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It’s not what you think.
Some animal rights groups that are against the keeping of reptiles play off public sympathy and lead potential donors to believe that their money will help care for animals in need.
The biggest threat to the Reptile Nation is not ambitious politicians or scientists bent on garnering grant money through “Made for TV Science.” These people are dangerous to our reptile-keeping community, but by far the most dangerous entity we face is the animal rights industry. It creates the environment and molds public opinion that politicians and self-serving scientists thrive within. Without the aggressive public relations campaigns waged by the AR industry over the past 10 years there would not be near the support for their anti-reptile agenda.
The AR industry is a multibillion-dollar-a-year industry that targets well-meaning animal lovers and draws them into a web of corruption, influence peddling and fundraising at monumental levels. Animal rights groups operate under the guise of taking care of abused cats and dogs. This is an industry that targets and preys on students, soccer moms and the elderly in order to raise funds. Plucking on the heartstrings of an animal-loving public, AR groups run TV ads and cyber campaigns in which they post pictures of abused animals and insinuate that they are involved in rescuing and caring for these poor animals.
The truth is the largest and most powerful AR organizations do not care for any animals whatsoever — but sometimes their members will kill them. In 2005 two PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) members were arrested and charged with animal cruelty because they were caught dumping the bodies of animals they had killed by lethal injection into a dumpster. A jury acquitted them of these charges, even though they did kill the animals and throw them in a dumpster. What did they end up getting convicted for? Littering.
The “caring front” AR groups promote is a sham specifically designed to raise money and lobby for anti-animal legislation. I believe the unstated premise behind the AR industry is to end all animal/human interaction. No hunting, fishing, livestock farming, biomedical research, dog or cat breeding, equestrian, exotic pets and reptile keeping. Some are even working to close public lands to end human entry. Collectively, the unofficial slogan heard at AR industry conferences is “One Generation Away,” meaning they’re one generation from ending all human/animal interaction. Publicly, they paint most human/animal interaction as cruel and abusive. Some equate it to slavery, and thus justify euthanasia of animals as preferable to slavery. It is an extreme ideology hidden behind the façade of protecting animals from people.
Make no mistake, the AR industry is a huge money-making industry. Contrary to popular belief, little to no money generated goes toward actual care for animals. Primarily, money goes to six-figure executive salaries, lobbying congress to promote anti-animal legislation, slick public relations campaigns painting others as abusers and exploiters, and more fund raising. Most AR groups are not taking care of animals using the money that flows in every day from good-hearted donors who think they are helping to care for animals.
More recently, after the Michael Vicks dog-fighting story broke, the Humane Society of the United States posted photos in numerous media outlets of fighting dogs, to imply that it was somehow involved in taking care of these poor, abused animals. But the AR group was not involved in any way other than exploiting the photos to manipulate the public. And the donations flowed in.
People must be made aware of the misrepresentations the AR industry uses to fleece well-meaning donors. The Reptile Nation and USARK must do our part to educate the public to the true nature of the animal rights industry. We must better coordinate with the pet industry, researchers and farmers to get this message across to the American public. The AR industry is in Washington DC, and not coincidentally, the media often casts what the Reptile Nation does in a negative light. When we are able to get the public to see the disingenuous nature of the AR industry, most of our problems with anti-reptile legislation should disappear.
Andrew Wyatt is the President of the United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) and has been an avid herp enthusiast for more than 35 years. He has traveled the world and has had his animals featured in a number of television productions. For more information about USARK, | <urn:uuid:9f381c21-5024-47cb-a5e8-046dca47eec1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://reptilesmagazine.com/the-animal-rights-industry/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.956034 | 930 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Our Family Angel
Book Title: Daun yang Jatuh Tak Pernah Membenci Angin (Falling Leaves Never Hate the Wind)
Author: Tere Liye
Publisher: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Print: December 29, 2016
Book Thickness: 264 pages; 20 cm
Tere Liye is a name that is familiar to Indonesian readers. He has written some of the best Indonesian novels. Not only teenagers enjoy his works but also liked by adults. Even some movies adapting his works such as “Hapalan Solat Delisa” and “Moga Bunda Disayang Allah”. One novel by Tere Liye that is quite popular is “Daun yang Jatuh Tak Pernah Membenci Angin” (Falling Leaves Never Hate the Wind), with a romantic writing style and the use of beautiful diction typical of Tere Liye.
The novel “Daun yang Jatuh Tak Pernah Membenci Angin”, contains the conflicts experienced by the characters, like Danar, Tania, and other characters. The story begins when Tania and her sister, Dede, are singing on the City Bus. There, she met Danar, a kind-hearted young man who came like an angel to Tania’s family.
Living in poverty, Tania, Dede, and their mother must continue to struggle to support their families who only live in a cardboard house in a slum settlement. But everything changed when their family met Danar, a young man who financed all of Tania’s family’s needs so that their family could live properly.
Conflict arises when gradually Tania realizes her feelings for Danar. She feels jealous when Danar always gives his attention to Ratna, his girlfriend. The age difference between Danar and Tania which is quite far is one problem that the characters of Tania and Danar have to face, which also makes the story in this novel even more unique.
Another conflict arose when the characters Danar and Ratna got married, which made Tania miserable and decided not to attend their wedding. The peak of the conflict in this novel occurs when Ratna recognizes the change in Danar’s attitude since the two of them got married. Danar, who was deeply caring, becomes cold towards her.
Long story short, Danar’s character realizes his feelings for Tania. He recognizes the feelings of love he has for Tania. Tania knew this and asked Danar to forget about her and go back to spending her days with Ratna, who was pregnant with his child.
This novel has advantages in presenting the storyline and ending the story, which is unusual. So, this novel literally invites the curiosity of the reader to know the continuity of the story between Danar and Tania. Another advantage of this novel is the language used by Tere Liye is a casual language that is easy for readers to understand. Also, the use of beautiful diction adds a romantic impression to the story. In addition, this novel also contains a moral message that gives a benefit for the reader.
Besides having advantages, this novel also has disadvantages that lie in the cover design and the paper, which is less attractive. In addition, the stories presented are less able to be accepted by the reader’s mind because the stories occur infrequently in daily life. Another disadvantage of this novel is that it quickly cut the stories in some parts, making the reader a little confused.
Although it has several shortcomings, this novel is worth reading, considering the advantages of this novel and the moral values. These moral values such as manners in speaking, respecting parents, keep one’s temper, always remembering the good that others have done to us, always working hard, never give up, and other life values. | <urn:uuid:a4fb7631-45b8-4ff5-86e7-e59124626235> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://informasains.com/post/2021/12/falling-leaves-never-hate-the-wind-tere-liye-novel-review/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.965667 | 819 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Exploring lifelong immunization as a foundation of healthy ageing
The International Federation on Ageing (IFA), in collaboration with Ældre Sagen, convened the Adult Vaccination: A Public Health Priority expert meeting on 16-17 January 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
This international, high-level knowledge exchange platform aimed to highlight vaccination activities of countries in the Nordic region, and to promote dialogue among various stakeholders on how best to improve adult vaccination uptake rates nationally and regionally.
The discussion also focused on how best to bring vaccination to the forefront of the agendas of patient organizations, such as those representing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), respiratory diseases, and diabetes, and come together to emphasize the combined impact of vaccine-preventable diseases on vulnerable people with comorbid conditions.
The overall goal of this meeting was to strengthen the connections among those who have a stake in increasing adult vaccination uptake rates – specifically those working to support the people most affected by vaccine-preventable diseases, including those in the fields of vaccination, ageing, public health, and non-communicable diseases. Each delegate brought to the table a unique perspective of the role of vaccination as part of healthy ageing, and of their role as researchers, practitioners, educators, and influencers in enhancing awareness of vaccinations, increasing uptake rates, and better understanding the complex barriers that allow vaccination uptake rates to stagnate while the ageing population increases.
This meeting revealed the importance of consensus-building among stakeholders, who work together to put forward a cohesive message on the role of vaccination in healthy ageing. The meeting also showed the need to strengthen relationships among various healthcare professionals (HCPs) and professional organizations as well as the connections between HCPs and patient organizations, and to further understand how HCPs prioritize vaccination in their own professional circumstances, with the goal of affirming the role of HCPs, including doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, in vaccine education and delivery.
Additionally, this platform reasserted the need for positive, candid public awareness campaigns on the availability of vaccines, the benefits of vaccination and the consequences of not being vaccinated, especially for people with chronic diseases.
At present, the IFA is preparing a report on the outcomes of the Nordic Adult Vaccination: A Public Health Priority expert meeting, to be published in spring 2018. | <urn:uuid:171ab05b-0e7e-4aba-ac19-c880bdb76000> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.vaccines4life.com/news/exploring-lifelong-immunization-foundation-healthy-ageing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.944113 | 474 | 1.992188 | 2 |
The SilvaProtect-CH project has been launched by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) to define which forests have a protective function. Furthermore the computerized geo-information data used in the project have allowed defining from which natural dangers they protect us.
Around half of the Swiss forests have a protective function. They are clearly more present in the Alps and they protect buildings and roads. In Switzerland, a quart of the routes are exposed to a potential natural danger: landslides, avalanches…
The SilvaProtect-CH project has also allowed determining a distribution key for the federal financial means attributed to the maintenance of the protective forests. This key has been applied since the signature of the conventions-programmes with the cantons within the framework of the new distribution of tasks between the Swiss Confederation and the cantons. The Swiss Confederation assumes 40% of the costs generated by the maintenance of this « natural way of protection », which means near 60 millions of francs per year. The remaining costs are taken over by the cantons and the beneficiaries of this protection, for example the municipalities. The maintenance of these forests is a compulsory condition to keep the protection function in the long term and it is carried out by skilled professionals on behalf of groups or forest owners.
For further information, visit the project website (only available in French).
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Styles may change from season to season, but Mother Nature creates unique designs in natural stone that are historically innovative and always on trend. This is why natural stone remains a timeless and flexible option for many interior applications including countertops and flooring.
While design trends come and go, natural stone remains a timeless and flexible option for many exterior applications including cladding, paving, and hardscapes. It is important to know how the material chosen for an exterior project will perform under a variety of circumstances, conditions, and uses.
Natural stone flooring is a favorite for many homeowners because of its aesthetic appeal, versatility, sustainability, and ease of care. It can be used both indoors and outdoors.
Aesthetic qualities and price are often the first criteria used to make countertop and flooring selections. But have you considered if each material is eco-friendly? A material’s life cycle should be considered during your home design and renovation projects.
Protect your natural stone surfaces by avoiding these five common practices.
How one homeowner learned not to be intimidated by her marble floors.
What are the best scratch resistant flooring options for families with dogs and other pets? Why natural stone tile is a good option for residential flooring. | <urn:uuid:79ec40f5-e5c4-43d8-8419-6d53b924c738> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://usenaturalstone.org/tag/floor/?utm_source=article-tags | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.94279 | 252 | 1.539063 | 2 |
TITLE: Devil Mask
TYPE: face mask
GENERAL REGION: Latin America
DESCRIPTION: Diablo (Devil) Mask
CEREMONY: Semana Santa (Holy Week)
MAIN MATERIAL: wood
OTHER MATERIALS: hardware; goat horns; oil-based paint
During Semana Santa (Holy Week) in the small mountain town of El Doctor, Queretaro, townspeople reenact the Passion of Jesus Christ in a unique manner. Participants wear stiff cloth animal masks, known as fariseos (Pharisees) or judios (Jews) and persecute a person who portrays the torture and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. The fariseos make jokes and mock Jesus, but in the end are converted to Christianity when Jesus is portrayed as resurrected. Fariseos tend to resemble animals, implying that the Pharisees are bestial. This specific mask represents a devil (diablo), who encourages the fariseos. | <urn:uuid:9651bf60-3420-4433-ae81-6a14f9ed6e9a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.maskmuseum.org/subregion/queretaro/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.793148 | 240 | 2.71875 | 3 |
28 May 2021 – Africa – On Saturday 22nd May, Nyiragongo volcano which is located near the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted. As a result, at least 32 lives were lost and nearly 4500 homes were destroyed, leaving an estimated 20,000 people homeless. Officials have since ordered evacuation of parts of the city due to fears of another eruption of Mount Nyiragongo. The evacuation orders followed aftershocks of the volcanic eruption, which resulted in tremors being experienced in the region, on Tuesday. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, the DRC already has the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, occasioned by multiple conflicts in the eastern parts of the country.
Landry Ninteretse, 350Africa.org Regional Director said:
“As a climate justice organisation, we stand in solidarity with our comrades and partners in eastern DRC, where lives and homes have been lost following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo. The eruption and the resultant evacuation have made an already dire situation of displacement in the DRC worse. We applaud the efforts of humanitarian agencies in moving with speed to offer humanitarian assistance to the communities already affected by spiraling violence, food insecurity, ravages of extractivism and climate impacts that could be further exacerbated, if the proposed oil projects come to life. Communities living in such extreme vulnerability need viable and sustainable livelihoods based on renewables and cannot afford oil battles that enrich only corrupt politicians and the fossil fuel industry.”
Mount Nyiragongo’s last major eruption took place in the year 2002, where 100 lives were lost. The volcano is among the world’s most active and dangerous volcanoes. While it is being monitored closely, the worst-case scenario would be an eruption beneath the floor of Lake Kivu, which would force carbon dioxide to the surface. | <urn:uuid:34e7e88d-9983-4a87-b685-79547579d437> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://350africa.org/press-release/350africa-org-reacts-to-mount-nyiragongo-eruption-and-displacement-crisis-in-goma-drc/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.956714 | 384 | 2.96875 | 3 |
by Marcela Muricy, September 21, 2020
This is a kind of mix-and-match approach to spirituality where people who are alienated by organized religions are in many ways cobbling together their own.– Tara Isabella Burton, The Argument
Morality is relative. The lens through which people view the world is fabricated depending on how they’ve been socialized by those around them and what they’ve been exposed to throughout their lives. Every individual has this distinct perspective of life and, in the same sense, morality and what is considered ethical. In this context, it is difficult to imagine how one may fully benefit from being enthralled in a sole religious institution, because it restricts them to a single viewpoint, a single message being broadcasted to hundreds. Everyone’s moral compass is distinct from the next, so it is naive to assume one institution’s teachings are tailored individually to them, and that following it will automatically exonerate their past mistakes. There are flaws in the system of institutionalizing religion as well as the institutions themselves, which are often more dependent on their power and status quo than communicating the best moral standings to the public. This is especially true considering the common hypocrisy in the leaders who advocate for them, as well as the expired messages and traditions most religious institutions utilize to gain social and political power. If religion is meant to serve as a catalyst on the path to being a better person, it would be more beneficial if people considered keeping religion personal rather than placing their beliefs in the hands of an institution which profits off of their membership. Religion itself can be a beautiful, crucial aspect of one’s hope, motivation, and desire to have positive impacts on people and the world. Yet, it is known how dangerous this double-edged sword can be in malicious hands, and whose are ultimately more trustworthy than one’s own?
The “Take It Or Leave It” Stance
A 2019 Gallup poll estimated that 37% of Catholics have questioned if they should leave the Church due to the cases of sexual abuse, monetary greed, and homophobia within it (Jones). No matter their frequency of attendance, members are experiencing a grappling of morality, unable to ignore certain issues taking place within organized religion. This realization of institutional imperfection, for many, presents a set of choices in front of them — a complex, life-changing round of “would you rather”: either leave the institution and all it stands for, or continue being a member simply for the love of the practice.
This polarized perspective of religion — this “take it or leave it” — is harmful, and impacts both the incredibly devout and atheists alike. On one hand, the devout may feel like they have less of an option, required to tolerate aspects they don’t agree with. On the other, atheists may credit the religion for all the wrongdoings of the institution and decide to distance themselves from both entirely. This upholds the idea that religion and institution are synonymous, that they cannot be mutually exclusive.
The more accurate lens could be understanding the use of spirituality in society and how it exists separately from organized religion. It can be beautifully beneficial and even essential to human existence, providing people with a source of hope, motivation, and purpose as a foundation to their lives. With this in mind, it seems nonsensical to discard the ideas within religions simply because of the twisted way they have been reflected by institutions. What should be discarded is this limiting binary, replaced with a third option not many realize exist: the ability to mold your own.
A Devotion to Power
What likely tipped the boat of dissatisfaction with organized religions, spoken of in CNN articles and scholarly books alike, is the multitude of scandals within them. Jason Berry, an American reporter and writer, has been investigating issues in the Catholic Church for years, even having won the Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities for his work. In his 1992 book, Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children, he details how “in the decade of 1982 to 1992, approximately four hundred priests were reported to church or civil authorities for molesting youths. The vast majority of these men had multiple victims” (Berry 1). These instances are not exactly uncommon, making the doubt and uneasiness of many “struggling catholics” (as Berry identifies himself) very rational and justifiable. The evidence of hypocrisy is so voluminous that Pope Francis himself has spoken of these twisted ulterior motives, stating, “On the outside, [cardinals] present themselves as righteous, as good: they like to be seen when they pray and when they fast…[But] it is all appearance and in their hearts there is nothing” (Martel 68). This quote, mentioned in Frederic Martel’s 2019 book In the Closet of the Vatican, specifically concerned the cardinals of the Curia. However, Martel goes on to discuss how it is one of many accusations Francis has made since he became the Pope, to several separate institutions. These scandals have been perpetually occurring within the Catholic Church for decades and are as visible as ever. Jason Berry began his investigations not for his own curiosity or interest, but with the desire to uncover the environment his children would grow up in if they remained members, concerned for their safety and morality considering the recent crimes. The Gallup poll indicates Berry’s questioning is not unique, with over one third of Catholics debating the same. These issues are most likely contributing to the shift in the demographic of religious affiliation in the US, causing many people to shun the institution and the religion altogether. This is not the ideal solution, because what should be perceived as the enemy is not the religion, but rather those who wield it with ill intent.
Problems of a “Sad Atheist”
Despite this, the number of atheists in the United States has been rising. There was an increase of 19.2 million people from 2007 to 2015 within the category of those “religiously unaffiliated”, according to a Pew Research Poll (Pew Research). Among the entire group polled, 65% claimed religion was “not too/not at all important” to their lives. This distancing from religion, however, can be an ineffective solution, because what may linger is a feeling of absence in their lives and an even stronger feeling of hopelessness. In a 2019 Vox article, writer and atheist Jay Wexler describes himself as a “sad atheist” due to the frequent existential thoughts he has, including “the world is meaningless and I am just standing on a giant rock swirling pointlessly through the universe” (Wexler par. 7). Atheism lacks the foundation that keeps many people motivated: that which explains the spiritual meaning of human existence and fills in the emotional gaps that science does not. Religion is essentially the assurance that everything will work itself out, that a “higher being” is present and caring, easing the existentialism Wexler experiences. As Zat Rana, a writer for Medium, expresses in a 2017 article, “People often think of belief as irrational. From a survival perspective, I can’t think of anything more rational than finding something to live for” (Rana par. 29). This is something psychologists would argue is one of the key factors to spirituality, what keeps humans healthy and sane. Rana himself explains in his article how he saw the corruption in organized religion (Catholicism specifically) and became an atheist very early in his life. As he matured, however, he felt the absence of a certain foundation, with no idea of life’s purpose and what comes after it. Rather than isolate himself from religion completely, Rana sought to, instead, benefit from learning and practicing several new religions so that he could make sense of the world without having to rely on an institution.
So what if it were perceived differently? As less of a binary, but more of the spectrum Rana eventually tapped into? As more personal instead of a public occasion? What if it were viewed as ever-molding and -developing so that people could customize their beliefs? This is a practice sociologist Tara Isabella Burton, in an episode of the podcast The Argument, claims is on the rise in the US today:
While it is true that traditional organized religion is in decline, an important statistic to remember is that 72% of the so-called “religiously unaffiliated” say they believe in some sort of higher power. This is a kind of mix-and-match approach to spirituality where people who are alienated by organized religions are in many ways cobbling together their own.(“Should Facebook Be Fact-Checked”)
Burton’s book Strange Rites, released in June 2020, covers this transition from organized religion to what she calls “DIY religious culture”. She brings to light how many people have already begun to understand that spirituality can vary and should vary for each individual. This supports the broader notion that religion is a personal aspect of someone’s life, suddenly opening up the conversation and the mind to new possibilities. With this fresh perspective, people can distance themselves from an institution yet continue to appreciate the emotional foundation the religion provides. Although this is increasing in the general public today, it cannot be considered a truly innovative idea; even nineteenth century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson lived his life with a similar narrative. Despite being deeply religious all throughout his life, Emerson gave a speech at Harvard Divinity School in 1838 in which he advised graduates to “go alone…and dare to love God without a mediator or veil” (Emerson). He was an advocate for self-reliant religion, able to detect the flaws with organized religion even during a time when it was the default. He saw, as many see now, the many possibilities that arise once someone considers this idea of customizing their religion — tailoring it to their own needs and preferences in a meaningful and enduring way.
The Familiar in Disguise
This way of living can seem abnormal and foreign to members of organized religions, but it actually holds a strong resemblance to how people already practice their religions today. Most members have at least one opinion that misaligns with the belief of their institution, such as abortion, contraception, or LGBTQ rights. According to a Pew Research Poll, for instance, only 8% of Catholics believe contraception is immoral, with 48% believing it is not a moral issue at all (“Very Few Americans”). The Catholic Church itself, on the other hand, is strictly opposed to anything preventing pregnancy aside from abstinence. This highlights how people may remain in an institution yet disagree with some of its teachings, taking from some pieces of the religion while excluding others. In a similar sense, religion has very much drifted from the conservative way it was viewed hundreds of years ago. Many people neglect parts of the Bible which claim wearing two different textures of clothing to be a sin, along with tattooing, divorce, and eating bottom feeders (e.g., crabs, snails, codfish). These are explicitly forbidden in the Bible, but have become viewed as outdated or impractical over time. That does not invalidate it as a whole, but the shift to modern culture has caused the exclusion of certain beliefs from the minds of everyday members. The process of customization, then, already exists to a certain degree, because many people have individual beliefs that may contradict the institution or the holy scripture.
Keeping What Matters
People may shy away from the idea of this “DIY religion,” not just because they would be customizing their beliefs, but because they would be losing what makes organized religion appealing to begin with: the sense of community. It fosters unity and familiarity, as well as emanating a feeling of moral accomplishment. People create habits around attending the holy building, may it be with their family, friends, or even just familiar faces. Going to the Church, Mosque, Temple, etc. means having a community and contributing to its improvement, being a part of the good. Just as there is no limit to how someone can believe, there is also a wide range of alternatives to this feeling of unity outside of an institution. The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), for example, is composed of people from several different religious backgrounds who come together to practice their own individual beliefs. They draw from science, scriptures, philosophy, and a variety of other sources for their teachings. Their goal is to “create spirituality and community beyond boundaries, working for more justice and more love in our own lives and in the world” (Unitarian Universalist Association). A transition away from organized religion can seem daunting with nothing to fall back on, but this is an example of another group people can become a part of, one with much more curiosity and exploration. Another alternative to involvement in the community would be to join a local community service group, taking part in food drives, aiding homeless shelters, and volunteering for charities. This offers the opportunity to impact the world positively without having to sacrifice any personal or political beliefs in order to participate. Being conscious of these other options — that comfort someone morally, socially, and emotionally — can make the prospect of stepping back from organized religion less intimidating and accessible even to those who love having a familiar community.
Explore the Religious Spectrum
“DIY religious culture,” as Burton describes it, is where the religiously unaffiliated “nones” seem to be headed, to a freer form of belief. The institutions that people have traditionally attended have been exposed as having fundamental flaws, causing a shift in how people identify religiously. William Chittick, Professor of Islamic Studies at Stony Brook University, claimed in a personal interview that he considers institutions “counterproductive because they’ve become less personal and more focused on power” (Chittick). The results of it, he claims, are these sexual abuse scandals and the reluctance to adapt scriptures to modern-day standards. Yet, even though this has become more blatant than ever, members of them have been hesitant to leave; they might assume the alternative to be a lack of belief, community, or morality. Understanding the other ways in which they can check off these boxes — through groups like UUA, community service, or even a local religious group among friends — can help expand their prospective options to more than just one institution and one set of beliefs. The customization of religion is ever present in the way people practice today; this “DIY religion” would simply be taking it one step forward, to a more flexible religious environment. By definition, religion and spirituality are philosophical entities — by no means rigid or caging, experienced and viewed differently by every individual. When people become more aware of the options they possess — whether they choose to believe in one religion or several — the spectrum of spirituality is theirs to delve into and explore.
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The Faerie Qveene
Longman Annotated English Poets
Series editors: J Barnard, P Hammond
The Faerie Queene
Edited by A C Hamilton
Text edited by Hiroshi Yamashita and Toshiyuki Suzuki
Character listing compiled by Shohachi Fukuda "
The Faerie Queene""
is one of the great seminal masterpieces of English literature, and has influenced, inspired and challenged generations of writers, readers and scholars since its completion in 1596. However, its epic length, its prodigality of incident and detail, the complexity of its allegory and richness of its topical allusions make it one of the hardest texts to to grips with understand. Few works demand or repay introduction and annotation as much - Professor Hamilton's widely acclaimed annotated work, first published in 1977, was the first complete critical edition available for the scholar, student or general reader. It is now a standard textbook for all students of Spenser.
Hamilton's second edition is another scholarly masterpiece. The entire work is revised, and the text of The Faerie Queene itself has been freshly edited, the first such edition since the 1930s. The new text, itself a milestone in academic achievement, has been produced by Hiroshi Yamashita and Toshiyuki Suzuki and is now considered the new standard text of the poem.
This edition continues the excellent scholarship of the first edition; Hamilton provides exceptionally full and careful annotation of the text, detailed guidance to critical comment past and present, and a wealth of introductory material setting the poem in its full historical and literary context. This edition also includes additional original material which includes a chronology, a letter to Raleigh, commendatory verses, and dedicatory sonnets. A list of characters and their appearances has also been compiled by Shohachi Fukuda, listing their place in the poem and commentary on the names.
Praise for the first edition:
'a volume of prime importance to Spenserians, who will find it a mine of information and insights assembled by one of the most knowledgeable of modern readers of the poem.' "Spenser Newsletter"
'Hamilton's introductory material is both succinct and incisive, while his notes, attentive both to language and interpretation are immensely valuable.' "Studies in English Literature"
'It is valuable volume in a valuable series.' "Essays in Criticism"
A C Hamilton is the retired Cappon Professor Emeritus at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. He is the General Editor of "Spenser Encyclopedia."
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During August 2021, reports came in about an eruption in the ocean south of Japan. The volcano was new to me: Fukuto okanoba. It sounded like something from star wars. It was a friendly explosion, meaning no one was inconvenienced by it. The submarine explosion had produced a tephra raft 60 km long, plus an ash cloud reaching 15 km high. Afterwards, it turned out the eruption had already been in progress for a few days before the explosion and had created new land – an island 1 kilometer across. The final explosion has created a large crater in this new island, and had reduced it to a rim. Perhaps this shouldn’t have been listed as a submarine explosion, even though there had been nothing but sea here just a week earlier. After the explosion, there was no further activity.
The remnant island produced some nice images. This is the best one I have found: a Planetlab image taken on August 17 showing the island and the beautiful circular crater with a diameter of 630 meter. Something is bubbling up in the precise centre, as if to say ‘oops, sorry’. On the right, wave erosion is already carrying bits of the island away into the ocean, causing a brown discolouration, while the central spout is turning the water green.
The image allows us to estimate the size of the explosion. The crater is a decent size but does not appear to be very deep. Assuming an optimistic average depth of 100 meter, and assuming that the island itself was created just days before from volcanic ejecta, i.e. quite low density and unconsolidated, it gives a tephra volume of 0.03 km3. If instead the crater is a bowl (a half sphere), this becomes 0.06 km3. This estimate puts the explosion at a VEI 3 level. The activity in the preceding days which had created the island would have been a bit bigger, and perhaps have reached 0.1km3 – a high-end VEI 3. The extensive area of floating debris may have even been created in part by this previous activity.
We learned that this was in fact a known volcano. The Japanese name, Fukutoku-Oka-No-Ba, was not its original name: an older name existed for the same submarine volcano, Shin-Iwo-Jima. This volcano had history. The old name meant ‘New Iwo Jima’ or new sulphur island. Iwo Jima is the (old) name of the well-known nearby volcanic island, so this name just meant ‘new island near Iwo Jima’. The old name show that this volcano had already created an island once before. When that island turned out to be ephemeral, the old name lost its meaning and the undersea mountain received its new name.
There have been several eruptions here in the past century. The ‘new’ island appeared after an eruption in 1905. Other confirmed eruptions occurred in 1914, 1973, 1974, 1986, 1987, 1992, 2005 and 2010. They were mostly small, at VEI 0-2. The 1904 and 1914 eruptions are classified as VEI 3, the same as the recent explosion. The 1986 eruption also created an island: the current incarnation is the third such island in 120 years. The islands do not last long: they tend to disappear under the waves within a month or so. The Pacific ocean, and in particular its cargo of typhoons, is not friendly to intruders. There are more reports of eruptions but they are unconfirmed, and they may be fumarole activity discolouring the sea water. This was seen several times in the decade after the 2010 eruption.
The culprit lies underneath the waters, save from the Pacific fury. Fukutoku-Oka-No-Ba is a highly active undersea volcano, which has a peak some 15 to 30 meters under water. The depth varies with each eruption, but it will always stabilize at the depth to which wave erosion can reach. Over time, the waves form a plateau at some 30 meters depth. The eruptions build on this plateau – but only temporary, until the sea reclaims its property.
Taking the bathymetry and overlaying the new island gives the following result. I tried to get the scale correct, but the precise position is not as certain. In fact I shifted the coordinates by 30 meters to avoid the new island going over the edge, and put the vent in the centre of the plateau. The precise PlanetScope coordinates would put the vent 30 meters further to the north-northeast, along the apparent rift. The steepness of the slope outside of the -50 contours makes it more difficult to create the new island at that location. The deep hole visible in the bathymetry near the western edge of the plateau now nicely coincides with the indentation of the island. A 30 meter error in the latitude coordinates of the bathymetry map is perhaps acceptable. However, this does not mean that my positioning is correct! Feel free to move the island around.
This is clearly an impressive volcano, and a very active one. It is not huge. The ocean here is deep, 2 kilometers or more, but the volcano is sitting on a larger plateau which rises far above the deep sea floor. The base of the volcano is around 400 to 500 meter deep, and around 5 km in diameter. We are talking about a 5 km wide, 500 meter tall volcano with a 1-km flat top and a 500-meter rift running from the centre. Without wave erosion, we can estimate that the top would have been about 100 meter above sea level.
It is not the only volcano here. Just 4 kilometers away is Minami iwojima, a steep extinct cone reaching a height of 900 meters above sea. It dwarfs our exploder.
The map shows the underwater view. There is a 25-km long, bendy ridge with several distinct peaks. Minami iwojima is the dominant one, but there are three other named peaks, all of which reach to just below sea level. Wave erosion has gotten the better of all of them. Only Fututoku okanoba appears active. There are a few other, unnamed peaks, and to the west is a larger flat-topped ridge which is 700 meters below sea level: the depth suggests this ridge has suffered subsidence.
Remember that rift in the summit of Fukutoku okanoba? Extend it the other way, and it points directly at the extinct cone of Minami iwojima. Our volcano is either a satellite of Minami iwojima, or its structure has a fault caused by it.
The arc of the Volcano Islands
The two islands are part of a larger volcanic region. These are the well-named ‘Volcano Islands’. There are four – now, temporarily, five – islands forming a 500-km long but sparsely populated chain. The chain runs from 800 km to 1300 km south of Tokyo.
The five islands are Minami iwojima, Fukutoku okanoba, Iwo Jima, Kita iwojima and Nishinoshima. Iwo Jima (renamed to Ioto in Japan) is 60 km north of Fukutoku okanoba, Kita iwojima lies 80 km further north, and finally Nishinoshima is 200 km further – a bit further but it seems to belong to the group. There are also more submarine volcanoes, about 500 meters below sea level: Minami hiyoshi, Nikko (about 50 and 100 km south of Minami iwojima), and three near Nishinoshima: Doyo seamount 50 km to its north, and Kikata and Kaitokyu seamounts 50 and 100 km to its south. Finally, there are some submarine vents near Kita iwojima. Together with the Volcano Islands, they form the central, active part of a 2000-km long series of volcanoes (many of them submarine) stretching from Japan to the Mariana Islands, with volcanoes typically 50-60 km apart.
There is a second string of islands 100 km to the east, with as largest one Chichijima. These are called the Bonin islands (meaning ‘uninhabited’ which is no longer fully correct). The term Osagawara islands is also used for these islands.
Of the Volcano Islands, Minami iwojima and Kita iwojima are quite similar to each other. Both are steep cones of similar height (913 and 792 meters) and size (2 km across), have sea cliffs of several hundred meters tall, lack any sign of current activity (no fumaroles or hot springs) or recent eruptions. Both consist of tholeitic basalt as expected of oceanics arcs: they are extinct tholeitic stratovolcanoes. The ages are not known, but may be as much as a few hundred thousand years. If they are old, they may have originally formed as submarine volcanoes and reached their current height by uplift. However, this is speculative.
The other three islands are lower, lie just below or above sea level, are flat-topped, highly active with vents and frequent eruptions, and have alkaline lavas which are indistinguishable between Iwo Jima and Fukutoku okanoba. Nishinoshima also erupts alkaline lava but of a slightly different composition. Nishinoshima had a long lasting eruption from 2013-2020, 40 years after the previous eruption, which made the island much larger. The original island has been above sea level since at least the 16th century. Iwo Jima shows phreatic eruptions with active fumaroles, and has been inflating for hundreds of years at typical rates of 2 meters per decade. It had a significant eruption perhaps 2500 years ago. Fukutoku okanoba erupts every few decades, at times forming an ephemeral island. The new volcanoes are very different from the previous cones. There has been a change of the guard, out with the old and in with the new.
What is going on? And why are these volcanoes here, in the middle of the ocean? For that, we need to get to the bottom.
The Battle for the Pacific
The Pacific Ocean has a violent temper. Above, there are the frequent typhoons which are probably the main reason that the Volcanic Islands find it so hard to grow up. Underneath, it is fighting for supremacy with smaller plates all around the ocean. One of those battles is taking place near the Volcanic Islands. And this battle is not going well for the Pacific plate.
The Pacific plate covers much of the Pacific ocean. It is an old plate which has ruled its kingdom for a long time and does not take kindly to competition. But new plates are growing, younger and hotter and more nimble. The Pacific plate is being challenged. In this particular region, the challenger is the Philippine sea plate. It is still young(ish) but already heavily scarred by the conflict. From west to east, we find the Palau Kyushu Ridge (known, obviously, for Palau), a wide basin called the Parece Vela basin in the south and the Shikoku Basin in the north, the West Mariana Ridge which becomes the Izu Bonin Arc further north, another basin, the Mariana Trough, which is in the south but with a similar smaller basin in the north called the Ogasawara Trough, the Mariana Ridge (home of Guam), and finally a deep trench, called the Mariana Trench in the south and the Izu Bonin (or Izu Osagawara) Trench in the north. This trench is the boundary between the Philippine and the Pacific plate. This is where the Pacific plate is subdued by the challenger.
Subduction and roll-back
In this region the ocean floor of the Pacific plate is around 150 million year old. The Philippine plate has a variety of ages, but in this area is typically 50 million years old. The Pacific plate is much older and therefore colder and denser, and in the collision zone it is the one to subduct. Old crust, once subducting, sinks steeply. This causes all kinds of problems at the surface.
The cartoon illustrates the process. The red bar is the Pacific plate, and grey plays the part of the Philippine sea plate. T1, T2 and T3 are three different times. Over time, more of the Pacific plate begins to subduct, and the location where the sinking begins is moving backward. This leaves a gap, and the Philippine has to move in to fill the gap. Near the boundary between the plates a ridge develops: an arc. In front of the arc is the trench formed by the sinking plate. Behind the arc, the plate is stretching and thinning in order to be able to fill the extra space. This forms a basin.
Why the backward movement of the trench? This is because the sinking plate is down the creek with a paddle. Initially, the subduction is fairly shallow. But over time it becomes steeper. The subducted slab is now moving downward and backward, like a paddle moving through the upper mantle. The mantle underneath the Philippine plate has to move forward to fill the vacuum created by the paddling plate, and it pulls the Philippine plate with it: it is sucked forward. The trench begins to move backward.
This steepening is very notable along the Izu Bonin Trench, where the angle has reached 55 degrees, and even more so along the Mariana Trench where the Pacific plate descends almost vertically.
The paddling causes the trench to retreat. The Philippine plate now has to fill more space. That is fine if there is a spreading centre creating more crust, but when there isn’t one, the extra space is filled instead by thinning of the crust. The thinning crust sinks and a basin forms. Below the thin crust, the magma can circulate up and a weak spreading centre may form.
Basins and Ridges
This happened in the Philippine sea plate 30 milion years ago: it formed the Parece Vela Basin in the south and a little latter the Shikoku Basin in the north. But the basins eventually ran out of magma and spreading here ceased 15 million years ago. So the process repeated, and around 7 million years ago the Mariana basin began to form, closer to the front. At the moment this basin is 1000 km long and 200 km wide; it is widening by 2 to 4 cm per year. Further north no new basin has formed (so far, at least). The Philippine sea plate has a bit of clockwise rotation, and it is pulling away a bit from the Pacific plate in the southern region. This has made the whole process faster in the south. The Mariana Trough has become so pronounced that it is sometimes considered as its own micro plate, and the adjoining trench, the world famous Mariana trench, now contains the deepest surface on Earth. As Bond would say, straight down, with a twist.
The Philippine sea plate is a mosaic of ridges and basins. The ridges are (or were) volcanic arcs. They formed in the usual way: once the subducted plate reaches a certain depth it will begin to melt. The melt percolates up and forms a chain of volcanic islands, typically 50-200 km from the plate boundary. The basin forms adjacent to the trench, in between the volcanic arc and the plate boundary. Every time a basin forms, the volcanic chain begins to move away from the plate boundary and the volcanoes become extinct. This has happened to the Kyushu-Palau Ridge which became extinct 25 million years ago, and to the West Mariana Ridge 7 million years ago. A new volcanic arc will form, at first widening the existing arc and later as a separate arc. The spreading centre moves away from the subduction front as the crust stretches, and once it has moved far enough that the volcanic islands form between the spreading centre and the front, they can grow in one location. This can take a few million years. The Mariana Ridge has formed such a new volcanic arc. The Izu Bonin Ridge has not yet done so.
There is another process to consider. A ridge can also build up adjacent to the trench, pushed up by the collision with the subducting plate. Behind it, the descending plate can pull the overriding plate down, causing a trough in front of the volcanic arc. The pushed-up ridge is the forearc, and the trough is known as the forearc basin. There is one such basin in our area: the Ogasawara Trough. The Volcano Islands are one the west side of this trough, and they form the volcanic arc. The Bonin Islands are on the other side, on the pushed-up ridge next to the trench. The Bonin Islands are not volcanic, although like all ocean floor, they are created from lava.
When looking are the mosaic of ridge across the Philippine sea plate, it is worth remembering that originally there was just one ridge, but every time a basin formed in front of it, eventually a new volcanic ridge had to form.
The subducted plate consists of normal oceanic crust. When it melts during the subduction, it forms thoelitic basalt (a mafic mantle melt). This is the type of basalt found on the two extinct stratovolcanoes in the Volcano Island chain, and widely elsewhere along the volcanic arc. But why does Fukutoku okanoba have a different lava, even though it is next to the tholeitic (and extinct) Minami iwojima? And why is this same lava found on Iwo Jima – and nowhere else?
The lavas of Fukutoku okanoba are alkaline (not mafic) with an SiO content of 60%, high potassium and sodium (9% together), and low calcium and magnesium. They are so-called ‘alkaline shoshonitic lavas’, and the area where they are found is called the ‘alkalic volcano province’ – it coincides with the Volcanic Islands.
The name may need some explaining. Shoshonite is a type of rock: a potassium rich, basaltic trachyandesite. Its name comes from the Shoshone river in Wyoming, after this type of rock was identified in Yellowstone. Trachyandesite is a rock with about 60% SiO2 and about 9% K2O+Na2O, low in magnesium and iron. ‘Basaltic’ means it was erupted effusively (normally with low viscosity) and cooled rapidly at the surface; basalt has a bit lower SiO2 (less than 53%) so this is ‘basaltic’ rather than ‘basalt’. Shoshonite is present at Fukutoku okanoba and at Iwo Jima. Nishinoshima has similar lava but it has less potassium and a bit more magnesium and iron: it is an intermediate between typical arc lavas and the stuff found at Fukutoku okanoba.
It is still a bit of a mystery why this particular region has this peculiar lava. It is a recent change, because the extinct stratovolcanoes here show normal lavas. Something has changed.
Shoshonite is found at the Hiyoshi submarine volcano at 23 degrees north, at Fukutoku okanoba, and at Iwo Jima at 24.8 degrees, with a transition zone to Nishinoshima further north. This is precisely the region north of the Mariana Trough. The oldest shoshonites are found in the south, adjacent to the Mariana Trough, dated to 3-4 million years ago, while the youngest are obviously from the two currently active volcanoes further north. It is tempting to link this to the northward spreading of the Mariana Trough. The trough is a few million years older than the oldest shoshonites. Is this the delay between spreading and the formation of a new volcanic arc? Is the region of the Volcanic Islands getting ready to join the Mariana Trough?
A change of melt
It is not immediately clear why basin formation would change the composition of the magma. Neither is it clear why the volcanoes are at sea level (with possible uplift) if a basin would be forming. Is there an alternative explanation?
If a small spreading centre is forming, the mantle heat may recently have increased, and caused some uplift. Volcanic arcs form from melt of the subducted plate. If there is more heat, there may now be a partial melt of the wedge between the subducted plate and the Philippine plate. The alkaline lava suggests a low melt fraction.
Here the forearc trough comes into view. The Volcanic Islands are along this basin: can this be part of the problem? The forearc basin is pulled down by friction with the subducting plate. Erosion can occur: material is pulled off the bottom of the Philippine plate and carried backward by the descending plate, enriching the mantle material in this wedge. This could explains some chemical peculiarities. The change of melt source must have occurred recently, over a 200-km long arc. This makes an origin in the Osagawara forearc basin plausible. But the true source of the shoshonitic lavas remains an unsolved problem, somehow related to the battle of the plates.
Shoshonitic lava can form when oceanic magma crystallizes at higher than usual pressure. Either olivine or orthopyroxene can crystallize, depending on how much water there is in the rock. If wet, olivine forms which increases the potassium and silicate in the remaining melt. Shoshonitic lavas are found in different locations. Some are associated with a continental margin, related to crustal thickening. This is seen for instance in the Andes, Kamchatka, or the Eolian arc north of Etna. The high pressure at the base of the thickened crust causes the shoshonite to form. The second location is in island arcs which are becoming unstable, for instance when subduction is ceasing or changing direction. They appear to be a late phase in the evolution of an island arc, perhaps related to a deepening of the subduction melt.
Perhaps the paddling movement of the subducting plate is making it deeper, with the melt now forming deeper and at higher pressure. A second possibility is that spreading is indeed taking place, move the current volcanic islands further from the subduction zone, and therefore higher above the subducting plate. Perhaps the forearc basin is beginning to become a spreading basin taking up the retreat of the subduction front and the Volcanic Islands will have to move east, until they pass the new spreading centre and find a new stable location – forming a new volcanic arc, with the current arc becoming one more scar on the Philippine plate.
Speculating further, why have Fukutuko okanoba and Iwo Jima become so active? The removal of olivine from the melt may make it more buoyant, causing the residual melt to rapidly rise into much shallower magma chambers. The amount of magma may not be as high, especially if the arc is beginning to be starved of magma, but what is there would reach the surface easily and regularly giving frequent but smaller eruptions. As happened this month.
If any of this speculation is correct, changes are afoot in the Volcanic Islands, perhaps as soon as in the next hundred thousand years. Keep posted.
VC has long been fascinated by Iwo Jima (Ioto) and its extreme inflation. Now we have seen its sibling erupt. These volcanoes may or may not be tracing the beginning of a rift, which will eventually extend the Mariana Trough. Either way, it is all part of the battle for Pacific supremacy between the ancient Pacific plate, ruler of all, and the upstart (now middle aged) in the west. Our volcanoes are driven by events outside of their control, and their eruptions are collateral damage in a titanic battle. We might call that friendly fire. | <urn:uuid:3f5f971d-eca9-46fc-b59d-651e91b1e718> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.volcanocafe.org/japan-the-fukutuko-oka-no-ba-eruption/comment-page-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.953555 | 5,076 | 3.453125 | 3 |
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But there is still hope for Arizona and the Southwest because of the leadership of Senator Sinema and Senator Kelly, who included provisions in the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that dedicated $8.25 billion to address wildfire management and placed a larger emphasis on proactive forest treatments (thinning/prescribed burning) to help combat the increase in wildfires. This forest thinning operation will help provide vastly improved conditions in the forest that currently threaten the safety of Payson and other Rim Country communities. This work will also enhance the ability for snowpack to reach the ground and eventually seep into streams below the Rim to improve the health of our streams instead of melting and evaporating on the thick forest canopy branches.
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A heavy frost in the night from June 3 to 4 has taken its toll on some crops in Annapolis Valley. Morse’s Farm Limited owner and operator Anthony Morse said he is waiting to see how well his early potato crop bounces back after the plants, which had been flourishing, incurred significant damage.
Examining his fields on June 4, Morse estimates that the so-called hard frost killed 20 to 25 percent of the leaves on plants in one location and as much as 50 percent in a slightly lower field. He has approximately 20 hectares of early potatoes planted.
Morse said it was the severity and duration of the freeze, which lasted several hours, that compromised the cell structure of such a large percentage of the leaves on his potato plants. He said he’s never seen potato plants so far along damaged so severely by frost at this time of year. The crop had been off to one of the best starts he’s ever seen.
Luckily, the underlying portion of the plants still appear healthy. Morse said only time would tell how badly the frost would impact his operation in terms of yield and monetary loss. “My fear right now is that they took a serious hit,” Morse said.
Kingscountynews.ca describes how Greg Webster, owner of Webster Farms in Cambridge, called it “a deep, severe frost”; more like one you would see in the fall. He said anyone without frost protection on fruit crops would have incurred damage, perhaps severe damage, from the frost. | <urn:uuid:c2e2962d-f7d7-4bf7-9281-99a2c3631603> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://spudsmart.com/frost-damage-berwick-ns/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.986455 | 311 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Their study revealed that males find female voices that indicate a smaller body size—high-pitched, breathy voices with wide formant spacing—most attractive. Females, on the other hand, prefer to hear a low-pitched voice with narrow formant spacing, reflecting a larger body size.
Which voice is more attractive?
Some studies suggest that women are more attractive if they have a higher pitched voice. According to The Royal Society Publishing, “Women with relatively high-pitched voices are typically perceived as more feminine, younger and more attractive than women with low-pitched voices”.
Can you tell attractiveness by voice?
As a result, women find men with lower-pitched voices more attractive. It’s the opposite for men, who are more attracted to women with higher-pitched voices, which is perceived as a marker for femininity. Attractiveness in the voice is important for the impressions we give our potential partners.
What is vocal attractiveness?
Vocal attractiveness is an important social evaluation that goes beyond mate selection and sexual behavior. … Fundamental frequency (f0) is an acoustic measure of the rate of vibration of the vocal folds and the primary acoustic property that listeners perceive as vocal pitch.
Is a raspy voice attractive?
It’s official! A deep husky voice in men and a high-pitched breathy voice in women is perceived as most attractive, a new study has found. Researchers from University College London (UK) and colleagues found that listeners gauge the speaker’s body size from the frequency of their voice.
Why is morning voice attractive?
Your vocal folds work the same way: They vibrate when your lungs push air through them, resulting in the sound you hear when you speak. “When you wake up, your vocal folds need to warm up just like the rest of you,” says Pitman. … Even if you love the sound of your morning voice, pay attention if it sticks around.
Can someone’s voice turn you on?
Voices can communicate a great deal of social and biological information that can either be a turn-on or a turnoff, say researchers led by Susan Hughes, an assistant professor of psychology at Albright College in Reading, Pa.
What frequency of voice is attractive?
Nevertheless, the relationship between male and female F0 and attractiveness is non-linear: the most attractive male voices are around 96 Hz and the most attractive female ones up to 280 Hz (Borkowska and Pawlowski, 2011; Saxton et al., 2015).
What sounds beautiful is good the vocal attractiveness stereotype?
Senders with more attractive voices were rated more favorably in both the voice and face plus voice conditions; senders with more attractive faces were rated more favorably in both the face and face plus voice conditions. … Possible antecedents and consequences of the vocal attractiveness stereotype are discussed.
What is voice quality?
Voice quality has been defined as the characteristic auditory colouring of an individual’s voice, derived from a variety of laryngeal and supralaryngeal features and running continuously through the individual’s speech. The distinctive tone of speech sounds produced by a particular person yields a particular voice.
Why do guys like girls with raspy?
Husky voices are sexy. … Research indicates that higher-pitched voices are thought to signal femininity and reproductive wellness, which is why men are allegedly drawn to them.
Can a girl’s voice turn a guy on?
But a woman’s voice can indeed make her more seductive — especially during the most fertile point of her cycle. … Both the men and the women rated the fertile voices as more attractive. For both genders, electrical activity in the skin increased by roughly 20 percent, and heart rates increased by roughly five percent.
How do you say beautiful voice?
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by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis / The Guardian
Two undercover police officers secretly fathered children with political campaigners they had been sent to spy on and later disappeared completely from the lives of their offspring, the Guardian can reveal.
In both cases, the children have grown up not knowing that their biological fathers – whom they have not seen in decades – were police officers who had adopted fake identities to infiltrate activist groups. Both men have concealed their true identities from the children’s mothers for many years.
One of the spies was Bob Lambert, who has already admitted that he tricked a second woman into having a long-term relationship with him, as part of an intricate attempt to bolster his credibility as a committed campaigner.
The second police spy followed the progress of his child and the child’s mother by reading confidential police reports which tracked the mother’s political activities and life.
The disclosures are likely to intensify the controversy over the long-running police operation to infiltrate and sabotage protest groups.
Police chiefs claim that undercover officers are strictly forbidden from having sexual relationships with the activists they are spying on, describing the situations as “grossly unprofessional” and “morally wrong”.
But that claim has been undermined as many of the officers who have been unmasked have admitted to, or have been accused of, having sex with the targets of their surveillance.
Last month eight women who say they were duped into forming long-term intimate relationships of up to nine years with five undercover policemen started unprecedented legal action. They say they have suffered immense emotional trauma and pain over the relationships, which spanned the period from 1987 to 2010.
Until now it was not known that police had secretly fathered children while living undercover. One of them is Lambert, who adopted a fake persona to infiltrate animal rights and environmental groups in the 1980s. | <urn:uuid:d47ae2a8-2327-43dc-ac01-9d65466fea3f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://earthfirstjournal.news/2012/01/20/undercover-officers-had-children-with-the-activists-they-were-surveilling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.983285 | 379 | 1.640625 | 2 |
The program includes the following features:
- Text messages that address common COVID-19 vaccine questions and concerns
- A website with COVID-19 vaccine information and updates, messages from faith leaders, and links to helpful resources
- Vaccine Champions who can help provide information and access to the vaccine
- Communication training for participants who wish to become Vaccine Champions
- Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the study is a partnership between faith leaders, Michigan CEAL, Michigan CIVIC, and researchers from the University of Michigan. | <urn:uuid:7c7feca0-dc58-4e3b-a33c-bb6d69341767> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chcr.umich.edu/project/getting-to-yes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.910479 | 111 | 1.75 | 2 |
The US Is 5 Years Away from a National Debt Death Spiral. Here’s Why
Net interest on the national debt has become one of the fastest growing segments of federal spending.
Craig Eyermann May 15, 2019
According to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Debt Management, the U.S. government is just five years away from the point where every new dollar it borrows from the public will go toward funding interest payments on the national debt.
Negative Borrowing Deficit
That is the main takeaway from the Debt Management Office’s Fiscal Year 2019 Q1 Report, which featured the Office of Management and Budget’s latest projection of the U.S. government’s borrowing from the public, shown in the chart below:
ZeroHedge explains the significance of what the chart shows as the Primary Deficit, indicated as the blue portion of the bars in the chart, swings from positive to negative beginning in 2024.
As part of today’s Treasury Presentation to the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, there is a chart showing the Office Of Debt Management’s forecast for annual US debt issuance, broken down between its three component uses of funds: Primary Deficit, Net Interest Expense, and “Other.”
That chart is troubling because while in 2019 and 2020 surging US interest expense is roughly matched by the other deficit components in the US budget, these gradually taper off by 2024, and in fact in 2025 become a source of budget surplus (we won’t be holding our breath). But what is the real red flag is that starting in 2024, when the primary deficit drops to zero according to the latest projections, all US debt issuance will be used to fund the US net interest expense, which depending on the prevailing interest rate between now and then will be anywhere between $700 billion and $1.2 trillion or more.
In short: in the stylized cycle of the US “Minsky Moment”, the US will enter the penultimate, Ponzi Finance, phase – the one in which all the new debt issuance is used to fund only interest on the debt – some time around in 2024.
Net interest on the national debt has become one of the fastest growing segments of federal spending. When the national debt reaches the point where all newly borrowed dollars must be used to pay this mandatory expenditure, the U.S. government will have passed the event horizon that marks the boundary of the national debt death spiral.
Cities and territories in the United States that have crossed that crisis point have either gone through bankruptcy proceedings or their equivalent, or they have implemented major fiscal reforms that reversed their fiscal deterioration, wherein the best-case scenarios, they acted to restrain the growth of their previously out-of-control spending to restore their fiscal health.
There’s an old saying that applies for the U.S. government’s looming fiscal situation: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” It’s only ever a question of how painful it will be when it does.
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Truck drivers can be susceptible to several discomforts especially when they aren’t keeping the essential accessories that make trucking a safe activity. For your own safety and in order to make your driving more comfortably, your truck needs to be equipped with a number of supplies. While some of these supplies might not be necessary, several others are very essential for a safe and comfortable driving experience. Therefore, this article is an important content that will guide you on the basic accessories your truck should have to make your trips, both the short and the long-distance ones, comfortable.
At all times, ensure your truck is equipped with extra clothing such as underwear, shirts and socks which you can easily pick up when the ones you’re wearing become dirty.
You need to keep sufficient Tylenol with you to make trucking more comfortable. Importantly, it will help reduce the effects of muscle pain and headache you’re likely to sustain during long-distance rides.
You may need to keep some glasses with you especially if you find it uncomfortable to drive without them. By keeping extra contact lenses in your truck, you won’t find driving uncomfortable if the ones you’re wearing get lost or broken.
A cosy blanket (such as a mylar blanket) will keep your body warm particularly while driving in the piercing and cold winter weather.
A Pack of Tissue Paper
While driving along dusty roads, you’re likely to have a runny nose. Keeping a pack of tissue paper in your truck will benefit you a lot as you may have to blow out the watery discharge in your nose.
Keeping spare keys is very important especially when you’re on long trips. If you misplace your regular keys probably during a stopover, getting back into your truck will become difficult except you have a spare key probably in your back pocket.
Mini First Aid Kit
Every truck driver needs to have at lease one small first aid kit which will be helpful during on-the-road emergencies such as a slight accident or a sudden scrape. Provided you have this kit in your truck, you can easily pick up first-aid supplies and tools (including ointments, dressings and bandages) and take care of yourself if you sustain a cut or other wound.
A Backup Power Bank
Obviously, it is important that you keep a reliable power bank with you during your on-the-road experience. Especially during extended trips, your truck is likely to develop a mechanical fault and in a situation like this, a backup power bank is needed to power your phone(s) and tablet(s).
A hand sanitizer is damn great to use especially if you can’t afford to keep some water and a bar of soap with you. Before eating food with your hands, you may have to wash them thoroughly to prevent bacteria and other germs.
You should know how important it is to get a well-backup flashlight that will sustain you for considerable hours without you having crank it frequently.
Every safety-minded driver readily understands the importance of using leather gloves. Provided you’re always wearing leather gloves while driving your truck, you’re much likely to prevent your hands from scrapes, abrasions and cuts.
Other than these accessories, a truck driver need to ensure his truck has all the latest and well-functioning truck parts like tires, fenders, exhausts, and so on. Say for example, poly truck fenders can keep the tires together even on the toughest roads and lessen the chances of accidents. On the other hand, having a comfortable truck steering wheel can allow the driver to have better control of the truck. | <urn:uuid:acf279ef-5662-4c2a-84f2-d42a7ab3b476> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newtheory.com/11-basic-truck-accessories-for-safe-rides/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.957942 | 793 | 1.515625 | 2 |
WhatsApp is back in the news for an issue related to security, but in an unusual way, but by statements in which they refuse to weaken the security of the service. This is a threat that is not the first time it has hit the media, but in the United Kingdom it could materialize if a new reform goes ahead and it would not only affect WhatsApp: any encrypted communications software is likely to be harmed.
It all comes down to the new online security law being prepared by the United Kingdom, and which includes provisions to “weaken” the encryption of applications such as WhatsApp. The excuse, of course, is not to spy on its citizens, as they have always liked to do, always in pursuit of security, but to stop certain crimes that are committed under the cover of technology. To unnerve the staff, the example used has been the abuse of minors.
According to the authorities, much of the pedophile material that circulates on the Internet does so, in effect, through communications platforms with end-to-end encryption, the most powerful known. And, of course, only by “weakening” that encryption can this type of crime be combated, one of the most rejected in society. This being the case, who would not agree to collaborate with such a laudable initiative?
Anyone who has half a brain and knows about the desire for surveillance and control of governments around the world, as has been demonstrated since the Internet became popular. Since Edward Snowsen slapped them in the face with the PRISM scandal, nothing has ever been the same.
Responding to questions from the BBC regarding the new security law in the United Kingdom, Will Cathcart, CEO of WhatsApp, could not have been clearer about it: they will not reduce the security of the service to please any government. Or what is the same, they will not “weaken” the encryption to favor the intervention of the authorities. But for a simple reason, which is why I put the term in quotes: how do you plan to do it?
Of the parties pushing for it, and there are more apart from the government, none knows or dares to say how they would do it. Not to mention that it is not the first time that the governments of half the world have the same desire to break the encryption to spy on everything that moves. In this case, the stated intention would be to scan people’s private messages on WhatsApp for pedophile material, but how?
According to Cathcart’s declarations, it is understood that it would be a matter of implementing some method that would carry out this client-side scanning, the only one possible since only the sender and the sender can see the content of the conversation in end-to-end encrypted services. “Client-side scanning may not work in practice,” says Cathcart, without further details.
Until now, all the official initiatives that have taken place in this sense, that of breaking the encryption of communication tools, had revolved around introducing backdoors in the code and sharing them with governments, but, at least on paper , the developers have always refused due to the potential security risks that this implies (without going any further, the exploitation of these vulnerabilities by cybercriminals), let alone discovering the cake.
The complete response of the CEO of WhatsApp, however, is not at all optimistic for the users of the application and their rights: «yesIf we had to reduce the security of the world, to meet the requirements in one country, that… would be stupid to accept, making our product less desirable to 98% of our users due to the 2% requirementssays Cathcart, who says he is willing to exit the UK market before that happens.
Would they dare that much? What if the United States does the same? Would they also leave it aside? And Europe? Then it would no longer be 2% of the WhatsApp user base, but much more. Would all it takes to “weaken” WhatsApp encryption would be for more governments to claim it? It should be remembered that WhatsApp is owned by Facebook (Meta) and we already know how Mark Zuckerberg’s company spends it when it comes to respecting the privacy of its users, among other issues. | <urn:uuid:dc3f39c9-a19c-441f-9879-a26102dfa0d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techunwrapped.com/whatsapp-warns-it-will-not-break-your-security-for-any-government/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.968778 | 877 | 2.15625 | 2 |
When you’re in pain, nothing else matters. All that you can think about, all you can really care about, is getting it to stop.
But that kind of desperation can lead to profoundly destructive choices, as is evidenced by the current opioid epidemic. In fact, drug overdose is currently the leading cause of death for adults under the age of 50 in the US, with opioids accounting for more than half of those fatalities.
Yet healthcare providers continue to prescribe opioids at an alarming rate, with little recognition of the risk of dependency. Even less thought is given to how these drugs can be prescribed ethically, in the safest and most responsible manner possible, a manner that truly eases the patient’s pain, without subjecting them to still worse suffering.
How Big is the Problem?
The sad reality is that the problem of chronic pain is as ubiquitous and as catastrophic as the opioid epidemic itself. According to recent estimates, as much as 11% of Americans live with significant, long-term discomfort.
And chronic pain isn’t just an affliction of old age, of the wear and tear of overused joints or the consequences of accidents and injuries suffered across a long and active life. As we become increasingly confined to our desk jobs, spending our days on hard office chairs, typing away endlessly at our computer keyboards, we’re increasingly at risk for everything from lower back pain to neck strain to carpal tunnel. We have to keep in mind that everything is connected, and a simple step we can take to ease back pain is wearing shoe insoles, such as the ones that can be bought at Protalus.com. Shoe inserts improve the alignment of your body, allowing the skeleton to support a greater percentage of body weight, rather than depending on soft tissues to compensate.
Whether your pain is chronic or acute, the first thing you need to do is get help before your condition worsens and becomes harder to treat. Early intervention will also help ensure that you aren’t driven to unsafe habits, like taking a swipe here and there from that unfinished bottle of meds left over from your last surgery.
Your best bet, though, is to find a doctor who specializes in pain management. A pain doctor will be able to diagnose precisely the type are experiencing. They will know how to tailor a specific treatment plan rather than just throwing the most powerful narcotic at the problem.
They will also know how to develop a control strategy that is not only effective in reducing your pain, but that will also pose little risk of addiction. This means that your doctor won’t just turn to opioids as the first or only solution.
Rather, if analgesics are a part of your treatment regimen, they will be a part of an integrated plan that includes other approaches to facilitate pain control. This will make it possible to decrease your dosages and to shorten the amount of time you have to use them.
Before you even begin opioids, however, you will need to talk with your doctor about the best strategy for weaning off the drugs. After all, opioids were never intended for long-term use and quickly lose their effectiveness as an analgesic.
Living the Life
Enlisting the help of a qualified pain medicine specialist might be the first step in managing your condition, but it’s by no means the last. No matter what your diagnosis, whether you’re suffering from an illness or an injury, pain is never caused by a single source.
Regardless of its origins, for instance, the condition is exacerbated by stress and vice versa. So one of the best things you can do to help control the hurt is to control your stress. For instance, vascular diseases are among the leading causes of sometimes disabling leg pain.
However, incorporating stress-relieving activities, such as gentle exercise, from walking to yoga, can not only reduce your blood pressure but can also improve your circulation. And that adds up to less vascular pain!
Likewise, you might turn to alternative therapies, from massage to acupuncture, to help you manage your condition. At the very least, these are techniques proven to aid in relaxation, which will reduce the body’s levels of cortisol while supporting the body’s release of endorphins and other feel-better neurotransmitters.
The Time For Palliative Care
As hard as it may be to accept, there are some conditions that aren’t going to get any better. Progressive diseases, especially those that are terminal, often mean facing the reality of worsening pain.
There is hope even in the face of such a devastating diagnosis, however. It lies in palliative care. Family nurse practitioners are often on the front lines of this fight. They are specially trained to provide support and comfort for patients and families confronting some of humanity’s most debilitating conditions.
Palliative care encompasses both psychological and emotional support, as well as comfort care. The ultimate goal is to ensure the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. That often begins with effective pain management.
Confronting chronic pain is often more frightening than confronting the actual illness or injury itself. But your life doesn’t have to end when you’re facing long-lasting pain. There are strategies that can help you manage your pain and return to the life you deserve. It begins with finding a pain care specialist with the expertise to customize a management strategy to your particular needs and goals. It also includes building a lifestyle that helps you manage stress and support your overall wellbeing. | <urn:uuid:41e5beec-fc76-4796-92d7-b6b360c626d0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://healthblog.cosmobc.com/2020/05/16/safe-methods-managing-chronic-pain/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.959712 | 1,138 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Sir Joshua Reynolds presented his third of fifteen discourses to the Royal Academy of Art on December the 14th 1770. He opens with a brief synopsis of his previous two lectures by saying that foremost an aspiring painter must master the rudiments of his or her art by learning to draw, compose and colour his work. Upon this basis the student is then advised to thoroughly study the, 'work of those who have stood the test of ages,' namely the Old Masters of antiquity and in addition the forms of nature. Sir Joshua now explains that the latter study of nature must not become an end in itself, because it would risk producing an art which is unimaginative and mechanical. In Reynolds' teaching, Nature, can be malformed and subject to 'error, therefore he instructs his students to learn how to improve upon nature itself.
How can one achieve this? What follows is a subtle topic and one which it must be remembered is directed at the student of art during the 18th century, and as such the close study of visual objects is expected, much as a scientist would approach his or her study of the world today. Sir Joshua teaches that it is possible to internalise in one's mind the 'ideal' of beauty. This ideal is what enables 'all the arts to receive their perfection, superior to what is to be found in individual nature.' Speaking further on this point Sir Joshua contrasts the limited painters of his day with the favorite artist of antiquity, Phidias, he adds;
"Who takes such forms as Nature produces and confines himself to an exact imitation of them will never attain to what is perfectly beautiful, for the works of nature are full of disproportion and fall very short of the true standard of beauty."
The French express the 'ideal' of beauty as the 'beau ideal' whereas the Italians call it 'gusto grande.' Speaking to his students at the Royal Academy and by extension to the reader some two hundred and forty seven years later, Reynolds empathises with intermediate level painters. He understood 'that divine inspiration' which is so apparent in the great works of antiquity is very difficult to acquire. For those painters who believe that attaining to such heights is beyond their capability and seek to be taught by any authority Sir Joshua wryly comments, "could we teach taste or genius by rules they would no longer be taste and genius." However he offers solace to his audience with some practical instruction.
In order to transcend the defects of Nature and reach the 'ideal' beauty, which is the province of true genius, he teaches that "one must discover what is deformed in Nature" and then repeatedly compare all objects that display blemishes with those that are considered to be beautiful. In this manner a painter is not beholden to copying nature but following long years of scrutinising the differences between beautiful and ugly forms, an artist learns to internalise the archetype in common with all beautiful forms. Using this archetype, the artist will be able to portray beautiful forms from imagination and correct ugly forms in nature; a process in some ways similar to how a plastic surgeon can alter the disproportion of a face to appear more pleasing to the eye. As Sir Joshua puts it;
"It is not every eye that perceives blemishes. It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of, (beautiful and ugly, forms; and which by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discerning what each wants in particular... By this means he acquires a just idea of beautiful forms, he corrects nature, her imperfect state by her more perfect."
As the previous two discourses explain, a painter has by now developed all of the skills and techniques which enable him or her to copy nature, the artist has also thoroughly absorbed the works of the Old Masters and the secrets of composition contained within them. Now the painter is beholden to no authority and seeks his own way to portray the world, his own vision of it.
Caravaggio, Titian or Rembrandt could paint the same theme and feature the same objects, though produce very different works. It is by virtue of their individual vision that they spontaneously create a world resembling our own, but at the same time variously individual. To pick up a pencil or brush and manifest something perfectly beautiful and harmonious, a face, a hand, a group of figures in a landscape, this is the genius that Sir Joshua is attempting to help the aspiring student to appreciate and to develop. Not mere slavish copying of the world around them. Sir Joshua adds;
"This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the artist calls the ideal beauty, is the great leading principle by which works of genius are conducted... and which seems to have a right to the epithet of divine as it seems to preside... over all the productions of nature."
If it is a fact and not merely classroom speculation that artists can develop an ability to manifest the 'ideal' beauty, then where is the best evidence of it to be found in Art? To this question Sir Joshua refers to the works of the ancient sculptors who "being indefatigable" in the school of nature, have left models of that perfect form behind them." The display of perfect beauty within the sculpture of antiquity is repeatable, as has been shown in countless of their works. Therefore this must result from some sort of principle, otherwise such beauty would not be possible to repeat. What principle could this be, Reynolds asks, but from the thorough comparison between beautiful and ugly forms? Comprehension of such perfect or 'ideal' beauty is something that Sir Joshua believed is not inborn but is acquired only from the study of nature; "if felicity is meant anything of chance or something born with a man and not earned, I cannot agree." Is this entirely true? Perhaps a more moderate outlook would be to say that some people are born with a greater aptitude for grasping the 'ideal' beauty and that therefore such people would require less study of nature to internalise the archetype.
Moving on, Sir Joshua has demonstrated that to reach the archetype of beauty one must contrast many beautiful and ugly forms, but he now shows that a further impediment to reaching this archetype is ones own upbringing in society and the fashions of ones day, which can so condition our way of looking at the world that we can no longer see nature purely but mixed with human tastes and inventions. Reynolds contrasts the simplicity of nature, which is devoid of contrivance and is to be emulated, with forms adulterated by the fashions of a particular time period, which are to be avoided. He advises the aspiring painter to;
"Disregard all local and temporary ornaments and look only on those general habits which are every where and always the same... The prejudices in favor of the fashions and customs that we have been used to and which are justly called second nature, make it too often difficult to distinguish that which is natural from that which is the result of education."
How then is a painter to separate from the fashions of the day? Sir Joshua explains that it is again by studying the 'Ancients,' because their work is true to the "real simplicity of nature." Simplicity points toward the 'ideal' beauty and together these two constitute the mark of a great painter. Sir Joshua explains; "Beauty and simplicity have so great a share in the composition of a great style, that he who has acquired them has little else to learn." As he approaches the conclusion of his third discourse, Reynolds explains that a painter of greatness is not concerned with merely deceiving the eye by the preciseness of a depiction but is more interested with the grandeur of his or her subject, with its meaning and the power that such a work possesses to move the viewer deeply, in this way ranking art as a sister of poetry.
Having said that, Sir Joshua finishes by advising his students to remember the lessons of the previous two discourses and not to disdain the ability to draw and represent the world realistically, otherwise an artist would risk becoming sloppy and therefore become unable to justly represent the beau ideal in a simple way. In conclusion the third discourse advises students of art to not be slaves to what they perceive, but through the study of antiquity and analysis of the distinguishing features which separate beautiful and ugly forms, to internalise beauty's archetype and render it at will with due care to maintain simplicity and technical prowess. | <urn:uuid:1d21a579-3dbf-4e02-ba48-780251f3710f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://foreverdoomed.com/entertainment/an-artists-guide-analysis-of-sir-joshua-reynolds-third-discourse-06-03-2021 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.973372 | 1,748 | 2.6875 | 3 |
What is it?
The I2C Encoder Mini is a small board where you can use a rotary encoder with a I2C bus. This can be useful in case you have few GPIO because with 3 pin you can control up to 127 devices. The I2C Encoder Mini will count and store every movement of the encoder, so no need to check the rotary encoder in real-time, the I2C Encoder Mini will do it!
This is a mini version of I2C Encoder V2.1.
- I2C bus working up to 400kHz
- Possibility to customize the I2C address with the I2C bus
- It supports the standard rotary encoder
- Open-drain Interrupt output pin, so no need to continuously poll the devices
- 5 pin header 2.54mm pitch on the left and right side, also the JST-XH fit
- 127byte of internal EEPROM
- Voltage range is 3.3V to 5V
- Maximum A/B signal frequency: 100Hz (Tested)
- Dimension of 23x19mm or 0.9×0.74in
- Open source project
This new version is powered by the ATtiny 402. It have a similar feature of the big brother, but it support only the mechanical encoder (no RGB) and there is no GP pins.
The I2C Encoder Mini have also pre-soldered the pull-up resistor on the I2C bus. The can be enabled by soldering a jumper.
Reading the encoder is a very easy task.
There are 4 32bit signed int registers:
- CVAL: Current value of the Encoder. This value changes every time the encoder rotates.
- CMAX: Maximum value that CVAL can reach
- CMIN: Minimum value that CVAL can reach
- ISTEP: How much the CVAL has to increment at each and every encoder step.
Shipping is done every Monday morning, please place the order before!
1 I2C Encoder Mini board fully assembled, programmed and tested (without encoders, connectors)
However, there are some accessory that you can add into your order according to your preference. The accessories are not soldered, you have solder by your self.
There are 4 types of standard encoders. All have 20 pulses for rotations and the push button:
- EC11 with handle 20mm long and 6mm diameter.
- EC11 with handle 15mm long and 6mm diameter.
- Bourns PEC11L-4115F-S0020 with handle 15mm long and 6mm diameter.
- Bourns PEC11L-4120F-S0020 with handle 20mm long and 6mm diameter.
- Bourns PEC11L-4020F-S0020 no dent with handle 20mm long and 6mm diameter.
There are also 2 type of connector:
- Male and female 5 pin header
- JST connector with 30cm wire
Example of male and female 5 pin header
Comparison between the I2C Encoder V2.1 and I2C Encoder Mini
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This gift is devoted to providing communities with clean, healthy water for daily living.
With the gift of clean water, your donation:
Helps families install hand pumps for better access to clean water
Teaches communities about managing water resources
Improves health by highlighting the importance of proper sanitation
Millions of people around the world still lack access to clean drinking water. In the impoverished communities where Open Hands Education is working, many of the homes lack running water, and some families do not even have a well nearby. Instead, they must spend each day fetching water. This is often a chore left to the children — especially girls — leaving no time for school. But Open Hands Education has a solution. This is one burden we can help lift together by helping families and communities install Hand pumps and teaching them the value of water conservation. | <urn:uuid:bd4ce187-993c-49b8-b5e1-aef46aba827b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://openhandseducation.org/how_you_can_help.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.946538 | 169 | 2.40625 | 2 |
1. int a=1,b=2,c=3;
What is the output?
2. for(i=0; i<=10;i++,printf("%d",i); +- (+- is there in the questions)
3. Scope of Static Variable
4. Whether all recursive program can be written iteratively?
5. What data structures you will use if you want to go to first record from the last and vice versa?
ans.: doubly linked circular list
6. Given 10000 nos. and 48MB Memory. What is the complexity of the efficient sorting algorithm.?
1. If there are too many page faults what is the problem?
2. To ensure one program. doesn't corrupt other program. in a Multi-program. environment what you should do?
3. Which one you will use to implement critical section? Binary Semaphore
4. Which one is not needed for Multi-program. environment? options are: virtual memory,security,time sharing,none of the above.
Networks and Hardware questions
1. Which one is not done by Data link layer ? bit stuffing, LRC,CRC,parity check
2. Which one is not related to Data link layer?
3. Which one is not suitable for client-server application? tcp/ip,message passing,rpc,none of the above.
Databases and Misc.
1. What is SQL .
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In the last few years, news of the Great Barrier Reef has been more the result of concern than awe. But finally, there is a new and much happier reason to be talking about it. The first-ever underwater hotel in Australia opened its door on the Great Barrier Reef in December 2019. There, you can be immersed in what looks like a reversed aquarium and wake up to a stunning view of the reef.
Reefsuites, the name of the new underwater accommodation, is hosted on a floating pontoon just off the coast of the Hard Reef. The two deluxe suites that can be booked onboard are suspended below sea level and give you the chance to observe over a 1,500 water species from the comfort of a king-size bed.
On the board of the floating hotel, you can experience the reef in more ways than one. There is a training pool for snorkeling and scuba diving under the pontoon, where you can enjoy spectacular views as a beginner too. At night, you can doze off to the relaxing view of the marine life seen through the full-height windows.
The Current State of the Reef
There are still many things that pose a threat to the Great Barrier Reef in one way or another. Decreases in new coral and coral bleaching have been occurring at alarming rates. The deterioration of the reef has placed it under the protection of UNESCO, which stated its “concern” for the reef’s condition.
How Sustainable Is an Underwater Hotel?
Some may be asking themselves if an establishment like Reefsuites adds to the environmental impact of humans on the biodiversity and health of the reef. According to marine biologists, the increased interest of tourists has a certain level of impact on the environment, but the economic benefits outweigh it. The local authorities still have a significant say in how the reef is used for tourism and monitors all such activities. | <urn:uuid:c57d40bc-8381-4906-bacc-90a815e21470> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://admin.bigglobaltravel.com/attractions/australias-underwater-hotel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.949769 | 388 | 2.4375 | 2 |
With the decrease in the total number of viruses, some have theorized that the need for virus protection is becoming less and less necessary. Protecting systems such as servers and workstations is nothing new. In fact, using anti-virus software was the first method enlisted to stop malicious code from infecting and propagating between these systems. However, the sophistication of viruses and malware in recent years has dramatically changed the playing field. The purpose of this paper is to help individuals understand the scope of the problem, and provide specific strategies available to combat this continually changing threat.
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What is a bleeding disorder?
Bleeding disorders occur when there is poor clotting due to deficient or missing proteins called factor. These disorders can cause heavy and prolonged bleeding, either spontaneously or after an injury. Hemophilia and von Willebrand disease are 2 common bleeding disorders. Bleeding disorders can be mild, moderate, or severe in nature. Severe bleeding disorders are usually detected in infancy, while milder versions of the disease may not be diagnosed until adulthood. Many bleeding disorders, including hemophilia and von Willebrand disease, are inherited conditions. There are other causes as well. | <urn:uuid:359134f1-8717-4fec-ad8e-47cff6827f11> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newenglandhemophilia.org/resources/bleeding-disorders/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.929311 | 121 | 3.796875 | 4 |
The staff, Lee et al, recently printed an report in Cosmetics additional checking out the anti-wrinkle energy of an ingestible manufactured with blackberry fermented with a lactic acid microorganisms, supposed to combat UV-triggered wrinkling, improve the dermal thickness and raise collagen accumulation.
This paper was a adhere to-up clinical examine after the exact same ingestible formulation, recognised as BB-1000, confirmed constructive anti-wrinkle results in hairless mice.
Lee et al said blackberry incorporates promising cosmetic compounds like flavonoids, phenols and anthocyanins, and lactic acid has shown antibacterial, immune, and antioxidant exercise in past scientific tests.
“As the lifespan of the populace and incomes maximize, interest in anti-growing old solutions is growing,” Lee et al said. “With the distribute of this trend, the demand for skin wellbeing functional meals is also rising.”
The ingestible was examined on a inhabitants of Korean adults between 35 and 60 decades of age.
Around a test period of time of 12 weeks, Lee et al reported photographic evidence confirmed a substantial advancement in wrinkles all over the eyes.
Lactic acid bacterias have a major effects on intestinal microflora and are broadly commercialized as probiotics and the latest scientific tests have connected gut health to pores and skin well being, Lee et al stated. The effects of the research would assist the benefits of oral ingestion of probiotics on skin well being, they reported.
“The significance of this study is that the anti-wrinkle efficacy of a fermented blackberry item was confirmed not only in past animal experiments but also in this medical trial,” Lee et al mentioned. “As a consequence of medical trials on skin wrinkle enhancement and protection, BB-1000 is predicted to be made use of with assurance as a well being useful food items that can make improvements to pores and skin wrinkles.”
The investigate staff additional, even though there was improved antioxidant activity and a reduction of wrinkles in the examine, there was not an improvement in pores and skin moisturization.
The fermented blackberry ingestible appeared to help in battling oxidative strain in the pores and skin, but even further study is wanted to have an understanding of by what mechanisms it improves pores and skin wellbeing and what mechanisms are not current in buy to boost humidity.
Writer: Sang-Wang Lee et al
Title: Anti-Wrinkle Outcome of BB-1000: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Research
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The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5781 is more than just the loss of an inspirational woman, who from her first post-college job as a Social Security clerk to her distinguished career as the second woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, fought for and shepherded in a new era of rights for women—and for all the country’s downtrodden. Her death is a tragedy for our nation and its future, coming at a vulnerable and critical time in history. It is also a tragedy for the American Jewish community and for Jews around the world. A Jew devoted to the pursuit of justice and one of the true heroes of our time, Justice Ginsburg leaves a gaping hole in our hearts and in our lives.
A few weeks ago, Moment asked Justice Ginsburg to weigh in on our next issue’s big question: Is society moving forward or regressing? Here, in part, is what she said:
Despite the considerable progress, a daunting distance remains to be traveled. Most people in poverty in the USA are women and children, women’s earnings are still notably less than the earnings of men with comparable education and experience, our workplaces do not adequately accommodate the demands of childbearing and childrearing, we have yet to devise effective ways to ward off sexual harassment at work, and domestic violence in our homes. While mindful of current realities, the opening of doors long closed makes me optimistic about a future in which daughters and sons alike will be free from artificial barriers, free to aspire and achieve in full accord with their God-given talents, and their willingness to do the hard work needed to make their dreams come true.
Read the full piece here.
Baruch Dayan Emet. Blessed is the true judge.
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Why is Clara Bow known as the It Girl?
Clara Bow, (born July 29, 1905, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 27, 1965, Los Angeles, Calif.), American motion-picture actress called the “It” Girl after she played in It (1927), the popular silent-film version of Elinor Glyn’s novel of that name. She personified the vivacious, emancipated flapper of the 1920s.
How old is Clara Bow?
60 years (1905–1965)
Clara Bow/Age at death
Why was Clara Bow the It Girl in the 1920s?
Clara Bow was an actress who became famous during the silent film era of the 1920s. Later roles in projects like Black Oxen and Wine brought her considerable attention, and she had major success with the 1927 film It, which proved a tremendous box office draw and lent her the nickname the “It” Girl.
Was Clara Bow married?
Rex Bellm. 1931–1962
Was Clara Bow an alcoholic?
Wikimedia CommonsPictured is 16-year-old Clara Bow after winning a magazine contest. Born in 1905 in what some have described as “the most brutal poverty that was known at the time,” Bow grew up in the tenements of Brooklyn, raised by a schizophrenic mother and an alcoholic father.
How tall is Clara Bow feet?
How tall is Clara Bow?
What was Clara Bow’s nickname?
The “It” Girl
Did Clara Bow have schizophrenia?
Bow became reclusive, staying on Bell’s ranch in Nevada, and continued to struggle with her mental health. She was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia. After attempting suicide in the mid-1940s, she retired to a bungalow where she lived alone. She passed away in 1965 in Los Angeles of a heart attack.
When did Clara Bow get married?
December 3, 1931 (Rex Bell)
Clara Bow/Wedding dates
Why is Clara Bow called the It Girl?
Clara Gordon Bow (/ ˈboʊ /; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to ” talkies ” in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film It brought her global fame and the nickname ” The It Girl “.
Was Clara The Sweetest Girl in the world?
Jacobson concluded, ” [Clara] was the sweetest girl in the world, but you didn’t cross her and you didn’t do her wrong.”
What was the temperature when Clara was born?
Despite the warning, Sarah became pregnant with Clara in late 1904. In addition to the risky pregnancy, a heat wave besieged New York in July 1905, and temperatures peaked around 100 °F (38 °C). Years later, Clara wrote: “I don’t suppose two people ever looked death in the face more clearly than my mother and I the morning I was born. | <urn:uuid:63be0a1d-9474-46fb-bd82-5c656c89dc7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://uruvideo.com/why-is-clara-bow-known-as-the-it-girl/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.97512 | 687 | 2.109375 | 2 |
The Living Building Challenge — an international building certification program that promotes advanced sustainability in construction — isn’t called a “challenge” for nothing.
It has the most rigorous sustainability standards. To be certified, buildings must meet all advanced sustainability measures in seven categories: place, water, energy, health, happiness, materials, equity, and beauty. Unlike Leadership and Energy Environmental Design (LEED), the Living Building Challenge is less about the building’s performance and more about the overall environmental impact of the facility. Certification is only given after one full year of continuous occupancy when the facility has proven it has achieved net positive energy, net positive water, and net positive waste.
Needless to say, it’s no easy feat.
That’s why we’re excited to spotlight the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, a 36,978-square-feet education and research facility that’s striving for full certification from the Living Building Challenge.
Recognized by Metro Atlanta as one of the most innovative projects in the Southeast, the Kendeda Building is a net-positive sustainable urban structure with a green roof, a solar panel canopy, cisterns for rainwater collection and reuse, and integrated plantings around the site to provide food for students throughout the year.
We recently caught up with Jimmy Mitchell, the Sustainability Engineer at Skanska USA, who worked on the project. Mitchell will be presenting at Autodesk University, where he will take the virtual stage for a session titled The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.
Register for AU 2020 to learn how the team overcame the project’s challenges and discover how collaboration and technology helped Mitchell and his team in all phases of construction — from preconstruction to turnover.
Ahead of the session, we chatted with Mitchell and asked him to walk us through his experience in sustainable construction and what people can expect to learn from his session.
Building a Passion for Construction Sustainability
Mitchell has been passionately involved in construction sustainability long before the Kendeda project.
He didn’t grow up in a household of engineers, but he was good at math and science, so his parents encouraged him to pursue the field. He went to Georgia Tech and initially took up chemical engineering, but eventually gravitated towards civil.
“Civil engineering is a very social type of engineering. We do it because of people, transit, and travel. We can’t build without the community; I liked that, it kind of fits my attention span and my level of engagement,” he says.
It was also at Georgia Tech — around his fourth year — when he started to learn about sustainability.
“I took this class where we thought about progress. At that time, I was learning about sustainability and construction. I decided that one of my long-term personal objectives is to bring progress to sustainability in the construction industry. That’s where it started.”
Taking Sustainability to the Next Level at Skanska
Skanska, says Mitchell, was an excellent fit for that objective.
“Skanska is this global company that’s value-based. And those values are very well aligned with sustainability. So whenever I was doing crazy things, instead of being rejected, it was accepted, and they would show me to other crazy people and other offices who had similar interests.”
During his early years at Skanska, Mitchell expressed his views on LEED, which led to him being one of the first LEED managers in Georgia.
Part of his work involved thinking about the next step in construction sustainability, and it was also around this time that he learned about Autodesk tools.
“Skanska let me transfer for six months to a medical office building and outpatient center project out in the Bay Area, and that project team used Revit. That’s when I really began doing construction management with technology tools like Autodesk products.
When I came back to Atlanta, I brought back what I learned from a construction management perspective,” he recalls.
Mitchell then embarked on a number of sustainability projects from there, including building one of the first urban gardens in Atlanta. He also co-founded the Lifecycle Building Center (LBC), a non-profit center that promotes material reuse.
Achieving Sustainability Through Collaboration
One of the highlights of Mitchell’s work around construction sustainability is the Kendeda Building — which, as mentioned earlier, had to meet a high bar in terms of sustainability. It was an ambitious project with plenty of moving parts.
Mitchell and his team were able to stay on top of everything thanks to their strong collaborative practices, particularly during the preconstruction phase. They held weekly live estimations and used Assemble to update and share models, as well as compare design options, provide scope and track budget changes.
They also sent Georgia Tech variance reports on what changed, where the changes occurred, and how much it changed. Typically, this process can take days – even weeks – when costs are not easily available to aid decision making.
The project’s highly collaborative approach allowed all stakeholders to be on the same page and tackle issues together — which ultimately led to successfully completing the most sustainable building in the Southeast.
“Skanska was always there at the design meetings. And when the contractor is making any decisions, the architect and the design team are right there with us. There were probably thousands of sustainable design and construction challenges we had to solve, and we worked well together. I’m most proud of the fact that we got through it together.”
The Role of Technology in Achieving Sustainability
Technology was one of the key components behind the team’s effective collaboration. They used Autodesk software to provide updates as well as to track costs and changes in real-time. These tools also helped them navigate unexpected challenges quickly and efficiently.
“Autodesk definitely helped team members be more collaborative,” says Mitchell.
“With the Kendeda Building, we were building a wood structure in the hot, humid Southeast, and we were striving to achieve all these global objectives. When we were making every decision, there was a desire to think about each option.”
He continued, “We got down into the weeds and made decisions based on the real criteria and results that would come through. And so, Autodesk tools allowed us to quickly analyze these complex parametric problems and actually achieve a much better analysis.”
According to Mitchell, Autodesk made it easy to see the implications and impacts that a decision would have on the project.
“To me, it was immensely valuable to be able to go, ‘Oh, if we rotated this auditorium 90 degrees, how would that impact the 20 imperatives in the budget?’ Without Autodesk, you couldn’t do that. You couldn’t look and see what it impacts or quickly figure out the quantity changes and the costs of those changes.”
For example, when they had to relocate two classrooms and lower the ceiling of the auditorium, Mitchell and his team used Revit and Assemble to rapidly price and model the evolving designs.
Furthermore, technology also played a critical role in collaboration during the construction phase, where they used BIM 360 to facilitate communications. These tools allowed subcontractors to access the latest information generated from the office.
Skanska also captured project progress photos and videos using drones. They leveraged Autodesk Recap Photo to process drone photos and create interactive 3D point cloud and mesh models to share site conditions for days in the schedule.
During the turnover phase, Skanska delivered a COBie-formatted construction asset database, as per the requirements of Georgia Tech. This was a structured collection of commissioning data pulled from BIM 360 Field, warranties, as-built drawings/models, and construction submittals, containing product data, photos, etc.
This well-organized database enabled facility managers to be ready for operations from day one.
It’s All About Sustainability
When asked about the key takeaways from his upcoming session, Mitchell said it all comes down to sustainability and making use of tools and resources we already have.
“You’ve got the tools at your hand to do real depth analysis with these objectives. So, use them to your advantage.”
The bottom line, he says, is we have everything at our fingertips to make an impact and a difference.
Don’t miss your chance to hear from Mitchell firsthand and learn about the Southeast’s most sustainable building. Register for Autodesk University 2020 and catch his session — and many others — all free. The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design will also be featured in a must-watch documentary premiering at Autodesk University. Don’t miss out – register today! | <urn:uuid:5222cbba-8d7a-47e0-bfcc-2972b47a9631> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://constructionblog.autodesk.com/sustainable-building-southeast-kendeda/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961016 | 1,867 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Cyclone Eline is gone, but the effects
of the torrential rains continue to devastate the people of Mozambique.
And the water continues to rise. It has become a widespread and complex
situation that is challenging even the most experienced emergency response
Thousands may have already lost their lives. Entire villages and towns are totally isolated as connecting roads and bridges have been severely damaged or submerged. People are being rescued by helicopter directly from tree tops and hut roofs. Yesterday, in the province of Sofala, helicopters arrived too late to save the lives of 55 people who drowned after days of waiting.
World Vision has started to distribute food to more than 6,000 displaced people. World Vision is also partnering with Oxfam in rescue operations, making available $50,000 that will allow for the renting of a helicopter with a capacity to rescue 500 people per day, at the rate of 50 people per trip. Also, a small aircraft is being rented to help transport 1,500 survival kits containing 'capulanas' (women's wrap-arounds), axes and cooking pots, and blankets.
For more information on the crisis or to help the people of Mozambique and South Africa survive this disaster, please click below.
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Recently, Ken Jacobs, Ian Perry and Jenifer MacGillvary from UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education released a detailed report showing that the majority of public assistance payments—such as EITC, food stamps (SNAP), child care subsidies, TANF, Medicaid–go to working families. Working, per se, turns out not to be a guarantee against reliance on such assistance. When wages are low (or workers have insufficient hours) families often qualify for tax-payer funded safety net programs. Across states, the working family share of pubic assistance ranged from 43% in Alaska to 66% in Texas.
So is this a problem? That depends on who you ask. Moreover, there are different reasons for considering this to be a problem. Here I lay out three such reasons, and assess their relevance. Continue reading | <urn:uuid:b91941f8-24c9-48b9-ba76-65e078d62798> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://arindube.com/2015/04/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.944809 | 171 | 1.898438 | 2 |
In an article published in CMAJ, the authors report studying 404 boys under 3 years old. All these children presented to a large emergency department with symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infection and had a catheter urine specimen sent for microbiological studies. Only 393 cultures were available and the 11 boys without available results were excluded. The majority (90%) of the remaining 393 children were circumcised. 80 had proven urinary infection, of which 30% of uncircumcised boys had positive cultures compared to only 4.8% of circumcised boys. This was a significant difference with an odds ratio of 0.07. The authors concluded that the risk for urinary tract infection is higher in uncircumcised vs circumcised boys younger than 3 years. They went on to report that in uncircumcised boys 3 years and younger, the odds of having a urinary tract infection is not affected by the visibility of the meatus. | <urn:uuid:1d7021ea-484f-4f15-915b-cf757207dcbd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.staffordshireurologyclinic.co.uk/journal-watch/in-the-under-3-year-old-age-group-urinary-tract-infection-is-more-common-in-uncircumcised-boys/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.983506 | 184 | 2.734375 | 3 |
It is important for the health of the unborn child that the expecting mother keeps her vitamin D levels high during her entire pregnancy. According to a study from Southampton University, vitamin D supplementation is less effective, if a pregnant woman starts with low levels of vitamin D in the early stage of her pregnancy, has major and sudden weight gain, and gives birth during winter.
The study revealed that pregnant women react differently to vitamin D supplementation, which is why one should adjust supplementation to individual needs. All the body’s cells have vitamin D receptors that are important for calcium uptake, the bones, the muscles, the brain, the nervous system, and the immune system. Vitamin D is considered a hormone and believed to control around 5-10 percent of our genes. The summer sun is our primary vitamin D source, while our food only makes a minor contribution that is below the reference intake (RI). Our modern lifestyle with many indoor activities, our use of sunscreens, plus having dark skin, being old, being overweight, and having type-2 diabetes explains why many people have too little vitamin D in their blood.
Lack of vitamin D increases the child’s risk of weak bones and serious diseases
Lack of vitamin D during pregnancy is not only likely to damage the mother’s health but may even have a long-term impact on the development and health of the child. For instance, a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy can increase the child’s risk of developing weak bones, autism, and sclerosis later in life.
Nicolas Harvey, a professor from the University of Southampton, headed the above-mentioned study and underlines how important it is for the child’s health that the mother has enough vitamin D in her blood. According to the study, the expecting mother’s blood levels of vitamin D should be optimized with respect to individual factors such as pregnancy term and body weight.
Strategy for improving the health of future generations
800 pregnant women participated in the described double-blind, placebo-controlled study, MAVIDOS (Maternal Vitamin D Osteoporosis Study). Half the participants got a daily supplement with 25 micrograms of vitamin D, while the other half got matching placebo (dummy pills) beginning from the 14th week of pregnancy and continuing until birth. Analyses showed that those women who got vitamin D supplements had different levels of the nutrient in their blood, even though they were given the same dosage. Based on this finding, the researchers noted that the women who gave birth during summer, who had the smallest weight gain during their pregnancy, and who had the highest vitamin D levels at the beginning of their pregnancy, tended to have higher levels of the nutrient later on in their pregnancy. Women who constantly took vitamin D also had higher blood levels of the nutrient than those who did not take supplements.
As shown, pregnant women react differently to vitamin D supplementation. According to Professor Cyrus Cooper from the University of Southampton, the study serves to show that vitamin D supplementation should be adjusted to the season, to weight increase, and to other individual needs. This entirely new and rather simple strategy may improve the health of the pregnant woman and perhaps even the health of future generations.
Vitamin D recommendations differ widely
In Denmark, the reference intake (RI) for vitamin D is 10 micrograms from the age of 11 years and upward. Since July 2016, the British health authorities have recommended everyone from the age of one year onward to take a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D – especially during the winter period.
The pregnant participants in the before mentioned Southampton study got 25 micrograms of vitamin D daily, which is more than double the amount that is recommended to pregnant women in Denmark.
Measuring vitamin D in the blood
Vitamin D in the blood is measured as 25-hydroxyvitamin. The official threshold values are 50 ng/ml, but leading experts claim that this level is inadequate and suggest 75-100 ng/ml for optimal disease prevention.
Rebecca J. Moon et al. Determinants of the Maternal 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Response to Vitamin D Supplementation During Pregnancy. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & metabolism. 2016
Khaled Sall et al. Randomized controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2016
John J Cannell. Autism Causes, Prevention and Treatment: Vitamin D Deficiency and the Explosive Rise in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Sunrise River Press. 2015
Alberto Ascherio, MD, DrPH et al. Vitamin D Status During Pregnancy and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis in Offspring at Women in the Finnish Maternity Cohort. JAMA Neurol. March 2016
Benjamin M Greenberg, MD, MHS. Vitamin D During Pregnancy and Multiple Sclerosis: An Evolving Association. JAMA Neurol. March 2016
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AllvertaGlobal – Japan on Thursday (26/5) announced it will reopen its doors to tourists from 36 countries with conditions starting June 10. The announcement marks the end of the country’s two-year pandemic shutdown.
The requirement for tourists to enter Japan is that they join a tour group, as quoted by AFP.The decision comes after the government last week said it was testing permits for small group tours with tourists from the United States, Australia, Thailand and Singapore from May 2022.
The government then revised border controls on Thursday (26/5) by continuing to receive tour packages from 36 countries, areas with relatively stable Covid situations, such as the UK, Spain, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia.
Japan will also increase the number of airports that accept international flights. This brings the total to seven by adding Naha in southern Okinawa prefecture and Chitose near Sapporo in northern Hokkaido.
For most of the pandemic, Japan has barred all tourists and only allowed foreign nationals and residents in, although the latter has been periodically closed. Everyone must test negative before traveling to Japan and most must be tested again on arrival, although people from certain countries who have been vaccinated three times may pass the additional tests and three-day quarantine required for others.
Once Japan’s entrances are reopened, tour groups are expected to take on the responsibility of ensuring visitors implement Japan’s nearly universal mask-wearing rule and other measures that have helped keep the number of cases from Covid-19 relatively low. Local media said the daily limit of people who could enter Japan would be doubled to 20,000 from next month, although tour groups are not expected to be counted in that figure.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he wanted to loosen border controls. However, the measures are expected to be slow with strong public support for the current restrictions. Japan scored a record 31.9 million foreign visitors in 2019 and was on track to reach its goal of 40 million in 2020 before the pandemic hit. | <urn:uuid:ac3b7f43-b06b-4d93-a0be-525ce27abc1f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://global.allverta.com/jepang-izinkan-grup-wisata-turis-masuk-mulai-10-juni/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.965284 | 419 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Everyone knows the swollen, painful lymph nodes in the stages of the disease. However, if the lymph nodes swell painlessly, it may be a sign of lymph node cancer. A malignant disease that causes non-specific symptoms.
The lymphatic system is part of the body’s defense system and is responsible for fighting infections. It is made up of a series of lymph nodes and blood vessels that carry lymph fluid, which contains white blood cells that fight infection, throughout the body. Foreign bodies and other harmful substances are filtered and destroyed by the lymphatic system. Lymph node cancer is a general term for cancer of the lymphatic system. FITBOOK knows the symptoms of lymph node cancer.
What are the symptoms of lymph node cancer?
In the early stages, lymph node cancer causes almost no symptoms. Only swollen lymph nodes can be a symptom of the disease. They can appear in the lymph nodes in the neck, armpits, abdomen, groin, upper chest and even behind the sternum. In addition, the symptoms of early lymphoma are very non-specific:1
- fatigue and exhaustion
- strong feeling of cold
- loss of appetite
- abdominal pain
- painless, persistent swelling of the lymph nodes
So-called B symptoms may also occur:
- night sweats
- weight loss
Other symptoms, such as anemia, a tendency to infection and bleeding, may occur in the later advanced course, when the bone marrow is also affected. Symptoms such as cough, difficulty breathing, abdominal, bone and joint pain, and indigestion may also occur, depending on organ and tissue infections.
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Types of lymph node cancer
There are different types of lymphomas that differ in the types of cells involved and the course of the disease. There are two main types Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Hodgkin’s disease, Hodgkin’s disease) and that Non-Hodghin lymphoma (NHL).
Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Hodgkin’s disease)
Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a malignant lymphoma that comes from degenerate lymph cells, more specifically from B cells. B lymphocytes belong to white blood cells and, together with T cells, are an important part of the human immune system. Defense cells produce antibodies against pathogens, bacteria and viruses. The difference between Hodgkin’s lymphoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma can only be seen under a microscope. In the first case, so-called “Reed-Sternberg cells” can be detected, multinucleated giant tumor cells that do not occur in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
If no “Reed-Sternberg cells” are found, a large number of different types of cancer of the lymphatic system are summarized under “Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma” (NHL). Here, too, lymphomas are caused by degenerate B cells and, in a smaller number, by T cells that are responsible for fighting the virus. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas are divided into low-grade and high-grade, ie high-grade NHL. In the latter, fast-growing, degenerate cells, they spread from their place of origin – often from one of the lymph nodes – all over the body and infect other organs and tissues.2,3,4
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What are the causes of the disease?
Cancer develops when lymphatic cells, such as the spleen or bone marrow stem cells, grow out of control. However, the exact trigger behind this is not yet known. Science has only been able to identify a combination of factors that may increase the risk of developing lymph node cancer. In Hodgkin’s lymphoma, they are:
In the case of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the following risk factors may also be the cause:
- some autoimmune diseases, such as B. Rheumatism
- hepatitis B and C infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- chemicals such as some pesticides
- radioactive radiation
- severe overweight
How do you diagnose?
If your doctor finds an abnormal swelling or other symptom, he or she will order a biopsy of the suspected lymphoma if he or she suspects lymph node cancer. The cells are removed from the enlarged lymph nodes and sent to a specialist called a hematopathologist, who examines the cells to determine if they are lymphoma and, if so, what type of cell it is.
If these are indeed lymphoma cells, further tests are needed to find out how far the cancer has progressed, ie at what stage. This is done by means of X-rays, the number of white and red blood cells by means of blood tests, examination of the cells and tissues of the lymph nodes, bone marrow and ultrasound examinations.5,6,7
The stages of lymph node cancer were divided into four stages:
- Phase 1: Affected single area of the lymph nodes or localized area outside the lymphatic system
- Stage 2: Affected by two or more areas of the lymph nodes on the same side of the diaphragm
- Stage 3: Affected by two or more areas of the lymph nodes on either side of the diaphragm or organs outside the lymphatic system
- Stage 4: Non-localized involvement of one or more non-lymphatic organs, such as the lungs, liver or bone marrow, with or without lymph node involvement
Doctors also rank NHL tumors according to how fast they grow. Low-grade lymphomas are slow-growing and less malignant. Highly malignant lymphomas are malignant, aggressive and grow very fast.8
Also interesting: Ramsay Hunt Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
What treatment options are there?
In the treatment of lymph node cancer, several specialists for treatment or treatment are usually consulted in the hematology and oncology department of the university clinic. Depending on the type and progression of lymphoma, an individual treatment plan is drawn up, which also takes into account age and general health.
Therapeutic approaches are diverse and in many cases promising. Treatments that can be used for Hodgkin’s lymphoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma include:
- Radiation therapy to shrink and kill cancer cells
- antibody therapy
- in some cases stem cell transplants
Often, one therapeutic approach is or must be combined with another for treatment to be effective. Stem cell transplantation can only work with chemotherapy.
Frequency and prognosis of the disease
Cancer is relatively rare in Germany. Hodgkin’s lymphoma accounts for only about 0.5 percent of all new cancers in Germany in men and women. Men became ill on average at the age of 46 and women at the age of 43. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas are also relatively rare. In 2018, 8,280 women and 10,190 men had lymph node cancer in Germany. In comparison, about 70,000 women developed breast cancer and about 34,000 men developed colorectal cancer in the same year.9.10
The extent to which lymph node cancer can be cured depends, in principle, on the type and stage of the disease. The age and health status of the patient also play a role in the treatment. Many people with Hodgkin’s lymphoma can be cured. Five-year survival is about 91 percent for women and 81 percent for men. Unfortunately, the chances of recovery from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are slightly worse because some types of NHL are very aggressive and growing rapidly. About 71 percent of women and 70 percent of men survive the next five years after diagnosis.11,12,13,14
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Can lymphoma be prevented?
Because it is not entirely clear what exactly causes lymph node cancer, it is not possible to say with certainty how best to minimize the risk of developing the disease. In principle, every form of preventive medical examination should be used and a doctor should be consulted if any abnormalities and symptoms appear in the lymph nodes that could indicate lymph node cancer. In addition, one should lead a generally healthy lifestyle in order to minimize any form of disease risk. This means following a healthy diet, drinking little or no alcohol, getting enough exercise and not smoking. | <urn:uuid:a3e37f56-f8dc-406d-a53f-29790860183a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gurubengals.com/what-symptoms-suggest-lymph-node-cancer-fitbook/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.937949 | 1,833 | 2.96875 | 3 |
What is Youthful Fire Setting?
Youthful Fire Setting is a pattern of behaviors where a child intentionally or accidentally starts fires. Because behaviors patterns stem from a pattern of thoughts, you can teach children the importance of fire safety and how to cope with emotions in order to prevent tragedy due to fire. Youthful fire setting is prevalent and can be prevented. According to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, “Children playing with a fire set more than 20,000 fires every year. That is an average of almost 400 fires each week”.
Young children tend to start fires in places they are familiar with such as their play areas and their homes. It’s important to not just focus on what they are doing, rather, focus on why they are setting fires. In order to focus on the why, you need to know the difference between curious and troubled firesetters.
Curious Fire Setters
Curious Fire Setters are usually younger children. They set fires out of curiosity, to learn, and they often mimic the behavior they have seen. For example, if a child sees his dad light the grill in order to cook a meal for the family, a child might try to do the same by lighting his toy on fire.
Children tend to use whatever toy or material is available in order to mimic what they’ve seen. Fire Safety Education is a great form of prevention in this case because children want to build autonomy and learn, but they don’t necessarily understand the danger or repercussions of starting a fire.
Troubled Fire Setters
Troubled firesetters tend to set fires after a stressful incident, and what they set on fire will probably be related to the stressful incident. For example, if a child is stressed about his father having to leave because he’s in the military, the child might light his father’s uniform on fire in hopes that will cause him to stay home with the family.
Here are three main triggers for troubled firesetters:
- Family- a family crisis, difficulty with family members, and physical/sexual abuse are likely to cause stressful situations for children
- Finances- a need for money or crime concealment might trigger troubled fire setters
- Social Factors- inability to adapt to change, physical/mental/emotional disabilities, and substance abuse by family members all create stressful environments for children
What can I do?
Even though there are many factors to consider when it comes to youthful fire setting, prevention is possible with the following steps:
- Teach fire Safety Behaviors
- Control access to fire. Keep matches and lighters out of reach.
- Set a good example. Practice using fire safety behaviors.
- Pay attention to underlying causes that may motivate a child to set fires.
First Response is dedicated to the safety of your children. We teach about the difference between curious and troubled firesetters in our fire safety courses. Learn more about how to sign up for fire safety courses here.
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The new twist to the ever evolving story is the Sirt1 protein might have at least two primary roles in the cell. The first role is to locate itself on DNA to inhibit these particular genes that it is situated on for they are not needed by this particular cell at this time. The second role though is to help repair DNA damage caused by such things as oxidative stress. Sirt1 leaves its original location in which it was suppressing specific genes to where the DNA is damaged and hence they are no longer doing their gene suppressing job.
As the short review article in Science pointed out - this is a catch-22 situation (the catch-22 of aging).
In the paper when they induced oxidative stress there was a Sirt1 dependent dsregulation of gene expression - which resembles that of an aging mouse brain (see below). With the oxidative stress Sirt1 was relocated (from its original sites of action) to the DNA double-strand breaks. If Sirt1 was reduced there was less efficient repair of these DNA breaks. Interestingly, overexpression of Sirt1 repressed 85% of the formerly deregulated gene expression.
Next the researchers irradiated mice to induce cancer in a specific mouse strain prone to developing cancer (p53 +/-) and found the Sirt1 activator resveratrol if fed 3 weeks prior to the irraditation increased survival by 24%. Since resveratrol might not be just working through increased Sirt1 activity they used a transgenic aniamal that allowed temporal and tissue specific overexpression of Sirt1. A 2-4 fold increase of Sirt1 expression in bone marrow lymphocyte progenitors and mature B and T cells was induced 2 weeks prior to exposure of the mice to irradiation. Survival in the Sirt1 induced animals increased by 46%. Finally, they found that overexpression of Sirt1 in the mouse brain could repress the age related deregulation of certain genes.
I am only give you brief outline of the paper, I encourage you to read the full thing if you are a scientist for even if this is not your particular scientific interest it is thorough and involves many interesting techniques.
Take home messages:
Aging could be a catch-22 situation - Sirt1 steadfastly performs its normal function of suppressing inappropriate gene expression but when there is DNA damage it abandons the castle to fight off genomic instability - but at the cost of deregulation back on the home front. However, overexpression of Sirt1 (via resveratrol and/or more direct genetic manipulations) can at least partially rescue the adverse affects of the accelerated irradiation induced ‘aging’ (genomic instability - increased cancer). Think of it as if you have enough soldiers you can both defend the home castle and fight wars in far off lands (though I am not a big fan of war like analogies).
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There are 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. And across these are 169 targets, each with related indicators of success. While we recognise the importance of all the SDGs we identified that we can make the most significant contribution towards nine of them.
We know we can make the most significant contribution by supporting and empowering our proud, connected community. We're also in a strong position to positively influence governments, policy makers and regulators on sustainability matters, and develop the profession in alignment with the SDGs. And we're making commitments as an employer and in relation to our own operations, including our commitment to becoming Net Zero by 2030.
SDG 4: Quality education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong opportunities for all
Our commitment: We will offer access to a quality finance and accountancy education that is free from artificial barriers.
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Our commitment: We will promote gender equality across our global community and achieve gender equality across our employee population.
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Our commitment: We will support our community to progress in their careers so they can actively contribute to sustainable economic growth.
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We will embed green finance in our qualifications and learning products to improve capability across the profession for climate action.
We will advise and support governments and regulators to develop and adopt the regulations and reporting practices needed to transition to a Net Zero carbon economy.
At ACCA, we’re committing to becoming Net Zero by 2030.
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Our commitment: We will promote and adhere to the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and ethics.
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Our commitment: We will work in partnership to build an inclusive global profession that supports the development of ethical, sustainable and successful businesses and economies.
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Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital opened on August 17th 1876 in Morristown, New Jersey.
Originally named the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum, the building opened in part due to the work of Dorothea Dix, a nurse who was an advocate for better health care for people with mental illnesses. Once open for business, the hospital quickly filled with patients, becoming the institution that not only cared for those residing in the northern part of New Jersey but also the transfer location for patients that could not be accommodated in the only other asylum in the state, located in Trenton.
However, Greystone quickly became overwhelmed with patients and only four years after opening its doors, it was already housing several hundred more patients than it was designed for. Construction on the hospital was frequent in an attempt to meet the need of the massive influx of patients, but the demand was simply too overwhelming and rumors began to spread of insufficient care.
With the 1970s and 1980s came a bit of relief in enrollment due to the the more frequent prescription of psychiatric drugs, and gradually the hospital buildings and extra wings began to close. In 2000, the governor of New Jersey announced that the facility would be closed by 2003 citing concerns about the building’s structural integrity, although many speculated it was also in part due to the recent bad press the hospital was getting for lack of care.
Update: Ground was broken on a new mental health facility on the Greystone grounds in 2005, and Greystone, the second largest building in the country next to the Pentagon, was knocked down in 2015.
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In this article Will guide you on Downloading and Installing UNACADEMY App for PC Windows and Mac.
What is UNACADEMY?
Unacademy is a popular online learning tool that can run smoothly on desktop computers by using an Android emulator. With this app, students can obtain knowledge from top educators in their field, prepare for exams, and even learn from top educators in their field.
Among the most popular online learning apps, Unacademy App for PC is one of the highest-rated. All interested students can enroll in a wide variety of high-quality courses. Learn from highly experienced educators through the Unacademy Learning App Download for PC, where you are able to attend live classes and have your questions answered. You can also test yourself live, participate in practice sessions, etc. to check how much improvement you have made in a particular subject.
In addition to being beneficial for students, the Unacademy app is beneficial for educators as well. If you are a student, you can utilize Unacademy for the learning purpose and if you are an educator or lecturer then you can make use of this app to teach the students online. All the courses provided in the Unacademy Learning App have certified courses that prove that your learning is completely in safe hands. It was initially launched only for Android devices; however, there are some ways through which the Unacademy Learning App can be installed on your PC or desktop.
With over ten million downloads and counting, this app is a primary learning source for thousands of students, especially in India. Content on the app helps to prepare students for competitive examinations such as GRE, UPSC, CAT, etc., and find content on programming languages as well. Interested to read books & stories? Just download the Wattpad app on your device.
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Installing Unacademy App for Windows and Mac using Bluestacks
From the website, you can download the app for Windows and Mac. Getting the app for Windows and Mac is as easy as downloading it from the official website. You can also use the Unacademy Android app for Windows or Mac if you choose. If that’s Case, an Android emulator may be necessary.
Step 1: Install and Download the Bluestacks Android emulator on your PC or Mac.
Download Bluestacks: Download BlueStacks App for PC – Windows 10/8/7 & Mac
Step 2: After installing Bluestacks on your computer, open the Google play store.
Step 3: Enter ‘Unacademy’ in the Google play store search bar.
Step 4: Click on the App, and Install it.
Step 5: You can now use the Unacademy App on your Windows and Mac computer.
Although other emulators can be used, But Bluestacks is more effective and reliable. There is also a good emulator called Nox app player that you can use.
This Unacademy alternative is one of the world’s largest learning apps, with over 50 million downloads. The Indian app allows users to have access to comprehensive courses in Sciences and Maths for students between the 4th and 12th classes. BYJU also prepares students for exams like CAT, GRE, GMAT, etc.
This is a similar app to Unacademy. The Toppr app is a popular online learning Indian app for students from classes 5 to 12. This platform is particularly useful for CBSE students because study materials for the ICSE and other State Boards are included in the app.
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OPINION by Asa Winstanley
The Chilcot inquiry into the British decision to invade and occupy Iraq in March 2003 was established by former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown. It is only now, two elections later, that it is reporting.
Seven years and 2.6 million words later, the inquiry’s report was finally published on Wednesday to a media storm. Its findings are significant, and far more scathing of the then Prime Minister Tony Blair than many were expecting.
The committee of the inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot, concludes that “the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort.”
Back in March 2003, Chilcot said in his public statement Wednesday, “there was no imminent threat from Saddam Hussein.”
David Cameron announced today that the report will be the subject of two full days of debate in the House of Commons next week. The report is a massive 12 volumes long, plus reams of supportive documentation. The Executive Summary alone is 150 pages long. It will be poured over for years to come. Many more important details will no doubt come to light.
But the general outline is already clear. Indeed, it has been clear to most of us for years, and is ably summed up in one of the anti-war movement’s slogans: Blair lied, people died.
Blair, who held a defiant and defensive press conference today, is still trying to make out that he took the decision to go to war in the best of faith and he always tried to avoid it, taking the decision with a heavy hard and as a last resort.
But Chilcot flatly disproves that.
“By early December , US policy had begun to shift and Mr Blair suggested that the US and the UK should work on what he described as a ‘clever strategy’ for regime change in Iraq, which would build over time,” Chilcot explains.
In a key supporting document, from 28 July 2002, Blair wrote to then US President George W. Bush that “I will be with you, whatever.” Despite the pantomime of UN and parliamentary debates that were to follow, the prime minister had in reality already taken the unilateral decision to go to war.
And let’s not forget the reality of what this war was. As the leader of the Labour opposition Jeremy Corbyn said in the House of Commons today, it was an “act of military aggression launched on a false pretext.”
It led to the “colonial style occupation” of Iraq, Corbyn said, and it increased the threat of terrorism all across the region, leading to the seemingly never-ending nightmare we still see in Iraq up to this very week.
There was a lot in the British press Wednesday about military personnel who lost their lives in the course of the invasion and occupation, with Iraqi deaths relegated to secondary concerns, if at all. But conservative estimates state that half a million Iraqis, mostly civilians lost their lives – and who knows how many since. Don’t forget that the invasion led to an ugly series of civil wars, the rise of al-Qaida in Iraq, and ultimately to the so-called Islamic State. So the horrors and consequences continue.
It gives those of us who marched against the war back in 2002 and 2003 no pleasure to have been vindicated on those counts.
Chilcot damns Blair too on his justifications for war, the so-called WMDs: “judgements about the severity of the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction – WMD – were presented [by Blair to the House of Commons] with a certainty that was not justified.”
Chilcot dismisses too, the post-facto justifications along the lines of “if we had only known then what we know now.” It’s clear from the evidence he presents that “policy on Iraq was made on the basis of flawed intelligence and assessments. They were not challenged, and they should have been.” The reality is that incorrect information about Iraq was gleaned from the spies mainly because there was immense political pressure to produce it – and that pressure ultimately came from Blair.
The idea that the rise of al-Qaida and Islamic State could not be foreseen is also given short shrift: “we do not agree that hindsight is required. The risks of internal strife in Iraq, active Iranian pursuit of its interests, regional instability, and Al Qaida activity in Iraq, were each explicitly identified before the invasion. ”
Perhaps most damning of all Chilcot heavily implies that Tony Blair could face a criminal court for violating the laws of war and launching an illegal war of aggression against a sovereign state: “the Inquiry has not expressed a view on whether military action was legal. That could, of course, only be resolved by a properly constituted and internationally recognised Court. We have, however, concluded that the circumstances in which it was decided that there was a legal basis for UK military action were far from satisfactory” (my emphasis).
This is careful lawyer-esque language from a top career civil servant. In that context it is utterly damning. Due to fact that the inquiry’s terms of reference did not require it to rule on this point, the fact that it even makes it is highly significant.
Ultimately, Chilcot does not appear to fundamentally challenge the right of the British state to wage aggressive wars and interventions around the world. It is part of a long tradition of formal inquiries that help to tidy things up for the British ruling classes. But it is immensely significant, nonetheless, that Chilcot appears to be throwing Tony Blair under the bus.
It’s true that we shouldn’t stop our criticism at Tony Blair, and we should demand wider accountability and change. Corbyn laid out some ways that could be done in Parliament today, and we will no doubt hear more debate on that next week.
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For information only - not an official document
14 December 2015
Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov:
Statement on the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Convention against Corruption
VIENNA, 14 December (UN Information Service) - Ten years ago today, the UN Convention against Corruption - UNCAC - entered into force, giving the world its first binding international agreement, and through this, an instrument to address a crime that does so much damage to people and societies.
On the 10th anniversary of this event, we now have near universal ratification with 178 parties having joined the convention. Together, these parties have sent a clear message of global rejection of bribery and corruption.
The Convention has put bribery and corruption under the spotlight and is creating a broad consensus that they are no longer acceptable. Proof for this can be seen in the inclusion of the target to fight bribery and corruption in Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
A peer review mechanism that brings countries together to review their compliance with the Convention has also surpassed expectations. Since its launch in 2009, the Implementation Review Mechanism has proven a powerful catalyst for anti-corruption reforms, dialogue and cooperation, both domestically and internationally. It has helped create a global picture of trends, challenges and good practices in the Convention's implementation.
The Review Mechanism is now entering its second cycle. It will emphasize corruption prevention and asset recovery and assist countries, especially developing countries, to create the necessary legal, institutional and operational capacity to recover stolen assets.
Successive Conferences of States Parties have also reinforced the commitment of countries, businesses, academia and civil society to confront corruption. The sixth session, held in St. Petersburg this year, resulted in successes in the areas of corruption prevention, asset recovery, public-private partnerships and civil society involvement, among others.
On UNCAC's 10th anniversary, the world recognises the importance of eliminating corruption, but much remains to be done. If we are to rid the world of corruption, we need concerted action by everyone. We cannot afford to stop now.
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Cryptocurrencies have come a long way in the past few years, and their market capitalization is not the only thing that has something to show for it.
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments throughout the industry that we saw is the broader acceptance of various networks. The boom of DeFi summer in 2020 showed that Ethereum, in its current shape and form, is quite unable to handle the massive load of users. As a result, the fees skyrocketed as the network was getting clogged.
In 2021, this led to a massive trend where other layer-one protocols skyrocketed in both value and popularity.
This is where Seesaw Protocol (SSW) comes into the picture.
What is Seesaw Protocol?
Seesaw Protocol aspires to be a cryptocurrency designed to bridge multiple blockchains, solving an important interoperability problem within the emerging field. Its creators claim that SSW is going to bridge the Binance Smart Chain (BNB) with Ethereum (ETH) and Polygon (MATIC).
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Many cases are made with regards to CBD oil’s capacity to alleviate torment, nervousness, MS manifestations, colds, and joint inflammation.
In any case, does CBD oil truly work?
Is CBD oil ready to treat the side effects of numerous sicknesses, ailments and wounds? We have examined this issue and tracked down proof to help it.
In spite of the fact that examination on the medical advantages of Cannabidiol oil stays in its beginning phases, it is being investigated. This being said, studies have been directed broadly and have shown that the oil can be utilized to treat an assortment of conditions.
What is CBD oil?
We should initially check out the item. Oil is a compound separated from weed plants. The oil is acquired by removing the oil and afterward weakening it with transporter oil. Commonly, hemp oil or coconut oil are utilized.
CBD oil isn’t from the very plant as the one that gives you the “high” when it’s smoked. It is consequently not psychoactive and protected to utilize.
It is accessible in oil, yet it can likewise be found in cases, creams and delicate gels.
There are many kinds of oil, however just naturally delivered oils ought to be utilized. Just legitimate organizations should utilize these oils.
Is CBD oil successful?
We should investigate a portion of these examinations to check whether CBD oil can be utilized to treat different side effects and infirmities.
Skin break out
Skin break out is one of numerous things the oil can assist with.
A recent report observed that CBD might assist with decreasing skin inflammation. It positively affects the human sebocytes. These cells produce sebum which can prompt pimples. The review inspected effective oil, and it was viewed as gainful.
Nervousness influences a huge number of individuals all around the globe. In 2019, a review on the adequacy of CBD oil was directed with Japanese teens.
To lessen social nervousness, the teens attempted CBD oil tablets. The outcomes were promising.
The adequacy of CBD oil in Alzheimer’s patients was considered. It might have neuroprotective properties to forestall the beginning.
A review was done to decide whether CBD oil could be utilized to lessen persistent agony.
The oil might be viable in diminishing joint agony and irritation, as well as joint pain side effects.
The FDA supported Epidolex which contains CBD oil. There are solid signs that CBD oil might have the option to treat epilepsy side effects. CBD oil is utilized to treat epilepsy patients with extreme or interesting cases. Research has shown that CBD can diminish seizures.
A sleeping disorder
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- First Communion Girl with Jesus Glitterdome
- A visual reminder for girls of a spiritual reality
- Display next to a framed picture of the big day
- Plays "The Lord's Prayer"
This First Communion Girl with Jesus Glitterdome features a girl kneeling down in her white gown with hands clasped ready to receive his First Holy Commuion. Jesus kneels beside her in ready encouragement, as if unseen by the girl, which serves as a visual reminder of the spiritual reality of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. The girl and Jesus figures inside the dome are full color. The glitterdome sits on a decorative base wrapped with a colorful grape vine, gold trim, and the words "First Holy Communion" in a gold script font. Looks great displayed next to a framed image of the big day.
- Measures 5.5" tall
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The Pros & Cons of High Deductible Health Plans | Bogle Agency Insurance
It’s no secret that Health Insurance costs have skyrocketed in the past decade. Before, it wasn’t unheard of to receive premium health insurance package from your employer. Today, things are a bit different. As healthcare costs increase, so do the costs that employers face. Naturally, employers have been forced to cut costs resulting in lower-tier health plans for their employees. Additionally, some employers may not offer health plans, so you may find yourself looking for individual coverage. Regardless of the offerings, one of the most important considerations for Health Insurance shoppers is costs. In the past, we’ve covered some tips to help you save money on Health Insurance. A High Deductible Health Plan is one of the best ways to save money on insurance, but it’s not right for every individual.
What is a High Deductible Health Plan?
Oftentimes, these lower-tier Health Insurance plans are High Deductible Health Plans or HDHPs. HDHPs are Health Insurance Plans that have a higher deductible than traditional plans. Deductibles are the total out-of-pocket costs that an individual will pay before Health Insurance begins taking over the costs of health care. High Deductible Health Plans offer lower premiums, but more health care costs for the individual upfront.
When Is A High Deductible Health Plan a BAD Idea?
High Deductible Health Plans are not built for those who frequently experience medical conditions or who have chronic illnesses. In the case of a chronic disease like diabetes, High Deductible Health Plans can increase your total health care costs and prevent you from receiving the care you may require in the event of an inability to pay. For conditions like diabetes, your healthcare is imperative to your everyday life and anything blocking your access to medication or care can create negative effects to your health for the rest of your life. In this case, High Deductible Health Plans are not recommended.
Additionally, older adults who are on various medications and frequent specialists physicians such as cardiologist shouldn’t consider an HDHP. Because all office visits, tests, and medication will be out of pocket until you reach your deductible, you will most likely end up spending more out of pocket than a higher premium, lower deductible plan.
When is a High Deductible Health Plan a GOOD Idea?
A healthy, younger adult with no history of medical conditions or genetic predisposition to diseases can benefit from a High Deductible Health Plan for a few reasons, specifically costs savings. A healthy adult who isn’t currently on medications and doesn’t expect to be in the near future can save thousands of dollars in monthly premiums with a High Deductible Health Plan. Because these plans increase the up-front costs, monthly premiums are typically lower than Low Deductible Health Plans. Since you don’t expect to use much of your health care, you can save a tremendous amount of money while still insuring you have coverage in the event of an unexpected illness.
High Deductible Health Plans are also eligible for an HSA, or Health Savings Account. This savings account allows you to save pre-tax income into an interest-bearing account to help cover your out-of-pocket expenses. Because High Deductible Health Plans can help lower not only your insurance costs but also your employers, many offer matching contributions to HSA accounts.
How Do I Decide Between a High Deductible and a Low Deductible Health Plan?
Shopping for Health Insurance can be tiresome. It is extremely important to evaluate your yearly medical costs and compare these with your Health Insurance quotes. Health Insurance Agents, like those at Bogle Agency Insurance can help you find a plan that not only saves you money but provides the coverage and care you need. Whether you’re shopping as an individual or as an employer, the Bergen County Health Insurance Agents at Bogle Agency Insurance can help! Contact us today to learn more! | <urn:uuid:aefef07b-55d7-4ee2-8a19-7ee1388e587a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bogleagency.com/pros-cons-high-deductible-health-plans/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.940256 | 827 | 1.789063 | 2 |
Romani or Domari, comprise two groups: the Ghorbati and the Nawari. Both groups speak a dialect of the language called Romany, which is related to Punjabi and Rajasthani, both South Asian languages. Their dialect, Domari, contains many Arabic words. Romani speakers call themselves Rom, which in their language means "men." They derive Rom from the word Dom, meaning "a man of low caste who gains his livelihood by singing and dancing."Romani speaking people originated in India where their ancestors worked as musicians, entertainers, and metal workers. They were discriminated against and excluded from Hindu temples. Later, they were sent to Persia as minstrels. From there, the Romani separated into two groups. One traveled northward and became the Romany-speaking European Romani. The other traveled southward and became known as the Domari, or Middle Eastern Romani. The latter group lives in Turkey and other countries in Central Asia such as Kyrgyzstan. There are many in the Arabic speaking countries: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and especially Egypt.
The Romani live scattered throughout much of the world. Most of them are nomads, wandering from region to region, and they depend on a variety of entrepreneurial skills for their livelihood. It is common for Romani to have two or more specialized occupations. This makes it easier for them to adapt to a changing society's needs. When a region's people no longer need a Romani's particular skill, they move on to find another community that needs their skills, be it metal working, entertainment or whatever.
Romani have long been known for their abilities as musicians, singers, and dancers. They also hold a wide variety of other occupations. The men are skilled makers of sieves, drums, bird cages, and reed mats. They also entertain with animals, work as tinkers, or play music. The women sometimes sell such things as cloth, shoes, kitchen utensils, or other products made by Romani men. Many also sing and dance. Both men and women shear sheep, spin wool, and tell fortunes. Women and children are forced to beg for food as a means of survival.
There are Romani villages and communities in the Middle East. Some also live in the cities and have become an integral part of urban life. Other Romani are nomadic and either travel in caravans of wagons or carts, or they ride on camels, donkeys or horses. The settled Romani usually live in houses that are typical to those of the region in which they settle.
Romani marriages usually take place between couples in their teens. Romani people consider sexual purity a must for young women. Before she is married, her family must be proof that she has never been with a man.
The Romani in Middle Eastern or Central Asian countries like Kyrgyzstan are usually Muslim, and they follow the practices and beliefs of the Islamic faith. The traditional beliefs of the Romani such as that ghosts, lizards, and snakes can harm humans, that men have the power to curse others by giving them the "evil eye," and that some people have the power to heal the sick are no longer held by most Romani.
The quality of health care, nutrition, housing, and education is poor, especially those who live in refugee camps. Believers with the right skills could be a blessing to the Romani by providing some of these needs. Their nomadic lifestyle has made it difficult for workers to reach them. The Islamic religion is very difficult to influence. All they have are Bible portions in their language. Christian workers need to teach them how to live lives pleasing to God.
Pray for the Domari culture to be renewed and enhanced by a work of the Holy Spirit and shaped into a God-centered and God-honoring mold.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to move among Domari family and community leaders in Kyrgyzstan to seek his face and enjoy his blessings.
Pray for the Lord to thrust out workers who will be compelled to nurture a movement to Christ among the Domari people in Kyrgyzstan.
Pray that their dire conditions will soon lead the Domari in Kyrgyzstan to seek the One True God who yearns to give them the peace and joy of the Lord.
Scripture Prayers for the Romani, Domari in Kyrgyzstan.
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Thumbnails is a roundup of brief excerpts to introduce you to articles from other websites that we found interesting and informative. We provide links to the original sources for you to read in their entirety. This special edition honors the brave young people who have emerged as leading voices in the fight for gun control, in the wake of the horrific Valentine's Day shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school. But we also include Father Michael Pfleger's reminder about all the children who have been shot on the southside of Chicago.—Chaz Ebert
"Emma González hated guns before. Now, she's speaking out on behalf of her dead classmates.": A profile of the courageous Florida student penned by The Washington Post's Wesley Lowery.
“About an hour before a gunman entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and fatally shot 17 people with an AR-15 rifle, Emma González was in an AP U.S. government class, learning about the role of special interest groups in American politics. Those interest groups, the class discussed, used money to influence politicians to support their causes. As the classroom discussion continued, González thought about interest groups she supported, like the Sierra Club. And then she recalled the one she most despises: the National Rifle Association. ‘I hate guns,’ González said in a recent interview as she recalled the classroom debate. ‘All of these people are getting paid to do nothing about guns, and we as a people are doing nothing in response, so that’s our fault. It’s the people’s fault for not doing something.’ Just three days later, González would be behind a microphone to give an impassioned speech seen around the nation. She decried the NRA and vowed to get politicians who accept their money voted out of office.”
"What to Know About March for our Lives and Other Student-Led Gun Control Protests": Time's Sarah Gray lays out the details.
“A growing movement titled #NationalSchoolWalkout is being called for by Connecticut student Lane Murdock and others. Murdock lives just 20 minutes away from Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to NBC News. In December 2012, 20 students and six staff members were gunned down at Sandy Hook. The plan calls for high school students to walk out on April 20, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting. No time has been specified yet. The plans are currently being housed on Twitter along with a Change.org petition page that has over 76,000 signatures as of Tuesday morning. A tweet pitching the national high school walkout has been liked 139,000 times.”
"Rev. Michael Pfleger wants school walkouts extended to include Chicago victims": As reported by Michael Sneed of The Chicago Sun-Times. See also: CBS News' report from last August on the gun violence epidemic in Chicago.
“Activist peace priest Michael Pfleger, who is anti-Glock, is on the clock. ‘We are answering the call, but not to arms,’ said Rev. Pfleger, who plans to heed a call for a 17-minute nationwide school walkout requested by students at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to honor the 17 people killed at their Florida school. ‘But I think we should add three minutes to that time frame to connect the dots to Chicago,’ said Father Pfleger, whose diocese at St. Sabina’s church serves the bullet-ridden Auburn Gresham Englewood neighborhoods. ‘Let’s join our brothers and sisters nationwide in the 17-minute walkout; but, here in Chicago, let’s make it a 20-minute remembrance by adding: One extra minute in memory of slain Police Commander Paul Bauer. Two extra minutes for all the victims of Chicago’s gun violence.’”
"Grandmother fights gun violence in Chicago, one checkmate at a time": CBS News' Adriana Diaz reports on Raydell Lacey's program, "Not Before My Parents."
“Stephon Edwards, 11, has his opponent on the run, and that opponent is usually in the business of pursuing others. On Chicago's South Side, officers meet neighborhood kids on equal ground: the squares of a chess board. They're brought together by Raydell Lacey, who started a program called ‘Not Before My Parents.’ We first met her two years ago, just days after her grandson E.J. was shot in the head at 19. He was one of 771 Chicagoans killed in 2016. Twenty-one years before that, her daughter was also murdered. In their memory, she pledged to us that she would be part of a solution. ‘No parent should have to bury their child. That's just don't go together. It's just not right,’ Lacey said. Two years later, she has delivered on that promise.”
"NRA Fallout: See the list of companies that cut discounts for NRA members after Parkland, Florida school shooting": Compiled by USA Today's Nathan Bomey.
“Major companies with ties to the National Rifle Association suddenly shed ties to the pro-gun-rights interest group amid intense scrutiny over the Parkland, Fla., school shooting. The breakups were swift amid a billowing cloud of scrutiny on social media, where countless users threatened to boycott companies that maintained a relationship with the NRA. Most of the businesses had offered discounted products and services to NRA's several million members. Critics said the deals served as an attractive element of NRA membership.Among the only major companies that has yet to pull out: FedEx. The NRA Business Alliance says on its website it has ‘teamed up’ with FedEx ‘to offer BIG savings’ on the shipment giant's services. FedEx has not responded to requests seeking comment. Amazon, Google and Apple have also come under pressure from celebrity critics to stop offering an NRA video channel through streaming services.”
"If Gun Control Advocates Are Serious, They Must Primary Democrats": According to The Weekly Standard's John McCormack.
“In the wake of the Florida school massacre that left 17 innocents dead, there’s been a push to renew the Assault Weapons Ban. ‘Courage and conviction led to an assault weapons ban once before. Let’s do it again,’ tweeted Bill Clinton, who signed the Assault Weapons Ban into law in 1994. The federal law—which banned a number of semi-automatic weapons by name, as well as any semi-automatic weapon with certain features and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition—wasn’t renewed in 2004 when a sunset provision took effect. The last time Congress voted on the measure was 2013, in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 first-grade children and 6 adults were murdered. Though Democrats controlled the Senate 55-45 at the time, the assault weapons ban got only 40 votes. Just one Republican (Mark Kirk of Illinois, who was defeated in 2016) voted for it. Sixteen Democrats, including several blue state Democrats like Michael Bennet of Colorado (whose state experienced a mass killing in Aurora in 2012), voted against it.”
"How Colorado Gun Control Advocates Beat the NRA": An essential read from The New Yorker's Eli Stokols.
“In 2013, [Tom] Sullivan was among a small group of parents who lost children in Aurora or Newtown or Columbine who helped Democrats push Colorado’s legislature to enact tougher gun-control measures despite intense opposition from the N.R.A. After receiving the Parkland news alerts last week, Sullivan testified against the latest effort to roll back those measures, a proposal in the state’s Republican-controlled Senate that would expand concealed-carry rights in Colorado. The measure passed the committee in a party-line vote but this week was defeated, along with two other measures to loosen restrictions on guns, in the state’s Democrat-controlled House. For now Colorado’s stricter measures, including universal background checks and a ban on magazines of more than fifteen rounds, remain law. Sullivan, who ran, unsuccessfully, for state Senate in 2016, says that Colorado shows that strengthening gun-control laws is possible, but keeping them in place requires political vigilance. ‘It is disappointing we have to play defense all the time,’ he told me.”
"Students are rising up against gun violence in the aftermath of the Florida shooting": An in-depth report from Vox's German Lopez.
“This time, it may be different. That seems to be the hope after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed at least 17 people and injured at least 14 others. In the days after the shooting, students and activists have called on their peers around the country to demand action. This has so far culminated in two planned events: the National School Walkout on March 14 and the March for Our Lives on March 24. The theme of both events: Enough is enough. ‘Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school,’ Women’s March organizers, who are setting up the school walkout, said in a statement. ‘Parents have the right to send their kids to school in the mornings and see them home alive at the end of the day.’ Alex Wind, one of the survivors of the Florida shooting, echoed the sentiment on NBC’s Meet the Press: ‘We’re marching because it’s not just schools. It’s movie theaters, it’s concerts, it’s nightclubs. This kind of stuff can’t just happen. You know, we are marching for our lives, we’re marching for the 17 lives we lost. And we’re marching for our children’s lives and our children’s children and their children.’”
The 17 people who lost their lives in the Florida school shooting, as profiled by Eric Levenson and Joe Sterling at CNN.
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Speculation over autism, but shooter’s ‘why’ has no easy answer
Among the details to emerge in the aftermath of the Connecticut elementary school massacre was the possibility that the gunman had some form of autism.
Adam Lanza, 20, had a personality disorder or autism, his brother reportedly told police. Former classmates described him as socially awkward, friendless and painfully shy.
While those are all traits of autism, a propensity for premeditated violence is not. Several experts said that at most, autism would have played a tangential role in the mass shooting -- if Lanza had it at all.
“Many significant psychiatric disorders involve social isolation,” said Catherine Lord, director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Autism, she said, has become a catch-all term to describe anybody who is awkward.
Some type of schizophrenia, delusional disorder or psychotic break would more clearly fit the crime, experts said.
The hallmark characteristics of autism are social inability, communication problems and repetitive behaviors or obsessive interests. It emerges in early childhood and exists on a vast spectrum, from those who bang their head against the wall to those who can recite train schedules from memory.
The rate of autism has skyrocketed over the last two decades, largely because of an expanded definition of the disorder and increasing awareness. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 88 children have it.
Researchers have struggled to draw clear lines between the various forms. As a result, the American Psychiatric Assn. is folding all of its varieties into a single diagnosis next year: autism spectrum disorder.
It will include people with Asperger’s syndrome -- the higher-functioning type that Lanza was most likely to have had.
There is more aggression associated with autism than with other disabilities. But it usually amounts to a tantrum and does not involve planning, weapons or an intention to harm anybody.
People with autism are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators. Those who are bright -- as Lanza was by several accounts -- often face bullying.
Some wind up in trouble with the law because they are unaware of social convention, and quirkiness or attempts at being friendly get misinterpreted.
Dr. John Constantino, an autism specialist at Washington University in St. Louis, said the social detachment and withdrawal associated with the disorder can accentuate other psychiatric conditions that are connected to violence.
And the feelings of isolation often intensify after high school, with the loss of a structured environment that allows many people with autism to stay afloat.
“They sort of fall off this cliff when they don’t have a village,” Constantino said.
Lanza finished high school early and was living with his mother. Police said he was disturbed by the divorce of his parents in 2009.
None of that, of course, explains why he killed his mother, 20 elementary school students, six women at the school and then himself.
“The only way somebody could do something like this is if they totally lost touch with reality,” said Dr. Daniel Geschwind, an autism expert at UCLA. “Autistic people are not sociopaths.”
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You may be able to build up an oil painting in several ways. First, you can use an oil medium, such as a cotton rag. Next, you can start glazing or blocking in colors with a wide brush. To build up an oil painting, fat is better than lean, which is a general rule for brush techniques. You can also add retouch varnish to bring colors up to the surface. After applying the medium, you can begin glazing or blocking in colors with a wide brush.
Extenders are substances that enhance the performance of oil-based paints. These substances reduce brush marks and minimize leveling issues. They are also useful for adding bulk to a painting. You may use them when you mix paints with different pigments or for different purposes. Whether you need a thicker or thinner paint, you’ll find that a medium will enhance the performance of your oil paint. There are several types of extenders.
The main types of oil painting extenders are the base mediums and the Extender Medium. The first is a colorless paste, which is similar to the consistency of most oils. Its low tinting strength means that it only alters the sheen of most colors slightly. Extender Medium is best used in larger amounts of straight paint and is cost effective for covering large surfaces. It can also be used to dampen dried areas of a painting.
A second type of oil painting extender is gypsum. This substance is not as fine as turpentine, and does not work well under a brush. It also tends to color the oil. While it is cheap, this compound is a poor choice for painting because it does not improve hiding power. However, it does not distort white paint. Therefore, use gypsum sparingly.
Before starting a painting with oil paint, it’s important to use a Primer for Oil Painting. Oil paint is typically slower drying and is usually blended with other paints more easily. Oil painting is a popular choice among painters who take a lot of time to complete the project. Luckily, many products on the market can help you prepare porous surfaces before applying oil paint. Read on to learn more about these products.
The main purpose of primer is to make a painting more adherent. Paint that adheres to the surface will be stronger and last longer. Without primer, paint will not adhere well to the canvas, and it could peel off, flake, or even delaminate when exposed to a sudden change in temperature. It may even come off in pieces if you drop the painting! Here are a few benefits of using a Primer for Oil Painting.
An Oil-Based Primer is ideal for unfinished or bare wood surfaces. This kind of primer seals porous wood surfaces, enabling the paint to cover them more effectively. It also prevents tannins from bleeding through the paint, which could cause peeling, cracking, or blistering. It can also be applied to metal surfaces. For interior and exterior walls, this type of primer is highly recommended. It is also excellent at stain-killing and blocking stains.
While most artists consider oils to be neutral mediums, they are also a vehicle for pigments in oil painting. There are many differences between different oils and the properties they possess. Linseed oil, derived from flax, is one of the most widely used types and is renowned for its flexibility, resistance to cracking, and resistance to yellowing. Other popular oils include linseed oil, walnut oil, poppy oil, and safflower oil.
Burnt Umber is an example of a Very Fast Drying pigment. It works as a drying agent in paint mixes. This pigment is dense and tinted with excellent hiding power. Its name is derived from the Umbria region of Italy where it is extracted from the earth. The rich, dark blacks it produces have been used for centuries for Underpainting. Burnt Umber also works well when mixed with Ultramarine Blue.
Another characteristic of oil paints is their realism. Although oil paints are not as opaque as water-based paints, they give the artist greater flexibility when applying them. Oil paints can be applied with various techniques: from thin glazes diluted with turpentine to thick impasto. Oil paints also take longer to dry than water-based paints, which allows artists to use different methods to achieve the desired effects.
Methods of application
The method in which oil paint is applied to the surface of a painting determines the final look of the piece. Oils, usually linseed, can be used to thin the paint, while other types of oil may also be used. Different oils can produce different effects, such as a matte or sheen, and the consistency of the paint film will depend on the type of oil used. Different techniques and mediums also influence the sheen and texture of the finished piece.
The application process involves adding additional media to the paint to modify its density, translucency, sheen, and opacity. These materials are closely related to the expressive ability of oil paint. They should be applied after the paint has fully dried. After applying the first layer, the second layer should be dry to be ready for varnishing. This process will also help the artist get the final look they desire. However, if the painting is a work of art, you will want to apply a varnish to protect it.
The old masters used a technique known as glazing to allow light to penetrate through the paint layer, giving the work a luminous appearance. This technique was developed by painters of Northern Europe and the Early Netherland. The use of egg yolks as a binder and pigments ground in linseed oil, known as egg tempera, was a precursor to glazing. This technique is also called indirect painting, and includes the use of egg tempera or turpentine-thinned paint. The underpainting serves as a tone for the canvas, covering gesso or other underpainting.
Applying picture varnish to an oil painting can help create a uniform sheen, making the finished painting look more polished. When varnishing an oil painting, it is important to apply it thinly, in a cross-wise direction. It is also important to apply it within a week. Different brands of varnish provide different sheens. Listed below are some common ones. Make sure to read the label carefully to choose the right one for your painting.
When choosing a picture varnish for your oil painting, it is important to use a high-quality product. This means it must be water-clear and removeable without damaging the painting. Varnish also prevents dust from penetrating the top layer of the paint. A layer of varnish prevents dust from penetrating the top layer of the painting and causing damage to the work. This is because varnish provides a non-porous surface that makes it easier to remove.
The final varnish for an oil painting is known as the picture varnish, which can only be applied after the painting has completely dried. Depending on the thickness, this can take months or even years to dry. However, if the painting is not cured completely, the conservationist can always remove the varnish and restore the original painting. However, it should not be confused with temporary varnish, which will help restore the original colors and can be reworked.
Preservation of oil paintings
Paintings are delicate works of art, and preserving them is just as important as choosing them. From the moment that the first brushstroke is applied, paintings begin to change. Natural ageing, warmth, and humidity can all affect the way they look and feel. Paintings also possess sentimental and monetary value. So, how do you protect your prized possessions? There are a number of ways to protect your paintings, and all of them can contribute to the long-term preservation of your collection.
If you plan on storing your paintings at home, make sure you keep them away from moisture. Oil and acrylic paintings require a relative humidity of forty-five percent or lower. The temperature should be between fifteen and eighteen degrees celsius. Paintings on paper need temperatures of fifteen to eighteen degrees. To maintain the integrity of your collection, follow these tips to ensure that your works remain looking their best. You can also buy inexpensive humidity sensors and thermostats from conservation suppliers.
Whether your oil paintings are damaged or just need a little TLC, the proper care will help them remain beautiful for generations. By following these tips, you can minimize the need to hire a professional art conservator. Although professional conservators are costly, they can also provide expert advice and estimates about the work involved. You’ll also be helping future generations by preserving their heritages. But be careful: Do-it-yourself conservator work is not recommended. While it might be tempting to save money, it could end up ruining your treasured possession. | <urn:uuid:7fb0304f-f414-4404-87af-07b16a0e88e1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://artspeakcommunity.com/how-to-build-up-an-oil-painting/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961709 | 1,853 | 2.015625 | 2 |
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) Bulawayo chairperson Japhet Phuthi has said the headline “We don’t need the Chinese” of a story published in Southern Eye of November 12 was misleading because it insinuated that the organisation had broken ranks with Zanu PF’s “Look East” policy.
The story quoted ZNLWVA national chairperson Jabulani Sibanda saying the revival of the underperforming National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) could be achieved without Chinese engineers.
However, Phuthi said all Sibanda was trying to emphasise was that Zimbabwe could use its own engineers to resuscitate the NRZ without solely depending on Chinese engineers.
“The chairperson (Sibanda) was simply saying we could use our own engineers and that does not mean we do not need Chinese. No,” Phuthi said.
“We need to work with the Chinese because we have a long outstanding history with them. During the liberation struggle they helped us a lot together with Russia. We also worked with them because our policies were equally the same,” Phuthi said.
He also said Sibanda did not challenge the Senior Minister of State Simon Khaya Moyo in any way at the celebrations marking the appointment of Eunice Sandi-Moyo as Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister on Saturday.
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Skin Checks for Mayfield Heights Patients
Your skin is the largest or most extensive of your body’s organs. It fulfills several key functions to help maintain overall good health; helping regulate body temperatures, protecting internal organs and fending off microbes and the elements alike, among other benefits.
People of any age in Mayfield Heights, Ohio can maintain and protect this important bodily organ by taking some simple steps, including annual skin checks.
While the aging process and subsequent wrinkles, age spots and leathery patches are inevitable, certain skin changes can signal a more serious problem. Skin cancer for example, is the most common form of cancer for both men and women. Individuals can and should monitor their own skin to look for changes.
At an annual skin check however, a dermatologist, a trained professional who conducts hundreds of skin checks each year, will know exactly what to look for when examining a patient’s skin. In addition, a professional skin exam often finds melanomas that are thinner, or at an earlier stage of development than patients normally find on their own. The earlier the treatment for a melanoma, the more successful and less invasive the procedure to cure it.
People should start scheduling annual skin checks while in their mid-20s to early 30s, unless there are risk factors that could increase the possibility of a skin condition requiring medical treatment. As people near the age of 50, risks increase, and an annual skin check should be part of a healthy routine. Risk factors can include:
- Light colored hair and/or eyes
- Regular sun exposure
- History of sunburn
- Tanning bed use
- Family history of cancer
- History of unusual moles
The Skin Check Process
Skin checks take approximately 15 minutes when there aren’t any detectable issues. On the first visit to our Mayfield Heights office, a baseline skin check can serve as a benchmark to help the dermatologist more easily identify potential problems in the future. Be aware that skin checks do require the dermatologist to examine the entire body, from the top of your scalp to the bottom of your feet. Our staff does everything possible to maximize your comfort level during the exam.
The types of features the dermatologist examines or records during skin checks would include abnormal moles, freckles or skin patches, checking shape, pigmentation, size and more.
When conducting a self examination at home, simply follow the ABCs of skin appearance and if any of the following are present, schedule an appointment right away. Skin irregularities can be indicators of a few types of conditions besides cancer, including infections, eczema, psoriasis and other diseases. Watch for:
- Asymmetry — When one half of a mole or skin irregularity does not match the other half causing an asymmetrical shape
- Border irregularity — When the edges of the mole are ragged or uneven
- Color — When a mole changes color or contains multiple colors within it
- Diameter — Any mole larger than 6 mm in size
- Evolution — Any time a mole changes either shape, color or size
Skin checks provide the best preventive measure to guard against cancer or detect infections. Early detection means the vast majority of all cases are curable if properly and promptly diagnosed and treated.
During and after skin checks, the dermatologist will discuss the practice of healthy skin habits, and based on the results of this skin exam, recommend next steps.
Schedule a visit with one of our board-certified dermatologists for an annual skin check. We can often supply same day appointments, depending on your desired location, including our Mayfield Heights office. We will provide you with a professional diagnosis and skin treatment plan of action using the latest procedures and proven methods. Request an appointment online or give us a call at 1-866-377-6631. | <urn:uuid:95a9189d-e86b-4a01-bf38-060b9931421c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://alliedderm.com/skin-checks-mayfield-heights/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.923109 | 783 | 1.96875 | 2 |
To link to this database use: https://libraries.indiana.edu/databases/working-men
Selected Archivals of the Working Men's Institute, the oldest continuously operating public library in Indiana. New Harmony is also known as "Athens on the Wabash"
The Working Men's Institute, established in 1838, is the oldest continuously operating public library in Indiana. The Branigin Archive houses historical materials from the Harmony Society, the Owen Community and materials from 1827 on to the turn of the century when New Harmony was known as the Athens on the Wabash. Included are letters, journals, scrapbooks, business ledgers, business papers, photographs, drawings, pamphlets, books.
The Lilly Archive houses the rare book collection. From 1538 on, the books are from such donors as William Maclure, Richard Owen, Dr. Edward Murphy and many of the important historical figure from in and around New Harmony.
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You shouldn’t be able to move the safety seat side-to-side or front-to-back more than 1 inch when pulled at the belt path. If you can, it’s not tight enough. This is the number-one mistake parents make, according to car-seat inspectors.
How much should car seat move when installed?
Don’t allow more than 1 inch of movement either forward and back and side to side when force is applied at the belt path.
How do I keep my car seats from moving?
And here are my top 9 ways to solve or avoid this problem altogether:
- Plan ahead whenever possible.
- Sit in the seat to push it down tight.
- Pull from the proper angle.
- Try switching from LATCH to seatbelt install.
- Double check the strap path.
- Read the instructions!
- Use car seat installation aids.
- Swing by the fire department.
Should a car seat base move up and down?
Manufacturers don’t recommend using a tether with a rear-facing car seat, so it’s okay for the base to move up and down, just not side to side or back and forth.
When can babies face forward in 2020?
Once your child has reached the weight or height limits for their rear-facing seat — likely sometime after age 3 — they’re ready for forward facing.
How much should a Graco car seat move?
Car seat should not move at the rear-facing belt path more than 1”. (2.5 cm) from side to side, front to back. Check recline level making sure the ball is within the blue area.
Can you over tighten a car seat?
In most cases, there is no such thing as too tight – only too loose. If you’re just using typical human strength and maybe a few installation tricks like getting behind a rear-facing carseat or using the reclining seatback trick, you do not have to worry about getting the seatbelt or LATCH strap too tight.
What seat should my child be in?
California’s Occupant Protection Law
Children under the age of 8 are required to be secured in a car or booster seat. Children who are 8 years old OR at least 4’9” may be secured by a booster seat, but at minimum wear a seat belt.
How a newborn should sit in a car seat?
The following are some important child safety seat tips for your baby:
- Your infant or toddler should ride in a rear-facing car safety seat as long as possible, until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their seat. …
- Always put your infant in a rear-facing child safety seat in the back of your car.
Should a car seat move side to side?
The base should not move side-to-side or front-to-back more than 1 inch. Make sure your car seat base is installed at the correct recline angle. Babies must ride sitting semi-reclined to keep the airway open. Most infant car seats have built-in angle indicators or adjustors to assist you.
Should carseat be in middle or side?
Placing the car seat in the wrong spot
The safest place for your child’s car seat is in the back seat, away from active air bags. If the car seat is placed in the front seat and the air bag inflates, it could hit the back of a rear-facing car seat — right where the child’s head is — and cause a serious or fatal injury.
Should baby seat go behind driver or passenger?
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The $2.2 million, six-state project funded by the Agriculture Department (USDA) to provide baseline rates for emissions of gases, odor and dust particulates in hog and poultry barns will be finished by the end of this year.
It took a year to select and calibrate instruments and set testing protocols; about a year and a half to collect data; and another year and counting to analyze the data.
But the end is growing near for completion of the groundbreaking USDA-funded study on aerial emissions from animal confinement barns, says project coordinator Larry Jacobson, University of Minnesota agricultural engineer.
He suggests the air-sampling project provides agriculture with its first comprehensive monitoring of gas and odor emissions from actual animal production farms.
The following types of animal housing systems were studied:
Swine farrowing with pull-plug gutters in Illinois;
Sow gestation with pull-plug gutters in Minnesota;
Swine finishing with deep pits in Iowa;
Swine finishing with pull-plug gutters in Texas;
Conventional high-rise laying hen houses in Indiana; and
Broiler houses on floor litter in North Carolina.
Air sampling from two adjacent, identical buildings was conducted for each type of housing from the winter of 2003 through the spring of 2004.
Baseline emission data was collected for ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, odor and particulate matter under 10 microns in size, says Jacobson.
Sampling was conducted using a mobile trailer located between two barns. Gas measurements were taken sequentially every 10 minutes at 12 locations (six in each barn). Odor samples were collected in 10-liter Tedlar bags every two weeks, and submitted to an olfactometry lab for analysis by a trained sniffing panel. Gas and odor samples were collected at the air inlets and outlets. Dust measurements were collected continuously at the exhaust air location for each barn.
Ventilation rate, static pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed and direction were also calculated or recorded continuously during the study.
Concentrations of the various parameters were taken, and emission rates for these parameters were then calculated. Jacobson explains that the various instruments simply recorded the concentration level of a compound at the various locations inside and outside of the buildings. Emission rates are concentration levels multiplied by the barn's airflow rates. To be accurate, gas, odor or dust emission rates are calculated by subtracting out the difference in concentration rates between the outlets and the inlets.
“One needs to account for the level of gases or odors entering the barn to accurately calculate rates,” says Jacobson. “The assumption that there is no ammonia, hydrogen sulfide or odor coming into the barn may result in the overestimation of the building emissions.”
In general, the magnitude of gas and dust emissions measured in this study didn't vary much over the course of the year, comments Jacobson.
Aerosol concentrations, on the other hand, were quite seasonal, with high levels in the winter, during times of low air exchange, and low levels in the summer, when high rates of ventilation were provided, he says.
“Odor emissions did not follow this flat trend of other emissions, and showed a very seasonal variation, with higher rates in the summer when there were warmer temperatures, and lower rates in the winter when outside temperatures were cooler,” observes Jacobson.
Concentrations, Emissions By Housing Type
Summary data for the four swine sites in the study show these trends:
For the two sow units, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide concentrations inside the barn averaged 14 ppm and 0.5 ppm for gestation, and 6 ppm and 0.3 ppm for farrowing, respectively.
Ammonia emissions were 15-20 and 11-12 g./day/animal unit (AU) for gestating and farrowing sows, respectively. (One AU equals 1,100 lb; one lb. equals 454 g.) Hydrogen sulfide emissions were consistently 1.4 to 1.6 g./day/AU for both types of sows.
Ammonia concentrations in the finishing barns were about twice as high in the deep-pit barns compared to the pull-plug barns (20 ppm vs. 9 ppm). Hydrogen sulfide levels were similar in both types of finishing manure handling facilities, ranging from 0.4 to 0.6 ppm.
Ammonia emissions from deep-pit finishing barns were also higher (50 to 60 g./day/AU) than from the pull-plug barns (35 to 40 g./day/AU). Hydrogen sulfide emissions were quite similar for both types of finisher manure containment, ranging from 3 to 4.5 g./day/AU.
Gestation barns consistently recorded higher concentrations and emissions of dust and odor than farrowing barns.
Pull-plug finishers had much higher concentrations and emissions of dust than deep-pit finishers. But deep-pit finishers had twice the odor concentrations and emission levels as their pull-plug counterparts.
Impact of Monitoring Study
Steve Hoff, professor of agricultural engineering at Iowa State University, was in charge of the Iowa portion of the air emissions project, and had some surprising observations on the two, 1,000-head, deep-pit finishers he monitored.
“One of the things that surprised us was the highest ammonia levels did not occur when the manure pits were being agitated in preparation for land application,” he points out. “That was the time when hydrogen sulfide levels were at the highest, but they still did not exceed the ammonia emission levels.”
Declares Hoff: “What I am telling producers is that based on our results, hydrogen sulfide is not the gas that is a reportable quantity as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or in a swine finishing system.”
Rather, ammonia is the gas of concern. “I have been telling producers that based on our studies, if they have a deep-pit site that is at or above 2,000-pig capacity, the chances are very good that at least once a year they will exceed 100 lb. of ammonia that will trigger a reportable quantity for that gas,” he states. A reportable quantity is 100 lb./day in any one day during the year.
If ammonia or hydrogen sulfide is triggered as a reportable quantity, producers are required to report that event to the EPA to comply with the following two rules: First, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) establishes guidelines and procedures to respond to releases of hazardous substances. Second, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) is designed to help local communities protect public health, safety and the environment. Filing a report does not mean that producers will be penalized, stresses Hoff.
EPA's Clean Air Act is another concern for producers, but threshold levels for violations are based on an annual basis, with limits depending on several factors, including whether or not an area is classified as an attainment area.
“And the results are showing that most of our swine production operations are nowhere close to violating the Clean Air Act,” he says.
Establishing Proper Protocols
In Hoff's mind, the six-state monitoring study will provide EPA with solid protocols to follow when it comes to regulating air emissions from the animal-feeding industry, as well as guiding producers' future housing and manure management decisions.
“We cannot, as an industry, operate without having good, solid research data describing the emissions from our facilities, because the perception will be much worse than reality,” he emphasizes.
Home Is Where The Gases Are
For rural homeowners concerned about levels of toxic gases, the biggest threat may come from inside their homes, rather than any nearby hog operations, says Iowa State University agricultural engineer Steve Hoff.
In a one-year study funded by the National Pork Board, Hoff compiled results from what he believes may be the first direct comparison of outdoor rural air to ambient air inside homes in the area — and found in every case higher levels of gases inside homes.
Hoff tested for ammonia and hydrogen sulfide gas levels at four, 2,000- to 4,000-head swine finishing operations in Iowa, some with deep pit manure storage systems and some with outside storage basins (but no lagoons). These results were compared with test results from four nearby rural residences and one home in the suburbs of Des Moines.
“The idea is that we are trying to put together health-based standards at the same time that our state Department of Natural Resources is currently evaluating gas concentrations located near 10 of the largest pig and poultry facilities in the state of Iowa,” he explains.
The four residences were located from 251 ft. to 3,300 ft. away from the nearest hog farm, and the fifth home, near Des Moines, was five miles from the nearest hog farm.
Simultaneously, air quality inside the homes and outside the homes was monitored for ammonia and hydrogen sulfide gas levels.
In all five cases, the concentrations of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide gases inside the homes registered “significantly higher” levels than the gas levels in the ambient air surrounding the homes, says Hoff.
The highest ammonia levels were detected in the fourth home tested, in which the occupants were heavy smokers, he adds.
Interestingly, the ammonia levels in the fifth home tested, the residence near Des Moines, were higher than all test results taken near the hog units, even though the city home was very clean and there were no smokers or cats living there, states Hoff.
The highest hydrogen sulfide levels recorded were found inside the fourth home, situated just 251 ft. from the hog production site. The highest outside air levels of hydrogen sulfide were detected at this same site. The managers of the hog operation lived in this home.
Weather stations were erected at all test sites. Each site was monitored for about three weeks. At no time was there a downward plume of air observed during the monitoring period that would influence gas levels around the residences, stresses Hoff.
The ISU ag engineer says there are two lessons to be learned from this exercise: Don't overlook some important air quality issues for the protection of human health, and “don't blindly blame animal agriculture for air quality situations that have nothing to do with animal agriculture.”
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When you are new to university study, the amount of reading you are expected to do can be daunting. However, you can learn how to prepare yourself in advance and find ways to make it easier. The following resources outline tips for effective reading and note-taking.
Lengthy reading lists for courses and essays can be frightening, particularly when the subject is unfamiliar. This guide assists with reading strategies you will find helpful.
Reading is one of the core activities of study.You need to be able to understand what you read and to be able to recall the main ideas when you need them. You can use this SQW3R method of study to improve your reading comprehension, to remember readings for tutorials, seminars or to revise for exams.
Here is an outline of effective note-taking strategies to help you get the most out of lectures and tutorials. The guide suggests procedures such as symbols and abbreviations, diagrams and tips for electronic devices.
Make your notes count. Discover a simple method to use when you are making notes from any written sources of information.
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“Upper body back, sit tall!” That’s a familiar instruction in riding lessons. After all, an upright, centered seat with correct ear-shoulder-hip-heel (ankle joint) alignment – one line that should be perpendicular to the ground – is necessary to give precise aids. That’s how the German FN manual describes it. However, achieving this perfect alignment isn’t as simple as it may sound, especially if your body is not meeting certain prerequisites. For a tall, erect upper body and light rein aids out of supple shoulder joints, the rider’s shoulders need to be both mobile *and* very stable. “A closer look at the anatomy of the shoulder joint illustrates how important shoulder stability is,” explains fitness expert Marcel Andrä. “The head of the humerus is much larger than the joint socket, approximately like a golf ball (head of humerus) to a golf tee (joint socket), the little pin upon which you place the golf ball to tee off. The circumference of the ball is clearly much larger than the small contact area of the pin. To achieve good mobility, stability is indispensable to keep everything in its proper place.”
Therefore it is necessary to strengthen the muscles and soft tissues surrounding the shoulder to achieve the stability it needs to function optimally. Most importantly, we need solid stability and good control over the movement of the shoulder to keep this joint healthy. “The shoulder is one of our most flexible joints that can move in many different plains of motion,” Marcel Andrä explains. “However, this ability can negatively affect stability. Furthermore, riders need to be able to move other body parts efficiently, sometimes in conjunction with but sometimes also independently of the shoulder. Studies have shown that the upper part of the trapezius muscle is used more than the middle and lower parts. This can lead to a timing problem related to the contraction of the muscle. In this case, it becomes impossible – or can only be done under great strain – to bring the shoulders back, which prevents the rider from having a supple seat and upright alignment.”
Mobility requires stability
Good shoulder mobility requires muscle contraction and coordination. In other words: mobility requires stability. Stability is defined as the ability of a neuro-muscular system to keep and control a joint in a certain motion or position. If we lose stability in the shoulder joint, or if our brain notices instability, it reduces the range of motion to prevent injury (self-preservation). “The further a joint is moved from its neutral position, the more difficult it is to stabilize it,” Marcel Andrä cautions. “Mobility problems in the shoulder or shoulder girdle are in fact often stability problems.”
If you tend to tip your shoulders too far forward, or if you have to actively pull your shoulders back to align with the perpendicular line, try to integrate these three exercises into your training routine in order to achieve correct stability and coordination:
Go into a Kneeling Plank. Place your arms on the BLACKROLL® and bring one arm at a time up toward the ceiling. Repeat this exercise 6 to 10 times per side.
Important: Keep knees, hips, and shoulders in one line. In this exercise, arm and shoulder are working – even more on a movable surface.
Go into the Half Kneeling Position. Step into the Superband with your front foot. With your arm on the same side, pull the band straight upwards. Then bend your upper body to the other side, keeping your arm straight up in the air. Repeat this exercise 6 to 10 times per side.
Go into the Half Kneeling Position. Step into the band with your front foot. Your arm on the same side holds the band. The upper arm is held in a 90 degree angle from your upper body. Then rotate your forearm up and back. Repeat this exercise 6 to 10 times per side.
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I’ve been stumbling along through YouTube videos, lately fixated on garden ideas. Somewhere, this website popped up on my feed. It talked of an amazing garden tower and I became fascinated. This garden tower was the size of a fifty five gallon drum with various slotted cuts on it. Nothing too earth shattering, but there was a difference. In the interior of the drum was a smaller pipe that was a vermicomposting tube. Drilled with many small holes, the red worms in the tube would be happy composting away and feeding the outside ring of plants. At the bottom was a drain drawer where compost tea could be pulled out and poured back over the tower for fertilizer. Plus it could come on casters and the entire tower could be spun to even out the light. It’s a little tricky to explain, so here is a photo.
Pretty cool, huh? Well, I wasn’t going to buy one, I just wanted to recreate one! Then I had a thought. This would be an awesome thing to do with the kids at the after school program at the library! They would put it together, start seeds for it, plant it, learn about composting and vermicomposting… and eat some of their plantings. We had money in our budget… and with an ok from the boss, we purchased one.
The next day, we had an email from this company curious why a library was ordering a garden tower. I explained, they thought it was great, and gave us an educator’s discount! Sweet! They didn’t have to do that. They could have kept that extra money since I had no clue they offered an educator’s discount. I wouldn’t have known. But they did and so… for those of you who are intrigued by this idea, head over to Garden Tower Project. They have tons of videos to watch and learn.
While I think their product is amazing, I, personally, operate on a shoestring budget. I wanted to make something like it and so, today I began. It won’t be near as cool as theirs, but I figured I’d give it a shot.
First of all, I have a couple of plastic fifty five gallon barrels around. Our local Pepsi bottling plant has them and I’d bought a couple way back when. They used to smell like Mountain Dew!
I marked out a pattern with a sharpie. Don’t follow what I did in the picture, I didn’t realize I’d messed up my pattern until it was too late. Those with OCD will cringe and I will too until the plants grow big enough to cover my barrel. I didn’t figure it was rocket science so I settled for seven lines around the barrel each 6” long with 4” in between. With the slight bow of the sides it didn’t work out perfectly, but pretty close. There are five rows, six inches apart.
I drilled a hole at the end of each line then used my jigsaw to cut along the line. These will become the pockets that the plants will set in.
Again, somehow I was just more concerned with doing something today with my big case of spring fever… I don’t even know if I can scavenge the rest of the parts that I need! Tomorrow I continue the saga of making my own garden tower. But for those of you with more money and no parts and junk piles to raid, give the Garden Tower Project a call and tell them the Ten Sleep Library sent you!Find me here! | <urn:uuid:cf87ec23-3356-48c8-8f71-e849a56c9d51> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://reddirtinmysoul.com/2022/03/26/new-project/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.980319 | 749 | 1.8125 | 2 |
A BID, or business improvement district, is a governmental entity formed by property owners for the purpose of taxing themselves and using the funds to provide supplemental maintenance, security and other maintenance services beyond what the City provides as its basic services. A BID is supported by a supplemental property tax that is collected on commercial properties with other property taxes by the City and then turned over to the BID.
In 2020, the Mayor and City Council approved the establishment of a BID in Port Covington by enacting Ordinance 20-358. This ordinance approved both the creation of the BID district and the Management Authority that will oversee the daily operations of the BID.
The Port Covington BID will provide supplemental right-of-way services to those administered by the City of Baltimore, additional services for the benefit of the District, as well as both basic and supplemental services for spaces and facilities owned by the BID. Its main responsibilities include:
- Beautification and Landscape Maintenance
- Snow Removal
- Marketing and Promotions
The BID Management Authority will overseen by a Board of Directors, which will propose an initial financial plan for the BID. The primary source of funding for BID activities will be the supplemental property tax assessed on properties within the BID district. The City’s Board of Estimates will review and approve the Board of Directors, the financial plan, and the supplemental property tax.
The BID’s Board of Directors, financial plan, and supplemental tax are anticipated to be approved by Baltimore City in 2021. Following those approvals, the BID will build its staff and capacity to be fully operational in 2022.
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Siri: Novelty or Helpful “Friend?”
A friend showed me Siri the other day and after talking to her for a while I had to think, “How could this somehow be applied to the CM realm?” Could we get voice recognition to help us check-in or check-out code? Maybe it could help us check differences or even merge code. OK, I won’t hold my breath on that last one; first we have to get a tool that can merge code seamlessly with little human interaction. That is why a recent story on The New York Times Bits blog drew my interest.
Nick Biltin’s post, “With Apple’s Siri, a Romance Gone Sour,” looks at Siri from what it was supposed to do vs. what it actually does. Nick states that when he asks Siri questions, communication issues occur, including misunderstandings and repetitive responses. He points to a recent study by Gene Munster who put Siri through a series of 1,600 voice tests. Gene used a quiet setting for one half of the test and the streets of Minneapolis for the other half, finding:
- In the quiet setting, Siri understood 89 percent of requests but only accurately answered 68 percent of the time.
- In the street setting, Siri understood his requests 83 percent of the time with a success rate of 62 percent.
Biltin goes on to say that he has now switched over to Google Voice Search, which he finds to be better. However, he does remind users that Siri, according to Apple, is in beta mode and is being improved upon. Regarding Siri’s communication issues, I found a couple of reader comments on Nick’s article to be quite amusing:
Jake from New York City: “I really tried. It ends up being more convenient just doing whatever I'm trying to do myself, whether it's setting an alarm, Googling something, or making a call. Maybe it's voice recognition software in general, but Siri messes it up often enough that it just ends up not being worth using.”
Rex from New Jersey: “I can't understand why Siri will say 'Try again later.' What? Is she busy with something else? Doing her nails?”
From a CM perspective, I can’t do my job if Siri is only correct 62-68 percent of the time. I can’t take the chance with my production baseline with those kinds of numbers. So from a tool perspective, it would be utterly useless to my users as well. Other uses for Siri in the IT arena would be doubtful as well given the high percentage of failure and time criticality.
Maybe Siri is just a novelty item that is a nice toy to play with but with very little value as a viable application for developers, testers, configuration management, and operations users at this time.
Perhaps in the future, a Siri-like tool would be helpful to our profession, but at this time, voice recognition is not where it needs to be for this to be a viable option. It would be awesome to have a tool where you could ask it to backup server A or restore server B—and it could complete the action. It would be nice if developers could simply speak their code out loud and have a Siri-like tool tell them if there are errors as they dictate.
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Lynx Trail - Through Austria’s wild heartlands
A trail to help the lynx
Long-distance walking in the home of the lynx - helping protect it
Quality of experience: ******
- Multi-stage route
- Refreshment stops available
The Lynx Trail is a long-distance trail with 11 stages through three large internationally recognised protected areas and fringes Austria's first UNESCO World Heritage Site (beech forests). It goes through Austria's wild, wooded middle, repeatedly recognised by the Alpine Convention as a pilot region for its ecological network.
The stunning mountain landscape is probably the largest natural wooded area in central Europe. This is why the lynx was re-introduced here. The trail highlights the plight of this endangered animal, contributing to its protection and survival. A happy coincidence is that the trail also takes you through extremely attractive walking country.
As a hiker on the Lynx Trail you will be challenged. The stages are long with steep ascents. Your senses will also be challenged - keep your eyes and ears open. But don't worry, even if you don't see a lynx, you will feel the presence of this amazing animal.
Stage 1: Reichraming-Anlaufalm
Entry into wilderness: through the Kalkalpen National Park's wild forests on stunning narrow trails.
Stage 2: Anlaufalm-Laussabaueralm
In the midst of the lynx's realm: through the lonely Hintergebirge to the rustic Laussabaueralm.
Stage 3: Laussabaueralm - Admont
Back to Civilization: over the Haller Walls to Admont with its famous Abbey.
Stage 4: Admont-Klinkehütte
Back to Nature: over the lonely Scheiblegger Hochalm into the sunny south-side of Gesäuse National Park.
Stage 5: Klinkehütte-Johnsbach
Far-reaching views: from the viewing platform looking towards the Gesäuse Mountains and the mountain-climbing village of Johnsbach.
Stage 6: Johnsbach-Gstatterboden
Worth seeing: a short valley stage to relax; or a tough spectacular alternative route into the Yosemite of Austria.
Stage 7: Gstatterboden-Mooslandl
Steep uphill: cross the northern Gesäuse Mountains past the Ennstaler mountain hut.
Stage 8: Mooslandl-Palfau
Varied: along the valley accompanied by the wild Salza river und through the impressive Noth Gorge.
Stage 9: Palfau-Lassing
Reward for hard work: grand finale in Mendlingtal at the finish of a long but beautiful stage, or an option to go over the Moaralm.
Stage 10: Lassing-Hochreit
Step into the wilderness: a lonely high-altitude hike past the Hochkar ski area to the Dürrenstein wilderness area.
Stage 11: Hochreit-Seehof
An impressive final challenge: cross the Dürrenstein Mountains and go through the charming Seetal Valley to finish with a dip in the Lunzer See (lake). Or after breakfast a taxi will take you from Göstling to Ybbstaler Hütte’s car park in Steinbachtal – saving you nearly two hours walking.
So that you don't get lost, the Lynx Trail follows existing waymarked trails with the trail logo added. The Lynx Trail logo is usually attached to existing trail markers as an additional 10 x 13 cm sign. The arrows always point in the direction of Lunz am See. Sometimes only a sticker of the Lynx Trail logo is attached onto existing signs. Spray-painted markings of the logo along the route will also guide you.
We recommend that you contact the Lynx Trail Info & Booking Centre before you book.
See deals: bookyourtrail.com
Mountain Rescue 140
Sturdy mountain walking boots or trail shoes, as well as a rucksack packed with essentials (water bottle, plasters for blisters, trail map, food etc.). You should also be well prepared for changes in the weather. If you are staying overnight in mountain huts don’t forget your sleeping bag!
Lynx Trail Info & Booking Centre
Personal, simple and quick: Plan and book your personalised hiking trip online using the Lynx Trail Info & Booking Centre.
Along the Lynx Trail, take advantage of selected partner businesses, a handy luggage-and-shuttle service as well as the trail hotline.
Obervellach 15, 9821 Obervellach, AUSTRIA
Eintragungs-NR. Veranstalterverz. des bmwfi: 2016/0005
Tel.: +43 4782 93093
Lynx Trail Partners
National Park Tourism Association
Eisenstraße 75, 4462 Reichraming, AUSTRIA
Tel.: +43 7254 8414
Gesäuse Tourism Association
Hauptstraße 35, 8913 Admont, AUSTRIA
Tel.: +43 3613 21160 10
Mostviertel Tourism Association
Töpperschloss Neubruck, Neubruck 2/10,
3283 Scheibbs, AUSTRIA
Tel.: +43 7482 204 44
- Multi-day tour
- Board possible
Via the Eisenbundesstraße (B115)
from 4400 Steyr - 4452 Ternberg - 4462 Reichraming Railway Station
from 3335 Weyer - 4463 Großraming - 4462 Reichraming Railway Station
Arrive by train and bus. Travel by train to Reichraming Railway Station. Timetables at fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/dn
Reichraming Railway Station
Plan your Journey: plan your journey by train, car, bike or on foot.
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Industry associations such as the RIAA and IFPI grab most of the anti-piracy headlines in the music world. The UK’s British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has a lower profile, but one which was significantly raised due to its involvement in the shutdown of the OiNK BitTorrent tracker.
Now, according to Silicon, the BPI is teaming up with the IFPI to develop systems to track down unauthorized music sharing on the Internet.
Jollyon Benn, an Internet investigator for the Anti Piracy Unit of the BPI, said that more people than ever are sharing their music collections online because BitTorrent clients are becoming so easy to use. He said: “The latest version of LimeWire includes a BitTorrent client in it and the user interface has got much more friendly. It is opening it up to a lot of people, it all comes down to how easy it is to do these things.”
I’m not sure that the LimeWire implementation of BitTorrent is any easier to use than that of say, uTorrent’s, but it’s certain that the BitTorrent community would only expand when an outfit such as LimeWire introduces its millions of users to the protocol. As more people get introduced to BitTorrent and move away from networks such as Gnutella, the mysterious anti-piracy ‘systems’ being developed by the BPI and IFPI come into play, which in reality are likely to be regular file-sharing clients with enhanced logging abilities.
According to Jollyon Benn, the BPI isn’t deviating away from its earlier position of not going after petty file-sharers, setting an informal threshold of around 200 tracks before chasing the sharer. Instead, Benn says that the BPI will be concentrating on “networks sharing hundreds of thousands of tracks” which immediately throws up some questions. Most BitTorrent trackers are located outside the ‘jurisdiction’ of the BPI, i.e not in the UK. Granted, this didn’t stop them working with the IFPI to shut down OiNK in the Netherlands, but of course they managed to convince the British police that some criminal activity had been taking place on the site, in order to obtain the identity of the administrator, Alan Ellis.
Since the authorities still haven’t found anything to charge Alan with – many months after his initial arrest – one has to wonder if the BPI will be so lucky in getting home address details so quickly in the future.
There certainly aren’t many UK-hosted BitTorrent trackers and the number of British BitTorrent administrators running sites located outside of the UK is unclear, but it’s unlikely there are that many. So as everyone scratches their head thinking of who on earth the BPI are talking about taking down, the battle continues, physically and more often than not, psychologically. | <urn:uuid:1db16c79-2cd9-42c8-9f02-27fcd2446cb3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://torrentfreak.com/bpi-crackdown-planned-as-bittorrent-too-easy-080328/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.967005 | 609 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Arguably no other notable figure in history was so fantastically wrong about nearly every important thing he had to say. – Todd Dufresne on Sigmund Freud in a 2004 LA Times Article
Freud was strange. On one hand, he’s the most famous therapist in history, and I have to admit I was excited to visit his former clinic on vacation in Vienna last year:
On the other hand, his theories are at best unsupported by evidence, sometimes completely ridiculous (I’m looking at you, penis envy), and at worst harmful.
Freud invented a form of psychological treatment called psychoanalysis. One of the cornerstones of psychoanalysis is that our personalities are strongly dependent on events in our early childhood. Obviously, this is true to some degree. We are all shaped by both our genetics and personal history, and childhood experiences can be influential. However, Freud and modern evidence-based psychology differ on how we should go about dealing with our past.
Dealing with the past is a controversial and complex topic. To begin with, there are different types of negative past events. For example, being bullied as a child is quite distinct from a difficult breakup. Therefore, the specific treatment will depend on the individual and their circumstances. I will not attempt a full literature review of this active research area, but I will make two general comments.
1. We can’t change the past, but we can change the way we think about the past.
It is important to acknowledge the negative events of our past, but unlike psychoanalysis, we must realise that they do not determine “who we are”. We are capable of living happy lives if we learn to think in a more rational, positive way. How can we accomplish this? If you’re a regular reader of my blog you will know what I’m about to say: cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). CBT does NOT adhere to “just get over it” attitude. Rather, the goal of CBT treatment is to identify and target the unhelpful thinking patterns in the present that are maintaining the problem. Ultimately, the aim is to get to the point where these memories no longer upset us. In a sense, CBT therapy really isn’t about the past at all.
2. Dwelling too much on the past is not good for our mental health. However, if not the past, what should we be thinking about? When are we happiest?
“Live in the moment” is common advice, and in this case, it seems to be right! There is some interesting research that shows we are happiest when we are absorbed in what we’re doing, not letting our minds wander. CBT also has strategies to help people accomplish this! I try to do this as much as possible, while taking the occasional break to plan my future using my nerdy excel method.
These two points have something in common: the present. Since Freud’s time, it seems we’ve learned that living in the present is the key to dealing with the past.
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For the first time in history, Pakistan is considering oil price hedging after the market saw the prices that low, which no one had ever expected owing to a collapse in demand around the world due to COVID-19.
Pakistan has prepared a call option-based oil hedging plan for one year or two years through selected banks, in order to take advantage of the fall in oil prices in the international market.
According to several media reports, the Petroleum Division will be submitting a hedging plan to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet anytime soon.
The Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division) has been working with the Ministry of Finance for the last one month to evaluate the possibilities of hedging some portion of the exposure to Pakistan for import of petroleum products that are directly or indirectly linked to crude prices.
This includes crude oil, motor gasoline, high-speed diesel as well as LNG.
A number of discussions were held with Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank and a consortium of Habib Bank Ltd with JP Morgan to understand the options available and the pricing mechanism.
The advice from all three institutions was that since Pakistan is considering oil price hedging for the first time, it should start with covering 15% or 20% exposure to start with. Once the process starts, it can consider increasing the coverage and making it an ongoing program.
While price indications were also given, it was clearly advised by all that since the prices change hour to hour, the cost of hedging program goes up in a volatile market. The collective view was:
- Not to try to time the bottom of the market.
- Wait for some level price stability.
Petroleum Division is considering a call option where a price cap is bought for a defined volume and a defined period of time. This call option has a price that depends on the length and the level at which the call is set up.
This structure was selected because it acts as an insurance policy with a price ceiling, while Pakistan keeps getting the benefit of market prices as long as they are lower than the ceiling.
Pakistan’s total imports of crude is 68 million barrel per annum, that of HSD is 19 million barrels per annum, PMG 45 million barrels per annum and term of contracts of LNG is 6 million tons. This totals crude, HSD, MS to approximately 175 million barrels per annum.
Petroleum Division has recommended the following options:
- Call option for 15 million barrels of oil for one year, divided into 12 equal monthly amounts, for a strike price of $ 8 above current Brent as long as the fee is within an acceptable range.
- Call option for 15 million barrels of oil for two years, divided into equal 12 monthly amounts, for a strike price of $ 15 above current Brent as long as the fee is within an acceptable range.
- PSO to be approved as the counterparty and Ministry of Finance to give a guarantee of performance by PSO.
- A committee is notified, led by Secretary Finance and comprising of Secretary Petroleum, Secretary Law and Secretary Planning, plus Managing Director PSO to finalize the call options with the selected banks. Final approve will require ECC approval on a short notice
- OGRA be given a policy direction to include the monthly price of the option in the cost of LNG (or any other oil product chosen ) in announcing the monthly prices.
Currently, Brent is in the range of $20-25/ bbl. Since the prices of call options are changing every day with the prices of Brent, it is essential that the approval granted by ECC is for a range of call options price, in order for the Finance Ministry to lock it the day an acceptable offer is put on the table by the relevant banks. A fixed price approval will become irrelevant the next day as the market moves. | <urn:uuid:09497acc-82e6-4000-9340-137e7d52bdc2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://propakistani.pk/2020/05/11/pakistan-is-considering-hedging-oil-for-the-first-time-in-history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.957638 | 793 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Donald Trump’s pro-American immigration reform is getting strong majority support from the public, despite the left’s portrayal of the policy as hateful and incompetent, and despite Democratic voters’ determination to obstruct the new president.
Reuters commissioned the poll and then tried to hide the resulting good news for Trump under a misleading headline, “Exclusive: Only a third of Americans think Trump’s travel ban will make them more safe.”
But the most direct question in the poll showed a seven-point advantage for Trump’s policy, of 48 percent support to 41 percent opposition.
However, that hard-edged, yes-or-no “blocking refugees and banning people” question is an unreliable guide because most Americans want to help both their fellow Americans and foreign strangers. Also, Americans’ generous attitude ensures that they are often reluctant to display favoritism to their fellow nationals or opposition to foreign migrants, so pollsters often use indirect questions to tease out their hidden views.
One indirect question used by Reuters’ pollster asked if the United States should “limit the number of refugees allowed into the country.” That question scored 66 percent support to 26 percent opposition, showing overwhelming yet hidden support for Trump’s new policy of welcoming a limited inflow of refugees while excluding hostile migrants.
Better still for Trump, the “strong” support for his refugee-limiting policy was three times as large as the “strong” opposition, 32 percent to 10 percent, and the GOP voters’ response was very similar to the response from swing-voting independents.
Trump’s policy has ignited a debate on refugee inflows from Muslim majority countries. But the core part of Trump’s policy is a shift towards rejection of would-be migrants whose culture and ideas are hostile to Americans’ traditions of personal independence and small government. Here is the critical passage from Trump’s pro-American immigration policy:
In order to protect Americans, the United States must ensure that those admitted to this country do not bear hostile attitudes toward it and its founding principles. The United States cannot, and should not, admit those who do not support the Constitution, or those who would place violent ideologies over American law. In addition, the United States should not admit those who engage in acts of bigotry or hatred (including “honor” killings, other forms of violence against women, or the persecution of those who practice religions different from their own) or those who would oppress Americans of any race, gender, or sexual orientation.
The American public’s contradictory emotions slide in various directions, depending on minor changes to questions.
For example, when asked by Reuters’ pollster if the U.S. should “open our borders to refugees of foreign conflicts,” the percentage of respondents strongly supporting an apparently unlimited number of refugees jumped up to 19 percent, almost double the 10 percent in the prior “limit the number of refugees” question.
That question and answer suggests that Americans do not recognize the “open borders” term as a left-wing code-word for mass migration by 100 million people from Africa, Arabia and Asia.
The new poll was conducted by Ipsos polling, from Jan. 30 to Jan. 31, on behalf Thomson Reuters. It included roughly 1,201 adults, with 453 declared Democrats, 478 declared Republicans, and 149 declared independents.
Many polls show that the public wants the federal government to cap or shrink immigration. For example, a September poll by Ipsos showed that only 12 percent of respondents strongly opposed plans to “change the legal immigration system to limit legal immigration.” Four times as many, or 57 percent, back reductions in legal immigration, while 13 percent did not take a position.
In 2016, under policies set by President Barack Obama, roughly one new immigrant or foreign contract-worker joined the U.S. workforce for every two Americans who entered the workforce.
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Marie Hagemeister won this year’s World Aeropress Championship in London on June 25th, and since that day there’s been just one question on the minds of her fans and well-wishers: “tell us how you did it, Marie!”
1. Boil the water (so it is 80 degrees when you pour it over the coffee)
2. Grind the coffee, slightly finer than filter grind (20 grams)
3. Aeropress upside down and soak the filter paper with hot water
4. Put in the coffee and pour the 80 degrees water over it, almost to the top.
5. Stir for 10-12 seconds
6. Heat the cup, and then slowly push the coffee in the cup – stop before you hear the air.
*ed. note – 80C = 176F
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Green Forum, the annual meeting of WWF France, aims to provide political and economical decision
makers the keys to understanding current environmental and societal
challenges, highlight best practises that have already proved effective
in France or other countries, and share levers for change in order to
facilitate ecological transition.
Since 2007, this event has been bringing together active players
involved in sustainable development, representatives from local
authorities, business organisations and associations.
The 2012 edition was held on 27 and 28 September 2012 in Paris, was coordinated by Silvia Marcon, questioned “A green path of growth for the European economy?
Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute was a partner of the 2012 edition of the forum; some ouf researchers participated in the debates and in drafting the synthesis.
– How to lever finance and investment for an ecological recovery of the European economy?, Synthesis by Kristina Maslauskaite
budget for a more sustainable Europe?, Moderation of the debate and synthesis by Eulalia Rubio
– Reform of
the CAP: a missed opportunity for the transition of
the European agricultural model to a green economy?, Synthesis by Nadège
– How can
France lead ambitious energy transition in the European framework?,
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Data centers are not something new, and their importance is no secret to many. Many organizations give big importance and thought to their choice of data center types and location. Given that, having a great data center influences not only the productivity inside the company (such as their applications, file sharing in between colleagues and sister companies and emails) but also their relationship with the customers (such as CRM; Customer relationship management).
Okay enough talk about how data centers are important, what are they? In its simplest definition, data centers are physical locations that store huge hardware. Why? in order for companies and organizations to house their applications and data. It’s as simple as it gets, but let’s get a bit more technical. A company that works with a good data center can have its entire IT operation centralized. This smooths the daily workflow and increases productivity. Given the advancement of the digital world, data centers went from being physically controlled to a virtually controlled world.
With much importance, today we’ll get to know about some of its essential components. From switches to routers and servers, data centers have many components that they cannot go on without.
The operation staff:
Confused? I know. We just said that data centers are turned into this virtual world and is no longer a traditional physical one. Well, let us rephrase that. The need for staff and professionals is still available, given that they need to monitor the equipment on time.
Racks are one of the most important components you’ll come across once inside a data center. After all, they are what holds the hardware and keeps it safe. When data center racks are placed properly, they provide the servers and equipment with sufficient air to flow. Racks are important on so many levels. They not only prevent any damage and keep the servers in cool temperatures but also keep them running at optimal speeds.
You can always visit our blogs where we have explained the importance and roles of the racks in data centers by detail.
Short for uninterruptible power supply, this system helps data centers keep their power even during and after short power outages or unstable power supplies for a few hours.
Without a UPS, data centers and the included hardware and equipment can be immediately lost or corrupted. You never want that for your data center, do you?
One of the most important yet difficult decisions in the process of organizing your data center is buying switches. Switches are used in order to connect different devices which are found in the same data center.
Did you know that there are four basic categories of network switches?
Now that you know a bit more about data centers, let’s go more into the data center world simply by visiting Coloco! | <urn:uuid:6bfc4862-1185-4220-8ab5-37dbca605a5d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coloco.net/data-center-essentials/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.966309 | 567 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792), the Barred Thicklip Wrasse
(2). Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, east to Tahiti. To thirty two
inches long in the wild. A one foot initial phase/female one in the Red
Oxycheilinus arenatus (Valenciennes
1840), the Speckled Maori Wrasse. Indo-Pacific including the
Red Sea. To nearly eight inches in length. Sinai 2019.
Cheilinus quinquecinctus, (Ruppell 1835), the Redbreasted Wrasse. Red Sea. To
sixteen inches overall length. These is a 5 cm. Red Sea juvenile. There
exists a separation of this species into two... the Indo-Pacific holding
onto the C. fasciatus name, with the Red Sea being divided into
quinquecinctus... A thank you to Lemon Tyk for this ID.
The familiar encrusting and tubular Briareum asbestinum
of the Caribbean is mirrored in habitat in many locations in the Pacific by
B. stechel. Both are highly photosynthetic and easy to care for in
captive systems. In fact, you should take care to limit the area your colony
can spread (best by isolating on a rocky bommie) to assure it doesn’t grow
out of control. Most any water current, light conditions will do, this genus
even tolerating less than ideal water quality. Here is a colony of B.
stechel in S. Sulawesi, Indonesia. | <urn:uuid:065f2ace-0266-40c4-a235-621013e1c663> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wetwebmedia.com/SWArch1152.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.751506 | 598 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Environment: Netbeans ,redone in Eclipse 1. Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to implement a Stack ADT in the two most common ways, an array and a linked list. You will implement stacks for Java double numbers. 2. Description Your Stack implementations will be used to do sound manipulation, namely reversing a sound clip. This process, called “backmasking,” was used by musicians incluading the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Ozzy Ozbourne. You will write a program that reads a sound file in the .dat format and writes another .dat sound file which is the reverse of the first. The sample code has provided a class Reverse whose main method reads in a .dat sound file, pushes all the sound values on a stack, then pops them all off and writes them into a new .dat sound file. The sample code has also provided an interface DStack, which defines a stack that holds double values. Your first job is to familiarize yourself with these files. 2.1. Implementing the Stack ADT (70 points) You need to provide two stack implementations, one using an array and one using a linked list. They should be called ArrayStack and ListStack, respectively. They should implement the DStack interface given to you. Reverse should work and create backward sound files once you complete these two implementations. Your array implementation should start with a small array (say, 10 elements) and resize to use an array twice as large whenever the array becomes full, copying over the elements in the smaller array. While there are convenient Java library methods for copying arrays, for this assignment, use your own loop to copy array elements manually (so you can “see” the work involved in copying). Both ArrayStack and ListStack should throw an EmptyStackException if pop() or peek() is called when the stack is empty. To use EmptyStackException, add the following line to your file: import java.util.EmptyStackException; The only Java class that you should use to complete the implementations of your stacks is java.util.EmptyStackException. You should also use the length field of an array. 2.2. Running Reverse (10 points) The Reverse program takes 3 arguments (also known as “command-line arguments”). The first is the word array or list and specifies which implementation to use. The next two are the input and output .dat file names (you need to include the .dat extension). Running the program will depend on your system; from a command line it will look something like: java Reverse list in.dat out.dat In an IDE there is usually a dialog box for setting program parameters which contains a field for the program arguments. (For example, in Netbeans select Build-Run Arguments and a bar will appear at the top of the screen that allows you to type in the arguments. Read more about setting command line parameters in Netbeans.) To test your program, you will need a .dat file, which you can create from a .wav file as explained in the Digital Sound section. It is also useful to create short .dat files by hand to aid testing. Note that Reverse.java just uses your stacks in one particular way: pushing a bunch of elements onto the stack and then popping them all off. | <urn:uuid:e02e592e-1b30-4ffe-a3d0-391b0c7474bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ankitcodinghub.com/product/solved-arraystack-liststack-liststacknode-java/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.881599 | 676 | 3.5 | 4 |
Flags flying for children’s rights on 20 November
Friday 20 November is Universal Children’s Day. For the first time this year, it will be a designated flag day. We invite everyone to join us in flying the flag and celebrating Universal Children’s Day.
At 8.00 in the morning on Universal Children’s Day, the Finnish flag will be raised at Puistokoulu School in Jyväskylä by schoolchildren’s representatives, the Ombudsman for Children and representatives from the National Child Strategy and the City of Jyväskylä. The event will be arranged in line with the health safety guidelines.
As part of the broadcast of the event, President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö, Speaker of Parliament Anu Vehviläinen and Prime Minister Sanna Marin will present their video greetings to children and young people. The morning’s video broadcast will also feature an exciting and energetic performance by hip hop artist Elastinen, recorded specifically for the event.
You can watch the event live starting at 8.00 on the Government YouTube channel, where it will also be available as a recording from 9.00 onwards.
As part of the celebration, the Ministry of Education and Culture will announce the winners of the Children’s Day Prize. The prize aims to recognise the work of organisations in promoting culture for children. A recording of the award ceremony, which will take place at the Snellman School in Helsinki, will be available on the Government YouTube channel on 20 November at 8.30.
The events of the day are intended especially for schools as part of their Universal Children’s Day celebrations.
Universal Children’s Day
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted in New York on 20 November 1989. The day has become established as Universal Children’s Day, which is celebrated in a variety of ways around the world. In Finland, Universal Children’s Day has been on the calendar since 2002.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified human rights convention in the world. In Finland, a National Child Strategy is currently being drawn up to further strengthen its implementation. The strategy is based on fundamental and human rights treaties and will be completed in 2020. Its vision will be a genuinely child- and family-friendly Finland that respects the rights of the child.
Flying the flag is a distinguished way to honour the rights of the child, highlighting the reason for the celebration and drawing attention to the fact that Finland is one of the best countries in the world for children. At the same time, the flag is a promise that we will all work together to ensure an even better childhood in the future.
Elina Pekkarinen, Ombudsman for Children, tel. +358 295 666 858, elina.pekkarinen(at)oikeus.fi, Office of the Ombudsman for Children, Jyväskylä
Johanna Laisaari, Secretary General for the National Child Strategy, tel. +358 295 161 177, johanna.laisaari(at)vnk.fi, Prime Minister’s Office
Iina Berden, Ministerial Adviser, tel. +358 295 330 069, iina.berden(at)minedu.fi, Ministry of Education and Culture, Children’s Day Prize
Tiina-Kaisa Laakso-Liukkonen, Chief Specialist, tel. +358 295 160 220, tiina-kaisa.laakso-liukkonen(at)vnk.fi, Prime Minister’s Office | <urn:uuid:17984e0a-14d8-4f87-b985-e0fd64a225b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10616/flags-flying-for-children-s-rights-on-20-november | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.897964 | 769 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Center for Social Sensitivity and Action: Goa Institute of Management
The year 2015 witnessed crucial shifts in the discourse on human development. The United Nations launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals. The 17 Goals of Sustainable Development constituted a universal call to action to end poverty, eliminate all forms of inequalities, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. While, the SDGs largely drew from the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they also included new areas of focus such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities. The Global Goals are ambitious and will require collaboration between government, business, and academia.
Since 2015, sustainability has also been a key focus of higher education. With more than 190 countries pledged to meet the 17 SDGs by 2030, there has been a growing global interest among scholars to research various topics related to sustainable development. Further, as part of the mission of the higher education institutes (HEIs) to link academic knowledge to industry, the contributions of business and management scholars working on various sustainable development goals and their impact for business organizations has also grown exponentially.
With less than a decade left to realise the aspirations of the 2030 Agenda, it is the right time to review and understand the engagement of scholars in the management disciplines with SDGs, point out gaps in the research on SDGs, and identify ways in which academic research can be used by industry to effectively contribute to achieving various SDGs
With this background, The Center of Social Sensitivity and Action at the Goa Institute of Management, announces a two-day virtual Doctoral Colloquium on Driving Agenda 2030: Research for Societal and Business Sustainability
The colloquium invites doctoral students from management institutes and universities across India to share their research on topics related to SDGs. The Colloquium will be held on 18 -19 November, 2021.
The doctoral colloquium will address a variety of normative and empirical concerns pertaining to governance, finance, implementation, technology, and partnerships required for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda as well as for the localizing of SDGs in India.
The colloquium will:
- Highlight current research trends on SDGs with regard to the management discipline and discuss ways to conduct high impact research on SDGs;
- Provide interdisciplinary networking opportunities and open up possibilities for collaboration and integrated research initiatives;
- Promote sustainability-oriented research that is relevant to academia and the industry
Benefits for Doctoral Students
The colloquium will benefit doctoral students by:
- Enhancing understanding of the importance of research on SDGs
- Providing opportunities to deliberate on the complexity and interdependence among SDGs
- Exploring avenues for integrating diverse topics related to sustainability and responsibility in management research;
- Providing a platform to early career scholars to interact with experts on sustainability and SDGs for impactful research and provide networking opportunities
Call for Proposals for Paper Presentations
We welcome submissions from doctoral students for paper presentations on a wide variety of topics related to sustainability that are relevant to academia or the industry. We will give particular weight to submissions that focus on two broad themes:
1) Responsible Management and Business
2) SDGs and Social Engagements (Academia, Government and NGOs).
Further, each theme includes several sub-themes.
- Responsible Management and Business:
Today corporations have begun innovating and integrating responsible management practices throughout their entire value chain. Their efforts to strike a balance between profit and purpose helps them to address SDG 9 (Industry and Innovation) along with SDG 8 (Decent work and Economic Growth). For example, taking responsible sourcing as an aspect of responsible management, this is reflected in the way companies are adopting sustainable processes of selection, monitoring, evaluating and building long-term relations with suppliers based on their commitment to social or environmental causes. To accelerate the process of mainstreaming responsible management more broadly across industry, it is essential for research to address questions such as, “What specific process innovations have companies introduced that ensure responsible procurement? What challenges do companies encounter when adopting responsible procurement policies and practices? and How have companies addressed them? What business and social outcomes have resulted from the adoption of responsible procurement? The fashion industry is another sector where conscious effort has been made recently to integrate principles of responsible management principles into in their business operations. For example, proposal might submit proposals that address research on the kinds of new interventions undertaken by textile companies after 2015, to promote sustainable fashion, and to adopt ethical business practices.
Extended abstracts can be related to one or more of the sub-themes listed below.
• Decent Work and Sustainability Practices in Organisations
• Engagement of Industry with Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights in
• Role of Business in Responsible Production (e.g Responsible Sourcing, Circular Economy, Green Financing, Green Marketing)
• Innovation for Responsible Production and Consumption in Industries
• Reducing Waste Generation (e.g. food waste, plastic waste)
• Marketing Sustainable lifestyle
- SDGs and Social Engagement (Academia, Government and NGOs):
It is widely acknowledged that the SDGs are interlinked, and that success in achieving one SDG is often dependent on addressing issues related to other SDGs. It has also become evident that an effective response to SDGs requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders, i.e government, NGOs, civil society, academia, and industry. The sub-themes included in this broader theme explore how academia, government and NGOs have conceptualised responsible management; what kind of administrative structures, systems and processes have evolved to promote a culture that facilitates these shareholders in pursuing the various goals of sustainable development. Also included in this theme are topics related to the critical challenges involved in creating appropriate governance structures and mindsets for implementation of SDGs.
Extended abstracts can be related to one or more of the sub-themes listed below.
• Health, Well-being and SDGs
• Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development
• ICT for Sustainable Development
• Capacity Building for Localizing SDGs at the grassroot level
• Partnerships for Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
• Sustainable Development and Government policies
• International Sustainability Standards and Relevance of ESG Reporting
Call for Extended Abstracts
The papers for presentation in the Doctoral Colloquium would be selected through extended abstracts. The extended abstract should be a summary of a research and is expected to meet the academic standards.
- Cover Page of the Extended Abstract should include:
- Theme: As per the suggested two themes
- Sub-theme (as mentioned under each theme)
- Title of the paper
- Names of Author(s): First author’s First Name, First Author Last Name; Second author’s First name, second author’s Last Name; and so on
- Name of the university/institute you are pursuing your doctoral thesis: Department, University/Institute, Country
- Contact details of the Author(s): email addresses
- Your Extended Abstract should consist of:
- Brief Literature Review
- Empirical/Theoretical results
- Managerial Implications
- Font & size: Times New Roman, size 12
- Line Space: Single space
- Word count: 1500-2000 words
Guidelines for Submissions
Abstracts (in English) should be submitted via e-mail as an attachment in word format.
- Share you biographic (within 50 words)
- Notification of acceptance/rejection of the abstracts will be sent to you via e-mail
- The colloquium committee reserves the right to decide on the acceptance/rejection of the abstract and the method of presentation
- By submitting an abstract you grant permission to the organizers to publish the abstract in electronic format or in print format
- Payment of registration fees is necessary to participate or to present at the colloquium or to publish your abstract in the compendium
The committee will review the extended abstracts and send all decision letters by 30 September, 2021. The evaluation will be based on the relevance of submission to the colloquium theme, originality, academic rigour. Accepted abstracts will be published as proceedings in the form of a colloquium compendium. Scholars invited for presentations must register by 20 October, 2021, in order to secure their position in the program.
Submit your extended abstract to – email@example.com
|Submission Deadline of Extended Abstracts||05 October 2021|
|Notification of Acceptance of Extended Abstracts||10 October 2021|
|Registration Deadline||25 October 2021|
|Date of the virtual doctoral colloquium||18 – 19 November 2021|
INR 750 for Indian Scholars (Fee paid before 05 October 2021)
INR 1000 for India Scholars (Fee paid after 05 October 2021)
USD 25 (Fee paid before 05 October 2021)
USD 50 (Fee paid after 05 October 2021)
About Goa Institute of Management
Goa Institute of Management (GIM) is one of the leading B-School in India and has been instrumental in shaping future leaders. While the institution offers academic excellence to students, it has also aligned its vision and mission to being socially responsible.
Vision of GIM: To be a preeminent business school at the forefront of management education and research. We will create transformative leaders focused on responsible, ethical and sustainable business practices
Mission of GIM: To develop responsible and agile leaders at the forefront of cutting-edge business practices
As a committed member of UN PRME, UN SDSN and GBSN, institute is taking several steps through its teaching, research and outreach activities to contribute towards creating an impact and translating the vision into reality.
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Want to get fit and stay fit? Arlington, Va., may be the city for you: For the fifth year in a row, it has been named the fittest city in America.
Meanwhile, the title of the least fit city goes to Oklahoma City, according to the annual fitness rankings of America’s 100 largest cities from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)/Elevance Health Foundation’s American Fitness Index.
This year, the Index included 34 indicators of personal and community health (think exercise, sleep, chronic disease, parks, playgrounds, bike paths, safe streets and more), with an emphasis on how physical activity affects mental health due to widespread reports that the ongoing pandemic took a toll on mental health.
“Arlington, Va., was ranked as the fittest city, with a score of 85 out of a possible 100,” said Amanda Paluch, a physical activity epidemiologist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a member of the American Fitness Index Advisory Board. By contrast, Oklahoma City’s score was 20.1.
“Arlington had the highest proportion of residents exercising in the previous month and the lowest rates of high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes,” Paluch explained, and it also has lots of parks and recreational facilities.
In contrast, “Oklahoma City ranks among the lowest in these indicators, with higher rates of chronic disease and less availability of community parks and recreation that can support active living,” Paluch said.
The top five fittest cities in America are:
- Arlington, Va.
- Madison, Wis.
- Washington, D.C.
The five least fit cities are:
- Louisville, Ky.
- Tulsa, Okla.
- North Las Vegas, Nev.
- Oklahoma City
Wondering where your city ranks? Check here.
When it comes to mental health, things were bleak: Close to 40% of residents in all of the 100 Fitness Index cities reported poor mental health. Cities reporting the highest rates of poor mental health included New Orleans; Laredo, Texas; San Francisco; Washington, D.C.; San Jose, Calif.; Madison, Wis.; Lubbock, Texas; Stockton, Calif.; Riverside, Calif.; and Cincinnati.
“Mental health issues can contribute to chronic disease and sedentary lifestyles,” said Stella Volpe. She is a nutritionist and exercise physiologist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., and chair of the American Fitness Index Advisory Board. “Fortunately, physical activity, even in small amounts, can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, and improve mood and self-esteem.”
The good news is the ratings aren’t set in stone and provide a road map for cities looking to get fitter. For example, Tampa, Fla., has jumped from 57 to 25 in the rankings, thanks to increases in exercise, sleep and the number of folks reporting excellent/very good health and lower rates of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
More good news: There was an increase in the percentage of Americans exercising in the previous month, sleeping 7+ hours/day, and reporting excellent or very good health, compared to last year’s Fitness Index.
Cities can improve their rankings on the Fitness Index in multiple ways, Paluch noted.
“One way could be … increasing the number and access to parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities or taking the steps to make your city more pedestrian-friendly for both walking and biking,” she said.
Healthy living must be the easy choice, Paluch said. “Clean air to breathe while outside; safe and accessible walking paths and sidewalks; playgrounds within walking distance from families’ homes, are examples of ways cities can support healthy living,” she added.
But don’t expect these changes to happen overnight. “Although slow, it will lead to improvements in your residents’ health, quality of life and overall vitality of your city,” Paluch said.
Expect other dividends, she said. Fit cities create stronger community ties and improve the quality of life of the residents.
“Cities that are well-designed to promote physical activity have economic benefits as well, such as increased home values, business and job growth, and an influx of new residents,” she said. “It also can reduce health care costs, where every $1 invested in building trails for walking and biking saves nearly $3 in health care costs.”
The Fitness Index has expanded from 50 to 100 cities, so comparisons to the first 10 years aren’t feasible. Residents and city leaders can compare their city’s indicators from 2018 to 2022, but not the overall rank or score.
Find out how your city compares to Arlington, Va., or other cities.
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FDA brings graphic images to cigarette boxes in U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration has been making some controversial moves as of late and has unveiled some pretty graphic imagery as health warnings. These images will be required to cover half of the front and half of the back of every cigarette pack sold in the U.S. by September 2012 and include nine different photos of what smoking can do to your health.
Imagine picking up your next box of cigarettes and seeing an image of a dead man with stitches going down his chest with the words, “Smoking can kill you” on the front. Another image shows a diseased mouth with the message, “Cigarettes cause cancer” and a third image shows cigarette smoke coming from a man’s tracheal tube and the words, “Cigarettes are addictive.”
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The FDA is hoping that these images will deter buyers, but I can imagine it won’t have an effect on smokers who have been smoking for decades. Each warning label also has the nationwide “quit line” hotline printed, 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
The images will be rotated simultaneously among all cigarette brands and is the federal government’s effort to cut down the number of smokers in America; their aim is to decrease smokers by almost half by 2020. Dr. Lawrence Deyton, Director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products says the agency is projecting that after the first year of the graphic warnings, more than 200,000 smokers will have quit. The labels are required under provisions of the law signed by President Barack Obama two years ago when the FDA was allowed permission to regulate tobacco products. | <urn:uuid:5830ca13-22ad-4a13-8d3e-fdff25eed89a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://businesschief.com/leadership-and-strategy/fda-brings-graphic-images-cigarette-boxes-us | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.956083 | 356 | 2.5 | 2 |
After realizing the advantages that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) can bring through, especially associated with budgets, an ever-increasing number of organizations and companies are shifting to Internet telephony services. With VoIP technology advancing at full speed, the industry is expected to grow even more this year. In view of that, providers and consumers should wisely take into consideration the following 5 VoIP trends that will define the industry in 2017.
1) 5G is around the corner
Even though the imminent move from 4G to 5G technology is unlikely to occur before 2020, providers will surely start talking and making noise about it in 2017. The incorporation of 5G will bring far more benefits than just an upgrade to faster speeds. It will completely revolutionize how carriers deliver communications.
Although this may not affect the speed and safety of VoIP in the office, it will bring many benefits for people that use internet telephone systems from their smartphones, and to the increasing telecommuters and to some Americans already using the technology to work, 5G will surely and positively transform VoIP.
2) Security as a priority
According to Forbes, security is one of the three main priorities for businesses in 2017. Even with VoIP providers on alert and taking strong built-in security measures, Internet telephony services are still much easier to crack than traditional landlines. In fact, this year “the cloud” is expected to face even heavier attacks, which means that VoIP providers will have to spend extra time and money on security.
3) One billion mobile VoIP users
This is the most interesting of all VoIP trends for entrepreneurs that are on the way to adopting VoIP technology: the number of people using mobile VoIP is expected to exceed 1 billion by the end of 2017. This high demand will most certainly bring positive changes to the industry, which will become more competitive, thus leading to better services, improved features, and lower prices.
4) Possible Network Strain
The use of VoIP is not the only thing increasing this year and not the only technology gliding around on the web. More than 12 billion devices are already connected to the ‘Internet of Thing‘ or IoT- a term that refers to the connection of devices, vehicles, and other items to the Internet. It has been predicted that by 2020, the number of devices on the IoT will rise to 21 billion.
This giant leap can cause severe network strain for next years to come, and the future success of VoIP in the business world will depend, among other things, on the technological innovations aimed to reduce this strain and guarantee solid and secure connections.
5) Integration Tendency Continues
In the past few years, VoIP has been one of the few business solutions that most companies have turned to or at least considered turning to. However, more companies begin to use other enterprise software. Consequently, VoIP sellers will undoubtedly seek ways of integrating their services with customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other enterprise software systems that can help drive a business forward. The more executives are aware of the value of these software programs, the more VoIP vendors will try and move towards integration.
Voice over Internet Protocol is here to stay. It offers much more benefits than traditional phone systems as it combines and stores data in a single network, increasing the cost-effectiveness, execution, and efficiency of companies. This is why VoIP will most likely extinguish other older systems and professionals in the industry should pay close attention to these 5 VoIP trends. | <urn:uuid:6484b4d9-0afb-4780-8d62-125b71d9182a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://voip.review/2017/10/30/voip-trends/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.946669 | 724 | 1.804688 | 2 |
This week was state cross country, so it hardly seems fair to say that slow and steady wins the race. But more times than not, when looking at a situation over time, slow and steady wins the race.
Cross country student athletes have been running for months to prepare for that race.
Marching bands have been waking up at the crack of dawn to practice since summer.
Our students have been putting in the time to prepare and our coaches and directors have been putting in the work to help them grow. So many fall activities are reaching their peak right now. As we watch the final moments, it’s easy to forget the work that went into the moment.
That’s what I took from the Husker win this week. After the first game, we’ll technically after the second game, I blogged about hoping the coach and the student athletes would stay Calm in a Crisis.
We live in a state that takes its college football seriously. I can only imagine the pressure the team feels every year. But the only way to win is to take it slow and steady. One practice at a time. One lesson at a time. One moment at a time. That’s how you change a culture.
There is a powerful lesson in that for us as leaders. Vision becomes reality slowly. It takes calm, consistent focus.
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|Yamaha Rhino Clutch Sheave
KMS Performance Clutch Sheave and Duner’s Kit Installation
What is a CVT?
The job of the transmission is to change the speed ratio between the engine and the wheels. The transmission uses a range of gears — from low to high — to make more effective use of the engine’s torque as driving conditions change. The gears can be engaged manually or automatically. Today’s side x side vehicles all use a type of automatic transmission called a continuously variable transmission or CVT.
Unlike traditional automatic transmissions used in cars that are much too heavy for a side x side vehicle, CVTs don’t have any sort of gears. The CVT operates on a pulley system that allows an infinite variability between highest and lowest gears with no discrete steps or shifts.
CVTs used in Rhinos, RZRs, Rangers and Prowlers have three basic components:
The variable-diameter pulleys are the key to a CVT. Each pulley is made of two cones facing each other. A belt rides in the groove between the two cones. When the two cones of the pulley are far apart, the belt rides lower in the groove, and the radius of the belt loop going around the pulley gets smaller. When the cones are close together, the belt rides higher in the groove, and the radius of the belt loop going around the pulley gets larger.
One of the two pulleys is connected to the crankshaft of the engine. This pulley is typically called the drive pulley. The second pulley is called the driven or output pulley because the first pulley is turning it. The driven pulley transfers energy to the transfer case and onto the differentials, through the axles and out to the wheels.
On a Yamaha Rhino, the clutch sheave is part of the drive pulley (right side in above image). When clutch sheaves are machined, it allows the cones on the drive pulley to collapse even further which forces the belt even higher between the cones. This translates to a higher gear.
When one pulley increases its radius, the other decreases its radius to keep the belt tight. As the two pulleys change relative to one another, they create an infinite number of gear ratios.
KMS Performance Machined Clutch Sheave
KMS Performance Duner’s Kit
Remove seat base and plastic in front of seat. Remove bolt from inner/front seat base that goes around below shifter.
Cover removed – Sheave is on the right.
Remove sheave “guard”
Bolts inserted to loosen belt
Clutch sheave removed from Rhino.
Old clutch sheave removed. There are eight weights.
Old weights are removed from the teflon covers
New weights are pressed into old teflon covers
New weights are all in place
Weights are greased and installed in the new sheave
Sheave is assembled
Now it is time to remove and replace the secondary spring (part of the Duner’s Kit) from the secondary sheave. This is a special spring removal tool and wrench from Yamaha. Changing the secondary spring is very difficult (not recommended) without these tools.
A little persuasion is needed to get the secondary sheave in
Reinstall belt. I decided to put a new belt on.
Test before putting cover back on. Left side is low rpm. Right side is high rpm.
Installation performed by Paul Hart – Hart’s Rhino Motorsports
Thanks to Paul for letting me look over his shoulder while he worked on my Rhino.
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What can be better than turning your passion into a job that you get paid for! This is a dream that many of us have and possible to do with almost any hobby. Photography is no different.
Think about all the people who want professional photos for anniversaries, births, weddings, and other big events. If that’s not the route you want to take, you can go with starting a photography business by selling your shots to magazines and stock photography websites. There are many selling photo apps that have popped in recent years, making it easy to connect with potential buyers.
You might start thinking about how to start a career in photography and escalate it. Let’s talk about how to make money from photography and what you need to know to build on success.
How to Earn Money From Photography
It takes more than waking up one day and deciding that you want to go into making money off photography. Even if it’s going to be more of a side hustle, the proper preparation will make it easier to land your first paying client. Here are the steps on how to earn money from photography that we recommend below.
Gain the Right Skills
Learning the basics of photography is easy these days. You just need to devote some time to it. Local colleges and community centers may offer classes on photography that you can sign up for.
This type of learning works best for you if you want to know how to start a career in photography. You don’t need to have a formal education to become a photographer. It can certainly add a ton of value to your career and experience.
Otherwise, you can self-learn and practice to refine your skills. There are tutorials found on YouTube, online courses, or books that can teach you the basics. A lot of what you will learn from photography requires you to take practice shots to understand various angles, lighting effects, etc.
Decide Your Focus
There are many different areas that you can specialize as a photographer. Finding your niche and understanding the photography style that you enjoy will allow you to focus on it. Some of these niches include:
- Conceptual fine art photography,
Learn as much as possible about your niche. For example, if you want to be a fashion photographer, you can look at the websites and social media pages of professional photographers within that niche. You’ll pick up some things just by checking out their portfolio.
Additionally, you’ll want to check out information specific to your industry. Read blogs that are specific to your niche and conduct research to learn more and get inspired.
Invest in the Equipment
You can’t make money from photography by taking photos with your iPhone. As nice as the camera on these devices are, they are no substitute for the proper equipment. The right set of cameras, lenses, and photography equipment will ensure you’ll be capturing high-quality images.
Photography equipment can get very pricey. You don’t need to go overboard by purchasing all the latest and greatest technology, though. Especially when you’re starting, it’s better to get secondhand equipment.
Opting for a slightly older model or buying a good working condition camera and equipment can be done at a big discount. Most professional photographers will say that a good DSLR camera is a solid choice. Others may say an SLR camera is a more authentic way to learn photography. Do some research to decide which one you go with.
Another important factor in determining what equipment to buy is to make sure it’s the right stuff for your niche. The area where people often end up spending too much money is when buying lenses. Your lenses should work for the majority of your situations.
Expensive items that you won’t put to regular use should be rented instead of purchased. There’s no sense in having a piece of equipment that’s worth hundreds of dollars or more collecting dust.
After taking your photographs, you’ll also need to have the right hardware and software. Ensure you have a laptop/desktop with the right specs, a good monitor, and editing software that will fit your professional needs.
Build Your Photography Portfolio
If you are curious about how to be a successful photographer, you need to work more on your photography portfolio since it is your key to getting clients. The portfolio will showcase for potential clients your artistic style and whether it’s right for their needs.
To start a portfolio, you’ll want to create a website you can dedicate to your works. Pick the right platform for your portfolio website. The portfolio website builder should be easy to use, including features and the flexibility to put together a professional website that doesn’t require coding knowledge.
Once you’ve built up a solid portfolio, you can register with photography associations. That will enable you to become a certified professional photographer.
You may also consider opening up a social media account such as Pinterest or Instagram that are popular, photo-based platforms. Picking up a strong social following can lead to attracting potential clients. It will also build your credibility as a photographer.
Offer to take free photos for friends and family to build your portfolio. If you plan to have a different niche, look for ways to gain experience by working for free or helping a professional photographer.
Enter Photography Competitions
Another way to build experience is by entering photography competitions. Participating in a photography competition provides the opportunity to win prizes. Typically there are cash prizes, camera equipment, or the chance to have your work exhibited.
Even if you don’t win, it’s still valuable to have your photos posted on the competition’s website. Entering a photography competition will also improve your photography skills. To make the most of these competitions, follow these tips:
- Read and follow the rules. The terms and conditions of a competition are boring to read. But it’s a necessity to make sure that your images follow the guidelines, or you could get ruled out. Each of these contests will use the images differently. Make sure you understand the implications of this. For example, some competitions may have a condition that gives them the right to use images in any way they want after the contest is over.
- Follow the theme – Don’t leave the interpretation of your images up to the judges on how they relate to the theme. It should be obvious whether the pictures follow the theme of the competition.
- Research previous winners – Photography competitions that occur annually will typically post their winners from last year. You don’t want to copy them, but you should study them to find some hints on the types of images that do well.
Start as a Photographer Assistant
Teenagers who have an interest in photography can start making money while getting experience by becoming a photographer assistant. Becoming an assistant will allow them to tag along at events, pre-wedding shoots, or work as assistants for other photographers.
It is also a great route for novice photographers that want to gain skills and confidence in their photography skills. The duties of an assistant vary, but common responsibilities include:
- Checking photography gear and making sure that it’s ready. Ensuring that any extra things are packed that you might need.
- Reviewing files on the computer as they come in.
- Being an “extra set of eyes” to check if anything looks off during production
- Take instructions from the photographer
- Taking payments and acting as customer service
- Setting up the studio for shoots
- Booking appointments and setting up meet-and-greets
- Editing and distributing images to clients
To find work as an assistant, you’ll need to research to find photographers who match the style you want to learn. Reach out to them via email and phone calls and keep a professional but friendly tone.
There are two types of assistants: The first assistant will work with the photographer regularly. The second assistant is typically hired specifically for special shoots. Working as a second assistant is a good path to take because it gets your foot in the door.
Make sure that you have a website with a portfolio before reaching out to professional photographers about assistant jobs. Even though you aren’t taking the photos, they will be interested in the type of work you do.
Working with a variety of different photographers is also a good idea. You can learn things and take away from assisting photography types like food, fashion, corporate, event, etc.
Join Photography Clubs
Joining photography clubs is another great way to sharpen your photography skills and gain valuable experience. While there are many online communities out there, it’s better to join a local group. That way, you can meet up in person to share knowledge and experiences. It is also a great way to make new friends who share your interests.
Many photography clubs are competition-based, where members compete with one another. Steer clear of these clubs if this isn’t something you’re interested in.
Different clubs may also specialize in a certain type of photography. So if you want to have a narrow focus, search for clubs in your niche interest.
Other questions to ask yourself when considering which photography club to join include:
- Do you want to go on trips?
- Do you want to gain access to a darkroom to shoot a film?
- Do you want to have access to specialist printing equipment, darkrooms, etc.?
- What are the costs to join?
- Do you want to join a club that invites famous and established photographers?
- Do you want to exhibit regularly?
If you can attend as a non-member before signing up for a club, this is the perfect opportunity to get a feel for the organization. Also, check out their website or Facebook group to give you an idea of how active the club is and where their interests lie.
Ways to Make Money with Photography
If you are interested in starting a photography business, you could start as a freelance photographer. This way, you can steadily build up your skills and clientele. Another option on how to be a successful photographer is to collaborate with more experienced photographers. The collaboration job gives you a chance to learn the ropes before venturing out as a professional photographer.
But what are other creative ways to make money working as a photographer? We’ve compiled a list below for you to consider:
Sell Your Photos Through Apps
Many selling photo apps out there give you the ability to start making money on your photos using your phone. Some of them are subscription-based, so you’ll want to select your platform(s) according to your budget. There’s typically a revenue-share model where a certain percentage of your sale goes to the platform. Here are a few apps to review:
- Agora Images
- Shutterstock contributor
Sell Your Photos in Local Galleries
Check out local galleries and find out if they display photos for purchase for their galleries. To sell your photos to galleries, you must understand what types of images will sell. For example, most galleries won’t accept photos that have people in them.
The pricing for displaying your photos is usually different based on the situation. You might be able to rent wall space with some. Others will ask for a percentage of your profits and charge a small monthly fee.
Check Out Real Estate Photography
Interior designers and real estate agents often use photographers to capture images of homes they are working on. You’ll want to get a feel for real estate photography by studying sample images.
Ensure you have a rate sheet, contact, and other details ready to review with potential clients to share. To find work, use the power of networking by going to local events. You can also try Facebook and Meetup groups to connect with.
Sell Your Prints Online
If you have a collection of great-looking shots, why not start selling your prints? Selling your photos online through a third party is usually the easiest way to do this. They are your selling platform, handle payments, and get your images printed and sent. For all this legwork, these third parties will take a mission. | <urn:uuid:f37924ef-aec7-4caa-a2a7-f762ece04541> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thelogicofmoney.com/how-to-start-a-successful-career-as-a-photographer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.958686 | 2,584 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Qubole, the big data-as-a-service company, today announced that it has open sourced Quark, a cost-based SQL optimizer that helps to simplify and optimize access to data for data analysts. Traditionally, the data sets generated by data teams are aggregated and copied to multiple analytics systems to balance performance and cost, making it near impossible to query the data in a way that can quickly inform business decisions. Quark simplifies and optimizes access to data by managing relationships between tables across an organization’s databases.
The Quark project is available in open-source, as well as in a SaaS implementation via the Qubole Data Service (QDS). Quark models relationships between datasets using well-known database concepts like materialized views and OLAP cubes, enabling data analysts to automatically take advantage of the fastest and most efficient data set for their queries.
“We at Qubole are committed to the open source community. With the open sourcing of Quark, we are offering a simple, optimized and compatible solution to allow developers to route SQL queries across data warehouses, big data SQL engines, and data marts. Open source is core to our values at Qubole, and that’s why we built our QDS platform to be agnostic and easily integrate with most open source data engines,” said Ashish Thusoo, co-founder, and CEO of Qubole.
Qubole’s co-founders, Ashish Thusoo and Joydeep Sen Sarma, are committers to open source projects and have authored several prominent open source projects, including the Apache Hive Project.
Quark is distributed as a JDBC jar and works with the majority of tools that integrate with JBDC. Qubole’s customers can take advantage of Quark-as-a-service directly. Qubole’s global shared Hive metastore provides the central view into data along with connectivity to data warehouse engines such as Redshift and relational databases. Quark on Qubole automatically optimizes across data engines and data sets. For more information, please contact: [email protected] | <urn:uuid:89c5f9e2-6a9c-4a3b-8e07-cd2e28cc27b7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.qubole.com/blog/open-sources-quark | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.923478 | 444 | 1.515625 | 2 |
- 1 Which is the calmest dog breed?
- 2 What is the most chilled dog?
- 3 What breed of dog is quiet and calm?
- 4 What is the most loyal dog?
- 5 What is the best behaved dog breed?
- 6 Which dog is most likely to turn on its owner?
- 7 Which dog breed lives the longest?
- 8 What dog breed is quiet?
- 9 What is the least energetic dog?
- 10 What small dog breed is the calmest?
Which is the calmest dog breed?
The Best Calm Dog Breeds
- English Bulldogs. It’s easy to write these hefty pups off as lazy, but English Bulldogs welcome the frequent exercise they need in order to stay trim.
- Great Pyrenees.
- French Bulldogs.
- Bichon Frises.
- Scottish Deerhound.
- Golden Retriever.
What is the most chilled dog?
These Are the Most Easygoing Dog Breeds You Can Own
- Bernese mountain dog. They’re gentle and calm.
- Bulldog. They love their owners.
- Bullmastiff. This big dog is happy in a house or even an apartment.
- Chinese crested dog.
- Clumber spaniel.
- French bulldog.
- Glen of Imaal terrier.
What breed of dog is quiet and calm?
The 15 Quietest Dog Breeds
- Bulldog. They’re typically calm and quiet.
- Bernese mountain dog. They only bark if there’s a reason.
- Cavalier King Charles spaniel. They’re thankfully not yippy dogs.
- French bulldog. They’re pretty chill little dogs.
- Scottish deerhound.
- Soft-coated wheaten terrier.
What is the most loyal dog?
Top 10 Most Loyal Dog Breeds
- #8: Yorkshire Terrier.
- #7: Dobermann Pinscher.
- #6: German Shepherd.
- #5: Golden Retriever.
- #4: Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
- #3: Labrador Retriever.
- #2: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
- #1: Xoloitzcuintli.
What is the best behaved dog breed?
Some of the most well-behaved dog breeds include:
- Irish Setters.
- Labrador Retrievers.
- Border Collies.
- Newfoundland dogs.
- St. Bernard.
Which dog is most likely to turn on its owner?
American Pitbull Terriers are strong dogs and often make it to news headlines for attacking people. These dogs can turn on their owners at any time. The historical background of this breed (bred as fighting dogs) probably offers the best possible explanation for this behavior.
Which dog breed lives the longest?
Australian Cattle Dog An Australian Cattle Dog called Bluey holds the record for the longest-lived dog – reaching an incredible 29 years of age. The breed normally lives for around 15 years.
What dog breed is quiet?
15 Quiet Dog Breeds
- French Bulldog. (iStock)
- Basenji. A great option for pet owners looking for a quiet dog, the Basenji is basically bark-free.
- Great Dane. One of the quietest dog breeds is the Great Dane.
- Australian Cattle Dog.
- Shar Pei.
- Bouvier des Flandres.
What is the least energetic dog?
The Least Active Dog Breeds
- Basset Hound. When you leave for work, it’s highly likely that your Bassett Hound won’t have budged from his place on the sofa until your return.
- English Bulldog.
- Great Dane.
- Shih Tzu.
- Chow Chow.
What small dog breed is the calmest?
10 Calm Small Dog Breeds
- English Toy Spaniel.
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
- Bichon Frise.
- Japanese Chin.
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21 July 2017
Drawing, Not Drowning: The ‘bio auto graphic’ series.
To mark International Zines Day we have a guest post by Michael Nicholson about his 'bio auto graphic' series, recently added to the Library's collections. The Library collects a very wide range of zines and other independent publications, and we are keen to raise the profile of zines in the Library. Zines have real value for social and artistic research; they can be an inspiration to others looking to write or create their own publications; they can be a space for sharing issues and experiences where readers can find support; or they can work as part of a force for change, contributing to networks and activism. This post gives an insight into the context and motivation for producing the 'bio auto graphic' series.
My name is Michael Nicholson and I draw pictures alongside words I write.
Since 2004 I have created an entirely subjective response to what I see and hear around me in the form of pictures and words, held in a series of self-published editions that many think of as zines. The work – most recently collected by the British Library I am delighted to say – has been exhibited, collected and purchased around the world. People have said some kind things about it.
The tension between contradictory things gives the series energy; I grew up in the Lake District but chose to live in London; I trained as an illustrator but actually begin the creative process most commonly by writing; I relish company but also solitude. The core fact of my life – that I am an only child – first allowed me to maintain a safety perimeter between my self and what I see around me. A blast-zone beyond which I am free to observe, assess and consider options before deciding on the right moment to step closer. I like time to think.
My imaginative life really began with books. The allure of storytelling hooked me very early, as I could read before I went to infant school. Mere words in a certain order on a page carry an extraordinary potency, and the conventional book format – allegedly diluted by digital usurpers – remains elegant and profoundly interactive (to shamelessly appropriate a bloodless modern term). Immersion in a new book, either in the company of a familiar author or while getting to know an unknown one, remains a delight.
I wanted to tell stories, having realized I could draw, and images – in the televisual age that was my 1960s childhood – then swirled around my head along with words. Simplistic notions of morality and relationships embedded themselves from a variety of sources: J.P. Martin’s exquisite, subversively English ‘Uncle’ series (illustrated by Quentin Blake) and the giddy Manhattan of Stan Lee’s ‘Marvel Comics’, to the spinning police box of Patrick Troughton’s ‘Doctor Who’ and the sinister hills and woods of Tove Jansson’s ‘Moominland’. Well-crafted stories with characters to care about, whether they be in Milch & Bochco’s ’NYPD: Blue’, Phil Rickman’s excellent ‘Merrily Watkins’ series or David Mitchell’s ‘The Bone Clocks’, continue to involve me to this day.
What some regard as the dubious lowlands of popular culture always enticed me, and the irreverence of comedy in particular led me to the cheap seats. A sense of humour inspired me, whether it be ‘Monty Python’, Spike Milligan’s war memoirs, the bracing stand-up sermons of the late Bill Hicks or the current withering asides of Stewart Lee. Realising the absurdity of institutions, elites and ourselves - and pointing it out in ways that allow similarly helpless people to laugh at it - is an intelligent coping mechanism. Can laughter topple dictators? Comedy can be visionary, and those who do it wordsmiths and pioneers in my opinion, from Stan and Ollie to Jacques Tati and Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson and Victoria Wood. Cruelty makes for easy comedy, but it’s the humanity in it that is most memorable.
All these factors shape me; how I see the world, how I step forward to meet it, how I step back to regroup after a blow. How I phrase what I draw and write in ‘bio auto graphic’. It was a challenge to tell the story closest to home, but humour helped.
Having worked professionally as an illustrator since graduating from St. Martins School of Art in 1985 – and also as a storyboard artist in TV and film from the early 1990s – by the 2000s I was ready to set out my own ideas instead of interpreting those of others. It was time to act, in fact, and words as well as pictures would be my tools in doing so.
Having begun to exhibit early work at artists’ book fairs with my partner Mette Ambeck, I produced what I called ‘Issue Zero’ of a strand of editions based on my own life, an idea first suggested to me by a friend, comedy writer/performer Charlie Higson, in a serious moment.
I called the series ‘bio auto graphic’ (lower case, yes) and it was A5 size, produced from A4 artwork of inked pencil line and entirely hand-lettered, without colour. Two staples held an issue together. In this way it was positioned on a through-line from the simplest of medieval chapbooks to – though it was several years before I realised this – what are called ‘zines’ (these being the product of intense enthusiasm and low budgets, cheaply produced and direct in format). Being the equivalent of a 17th century door-to-door chap book salesman appealed to me. I liked the sheer chance involved in some complete stranger coming up to the table and finding the work.
Stylistically, I adopted some of the conventions of my beloved childhood comic books (speech balloons and frames) but also drew vague influence from concrete poetry and the power of spoken language, overheard conversations, the beat and repetition of joke-telling, verbal double-meanings and the unsettling damp hand of our dreams. The overall visual approach across the series to date is fluid, responsive to whatever the current theme is, loose enough to try new approaches in composition or format. Pages lack the confinement of a dense field of ‘panels’, and narrative can be achieved via the creation of a cumulative mood rather than a strictly sequential ‘story’.
Whether in stand-alone issues, or in linked sequences, the editions explore all manner of threads; identity and how it changes; the things that bind and separate us as communities; being fictional or factual; the local and the global. My mood obviously impacts upon what the reader sees, and the series can be variously angry, bemused, confused, sad, obscure and joyous. It has certainly helped me chart the blind spots in what I think and who I think I am - and I gladly align it to the notion of the personal as the political. I am in the process of identifying as myself.
Hugely influential practitioners in this diaristic field exist, and my own influences certainly include Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Harvey Pekar, Eddie Campbell and Joe Sacco. Of course, while this list doesn’t reflect it, the notion of strip artwork that draws from life – and zines reflecting it – has also been a strong thread through the recent decades of feminist thought.
The experience continues to satisfy, and there’s genuine anticipation and excitement when I begin to fill in a workbook page, not generally knowing where things will lead. Later the not knowing is replaced by the knowing as things are completed.
Am I merely navel-gazing? Quite possibly, but amidst the increasing velocity of our society I realize I am determined to fight a corner for a quiet reflective voice, away from the bear pit of anti-social media. I don’t have a faith in God, and science can sometimes reflect the hubris of humankind far too easily.
I do meanwhile have a faith in what best expresses our flawed state of being: small actions, gentle kindnesses, connections, hopes and occasional braveries, to which the series bears witness.
We are told what can make us happy every waking moment by the media-sphere – and usually at a price – but I suspect it is a lot simpler than that.
Look in the mirror and ask the person you see: ‘What makes you really happy?’
These editions that I make are zines, episodes in my life, a map, a window and a mirror.
If you said that ‘bio auto graphic’ is about finding what makes us happy, there might be some truth in that.
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“NBC News, CBS News, BBC, CBC online, CBC News Now, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Fox News, U.S. News and World Report, Global News, The Scientist, New York Daily News, Salon.com, MSN UK, MSN New Zealand, Discovery News, Cosmopolitan, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star, The Vancouver Province, The Hamilton Spectator and many others reported on research by Rama Singh, Jonathan Stone and Richard Morton (all from Biology), proposing a new theory to explain the evolution of menopause, one that suggests it arose as the result of men preferring younger women over thousands of years.” – See more at: http://bit.ly/19YBZju
-Daily News (McMaster University, Jun 19, 2013)
Scientific literacy in contemporary societies is determined by scientific culture, public interest, and communication. Public passion for knowledge, new findings, and novel discoveries catalyzes media activities. While scientists increasingly have become interested in publicizing science and publishing popular books, media have played important roles in translating science from the field or laboratory to the public domain. Thus, scientists, media, and the public flanked by industry, business, and government define the consortium of producers, consumers, and sponsors of discovery.
Effective communication constitutes an important component in the scientific enterprise and sometimes good communication fails because scientists, media, and the public perform their roles inadequately. We recently published a paper on the origin of menopause (1), which received unexpected worldwide publicity. At the time of writing this review (one week after publication), the paper has received over 10000 hits. Media portrayals were hyperbolic and public misunderstanding rampant, so we were invited to write this review to ensure that our role, as scientists, was fulfilled. We also speculate on why menopause is an important research topic from a female health perspective.
A Novel Hypothesis for the Origin of Menopause
Menopause poses a challenge to evolutionary theory. As with other anthropophilic traits (e.g., communication, consciousness), menopause might be observed in other organisms, but it is found in its most-pronounced condition in humans. Classic Darwinian natural selection operates to effect intergenerational change in traits that affect individual survival and reproduction. For humans, this amounts to averting death, a unique event in an individual’s life, and striving for sex, which hopefully comes a little more frequently. Menopause seemingly imparts a negative impact on these two fitness measures. Neo-Darwinian processes such as mutation and biased mating also seem impotent as explanatory principles. These impotencies, however, were revealed as only apparent in our paper: a simple hypothesis combined with a computational model demonstrated that mutation accumulation enabled by a change in reproductive behaviour is sufficient to establish diminished fertility with continued survival in one sex.
Formally, the hypothesis states that a switch to mating involving males and exclusively young females is sufficient to evolve menopause. The change in mating relaxes selection on older women; thereafter, any mutations that decrease female fertility at advanced ages become effectively neutral and can accumulate over time; eventually, menopause is established. Longevity is maintained by selection operating on men, eliminating mutations that decrease survival and male fertility at advanced ages (ironically, the paper was published online immediately preceding Father’s Day weekend in most of the countries in which it is celebrated).
Communication and advertisement differ in degrees, in accuracy and expected gains (e.g., recognition, financial) terms. Paper titles used to suggest only a general research field (e.g., genetics, development, physiology, evolution, ecology), and one learned specific details about a study only by reading the abstract or summary. This was followed by a tradition in which titles comprised two levels, a main heading, to indicate a general research field, followed by a subheading, to provide details about a study. The fashion currently is to advertise the main finding directly in the title, itself. This is a most-effective way to attract attention, faced with ever-increasing competition in publication space.
Whereas we conservatively titled our paper (“Mate choice and the origin of menopause”), we were intrigued sufficiently with the idea that a change in mating could produce menopause that we succumbed to temptation and issued as our press release a dramatic interpretation: “Researchers determine that menopause is caused by – wait for it – men.” We had no idea that this would be portrayed as if contemporary men were responsible for menopause – naïvité.
Portrayal & Coverage – While the statement, itself, presented accurately our notion for a plausible ultimate cause, media portrayal, especially in traditional (e.g., news agencies and radio and television broadcasts) and social media outlets was exaggerated. Some traditional outlets exercised creative license, turning-out tantalizing titles to titillate client attention (e.g., “‘Cradle snatchers’ cause menopause, says biologist”), accompanying pieces with images depicting older celebrity males with their much younger wives and even younger children. The story went viral. We refer to the epidemic-meme spread in this case as the ‘Larry King effect’ (e.g., one outlet used as its subtitle “Prof Rama Singh warns that Michael Douglas and Rod Stewart wannabes have stacked the Darwinian deck of cards against older women remaining fertile;” another included a King family image). Other, more-traditional outlets adopted a more-conservative approach (e.g., “Men ‘to blame for the menopause’”). Given that such ‘spins’ were turned-out without an evolutionary context for interpretation, any meaningful scientific message was bound to be misinterpreted. Once this spin had been spun, outlets picking-up wire service stories perpetuated the hype, and coverage became pandemic. We remark that we, too, played a role in perpetrating the Larry King effect; the short title that appears on alternate pages in our paper, “Putting the Men in Menopause,” can be interpreted as only slightly less misleading, equally in jeopardy to be misrepresented by the public. The research was the top health story on Google News from the Friday through the Sunday immediately following publication. We were inundated with requests for interviews on radio and television and via email and Skype. Most reporters demonstrated understanding the research in their summaries. But evolution is a subtle game…
Solicited Comments – We were impressed and surprised by comments that were solicited from researchers. Some, evolutionary biologists, were familiar with the topic and challenged the main idea that mating behavior could produce menopause (or at least its spin, as they would have had insufficient time to have perused the paper), offering specific, competing, alternative explanations like the reproduction-cost, reproduction-conflict, mother, and grandmother hypotheses, often in combinations. Others, clinical researchers, were more familiar with topics that relate to the hypothesis only as Larry King effects and (also without having had time to have read the paper) described the research using terms like balderdash, unable to appreciate that a change in reproductive behavior, like a male preference for younger females, could manifest its effects physiologically. At least one reporter dismissed the research outright on the basis that computation provides a completely impotent approach for understanding evolution – identifying unknown viruses, as in the SARS epidemic (as just one example) aside.
Email and Social Media – Some public comments were more-extreme than were the media portrayals! One reader sent an email message directly to one author, casting us all as feminists, presumably intended in a negative, derogatory manner, and castigating us for blaming men for menopause (other, more-personal accusations will be treasured privately by the authors). Interestingly, the same reference was offered in a positive, complimentary manner via social media, like facebook. Another asked how sexually active a women has to be to avoid menopause. One sent an email message declaring that the research constituted nothing more than wasted funding (softened later, respectfully, by a follow-up email message, presumably after the author had had an opportunity to read the paper, apologizing for the “ignorant tone” of the previous email message). Another sent an email message suggesting that the research amounted to nothing more than an attempt at ‘headline grabbing.’
Online Comments – Among public reaction in comments to online articles, some were informed, just enough to temper more-extreme comments – perhaps popular books are being read! The most-popular explanation for menopause – the one referred to with greatest frequency in comments following online articles – is the grandmother hypothesis, according to which older females increase their inclusive fitness by helping to raise grandchildren rather than producing and raising their own. The next-most-popular explanation – referred to with the next-greatest frequency – is the extended longevity hypothesis, according to which older females experience decreased fertility because individuals live longer in modern human populations than in ancient ones.
Remarks and Speculation
The ignorance about evolution, especially the time periods over and mechanics by which natural selection can operate to effect change, is widespread. In addition to our interactions with media and the public, we were contacted personally by people from a variety of backgrounds and vocations. All had their own ideas for why menopause originated. None among them – none – considered time on a macroscopic scale or mutations as having anything to do with menopause. This is shocking, especially when most comments were offered by people with university education.
We raise three points for concern: (1) lacking knowledge about evolution to deal with health and other life-history issues; (2) medical professionals considering human bodies as objects without any regard to their being produced by evolution; and (3) gender and health and how gender relationships transform into an inter-dependent, major, life history factor – impacting the health of one gender through the other.
Health is a primary concern for many ‘modern’ societies, probably the most important concern after food for more-traditional societies. Public awareness on progress in molecular biology and genetics and concerns about antibiotic resistance and genetically-modified, pesticide-contaminated, and hormone-infused food has attracted public attention. These issues relate to fear from mutation (e.g., cancer and other diseases). But people exercise very little interest in understanding how organisms respond to environmental challenges and, generally, most students, biologists included, avoid taking a course in evolution at university.
Premedical students in Canada in the recent past could enter medical school without ever having taken a course in genetics. That situation has changed, but practicing doctors pay little attention to evolutionary principles in practicing health science. Anecdotally, a reporter mentioned to one author that a gynecologist friend considered the hypothesis as nonsense, that menopause occurs because women deplete their egg supply (the follicular depletion hypothesis, which data seem to falsify). Confusing effects with causes is a major problem in health disciplines.
Menopause is a major health issue for women. Presently, little more can be done than treating symptoms. However, as a result of changing demographics and later reproduction, menopause is becoming a serious concern to women between 30 and 40 years age. They have a very narrow time period for reproduction. If menopause could be delayed by medical intervention, that time period could be expanded. Menopause is starting to become a priority health concern. For women, menopause may be a matter of life and death; for families and society, it also is a matter of reproductive and population health.
Lacking understanding about evolution was the single most important factor limiting our ability to communicate with the public as well as health professionals. We will suffer – personally in individual health and as a society in environmental health – if we fail to impart education about evolution and how it can inform us on how to deal with health issues.
(1) Morton RA, Stone JR, Singh RS (2013) Mate Choice and the Origin of Menopause. PLoS Comput Biol 9(6): e1003092. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003092
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China has hit the US with 25 percent tariffs on US$50 billion worth of US goods, as the two countries step closer to a full-blown trade war.
The tariffs apply to a range of US products, including automobiles, aircraft, beef, soybeans, whisky, and chemicals.
The move comes a day after the US announced tariffs on 1,333 types of Chinese products – valued at an identical US$50 billion – mostly in the industrial and high-tech sectors. Those tariffs are widely considered a response to China’s controversial Made in China 2025 industrial policy, which has drawn the ire of the US government.
China’s deputy finance minister, Zhu Guangyao, reiterated China’s position that it does not want a trade war, but will retaliate proportionally to US tariffs. Earlier this week, China slapped tariffs on US$3 billion worth of US products in response to US tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum.
Business Intelligence from Dezan Shira & Associates
China’s latest tariffs will mostly damage the US automobile and agricultural sectors. However, US businesses across all sectors face uncertainty in both the immediate and the longer term, as political disputes interfere with standard operations.
On the other hand, other countries may benefit from the tariffs on US goods. Australia, Canada, and the EU, for example, may see their automobile, wine, and agricultural products become more attractive to Chinese consumers as a result of tariffs on US products.
Nevertheless, the descent into a trade war between the world’s two largest economies poses wide macro-economic risks. And while the trade dispute has primarily been centered on China and the US thus far, other countries may be pressured to get involved as relations strain.
For a complete list of China’s latest tariffs on US goods, please click here (link in Chinese).
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Montgomery County, Ohio – The coronavirus continues to spread rapidly amongst our counties here in Ohio. All 88 counties currently exceed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s high-incidence threshold, meaning each county has had more than 100 cases per 100,000 residents for two weeks.
Over the past month from September to October, Montgomery County has seen a concerning trend. Coronavirus tests are coming back positive at 8.8%, which is higher than the state’s all-time positivity rate of 7%.
Health Commissioner Jeff Cooper said what he is seeing is worrisome.
“That test positivity value has increased significantly. We were hovering around 4% positivity,” Cooper said. “We’re now close to 9% test positivity.”
Cooper said these rates are soaring across the region.
“If you look at our entire West-Central planning region, all eight counties, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby counties. That test positivity ranges from a low of almost 6% to up to almost 20%.
Cooper said the driving force behind this rise is people attending private social event gatherings and not following the CDC’s pandemic guidelines.
So leaders in Montgomery County are urging residents to take a step back, and take this virus seriously.
“Really especially as we get into these winter months we are asking everyone to consider not going to friends houses — to stay within what I call your COVID-pod,” Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said. “To wear your mask when you’re in a room with anybody you’re not living with. To make sure that you do your part to pass up on these social events. I know it’s difficult because we’re getting into the holidays — it’s going to be hard. But we need to do our very best because we’re trying to save the lives of ourselves and others.”
Currently, the area’s health systems are not in jeopardy of being overwhelmed, but President and CEO of the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association Sarah Hackenbracht said that could change if trends continue.
“Hospitals have now treated double the number of COVID-19 patients in just the last month,” Hackenbracht said. “We are now seeing that corresponding increase of patients who need to be treated in the intensive care unit and some who even require ventilator use. The trend that we have seen in the last month is disturbing.”
Experts worry people are letting their guards down to the virus, not wearing masks and not social distancing. With flu season upon us, now is the time to get serious about this problem before it’s too late.
“I mean let’s face it, it’s about us as individuals, as human beings that care about each other, making personal sacrifices to protect each other and the ones we love,” Cooper said. “And if the worst thing that ever happens to us as an individual is that we have to wear a mask — I mean think about that — life’s pretty darn good.”
The group of leaders in the Miami Valley is advising residents to reconsider large family gatherings, such as the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday — suggesting limiting it to small gatherings. Ultimately, the best way to get back on track is to follow the guidelines we have been hearing for months.
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In today's financial markets, if someone wants to invest in an underlying asset, the investor has a few choices. The first and simplest choice is that of purchasing the underlying asset through one of the financial markets. This is the most capital intensive options as the investor must put up the money for the asset. There is a second way to invest in the underlying asset and that is to buy or sell options that trade in financial markets. This may be inconvenient and take time. There is another avenue that exists to allow the investor to invest in the movement of stocks. These are called Binary Options.
A Binary Option is a method of profiting from the movement in stocks without having to finance the purchase of that stock. A Binary Option has two possible outcomes (thus binary). The investor will either make a predetermined percentage profit or will lose the investment completely. There are two basic forms of Binary Options. There are "call options", for the investor who anticipates that the underlying asset will move up, and "put options", for the investor who thinks the underlying asset price will move lower. Binary Options may be a risky investment tool, but they provide high reward. The clearest way to understand the value of a binary options trade is to compare it with a straight equity purchase and a conventional option trade.
- We are trading stock / options in Disney ("DIS")
- At 2:00 PM DIS shares are trading at $39.00 a share.
- A $100 investment will be used for these examples.
With $100.00 you could by approximately 2.5 shares of DIS. You would own the stock at a base price of $39.00 as the stock rises you make money as it goes down you lose money. The straight stock purchase has the least risk. The stock would have to go to $0 to lose your entire investment. You could also sell the stock at any point to minimize your loss. Of course to make 70% on your investment DIS would have to trade at $67.00. This could take a long period of time or may never happen at all.
Conventional Option Trade:
A short term call option with expiration date in 3 weeks and strike price of $39.00 costs about $1.00 per contract of 100 shares, so for $100 you could by 1 contract and control 100 shares for 3 weeks. In the conventional option trade the stock would have to go up more than $1 in the 3 week period in order to generate profit. If the stock closes below $39 at the expiration date than you lose your $100.00 investment. In order to make the same 70% return the stock would have to trade at $40.70 at some point before the expiration date. Two factors mitigate the risk. The option itself is trade-able before the expiration date and you can exercise the option at any time before expiration.
Binary Option Trade:
The investor purchases a Binary Option Call at a spot price of $39.00. The option expires at 2:30 PM. If DIS is trading above $39.00 at 2:30 you make $70 on the trade in minutes! If DIS is below $39.00 at 2:30 you lose your $100 investment.
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What To Eat To Avoid Constipation
It’s like giving an award speech only to find yourself in your underwear. It’s like realizing your home looks like a frat house after beer night and your mother in law just rang the doorbell. It’s like a tedious party in your pants where the guests just won’t leave. It’s uncomfortable, embarrassing and internally painful: welcome to the world of constipation.
Constipation is something most people go through once or twice a year. Older people can be more prone to this difficult condition as their bodies change. If this happens to you often, then you need to make drastic changes to your diet and exercise routine, as the main causes of constipation are dehydration, lack of fiber and a sedentary lifestyle.
Quick, What Do I Eat?
In case you’re reading this article in a hurry, I’ve condensed the information into a quick scan-through list. All this food helps prevent and alleviate constipation:
Bran: water and bran work well together. Incorporate bran cereal into your diet at least a few times a week.
Don’t Stop Believin’
Keep adding roughage to your diet and you’ll be constipation-free. If you are getting constipated a lot, it’s a sign that your routines have to change.
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Michio kaku went online to chat about parallel universes. This is the many worlds interpretation or mwi, of quantum mechanics, originally formulated by physicist hugh everett in 1957. The superspace of parallel universes is a realm where the future not only exists. For example, the strong nuclear force is much stronger in the parallel universe than in ours. Perhaps were just a sliver of time away from an alternate existence, or perhaps regular people we pass on the street are beings from another universe that have already. Parallel worlds by michio kaku overdrive rakuten overdrive. The parallel universe is the biblical principle that that which is spiritual invisible is manifested shownseen in that which is physical visible the parallel universe is the reality that everything in the created world, has a parallel principle or lesson in the spiritual world. He has taught at san diego state university as well as the university of london, the university of paris, the hahnmeitner institute for nuclear physics in berlin, and the hebrew university of jerusalem.
Since its official proposal in 1954 by hugh everett iii, the idea of parallel universes has boggled the minds of scientists, philosophers, bloggers, and average folk alike. Theoretically, how can i travel to a parallel universe. This site challenges the old notion of gravity and presents a new kinetic theory of gravity. Sep 22, 2015 in this parallel universe the fundamental laws of physics differ from the laws of our own. Each universe is merely a small part of a larger multiverse. Parallel worlds by michio kaku, read by marc vietor. Perhaps were just a sliver of time away from an alternate existence, or perhaps regular people we pass on the street are beings from another universe that have already mastered the art of dimensional travel. Check out into the parallel universe by mygrain on amazon music. Level 2 parallel universe, the regions of space are continuing to undergo an inflation phase.
He recognizes the threat that parallel universes pose to the concept of specified complexity. Such dreams could also be incoming images from an alternate world where you are living a different life. A journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos is a popular science book by michio kaku first published in. The superspace of parallel universes is a realm where the future not only exists, but affects the now as much as the past does. Level 1 is space is infinite and that if we keep traveling through space well reach an identical earth. I was thinking abour lionel shrivers postbirthday world which i quite enjoyed. Universe anthology series, a series of science fiction anthologies edited by terry carr. In fact, our gravity is just a weak signal leaking out of another universe into ours. Philip yancey is editor at large of christianity today and cochair of the editorial board for books and. Fred alan wolf is an author of eleven books, a physicist, and a lecturer who earned his phd in theoretical physics at ucla in 1963. No matter how weird things get on our world, in science fiction, there will always be places where things got weirderenter the parallel universe.
The girl grew up and integrated herself into her new surroundings. I am in love with the concept of parallel universes. Read this book for a wonderful tour, with an expert guide, of a cosmos whose. The same but different for years parallel universes were a staple of the twilight zone. Likewise, the universes of your other selves are spheres of the same size centered on their planets. We all have a parallel universe the keys some never find the entry points never the same page. As a result, the signals would be received by the persons body in a parallel universe. The differences between it and ours are very small and almost nonexistent, aside from different history and perhaps how the government is run. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle. Not that ive read that many, but hands down one of the most lucid, worldviewchallenging, explanatory books about parallel universes has been david deutschs the fabric of reality.
The latest technology trends and cutting edge ideas. We accept donations year round, so if you havent donated yet, theres still time to add your support. Under this hypothesis, every persons consciousness resembles a russian doll. It is not the kind of book you read, enjoy, then forget. Platos afterlife and parallel universes leon philosophy 12. Add to library 1 discussion browse more science fiction. Parallel universes university of massachusetts boston. There were different races, but definitely like anyone on this planet. Does anyone know of any other sliding doorsesque parallel universe type novels please. In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author michio. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your mygrain collection. Parallel universe is one of the most sensational topics among the most creative writers as it is the best work of imagination.
One of the earliest versions of the multiverse theory was the manyworlds interpretation of quantum mechanics proposed by physicist hugh everett in 1957 according to everetts manyworlds interpretation of quantum mechanical phenomena such as the socalled universal wave function, many and perhaps infinite worlds exist as alternate histories and futures of our known universe. Nov 25, 2015 classically, the many worlds interpretation suggests that every time a quantum measurement is made, every possible outcome branches into a parallel universe where that outcome occurred. Burt claimed that he developed a program that teaches people how to tap into alternative realities to gain wisdom, ideas and insights to help them achieve their goals. Time travel parallel universes timetravelinsciencefiction thetimemachine,h. The theory of parallel universes is not just maths it is.
Aug 20, 2015 no matter how weird things get on our world, in science fiction, there will always be places where things got weirderenter the parallel universe. Pivot point by kasie west, a thousand pieces of you by claudia gray, parallel by lauren miller, unraveling by elizabeth nor. Theoretically, how can i travel to a parallel universe to. As we enter into these black holes, waves of fear crash over us, blurring our vision making it difficult to breathe.
The most straightforward kind of parallel universes is ones just like the one we can see, but beyond the cosmic horizon space is flat, and infinite, and the laws of physics as we know. Sep 03, 2015 the existence of parallel universes may seem like something cooked up by science fiction writers, with little relevance to modern theoretical physics. Discover how ideas from quantum mechanics are percolating out into the vast scale of the cosmos perhaps, in the future, to reveal a new understanding of the big bang and the nature of space and time. The promise of parallel universes, science magazine. The definitive visual guide, a 2005 nonfiction book by nine british authors. Inflation for beginners a universe in your backyard the everett interpretation. All rights belong to spinefarm records soulfood and to the band mygrain title. The top 10 books on parallel universes are the best form of fiction artwork. Parallel universe poem by charmaine simpson poem hunter. Nov 05, 2015 jade was wondering around her room when something catches her eye and pulls her into a parallel universe similair, yet so different, to her own. We often think of the multiverse as an invention of modern science and comic books thanks, flash.
In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author michio kaku takes us. This is the simplest but far from the only example of parallel universes. The search for other worlds reprinted ed by wolf, fred alan isbn. Parallel universes are real and they are interacting with. Introduction in an article entitled parallel universes in the may 2003 issue of scientific american, max tegmark presents a clear and comprehensive picture of the paralleluniverse idea. From 210ad to 276 ad a person born in iran existed by the. Knopf, borzoi books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of. Is deja vu caused by parallel universe versions of you. Are some of our dreams glimpses from a parallel universe. Theoretically in general relativity possible paths follow so call.
In parallel worlds, michio kaku brings his formidable explanatory talents to bear. Theoretically, parallel universes may be the result of a single random quantum event that branches off into an alternative universe. Just because youre living in my house doesnt mean you can talk back to me. The quantum world explores the past, present and future of quantum science, its applications and mindbending implications. In 2005, then 78year old burt goldman approached us about his new project, quantum jumping. In this parallel universe the fundamental laws of physics differ from the laws of our own. This is popularly depicted in science fiction as creating alternate universes and histories where every time you make a decision, parallel universes are created.
I made this lyric video because i like this song and its lyrics. Jan 12, 2011 all rights belong to spinefarm records soulfood and to the band mygrain title. Prominent scientist claims that afterlife is an alternate. Apr 21, 2020 sometimes people dream about events that have not yet happen but will take place in the future. To our surprise there are stairs going further down to something like old museum with all matter of stuff in jars of formaldehyde. Expand your software technology expertise with the parallel universe, intels quarterly magazine that delivers the hottest topics, tools, tips and training to help you take your development into the future. I knew it was the centre of the universe, in the next dimension, because i had a feeling of knowing all the people there were from all over the universe, all gathered centrally in one place. Nov 19, 20 another theory on parallel universe is that there are 4 different levels of parallel universes. From quantum to cosmos, honoring john wheelers 90th.
If the universe is infinite, eventually everything is replicated the closest copy of the 42 billion lightyear radius sphere 10surrounding the earth is about 10 115 meters away 115 10 particle states at universes. Each parallel universe in an infinite multiverse should be no less improbable. Simply expressed, if literally anything can happen, it will, including the most unlikely and designedlooking things such as earth, life, and humanity. View parallel universes research papers on academia. They are the most straightforward example of parallel universes. Sep 11, 2014 i am in love with the concept of parallel universes. Timetravelandparalleluniverses university of southern. A thousand pieces of you by claudia gray, wildest dreams by kristen ashley, the golden dynasty by kristen ashley, fan. Into the parallel universe by mygrain on amazon music. This is a story about a wonderful thing that happened to me, and i would like to share it. The existence of parallel universes may seem like something cooked up by science fiction writers, with little relevance to modern theoretical physics. Everything youre about to read here seems impossible and insane, beyond science fiction. Dec, 2016 theoretically, how can i travel to a parallel universe.
Consciousness could be a dimension of the universe additional to 3d space and. Nov 03, 2005 exploring a parallel universe why does the. It instantly puts books on my radar and more often than not, i absolutely love them. Its all so interesting we kind of loose ourselves and are not noticing the space is going on, room upon room. Emily kept telling me that jason was going to get used to having me around, but two years in and this teenage. A journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos. In the end, labeling one realm or another a parallel universe is merely a. I want to go to a parallel universe so i can bring inventions and idea back to this one to share knowledge with humankind. The universe student newspaper, a student newspaper at brigham young university.424 898 944 891 1168 511 88 596 441 136 103 809 1492 172 863 1264 1428 314 1549 1150 1475 1214 906 522 748 1223 1195 134 1348 1170 508 1283 630 | <urn:uuid:5e4d9156-96d1-43c2-bea9-05b4e2a7fc29> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coicolrobest.web.app/1080.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.934158 | 2,752 | 1.78125 | 2 |
WASHINGTON – Today, leaders of grassroots organizations delivered more than 75,000 petitions to members of Congress calling for an outright ban on government use of facial recognition technology.
“This is the single largest display of public opinion on the issue, and the message could not be more clear: people understand that this technology is dangerous when it works and when it doesn’t, and the only way to protect our privacy and our civil rights is to ban its use,” said Evan Greer, Deputy Director of Fight for the Future, one of the organizations involved in today’s delivery. “We’re calling on Congress to stop stalling and take immediate and definite action to protect people against the many and unavoidable dangers of facial recognition.”
The petition delivery was intended to be before a hearing of the House Oversight Committee on the national security implications of facial recognition technology. But that hearing was postponed and committee members stated that they’ll wait to bring up the issue again in the new year. “This technology is spreading incredibly quickly. We don’t have time for Congress to slow-walk this or turn it into a partisan circus,” added Greer. “This is an issue of our safety and our civil rights, and this technology is already causing undue harm to real people. We keep hearing that the impeachment making everything slow down, but it isn’t slowing down the spread of facial recognition. We need our representatives to stop punting and get to work.”
“The rapid spread of facial-recognition technology has outpaced our ability to keep its many abuses in check. In particular, this dangerous technology allows law enforcement and corporate actors to monitor and identify individuals without their knowledge or consent,” noted Sandy Fulton, Government Relations Director at Free Press Action Fund. “If past experience is any guide, law enforcement disproportionately surveils people of color, religious minorities and dissident groups in ways that undermine their rights to privacy, free expression and free assembly. We can only imagine how dangerous this new spying capability is when used at a protest or religious gathering. The technology is less accurate when used to identify—or rather, so often misidentify—people of color, raising incredibly troubling racial justice issues. No regulations could account sufficiently for the serious threat facial recognition technology poses.”
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The group delivered petitions to Representatives Maloney and Jordan of the House Oversight Committee to highlight to public demand for action. The group also delivered petitions to Senators Coons and Lee who recently introduced a bill related to facial recognition that falls short of the type of legislation needed. “This bill would do nothing to prevent the type of invasive facial recognition surveillance that is already being conducted across the country,” said Greer. “And it contains gaping loopholes that authorize government and law enforcement to deploy facial recognition surveillance in all kinds of abusive ways. We hope this massive display of support for a ban on government use of facial technology will encourage the Senators to rewrite their legislation to actually protect people from the technology.” The group also called on Senate and House leadership to commit to moving legislation on facial recognition forward.
In addition to delivering these petitions, Fight for the Future conducted live facial recognition surveillance last month in the halls of Congress and around D.C., using Amazon’s commercially available Rekognition software. The group conducted more than 13,700 facial scans, and correctly identified one member of Congress in real-time: Representative Mark DeSaulnier of California. But the software also falsely identified 7 journalists and 25 Amazon lobbyists, and it even thought that it spotted singer Roy Orbison, who of course has been deceased since 1988 (RIP). This action underscored the message that facial recognition is invasive and dangerous when it works, but it’s also dangerous when it doesn’t work.
The petitions came through BanFacialRecognition.com, which is the largest campaign dedicated to stopping the spread of facial recognition, comprised of nearly 40 organizations representing more than 15 million members, including: 18 Million Rising, Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Color of Change, Constitutional Alliance, Consumer Action, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Daily Kos, Defending Rights and Dissent, Demand Progress, Detroit Community Technology Project, Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Fight for the Future, Free Press Action, Greenpeace USA, Jewish Voices for Peace, Media Alliance, MediaJustice, Mijente, MoveOn, MPower Change, Muslim Justice League, National Lawyers Guild, Oakland Privacy, Open Media, Other 98%, Popular Resistance, Presente Action, Privacy Times, Restore the Fourth, RootsAction, San Francisco Public Defender, Secure Justice, Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, United We Dream, Privacy Times, and X-Lab. | <urn:uuid:bd3d3307-9ac5-4393-8d82-fb18ab03b691> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.radiofree.org/2019/12/16/groups-deliver-more-than-75000-petitions-calling-for-congress-to-stop-stalling-and-pass-a-ban-on-government-use-of-the-technology/?printer_app=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.918112 | 1,168 | 1.984375 | 2 |
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However, many visitors (and Dr. Derber contends, Us citizens specially, for the reason that the lifestyle of specific step, self-interest, and self-reliance) generate conversations into tournaments. They wish to see if they’re able to have the sides on the other people in the people by-turning the attention to themselves whenever you can. That is accomplished through the subtle tactics wooplus of conversational narcissism.
How Conversational Narcissism Shows By Itself? So let’s have right down to the peanuts and bolts.
How can conversational narcissism rear the mind and derail just what has been a good face-to-face connection?
During a conversation, every person renders projects. These projects may either getting attention-giving or attention-getting. Conversational narcissists focus much more about the latter because they’re concentrated on gratifying their very own requires. Attention-getting projects may take two types: productive and passive.
Dynamic Conversational Narcissism
The feedback an individual gives about what some body states may take two kinds: the shift-response as well as the support-response. The support-response helps to keep focus from the presenter as well as on the topic they have launched. The shift-response attempts to put the level for the other individual to improve the subject and move the attention to on their own. Let’s glance at a good example of the essential difference between the two:
James: I’m thinking about buying an innovative new vehicle. Rob: ok last one? Just what models maybe you’ve looked over?
James: I’m thinking about purchasing a automobile. Rob: Oh yeah? I’m thinking about buying another vehicle too. James: Truly? Rob: Yup, I just test drove a Mustang last night therefore ended up being amazing.
In the first sample, Rob held the eye on James together with his support-response. When you look at the 2nd sample, Rob tries to turn the talk to himself with a shift-response.
The shift-response if frequently most understated. Group added an enjoyable change to disguise it by prefacing her reaction with something such as, “That’s fascinating,” “Really?” “I can observe that,” before they make a comment about on their own. “Oh yeah?” And then they’ll tie her reaction in to the topic at hand, “I’m thinking about getting a unique vehicle as well.”
Now it’s important to mention that a shift-response merely opens the opportunity for a person to grab the interest, however it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re probably. It’s a matter of intent. You might simply keep an eye out to emphasize just what other person states and show a touch of your own experience before providing the dialogue back into the other person. That’s an excellent and normal part of the give and take of dialogue. Let’s turn back to Rob and James:
James: I’m contemplating getting a fresh vehicle. Rob: Oh yeah? I’m thinking about purchase a new vehicle also. James: Really? Possibly we could go look around along. Rob: Yes. Just what systems are you looking at? James: That’s the one thing — I’m not sure where to start. Rob: Well, do you know the most significant points to your — fuel economy, storage space room, horse power?
Very right here Rob interjected about himself, but he switched the discussion back once again to James.
Conversational narcissists, conversely, keep interjecting by themselves before the focus enjoys changed to them. Like this:
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When you close your eyes and think of a perfumer, what do you see? In 2022, fragrance still feels white and heteronormative. To this day, we use some pretty twisted terminology to talk about perfume. For decades, the term “oriental” has been used to refer to a specific class of fragrance characterized by scents like amber, sandalwood, and vanilla. It’s also a term New York banned from use in state documents in 2009 because it’s considered incendiary.
“Oriental wasn’t intended to be negative. Still, unfortunately, it has a negative connotation in the U.S., and I’m hoping people can understand why we don’t feel comfortable using this term,” Givaudan perfumer Linda Song says. Song is amongst the fragrance leaders, perfumers, and entrepreneurs who’ve come together to update the industry’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.
How The Fragrance Foundation Is Amplifying Diversity
In October 2021, The Fragrance Foundation (TFF) kicked off an initiative called In October 2021, The Fragrance Foundation (TFF) kicked off an initiative called #FragranceForwardTFF to amplify fragrance’s diversity conversations. The announcement has been a long time coming and involves revamping the cultural imagination of who a perfumer can be, according to TFF President Linda G. Levy.
“A perfumer is one of about 25 jobs that are key to fragrance, but it is the most visible and, quite frankly, [diversifying our image of a perfumer] was part of my mission from the beginning,” she says. #FragranceForwardTFF’s inaugural event featured, among others, Song and Chris Collins, founder of The World of Chris Collins. Collins’ brand made history as the only Black-owned fragrance brand sold at Bergdorf Goodman.
The rise of brands like Collins’ has been made possible by the explosion of the niche fragrance space, which started in the 2000s and has added to a range of possibilities in fragrance, according to fragrance historian and founder of Fragrances of the World Michael Edwards. Niche, in this context, refers to the growing world of independent perfumers and entrepreneurs who are free from the institutions that have dominated the industry for hundreds of years. The maverick ‘niche’ movement has been a game-changer.
“One of the best things about niche is that it’s restored perfumery to luxury,” Edwards says. “With the development of marketing and the explosion of the ’80s and ’90s, perfume became a commodity. Now, with niche, it’s back to luxury.”
The Challenges of Building a Fragrance Brand
Still, there are substantial barriers to entry, even if you already run a successful brand. CEO and founder of The Phluid Project, Rob Garrett Smith, has championed a gender-free, radically-inclusive approach to tees, hoodies, body products, and, now, perfumes. But it took Smith a moment before he was ready to dive into fragrance. “With fragrances, you commit,” Smith says. “You’re dealing with five SKUs instead of hundreds of SKUs, as would be the case in fashion. It’s intimidating that these few scents drive 100% of sales.”
If you’re starting your fragrance business from scratch, you have to cultivate a following with very few products—and even fewer resources. It’s a problem that Chavalia Mwamba, owner and perfumer at Pink MahogHany, tackled when she released the brand’s first scent, French Cuffs, in 2011. At first, it wasn’t easy finding an audience for Pink MahogHany, which creates gorgeous perfumes people with fragrance sensitivities can wear.
“There were a lot of hits and misses,” Mwamba says. “I couldn’t budget for expensive advertising. The first real challenge was getting out of the bootstrapping phase and establishing myself as a brand that people want to follow and watch. I am self-taught, and I had to find my niche and own it.”
Through Mwamba’s efforts to build a social media following, Pink MahogHany found its fans. “Now, I have social media to thank for the acclaim Pink MahogHany has received,” she says. “It’s allowed me to not only utilize my voice but to connect with my potential consumers in a personalized way. It helps to connect by sharing the challenges, and it can help ignite the fire for someone else.”
Next Steps for the Fragrance Industry
So, what can the fragrance industry do to foster diversity? It all starts with language. “Language is powerful because it’s one way we can communicate about fragrance,” said Song. “If you’re looking at a painting or cooking, you can physically point at something, but in fragrance, we have to use our words to point out something very abstract.”
There’s been an alarming spike in hate crimes directed at Asian-Americans across the U.S. in recent years, and, accordingly, Levy’s gone all-in on demanding that the industry stops using the word “oriental.”
“We need to find another way to speak to the concept,” Levy says. “When I spoke to a lot of people across the pond, and in Europe, I told them, I‘m not contacting you to see if you want to join us. We’re moving forward, and we’re changing this word, and it’s not an option. Every single member of the Fragrance Foundation is responsible for eliminating that word. I believe we can unite the community and find a way to make it right.
Smith thinks the fragrance industry can improve its diversity problems through a more inclusive marketing approach. “I think fragrance is probably among the worst industries when it comes to showing inclusivity in marketing campaigns,” Smith says. “They tend to feature caucasian movie stars and celebrities. We wanted to include trans models, different ethnicities and showcase body positivity. It’s time for the industry’s marketing to stop putting people in boxes.”
Historically, it was important for perfumers to have a specific background, but fortunately, we’re seeing change now, according to Song. That change could be massively credited to buy-in from the largest, most powerful fragrance houses.
Mwamba, who grew up in small-town Texas, had no idea that fragrance could be a career as a kid and dreams of seeing more people like her in the industry. “I would love to see large fragrance houses and schools provide scholarship opportunities for underserved communities, like the African-American community,” she says.
For my part, when I close my eyes, I have to stop imagining that far-away Frenchman at Barney’s counter that no longer exists. He’s long gone, and, consequently, I want him nowhere near my fragrance collection. Perfume allows me to dream about myself, and I’m relieved it’s not just straight European men spinning those fantasies anymore. Those perfumers also look like Smith, Mwamba, and Song.
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The ideal classroom is a positive place where a student can come to work toward specific goals set before them in the class objectives. The teacher is to be positive, organized, outgoing, confident, and compassionate. The instructor often sets the tone for the entire classroom.
How learning environment affects the students performance?
Its findings show that students who learn in positive environments effectively receive a month and a half more math instruction than those in poor learning environments. The same research paper shows that positive learning environments can lower teacher turnover by 25 percent.
What is the impact of classroom routines to students learning?
Routines also encourage students to take responsibility for how their classroom functions. In other words, routines ensure both the teacher and the students are accountable for creating a class environment that runs smoothly and efficiently, thereby maximizing everyone’s opportunities to learn.
How does the social environment influence learning?
The term social environment refers to the way that a classroom environment influences or supports the interactions that occur among young children, teachers, and family members. Small groups allow more time for interaction with individual children and are ideal for teaching new skills and providing feedback.
What is the importance of environment in teaching and learning?
A positive classroom environment helps improve attention, reduce anxiety, and supports emotional and behavioural regulation of students. When educators foster a positive learning culture; learners are more likely to acquire higher motivation that leads to wonderful learning outcomes.
Does environment affect learning?
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James HARDACRE (1861-1947), is our 2nd Great Grandfather, from Settle, North Yorkshire. He was the fourth of six children born to Cooper & Casker, Richard HARDACRE, & farmer’s daughter, Mary CLAPHAM. James appears to have excelled at school and chose a career in teaching.
After taking teaching positions in Halifax, Skipton, and Redmire, James settled in Nether Poppleton as Headmaster of the village school. In 1922, the Hardacres retired to 150 Burton Stone Lane, York, a property which would become the family home for another two generations.
This photo album consists of James’ family, friends, and travels after being widowed in 1930. The album contains great deal of ‘Walkies’ aka Walking Pictures, pocket sized, photographic mementos taken of people walking on the street. Popular from the end of WWI to the 1970s, these images were taken in resort towns, on promenades, and piers, of tourist destinations.
- James HARDACRE (1861-1947) & Mary BARLOW (1860-1930)
- Gilbert Clapham Hardacre (1889-1959)
- Elsie Mary HARDACRE (1892-1963) & Bernard HUDSON (1888-1939)
- Beryl Hudson (1924-1993)
- Sheila Mary HUDSON (1925-2016) & Arnold Wear CLARK (1921-1983)
- Richard Dacre Hudson (1927-2011)
- Clara Cynthia Hudson (1933-2015)
- Geoffrey Ronald Hardacre (1900-1977)
- Societe Des Cinephotos – Walking Pictures, c. 1930
- GreatShips – SS Montcalm
- Wikipedia – SS Strathnaver
- Wikipedia – Columbus Monument, La Rambla, Barcelona
- Scotlands People – Photograph of “A” and “B” Decks aft from the Docking Bridge on the Canadian Pacific Line liners SS Montcalm & SS Montclare
- Alamy.com – Photograph at the Port of Algiers 1932
- Alamy.com – Photograph of 1920-1930s Colonial Architecture, Algiers
- iStockPhoto – Old stores in Tetouan Medina quarter in Northern Morocco
- Gibraltar Timeline – Gibraltar Places Then & Now: A – E
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Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Still crying again? After coming out of his final exams and submitting to the supervisor, he later realised the questions were so cheap and few for his level. Little did he know that he had four more questions to go. It was too late for he had bragged and spoken cheaply of the faculty before he left. He first took that pill. He paid with an extra year. Was he puffed up by ignorance or was he proud alone?
Is it the condition of being uninformed or uneducated or the lack of knowledge or information as regards what to do or how to do it? Considering the limitless numbers of opportunities around us that we have missed as a result of our ignorance as regards the simple and complex information we should just have handled. Name it, is it that scholarship info you heard about but you ignored. Could it be that conversation you could have had with your roomies that night before your exams or the textbook you later discovered your lectural uses to set questions?
It’s everywhere and if you are actually sincere about it you really have taken a number of pills which has gone a long way to affect you. It’s true that there are some information that we actually can’t handle nevertheless what about those ones we consciously decided to refuse, consider or accept?
Considering the risk of being uninformed or being knowledgeable what stand will you actually take? You really need not to be told about the consequences of ignorance as many ” had I know ” statements have been made or conceived in your heart.
- Job 36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments], and they shall die in ignorance of true knowledge.
- Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
- Isaiah 5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin and miss the mark.
What’s the way out?
- Identify where knowledge is lacking.
- Get true knowledge.
- Continuous learning is a major key, coming to the knowledge of the truth.
- Walk with people who have access to information and be willing to give also.
- Educate rather than criticise.
- Be open minded.
- Desire to know more.
- Avoid been puffed with knowledge.
- In whatever area learn more about it.
- Don’t be hasty.
- Be friendly as you never can tell who needs and who adds up to what you have.
Will you choose to be ignorant about God and His reality or claim that you have never heard about Him or His love through His son Jesus. Have you actually cooked up excuses that you think will save you from judgement? Both young and old will both stand before Him to be judged on that very day. Why not accept the truth and refuse ignorance. Your Life actually matters so, turn to him. He’s waiting. | <urn:uuid:fe79c7e9-2238-434e-8ccb-c86406025fce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://unhamperedsteps.com/ignorances-pill/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.970893 | 660 | 2.453125 | 2 |
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Leadership: What’s It All About
By Jeff Jernigan
This article is being written on an airplane headed east. I am on my way to help the leaders of a former communist country implement change.
They have come to the West for help because their leaders are having difficulty recovering from seventy-five years of totalitarianism. One of my tasks involved teaching what leadership is all about.
During my last visit, a senior general described the dilemma. People who held positions of leadership, filled leadership roles, and even demonstrated the skills of a leader simply could not lead. “What is leadership,” he asked, “if it is not a position, a role, or the exercise of certain skills?”
That is a tough question. The dictionary tells us a leader is someone with the capacity or ability to lead, someone who fills the position or office of leader. The Bible uses a number of terms to describe these positions or offices- ruler, chief, prince, magistrate, governor, judge, guide, captain, and noble are just a few. But because someone holds this office or has these responsibilities, is that person a leader? The general sensed there was more to it than that. He was asking, What does leadership look like? What does it involve?
Part of the problem in defining the qualities of a leader is that we tend to look only at the outward manifestations of what the world calls leadership. Often people have vision, exercise faith, motivate people, mobilize resources, persevere courageously, or administrate well, we call them leaders. Actually, a person can demonstrate these qualities and still not be a leader. Why not? A leader is not defined by performance or results, but by character.
A leader is someone who influences others to follow a decision or course of action through strength of character. As Samuel prepared to anoint the first king of Israel, the Lord told him, “Do not consider his appearance… The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” (1 Sam. 16:7). Having a title or position, possessing leadership skills, even having the power to make others follow your decisions does not make you a biblical leader. Without the character of a leader these things are just so much window dressing.
The Character of a Leader
What kind of character, then, influences others? It can be summed up with three words: shepherd, steward, and servant.
Shepherd. When Paul called the elders of Ephesus together at Miletus, he gave them a warning: “Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood” (Acts 20:28). This word communicates that leaders have a deep sense of responsibility for their flocks.” They do not run when things get tough. Nor do they point fingers and shift blame.
Shepherds are concerned about the condition of those they lead. They act protectively toward them, staying alert to any danger they might face. Each person is important to them. They exercise discipline with compassion, focusing on correction rather than punishment. Shepherds are loyal, hardworking, and know where they are going.
Steward. A true leader is also a steward of those he leads. We usually think of a steward as someone who manages money or other resources wisely. Peter uses the word with a much wider meaning in 1 Pet. 4:10 (NASB): “As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” A steward leader uses the gifts and the grace he has received from God to bring out the best in the people he leads, in order to accomplish God’s purposes.
The closest we come to the concept of a steward is captured in our word
manger. Managers take responsibility for what must be accomplished and the people who do the work. Good managers focus on people, realizing it is they who must accomplish tasks. Managers who ignore this principle leave damaged relationships in their wake. Managers direct and coordinate, often participating in the work, not just giving orders.
Isaiah gives us another look at steward leadership in Is. 32:1-8 (NASB). He speaks of princes (position) who rule (role) justly (skill). But these princes go beyond ruling. They are to their people a refuge, shelter, streams of water, and shade in a parched land. They protect those they steward, provide for them, and create an environment of peace.
Servant. Too often we gauge our success by what we accomplish, not whom we serve. Luke quotes Jesus as saying, “Let him who is the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as the servant. ” The idea here is of a host or an attendant who waits on others.
Servant leaders know people are the most valuable resource and that serving the Kingdom means serving people. Servants work hard at making other people successful in reaching the goal. They do not take credit for what others have done or seek the spotlight.
Anyone Can Lead
Shepherd, steward, servant-this is the character of a biblical leader. Shepherds focus on nurturing those they lead. Stewards mobilize people to accomplish a task. Servants pour their lives into others and the Lord’s purposes rather than serving themselves.
These qualities are not always distinct n one another. Like the colors of a rainbow it may be difficult to tell where one ends and the next begins. But when these qualities are the foundation for teaching, administrating, exercising any of the gifts; when they energize our ability to influence, mobilize, and motivate people then the positions we serve, the roles we fill, and the skills we use will demonstrate true leadership.
Leadership, in this sense, is something everyone can exercise – not just those who have a title. Whether you are a parent leading a family, a woman motivating her Christian neighbors to share their faith, or a person directing a ministry or leading a group, these qualities define your leadership. They enable you to influence others to follow a decision or course of action. They enable you to be a leader.
(The above material was published by DISCIPLESHIP JOURNAL, 1993)
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Forget ducking inside cafés for access to free Wi-Fi. New York City is unveiling the first of its next generation public phone stations that will give you free access to the Internet.
The new hot spots, called Links, will provide a variety of services, including high-speed Internet access, cell phone charging, free phone calls to anywhere in the U.S. using the Vonage app, and Web browsing.
Colin O’Donnell, of LinkNYC and CityBridge, said the new kiosks will be the fastest and largest free municipal network worldwide.
The first installation was spotted near Manhattan’s Union Square. New York City plans to install a total of 7,500 high-tech Wi-Fi kiosks throughout the five boroughs. Approximately 500 hubs will be installed by July.
The hubs, which were first announced in November 2014, boast speeds of up to one gigabyte per second and are funded by advertising.
“Investors are spending $200 million on this project over the next eight years to transform the city,” said Yahoo Finance markets reporter Nicole Sinclair in the video above. “Selling ad space on these kiosks will be an important part in getting some return for this project.”
Each kiosk features two 55-inch HD displays for public service announcements and advertising. The Wall Street Journal reports that the project has several advertising contracts in place, but CityBridge has declined to identify the marketers.
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