthy are concentrated and distanced from the rest of the country, also parallel the ‘1%’ that we commonly refer to today – think well-known billionaires like Bezos, Musk, and Zuckerberg.
That’s not all though, as one could go on for ages about how The Hunger Games books serve as a literary critique and reflection of our society. They have aged wonderfully, and were written such that people both young and old can enjoy them. Such impact on a whole generation of readers is rarely seen in the literary sphere, and has played a part in how we think about the books of the 2010s. | <urn:uuid:19e9a6c7-de21-4b33-9be7-648b61126049> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/literature/2010s-icons/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.97563 | 693 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Are crabs scavengers?
Pretty much--they eat almost anything. They roam around and find food, even in the dark. They have a well-developed sense of smell and taste. And they're not good predators.
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For a long time we believed that brain shrinkage was inevitable and irreversible, as it was taught in medical school. However, actual research has shown that brain cells can regenerate. The amino acid called taurine plays an important role in creating new brain cells. Taurine is a very important amino acid for healthy brain function and makes hope for improvement in neurological diseases.
Taurine Triggers New Brain Cells To Grow
For years, scientists believed that brain shrinkage (atrophy) to be an unstoppable degenerative process. However, new research shows that the loss of brain matter is partially caused by reversible processes.[note]19, 20[/note] This knowledge opens the door to a new paradigm – one that aims to restore the brain structure and function, as opposed to simply treating the symptoms. One of the chief requirements for growing fresh brain cells is a little known amino acid: taurine. Taurine has a surprising number of critical actions concerning how cells protect and renew themselves.
Taurine increases the growth of brain cells by activating “sleeping” stem cells. Furthermore, Taurine increases the survival of new neurons, resulting in an increase of adult brain cells.[note]1-3[/note] It also has unique biochemical properties that promote new brain cell formation.[note]4, 5[/note] Animal studies show that taurine triggers new brain cells to grow in the hippocampus, the area of the brain most important for memory.[note]1, 6[/note] This can lead to dramatic improvements in cognition and recall.[note]7, 8[/note]
In addition to these impressive brain benefits, taurine also boosts cardiac function and reduces arterial stiffness as well as negative impacts of the metabolic syndrome.[note]11-16.[/note] In fact, taurine supplementation added to the drug Metformin has been shown to offer tremendous reductions in tissue damage.[note]17[/note]
Declining Taurine Levels with Age
Low levels of taurine have been observed in patients with Parkinson’s disease.[note]9, 10[/note] Besides, taurine levels fall significantly with age, leaving the brain, heart, kidneys, and other tissues deprived of this vital healing compound capable of rescuing dying cells and restoring cellular communication.[note]1, 6, 18[/note] We are beginning to recognize that as we age, many of us may experience a taurine deficiency that is a real and fundamental threat to health.
As taurine levels decline with age, older adults are unable to maintain the level of new brain cell formation required to preserve their youthful responses to toxic and metabolic insults.[note]1, 21[/note] This taurine deficiency may lie at the heart of some of our most dreaded brain disorders.[note]22[/note] Studies now show that restoring taurine content in brain cells can reverse these trends, and rejuvenate brain structure and function. Animal studies show that taurine triggers new brain cells to grow in the hippocampus, a brain region centrally involved in memory.[note]1, 23[/note]
A study published in the journal Stem Cell Research found that taurine supplementation in middle-aged mice increased the growth of new cells in regions of the brain associated with learning and memory. It accomplished this by activating “hibernating” stem cells that were then capable of maturing into several different kinds of cells.[note]1[/note]
In fact, one study showed that when human neural precursor cells (the early-stage neurons and supporting cells in the brain), were cultured with taurine, it produced significantly more brain cells. This demonstrates how taurine stimulates stem-like cells to differentiate into functioning brain cells.[note]2[/note]
How Taurine Works
In animals, taurine deficiency impairs brain growth by delaying normal neuronal development.[note]2[/note] Lab studies show that taurine can reverse this problem. When taurine-deficient brain cells are grown in culture and then taurine is added, it results in a sharp increase in the development of new cells. This is attributed to multiple mechanisms of action, including
- improved mitochondrial function;
- activation of genes required for normal proliferation, survival, and energy functioning;[note]2[/note] and
- blocking chemical signals that inhibit neuronal cell regeneration.[note]3[/note]
In addition to promoting the growth of new brain cells, taurine enhances neurites. These are tiny projections that help brain cells to communicate with each other. Neurites maximize connections between those cells, along which electrical impulses flow to support memory, cognition, feeling, and thinking. Over time, chemical stresses and toxins can damage these neurites, contributing to slower cognition in older people.[note]24[/note]
A lab study revealed that taurine restores normal neurite growth in nerves exposed to toxic chemicals. This happens largely through its protective effects against chemical stresses.[note]25[/note] The findings that taurine can genuinely rejuvenate damaged brains are truly revolutionary, and are beginning to change the way scientists and neurologists are thinking about age- and trauma-related brain changes.[note]26, 27[/note]
Taurine’s Benefits for Brain Conditions
Two specific conditions taurine has been shown to help benefit are Parkinson’s disease and depression.[note]22, 28[/note] Human studies show that taurine plasma levels are reduced in patients with Parkinson’s disease, suggesting both a potential contribution to the disease – and a possible treatment.[note]28[/note] This problem is compounded by the fact that standard treatment of Parkinson’s symptoms involves the drug Levodopa, which may further deplete taurine.[note]28[/note] This makes it particularly important for Parkinson’s patients to supplement with this versatile amino acid.
Supplementing with taurine is also important for those suffering from depression.[note]22[/note] Depression is particularly prevalent in diabetics; indeed, there’s a strong school of thought that chronic blood sugar elevations are involved in depression and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.[note]29-31[/note] Intriguingly, taurine supplementation in diabetic rats has been shown to improve depressive-like behaviors; in addition, supplementation improved the diabetes-damaged neurotransmitter function, which helped lead to improved short-term memory.[note]32[/note]
- Taurine is a free amino acid that is vital in slowing key age-accelerating processes, particularly in the central nervous and cardiovascular systems.
- The amino acid promotes brain cell regeneration. Laboratory studies show that taurine can achieve what was once thought to be impossible: stimulate new growth and connections of brain cells. This raises the real possibility for restoration of youthful brain function in older adults. Taurine levels decrease with age and with metabolic and neurological diseases.
- Supplementation with taurine, in both animal and human studies, demonstrates the age-decelerating effects of this amino acid. Laboratory studies reveal dramatic improvements in cognition and memory in taurine-supplemented animals. They also suggest that human supplementation might slow or reverse changes seen in Parkinson’s disease.
- Taurine supplementation boosts cardiac function and reduces arterial stiffness, both contributors to early death from heart disease and stroke.
- Those with metabolic syndrome also stand to gain from taurine supplements. These substantially reduce that syndrome’s negative impacts on cardiovascular risk. | <urn:uuid:cc03010d-a06a-4b45-8e89-7e75ff3a1e09> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.klinik-st-georg.de/en/taurin-hope-in-neurological-diseases/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.919582 | 1,565 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Why do some communities flee their homes during armed conflict, while others remain and risk exposure to further violence? This article investigates whether and how whole communities flee home territory, which we refer to as evacuation, in the context of strategic displacement campaigns. We explain variation in the process of forced displacement. Specifically, we differentiate between preemptive (prior to displacement violence) and violent (in response to displacement violence) evacuation. We theorize that social cohesion enhances communities’ ability to preemptively evacuate by facilitating collective action to evade imminent violence exposure. We test the theory in the context of Arab Palestinian communities’ displacement during the 1948 war in Mandate Palestine. We measure village evacuation drawing upon historical accounts of forced displacement during the war and social cohesion using an original dataset based on new archival material from a survey of Arab Palestinian villages conducted during the early 1940s.
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The highly antigenic glycopeptidolipids present on the surface of members of the Mycobacterium avium complex serve to distinguish these bacteria from all others and to define the various serovars that compose this complex. Previously, the genes responsible for the biosynthesis of the disaccharide hapten [2,3-di-O-methyl-α-L-fucopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-L-rhamnopyranose] of serovar 2 of the M. avium complex were isolated, localized to a contiguous 22- to 27-kb fragment of the M. avium genome, and designated the ser2 gene cluster (J. T. Belisle, L. Pascopella, J. M. Inamine, P. J. Brennan, and W. R. Jacobs, Jr., J. Bacteriol. 173:6991-6997, 1991). In the present study, transposon saturation mutagenesis was used to map the specific genetic loci within the ser2 gene cluster required for expression of this disaccharide. Four essential loci, termed ser2A, -B, -C, and -D, constituting a total of 5.7 kb within the ser2 gene cluster, were defined. The ser2B and ser2D loci encode the methyltransferases required to methylate the fucose at the 3 and 2 positions, respectively. The rhamnosyltransferase was encoded by ser2A, whereas either ser2C or ser2D encoded the fucosyltransferase. The ser2C and ser2D loci are also apparently involved in the de novo synthesis of fucose. Isolation of the truncated versions of the hapten induced by the transposon insertions provides genetic evidence that the glycopeptidolipids of M. avium serovar 2 are synthesized by an initial transfer of the rhamnose unit to the peptide core followed by fucose and finally O methylation of the fucosyl unit.
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The Pirate Queen’s Adventure Checklist
From Amy Driscoll
Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #463
- Basic Plot Structure
- Pace and Tone
- Backward and Forward Links
- Memorable Antagonists
- Location Map
- Twists and Time Limits
- Consider PCs and Players
- Make Props
- Check for Completeness
- Re-check for Completeness
- Renaissance Festivals
- The Fop
- The Harkonen
- The Atreides
- The Monte
- The De la Poer
- The Iron Mask
- The Zorro
- The Bathory
- The De Sade
- The Machiavelli
- From the Shore to the Sea
Here is a step by step adventure creation framework I’ve developed to raise the quality of my sessions.
I aim to spend less time than the length of each gaming session on creating the game, without sacrificing the quality of the game I’m running. The tips below help me do quick but quality adventure production.
Basic Plot Structure
Write down the basic plot and brainstorm three possible outcomes. Choose the coolest. Run with it.
When starting to write an adventure I have often conditions left over from the last session or I have an idea for a very cool scene. I summarise my idea as briefly as possible, then work out the scenarios that could lead to or result from the scene.
Having multiple outcomes gets me thinking like the players would when confronted with the event. What other possible explanations are there? What emotions do I want to surround this with? What bizarre, in-game logic can I use to justify this? At this stage, I worry less about feasibility than I do about possibilities. Most of it can be tied together to add depth to the story as you go.
For example: murder on a zeppelin. The plot idea here is the PCs are on a zeppelin flight and one of the passengers mysteriously disappears.
Possible Reason 1. During a drunken liaison with a fellow passenger, she fell overboard accidentally. The fellow passenger is covering this up to protect his reputation or marriage.
Possible Reason 2. The woman was a blackmailer. One of the other passengers poisoned her and pushed her down the garbage chute.
Possible Reason 3. The woman was fed to something evil in the cargo hold. A vampire in transit? Cannibal snails? The demon powering the ship? Scant remains that don’t look human can be found only through careful investigation.
In this case, I went with Reason 1. I made the fellow passenger an ambassador from a particularly straight laced society. I also liked the blackmail angle – maybe that was her motivation in seducing the ambassador – and worked that into the plot. I decided to add the cannibal snails into the hold as a distraction for the players and a reason for another passenger to act suspiciously.
If I want more structure to the plot, I would apply the 5 Room Dungeon template. But for now, the basic plot is done.
Pace and Tone
I consider what mood, atmosphere, or pace I want for the session. Often this is dictated by the game and players anyway, but it needs to be considered.
This is important when thinking about location design ? weather, styles, structures, layout, etc. ? and NPC types.
I usually just list a two or three word description or the mood I want. The words I want to describe the Zeppelin Murder are “suspicious, confined, pulp.”
From this, I describe the Zeppelin’s interior as luxurious but small. The walls and doors are cloth over a frame for reasons of weight, but it also means that sounds will travel to other passengers and there’s not much privacy. The other passengers are be pulp characters – psychics, adventurers, mad scientists, plucky gals and such.
Backward and Forward Links
Next, I consider if I can add a link to previous campaign or game.
I first think about whether I can reuse a previous NPC. Players love this. It’s a lazy way to add depth to the world of the campaign and your hastily thrown together NPCs. It also lends to your aura of GM omniscience. You can reuse previously created material, saving you more time.
Continuing with the example of the Zeppelin Murder, the ambassador is related to a previous PC. The ship is named after a significant previous event the old PCs were involved in. Cannibal snails killed a favourite NPC in a previous game. An old NPC is the ship’s captain, a steward, a fellow passenger.
The next question is, can I foreshadow or link to a future adventure?
This one is trickier – you need to have some forward planning or vague ideas in place. Again though, it adds to your aura of godlike GM powers.
Future cool ideas for the Zeppelin Murder could be:
- Giant cannibal snails attack metropolis! ’nuff said.
- An adventurers’ club loses a valuable arcane artifact. So, let’s make one of the passengers a courier, transporting the artifact that will later be stolen. Remembering the detectives on board his flight, the courier will track down the PCs for help.
- Everyone in a boarding house is sharing the same nightmare. So, one of the passengers is a returning university student. Her dorm mates have been sharing the same nightmare for three weeks now. Remembering the detectives on board her flight…etc.
Whether the antagonist is a location, a monster or a mastermind, if you can make the players interested in finding out more about it, they will become more involved in gameplay.
- Zombie Lord: He has a flock of undead ravens at his beck and call, who follow the players about. He believes he is granting the gift of immortality to his victims. H was once a god, worshipped by a now dead civilisation. He deeply mourns their loss.
- Murdering Psychopath: He is a favoured child. He uses a clown motif and likes to sew his victims’ skins into dresses. He likes bunnies. He only attacks women named after the virtues.
- Evil Wizard: He owns a successful tyre factory and is using multi-level marketing to spread his sigil all over the world. He was until recently trapped in a romance novel. He will set his victims free if they win a card game against him.
- Icy Wasteland: It is inhabited by a primitive tribe of elk hunters, and contains a frozen palace carved eons ago. It has sudden and unexpected crevasses, a single heated geyser pool and a howling wind that sometimes whispers in a human voice.
There are several reasons to create a location map. I usually only use these for a single structure, such as a tavern or a ship. Leaving the larger places like cities and landscapes vague gives me more flexibility.
Maps keep the players amused, gives them a clearer concept of the location, and lets them plot their movements like international jewel thieves. They add depth to combat and keep the PCs from fudging their location. They also make you look incredibly prepared.
Timing the map presentation should be given some thought, or you risk losing the fear of the unknown, which a new location gives to an adventure. I’ll often only give out the map if they have found a map in game, they have already scouted the location, or the location is simple.
Memorable combat scenes use the location to add difficulty or novelty to the conflict. Imagine fighting on a zeppelin gantry during a violent thunderstorm, or on a panicked camel near a lava flow.
Twists and Time Limits
A sense of urgency adds to the intensity of a session and keeps the action and focus tight. Put in time limits wherever you can.
The Zeppelin Murder must be solved by landfall, or else the Great Detective Jardine will be brought in. And he’s been looking for an excuse to investigate the PCs’ secret activities for some time now.
Is there a twist you could add to make the adventure more interesting? This one is often the hardest part. Sometimes your plot will have built in twists, but sometimes you need to add the extra kick manually.
The Zeppelin Murder victim was planning to blackmail the ambassador, just as she was blackmailing some of the other passengers. What if she wasn’t just drunk? What if the other blackmailer victims decided to do something about her and drugged her?
She passes out mid-flagrante, and the ambassador drunkenly panics and tosses her out the airlock. That would explain why she didn’t scream on the way down. Perhaps she’s a laudanum addict, and her bottles are missing.
Consider PCs and Players
Is there something for each PC? Why would they care about what happens? Are they personally connected? If your player has given you a good backstory, you should be able to find something in their background to hook into the story.
Is there something for each player? Why do your players come to the table? Does your adventure provide this? Robin Law’s guide to Player Types is helpful here if you need additional information.
If you want to shortcut this step, just add in something that will involve players emotionally. One of the most successful ways I have done this was to have a PC’s rescue accidentally attributed to another adventuring party in a major newspaper.
Is there an awesome prop you could make, acquire or alter? If the prop doesn’t relay information to the PCs, don’t waste time on it. If you have something already, try to write it into the game as is.
The arcane symbols on your novelty knife become the Magical Sigils of the Dagger of Death. Put the paper note into your pre-existing puzzle box.
By far the most useful prop I have made was used for an entire campaign. This was a gift box with hot-glue sigils and spray paint on it, filled with scraps of burnt and tea- stained paper. When magic stones were found and set into the top, useful clues would appear in the box. The players were motivated to look for the magic stones and loved digging through the paper scraps to work out what had just appeared.
Check for Completeness
Can you add a campaign over-arc clue or symbol? Again, this is about adding world depth, foreshadowing and developing the campaign.
This can be as simple as leaving the major villain’s calling card near the scene, having an NPC whisper the villain’s first name as their dying breath, or a reappearing black crow with one eye glare at the party as they go to adventure onwards.
Keep the symbolism subtle in the beginning of the adventure as the campaign starts to develop. Later, you can drop the blueprints for the Mysterious Doomsday Device into the dead courier’s case. It should be marked with the appropriate symbol so everyone knows who is to blame.
Make sure you have generated a suitable NPC and location naming list. You will get to the table and discover that the player really wants to get to know the local butcher, for some unknown, player insanity related reason.
Many of my early NPCs were named Fred. Even the girls. Pre- generating suitable names has saved me from this. I use Randon Name Generator.
Re-check for Completeness
Can the players discover every vital clue they need to lead them from one event to the next? Do you have a back-up plan in case they don’t?
Is it still fun? If not, work out why. Fix it. Otherwise, what’s the point of gaming?
If you have extra time, you can go back over the game, add refinements, and build stats for NPCs and lovingly crafted locations.
A Brief Word from Hannah
I’m sure most of you already know and love Renfests, but I’ve recently discovered that some gamers haven’t heard of them. Since Renfest season is now in full swing, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about them.
Renaissance Festivals, or Renfests for short, are large gatherings of people dressing in Renaissance style, selling things in the style of that period. There are also plays, jousts, comedic performances of all sort, and every kind of meat you can imagine on a stick. Since this is around the time period when most fantasy stuff is set, there’s plenty of that to be had as well.
They occur during weekends in the summer and fall, and you can find them just about anywhere. Just google for “[your state/province] renaissance festival” and you’re likely to come up with at least a couple.
You can pick up great props for gaming; everything from clothing and armor to real steel swords to pewter minis, pewter and metal dice, and potion bottles. But more than that, they’re huge gatherings of like-minded people. Hang out, swap gaming stories, and just soak in the atmosphere.
Monster Contest Deadline Extended
Chaotic Shiny’s Monster Contest has been extended a week, so it now ends October 3rd. That means you still have a little bit more time to get in some entries!
Campaign Coins Treasure Worthy Of Your Greatest Adventures!
Introduce extra depth to your role-playing experience with Campaign Coins – a universal money system that can be used for RPG’s, LARP’s, card games, board games or props.
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Zombie Murder Mystery
Have the time of your life while PCs struggle to hold on to theirs!
Zombie Murder Mystery is a party game of who-done-it with a zombie infestation twist. Learn this roleplaying game in just a few minutes and start having fun with your friends with no preparation!
One player is the evil necromancer. Will you find him before he finds you? You’d better work fast, the clock is ticking down to the necromancer’s ultimate victory. Or maybe it is your ultimate victory?
10 Aristocrat For Your Game
From Ria Hawk
Always meticulously dressed in the most current fashions, a staunch defender of tradition, a bit of a pansy, often incredibly annoying, and terribly proud of his family name. Unfortunately, he is the last of it, and may or may not be able to continue the line.
He’s the unquestioned master of his house. He’s also a bloody lunatic. Madness runs in his family, but he’s one of the worst. And he enjoys it. He would like his sphere of influence to increase dramatically, and has been trying to exterminate his rival for an indeterminable length of time. Most of the rest of the aristocracy is certain he will one day succeed, and afraid that he will turn his attention to them when he does.
This aristocrat takes his responsibilities seriously, even if he might not have wanted the job. He tends to think that all of the social niceties he’s expected to observe are slightly ridiculous, and unless talked out of it will often do what he thinks should be done without regards to how people perceive him. Between his duties and trying to keep his family safe from the Harkonen, he has very little time for much else.
Cristo in a world where money can buy titles, it matters little that this aristocrat hasn’t a drop of noble blood in him. A former adventurer, he’s returned to his homeland unspeakably wealthy and unrecognized. He wants revenge for the betrayal he once suffered at the hands of supposed friends, and is using his wealth to get it. He’s quiet, preferring to let others have the glory, and also very calculating. He can be cruel and ruthless, but will only be so to those who have wronged him or who stand in his way. The sort of man who always settles his accounts in one way or another.
The De la Poer
Something terrible happened not long ago, and this aristocrat refuses to speak of it. He left his lands, his title, and his wealth behind with no thought to keep hold of them, and left his family dead. Peasants whisper that it is better that they are dead, but that is only so much talk. The De la Poer has no wish to exonerate himself, and only seems to want to forget anything connected with the bloodline of which he is the last.
The Iron Mask
For whatever reason, this aristocrat is not who he claims to be. He is an impostor, placed in this role by others. Hidden away from the world, he has been brought into the noble world to replace the man he greatly resembles. He was carefully trained by dissidents in positions of power, and is watched just as carefully to see that he does not slip up or that the deposed noble’s men do not harm him. Whether he will be better or worse than the man he replaced remains to be seen.
At first glance, he seems something of a fop, merely just another hanger-on of the social elite, albeit an attractive and honorable one. However, he is an unparalleled swordsman and rider. He sees himself as a champion of the people, and what he cannot accomplish within the confines of the aristocracy, he is more than willing to do with his blade. He also has a rather acidic sense of humor, and has left an outraged opponent humiliated more than once.
This aristocrat seems to be a shining example of what the aristocracy should be, but in reality is a human monster who can make the Harkonen look sane. Almost definitely a psychopath, she thinks nothing of casually murdering her own peasants for whatever ends, be it a vain quest for eternal beauty or personal amusement. Only the protection of her title and the front she puts up for her fellow nobility has so far saved her from a rampaging mob.
The De Sade
Everyone knows this aristocrat is a depraved maniac. Stories of his debauches, orgies, and other sexual depravities abound, and only the most destitute will enter service with him. An unapologetic freak and fetishist, he often and loudly criticizes the more “normal” of his peers, particularly the more religious.While it’s something of a mystery how he’s managed to get away with it for this long, it’s almost certain that someday he’ll be hanged for heresy, treason, or some less lofty crime.
This aristocrat is a master of playing both sides against the middle. He is quite adept at the eternal game of politics, and understands psychology so well he doesn’t have a hard time of getting people to do what he wants. He won’t be a serious threat to the throne, but you can bet he will be the power behind it.
Want more aristocrats? 30 Aristocrats at Strolen’s Citadel.
Open Design Interview
From the Shore to the Sea
From Johnn Four
From Shore to Sea by Brandon Hodge is one of several Open Design adventures currently underway. I say the first of several because it’s up to customers to support any or all of three choices, for Call of Cthulhu, 4th Edition, and Pathfinder: Open Design Projects: Pathfinder and 4E
Wolfgang Baur’s Open Design is a wonderful and innovative product that customers help mould through ongoing feedback and discussion while the adventure is actually being built.
Following are a few game master tips questions I lobbed over the fence to Wolfgang and Brandon. With such expertise in crafting solid adventures I figured we should tap into their secrets so we can all build better stories for our campaigns.
How to create your own Halloween for your game worlds. Advice and tips for designing compelling holidays that not only expand your game world but provide endless natural encounter, adventure, and campaign hooks. Written by Johnn Four.
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Creativity and Cognition is the Association for Computing Machinery’s conference blending art and science. Now in its 14th year, this edition of C&C was held in Venice 20-23 June. Our researcher Caitlin McDonald shared excerpts from her AI-assisted pandemic memoir Pelican Stairs at the Creativity and Cognition art exhibition held alongside the conference 22-25 June. Read more about Caitlin’s artwork, and watch a brief talk, in our prior blog post.
Titled “Cities of the Future: Living Together,” the conference exhibition featured projects exploring “ways in which citizens can participate in new cross-disciplinary forms of creative engagement with the major challenges that cities face.” From VR immersive worlds to used coffee cups, artists presented works in a range of formats addressing diverse aspects of future city challenges. Some directly addressed the physical climate challenges cities are already starting to experience, using lasers or vibration patterns in sound and water to demonstrate increasingly urgent climate impacts. Others focused on ephemeral notions of what cities are and how people connect in urban environments, creating imagined cities out of data derived from the artist’s emails, or generating new fake images of an imagined Venice trained on photos taken by locals and tourists.
Full descriptions of the artworks presented in Cities of the Future are available in the Creativity and Cognition conference proceedings.
The Creativity and Cognition conference included practical demonstrations of new research methods, creativity support tools, and design processes, along with theoretical discussions about human-computer interaction, principles of data visualisation, the role of AI in education, and more. Delve into the full range of research presented at Creativity and Cognition in the published conference proceedings. | <urn:uuid:070ee78f-d540-4bb1-a30f-f7fb72b41cc6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://creativeinformatics.org/research/pelican-stairs-on-the-road/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.932858 | 354 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Well, the bone structure is one of the most important supports of the human body, where the teeth are located and everything that encompasses the oral cavity. When there is an alteration in this area that can affect the masticatory apparatus, such as a deformity or modification, it is medically known as “malocclusion“. For a dentist, it is essential to analyze this type of tool since it will be a necessary key in the diagnosis of the treatment because by explaining the bite a series of possible problems that the patient may present due to this condition can be elaborated. A dental software has the tools to properly track diagnosis of a patient.
The dental structure must have an ideal fit, where the upper teeth must fit with the lower ones, this to protect the tissues and so that they are aesthetically aligned, straight and maintain the desired proportion. Although this is ideal, a large percentage of the population has some type of malocclusion, where the number of this percentage is divided into those malocclusions are severe and with a more specific treatment and later.
These problems can be caused, mainly, by inheritance issues where the dental pattern is repeated in individual members of the family. Other factors that can be produced are the habits acquired from babies; the most common is the constant sucking of the finger that, for a long time, significantly affects the structure of the dental cavity. Similarly, missing teeth can damage the aesthetics and function of the teeth and the entire appliance.
Types of Bites
Overbite- Characterized by the fact that the upper teeth are positioned far in front of the lower teeth, sometimes covering the lower teeth. People with this type of structure tend to have more problems with cavities as there is much more tartar accumulation due to the wrong position of the teeth. Regularly, individuals may have periodontal problems and small traumas inside the oral cavity, mainly in the tissue.
This type of bite is more associated with genetic factors, followed by childhood habits.
The patients who have this dental problem have aesthetic inconveniences and can affect the form of speech. Their treatment is 100% through orthodontics or surgery.
Open bite- An alteration in which it is impossible to close the upper part, i.e., there is no contact between the posterior teeth and the lower anterior teeth. Although visually, the patient may have noticeable problems, it affects more functionality, harming the patient in not being able to perform basic tasks such as chewing or speaking fluently directly.
Open bite is associated with:
- Childhood problems (biting objects or thumb sucking).
- Incorrect tongue postures where teeth are pushed when speaking.
- Genetic causes.
Like the subbite, this condition can be solved with orthodontics or with some surgery accompanied by other treatment.
Dental crowding- This problem is known to all those dental alterations in which a stacking of teeth is observed due to the lack of space in the oral cavity. The people who present a wrong dental placement is mainly due to hereditary issues because the bone is too small, this causes that there is not enough space, generating the birth of teeth outside the dental line.
In addition to aesthetic problems, patients who present this type of bite tend to have a higher risk of periodontal diseases because cleaning is more complicated and, therefore, there is a more significant accumulation of tartar.
This condition can be solved with orthodontic treatment.
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From her home in the shadow of Camden Yards, Allyson Bear is working on a complex problem: how to bring resources and humanitarian aid from Baltimore-based Lutheran World Relief to African countries as people there cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
Bear, a vice president for Lutheran World Relief, said weak health systems, widespread poverty and crowded urban slums put Africans at extreme risk.
“This crisis is so unique, because it is happening everywhere at once,” said Bear, who has worked for 20 years in public health.
Responding to emergencies typically involves marshaling resources from an unaffected area to bring to an affected area, she said. In this case, communities are focused on their needs and competing for high-demand supplies, such as masks, medical gloves and ventilators.
In Africa, the need is great and growing, Bear said. While confirmed cases are not showing up in great numbers relative to other places, that’s due to a lag in testing, rather than a sign the virus is not spreading there. Worldwide some 526,000 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and nearly 24,000 people had died as of Thursday night.
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Lutheran World Relief, which merged last year with Washington-based IMA World Health, is on the ground in multiple African countries. But, Bear said, getting specific aid to the continent is a twofold problem. Borders throughout Africa have been closed to airplanes and ships to slow the spread of the virus. Plus, supplies worldwide are being channeled to wealthier countries like the United States.
“At the moment, when we need to be moving people and resources towards Africa to help them deal with this crisis, we can’t get there,” Bear said.
The goal for now, Bear said, is to adapt programs already underway to provide outreach in response to the pandemic.
The organization runs a $140 million operation with 550 employees from its headquarters at 700 Light St. in Baltimore. It works in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia with a mission to help people stay healthy and teach them to feed and support themselves so they can become stabilized in their native countries.
In Kenya, for example, Bear said, its teams provide health care for people living with HIV in the slums of Nairobi. In response to the pandemic, she said, they provide multiple months of the HIV drugs at a single visit, educate people about the importance of hand-washing and repurpose protective equipment used for HIV to help with the new coronavirus.
Going forward, Bear said, the sooner resources can be freed up in the U.S., the faster help can be sent to Africa. Besides donating to worldwide causes, she said, people in the U.S. can improve the situation elsewhere by contributing to the slow of the coronavirus’ spread here.
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The aptly named Shamian island located in Guangzhou's Liwan district literally means "sandy surface" in Chinese, for its physical characteristics. Don't let this name fool you, however, as the island is a historical hotspot. Despite only encompassing a diminutive 300, 000 square meters, there are rows of historical avenues flanked with important buildings and scenic trees.
Shamian Island features quiet pedestrian avenues flanked by trees and historical buildings.[Photo/visitgz.com]
Shamian has served as an area of mercantile importance since the Song Dynasty (960-1279). From the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) onwards, its importance doubled as a strategic point of defense during the second Opium Wars (1856-1860). In 1859, the island's territory was gobbled up by Western imperialism, as it was split into concessions for the French and the United Kingdom (four fifths of the territory went to the British, with the remaining one fifth going to the French).
The territory today features architecture that befits its cosmopolitan history, with the mansions on the island being some of the best preserved Western European style buildings in the country. More than 40 buildings have been counted to be amongst the most exotic ones in Guangzhou, exhibiting traits of Gothic, Baroque and Neoclassical architecture.
The island is home to a wide range of exotic buildings featuring Gothic, Baroque, and Neoclassical architecture. [Photo/visitgz.com]
Some of the famous attractions on the island include the Catholic Church Our Lady of Lourdes built in 1892, the British Protestant church Christ Church of Shameen built in 1865 and the Guangdong Foreign Affairs Museum.
1. Take bus No 1, 9, 57, 123,188, 208, 209, 217, 219, 236,270, 297, 538, 552 to Liuersan Road Station.
2. Take bus No 81, 102, 103, 105, 106, 238 or 538 to Cultural Park Station.
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From the Editor: Enjoy this October blog post written by Elizabeth Rouse. She is a sophomore at Central College located in Iowa. Miss Rouse studies English and hopes to pursue a career in writing. We hope you enjoy reading her interesting story on past experiences during the time of Halloween.
Every October when I was young, my parents took me to a pumpkin patch near my grandparents home. There were tons of fun activities to partake in, such as feeding animals in the petting zoo, eating cinnamon and sugar donuts, and wandering through a corn maze. However, my favorite part of this trip was walking through the haunted house with my grandfather.
No matter how old I was, my grandfather would insist on holding my hand so that I could “protect him.” Ironically, because of my blindness, my grandfather was always protecting me from unforeseen dangers: stairs, doors, other patrons, et cetera. Many would see this as a difficult task, walking through a dark haunted house. However, I am proud to say that now, I can go through these dark places without my grandfather while using my cane.
Although I have grown out of the haunted house stage of my life, I can still enjoy the pumpkin patch. Choosing the perfect pumpkin is all about feeling. Everyone gets lost in a corn maze, so as long as I refrain from tripping, I blend in with my peers (except for the cane in my hand.) My blindness has never hindered me from embracing my childlike love of Halloween. It is my hope that in sharing this memory, you will learn to love this holiday in just the same way. | <urn:uuid:27bf5485-116b-4366-9b14-6e51de8af14b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nabslink.org/blogs/everyone-scream-it-halloween-elizabeth-rouse | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.980716 | 329 | 1.6875 | 2 |
All around the globe, COVID-19 has upended lives. It has infected over five million people worldwide. It will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion. In the U.S. alone, over 100,000 people have died from the virus. We won’t know the full weight of the pandemic’s psychological impact on our society for a while.
Amid continued uncertainty around how long this crisis will last, many states have begun to reopen businesses. As shelter-in-place orders expire around the country, many employers are taking the proper precautions that will allow employees to return to work safely. Employers will need to ensure they have taken the necessary operational steps to encourage the best health and safety practices.
Of course, many essential workers have continued to work over the last few months. However, with businesses officially reopening, this will mean a much fuller workforce, which will require renewed adjustment and potentially new safety procedures.
Employers who are reopening their business have been encouraged by the CDC and other government authorities to establish clear policies around social distancing, personal protective equipment (PPE), checking temperatures, testing for COVID, and sanitation.
Supply Chain Disruptions in Manufacturing
The pandemic affected manufacturers in ways no one has seen before; supply, demand, and availability of the workforce were all impacted simultaneously across the globe. Many manufacturers in the food and beverage industry have struggled to meet the high demand that resulted from panic buying. Others felt pressure to cut operational costs in response to a significant drop in demand.
Office employees have been able to shift to remote work throughout this crisis, but most manufacturing plants don’t have the digital tools necessary to work remotely. This reality has placed a strain on such organizations, which have had to scramble to put safety measures and new processes in place.
Perhaps the most significant way COVID-19 has changed things for manufacturers is by disrupting the supply chain. Institute for Supply Management recently conducted a survey that showed nearly 75% of American organizations had experienced supply chain disruptions as a result of COVID-19-related transportation restrictions. The study also found:
- 57% saw longer lead times for components sourced from China. Average lead times were more than double the lead times at the end of 2019.
- Over 44% have no plan to address disruption in the supply chain from China.
- 80% of respondents believe the COVID-19 disruptions will have an impact on their organization.
- Of this 80%, one in six companies reported adjusting their revenue targets downward 5.6% on average.
The New Normal for Essential Workers
Organizations that are reopening should look to the essential workers and businesses that have been operating throughout the pandemic for an example of how to approach working during a public health crisis. Especially for companies like manufacturers of paper products that have stayed productive to meet rising demands for toilet paper, paper towels, etc. Essential workers have already gotten used to the new normal where social distancing and PPE are a part of the workplace.
If your organization is getting back to business as usual, it’s more important than ever that you bring efficiency to your day-to-day operations. You can do this by focusing on shop floor excellence, paying more attention to front-line leaders, making sure your maintenance performance is excellent, and operationalizing your culture. (For some helpful how-to’s, check out Power Your Productivity and Power Your Culture video series on our YouTube channel.)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established guidelines for returning employees. These guidelines include:
- If an employee has been at a job site within 48 hours of testing positive for COVID-19, all areas used by the employee must be cleaned and disinfected, especially frequently touched surfaces.
- Cleaning and disinfecting procedures are not necessary if it has been over seven days since the sick person used the facility.
- Employers should consider using wipeable covers on electronic devices like touchscreens, tablets, ATMs, remote controls, and keyboards.
- Employers should train all employees on which PPE is necessary, when to use PPE, how to put it on, and how to dispose of it properly.
- Employers should comply with the standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on bloodborne pathogens, including disposing of PPE and regulated waste properly.
- Workers should learn the hazards of chemicals used to clean in the workplace.
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Water should be clean and as pure as possible. In both soil and hydro applications, you want to remove the junk in our tap water as much as possible. Spring water or well water, while “natural” and healthy for us, contains more dissolved solids than tap water. Tap water contains sodium, chlorine, fluoride, and other things that can interfere with nutrients, sometimes locking out essential nutrients by binding with them and not allowing root absorption. Clean water is essential.
Use a Small Boy or an RO system to clean your water. A Reverse Osmosis machine removes practically everything from the water, rendering it with a ppm reading around zero. The drawbacks to an RO machine is that it is very slow, requiring hours to get a usable quantity, and about 1/3 or more of the water becomes unusable wastewater which must be discarded. Basically, an RO machine runs water through two filters, and then forces the H2O molecules through a membrane that only allows molecules of that size to pass through. The drawbacks are the slowness, the waste, and the expense of replacing a membrane, as well as the initial cost of the machine itself.
A Small Boy cleans with two filters, removing chlorine and other solids fairly well. The ppm will not measure at zero, but should be around 125 or so. It is fast (1 gallon per minute) and has no wastewater. I have found that this level of cleaning is sufficient for both soil and hydro applications. The machine is reasonably priced and runs 3,000 gallons before a filter change is needed. The filters are inexpensive. A new liquid product you just add to your water will remove chlorine and clorimides, as well as heavy metals.
Water temperature is vital. Tap water, even after being run through a cleaning machine, is usually around 55 degrees. The water must be warmed to room temperature, either by letting it sit out or by adding cleaned hot water until a temperature around 70 degrees is reached. Roots react very badly to cold temperatures, often shutting down until a proper temperature is reached. Too warm, and you run the risk of rotting your plants. This will interrupt your grow, extending the time and reducing the harvest size and quality. | <urn:uuid:2237e211-0cc6-451f-8aa0-d410cd9c80af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thebubblingbucket.com/water/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.959967 | 452 | 2.75 | 3 |
MapsIndoors is the official indoor wayfinding platform at MWC 2018 and 107.000 attendees can find their way around the gigantic venue using the technology.
NTU has introduced an online Campus Map with indoor-outdoor wayfinding to make navigation on its vast 200-hectare campus much easier and to improve student, staff and visitor experiences.
MapsPeople was the official indoor navigation partner at Google Next 2019.
Finding the right book at the library can be a cumbersome task. Find out how MapsIndoors helps library users find the books they’re looking for.
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A Typical Financial Advisor Business Plan
A.) Executive Summary:
The role of the wealth manager is not to simply sell a financial product to a prospect. Instead, a wealth manager’s first concern is developing a comprehensive understanding of the client, a client-centric approach to providing financial solutions. Next the wealth manager must match the right solutions to the client’s needs and desires and ensure he or she receives an exceptional service experience. After that, product and service sales opportunities will naturally follow. Making the transition is clearly a trade-off between short-term results and long-term success. Financial security through goals-based wealth management. As a wealth manager with Merrill Lynch, …show more content…
In both of these contexts, superior customer service, sound advice and an advisory relationship are valued features not easily copied by competitors.
The core of any successful wealth management offering is the relationship developed between the advisor and the client. Successful advisors develop a relationship with clients by demonstrating that the clients’ interests are the advisor’s paramount concern. In the context of an advisory relationship, the wealth management firm works with the client to develop, implement and monitor a comprehensive wealth management strategy.
To win new customers and retain existing ones, as a wealth management advisor, I must be perceived as competent, dependable and empathetic. Clients must also perceive that they are paying a justified price for the value that they are receiving. Client opinion is formed through a combination of personal experience, word of mouth and marketing. To compete effectively, the wealth management advisor must have a brand like Merrill Lynch that is firmly associated with the qualities demanded of a wealth management institution.
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Coffee Powered Naps
We all love naps and we know the benefits proper rest on performance. But it turns out that drinking a small cup of coffee before a short power-nap may actually help boost your performance!
One study showed that drinking about 200mg (one to two cups of coffee) and then taking a 20-minute nap, resulted in participants feeling more alert upon waking. The “why” behind this is that your body naturally accumulates adenosine, they byproduct of wakefulness and activity and is responsible for the tired feeling. A nap actually acts as a reset button and clears out the adenosine from your brain. Caffeine takes about 20-45min to actually “kick in” and when it does, binds to the adenosine sites in your brain acting as a “fatigue blocker”. So your cup of coffee may not keep you from falling asleep, but will help you feel more alert and focused after you wake!
So if you find yourself feeling sleepy during the day, grab that cup of coffee and take a small break, your brain will thank you!
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Well, when talking games with my colleagues, online or with my students, I often find myself in discussions about realism. The funny thing is, that everybody, especially in regards to gaming has a different understanding on what realism actually is. The fact, that the people who write about games professionally and those who sell them, don't treat realism properly and elevate it to some sort of key quality, is not helping either. Games get hyped for realism, while it is in fact believable idealization what makes them so much fun. Games get dismissed for a lack of realism, while it is a unique style what makes them different. And on and on and on.
Time to get things straight!
How Realism Became Dominant, When Talking About The Art Of Video Games.
The Thesaurus defines realism as (art, literature) the ability to represent things as they really are.
Various websites also (including thefreedictionary.com) describe it as the representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.
So bottom line, we end up with three approaches to creating art: Realism, Abstraction and Idealization. You probably are already familiar with Scott McCloud's famous triangle, where he mapped comic art characters in relation to Reality (realism), Meaning (idealization) and The Picture Plane (abstraction) from his book Understanding Comics. If not, stop reading and go here immediately. (I will prepare a full book review soon. This one is a must read!)
Anyway, the three approaches displayed in McCloud's triangle represent art styles. As a comic production company, you could end up on this map, wherever you want to be. You would just need to hire an artist with the necessary skills and artistic vision. In arts, finding your place on this map, is a matter of skill and choice for centuries now.
Not so in video games. Video games started in the absolute top corner of the triangle and any move towards realism or idealization heavily depends on the available technology. In the early days, pixel art was no choice, it was a law of nature. No matter how impressive your artistic skills and mind blowing your vision was, you are forced to work with a certain degree of abstraction by the machines. Understandably, technologic development focused on breaking free from the top corner limitations. Bit by bit (see, what I did there?), technology allowed for less abstraction and more realism and idealization.
Artistic ideals are diverse and there are many. Artistic ideals are mostly depending on cultures and sub-cultures, are heavily debatable and therefore not suited to be a mutual standard to measure technological progress. But reality is. The engineers and programmers responsible for creating the next console, engine or graphic processor had to focus on achieving realism.
Unique to video games as an art form, possible realism can be measured with numbers. We count bits, pixel resolution, polygons, processor speed and so on. An artistic quality and approach, which in other art forms is subject to style, suddenly became scientifically measurable. So marketers started selling systems and games by also focussing on realism, a non-debatable mutual standard for graphic quality. If my system got more bits than yours, my system's graphics are better. It's as simple as that.
So we end up with an industry that considers abstraction as a thing of the past and ignores idealization as a worthwhile quality. Weirdly enough we maneuvered ourself as a community into the realism corner and now we are stuck there. Developers are bound to sell realism now, as they were bound to use abstraction back in the days. Though, many japanese franchises and indie developers aren't bound to this artistic limitations, since the described realism fetish is not as prominent as with most big western publishers for example.
So Realism Is King! Or Is It?
Now I would like expand the discussion, to include gameplay also. Not everything branded with realism is actually realistic. Companies try to sell us games, arguing with realistic graphics, realistically destructible environments, realistic lighting, realistic physics and realistic gameplay. But it's a lie. A marketing trick. In fact they are creating and selling something way more awesome: an ideal version of reality.
Lighting is not mend to look realistic… it's mend to be beautiful. The destruction of the in-game environments is not mend to be realistic… it's mend to be spectacular. Gameplay is not mend to be realistic… it is mend to be streamlined, smooth and comfortable. Believable idealization is what makes images, gameplay and narrative ideal for us and most attractive.
The Real Role Of Realism In Games Creation
Realism is an imposter. Realism is not the quality we seek, but just a component of it. And a component to handle carefully also. The more the better does not apply to realism, no matter how much marketers and journalists try to convince you otherwise.
I'd like to quickly elaborate on three well documented principles to illustrate my claim. Escapism, suspension of disbelief and the uncanny valley.
According to wikipedia, escapism is mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation, as an "escape" from the perceived unpleasant or banal aspects of daily life. You can find many similar definitions of the term, but in essence it all boils down to the wiki one. This is why we play. We want to be entertained and have a break from whatever boring, demanding, scary or even painful elements of our reality we have to put up with. We need a decent dose of realism to make our escape believable. But we don't want to face the aspects of reality, we desire to escape from in our games. So, creators don't just ramp up the realism level, but try to carefully select what needs to be represented in a realistic fashion and what needs to diverge from reality. Selective realism is idealization.
Like print, tv, canvas and cinema, video games by nature never can be a 100% realistic. Maybe in the future there will be some direct way to plug fully fleshed out experiences directly into the mind of the player. But until then, players will always be aware of the fact that they are still in their living rooms and not really in Azeroth, as much as moviegoers will always be aware of the fact that they are sitting in a crowded theatre.
To still enjoy their moment of escapism, players need to get active. They have to suspend their disbelief. Suspension Of Disbelief is a commonly known principle of storytelling and worth having in your mental library, even if you don't consider games a storytelling medium. Anyway, video games need to be realistic enough to be believable, plausible and immersive enough to allow the player to suspend his disbelief. The funny thing is that consistency is a way more important aspect in this equation. Audiences don't necessarily need a high degree of realism to believe, they just need a consistent presentation. In a life action movie, special effects need to be photorealistic, while in a way more abstract and idealized animated feature film, they can be hand-drawn.
When it comes to believability going for the realistic route can be quite dangerous. Realism is a commitment and anything you add to your product needs to be consistent with the early establish realism standards. One principle illustrating this danger is the so called uncanny valley.
Originating as a concept in robot technology, the idea is simple: Adding realism to a depiction of a humanlike character increases its lifelikeness. When the lifelikeness gets to close to the real thing, the depiction is rejected by the beholder for being a "broken" or "fake" human being. A lot of our natural rejection of corpses or sick people and a lot of xenophobia come into play here. There is a way to acceptance again, but for that the depiction and lifelikeness need to be perfect. Basically, the audience can always connect to a stylized character like Mario and to a perfect simulation of a real human. But in-between there is the uncanny valley, a negative-zone, where the audience rejects the flawed fake human. It's an interesting psychological concept and very important to understand by game designers and artists. Check it out, if you are not familiar with it.
From Wally to Cameron, I guess you can see where the creepy uncanny valley lies and where the perfection begins.
Anyway, to wrap it up, I just wanted to articulate 3 things:
1. Realism is only a standard for the power of the available game technology, not a standard for artistic expression.
2. Realism is not the key to a convincing experience. It is just one ingredient to create believable idealization.
3. Realism therefore is not the king quality, many claim it to be and we need to stop judging games by the degree of perceived realism.
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1 Making mental pictures 3
2 Using rhyming reminders 15
3 Learning look-alike reminders 31
4 Creating logical reminders 37
Part II: Learn like a genius 47
5 How to learn to spell like a genius 49
6 How to solve problems like a genius 57
7 How to write like a genius 65
8 How to summarise information like a genius 81
9 How to speak like a genius 85
10 How to learn a language like a genius 91
11 How to sit tests like a genius 101
Part III: Some more fun with speed learning 109
12 Playing a memory party game 111
13 Learning word-for-word 121
14 Memorising big numbers 131
15 Learning the US presidents 147
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The first thing I'd focus on is how these people managed to figure out that the universe is a simulation. Experimentally confirming such a hypothesis is not easy. Can you think of a test you could do in reality that would distinguish between you being in a simulation from the universe just being that way? Don't forget that these are people who grew up living in this simulated world: even if it has rules like "things don't happen if nobody is looking", these are going to make intuitive sense to them rather than being strange. For a good treatment of unusual rules I recommend looking at the Discworld series, where characters live in a universe unlike ours, are aware of that, and behave correspondingly.
To suggest a few ways that they may have figured things out (and what paths they can use in each case):
Help From Outside is what seems like the most likely option to me. Perhaps in the world where the simulation is being run, not everyone wants it to succeed. Perhaps whoever is running it decided to get in contact with their creations. Whatever the case, they intentionally influenced the simulation in order to send the characters this message. Maybe they'll intentionally give the characters a little more control as an experiment, and at that point they can use this to get further access. Here is an example of such a story, though I think you had a rather different tone in mind.
If (Visible) Bugs Are Common, your characters can start out experimenting with them. Things like floating point rounding errors may show up, though I would expect more significant bugs to be needed for meaningful manipulation of the system. If you're going to go this way you need to decide at what level the simulation is being done: are they simulating particles, people, something in between? It's unlikely that meditating will do anything in a particle-based simulation (there's nothing special going on), but in a Minecraft-like world you could have a cubic metre of matter behaving strangely, or the edges of the world looking weird, or a strange animal showing up.
In this kind of world, you need to balance the power of bug exploits with the risks involved. If you can arbitrarily change the laws of physics, chances are that you will kill everyone every time you try. If you can duplicate items, that's not quite as impressive, but can still come in useful. If the simulation is written in ways similar to how simulations are written in the real world, most bugs will likely involve information ending up in the wrong place. That could show up as things disappearing or duplicating and various action-at-a-distance phenomena (telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation).
Unfortunately for your hackers, these kind of bugs are hard to reproduce reliably. Human programmers with access to the source code have enough trouble tracking them down, let alone parts of the program itself.
Sometimes, the World is Online. This makes bug-abuse much safer. Consider, for example, a World of Warcraft NPC. Even ignoring the fact that he can interact with players (and influence them socially), he can to some degree determine what is sent from the server to their clients. If he can cause a buffer overflow or similar, he can cause the player's computer to do something unusual. This is unlikely to influence the world he is in, but he may be able to take control of that computer, and then extend further from there (for example, accessing the world's server from outside, copying himself over, and then running himself in a more open system).
The problem with this approach is that your characters start with very little feedback. In reality, people can abuse buffer overflows because they can craft instructions that would suitably abuse the system, and they can do that because they know what the instructions are. Here, this is akin to guessing a password that may be several million characters long.
Of course, just Getting Lucky is always an option. Maybe your characters made a wild guess about the universe being a simulation and it just so happened to be true. By itself, this information gives them little to go further on, but they may be able to use that knowledge to fool some restriction that is put on them; perhaps they are more willing to go against things like fear, travelling to normally off-limits places or putting themselves through near-death experiences. If they're again lucky, perhaps it'll pay off somehow.
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atmiatry (s) (noun) (no pl)
The treatment of disease by gases or vapors: Dr. Smart told Jane that the best healing method for her ailment would be atmiatry and he gave her some medication for inhaling two times a day.
Residual rocks that are formed in place by disintegration and decomposition with little or no rearranging: Atmoclastics are the fragments of rocks that are broken off in place by atmospheric weathering and which have been recemented without rearrangement.
atmometrics (s) (noun) (no pl)
The process of calculating the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere: Atmometrics involves the measuring of the evaporation of water from a free water surface, such as a pan of water set into the ground so the water's surface is even with the ground's surface, or from a porous, water-saturated surface, such as filter paper placed over a graduated cylinder of water.
atmospheric acoustics (s) (noun) (no pl)
The propagation of sound through the layer of gases surrounding the earth's surface affects sound in predictable ways depending on conditions, such as temperature and precipitation: When setting up for the outdoor concert, the sound engineers had to take atmospheric acoustics into consideration, including factors such as moisture in the air, placement of speakers on the ground, etc.
atmospheric interference (s) (noun)
, atmospheric interferences (pl)
Electromagnetic radiation, caused by natural electrical disturbances in the atmosphere; atmospherics; sferics; strays: Atmospheric interferences
interfere with radio systems.
The radio frequency electromagnetic radiation originated principally in the irregular surges of charge in thunderstorm lightning discharges.
Atmospherics are heard as a quasi-steady background of crackling noise (static) on certain radio frequencies; such as, those used to broadcast AM radio signals.
Since any acceleration of electric charge leads to emission of electromagnetic radiation, and since the several processes involved in propagation of lightning lead to very large charge accelerations, the lightning channel acts like a huge transmitter, sending out radiation with frequencies of the order of 10 kHz.
atmospheric optics (s) (noun)
A branch of meteorological physics or physical meteorology in which phenomena are seen occurring in the sky and are described and explained: atmospheric optics
is the study of the optical characteristics of the atmosphere or products of atmospheric processes.
The term atmospheric optics is usually confined to visible and near visible radiation, however, unlike meteorological optics, it routinely includes temporal and spatial resolutions beyond those discernible with the naked eye.
"Meteorological optics" is that part of atmospheric optics concerned with the study of patterns observable with the naked eye./P>
This restriction is often relaxed slightly to allow the use of simple aids, such as binoculars or a polarizing filter.
Topics included in meteorological optics are sky color, mirages, rainbows, halos, glories, coronas, and shines.
atmospheric physics (s) (noun)
A branch of science dealing with the investigation and study of the physical phenomena of the atmosphere: Judy was very interested in geophysics and decided to take some courses in atmospheric physics to learn more about the observable occurrences or facts of the atmosphere.
atmospherics, spherics, sferics (pl) (noun)
Electromagnetic radiation produced by natural phenomenam such as lightning: Atmospherics
are disturbances of electrical origin causing interference with communication in wireless telegraphy, television, etc.
Sferics are atmospheric conditions caused by electromagnetic upheavals, especially, as they affect radio transmission
A profession in the area of physics concerned with the scientific structures of the atom, the characteristics of the electrons and other elementary particles of which the atom is composed, the arrangement of the atom's energy states, and the processes involved in the radiation of light and x-rays.
1. Broken in place, said of rocks having a broken or brecciated (rocks with sharp-angled fragments) structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
2. Of rock, fragmented in place by folding due to orogenic forces when the rock is not so heavily loaded as to render it plastic.
avionics (pl) (noun) (used as a singular verb)
The science and technology of electronics and the development of electronic devices as applied to aeronautics and astronautics: Avionics has also become even more important with the production and applications to other forms of aviation and rocketry.
Balneology; the science of baths or bathing, especially the study of the therapeutic use of mineral baths.
1. The scientific study of the movement and flight characteristics of projectiles of objects or weapons that are fired into the air.
2. The science of flight dynamics and the trajectory of an object in free flight.
Treatments of variouis ailments and diseases with the use of mineral, thermo, and other kinds of baths.
1. That branch of medicine concerned with the management
(prevention or control) of obesity and allied diseases.
2. The field of medicine that offers treatment for the person who is
overweight with a comprehensive program including diet and nutrition,
exercise, behavior modification, lifestyle changes and, when indicated,
the prescription of appetite suppressants and other appropriate medications.
Bariatrics also includes research into overweight, its causes,
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Containers and Kubernetes adoption have been phenomenal in the last year. According to the recently published CNCF report, container adoption has jumped to 84%, with Kubernetes being adopted by 78% of respondents to orchestrate those containers. However, there are security concerns regarding containers and Kubernetes.
As StackRox’s ‘The State of Container and Kubernetes Security Report 2020″ notes, Kubernetes and container security have become pain points for technical leaders and CIOs of enterprises and companies deploying containers and Kubernetes in production.
Kubernetes Security Options
There are various ways to approach container security effectively, providing for a secure architecture and hardened Kubernetes. Here are some of them:
Kubernetes Security and DevOps
Kubernetes is part of most DevOps strategies today. If your company is “doing DevOps,” it is recommended to integrate security and address secure practices in DevOps workflows. Security tools and configurations need to be integrated into CI/CD pipelines to avoid manual configuration; in fact, automating configuration management tasks will reduce or eliminate the biggest reasons for unsecured Kubernetes architecture: misconfiguration and human errors.
PodLevel and Node-Level Security
Kubernetes needs to be hardened at both the pod and node levels. The PodSecurityPolicy specification is present in the Kubernetes repository to address pod-level security concerns and tighten access to containers. At the node level, best practices need to be followed to restrict unauthorized access.
Communication Channel Between Containers
Communication between containers within clusters is often where data can be leaked to an external threat. The use of VPNs is one of the methods to use within the Kubernetes cluster for end-to-end communication. One way to achieve this is to hide the Kubernetes API server behind the VPN. This allows containers to access the internet without exposing an API server to an external threat.
But the use of service meshes is a preferred way, creating a network layer that encrypts the data, controls the flow of data and enables secure communication within containers. Defining network policies for network traffic to and from containers is another practice that can prevent an attacker to traverse through the cluster.
Authorization at Each Component Level
Many IT systems and applications are compromised due to bypassing the authentication mechanism, obtaining user access privileges and performing malicious activities to steal the data or break down the target. A Kubernetes environment is no exception to such attacks. Attackers can get into K8S infrastructure from containers and nodes to access the rest of the containers as well as the API server and etcd that sits at the control plane of the master node. Kubernetes supports role-based access control (RBAC), which strengthens the authorization at each level of clusters. If you want to harden authorization, you must configure RBAC with all configuration attributes at each level.
Lack of skills and human error in misconfiguring Kubernetes can be the biggest roadblock for Kubernetes adoption, as it increases the chances of having less secure clusters. Companies that need containerization are instead choosing managed Kubernetes solutions to run their containerized workloads. Managed Kubernetes platforms are offered by both leading public cloud providers and independent managed solution providers. The advantage of using managed solutions is that a dedicated team will tap on security issues and address them for all their customers with the help of automated management platforms.
Kubernetes Security Platforms
Various security platforms addressing Kubernetes security have been developed over the last couple of years. Organizations and enterprises have a choice to either go with managed Kubernetes or choose a platform or integrated solution to protect Kubernetes clusters.
We discussed above the key factors that are crucial in the process to harden the Kubernetes clusters. With these insights, I hope technical leaders will get direction toward protecting their Kubernetes environment.
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Are you spending a little extra on cat food? Don’t worry, from now on you can find out how to make your own cat food.
One way cats keep healthy is through food intake. In choosing the best cat food, of course, it is important to ensure that the nutrition is sufficient for their needs, right?
Packaged cat food, either in the form of wet (wet food) or dry (dry food), generally already meets these nutritional needs.
Unfortunately, not everyone can afford packaged cat food, you know! But do not worry, you can give a pet cat aka homemade food.
How to? Come on, just look at the reviews on how to make your own cat food, the ingredients are cheap, and easy to get the following.
Don’t forget to make a cozy cat house!
1. Recipe for Processed Fish
First, there is a way to make cat food with fish which of course is very liked by him. Instead of freshwater fish, PetPi prefers seawater fish, you know!
The high content of amino acids and fatty acids, as well as the fishy taste and smell, are more inviting to the cat’s appetite. The types of seawater fish that can be used, such as tuna or tuna.
Do not give the cat salted fish, because the high salt content can make the hair fall out easily.
- 1 cup boiled seawater fish
- 2 tablespoons finely grated carrots and boiled
- 1/3 cup cooked rice or oatmeal
How to Make Cat Food with Fish:
- Combine all the above ingredients in a bowl.
- Blend all ingredients until smooth and well mixed.
- Give it to the cat and if there are leftovers store them in a closed container in the refrigerator (cat food can last about three days).
2. Recipes for Processed Chicken
Besides fish, pet cats also like processed chicken which is also quite easy to get.
In preparing chicken meat, you should make sure it is cooked. Raw chicken meat contains bacteria Salmonella and Campylobacter which are a risk to the digestive system.
How to make cat food from chicken You can also mix it with vegetables, such as broccoli or carrots as an intake of vitamins and minerals.
- 1 cup boiled chicken
- 1/4 cup boiled broccoli
- 1/4 cup boiled carrots
- 1 cup chicken stock
How to Make Chicken Cat Food:
- Mix and puree all the above ingredients in a food processor or blender.
- Add the chicken stock from the remaining chicken broth little by little, until the texture of cat food is soft but not too wet.
- Make sure the cat food made from chicken is at room temperature before giving it.
- If there are leftovers, store them in a closed container and place them in the refrigerator.
3. Recipe for Processed Beef
Launching the Feline Living page, beef is one of the best sources of animal protein for cats. Compared to mutton or lamb, beef has a less fat content.
Beef is generally more expensive than chicken and fish. Giving it occasionally can be an option to minimize expenses.
- 1 cup ground beef
- 1/2 cup cooked brown rice
- 3/4 cup cheese cut into small cubes
How to Make Cat Food from Beef:
- Heat ground beef in a small amount of oil in a frying pan until lightly browned and let cool.
- Put the beef, brown rice, and cheese in a bowl and stir until well combined.
- Give it to your pet cat and if you have any left, you can store it in the refrigerator for up to three days.
4. Recipe for Processed Chicken Liver
Not only the meat, internal organs such as chicken liver are also a high source of vitamin A for pet cats. The price is quite cheap and easy to get.
In addition to chicken liver, other internal organs or offal are also no less nutritious. Like the heart which contains vitamin B12, iron, and phosphorus.
- 1/2 kg chicken liver without gizzards
- 1/4 kg chicken heart
- 1 pack of jelly
- Enough water
How to Make Cat Food with Chicken Liver
- Wash the heart and liver thoroughly, then steam until perfectly cooked.
- Drain the chicken innards that have been steamed and wait for them to cool, then cut them into small pieces.
- Put three cups of water in a saucepan and heat it until it boils.
- Sprinkle the gelatin powder and mix with the offal that has been cut into small pieces earlier, then stir until evenly mixed.
- Pour this cat food with the chicken liver into a container.
- If it has cooled and hardened, give it to a pet cat.
- Leftover chicken liver pudding can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
5. Recipes for Dry Cat Food Similar to Whiskas
Apart from the wet food that has been reviewed above, who says you can’t make dry cat food like Whiskas or other dry food brands?
You can also make it almost exactly the same as the advantage of homemade dry food without using dyes, preservatives, and other additives.
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups soybean flour
- 1 cup cornflour
- 1 cup rice bran
- 1 cup nonfat milk
- 450 grams fish/chicken/meat stew
- 5 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 1 tablespoon fish oil
- 2 cups boiled water fish/chicken/ meat
How to Make Dry Cat Food (Dry Food):
- Put whole wheat flour, soybean flour, cornflour, and rice bran into a container. Then add the nonfat milk and mix until smooth.
- Puree fish/chicken/meat in a food processor or blender then mix with sunflower oil, fish oil, and cooking water in a separate bowl.
- Mix the two doughs using a mixer until they are not sticky and smooth.
- Prepare a cutting board that has been dusted with flour and then place the dough that has been smooth on it.
- Knead the dough for a few moments, then cut it into small pieces and select lengthwise.
- Cut the twisted dough into the size of normal dry cat food.
- Place all the pieces on a baking sheet and dry where you can use the sun or the oven to dry.
- For storage of dry cat food, you homemade can use closed containers or use plastic ziplock.
6. Recipe for Cat Food from Tofu
This one ingredient is indeed very easy to find in traditional markets to supermarkets and the price is quite affordable.
Although it sounds strange, tofu can be used as an ingredient to increase protein in your favorite cat food.
To turn tofu into nutritious food for cats, you just need to follow these easy steps:
- Steam tofu along with chicken or fish.
- Once cooked, mash the tofu along with meat or fish (can be with a fork or in a blender)
7. Recipe for Cat Food from Salted Fish
Many cats like salted fish, especially domestic cats. You can turn salted fish into delicious food for cats by steaming it, then adding it to steamed tofu or rice.
But remember, try not to give salted fish to cats too often, because it can make the hair fall out easily, especially for purebred cats.
8. Recipe For Cat Food from Eggs
It turns out that cats also like to eat chicken eggs, especially egg yolks. How to make cat food for kittens and adult cats from eggs can be done easily. This recipe can be used as a snack for the cat you know.
Prepare salmon or any fish can be substituted.
Rice 2/3 cup.
1/2 tsp lactose free milk.
1 tbsp butter/oil.
Mix all the above ingredients and puree with a fork or spoon.
9. Homemade Cat Food Recipes from Vegetables
Just like humans, the cat’s body also needs vitamins contained in vegetables. Although some cats are very difficult to feed vegetables directly, you can give them a combination of vegetables with meat.
Broccoli can be mixed with meat, tofu or tempeh.
Potatoes can be mixed with enough meat and protein.
Corn as a snack for cats can be mixed with wet food.
Carrots as a mixture of wet and dry food.
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Among the petroglyphs at Horsethief Lake is one that has always caused me to wonder. Of course the site is home to the famous Tsagaglalal or She-Who-Watches image. This is not the one I refer to, rather a somewhat smaller and usually overlooked image.
To me this petroglyph is obviously a total solar eclipse.
To my eye the image is clearly that of the solar corona surrounding the black shadow of the Moon against the Sun. The image is all the more striking to me personally… In 1979 I witnessed a total solar eclipse, my first, just a short distance from here, from the bluffs above Maryhill.
The Horsethief petroglyphs are something special to me, wrapped in childhood memories. This is also where I proposed to Deborah, in front of the magnificent Tsagaglalal, She Who Watches. Traveling to eastern Oregon to visit family we had made a point to stop by and see this place again.
In my youth visiting was easy, the petroglyphs were were almost forgotten and sat quietly along the river, visited by those few who knew they were there.
The Horsethief recreational area was a lightly used picnic area and campground, one of many along the river. If you knew where the little trail was you could simply park by the rail tracks and walk out to the images. Among my earliest memories I remember swimming in the lake and visiting these petroglyphs.
Like so many with a Native American heritage I have been watching the protests at Standing Rock, trying to figure out which side of the issue I am on. I find I can not automatically support the tribal side of this as some of my relatives have, the issue is not so clear cut. I have been reading both sides to see where the issue lies.
The incident has much in parallel with the issues here on our mountain. Native people protesting a project that takes place on a purported sacred site. There is also the element of environmentalism in protesting an oil pipeline, and entirely different issue than a clean project like an observatory. | <urn:uuid:70649ad3-2306-4111-84f4-a1aaf7bfe5b1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://darkerview.com/wordpress/?tag=native | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.977451 | 443 | 1.828125 | 2 |
It is spring, a time of renewal.
This weekend, Jewish people around the world will celebrate the Festival of Pesach (Passover) while most Christians will observe Easter. Pesach is described as our festival of redemption; Easter is a time of salvation.
“Liberation” is a synonym for both of these terms. Perhaps recognizing that will help us identify the commonalities between the two sacred seasons and we might discover that there is a universal message that transcends particular religions or even religion altogether.
Despite the history of tension between the two communities at this time, what Jews and Christians are celebrating overlap in significant ways.
The story of the Exodus from Egypt is a magnificent saga of the release of an enslaved nation from their bondage. After more than 200 years in slavery, every Jewish person must have been unable to imagine freedom – but it came. Rabbi Irving Greenberg wrote, “The freeing of
the slaves testified that human beings are meant to be free.” He says that the purpose of recounting the story every year is to remind us that human beings are supposed to live with dignity and to overcome oppression. In the Biblical narrative, liberation came as a combination of the human effort and divine intervention. God waited until the Jews
themselves rebelled before He took them out of Egypt to their freedom.
Both the Hindu leader, Mahatma Gandhi, and the leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement saw in the Exodus story a paradigm for liberation for all. Mahatma Gandhi said, “If you want there to be change, you must be the change.” He referred to the story of the Egyptian midwives, who began the revolution that led to liberation. It was two simple women who defied Pharoah’s orders to kill the baby boys. The path to liberation begins with small acts of rebellion.
Martin Luther King described Gandhi as a modern day Moses and said that he learnt from the Exodus story that the oppressor never voluntarily gives freedom to the oppressed. We need to pave the way for our own redemption.
The Easter narrative focuses on the miracle of Jesus’ resurrection but the core message of the story is hope. Jesus taught Christians that they needed to give sustenance to the poor, dignity to the oppressed and liberation to the prisoner. He proclaimed that there would be a better world in which poverty, cruelty and even illness would be overcome. Just as the Exodus story tells us that one need not accept the situation into which one is born – things can and will change for the better – Jesus promises that each individual can find salvation. The road to salvation, though, is through our own efforts.
According to Christian tradition, the night before his crucifixion, Jesus celebrated the Passover meal, meaning that the two events are inextricably linked in Christianity.
Each spring, we are able to contemplate with awe the rejuvenation of the natural world. Winter looks bleak in many parts of the world. It was reasonable for our ancestors to see the renewal of life as miraculous. The sacred narratives of both Pesach and Easter teach us that human beings, too, will be renewed from their bleak situations.
Although the terms “redemption” and “salvation” are specifically linked to a religious experience, the idea of “liberation” can be comfortably adopted and promoted by all. In both the Christian and Jewish sense, “liberation” is not a passive response to one’s circumstances but a call for action. When things are not as they should be, we must not accept that the situation is inevitable or irreversible but must take responsibility to make the world better.
Many Christians struggle with the resurrection story; many Jews are skeptical about the miracles performed in Egypt and at the Red Sea. Despite that, these epic stories, these sacred narratives, are a powerful means to convey the key messages of their respective religions. There is great wisdom in sharing them from generation to generation, each spring, as the world is renewed.
Peta Jones Pellach is a fifth generation Australian. She made Aliyah in 2010 and took up her position as Director of Educational Activities for the Elijah Interfaith Institute. She has visited places as exotic as Indonesia, India, Iceland Poland and Morocco to participate in and teach interreligious dialogue. She is also a teacher of Torah and Jewish History, a Scrabble fanatic and an Israeli folk-dancer. | <urn:uuid:235435d6-8d2a-4752-ac86-3c376507b0e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/liberation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.966958 | 900 | 3.5 | 4 |
Superb Ancient Egyptian necklace; composed of large Lapis Lazuli beads. The Lapis stone was a rare and expensive commodity for the Ancient Egyptians and was worn only by the highest social classes. The necklace is cleaned, beads conserved and ready for contemporary wear.
Materials: Ancient Egyptian Lapis Lazuli
Date: Circa 1st Millenium BC
Provenance: From old British and European Collections; acquired between the 1950s – 1990s.
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Can you imagine if every window in the city produced electricity?
We can. It would mean a much cleaner, and affordable source of energy.
Last year, researchers at Michigan State University created a transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass into a solar cell. The glass absorbs light by selectively harvesting a part of the solar spectrum we can’t see with human eyes. Solar cells called “Photovoltaic” make energy by absorbing sunlight and converting them into electricity. This is a breakthrough for researchers, as up to just recently, we we could only absorb energy through more opaque cells.
“No one wants to sit behind colored glass,” said Lunt, an assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science. “It makes for a very colorful environment, like working in a disco. We take an approach where we actually make the luminescent active layer itself transparent.”
The major difference is called the transparent luminescent solar concentrator – also knowns as TLSC for those who need to add one more abbreviation in their lexicon. The Near-infrared (NIR) harvesting TLSC with non-tinted transparency are demonstrated by exploiting the excitonic nature of organic luminescent salts.A more detailed explanation can be found here.
While the latest transparent solar cells do not produce much electricity, the technological direction we’re heading in is promising. Elon Musk has been quoted, “Solar power [with] batteries will be the primary (not exclusive) means of sustainable energy production.” Up to now, we’re still at the infancy of tech innovation enabling us to fully utilize the largest energy source we have: the sun. That said, there’s a ton of research and innovation happening in solar.
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THE Church of England’s traditional Catholics are being encouraged to take a fuller part in wider diocesan and church life, as part of "the recovery of love" after a time of disagreement and tension over women’s ordination.
The encouragement comes from the Council of Bishops of the Society under the patronage of St Wilfrid and St Hilda, which has been set up to provide continuing sacramental assurance for this constituency.
Their new statement, A Catholic Life in the Church of England, published on Tuesday, follows their recent Communion and Catholicity in the Church of England, and rebutts the notion that their theology entertains the concept of "tainted hands".
They draw on the House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests, and the thought of Tractarian leaders such as John Keble, as well as agreed statements of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission.
The Society describes itself as seeking "to be an expression of full, visible communion . . . with teaching and ministry that can be recognized as catholic and apostolic".
Because its members are "unable to recognise some of those whom the Church of England has ordained bishops and priests as standing within the historic sucession of apostolic ministry, visible communion is diminished". But it is "torn, not torn apart", they say. "We are inheritors of the same Anglican tradition and part of the same canonical structure, the same Christian family, sharing mission to the communities we seek to serve."
The "recovery of love" involves "a recollection of common identity and mutual belonging. . . We see ourselves as called to assist the Church of England in fulfilling its ecumenical commitment."
The Catholic Life statement notes that parishes are placed under the oversight of a bishop of the Society by passing a resolution. Jurisdiction continues to be held by the diocesan and/or area bishop, but "the Society bishop’s pastoral and sacramental care of oversight (episkope) will involve pastoral care of the clergy and people, presidency at the Eucharist, confirmation and ordination."
To provide sacramental assurance, the bishops of the Society have a duty to "follow the safest course where sacraments are concerned", commending only the sacramental ministry of male priests ordained by "a male bishop who stands in the historic apostolic succession of bishops at whose episcopal ordination a male bishop presided".
If someone whose episcopal orders are not recognised participates in an ordination but does not preside, this "cannot be said to make the ordination of the bishop concerned, or the orders of those whom he ordains, invalid. We reject any so-called ‘theology of taint’, so male priests ordained by a validly ordained bishop will be welcomed as Priests of The Society. . . irrespective of whether that bishop also ordained women as bishops and/or as priests." They "do not deny" that other ministries may be fruitful.
Male and female permanent deacons, and male deacons preparing for ordination, are welcomed in the Society, as are priests whose orders it recognises. It seeks to support the Religious of Orthodox Tradition (RooT) and those who are called to the Single Consecrated Life.
Bishops and priests of the Society cannot lay on hands at the ordination of bishops and priests with "those whose ministry as bishops and priests they are unable to receive. To do so would indicate a sacramental recognition that they cannot give." It is important, the bishops state, that, when a traditional Catholic is ordained to the episcopate, it is bishops with whom he is in full communion who preside over the eucharist and ordination and join in the laying-on of hands. This is not because of a "doctrine of taint", but because "ordination to the episcopate is the primary occasion when full ecclesial communion is manifested."
The "highest degree of communion that principle and conscience will allow" should be maintained with the wider C of E, in "an expression of the love (charity) that is an essential characteristic of the communion that flows from our common baptism". Highlighted are: spirituality, "taking belonging in faith and prayer seriously"; finding non-sacramental opportunities for common prayer; a serious renewal of the study of scripture together; engaging in mission together; working in partnership to serve local communities, strive for justice, and care for the poor; playing a full part in diocesan life, for example, chapter meetings, mission initiatives, and boards and committees, and in synodical government and the College of Bishops.
Catholics meet to find common ground in Salisbury
MORE than 40 people, clergy and lay, met at St Martin’s Church in Salisbury, a SSWSH parish, met on Wednesday to discuss the topic "Our Shared Future: Catholic Anglican Perspectives", an event organised as part of the diocese’s Continuing Ministerial Development programme.
The meeting was addressed by Dr Podmore and by Bishop Bill Ind, convenor of the Diocesan branch of the Society of Catholic Priests.
Both the speakers and contributors from the floor identified remaining tensions between supporters of women’s ordination and those who cannot accept the sacramental ministry of women, but found areas of common interest in areas such as the Seal of the Confessional, evangelism and catechesis.
Traditionalist and affirming Catholics are both relatively small minorities in Salisbury diocese. Bishop Bill Ind said, “We need to be moving towards some sort of way where societies like the Society of Catholic Priests can work together with the traditionalist Catholic societies." | <urn:uuid:a6fbedf1-931c-495c-884e-80759dd036d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/2-october/news/uk/catholics-urged-to-fuller-participation-in-c-of-e | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955241 | 1,201 | 1.710938 | 2 |
An electronic signature is in many processes legally sufficient to prove an identity. According to the U.S. Federal ESIGN Act passed in 2000, an electronic signature is an:
Electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.
This sample project shows how to use the MailMerge class to populate a signature template with a signature image and the name of the signer. This merged template is then loaded into a text frame with a specific name placed in a contract document.
After clicking the button Sign in the added ribbon group Document of the ribbon tab Home, a dialog is opened:
The (demo) name of the signer is coming from an MVC model that would be filled with the user name in a real-world application. When clicking on the Sign button, the controller method SignDocument is called with an asynchronous call. This method merges the signature template with the model data in order to place this signature box into the document by searching for a text frame with the specific name txsig. The Selection.Load method then loads the signature box into the text frame at the proper location:
The following screenshot shows the inserted signature box at the end of the document:
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Muslim woman says that she will not accept pressure from mosques or state over ‘burqa ban’ that begins on 11 April
Kenza Drider, a respectable mother-of-four, will leave her home in Avignon’s Place de la Résistance on Monday with the intention of committing a crime. If the police are waiting for her – and they have had more than enough warning – she will be cautioned, perhaps be asked to accompany officers to the local station, possibly face a fine and, perhaps, will leave with a criminal record.
It is unlikely she will end up in jail, but who knows? It is a risk she is willing to take. Drider is not only determined to become a miscreant; she sees it as her absolute duty to do so.
This 32-year-old French housewife has become the face of the country’s “burqa brigade”, the women in France who cover themselves from head to toe in full veils. She will fall foul of a law that comes into effect on Monday 11 April tomorrow and forbids French citizens from covering their faces in public places; despite the ban’s deliberately general wording, there is no doubt that its target is very specific: Muslim women.
Drider’s first offence will be to set foot inside Avignon’s TGV rail station where she is due to take a train to Paris. For this she risks a €150 fine and, if she repeats the offence, being sent on a “citizenship course”.
“I will be going about my business in my full veil as I have for the last 12 years and nothing and nobody is going to stop me,” she declares, swathed in the material she refuses to take off even while speaking to a female journalist in her own home.
Like most of the women concerned by this law, Drider wears a niqab veil that reveals only her eyes, as opposed to a burqa, the full body covering worn by Afghan women.
For all the political energy President Nicolas Sarkozy’s right-of-centre government has expended on this law, it will affect a relative tiny number of women; estimates range from 350 to a maximum 2,000 full-veil wearers out of France’s population of roughly 64 million. One group of women it is unlikely to disturb unduly are the wives of visiting oil sheikhs and rich Arab businessmen: only if a luxury shop insists they remove their veils might they be challenged.
It is not the potential effectiveness – or otherwise – of the ban that bothers Drider, however. It is the principle. “This whole law makes France look ridiculous,” she says. “I never thought I’d see the day when France, my France, the country I was born in and I love, the country of liberté, égalité, fraternité, would do something that so obviously violates people’s freedom.
“I’ll be getting on with my life and if they want to send me to prison for wearing the niqab then so be it. One thing’s for sure: I’m not taking it off.”
A succession of journalists have traipsed through the Drider family’s modest home since the law was mooted a couple of years ago. Reporters from the BBC, CNN, CBS, Time, the Sun, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, as well as journalists from Brazil, Spain, Turkey, Indonesia and Japan, have all sat here on the sofas that line the walls of the neat but simple living room.
The Observer has been given a slot following Friday prayers, after a journalist from a local Marseille newspaper and before a television team from Al-Jazeera.
Drider admits she is “very tired”, but is nothing less than polite and charming, even when she is answering questions that she has been asked a dozen times before. The publicity drive, it seems, is a question of duty.
The St Jean estate, not far from Avignon’s medieval ramparts and the celebrated bridge, is not so much impoverished as uniform and unimaginative, a maze of apartment blocks painted various shades of beige. Washing hangs from open windows and satellite TV dishes sprout from buff-coloured balconies like urban fungi, but the children’s playground nearby is free of litter and graffiti. There are no children playing truant; in fact, there are so few people it is like a ghost town.
Locals, many of them from France’s immigrant communities, do not draw attention to themselves. A woman in a headscarf shrugs, apologises and hurries off when I ask her about the burqa law.
Drider’s husband Allal, 40, who works in a soup factory (“but only in winter when people eat soup”) says that, unlike other urban housing estates, the area is not “chaud” (hot) and there is little trouble.
Allal is jolly and smiling with a neatly trimmed beard. He jokes that perhaps he should grow it longer and bushier, as Islamophobes think he and his wife are extremists.
Parliamentarians and feminists in France have argued that the full veil is a symbol of male oppression and that niqab-wearing women are bullied into it by their husbands. In Drider’s case, this seems unlikely. In fact, Allal describes his shock when, without any warning, his wife emerged from the bedroom to go shopping one day wearing her niqab.
“Are you really going out dressed like that?” he asked.
“I didn’t even know she had bought one,” he tells me.
Drider, whose parents were immigrants from Morocco, says wearing the niqab was her own personal choice. In this, according to a study by the At Home in Europe project of the Open Society Foundations, she is not unusual: nearly all of the 32 French women interviewed for the project say that they – and no one else – made the decision that they would wear the niqab.
“There was no mosque involved, no pressure from anyone. It is not a religious constraint since it is not laid down in Islam or the Qur’an that I have to wear a full veil. It is my personal choice,” she says.
“I would never encourage others to do it just because I do. That is their choice. My daughters can do what they like. As I tell them, this is my choice, not theirs.”
She adds: “I never covered my head when I was young. I came from a family of practising Muslims, but we were not expected to even wear a headscarf.
“Then I began looking into Islam and what it meant to be a Muslim and decided to wear a headscarf. Afterwards in my research into the wives of the Prophet I saw they wore the full veil and I liked this idea and decided to wear it. Before, I had felt something was missing. Then I put it on and I felt serene and complete. It pleased me and it has become a part of me.”
Drider says it is only since Sarkozy’s government began discussing the veil ban that she has been subject to insults, harassment and death threats. “When President Sarkozy said: ‘The burqa is not welcome in France’, the president, my president, opened the door for racism, aggression and attacks on Islam. This is an attempt to stigmatise Islam and it has created enormous racism and Islamophobia that wasn’t there before.”
Drider says the issue is bigger than her, bigger than a “piece of material”, and laughs at the threat of “citizenship courses” and fines, which she says she will not pay. “This is about basic fundamental human rights and freedoms. I will go out in my full veil and I will fight. I’m prepared to go all the way to the European court of human rights and I will fight for my liberty.
“Fines? They don’t bother me. What is the state going to do, send a policeman outside my front door to give me a ticket every time I go out? For me this is women’s liberty, the liberty to wear what I wish and not be punished for it.
“If women want to walk around half-naked I don’t object to them doing so. If they want to wear tight jeans where you can see their underwear or walk around with their breasts hanging out, I don’t give a damn. But if they are allowed to do that, why should I not be allowed to cover up?” | <urn:uuid:e36416c7-274d-4002-9f5b-3705e3e87e4f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hizb.org.uk/news-watch/burqa-ban-in-france-housewife-vows-to-face-jail-rather-than-submit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.978349 | 1,865 | 1.59375 | 2 |
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One of these vacationers is Shirley Picard, who talks about the value of travel insurance after her dream trip became something however. Travel insurance is a type of coverage that reimburses you for money you lose from non-refundable deposits and funds when something goes mistaken in your trip. These issues can range from misplaced baggage to flight delays to medical issues.
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- While commonplace travel insurance coverage are meant to cover one-time trips, frequent travelers should consider an annual travel insurance plan.
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On June 23rd 2016, the United Kingdom of Great Britain voted to leave the European Union. In the era of Twitter tags, this event has come to be known as Brexit. David Cameron, the prime minister of Great Britain, resigned very soon after the result was announced.
Currently, there are 28 countries which form the European Union. Further, there are 19 countries which use the euro as their currency (i.e. monetary union). The United Kingdom of Great Britain is not a part of the monetary union within the European Union. It has its own currency (i.e. the pound).
Around half of Great Britain’s exports currently go to the European Union. At the same time around half of Great Britain’s imports come from the European Union. Around one-third of Great Britain’s financial services exports are to the European Union. At the same time, more than half of the cross border lending that the banks of Great Britain carry out is to the European Union. Further, Great Britain receives half of its foreign direct investment from the European Union.
In the days to come all this will have to be renegotiated with the European Union. It is estimated that negotiations will have to be carried out with 60 non Euro Union countries where trade as of now is governed by European Union rules.
Calls are now being made in other European nations, including Spain and France, to get out of the European Union. Further, calls are now being made in Scotland, for a referendum to leave the Great Britain. In fact, the Scots as a whole have voted to stay in the European Union. If Great Britain decides to get out of the European Union, then Scots want to have their own referendum to get out of Great Britain, in order to stay in the European Union. So the disintegration of Great Britain is also a possibility now.
The financial markets have been in turmoil. The basic point is that financial markets hate any sort of uncertainty. And there is simply too much uncertainty surrounding the Brexit issue right now. Also, this has reinvigorated, the dollar as the safe haven trade all over again. This has led to money going out from all parts of the world and into the United States. This explains other currencies losing value against the dollar.
The Scotch Whisky Association, the industry’s trade body, has stated that the European single market is ‘central to the success of Scotch’ . Major Scotch Whisky giants Diageo and Pernod Ricard had also stated their support for the Remain campaign.
David Frost, Scotch Whisky Association chief executive, said: “Voters have spoken and decided that the UK should leave the European Union. All must now get behind the government as it faces the challenges, and the opportunities, this decision brings.
“The process of leaving the EU will inevitably generate significant uncertainty. Of course, we are confident Scotch Whisky will remain the pre-eminent international spirit drink. But equally, there are serious issues to resolve in areas of major importance to our industry and which require urgent attention, notably the nature of future trade arrangements with both the single market and the wider world.
“The government will now need to consult as it prepares its negotiating approach. We look forward to working closely with them on that. We urge thoughtful and serious consideration by all parties so that we can secure the best possible continued access to the EU and other export markets on which Scotch Whisky’s success has been built, whilst minimising costs and complexity.”
Brexit will affect the whisky market, Scotland’s largest drinks export, worth £4 billion pounds a year, in a number of ways.
The benefits for Scotch Whisky from EU membership are multiple. The EU has also managed to negotiate few important foreign deals for Scotch whisky as part of the FTA (Free Trade Agreements) that they cut around the world. The agreements include a deal with South Korea that reduced tariffs on Scotch whisky to zero, reducing tariffs in Vietnam on Scotch from 45% to zero over time (both of these are significant as the Asian market is a huge target for the industry), and an agreement with Colombia that makes it illegal to discriminate against foreign spirits, or to restrict availability of Scotch Whisky in their markets.
However, the EU has been unable to strike a trade deal with India, a potentially huge market that unfortunately has set Scotch Whisky tariffs at 150% besides huge individula state taxes.
Possibly even more important, it’s by EU law that the term ‘Scotch Whisky’ is under protection of Geographical Indication (GI) in the same way that Champagne is protected for the French sparkling wine of that region.
The UK’s alcohol industry would benefit more from Britain remaining in the European Union than leaving, the industry body Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WTSA) has said.
Britain’s wine and spirits industry is worth £45bn and supports nearly 600,000 jobs. The EU export market was worth £1.8bn in 2015.
Following the vote to leave the European Union the Wine and Spirit Trade Association vows to work to preserve our access to the Single Market and ensure the industry has a powerful voice in the international market place.
Chief Executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, Miles Beale, said:
“The British public have voted to leave the European Union opening a new chapter in our history. While our members felt that the wine and spirit industry was stronger in the EU, we will work to assist government in preserving our access to the Single Market, supporting British drinks exports and agreeing the best possible international free trade agreements.
The WSTA will do everything it can to ensure that the UK’s wine and spirit industry has a powerful voice with a view to promoting the great British drinks industry’s leading position and fulfilling its huge potential in an increasingly competitive international market place.”
Prime minister David Cameron has also warned that leaving the EU could put the industry at risk if it had to renegotiate bilateral deals for alcohol sales such as South Africa, the US, South Korea, China and India.
“Britain will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed Europe than out on our own, because we will have full participation in the free trade area, bringing jobs, investment, lower prices and financial security. That means real certainty so you can plan for the future,” David Cameron pointed out.
According to the Food and Drink Federation, the main industry body, food and drink is the single most important player in UK manufacturing. It accounts for one-sixth of manufacturing activity and employs around 400,000 people across 6,620 businesses. It estimates that the sector’s total contribution to the economy, in terms of Gross Value Added, is £21.9bn which, it argues, is almost equal to the combined contribution of the automative and aerospace sectors.
So, whatever happens in the referendum, this is an important sector. The remain campaign argues it will be better off with Britain in the EU as the zone accounts for just under three-quarters of all UK food and drink exports and that therefore the sector benefits from access to the single market.
For example, it is a common practice for British drinkers to buy cheaper wine and beer at French ports, and then travel back home with little or no restriction. For Scotch and more stronger drinks France is next only to the U.S. as the biggest importer of Scotch.
Diageo sources say that a decision to leave will threaten jobs and the sector that has been grown exponentially in the last decade. It would be “better for the UK, better for Diageo and better for the Scotch whisky industry that we remain in”. “The EU has so far concluded, or is negotiating, over 50 of these global agreements, many of which provide significant commercial benefits for Diageo,” he also wrote.
“Can we toast a return to growth?” asked Paul Skehan, Director General of spiritsEUROPE. “We want to celebrate the great performance of our exporters in 2015, offering a net gain to the European economy of almost €9 billion, but we do so with a wary eye to the future as we weigh the possible trade consequences of the BREXIT vote.”
Obviously, the BREXIT vote has imposed itself in the discussion, generating many more questions than answers. How will current and future EU trade negotiations be affected by the UK referendum to leave? Certainly, the EU’s trade position looks weaker, as our second biggest economy is shorn from the EU’s overall internal market. And in what ways might the nearly €3 billion trade in spirits between the UK and the rest of the EU be affected?
“For our sector, and many others, a strong UK within a strong EU is the scenario offering most certainty and the best prospects for growth” said Paul Skehan. “The referendum decision leads to uncertainty, with likely knock-on effects on investment, jobs and growth – not only within the UK and EU, but around the world”. That said, Paul Skehan stressed “We will work closely with politicians and our sector colleagues in this new political environment, to ensure the best possible outcome of this divorce.”
The spirits sector has always been a strong supporter for a robust EU trade policy: negotiating ambitious trade deals with key export markets to gain competitive advantage while targeting high import tariffs and other barriers such as discriminatory tax policies, insufficient IP protection and complex custom procedures. Enforcement of existing agreements can also be improved.
“We frequently bring to the attention of the Commission trade-restrictive measures that prevent spirits producers from doing business. Many of these cases are linked to the lack of enforcement of rules already negotiated at WTO level or in free trade agreements” concluded Skehan. At the launch of the spiritsEUROPE report, recent problems in Canada, China and Colombia will be highlighted.
Ultimately, for the beverage alcohol industry, Brexit’s largest effect is likely to be foreign exchange (FX) rate fluctuations in both the near and long term.
Since the vote to leave the European Union, the GBP has dropped in value against the US Dollar (USD). Conversely, the Euro to USD exchange rate has remained relatively stable over the past 18 months. While the majority of trading is speculative, it appears unlikely that the GBP/USD rates will revert to historical norms in the near term.
Presuming these rates signal a new normal, there are some general assumptions that can be made relevant to the beverage alcohol industry: Overall exports from the UK to the US will be more profitable for UK-based exporters.
Scotch Whisky is the biggest potential beneficiary. However, many of the major Scotch brands are owned by international corporations and these companies will protect brand positioning so it is unlikely that pricing will be reduced to gain market share. That said, incremental margin may be used for marketing spend to drive greater consumer awareness.
The UK is not a major exporter of Wine or Beer into the US so there are likely to be minimal impacts related to exchange rate fluctuations.
The UK is a major importer of beverage alcohol and a weakening GBP against the local currencies of most major producing countries will make the UK a much less profitable market.
For US based producers, this means that either prices will necessarily increase in the UK market, or export margins will be reduced.
Regarding pricing specifically, the UK market has traditionally been resistant to price increases. However, these foreign exchange shifts may make it possible to protect exporter margins over the medium term.
As the potential profitability of the UK export market declines, international producers are likely to look to other markets to achieve growth objectives, including the US.
To the extent that the Euro shows on-going weakness against the USD, this will make it possible for Euro-denominated producers to increase more on price relative to US domestic producers.
Overall, for the US Beverage Alcohol market there are two points to be made:
With a strong USD and a weak Euro, it is a good time to buy barrels and equipment from Europe. On the other hand, with 90 percent of the nation’s whisky stock shipped abroad, more than £1 billion pounds in sales could be at risk if the Brexit went through, industry leaders warned in the months ahead of the vote. | <urn:uuid:adcb0a72-0f36-4cf4-8a88-3834c99f1d95> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://luxeensemble.com/features/effect-of-brexit-on-the-spirits-trade/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955284 | 2,552 | 2.921875 | 3 |
575 Stories is a free storytelling programme for local women.
Over the course of 10 weeks, 10 women came together to tell, create and share stories in the exquisite surroundings of National Trust property, 575 Wandsworth Road. Home of Kenyan author, Khadambi Asalache, 575 Wandsworth Road is a beautiful work of interior design. Every surface is covered in intricate wooden carvings, put in place by Khadambi as a means of covering up recurring damp issues.
Led by pioneering storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton, participants found inspiration in the rooms, objects and design of the house, using them as a starting point for sharing their own memories, experiences and cultures. Stories of home and beyond: stories of kitchens; recipes and remedies; tales passed on from grandparents; stories of travel; songs and worship; memories and dreams. The project aims to encourage creativity, imagination and integration.
The house brought out a vast number of brilliant stories from the group, which were retold and developed throughout the programme. Some of these brilliant stories are documented below for you to enjoy, captured from a celebratory story sharing that completed the project.
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Funded by: The Northern Periphery Arctic Programme (Horizon 20-20 Interreg) (€1.7 Million)
About the Project
Social exclusion and loneliness have significantly negative impacts on physical and mental health. Such problems are increasingly prevalent in remote and sparsely populated regions of Europe. The lives of older citizens are further complicated by growing health and social care needs. Additionally, older people may be particularly impacted by the wider challenges faced by remote and rural communities, including the interrelated problems of declining economic activity, youth migration and limited access to goods and services. While ICT may help in alleviating these problems, older people may require help with computer and internet use.
PLACE-EE is a transnational partnership of public health agencies, local authorities, academics and ICT experts dedicated to improving the quality of life for older people. Funded by the Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme of the European Union, our aim is to develop and implement locally derived sustainable solutions to encourage internet use and person-centred e-health.
Older people will engage with our transnational partnership of municipal bodies, public health, universities and enterprises in a programme of community engagement and intergenerational exchange between younger and older citizens using an assets-based approach to build capacity among older people to address barriers to service access. In doing so, we will identify, promote and connect local, cultural knowledge and other heritage resources with innovative ICT approaches that enable greater social inclusion, and access to timely and efficient advice, support and care. The PLACE-EE project will provide opportunities for the transfer of knowledge, skills, products in health care for the benefit of older people and their communities.
- Develop a participatory model of engagement with older people in remote and rural areas, using creative arts to assess health and social needs and use of public services.
- Create accessible local platforms for intergenerational skills exchange between older and younger citizens.
- Co-design, validate and sustain person-centred, innovative health and other public services and socially purposeful apps.
- Build flourishing social and cultural capital among older people through active involvement in creative and cultural activities. These activities and products will be documented and archived
- Establish a transnational forum for cultural exchange for older citizens (and younger counterparts) across the NPA.
- Document and evaluate a model of transferable, sustainable best practice, governance, innovative services, apps and learning for Smart Ageing across all regions in the NPA.
- Disseminate the PLACE-EE Model across NPA regions, health and social care organisations and demonstrate opportunities for ICT services and App development.
- Professor Gerard Leavey (Principal Investigator) and Fiona Harkin (Project Coordinator, The Bamford Centre)
- Jillian Robinson (Limerick City and County Council)
- Louise McLaughlin and Leza Cleary (Fermanagh and Omagh District Council)
- Soo Hun (Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being)
- Professor John Waterworth (Umeå University)
- Gustaf Ulander and Petra Luiski (Skellefteå University)
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Yazd is a historical city whose antiquities have made it one of the first historical adobe cities of Iran and then the second historical city of the world. Due to the many stunning attractions and the adobe buildings, this historic city is registered in UNESCO. And for the same reasons, Yazd is a globally popular city. Yazd is popular for its windcatchers and qanats. In every corner of the city, you can watch a part of history and enjoy drowning in its beauties. Today, We are going to learn about some of the top things to do in Yazd. Most of which include visiting these outstanding historical sites.
1. Yazd Jame Mosque
Yazd Jame Mosque is one of the masterpieces of Iranian architecture. It stands in the heart of desert land. And it is one of the most popular tourist destinations for both Iranian and foreign travelers. This mosque was built about 100 years ago, during 3 different eras. It was one of the main bases of the Sassanid reign. What makes this mosque different from the other Iranian mosques is the unique dome, the tall entrance, as well as its beautiful and dazzling exclusive tile work.
The valuable Jame mosque of Yazd has been on Iran’s National Heritage list since 1935.
Visiting hours: 8:00 to 19:00
Address: Yazd City, Imam Khomeini St., Masjed Jame St.
2. Vaqt-0l-Sa’at Square in Yazd
Vaqt-0l-Sa’at Square or Time Square is one of the oldest clock towers in Iran and in the whole world. additionally, it is the first city clock in Iran. The construction of this clock tower dates back to the Qajar period. the arches, brick decorations, and tiles which include Arabic lines and verses have given it a special feature. Abu Bakr, one of the skilled and local watchmakers, was the one who made this clock. Today it is one of the valuable attractions of Iran.
This clock square has been on Iran’s National Heritage list since 2000.
Address: Imam Khomeini street
3. Amir Chakhmaq Complex of Yazd
One of the symbols of Yazd that few people have not heard of is the Amirchakhmaq complex. This complex is a square and there are a collection of historical and valuable monuments in it. Among its significant attractions, there is an outstanding pillar with tall minarets which is the most original part of the city. This square dates back to the 15th century BC, during the Timurid era. A person with the same name, Amir Jalaluddin Chakhmaq, has built it. Amirchakhmaq Square or in the dialect of the local people Mirchakhmaq has become a place for the locals to get together.
4. Yazd Dowlatabad Garden
Well, let’s go to the attractions that have made Yazd global; Dowlat Abad Garden! This garden is one of the 9 Iranian gardens that their name is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The tall mansion of this garden has the tallest windcatchers in the world. Moreover, the mansion’s architecture is of high significance. With 260 years old, this garden is one of the oldest gardens in Iran. This 6.4-hectare heaven has signs of paradise to make the viewer stand in awe. Unexpectedly, When you enter this garden, you will not remember that you are in the desert city of Yazd. And unbelievably, you can smell the refreshing fragrance of the flowers and the plants all around. And it will touch your soul for sure.
Visiting hours: 8:00 to 21:00
Address: Shahid Rajaei street
5. Lariha House Museum in Yazd
All the attractions of Yazd can definitely not be included in one article because each side of this beautiful and spectacular city has something that is no lesser than a top attraction. Lariha House Museum is about 150 years old. In the past, about 270 years ago, Lariha came to Yazd from Fars Province for trading. That’s when they settled in different parts of this city. This house has a mirror room with mirrors about fifty to sixty years old, which shows off its nobility.
Lariha House Museum has been on Iran’s National Heritage list since 1997.
Visiting hours: 8:30 to 19:40
Address: Imam Khomeini Street, Fahadan neighborhood, next to Kolah Farangi mansion
6. Shesh Badgir Cistern of Yazd
Literally Shesh means six and Badgir means windcatcher. Six Windcatchers Cistern is one of the 75 water reservoirs in Yazd that were built 180 years ago during the Qajar period. This building is made in an 8-sided shape so that it can cope with the climate conditions of the area, as well as the many directions that wind blows. This water reservoir is one of the largest cisterns in Yazd with a volume of over 2000 cubic meters. This reservoir has two outlets. One for Zoroastrians and the other for Muslims.
Address: Tappeh Yazd neighborhood, six windcatchers alley
7. Alexander’s Prison, Ziaieh School in Yazd
There is a building in Yazd with two different names. And this indicates the dual use of this valuable historical building. Some believe that the building was built in the 13th century in 1,234 and its construction was completed in the 14th century in 1,306. Ziaieh School was a place of education more than seven hundred years ago. In addition to that, it has hosted meetings such as discussions with elders and scholars. According to the narratives, it turned into Alexander’s Prison when a group of Alexander the Great’s exiles entered the city.
This valuable historical monument has been on Iran’s National Heritage list since 1968.
Visiting hours: 8.00 to 19.40
Address: Fahadan Historical Neighborhood, Rakht-Shooy-Khaneh Alley, New Bath Alley, next to the Twelve Imams’ Shrine
8. Sabat and Windcatchers of Yazd
What distinguishes this city from many other cities in Iran is its traditional texture that makes everyone walk and watch carefully every corner and enjoy. Although it is hot in Yazd, the moment you find shelter from the sun in the shade of the Sabat or enter a house, for sure you will feel the cool breeze on your skin. A breeze that flows without using any energy and only due to the intelligence and the art of the architects. That’s quite a miracle in the desert climate. The number of windcatchers in Yazd are so many that it has been famous as “Shahr-e Badgirha”, the city of the windcatchers. Aside from the windcatchers that cool down the indoors, there are structures in the valleys to cool down the air for the passers-by. These semi-roof structures, Sabat, create shade, and the same as the windcatchers channel the air to cool the path.
Sometimes there are platforms for resting in the corners of these sabats so that the passers-by can sit for a moment and get rid of fatigue.
9. Amir Chakhmaq Nakhl
Amir Chakhmaq Nakhl is one of the greatest symbols of Yazd. It is made of wooden sticks. The locals take it around during the Muharram mourning ceremonies. In the first ten days of Muharram, they cover it with black and green cloth and carry it around during the ceremonies. For the rest of the year, they keep it in the mosque. This Nakhl with 450 years old is one of the most spectacular manifestations of Yazd. And as they claim, it is one of the oldest Nakhl-s in Iran.
Address: Amirchakhmaq Square
10. Yazd Zoroastrian Fire Temple
Bahram Fire Temple‘s fire has not been extinguished in more than a millennium! The Fire Temple is a place for keeping the sacred Zoroastrian fire and a place of worship for Zoroastrian people. The fire inside this place has been lit for 1500 years and its visitors can see the fire.
Visiting time: in summer 8:30 to 12:00 and 16:30 to 20:30 | In winter 8:30 to 12:00 and 15:00 to sunset
Address: Ayatollah Kashani street
11. Towers of Silence of Yazd
Towers of Silence are one of the most spectacular things you can visit in Yazd. Two towers on sedimentary mountains. One of them is on top of the Dakhmeh Mountain. You may ask what were they for? These towers were a place where Zoroastrians put their deceased as a burial ritual. They would be the food for carnivores and the remaining would rot. You can read about the details here.
Address: 15 km from Yazd city, near Safaieh area
12. Yazd Old Town
Yazidi people were the best architects in Iran and thought of all aspects in their constructions. That’s why they built towers and fortifications in order to protect the lives of their residence from the invasion of looters and enemies. In the Old Town, there are some of these structures left to watch and marvel at. You can see great defense strategies in their engineering.
The Old town has been on Iran’s National Heritage list since 1973.
Address: at the end of Seyed Golsorkh street
13. Davazdah Imam Shrine
In the Fahadan neighborhood, there is a building from the Seljuk period architecture. They call it The Twelve Imams’ Shrine. This building, according to historical evidence, is the oldest building in Yazd and is of special importance in Islamic architecture. And that’s because of its style, colors and designs, and the Kufic inscriptions.
This historical monument has been On Iran’s National Heritage list since 1935, the same time as the Jame Mosque of Yazd.
Address: Fahadan neighborhood
14. Yazd Water Museum
As you know, the city of Yazd has always faced water problems due to being a desert. The high numbers of qanats in this city indicate this story clearly. Therefore, to represent this feature of the city, they built a water museum including the equipment they used to supply the water they needed.
Visiting hours: 8:00 to 19:00
Address: Ghiam street
15. Naaji Garden and Mansion in Yazd
Another famous garden in Yazd from the Qajar period is the amazing Naji Garden. After its donation to the municipality of the city, they rebuilt it. There is a mansion in the middle of the garden that has a hall with a windcatcher, 2 rooms, and various other parts. This mansion and the garden used to be a private property of the Naji family.
Address: on the way to Najafabad qanat, Shahid Hassan Dashti boulevard
16. Yazd Mirror Palace
Qasr Aineh or the Mirror Palace is another mansion in Yazd, which today is a Museum of Mirrors and Lighting. This mansion dates back to 1942. It used to be a private guest house. However after the Revolution, in 1998, they turned it into a museum.
Visiting hours: 9:00 to 21:00
Address: Ayatollah Kashani street
17. Tehraniha House in Yazd
Tehraniha house used to belong to an Iranian merchant. About 250 years ago, a family from Tehran lived there. They were carpet merchants there. This house has a great share of beauty so that it has long been used as the economic consulate of some European countries. Today, it is a traditional hotel. The building of this hotel has a main courtyard, a mansion, three beautiful windcatchers, a large hall, a water reservoir, a porch, and a large roof overlooking the historical beauties of Yazd.
This house is the first Iranian hotel museum in Yazd.
Address: Imam Khomeini street, Fahadan street, in front of Iskandar Prison
18. Khan Complex in Yazd
This unique complex includes an amazing old Bazaar, Hosseinieh (Whish is a place for some religious rituals), a water reservoir, and a Bath (or Hammam) next to it. The construction of this eye-catching complex in Yazd dates back to the time of Nasser al-Din Shah. Additionally, Khan Bazaar is popular as the longest and widest bazaar in Yazd. They have used clay and mud to build it.
This awesome complex has been On Iran’s National Heritage list since 2003.
Address: Imam Khomeini St., Ghiam St.
19. Malek-ol-Tojjar Historical House in Yazd
Malek-ol-Tojjar Historical House is about 120 years old and belonged to Haji Ali Akbar Shirazi. He was one of the experienced merchants of Yazd. People knew Haji Ali Akbar as the King of Merchants. Nasser al-Din Shah had given him the title. And it was all because of his good deeds. His descendants, up to 4 generations, lived in this house. This house has several rooms, each of which has its own unique features. You can see spectacular paintings, by Shirazi artists, on the walls and ceilings of most rooms. And it is worth saying, it took them 10 years to draw and paint them.
Today, this building is a hotel for tourists. And surprisingly, it is the world’s first adobe hotel.
Address: Ghiam Street, Panjeh Ali Bazaar
20. Markar Square of Yazd
Markar Square with a clock that is located right in the center of Iran!! Ferdowsi Clock is a large city clock in the middle of Markar Square in Yazd. A Zoroastrian person whose name was Markar paid to build this square pulse the surrounding high school and orphanage with his own name.
I hope you have enjoyed our short journey to learn about top attractions to visit in Yazd. If so please let us know in the comments. Also, despite the visiting times we mentioned in here, please do not forget to check the date and time before you pay a visit. Because according to different events and the season you are visiting, the visiting time might change. If you like to book a tour in Yazd with Tappersia you can reach us via the contacts below the same page.
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Skype hypnotherapy is an effective treatment for people with severe irritable bowel syndrome, a new study has found.
The study of 20 patients who had the treatment via the online communications tool was led by Professor Peter Whorwell from The University of Manchester
It is published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
Professor Whorwell is a gastroenterologist at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, where he runs a hypnotherapy clinic for IBS patients.
The patients in the study received 12 hypnotherapy sessions in total: the first was face to face with the remaining 11 sessions delivered via Skype.
Before the treatment, 65% had severe IBS pre-treatment with the remaining 35% having moderate IBS.
After the Skype sessions, 25% of were classed as having severe IBS, 40% moderate IBS and the remaining 35% mild IBS.
All the patients enjoyed significant improvements in their IBS symptoms such as abdominal pain, abdominal bloating and bowel function.
In addition, other symptoms commonly seen in IBS improved such as nausea, headaches, heartburn, low backache, constant lethargy, chest pain and bladder problems. Quality of life, and any anxiety or depression also improved.
When compared to an earlier study of 1000 patients who had face to face hypnotherapy at the clinic run by Professor Whorwell, the online treatment was only slightly less effective.
Hypnotherapy, in combination with other treatments, has been shown to be an effective treatment for patients with serious symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome which do not respond to other treatment.
However, many patients are unable to access treatment because they are unable to travel.
Despite the successes treatment and its endorsement by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), hypnotherapy has not been widely adopted and is still of limited availability in the UK.
Professor Whorwell said: “Skype is starting to be used in a variety of clinical situations but to our knowledge there have, so far, been no reports of its’ use in hypnosis, particularly in relation to IBS.
“Our centre is funded by the NHS and consequently we receive referrals from all over the UK which means that some patients have to travel long distances for treatment.
“Not only is this costly but also travelling might be impossible because of symptoms such as severe diarrhoea and incontinence.”
He added: “Though some patients may need the occasional “top up” from time to time, there is no reason to believe that the benefits of hypnotherapy delivered by Skype should not be sustained.
“These encouraging results suggest that Skype is an ideal way of treating subjects who may find it difficult to travel to the unit.
“It is especially noteworthy that if Skype treatment had not been available, 71% of subjects said they would not have been able to have the treatment.
“We now intend to offer Skype hypnotherapy to local residents if we feel that attending the unit would compromise treatment, especially in individuals with the diarrhoeal form of the condition.”
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D.C.’s blended learning approach grew out of a district-wide push designed to ratchet up student performance and provide a centralized way to track data from the success of some enterprising schools. That was Spring 2012.
Months of research, careful introspection, and brainstorming led to a reimagined curriculum and classroom structure, with blended learning as a central component. Administrators saw blended learning as a way to provide more personalized, self-directed learning that they could focus on the high-level cognitive skills that students need to succeed in college and beyond.
“We’re not a 1-to-1 district,” says Rose. “We started with academic goals and found the technology to help put those goals in place and to help teachers better reach their students.”
How it works
When done right, blended learning tailors education to each student’s needs by offering high-quality teaching with cutting-edge online learning programs. The district is using two programs, ST-Math and First in Math, for math instruction, and myON and Lexia Learning for English Language Arts and reading in most of its participating elementary schools.
“Blended learning frees up time for project-based learning, higher-order thinking teaching and learning, and Socratic discussions,” says Michael Horn, co-founder and executive director at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. “Teacher time is now freed up to look at other aspects of teaching.”
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Cultivating Community in a Virtual Space | Lisa Nelson-Haynes | TEDxPhiladelphiaSalon
Can we create a community in a virtual space? Lisa Nelson-Haynes, Executive Director of Philadelphia Young Playwrights, explores the complexities of building communities during the stay-at-home orders and six feet of distance of the COVID-19 pandemic, while watching years of racial injustice hit a tipping point. Lisa walks us through her experiences in community building and identifies the steps needed to be a part of a community during this new normal. Believe it or not, it all starts with a YES.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Our First Bilingual Blog Post for Our First Bilingual Workshops
Nuestro Primer Aporte de Blog Bilingüe Para Nuestros Primeros Talleres Bilingües
By: Sarah Stearns
Acabo de concluir una serie de talleres en la dramaturgia bilingüe con Mighty Writers El Futuro, un nuevo sitio bilingüe en el Italian Market. Traje actores profesionales a la fin-de-año celebración de Mighty Writers donde dieron vida a un grupo de monólogos locos, chiflados, y chistosos con compromiso admirable.
Mirar las caras de los estudiantes cuando se presentaban sus obras fue precioso. La mayoría de los estudiantes querrían compartir sus obras anónimamente, un deseo que no es raro para artistas jóvenes compartiendo sus obras públicamente por primera vez en nuestras programas. Habían muchas risitas nerviosas y sonrisas pequeñas de orgullo que mostraban la alegría que los estudiantes tenían en expresarse.
The It Gets Better Workshop
by Emma O’Neill-Deitel (Julia R. Masterman High School/10th Grade)
PYP Youth Council Member and previous 1st place winner of our Annual Playwriting Festival
Two weeks ago, I attended the It Gets Better workshop at the Kimmel Center, as a representative of PYP. The It Gets Better project is a multimedia campaign that exists to spread the word to LGBTQ youth that they are not alone, and that their situation will get better. It also promotes changes that can be made in communities to make sure that life does get better for LGBTQ people. The workshop I attended was part of a series of workshops all over the country led by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, in which members of the chorus facilitate a discussion and video-making workshop to promote the It Gets Better message. The other students in the workshop were from the Attic Youth Center, an organization for Philadelphia’s LGBTQ teens and their allies.
We began the workshop by introducing ourselves and our organizations. I was very proud to represent PYP and it was interesting to hear about the Gay Men’s Chorus of LA and the Attic Youth Center, neither of which I had been familiar with prior to the workshop. After the introductions, we broke into small groups and talked about what message we would like to convey to other LGBTQ teens. We then shared what we had discussed and made an outline for what we wanted to include in the video. After we had come up with a general idea, we wrote individual statements, which we filmed. We also wrote and filmed segments that we performed as a group. The experience of creating such a spontaneous piece (we did all this in just two hours!) reminded me of a similar process we often follow in PYP workshops, which has taught me that on-the-spot performances are some of the best.
Re-Vision Week 1 Re-Flections
By David Bradley, Director, and the Re-Vision Ensemble
“We are making…a beginning.” That’s how one of the teenage artists in PYP’s two-week Re-Vision lab put it when asked to describe what we are making in these weeks. It was a great encapsulation of process. Re-Vision, which brings together teens from across the region with professional artists, launches a year-long process of making a play for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. The play we make, currently titled Work/Shop/Shift will be a featured presentation at the Innovation Studio at the Kimmel Center in April 2015.
So, we’re making a play. But we’re just at the beginning. We’re making an ensemble of teen artists, university artists and professional artists, but we’re just at the beginning of that. And we’re making discoveries of how this might all work—perhaps the most important beginning of all. Our theme—how do we make things, why do we make what we make, how do we use the resources at hand, how do we repurpose materials, ideas, ourselves. To investigate, we’ve begun experimenting with writing and movement. We’re visiting very different Philadelphia hubs of making—Greensgrow Farm, a factory site turned urban farm in Fishtown; Indy Hall, a co-working space filled with makers of many things in Old City; the ExCITe Center, a lab for innovation in technology and design at Drexel. We’ve made drums from Home Depot buckets and machines from our bodies. We’re inviting friends and families to come play with us this Thursday and move the beginning forward. | <urn:uuid:dc6e1057-f679-41ef-8729-70fcb7378e5e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org/blog/category/workshops | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.872914 | 1,210 | 1.875 | 2 |
If a tenant rents from a private landlord or letting agent there are a few key areas that they should be aware of and in some cases should request to see copies of certificates before signing any tenancy agreement. There are a number of helpful topics on privately renting on the Governments website.
If a tenant is having problems with their property they should contact their landlord or letting agents as soon as possible to notify them of the problem. Depending on the severity of the problem will depend upon how quickly it can be resolved so the tenant should ask when the problem can be looked and then fixed. If no action is taken the tenant can make a complaint to the council for an inspection to be undertaken. The council is legally required to notify the landlord that a complaint has been made and that we intend to inspect the property, we have to advise them of when we intend to inspect the visit and they can attend at this time if they wish.
Housing inspections look at a number of different hazards and a risk assessment is competed following the inspection. Where works are required we will formally write to the person responsible for the repairs advising them of what must be completed. If they fail to complete the works as requested legal notices may be served requiring them to complete the works within a set time.
We do not advise any tenant to withhold their rent on the grounds of disrepair. However, should tenants feel this is the only option they must first discuss this with a solicitor as there is set process that must be followed to avoid risk of eviction. Further information can be found in Shelter’s leaflet on disrepair.
The most common type of complaint is damp and mould growth, however the majority of these complaints once investigated are due to condensation caused by how the tenant lives in the property. For information on condensation, how to avoid it and what to do if you have it, please see East Northants District advice leaflet.
Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Regulations
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 came into force on 1 October 2015. These will require private sector landlords to have at least one smoke alarm installed on every storey of their properties, and a carbon monoxide alarm in any room containing a solid fuel burning appliance (e.g. a coal fire, wood burning stove etc). After that, the landlord must make sure the alarms are in working order at the start of each new tenancy. Failure to comply with the regulations will lead to a penalty of up to £5000.
The regulations aim to reduce the risk of injury or death to tenants caused by fire or carbon monoxide poisoning, landlords can find further information in the explanatory booklet.
Landlords are required by the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 to ensure that all gas appliances are maintained in good order and that an annual safety check is carried out by a tradesman who is registered with Gas Safe Register.
The landlord must keep a record of the safety checks and issue it to the tenant within 28 days of each annual check. The landlord is not responsible for maintaining any gas appliances the tenant is entitled to take with them at the end of the letting.
A copy of the most up to date gas safety certificate should be provided to the tenant or should be available on request from the landlord. If there is no gas safety certificate in place tenants should report this to the Health and Safety Executive who are the enforcing body.
Fire safety of furniture and furnishings
Landlords must ensure that any furniture and furnishings they supply meet the fire resistance requirements in the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988.
The regulations set levels of fire resistance for domestic upholstered furniture. All new and second hand furniture provided in accommodation that is let for the first time, or replacement furniture in existing let accommodation, must meet the fire resistance requirements unless it was made before 1950. Most furniture will have a manufacturer’s label on it saying if it meets the requirements. | <urn:uuid:e05717b3-85f5-4a98-be15-f8ae4db776fb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.northantswarmhomes.com/2018/09/17/information-for-private-sector-tenants-and-landlords/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.947855 | 808 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Kimseye Etmem Şikâyet
Inspired by an old Turkish song, Kimseye Etmem Şikâyet (I Won’t Complain to Anyone), Lara Ögel portrays a woman who paints a wall in an image dating back to the 50’s. While whether the woman knocks a door or examines the wall remains ambiguous, these two questions somehow clamp together. She may well be in a dream while painting the flower patterns on the wall in grey. In the meanwhile, a child emerges suddenly and starts peeking inside the house from outside. As the scene turns black and white, the house turns into a dollhouse. In the image that comes immediately after, color scales create a binary opposition with the image of a flower blossoming in nature. Dialectically, this binary image-synthesis touches upon the togetherness of a human’s hand and the selfhood of the flower. Similarly, the paint put on the wall moves back and forth.
Man touches nature with his hands. The hand intervenes in nature as a tool and transforms it. A hand-squeezed paint tube moves back and forth – showing us that time evolves in a nest moving forwards and backwards. It is again time that prepares us for the serene and silent happiness of the interior of the house, shown from different angles, as much as it does prepare us for storms. (Swelling waves and the interior of the house in the same scene do exist together.) In the last image, a person’s efforts to run in two different directions all but indicate that humans, in a dialectical manner, gravitate to one direction only to opt for another afterwards.
Lara Ögel attempts to show that time functions as a tool of memory in this video, just as she does in her exhibition “Public Confidentiality” running at Contemporary Istanbul followed by Açıkekran New Media Arts Gallery. She also examines the togetherness of “hand and art” from the viewpoint of a difference. A baby’s hand in one corner of the video image comes close to the hand of the adult who uses the paint. These two hands – mother and child – are reminders of one another. The hand transforms things, but memory belongs to the mind, rather than the hand.
Readymade images and the artist’s thoughts interlock with one another in a disposition, as if in an attempt to reveal that art is addressed as a “coşa mentale” since Leonardo.
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By Dr. Aaron Lewis
Editor’s note: The following appears in the upcoming issue of LP News.
“The Making of a Slave” is a speech, said to have been delivered by Willie Lynch, an authoritarian and strict slave master on the James River in Virginia in 1712. A précis of his speech urges slaveowners to adopt the “secret” to controlling enslaved Africans — to set them against one another. While there has been much debate on the authenticity of this letter and concerning the legitimacy of William Lynch’s existence, few can argue that the contents of his letter has set a cycle in motion for people of color; of guilt, shame, distrust for other people of color, and the insatiable desire to continue to help build, not the American dream, but rather the dream of the oppressor — the Democratic system.
Nearly all of my adult life, I have been a dedicated supporter of the Democratic Party. For the most part, I’ve mainly voted for Democratic candidates in mayoral, gubernatorial, and presidential races. As African-Americans in the United States, most of us have been expected to vote on Democratic lines as we have been programmed to do so for now more than 55 years. We believed that our Democratic elected officials were working for the better interest of all people, including black people, only to discover that it wasn’t the case.
For many black people, the election of President John F. Kennedy symbolized the end of an era where people of color were authorized and sanctioned by the federal government to harsh treatment and offered substandard jobs, wages, and living conditions under southern Jim Crow laws, which clandestinely made its way to the northern states. After the death of President Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, a man dealing with his own racial biases, was given the lofty task of completing the work that Kennedy had begun, first signing in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, after which designing his “Great Society” initiative, whose primary goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice.
While I will admit that things have improved for African-Americans in America since the launch of the civil rights movement up until today, I do not believe that government alone was the leading factor in those changes. I’ve come to realize that all meaningful change happens when “We the People” take our rightful position, walking in the freedom and liberties that we were born with. We must make it happen. Many black people have not taken an analysis, to reflect on whether we’ve really made progress or not, especially under a Democratic form of government.
Since 1945, Hartford, Conn., has had a solidly Democratic leadership, only once briefly interrupted by the first woman mayor of Hartford, Antonina “Ann” Uccello in 1967, a Republican. Today, the condition of our city as with many cities in the U.S., for minorities and people of color, continues to worsen. Hartford has one of the highest failing school districts in the nation. The poverty rate gap between Hartford and its nearby suburban towns is the second worst in the nation and its unemployment rate is nearly double the national average. Despite the clear evidence of how we fare, black people continue to cast their ballots for a party that no longer serves the interest of black people, and quite possibly never has.
In my city, our local, white, democratic politicians have carefully drawn from Willie Lynch’s playbook by intentionally keeping black people against one another. This strategy not only assures a blindly dedicated voting base, but it also ensures that Hartford’s black people will never be free, unless they change. While I fully understand that there is no one party that is perfect, my decision to embrace the Libertarian party was firmly based on the LP’s commitment to maximizing personal and political freedom, less government control, and sustaining a model that every person of color should embrace, one where self-determination, not government controls how you live, learn, and dwell among each other peacefully. Any other offer is merely a smokescreen. | <urn:uuid:a046db45-fb9c-4aed-83b9-f49075dc4597> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lp.org/freedom-a-call-for-black-people-to-reconsider-their-loyalty-to-the-democratic-party/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.970109 | 835 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Around 30 per cent of the banks are exposed to 'very high' risks of online fraud and security threats, according to a study. Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and plastic card transactions account for 43 per cent of the frauds, the highest, followed by mobile banking at 25 per cent, it said.
The study points out that investment in the banking sector on information technology (IT) professional development is not adequate. This poses a significant threat of online digital frauds and may also trigger serious security threats for the entire banking sector.
The study, covering 14 banks that have been offering centralised online banking through data centre (DC) and disaster recovery site (DRS) over a period of two years, found that around 60 per cent of the IT budget in 2012 was used to procure hardware and 18 per cent in networks. About 66 per cent of the DCs, it said, and 44 per cent of the DRSs were located in high-rise buildings, meaning they are vulnerable to earthquakes and fire.
Around 40 per cent of the surveyed banks believe that they have high risk of information loss at any moment. The study also found that most banks do not conduct IT auditing by qualified professionals, due to which most of the security threats go unnoticed.
Banking analysts say a number of disasters occurred in the banking sector due to poor security systems. However, the banking sector has, of late, stepped up its efforts. But what is required now is that there should be an increase in IT budget to ensure risk-free transactions in the banks.
ATM skimming is a high-tech crime in which a criminal electronically steals or skims the cardholder's personal financial information during routine ATM transactions. Globally it is a common crime which forces the banks to ensure security of IT and regulators to force banks to focus on it.
Skimmers fit a portable electronic card reader right over the ATM's card reader slot, to capture the card information. They install mini cameras in the ceiling above the ATM or on the walls or in literature racks beside the ATM to capture the customer's PIN (personal identification number) keystrokes. The average cardholder has no knowledge that the skimming device is there because it does not interfere with the operation of the ATM.
In Bangladesh, most ATM frauds were allegedly committed in connivance with the insiders in the banks and outsiders. The regulator has apparently failed to ensure a standard security policy for the banks to protect the interest of customers. Many such cases have gone unreported, as there is no mechanism to get information on this type of fraudulence.
After the high-profile skimming off four ATMs in the capital last week, police claimed to have identified at least four foreigners involved in the incident. They looked like foreigners in the CCTV footage setting up a skimming device in an ATM booth. This is for the first time that skimming off ATMs has happened in the country.
The scam has undoubtedly affected the confidence of customers as well as bankers. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) data shows that after the scam hit news headlines, transactions through ATMs went down by 40 per cent early last week. However, the trend has become normal now.
Earlier, a major incident of credit card fraud was discovered in 2012, at the United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) - with over Tk 100m withdrawn from it illegally. The money was withdrawn over a period of six years -- between sometime in 2007 and 2012 -- by a gang of high-tech swindlers, using 21 credit cards.
After those past incidents, the central bank had conducted a probe on the ATM scams and identified some ways that might lead to a client getting cheated of his or her money. These include withdrawal of money from ATM booths without the clients' knowledge, account statements not showing up money debited in this way, and unauthorised purchase and transaction through internet banking.
However, many identify the lack of proper implementation of standard security policies in the commercial banks, knowledge gap among bank officials from the top to the bottom and vested interests inside the card division as the main reasons behind the ATM scams. In most cases, they say, banks fail to maintain security parameters in their card divisions.
In the meanwhile, the central bank has come up with a number of measures, including introduction of chip-based cards and a uniform limit per transaction per day for all banks. It has asked banks to issue chip-based debit cards as soon as possible to protect customers from frauds.
A few banks have already moved to EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) chip cards and PIN issuance, but a large number of banks continue to issue magnetic stripe cards vulnerable to frauds. EMV cards and PINs usually protect against both counterfeit (skimming) and lost and stolen card fraud.
Using devices that can write and read cards, the information is then transferred to a new card with a blank magnetic stripe, according to bankers. Many banks claim that the use of National Payment Switch (NPS) left their systems vulnerable to card frauds. The NPS is the common platform through which electronic payments originating from different channels like the ATMs, points of sales, internet and mobile devices, take place.
Of the 56 banks operating in the country, 48 are connected with the NPS. At present, there are 9.8 million cards that are used in ATM and point-of-sales centres in the country. In almost all cases of debit and credit card fraud, it was found that bank employees were involved in those, either directly or indirectly, and they provided the fraudsters with information about clients.
To deter online frauds and security threats in the banking sector, IT experts suggest, the central bank should ensure proper installation of IDS-IPS in banks. This measure should be backed by properly executed IT security policy defining who should get access to what information.
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[Bell Historians] Heavitree RC church
mike at m...
Mon Jun 24 10:47:52 BST 2002
--- In bellhistorians at y..., "David Bryant" <djb122 at y...> wrote:
> Interesting - it's more or less the same weight as Exeter Cathedral
tenor, but a tone lower. It must be quite thin for an Ab - Liverpool
tenor is also an Ab and is half a ton heavier.
Not - quite, Liverpool is only a quarter of a ton heaver, 82cwt as
opposed to the 77cwt bell at Heavitree. Heavitree is a quarter of a
ton heavier than the Cathedral.
Does that fact that the 11th at Exeter is "only" c.41cwt have any
bearing on this? (No pun intended!). Is the tenor "heavy" or the 11th
light? My rough calculations (based on tenor-1 being around 2/3 of
the weight of the tenor) suggest that the 11th should be around 46cwt
or that the tenor should be about 61/62cwt.
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08 Jun Democracy Demoralized
Americans know the ugly truth about money in politics. Though the wealthy conceal payoffs through dark money deposits into political pockets, it’s no secret to the American public that the rich are buying the government.
The extent of Americans’ cynicism about purchased politicians was revealed last week in poll results published in the New York Times. Eighty-four percent said money’s influence in politics is too great. Even more, 85 percent, said the system for funding campaigns must be fundamentally or completely reconstructed.
Two university professors examined how politicians handled 1,779 policy issues and determined that lawmakers were far more likely to do what the rich wanted.
Martin Gilens, professor of politics at Princeton University, and Benjamin I. Page, professor of decision making at Northwestern University, concluded, “In the United States, our findings indicate, the majority does not rule—at least not in the causal sense of actually determining policy outcomes.”
The rulers, the professors determined, are the rich: “. . . economic elites stand out as quite influential – more so than any other set of actors studied here – in the making of U.S. public policy.”
Just as disheartening is this finding: “When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites or with organized interests, they generally lose.”
That makes it very difficult for the majority to change the system controlled by the rich – which explains the high level of cynicism expressed in the New York Times poll.
In the second study, two University of California professors found that the majority has a hard time even getting a foot in the doorway of an elected representative. A constituent can send an email to a U.S. Senator or Representative’s office or call and talk to a clearly bored Congressional intern about an issue. But for a non-donor to get a meeting with the lawmaker or top staffer is pretty unlikely, the two political science professors found.
The professors, Joshua L. Kalla and David E. Broockman, described their results this way: “Our experiment is the first to clearly document that policy makers grant preferential treatment to individuals because they have donated to campaigns.”
In other words, politicians are saying, “Give me money if you want me to give you the time of day.”
The Kalla and Broockman study explains, in part, why the rich get the legislation they want and the majority does not. The political science professors said of the results, “If legislators choose to meet with individuals more often because they have contributed to campaigns, they place unique value on donors’ concerns.”
With the cooperation of a nonprofit organization and its members who were also political donors, the professors sent emails to 191 Congressmen asking for meetings. Randomly, half of the emails specified that political contributors wanted to discuss an issue, while in the others, the donors seeking the meeting were identified only as constituents.
Kalla and Brookman found that members of Congress were more than three times as likely to meet with donors.
Of those described as donors, 12.5 percent got meetings. But of those labeled merely as constituents, only 2.4 percent got meetings.
And at those meetings, 18.8 percent of those identified as donors met with a senior staffer, while only 5.5 percent of those identified as constituents did.
Politicians’ snubbing the majority and toadying to the rich means the wealthy control the legislative agenda. Kalla and Broockman put it this way:
“Our results thus suggest that the vast majority of Americans who have not donated to campaigns are at a disadvantage when attempting to express their concerns to policymakers. Few Americans can afford to contribute to campaigns, while those who can afford to do so have markedly different preferences and priorities than the broader public.”
This is cash providing political access, something the right-wingers on the U.S. Supreme Court contended would not occur when they unleashed political spending in the Citizens United and McCutcheon decisions. And, the conservative majority on the court said, even if it did occur, it wouldn’t corrupt politics. Corruption, they contended, occurred only when a politician took money after the donor specified that the gift was to buy a vote.
The rich, however, are purchasing government in ways more subtle than that.
And the New York Times poll shows clearly that the vast majority of citizens want it stopped. Seventy-seven percent said the amount of money individuals can give politicians should be limited; 78 percent said the amount that groups supposedly not affiliated with a candidate can spend should be limited; 75 percent said the days of dark money should end and all donations disclosed to the public.
Americans know what all that political money means. It is the end of the American democracy. It is the triumph of governance by powerful business organizations and a small number of rich people.
The New York Times poll found 39 percent of Americans still optimistic that they can overhaul campaign financing. These are the people behind a proposed constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. These are the people urging the Internal Revenue Service to forbid political groups from transmogrifying nonprofit social welfare organizations into havens for dark money from rich donors who don’t want their identities disclosed. These are the people urging President Obama to issue an executive order mandating that federal contractors, as well as their directors, officers, affiliates and subsidiaries, disclose political spending.
The 39 percent must win because they’re trying to ensure democracy isn’t defeated by the rich.
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Personal finances are about much more than simply money. It is actually more to do with common sense than anything else. Learning how to manage your finances properly is a trick that people sometimes it takes few rough lessons to learn this well. Take the following tips seriously and learn to implement these changes into your finances in order to live a happier and stress free life.Do thorough background research on any broker you cannot trust.Check a broker’s references and find someone else if you feel they say to judge their honesty. Your experience can help you to spot a shoddy broker.If you are making a good profit on your stocks, just let it stay as is. You can certainly take a second look at stocks that aren’t doing as well in the meantime.Success in business can be directly related to money management. Profits need to be protected and reinvested as capital in the business. When you put some of your profits into capital, this builds a foundation to grow upon. However, when you utilize those profits wisely, you can watch your money grow as return on investment. You should always invest the same percentage of your profit.When trading in the Forex market watch the trends.Don’t ever sell on either an up or a downswing.Don’t be fooled by claims that an organization can guarantee you a company will repair your credit history. A lot of companies don’t give all the information about their skills for repairing your credit. This is not at all accurate since there is no similarity to how your credit is not the same as another deals with credit issues. To claim that they can clear your credit completely is definitely a lie and no one should make this promise.You will probably have lower interest on two payments this way.Stay aware of what’s going on in the world so that you know when the market may be changing globally. Often times people do not watch the world markets but you should! When you know what is happening around the world, you can make better decisions.Stop using your credit cards you have a hard time paying it off. Pay down the complete monthly balance before you start using your credit card again.Eating less from restaurants or fast food joints can save a ton of money over the course of a year. You will save money if you just stay in and eat at home.Make saving money your first priority each time you receive.To save both money and time, buy bulk quantities of lean protein. As long as you do not waste what you buy, you will always save money if you purchase in bulk. Besides saving money, you can also save time by cooking the meat you buy in bulk once a week to make meals all week long.Find a checking account that offers free checking.The easiest way to keep your finances on track is to avoid consumer debt like the use of credit cards to begin with. Think about how long you will end up paying it off. You shouldn’t make any charge that’s not imperative and can’t be paid off within 30 days.You can sell old laptop if you’re trying to earn a little extra money this month.
Most products come with either 90-day or one-year limited warranties, and if a failure is likely to occur, it will probably do so within that time. Extended warranties might not be the best thing for you, but they are lucrative for companies.
Your FICO score is determined in large part by credit card balance. A higher card balance means a lower score.Your score will go up as you pay off debt. Try to keep the balance at 20% or less than the total allowed credit.By keeping close tabs on your cash flow, you will be able to do proper maintenance on any property that you own. Keep track of all your cash receipts and how much you spend so that you can see how your property is doing after every billing cycle. You should have an established property budget.Houses and cars are usually the most expensive purchases you will make. A huge factor of your budget each month will be not only the payments, but the interest rates of these things. Making one extra payment yearly or applying your tax refund money will get these paid off faster.Buy store brands as much as possible rather than a name brand. A lot of the brand name price tag stems from the cost to advertise and market those products. There is often no change in how the product tastes or its quality.Find out where you are spending too much money. Any extra money that remains should be allocated to reducing debt or put into savings.Make sure that you keep track money to follow expenses.Get health insurance to secure you and your family’s future. Even when you take precautions, there’ll eventually be a situation that requires you to need a doctor. This makes it vital that you have a good health insurance policy. Doctor, hospital and prescription medication costs can total thousands upon thousands of dollars. Without insurance, this can be quite a burden.
You should start saving money for your children’s education right after they are born. College can be very expensive, and if you just start saving for the expense when your children become teenagers, you may not be able to pay for their college education.You may not be satisfied with your job and your income at this point, but making some income is a lot better than making none at all.When you are married, the spouse that has the better credit should apply in their name. Try to improve your own credit by never carrying a balance on at least one of your cards. After your credit is improved, it will be possible to apply for joint credit.There are numerous other options to create balance for your finances. If you risk your future security to solve your present problems, you are setting yourself up for a big struggle later on in life.Personal finance is just that, personal, so it is different for everyone. It affects everyone in a different way so you need a plan that works for you. Now that you have learned new ways to manage your money, look for chances to put your knowledge to good use. You may find it especially useful to note down the most important financial advice in a place where you can refer to it frequently. Use your knowledge and you will soon be enjoying the positive results of your efforts! | <urn:uuid:0b83acd1-455e-479a-a593-86e51115cc2c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://durac.org/money-tips-and-tricks-just-for-you/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961038 | 1,287 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Genetic Genealogy Ireland returns to the RDS in Ballsbridge, Dublin from 19th to 21st October 2018. Admission is free by simply registering at www.backtoourpast.ie. Once again the lectures are kindly sponsored by FamilyTreeDNA and organised by volunteers from ISOGG. And this year a whole new stream of lectures is being added to the lineup - privacy, data protection & ethics.
This is a timely addition to the programme. The past year has seen the introduction of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation - the new EU law introduced on May 25th) and as a result there have been sweeping changes to privacy and data protection which have had a huge impact on the way all companies operate. It has also had some pretty devastating effects on the genetic genealogy community with the loss of the WorldFamilies.net website (and all the Surname Projects hosted there), the closure of genetic databases (Ysearch, mitoSearch) and the barring of EU residents from accessing products of companies such as Full Genomes Corporation and scientific journals (e.g. SurnameDNA journal). Click on the links and see if you can access them!
There have also been extensive improvements to the FamilyTreeDNA website and the way that Project Managers can manage their DNA Projects.
All of the above changes have been associated with knee-jerk reactions, teething problems, uncertainty, and much discussion over the best way forward for the genetic genealogy community and the institutions and organisations which serve it.
Then in April we were alerted to the good news that "Buckskin Girl" (a murder victim who had remained unidentified for 37 years) had finally had her identity restored and her family could now find peace. The shocking part of the story was that the identification had been made by the use of Gedmatch - a public DNA database set up by members of the genetic genealogy community. On the one hand the news was not that surprising - for years we have been using the same technique (i.e. DNA & Genealogy combined) to help adoptees and foundlings trace their birth families. So in many ways this was simply an extension of the technique to a new area - identifying murder victims and solving cases of "missing persons". But it did create a hot debate on the use of our DNA by law enforcement agencies and it raised many questions including: what safeguards are needed to protect the public from the misuse, misapplication or misinterpretation of the DNA results by law enforcement agencies? These questions became even more pertinent when the police announced they had used similar techniques to identify a prime suspect in the Golden State Killer case.
The field of genetics is advancing at an incredible rate. This applies to genetic genealogy and ancient DNA in particular. But it won't be long before there are similar major steps forward in forensic genetics and medical genetics. There is (and always will be) a need for public discussion on the issues raised by these new developments as they occur and this is reflected in the programme for GGI2018.
Talks dealing with these topics include the presentation by James Irvine on GDPR and what it means for us, Debbie Kennett's talk on finding missing persons, Barbara Rae Venter's talk on how DNA can be used for the Greater Good, and my own talk on DNA testing options at the former Mother & Babies Home in Tuam (where the bodies of 800 children may be buried in a disused pit). These talks will address some of the hot topics that are being discussed not just within our own community but by the larger general public.
There are also associated Panel Discussions to discuss both ethics and data protection which will allow the general public at the event to address any questions they may have.
We are delighted to welcome seven new speakers to GGI. These newcomers include Barbara Rae Venter, Lara Cassidy (Trinity College Dublin), Andrew Millard (University of Durham), Dwayne O'Neill, Cathal McElgunn, John Brazil, and Martin Curley:
- Barbara will discuss the societal aspects of DNA and the Greater Good
- Lara will give us an update on the current state of Ancient DNA
- Andrew will introduce the newly launched WATO tool and how it helps you manage your atDNA matches
- Dwayne will summarise the findings from the O'Neill DNA project and what it tells us about this powerful Irish dynasty
- Cathal will discuss an unusual use of third party tools and the ethical issues raised
- John brings us a discussion from a Haplogroup Project perspective and the challenges deciphering the morphology of a particular branch of the Tree of Mankind
- Martin will reveal the many successes associated with DNA testing of a local population (in this case, Galway). This latter presentation will be followed by a Panel Discussion on Autosomal DNA Projects, with hints & tips of how to run such a project should you want to set one up yourself.
As well as these new speakers and new topics, we have a regular stream of Beginners talks (courtesy of Martin McDowell, Linda Magellan & Donna Rutherford), a stream of Y-DNA talks (Dwayne O'Neill, John Brazil & John Cleary), and a stream of autosomal DNA talks (Katherine Borges, Andrew Millard, Cathal McElgunn & Martin Curley).
Several of the talks deal with third party tools. Katherine Borges will discuss the use of DNA Painter - the user-friendly tool developed by Johnny Perl that helps us manage our atDNA matches. And Andrew Millard will discuss WATO - another helpful tool co-developed with Johnny Perl & Leah LaPerle Larkin.
So there is something for everyone. Is it any wonder that the theme for this year's conference is:
To Boldly Go ... (where no one has gone before).
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Welding positioners are special welding auxiliary equipments, which can make ideal processing position and welding speed for rotary work piece to get a ideal welding performance. Also welding positioner can be worked with welding manipulator and welding machine. Even it can make a good weld position for manual welding in automatic welding center. Rotation of welding positioner table adopts inverter step less speed regulation, it has advantage of high speed regulation precision. Remote control box can realize remote operation of the workbench and also can be connected to weld manipulator and welding machine control system to realize combined operation.
Following are simple technical requirements for welding positioners.
1. Tilt drive should be smooth, no shaking under maximum load, the machine shall not be overturn.
2. Tilt institutions should have the self-locking function, not slip under maximum load, and make it safe and reliable.
3. Within the scope of the turning speed, speed fluctuation shall be less than 5% under maximum load.
4. The rotation drive should realize step less speed control, and can be reversible.
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How to Identify a Song from a YouTube Video with Shazam - On YouTube, we can find a lot of videos that fill our days, it can be tutorial videos, entertainment videos, music videos, streaming, and so on. To complement these videos, usually, the creators of these videos add background music in their videos to make the videos more vivid and colorful. Not infrequently the music in these videos can be said to be pleasant to listen to. Some creators usually include the song title in the video description section. However, many of them also do not list the song title of this video as background music. It's also unfortunate because we can't find the song title of that YouTube video. That's so sad right? We really want to know what song is in the video and how to find it.
|How to Identify a Song from a YouTube Video with Shazam|
If you want to know how to search for songs from YouTube videos easily, you have arrived at the right place. In this article, we will discuss how to identify a song from a YouTube video with Shazam Music Finder easily. To find out how to do it, keep reading the tutorial article below until it the end.
How to Identify a Song from a YouTube Video with Shazam
1. Open Google Chrome Browser on Your PC
The first step to finding out how to search for songs from YouTube videos is to open the Google Chrome browser application on your PC or Laptop.
2. Install Shazam Extension in Google Chrome
The next step is to install the Shazam Extension on your Google Chrome. You can click this Shazam Extension link to install Shazam on your Google Chrome. This Shazam app is quite popularly used on Android to search for songs. Most people use Shazam for Android to find a song on their Android devices. However, because we are using a PC or laptop, we only need to install the Shazam for PC extension in our Google Chrome browser, so we no longer need to install many other applications.
3. Pin Shazam Extension
Then pin the Shazam Extension in your Google Chrome browser toolbar to make it easier to use by clicking the Extension button with an image like a Puzzle snippet at the top right of your Google Chrome browser, then select Shazam and click the Pin button.
4. Identify a Song from a YouTube Video using Shazam
Open YouTube and open the video you want to search for the song for. Then click the Shazam extension icon at the top right of your browser and wait for Shazam to detect your song. If the song has been detected, you can click on the song to listen to it via YouTube.
For more details on how to identify a song online from a Youtube video, you can watch the tutorial video below (Activate and select the English subtitle (cc) to find out the explanation of the tutorial in English).
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The complex of probiotics and prebiotics "Latium" is recommended to restore the intestinal microflora and prevent the development of dysbiosis of any origin. Prebiotics are food sources for creating beneficial microflora. They provide the growth of beneficial lacto- and bifidobacteria in the intestines, displace pathogenic flora and suppress the reproduction of microbes.
Indications for use (instruction): Lacium
- correction and prevention of negative effects of treatment with antibiotics and other drugs;
- irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), pseudomembranous colitis and diseases caused by Clostridium difficile;
- diseases of the stomach and duodenum associated with Helicobacter pylori;
- to normalize disorders of the intestinal microflora, which occur in the case of living in adverse environmental conditions, while traveling, in violation of the diet.
How to use
Adults and children from 12 years old 1 sachet 2 times a day (morning and evening). Children from 3 to 12 years old take 1 sachet 1 time per day. Dissolve the contents of 1 sachet in 100 ml of boiled drinking water, milk, yogurt or fruit juice at room temperature, leave for 10 minutes, mix thoroughly and drink. It is recommended to consult a doctor before use. The duration of use is determined by the doctor individually. If necessary, repeat the reception.
Consume 20-30 minutes before meals. For maximum effectiveness, the interval between taking Latium and antibiotics should be 2 hours. Do not exceed the recommended daily dose.
Hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.
Active components: Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium lactis, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus salivarius – not less than 1,0x109 CFU / g
Powder for oral suspension in sachet №14.
Winclove Bio Industries B.V., Hulstweg 11, 1032 LB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.
Chief negotiators for Iran and the United States are heading back to Vienna to resume talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and global powers.
Rob Malley, the U.S. special envoy for Iran, said on August 3 that he was headed to Vienna to resume the negotiations “with expectations in check.”
The United States “is prepared for a good faith attempt to reach a deal,” adding, “It will shortly be clear if Iran is prepared for the same.”
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, is also heading to Vienna. Iran’s Foreign Ministry told state media that the talks would be coordinated by the European Union and that “ideas presented by different sides will be discussed.”
Russia’s envoy to the talks, Mikhail Ulyanov, also tweeted about the return to negotiations.
“Looks like the #ViennaTalks on restoration of the #JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) will resume shortly. The delegations plan to come back to Vienna after a break of almost 5 months. The Russian negotiators stand ready for constructive talks in order to finalise the agreement,” Ulyanov said on Twitter.
The European Union’s lead coordinator for the indirect U.S.-Iranian talks to restore the JCPOA previously said the two sides were close to a deal before talks broke down in March.
Since the unilateral pullout from the deal by the United States under former President Donald Trump, Tehran has gradually broken from compliance with the accord.
Last month, the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said he had proposed a new draft text to revive the accord under which Iran curbed its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that the United States appreciates Borrell’s efforts to bring the talks to a successful conclusion.
“We have been prepared to close a deal and immediately begin reimplementation based on the outline on the table since March,” the spokesperson said, adding that Borrell’s latest proposal is based on the March text.
In order to reach a deal, the spokesperson said Iran will have to drop demands that are “extraneous” to the JCPOA.
“We hope that will be the case, though at this stage our overall expectations remain low,” the spokesperson said.
On July 25, Iran said monitoring cameras belonging to the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, will not be turned back on until an agreement is reached.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration says it favors a return to the deal, including lifting key sanctions, but has rejected an Iranian demand to reverse the blacklisting of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization.
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AFS One Classroom Initiative conducted virtual exchanges of schools in China with schools in Brazil and Czech Republic throughout June. Eighty students and teachers participated in meaningful cross-border classroom-to-classroom dialoguediscussing national histories, school systems and everyday life. AFS One Classroom Initative is an AFS China program that equips young people, teachers and school leaders with global competence skills using virtual technology and structured intercultural learning activities to expand access to intercultural education to more teens.
Leveraging our expertise in intercultural learning, accumulated and fine-tuned over 70+ years of running intercultural educational programs, AFS China is leading the The AFS One Classroom Initiative. The AFS One Classroom Initiative is a pilot project that will link schools in 13 countries using virtual technology and structured learning to include: online classroom teaching and learning exchanges, educational program training for teachers and students, educational delegation visits, and youth leaders exchange. Through the pilot initiative alone, AFS expects to reach 1,000 students, teachers, and school leaders in Year 1.
More than 100 AFS students, host families, volunteers, alumni and staff walked in the New York City Pride parade in support of LGBTQ students who are still underrepresented in study abroad and exchange programs.The Parade was organized in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, a milestone event on the gay rights liberation movement. AFS showcased our values of diversity and inclusion. See more photos and videos from the #PrideAcrossCultures march.
AFS Colombia conducted intercultural learning activities for 67 children and 60 adults in the Andressen Refugee Center, which hosts families affected by the Venezuela crisis. AFS exchange students from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, France, and Thailand together with 14 volunteers provided community service to support the refugees adapt to the new intercultural interactions they face. Community service is integrated into AFS study abroad programs for high school students, helping them become active global citizens involved in tackling local and global challenges. Thanks to the partnership between AFS and the Comfanorte School, at the end of the day, food and other donations, collected by the school and AFS were distributed.
“From D-Day to a More Just and Peaceful World: 75 Years and the American Field Service (AFS)” was the theme of a Forum presented at Princeton University on May 31 during Princeton’s annual reunion. The event, sponsored by the Princeton Office of International Programs and Novogratz Bridge Year Program and AFS-USA, attracted more than 55 individuals, most of whom were Princeton Alumni and AFS-USA Alumni, ranging in AFS departure years from the 1950’s to the 2,000’s!
This was the largest AFS-USA university affinity event to-date. The Forum featured a prestigious panel that included: Ambassador Daniel (ret.) Feldman, former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, AFS-USA Returnee; Lt. Colonel Kevin McKiernan, U.S. Army Military Intelligence; and Ambassador Frederico Duque Estrada Meyer, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN and AFS Returnee Brazil to U.S. The panelists presented their thoughts on topics such as, “Are we continuing to move towards a more peaceful world, are we treading water, or have we entered into a more dangerous phase in world history, and why do you think so?” Lt. Colonel McKiernan turned to the topic of optimism and said, “I speak only for myself and not the Army of course, but I believe in the resiliency of the optimism of our people… We are losing the things that bring us together which is one of the reasons why AFS and organizations like it are so important.” | <urn:uuid:087c5acf-f07c-4a5d-9861-ca0fcfea698e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://afs.org/2019/07/09/afs-now-june-2019/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.952664 | 792 | 1.828125 | 2 |
With the newer style tank water heaters coming out they tend to be larger in height. This can cause issues for water heaters installed in tight areas. If you have a water heater in a tight spot there is not much you can do.
The expense of moving a water heater, the water lines, and the vent pipe could be very expensive.
The next option would to install an electric water heater but electric water heaters are not very efficient and you would still have to get an electrician to put new breakers and run wiring to the heater.
The best option would be to convert your tank style water heater to tankless. The gas tankless water heaters work very well they are very compact and heat water on demand so you have unlimited hot water. They usually will mount and install with only miner adjustments to the water lines, gas lines and flue pipe.
Converting your water heater from tank to tankless will also give you more room and it is more energy efficient because you are only heating up water as needed so the water heater is not constantly turning on to keep water hot.
If you have a hot water heater in a small area the best solution is a tankless water heater if you have any questions about tankless water heaters give Drain Genie Plumbing Services a call at 407-490-1230. It is very important you hire a competent Orlando plumber to install these units. | <urn:uuid:bbff5396-bc61-45d4-a270-9556589208be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.orlando-plumber-services.com/blog/converting-from-gas-tank-water-heater-to-tankless-water-heater/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961347 | 288 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Google is extending the suspicious log-in detection feature it recently launched for Gmail to all Google account users, starting this week. If you use any Google product that requires you to log-in with a Google account, this applies to you.
"Using the IP address you provide to us, our automated system can determine your broad geographic location. If you log in using a remote IP address, our system will flag it for you," explains Google product manager Yariv Adan on the company’s Public Policy blog. "So if you normally log into your account from your home in California and then a few hours later your account is logged in from France, you’ll get a notice like the one above at the top of your Dashboard page – alerting you to the change and providing links for more details."
"When you get this notice and if you think your account has been compromised, you can then change your password directly from the ‘more details’ pop-up window," adds Adan. Users can click "dismiss" if they know the log-in was legitimate.
Google has also added a link at the bottom of the Dashboard page that lets users easily report an issue. | <urn:uuid:0bb0c7c0-67ab-48c8-9fc5-211a07f48df9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.webpronews.com/google-adds-suspicious-log-in-detection-to-google-accounts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.935282 | 248 | 1.851563 | 2 |
A Rapid-Response Humoral Vaccine Platform Exploiting Pre-Existing Non-Cognate Populations of Anti-Vaccine or Anti-Viral CD4+ T Helper Cells to Confirm B Cell Activation.
Hills T., Jakeman PG., Carlisle RC., Klenerman P., Seymour LW., Cawood R.
The need for CD4+ T cell responses to arise de novo following vaccination can limit the speed of B cell responses. Populations of pre-existing vaccine-induced or anti-viral CD4+ T cells recognising distinct antigens could be exploited to overcome this limitation. We hypothesise that liposomal vaccine particles encapsulating epitopes that are recognised, after processing and B cell MHCII presentation, by pre-existing CD4+ T cells will exploit this pre-existing T cell help and result in improved antibody responses to distinct target antigens displayed on the particle surface. Liposomal vaccine particles were engineered to display the malaria circumsporozoite (CSP) antigen on their surface, with helper CD4+ epitopes from distinct vaccine or viral antigens contained within the particle core, ensuring the B cell response is raised but focused against CSP. In vivo vaccination studies were then conducted in C57Bl/6 mice as models of either vaccine-induced pre-existing CD4+ T cell immunity (using ovalbumin-OVA) or virus-induced pre-existing CD4+ T cell immunity (murine cytomegalovirus-MCMV). Following the establishment of pre-existing by vaccination (OVA in the adjuvant TiterMax® Gold) or infection with MCMV, mice were administered CSP-coated liposomal vaccines containing the relevant OVA or MCMV core CD4+ T cell epitopes. In mice with pre-existing anti-OVA CD4+ T cell immunity, these vaccine particles elicited rapid, high-titre, isotype-switched CSP-specific antibody responses-consistent with the involvement of anti-OVA T helper cells in confirming activation of anti-CSP B cells. Responses were further improved by entrapping TLR9 agonists, combining humoral vaccination signals 'one', 'two' and 'three' within one particle. Herpes viruses can establish chronic infection and elicit significant, persistent cellular immune responses. We then demonstrate that this principle can be extended to re-purpose pre-existing anti-MCMV immunity to enhance anti-CSP vaccine responses-the first description of a strategy to specifically exploit anti-cytomegalovirus immunity to augment vaccination against a target antigen. | <urn:uuid:31e4fbe8-9081-4db5-8c01-3b80555a3523> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/publications/663965 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.866152 | 550 | 1.609375 | 2 |
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(All quotations from the King James Authorised translation unless stated otherwise).
How was Paul transformed?
Christ appeared to him
1 Corinthians 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
In Paul’s own words
Acts 26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. 21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. 22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
He was baptised by Ananias at Damascus
Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
He obtained the gospel that he preached directly from Christ.
Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)
Galatians 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
The gospel that he preached was the same as that preached by the other apostles.
Galatians 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
1 Corinthians 15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
There is only one gospel.
Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
He was given the Holy Spirit in measure equal to the other apostles.
2 Corinthians 12:11 ...for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
Acts 19:11 ...God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
Paul was transformed by changing the way he thought.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Whereas Paul was abruptly redirected by Christ himself, we are required to change the way we think by reading the words recorded for our learning by Paul and the other scripture writers.
1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
His hope was in the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Philippians 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Peter confirms that Paul’s written words are scripture.
2 Peter 3:15 ...even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
If you want to come to grips with what the Bible really teaches, why not take the free Bible study course available on www.thisisyourbible.com? This course will give you a background in the major themes of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
As with everything we offer, there is no cost to you other than your time and effort. You will also have a personal tutor to whom you may pose questions either from the course itself or those questions which come to you as you read the Bible.
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Watsontown is located in Pennsylvania. Watsontown, Pennsylvania has a population of 2,423. Watsontown is more family-centric than the surrounding county with 27% households with children. The county percentage for households with children is 23%.
The median household income in Watsontown, Pennsylvania is $44,279. The median household income for the surrounding county is $47,760 compared to the national median of $61,963. The median age of people living in Watsontown is 42.3 years.
The average high temperature in July is 83.2 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 17.9 degrees. The annual precipitation is 41.59.
Fish Real Estate - Williamsport
1868 E. Third St.
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Alex Fenton, Producer of the Creative Entrepreneur event
How can a business school teach entrepreneurship? Can you learn how to develop a business model or a marketing plan from a book? Meeting and hearing from successful international entrepreneurs sharing their real life stories, gaining feedback on ideas and establishing new links are all great ways to learn about entrepreneurship and grow your network.
At Salford we recognise the importance of strong links with industry. They help us keep our teaching relevant to the real world and mean we can offer great opportunities to help our students to get employment-ready.
Our Creative Entrepreneur event is a key example of this in practice. At the event, held annually at our state of the art campus at MediaCityUK, individuals from partner organisations volunteer their time and share their experience with students at the University of Salford.
At the latest event, on 25th of November 2015, we welcomed over 40 guest speakers who delivered an exciting programme of master-classes, panel sessions and installations to inspire, inform and entertain over 460 attendees. These were a combination of local businesses, University staff, students and local colleges. Several of our courses and modules were present, creating great opportunities for our students. Read on to find out more about key points from the event and what happened. | <urn:uuid:92bbca1b-cc8a-4a45-a672-237345dbca83> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogs.salford.ac.uk/business-school/category/centers/centre-for-social-business/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941592 | 263 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Desmond John Villiers Fitzgerald, also known as the 29th Knight of Glin, has passed away.
He was the father-in-law of British actor Dominic West.
The Knight of Glin is an ancient Irish noble title handed down from chieftain times.
It is still recognized by Irish governments.
Paying tribute to Mr FitzGerald, the Irish Georgian Society said that Ireland had lost one of its champions of the arts and heritage.
”A passionate man, the Knight tirelessly worked for the future of Irish country houses, their contents, parks and gardens showing the way with the restoration of Glin Castle, and making it home to his collection of Irish paintings, furniture and the decorative arts,” the society said in a statement.
It said that his ”unique contribution to Irish scholarship, indicated by the depth and breadth of his academic output (books, catalogues, articles), is awe-inspiring.
”Desmond was a man of immense charm as well as erudition; he cherished his beloved wife, Olda, and daughters Catherine, Nesta and Honor.”
His daughter Catherine is married to Mr West.
– Independent.ie reporters
There has been much coverage over the weekend of the sad passing of the last Knight of Glin. The knight had strong connections with Listowel. He was a chairman of Listowel Writers’ week. I remember a very pleasant bus trip to Glin during one Writers’ Week. The Knight opened his castle for the occasion and we got a guided tour of the buildings and grounds.
But, of course we have our own links to the British aristocracy in the person of Lord Listowel
Tom Fitzgerald (whom I don’t think is related to the late knight) came upon this sycophantic song recently. I couldn’t find anything on the web about the visit that is mentioned but as the saying goes “What’s seldom is wonderful” and some bard surely got well rewarded for this lay, | <urn:uuid:5fde8032-9377-4c89-a4d7-58bcee3da244> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://listowelconnection.com/knight-of-glin-rip-and-lord-listowel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.979653 | 424 | 1.59375 | 2 |
SEX WORK TOOLKIT
Tools for Families and Schools
Role of Families
Talking with your children about sex work is uncomfortable yet necessary. Many of our young people are being recruited into this lifestyle because we are fearful of sharing with them the realities of the sex industry and that it does exist.
- Be available to your children and youth.
- Make sure your house is open to your children bringing their friends home.
- Know where your kids are. Be familiar with their friends and daily activities. Be reasonable as your children get older.
- Be aware of your children’s use of the Internet and use software to preempt access to adult content websites.
- Be sensitive to changes in your kids’ behaviour that signal that you should talk to them about what caused the changes.
- Be alert to a person who is paying an unusual amount of attention to your kids or giving them inappropriate or expensive gifts.
- Teach your kids to trust their own feelings and assure them that they have the right to say NO to what they sense is wrong.
- Listen carefully to your kids’ fears and be supportive in all your discussions with them.
- Teach your kids that no one should approach them or touch them in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable. If someone does, they should tell their parents immediately.
- Be careful about babysitters and any other individuals who have custody and care of your children.
- Listen to any concerns that children might have about teachers, volunteers or anyone else they interact with at school.
- Ask your school to bring in experts and schedule educational workshops to talk to parents, students and teachers about recruiting tactics and sexual exploitation. | <urn:uuid:2fe2583e-aa87-460f-bd36-591dcdfad8d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://livingincommunity.ca/role-of-families/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.957489 | 342 | 2.53125 | 3 |
“Nakiri” is Japanese for "vegetable knife." If you haven’t used Japanese-style knives before, the nakiri is sure to attract your attention due to its interesting shape. Yet this blade shape is quite practical, too. With its blunt tip, the Shun Premier Nakiri is safer to use in the kitchen, but without sacrificing any of the slicing and dicing power you need when processing vegetables. Because of its straight blade, edge, and spine, the nakiri isn’t rocked like a chef's knife. Instead, use a push cut by moving the knife down and forward while keeping the edge parallel to the cutting surface. If you cut vegetables for salad or stir-fry, you will simply love using the Shun Premier Nakiri. | <urn:uuid:ef25c21c-30c2-4cc7-a4b0-3c88d710b45e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.atbbq.com/accessories/cutlery/knives/cleavers-chopping/shun-premier-5-5-nakiri.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.892943 | 164 | 1.59375 | 2 |
During His ministry with His disciples, Jesus repeatedly experienced moments when He probably felt exasperated by the envy for power they seemed to have. The apostles appeared to be anxious to become powerful leaders of Jesus’ kingdom ( Mark 9:33-34 ; Luke 9:46 ) . Even as the disciples were eating the Last Supper together, these feelings of domination and supremacy were palpably felt among them ( Luke 22:24 ). During one such occasion, Jesus clearly expressed His thoughts regarding spiritual leadership among His people.
Read more at the source: Monday: Servant Leadership
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In the extensive debate about the killing of Osama bin Laden there has been very little discussion of the legal (and possibly moral) aspects of the US operation. This is especially true in the United States, where the focus has been, not unnaturally, on what might be seen as the cathartic impact of the man’s removal.
International law has an uncomfortable but intimate relationship with the political priorities of governments and often has to give way to the political reality of particular situations.
This interaction was particularly evident in the case of bin Laden and must have presented President Obama with major dilemmas as he decided on his course of action.
The political demands on him must have been immense and immediate. The legal issues would have been less compelling.
While whatever decision the President reached was certain to displease many, it would appear that he handled the competing demands with a degree of subtlety.
International law and the goal of promoting the rule of law in a complex community of states is, nevertheless, important and, in this instance, bears considerable significance that should not be overlooked in the euphoria accompanying bin Laden’s death.
This significance bears on the United States’ inherently ambivalent attitude towards the rule of law, to the on-going “unauthorised” US drone attacks on targets in Pakistan and the important issue of precedent – if the US can do this, why can’t other countries with the capacity to act in this way (Russia, China, Israel) do the same?
It also has a major bearing on the perceptions of other countries and their populations of the United States and its place in the world.
The importance of sovereignty
The legal issues in question relate first of all to the US’ apparent unilateral use of military force in a sovereign state without that state’s approval.
Sovereignty is an old concept which places the state at the centre of the international system. It has been under challenge, especially since the Cold War.
It remains, however, the binding principle of the international system and one of its main features is that states must not intervene in the affairs of other states. This principle is embedded in the UN Charter and other aspects of international law.
Does this US action represent another exception that weakens the centrality of the sovereignty principle?
If we move away from the idea of sovereignty, what takes its place in regulating relations between states – the rule of law or the rule of force?
In the case of Pakistan the US cross-border activity would appear to have generated some concern in other countries.
For example, while the Australian government has not commented on these actions and probably could not be expected to do so, media reports indicate that Australian forces have not been permitted to take part in cross-border actions. That suggests a degree of concern about the legality of the practice.
Why bin Laden wasn’t put on trial
Among the more controversial aspects of the US action was the killing of bin Laden. It would seem that the attackers had the capacity to capture him alive but were probably under orders to kill him.
While the politics of the situation would have led President Obama to decide on his killing, the rule of law would call for him to have been captured and taken away for a trial.
A predictable reaction to such a suggestion would be that he was so evil that he did not deserve a trial. A trial would only enable him to “grandstand”, it would only aggravate the suffering of those who lost family members in Al Qa’ida attacks and even that there might be a danger of him being found not guilty.
These are all valid concerns but there is also international law that covers such a situation.
The Geneva Conventions address unarmed people in conflict and would seem to apply in the case. The US claim that the killing represented self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter was hopefully not intended to be taken seriously.
It would be caught up in the Bush administration interpretation of pre-emptive self-defence, which has been largely discredited as a result of US behaviour.
An important aspect of the rule of law is that it applies regardless of the seriousness of the offence of which a person is charged.
And there are precedents that reinforce this principle. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was the planner of the 11 September attacks and was therefore more intimately involved than bin Laden, is to receive some sort of a trial.
Perhaps even more tellingly, Adolf Eichmann, the organiser of the Final Solution, was guilty of crimes that were graver by a considerable order of magnitude than those committed by bin Laden.
Nevertheless, the Israelis, having captured Eichmann, put him on trial. Similarly, people who committed genocide in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia have been tried for their crimes.
Importantly, moreover, the experience of the Nuremburg Tribunals, the Eichmann trial and the genocide trials was that those in the dock were diminished by the process. Their crimes were laid out for all to see and judge and the culprits were frequently shown to be insignificant characters not deserving of respect. The impact on their standing in the “street” was considerable.
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In North Carolina alone, more than 10,000 children are living in foster homes. That number has increased by 25% over the past five years, and shows no sign of slowing down. Today, there are more children who need a foster home than there are homes available for placement. To put it bluntly, kids across North Carolina are waiting for someone like you with an open heart and an open home to be their support system and be a foster parent.
Children’s Hope Alliance is one of several foster care providers in the state, but the agency prides itself on being very supportive of their foster parents. They understand one of the best ways to help these children heal is to support foster families who provide loving homes for them. Children’s Hope Alliance makes sure foster parents are ready for the challenges ahead by providing extensive and up-to-date training. They also offer 24-hour support, respite services, therapeutic support programs, and monthly financial stipends. Children’s Hope Alliance foster care case managers stay in regular contact with foster parents, and are always just a phone call away.
Another benefit to Children’s Hope Alliance’s foster care program is the fact that the agency offers a robust array of nearly 30 specialized services to help children and families. Many times, children can get help from multiple programs including intensive in-home or outpatient therapeutic services while in a foster home.
For more information about Children’s Hope Alliance or their foster care program, visit www.ChildrensHopeAlliance.org, or call 1-844-791-3117.
About Children’s Hope Alliance
Children’s Hope Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a long history of child advocacy and welfare dating back to 1891. The mission of Children’s Hope Alliance is to provide a safe healing journey for hurting children and families – creating hope now and in the future. In 2014 Children’s Hope Alliance helped over 3,600 children in almost 70 counties through their more than 20 specialized service programs. All of services provided by Children’s Hope Alliance create hope for hurting children and families in three ways – healing the hurt for children and families that are troubled, abused or neglected; providing a safe home for children through group homes, therapeutic foster care and adoption; and encouraging a healthy start through educational, prevention and developmental programs. | <urn:uuid:c46136b5-7fa5-46dd-8380-fee0a3c2af2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.winstonsalem.com/2017/07/join-childrens-hope-alliance-to-help-kids-in-need-of-a-foster-home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.945388 | 490 | 1.601563 | 2 |
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Planning Inspectorate has accepted Hitachi unit Horizon’s application for the Wylfa nuclear power station in Wales, it said, one of several new plants aimed at replacing the UK’s ageing fleet of atomic reactors and coal plants.
Horizon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, plans to build and operate two nuclear reactors adjacent to an existing power station at Wylfa A, on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales.
Wylfa will be capable of generating a total of 5.4 gigawatts of electricity, or enough to power around 10 million homes, by the mid 2020s if the project goes ahead.
“We have considered very carefully the application submitted by Horizon Nuclear Power and decided that it meets the required tests set out in the legislation to be accepted for examination,” Sarah Richards, chief executive of the Planning Inspectorate, said in a statement.
“Of course, this does not mean that consent will be given for the project to go ahead – acceptance of the application simply means that the Examining Authority can begin to make arrangements for the formal examination of the application,” she added.
Soon the public will be invited to register as interested parties in the proposal, which will give them the opportunity to say whether they object or support the project, the Planning Inspectorate said.
Proposed nuclear plants in Britain have to go through a series of planning and safety permit processes.
Horizon has already applied for a site licence to Britain’s nuclear regulator and the European Commission has given a “positive” opinion on the project, saying it would not have health or environmental impacts on other member states.
Earlier this month, the British government said it might invest directly in the Wylfa project.
According to some estimates, Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear plant to be built in Britain in decades, could cost 30 billion pounds ($39 billion). Japanese reports have put the cost of Wylfa as high as 3 trillion yen ($27 billion).
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Source: The Jamestown Foundation
Author(s): Jacob Lees Weiss
On May 7, days after Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi claimed terrorism was on the brink of eradication in Sinai, Islamic State in Sinai Province (ISSP) carried out the largest terrorist attack in Egypt since July 2020 (Masrawy, April 26). ISSP militants killed eleven Egyptian soldiers and wounded at least five others at a military checkpoint near a water pumping facility in Ismaili province (Egyptian Army, May 7). While ISSP capabilities in Sinai have decreased over recent years amid tribal militia and military operations, the attack highlights the unrealistic nature of al-Sisi’s claims.
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The Kennedy Krieger lead paint study received a lot of attention after a US Court of Appeals ruled that a parent cannot consent to the participation of a child in non-therapeutic research. The ruling has raised fears that, if it goes unchallenged, valuable research might not proceed and ultimately all children would be harmed. The author discusses significant aspects of the study that have been neglected, and argues that the study was unethical because it involved injustice and its design meant that the study lacked importance and value. Issues of benefit, risk, and consent are vital, but it is sometimes a mistake to consider these issues before settling questions about justice and the importance and value of a research project. The author concludes by offering a strategy for researchers and reviewers of research to appreciate, in a vivid way, the implications of research participation.
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Welcome to the next step of your coffee journey: brewing at home.
By now, you’re familiar with the 10 Coffee Commandments, you’ve got your gear and your beans, and you’re ready to brew.
We’re here to help you with one of the most important questions of the coffee brewing process.
What Size Should I Grind My Coffee?
There’s no “one size fits all” option for brewing delicious coffee. The size of your coffee grinds depends on the brew method you plan to use.
You can make the same kind of coffee using two different brew methods and have two completely different coffee tastes.
How you brew your coffee really is that important.
Therefore, the size of your grind is equally important. You don’t want to end up with coffee that’s over or under-extracted.
But we’ll get into extraction later. For now, let’s focus on the right grind size for your brewing method.
It’s important to stress how important it is to grind your beans directly before brewing. Just look at Coffee Cantata’s first rule for great coffee at home:
“For optimum flavor, you must buy whole beans and grind them directly before brewing” — Coffee Cantata
To determine your ideal coffee grind size, find your choice brewing method on the coffee grind chart and use that grind size when you brew.
|Coffee Brew Method||Coffee Grind Size|
|Cold brew, Cowboy||Extra coarse grind|
|French Press, Percolator||Coarse grind|
|Chemex, Flat-bottom pour-over||Medium-coarse grind|
|Cone-shaped pour-over, Drip Coffee, Aeropress||Medium grind|
|Cone-shaped pour-over, Aeropress||Medium-fine grind|
|Espresso, Moka pot, Aeropress||Fine grind|
|Turkish Coffee||Extra fine grind|
Surely you noticed some of the brew methods appear next to a few different grind sizes. We’re not trying to trick you, we promise. It’s just that the grind size for these methods varies depending on other factors like brew time.
So let’s break down each grind size and the intricacies of their corresponding brew methods.
Extra Coarse - Best for Cold Brew Coffee
An extra coarse grind will be about the size of rock salt.
This is the ideal size for making a strong, delicious batch of cold brew coffee.
The brew time for this method can last up to 24 hours, during which you’ll want your cold water to circulate through the coffee.
A finer grind clumps together when submerged in water, resulting in suboptimal extraction.
Cowboy coffee is a classic outdoorsy method of coffee brewing, which requires you to boil your water in a pot or kettle, then add the coarse coffee grounds to the hot water.
Again, water flow is key for this method, as well as the need for your extra coarse coffee grounds to settle to the bottom of the kettle before pouring.
Coarse Grind - Ideal for French Press Coffee
The perfect French press grind size is coarse enough for the water to flow freely during the recommended brew time and not pass through the filter screen on the plunger when you press down.
You’ll also want to grind coarse when using a percolator.
This method uses higher water temperatures than other methods, making it more susceptible to over-extraction, so you want to avoid grinding too fine.
Your coarse coffee grounds should be about the size of sea salt.
Medium-Coarse Grind - for Chemex and Flat-Bottom Pour Overs
This is where things start to get a little tricky.
Your medium-coarse grind will be similar in size to coarse sand. Not quite as coarse as a French press grind, but notably coarser than a medium grind.
This size is ideal for Chemex and flat-bottom pour-over brewers.
A Chemex filter is thicker than your standard paper cone-shaped pour-over filter, making a coarser grind necessary so the water can flow more freely and avoid over-extracting the coffee by increasing the brew time.
The same is true of flat-bottom pour-over brewers. The water flows slower than in their conical cousins, so a coarser grind is necessary.
Medium Grind - Best for Drip Coffee Makers and Longer Brew Aeropress
This grind is about the size of regular beach sand.
This grind is ideal for drip coffee makers.
Cone-shaped pour-over coffee makers also use the medium to medium-fine grind size. The finer grind causes water to flow more slowly through the filter, increasing the extraction time.
The size of your grinds will vary depending on your brewer, filters, and taste preferences, so you’ll need to experiment with your pour-over brewer to find the right size for you.
The medium grind also marks the first appearance of the Aeropress brewing method on the coffee grind chart.
Use medium-sized grinds in your Aeropress with a three minute or more brewing time.
Medium-Fine Grind for Cone-Shaped Pour Overs, Espresso and Aeropress
About the size of table salt, use a medium-fine grind in your cone-shaped pour-over brewer (e.g. Hario v60) or your Aeropress when brewing for two to three minutes.
Fine Grind - Perfect for a Moka Pot, Espresso and Shorter Brew Aeropress
The fine grind is your standard size for pre-ground coffee and is about the size of granulated sugar.
Use this size when making espresso or an Aeropress with a one to two minute brew time.
You’ll also want to grind medium-fine when using a Moka pot. The Moka pot is the closest you can get to making espresso without an espresso maker, which is a good way to remember how fine to grind your beans — finer than a regular coffee, but not quite an espresso grind.
Extra-Fine Grinds - Recommended for Turkish Coffee
You’ll really only need to grind your coffee into an extra-fine flour-like consistency when using the Turkish coffee method, and you’ll likely need a Turkish coffee grinder to achieve this extra-fine grind.
How Does Grind Size Affect the Taste of Coffee?
When your coffee grounds are too coarse, you risk under-extracting the beans. This results in a sour, salty, acidic coffee taste.
On the flip side, over-extracting your beans by using coffee grounds too fine results in bitter, hollow coffee.
That’s why it’s important to use the right grind size for your method of brewing.
Of course, the coffee grind chart can only take you so far. You’ll need to do your own experimenting to perfect your coffee grinding and brewing.
Just remember, if your coffee is too sour, try grinding your beans a little finer next time.
Too bitter? Grind coarser.
After a few batches, you’ll have it down to a science.
If you’re interested in the science of it, check out Beanground’s more in-depth explanation of coffee acidity.
Since grind size is so important to your coffee’s taste, the type of coffee grinder you use can make all the difference.
We can break coffee grinders down into two categories: blade grinders and burr grinders.
So which should we choose?
Blade vs. Burr Coffee Grinders
Any coffee expert will tell you a burr grinder, specifically a conical burr, is better than a blade grinder.
It all comes down to consistency in the grind.
By now, you know the size of your coffee grounds is extremely important to the brewing process.
Of course, that means you want all of your coffee grounds to be the same size. This is where a blade grinder falls short of the superior conical burr grinder.
A blade grinder is basically a glorified food processor, using blades to chop up the coffee beans and produce an uneven mess of coffee grounds. The fast-spinning blades also produce heat, resulting in overcooked coffee.
Conical burr grinders essentially crush the coffee beans into a consistent grind with no extra heat.
Your best bet for consistent freshly ground coffee is a conical burr.
FAQs About Coffee Grind Sizes
Get to Brewing
Now that you understand the coffee grind chart, you can start exploring and experimenting to find your ideal cup.
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Working with polymer clay is an endless journey with limitless possibilities. The reason I love it so much is because I never know exactly how the finished piece is going to look like, what’s going to happen along the way and which new things I am going to learn as I go. I find my inspiration in everyday life, people, dreams, animals, nature, movies, music, you name it! And the beauty of it all is, that everything and anything is possible.
When you take a piece of raw polymer clay in your hands, it’s like working with play dough. The possibilities are endless: you can roll it, cut it, paint it, shape it, use it with other materials, make beads, canes, strings, you can use one colour or 100, individually or mixed together, …you get where this is going, right?
So, first, you need to condition it, so it gets soft and then the fun begins! I used to do it with a roller, now I use a pasta machine, which speeds up the process and makes it a lot easier. I roll out sheets of clay and start designing the piece in my head. A lot of times, an unbelievable new thing comes out, when you think something went terribly wrong. That’s another great thing about creativity – no one can tell you what is right or wrong, it’s your piece, so you make the way you want it! I use different techniques: sometimes I use special stencils, called silk screens, which allow me to print amazing patterns on my raw clay. I use pastels, oil paints, acrylic paints, mica powders (for a little bit of sparkle 😉), cookie cutters, stamps, texture sheets, again, the sky is the limit and the best things are usually lying around you, not in a fancy, expensive craft store.
Put it in the oven…
After your design is finished, you bake it in the oven, so polymer clay can cure. It does not require high temperatures, such as ceramics for example, the normal kitchen oven does the work perfectly fine. Once the piece is baked, it needs to cool down a little bit and then more options are available again. You can paint it, sand it, combine it with other pieces or materials, seal it with varnishes, drill it, whatever you want, really. Most of my pieces is jewellery, so this is when I put earrings’ hooks in or place pendants on the necklaces.
My designs are very versatile, from funky, edgy pieces to elegant and romantic ones and I’m proud to contribute to the selection of unique, Irish handmade jewellery. I am currently exploring special techniques, which give the pieces the so-called organic look. I am recreating leaves patterns, shells, wood sticks, stones and putting them together in various unusual combinations.
I believe as long as I am able to create with polymer clay, my inner child will never be hungry 😉
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Joachim II introduced the Reformation in the Electorate of Brandenburg on November 1, 1539. To his contemporaries, however, something else was more important: Joachim was notorious for his sumptuous lifestyle and the high debt mountain he had accumulated in his 36-year rule.
Joachim II Hector. Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder around 1550.
You only have to take a look at the portrait of Joachim II painted by Lucas Cranach around 1550. The Elector of Brandenburg plays to the gallery. He wears not less than two heavy gold chains over the gold enwrought robe with sleeves made of expensive brocade. He is dressed in a precious fur, complemented by a high fur hat emblazoned with a gorgeous piece of jewelry. Almost every finger is decorated with a sumptuous ring. Altogether, every inch of this ruler tells of his love for pomp and splendor.
It was too bad that the revenues from the Electorate of Brandenburg were not enough to keep up with the claims of its ruler. The country was sparsely populated. Even if the cities had potential, they lacked capital and courageous merchants. Perhaps that was the reason why Joachim II allowed the Jews on June 25, 1539 – before his conversion to the Reformation, by the way – to resettle in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Joachim II. Taler 1541, Berlin. Extremely rare. Very fine. Estimate: 20,000 euros. From Künker sale 300 (2018), No. 9.
This was necessary because already in 1540 Joachim II had become so debt-ridden that he had to resort to extraordinary measures. He summoned the Assembly of Estates, spoke of bankruptcy, and in order to prevent that, his subjects advanced the money he needed to cover his debts. In return, they were granted the right to collect the electoral excise and property taxes themselves until the money they had lended was reimbursed with interest and compound interest. That never happened, though. The “Landschaftliches Kreditwerk”, as this new authority was called, existed until 1820 and for many centuries served as a guarantor for any debts that a sovereign incurred.
No wonder that the talers from this time are so rare and that the gold gulden consist of bad gold. Precious metal did not grow on trees during these years.
Joachim II. Ducat 1560, Berlin. Only known specimen in private possession. Almost extremely fine. Estimate: 60,000 euros. From Künker sale 300 (2018), No. 8.
This did not change until Joachim II appointed Lipman ben Juda as coffer administrator, chairman of the electoral mint and representative of the Jews in the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1556. As such, Lipman had to ensure that his master had sufficient financial means to finance his elaborate lifestyle. This was no easy task; however, thanks to a number of coercive measures he was successful.
Lipman watched over the exchange of money. It brought lavish revenues, because on the home market the nominal value of Brandenburg coins exceeded their intrinsic value. Private ownership and export of gold and silver was banned, so that every merchant had to do with the bad coins. Therefore, everyone doing business in Brandenburg lost a substantial part of his profits through the forced exchange rate.
The silver for the mint was supplied by the Jewish community, which was forced to buy silver abroad and sell it to the mint at a fixed price below purchase price.
Did Lipman have a personal benefit from this situation? We do not know. The historical sources that either condemn or protect him are too much charged with emotions. In any case, he is said to have been notorious for his credit transactions and high interest rates of up to 54% per year.
Joachim II. Portugaleser of 10 ducats 1570, Berlin. Very fine. Estimate: 200,000 euros. From Künker sale 300 (2018), No. 7.
Shortly before Joachim’s death, the first Brandenburg portugaleser worth 10 ducats were produced. We happen to know where the gold came from. Joachim II is said to have given a heavy gold chain to his mint master Lipman, in order to melt it down and strike the portugaleser. On the evening before his death he presented every guest at Koepenick Castle with one of these valuable pieces.
They were meant to illustrate the wealth of the elector to the guests. But that wealth left much to be desired. Joachim bequeathed a debt mountain of 4.7 million (counting) gulden to his son Johann Georg.
Johann Georg. Painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger from 1564.
The latter of course did not blame his father for this, but his father’s court factor and the Jewish community. Johann Georg had Lipman’s property searched and all the valuables confiscated; and he did nothing to prevent the people of Berlin from plundering and burning the Jewish quarter.
A trial took place. Lipman’s books were audited, and the judge accused the court factor to have embezzled the elector’s money. Quite the opposite: it was confirmed that Joachim II actually still owed Lipmann 89 talers and 5 silver groschen. But that did not do Lipman any good.
Now he was charged with sorcery and accused of murdering the Elector. When tortured, Lipman confessed to whatever he was accused of. The gold chain from which the portugaleser had been minted proved pivotal in the interrogation. Lipman admitted having stolen it. Also he confessed to burying a black rooster in the mint in order to devilishly prevent any succeeding mint master from making a profit.
On the day of his execution, on January 28, 1573, Lipman ben Juda revoked his confession. Nevertheless, he was broken on the wheel and quartered all the same.
Johann Georg. Ducat 1590, Berlin. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 25,000 euros. From Künker sale 300 (2018), No. 12.
Johann Georg expelled the Jews once again. He went down in history as Oeconomus, the good householder.
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The mariachi workshop drew music educators from all over the United States.
In late June, The National Center for Music Education in Reston, Virginia, was the site of the workshop “Starting a Mariachi Band in Your School.” Sponsored by Yamaha for the second year, the workshop featured first-and second-level classes for music educators. At the end of the week, participants performed a lively concert for MENC staff.
The National Center for Music Education in Reston, VA, where MENC is headquartered, hosted a number of events over the summer. These included a drumming workshop, a Teaching Guitar workshop and a Yamaha Music in Education (MIE) Workshop.
The Teaching Guitar Workshop included elementary and secondary level music educators.
More than 50 music educators attended the Yamaha MIE workshop in July. The MIE workshop was aimed at teaching music educators how to implement a “technology-empowered music education classroom that enables the music teacher to provide a comprehensive music education.”
Some of the music educators in attendance already were using an MIE system in the classroom and wanted instruction on using it more effectively, while others planned to launch a system in the fall. They experimented with the remote controls, keyboards and software, learning how to teach the concept of a steady beat or how to set up a grading system.
The Yamaha MIE class offered three days of hands-on instruction.
Music teacher Janis Bice, who teaches at Westside Elementary School in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, said the electronic keyboard system engages students on many levels in actively creating and playing music. “I am looking forward to learning more about the system so I can share that with my students. It is an exciting classroom tool,” she said.
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