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Do you want to learn how much is 6.07 kg equal to lbs and how to convert 6.07 kg to lbs? You are in the right place. You will find in this article everything you need to make kilogram to pound conversion - both theoretical and practical. It is also needed/We also want to point out that whole this article is dedicated to one amount of kilograms - that is one kilogram. So if you need to know more about 6.07 kg to pound conversion - read on.
Before we go to the practice - it means 6.07 kg how much lbs calculation - we want to tell you few theoretical information about these two units - kilograms and pounds. So let’s start.
We will start with the kilogram. The kilogram is a unit of mass. It is a base unit in a metric system, that is International System of Units (in short form SI).
Sometimes the kilogram can be written as kilogramme. The symbol of the kilogram is kg.
Firstly, the definition of a kilogram was formulated in 1795. The kilogram was described as the mass of one liter of water. This definition was simply but difficult to use.
Then, in 1889 the kilogram was described by the International Prototype of the Kilogram (in short form IPK). The IPK was prepared of 90% platinum and 10 % iridium. The IPK was in use until 2019, when it was switched by a new definition.
The new definition of the kilogram is build on physical constants, especially Planck constant. Here is the official definition: “The kilogram, symbol kg, is the SI unit of mass. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.62607015×10−34 when expressed in the unit J⋅s, which is equal to kg⋅m2⋅s−1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of c and ΔνCs.”
One kilogram is 0.001 tonne. It could be also divided to 100 decagrams and 1000 grams.
You learned some facts about kilogram, so now let's go to the pound. The pound is also a unit of mass. We want to underline that there are not only one kind of pound. What are we talking about? For example, there are also pound-force. In this article we want to focus only on pound-mass.
The pound is used in the Imperial and United States customary systems of measurements. To be honest, this unit is used also in other systems. The symbol of the pound is lb or “.
The international avoirdupois pound has no descriptive definition. It is just equal 0.45359237 kilograms. One avoirdupois pound could be divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces and 7000 grains.
The avoirdupois pound was implemented in the Weights and Measures Act 1963. The definition of the pound was given in first section of this act: “The yard or the metre shall be the unit of measurement of length and the pound or the kilogram shall be the unit of measurement of mass by reference to which any measurement involving a measurement of length or mass shall be made in the United Kingdom; and- (a) the yard shall be 0.9144 metre exactly; (b) the pound shall be 0.45359237 kilogram exactly.”
The most theoretical part is already behind us. In this part we will tell you how much is 6.07 kg to lbs. Now you learned that 6.07 kg = x lbs. So it is high time to get the answer. Have a look:
6.07 kilogram = 13.3820593034 pounds.
This is an accurate outcome of how much 6.07 kg to pound. You can also round it off. After rounding off your outcome is exactly: 6.07 kg = 13.354 lbs.
You learned 6.07 kg is how many lbs, so look how many kg 6.07 lbs: 6.07 pound = 0.45359237 kilograms.
Obviously, in this case you may also round off this result. After it your outcome is exactly: 6.07 lb = 0.45 kgs.
We also want to show you 6.07 kg to how many pounds and 6.07 pound how many kg results in charts. Let’s see:
We want to begin with a chart for how much is 6.07 kg equal to pound.
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Now you learned how many 6.07 kg to lbs and how many kilograms 6.07 pound, so we can move on to the 6.07 kg to lbs formula.
To convert 6.07 kg to us lbs you need a formula. We are going to show you two versions of a formula. Let’s start with the first one:
Number of kilograms * 2.20462262 = the 13.3820593034 outcome in pounds
The first formula give you the most accurate result. In some cases even the smallest difference can be significant. So if you want to get an accurate outcome - this version of a formula will be the best for you/option to calculate how many pounds are equivalent to 6.07 kilogram.
So let’s move on to the another formula, which also enables calculations to learn how much 6.07 kilogram in pounds.
The second version of a formula is as following, look:
Number of kilograms * 2.2 = the outcome in pounds
As you see, this formula is simpler. It can be better option if you need to make a conversion of 6.07 kilogram to pounds in quick way, for example, during shopping. You only need to remember that your outcome will be not so exact.
Now we are going to show you these two formulas in practice. But before we are going to make a conversion of 6.07 kg to lbs we want to show you easier way to know 6.07 kg to how many lbs totally effortless.
Another way to learn what is 6.07 kilogram equal to in pounds is to use 6.07 kg lbs calculator. What is a kg to lb converter?
Converter is an application. Converter is based on longer formula which we showed you above. Thanks to 6.07 kg pound calculator you can easily convert 6.07 kg to lbs. You only need to enter amount of kilograms which you need to convert and click ‘convert’ button. The result will be shown in a second.
So let’s try to calculate 6.07 kg into lbs with use of 6.07 kg vs pound converter. We entered 6.07 as a number of kilograms. Here is the result: 6.07 kilogram = 13.3820593034 pounds.
As you see, our 6.07 kg vs lbs calculator is so simply to use.
Now we can move on to our chief issue - how to convert 6.07 kilograms to pounds on your own.
We are going to start 6.07 kilogram equals to how many pounds conversion with the first formula to get the most exact result. A quick reminder of a formula:
Amount of kilograms * 2.20462262 = 13.3820593034 the outcome in pounds
So what have you do to check how many pounds equal to 6.07 kilogram? Just multiply number of kilograms, this time 6.07, by 2.20462262. It is equal 13.3820593034. So 6.07 kilogram is exactly 13.3820593034.
You can also round off this result, for instance, to two decimal places. It is 2.20. So 6.07 kilogram = 13.3540 pounds.
It is time for an example from everyday life. Let’s calculate 6.07 kg gold in pounds. So 6.07 kg equal to how many lbs? As in the previous example - multiply 6.07 by 2.20462262. It gives 13.3820593034. So equivalent of 6.07 kilograms to pounds, if it comes to gold, is equal 13.3820593034.
In this case you can also round off the result. Here is the result after rounding off, this time to one decimal place - 6.07 kilogram 13.354 pounds.
Now we are going to examples converted with a short version of a formula.
Before we show you an example - a quick reminder of shorter formula:
Number of kilograms * 2.2 = 13.354 the result in pounds
So 6.07 kg equal to how much lbs? As in the previous example you need to multiply amount of kilogram, this time 6.07, by 2.2. Have a look: 6.07 * 2.2 = 13.354. So 6.07 kilogram is exactly 2.2 pounds.
Make another calculation with use of shorer version of a formula. Now calculate something from everyday life, for instance, 6.07 kg to lbs weight of strawberries.
So let’s calculate - 6.07 kilogram of strawberries * 2.2 = 13.354 pounds of strawberries. So 6.07 kg to pound mass is 13.354.
If you know how much is 6.07 kilogram weight in pounds and can convert it with use of two different formulas, let’s move on. Now we are going to show you all results in tables.
We know that outcomes presented in tables are so much clearer for most of you. It is totally understandable, so we gathered all these results in tables for your convenience. Due to this you can easily make a comparison 6.07 kg equivalent to lbs outcomes.
Let’s begin with a 6.07 kg equals lbs table for the first formula:
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And now look 6.07 kg equal pound chart for the second formula:
As you can see, after rounding off, if it comes to how much 6.07 kilogram equals pounds, the outcomes are the same. The bigger number the more significant difference. Please note it when you want to make bigger number than 6.07 kilograms pounds conversion.
Now you know how to calculate 6.07 kilograms how much pounds but we will show you something more. Are you curious what it is? What do you say about 6.07 kilogram to pounds and ounces calculation?
We will show you how you can convert it little by little. Begin. How much is 6.07 kg in lbs and oz?
First thing you need to do is multiply number of kilograms, in this case 6.07, by 2.20462262. So 6.07 * 2.20462262 = 13.3820593034. One kilogram is exactly 2.20462262 pounds.
The integer part is number of pounds. So in this example there are 2 pounds.
To convert how much 6.07 kilogram is equal to pounds and ounces you need to multiply fraction part by 16. So multiply 20462262 by 16. It is exactly 327396192 ounces.
So final outcome is exactly 2 pounds and 327396192 ounces. You can also round off ounces, for instance, to two places. Then your result is equal 2 pounds and 33 ounces.
As you see, calculation 6.07 kilogram in pounds and ounces is not complicated.
The last calculation which we want to show you is calculation of 6.07 foot pounds to kilograms meters. Both of them are units of work.
To calculate it it is needed another formula. Before we show you it, look:
Now look at a formula:
Number.RandomElement()) of foot pounds * 0.13825495 = the outcome in kilograms meters
So to calculate 6.07 foot pounds to kilograms meters you need to multiply 6.07 by 0.13825495. It is equal 0.13825495. So 6.07 foot pounds is 0.13825495 kilogram meters.
You can also round off this result, for example, to two decimal places. Then 6.07 foot pounds is equal 0.14 kilogram meters.
We hope that this conversion was as easy as 6.07 kilogram into pounds conversions.
This article was a huge compendium about kilogram, pound and 6.07 kg to lbs in calculation. Due to this calculation you know 6.07 kilogram is equivalent to how many pounds.
We showed you not only how to do a conversion 6.07 kilogram to metric pounds but also two other calculations - to know how many 6.07 kg in pounds and ounces and how many 6.07 foot pounds to kilograms meters.
We showed you also other way to make 6.07 kilogram how many pounds calculations, this is using 6.07 kg en pound calculator. It is the best option for those of you who do not like calculating on your own at all or this time do not want to make @baseAmountStr kg how lbs calculations on your own.
We hope that now all of you are able to make 6.07 kilogram equal to how many pounds conversion - on your own or with use of our 6.07 kgs to pounds calculator.
It is time to make your move! Convert 6.07 kilogram mass to pounds in the best way for you.
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To quickly sum up this topic, that is how much is 6.07 kg in pounds , we gathered answers to the most frequently asked questions. Here you can find all you need to remember about how much is 6.07 kg equal to lbs and how to convert 6.07 kg to lbs . It is down below.
How does the kilogram to pound conversion look? To make the kg to lb conversion it is needed to multiply 2 numbers. Let’s see 6.07 kg to pound conversion formula . See it down below:
The number of kilograms * 2.20462262 = the result in pounds
Now you can see the result of the conversion of 6.07 kilogram to pounds. The exact answer is 13.3820593034 pounds.
You can also calculate how much 6.07 kilogram is equal to pounds with second, shortened version of the equation. Check it down below.
The number of kilograms * 2.2 = the result in pounds
So now, 6.07 kg equal to how much lbs ? The answer is 13.3820593034 lb.
How to convert 6.07 kg to lbs in just a moment? It is possible to use the 6.07 kg to lbs converter , which will make whole mathematical operation for you and give you a correct answer .
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(Greek: air, mist, wind)
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2. Any of a proposed system of satellites for use in air traffic control and maritime navigation: Observation aerostats are used by the military to watch the field of battle.
3. Etymology: from aero, [nautical] + sat [ellite].
2. Pertaining to an aircraft, especially a dirigible: An aerostatic balloon derives its lift from the buoyancy of surrounding air rather than from the motion in the air:
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Barotitis is an ottic barotrauma caused by abrupt atmospheric pressure change, such as may affect the crew and passengers of aircraft during flight, particularly during descent.
Altitude dysbarism is another term for an inflammation of the ear caused by pressure changes when auditory tubes are obstructed which occurs commonly in aviators and divers.
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It is also called an "aviation city" or an "airport city". In its purest form, the aerotropolis is an economic hub that extends out from a large airport into a surrounding area which consists mostly of distribution centers, office buildings, light manufacturing firms, convention centers, and hotels, all linked to the airport via roads, expressways, or "aerolinks", and rail lines , or "aerotrains". This business-centered version of the aerotropolis is also called an "air-commerce cluster" or an "airport cluster".
Although the plural of metropolis is often rendered as "metropolises", the plural of aerotropolis isn't "aerotropolises." Instead it is aerotropoli. The difference is probably because more people are now using "metropoli" as the plural of "metropolis", a usage change that dictionaries have not yet incorporated, although it has been in usage since about 1978.
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- We had just cleared the last treasures from the wreck as the ship sank below the ocean surface when . . .
For a story or poem: how about dressing up like a pirate and having someone record you reading your story or poem in your best pirate voice? For a map or riddle: perhaps you could share your map or riddle with a sibling or friend so they can find a special treasure treat!
We would love to see what you make too, so please tag us on any social platform using the hashtag #deyoungsters or email firstname.lastname@example.org.
- Peter Coffin, Untitled (Pirate), 2007, cast in 2009. Cast aluminum on a painted concrete base. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Maria and William Bell, 2016.61. © Peter Coffin Process
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released this 8 page brief that provides an introduction to pathological gambling, gambling disorder, and problem gambling, and their link with substance use disorders. The new publication also describes tools available for screening and diagnosis, as well as strategies for treating people with gambling problems. The publication is available on the SAMHSA website to download and print free of charge.
Click the link below to download the pdf document:
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities. (Originally posted 9/22/14) | <urn:uuid:aff3613f-16bf-480e-8982-ab59c07209f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nevadacouncil.org/samhsa-advisory-problem-gambling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.934469 | 171 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Thio Li-ann, a Singapore law professor, was forced to resign from an NYU human rights course after students protested what they called her anti-gay views. Dr. Thio, for one, "supported the imposition of a $15,000 fine on a free-access Singaporean television channel for presenting a gay couple and their child as a family unit." It seems to me that gay rights supporters should always, always, always defend the freedom of speech and association of our opponents. In a free and open debate, we will always win because our arguments are so strong. And yet the authoritarian part of the left is often there, waiting in the wings. We need vigilance against them and their arguments, including the poisonous concept of hate crime laws. Atlantic correspondent Wendy Kaminer writes:
The trouble is that the petition in opposition to Professor Thio imagines her appointment as a violation of NYU's "own policy of nondiscrimination." In other words, gay students (and members of other historically disadvantaged groups) are said to suffer actual discrimination when the administration hires faculty members who argue against anti-discrimination laws. This confusion of speech and action -- of advocating for discrimination and actually engaging in it -- is common in academia, where academic freedom is too often limited to the freedom to advance prevailing ideals of equality.
The refusal of law students even to hear opposing views, reflecting opposing moral codes, is particularly worrisome. I wouldn't want one of these future lawyers ever advocating for me. They're unlikely to learn how to argue effectively if they limit their law school debates to matters about which only presumptively reasonable people disagree. Uniformity of opinion breeds complacency, close-mindedness, and a tendency to mistake attitudes for arguments. | <urn:uuid:a2bd193b-c80c-4f17-b469-5c5e93105808> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/07/confusing-speech-and-action/198259/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.967289 | 350 | 1.75 | 2 |
Brain damage destroys families. Brain injuries can occur in a variety of ways and range from traumatic or severe to mild. The road to recovery is long and expensive.
Whether the brain injury results from medical malpractice, a motor vehicle accident, a fall, a sports injury, a stroke, a drowning incident, or other circumstances, the cost for dealing with a brain injury is staggering. And even young children have lost future income. Understanding the impact that these costs will have is important in getting the compensation that you deserve. Finding financial relief is an important step in the right direction for many families.
The attorneys at McGehee ☆ Chang, Landgraf, Feiler are highly experienced in working traumatic brain injury cases and can ensure that you and your family receive the compensation to which you are legally entitled. If you are suffering from a brain injury, please contact us today at 713-864-4000.
Most Common Reasons for Head Injury
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Motor vehicle accidents are a top category for causing brain injuries every year.
Approximately 280,000 people in the U.S. receive a motor vehicle induced traumatic brain injury every year. Twenty percent of all brain damage is motor vehicle related and constitutes the second-largest causative method, behind falls. Traffic accident brain damage also accounts for the greatest number of hospitalizations. These accidents can be traumatic and have life-long consequences. Some types of brain injuries caused by auto accidents include:
- Concussion – most common and is from sudden impact, momentum or movement change.
- Contusion – another word for a bruise but can be serious enough that it could require surgical removal.
- Coup-Contrecoup – contusions on both sides of the brain and is a result of the brain ‘bouncing’ off the inside of the skull. Happens at the site of impact, and on the opposite side.
- Diffuse Axonal – caused by a strong rotation of the head resulting in brain structure tears.
- Penetration – where an object has penetrated through the head and into the brain.
Every year there are millions of brain injury-related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in the United States.
Nearly one million of these health events are among children. The brain can be injured in a number of ways in a medical or hospital setting and the mechanism of injury may not be immediately obvious. Examples include failures to detect blood clots and strokes, failures to perform sedation vacations, failures to perform neurologic exams, undiagnosed and untreated infections, hypoxia, anoxia, birth trauma, anesthesia, and surgical errors, other misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose and many others. A timely diagnosis of brain damage symptoms is crucial when considering an injured patient’s long term outcomes. Great care and expertise are required to identify all possible causes.
Children & Adolescents
Brain injuries in infants can occur before, during, or after birth. They can last a lifetime and leave children mentally handicapped or physically disabled forever. Treatments can improve the quality of life but are expensive and not easy to obtain.
Brain injuries resulting from birth can include:
- Cerebral Palsy
- Infant Hematoma
- Bleeding in the Brain
- Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
- Intraventricular Hydrocephalus (IVH)
- Hypoxia or Lack of Oxygen to the Brain
A common reason for a head injury in adolescents is due to contact sports and strenuous physical activity that sometimes result in impacts to the head that can produce short-term or long-term physical and mental effects.
These injuries may require extended periods of treatment and recovery for adolescents, as the brain is rapidly developing in these formative years. In some cases, the damage done can persist over a lifetime. If a head injury is suspected in adolescents, it is essential to get medical attention as soon as possible to diagnose these issues and to prevent further damage to brain tissue and nerve cells.
Falls and Other TBI’s
Traumatic brain injury (commonly known as TBI) is a brain injury caused by
an external physical force such as a fall or other blunt force trauma to the skull. Brain trauma may produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness and it can also result in the disturbance of behavioral or emotional functioning. Closed brain injury occurs when a person receives an impact to the head from an outside force, but the skull does not fracture or displace. Both types of brain injuries may be either temporary or permanent and cause partial or total functional disability or psychosocial maladjustment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in the United States, there are currently 5.3 million individuals suffering from a traumatic brain injury that will have lifelong effects.
The Cost of Traumatic Brain Injuries
The road to recovery for traumatic brain injuries can be long and painful. These injuries can also require extensive medical treatment and rehabilitation. The physical, mental, and emotional costs of TBI are difficult to manage. Dealing with the expenses incurred for medical treatment can add even more to the burdens of families dealing with issues related to the injury.
You and your family may incur a number of costs resulting from a traumatic brain injury. Some of the most common expenses include the following:
- Emergency room visit fees
- Hospital stays and specialized treatment plans
- Outpatient rehabilitation visits
- Diagnostic testing
- Lost wages and reduced earning capacity over the lifetime of the patient
- At-home care and nursing visits for an extended period of time
- Prescription drugs and durable medical equipment
Traumatic brain injuries are responsible for more than 288,000 hospitalizations and about 2.5 million emergency room visits each year in the United States. Finding financial relief for those affected is an important step in the right direction for many families.
Protecting Your Legal Rights
A few simple steps will help you to protect your right to recover damages from the person or persons responsible for a traumatic brain injury.
- Seek medical attention as soon as a head injury occurs. This will not only protect your health but will allow you to document any injuries to yourself or your family members for future legal action.
- Keep all receipts and bills from the hospital, doctors, rehabilitation personnel, and other medical facilities and healthcare providers.
- Follow all recommendations from the medical providers you consult.
- Limit or stop your use of social media during the aftermath of the injury. Attorneys on the other side of your case may attempt to use this information against you to downplay the extent of your injuries or those of your family members.
Consult McGehee ☆ Chang, Landgraf, Feiler as soon as feasible after a traumatic brain injury to ensure that all steps in the legal process are handled properly and that you receive the highest compensation possible for your case.
The Value of an Experienced Brain Injury Attorney
The attorneys at McGehee ☆ Chang, Landgraf, Feiler are highly experienced in working traumatic brain injury cases and can ensure that you and your family receive the financial compensation to which you are legally entitled. Your attorney will look at the facts in your case and will provide you with the assertive and effective representation needed to present your case both in and out of court.
- If your injury was caused by a collision with a semi-trailer truck, for example, your personal injury lawyer may subpoena the records of the transportation company to determine whether the driver has a history of recklessness on the road or had been driving more than the federally allowable hours when the accident occurs.
- A trip-and-fall accident that results in a traumatic brain injury will require photos of the scene and any contributing factors that were present at the location of the fall. This will help to support your case for compensation from business owners in the court system.
Enlisting the help of a qualified and knowledgeable attorney at McGehee ☆ Chang, Landraf, Feiler will ensure the best support for you and your family during this difficult time. Our attorneys will work closely with you to collect the necessary evidence and to present your case for financial compensation. By entrusting your case to a law firm with experience in these types of cases, you can achieve the best financial outcomes for you and your family. | <urn:uuid:e8e110a6-7341-4aa4-b4fa-769b586c56ca> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lawtx.com/areas-of-practice/medical-malpractice/brain-injuries/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.936539 | 1,721 | 2.265625 | 2 |
New Study Shows Montana is a Massive Hotspot for Animal Attacks
Living in a state with as much wildlife as Montana made me wonder what the odds were of getting attacked by a wild animal here. I mean, we just had a wild mountain lion roaming around Billings neighborhoods not too long ago (and who knows where it's meandering now?).
Well, it turns out that the odds of an animal attack are quite high in Montana, but we don't come in at first (you can put down the makeshift armored bear suit). While this result isn't so surprising, it certainly doesn't change the fact that it's unsettling. Let's see where Montana ranks on this list.
Obviously, mammals are the main animal that could - or would - attack you in Montana.
The study from BetOhio.com found that your odds of getting attacked by an animal in Montana is 1 in 31,232, the second-highest odds in the United States. However, Montana doesn't even come close to the states with the most attacks in a year. That (dis)honor goes to Texas with 559 attacks in 2021.
Also unsurprisingly, the majority of all animal attacks in Montana are attributed to mammals. Bears have attributed 11 deaths in the last 50 years in Montana, and that's not to mention all the other mammals such as cougars and mountain lions that even folks within Billings city limits can't avoid. Like I said earlier, we get cougars on our back patios here in the Magic City.
Don't worry about getting attacked by a fish or an arthropod in Montana, though.
Nearly every single state in this study has mammals as the top attacking animals. However, there are some notable differences. The first is that Hawaii is the only state that has fish as the main attackers. Also, take notice of the three states that actually had no animal attacks in 2021; North Dakota, Vermont, and New Hampshire are where you'll want to be if you don't want to get attacked by animals.
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Federal contracting firms will decide for themselves on how to manage employees who decline COVID-19 vaccinations but agencies can restrict unvaccinated workers from federal facilities.
Federal contracting firms will decide for themselves on how to manage employees who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19 by the Dec. 8 deadline, but agencies are authorized to restrict unvaccinated workers from federal facilities.
The vaccination mandate and deadline apply to most contractor employees, including those working remotely on covered contracts, although there are exceptions for those entitled to accommodations.
The administration has already made clear that contracting companies, not agencies, will be collecting vaccination proof and giving out reasonable accommodations. According to the latest guidance from White House's Safer Federal Workforce Task Force companies are the ones deciding how to discipline employees who refuse to get vaccinated.
"A covered contractor should determine the appropriate means of enforcement with respect to its employee at a covered contractor workplace who refuses to be vaccinated and has not been provided, or does not have a pending request for, an accommodation," the guidance states.
Contracting firms could do this "using its usual process for enforcement of workplace policies" that might be in handbook or collective bargaining agreements, according to the guidance. The latest instruction also points to the procedures being used in federal agencies as a "model for enforcement."
The recommended approach for federal employees is to cycle noncompliant feds through education and counseling before removing anyone who refuses to comply from their job. Although agencies can start that process as soon as Nov. 9, White House officials have stressed recently that these upcoming deadlines "are not cliffs," as employees will go through established human resources processes before dismissal or other disciplinary measures occur.
Whatever process contractors go with, the companies will be charged with ensuring that any unvaccinated employees covered by the mandate follow all appropriate safety protocols. Generally, that will include masking, distancing and testing, but agencies can decide that heightened safety protocols are needed, or that the nature of the responsibilities of a contractor is such that nothing other than a vaccine is adequate, according to the latest guidance.
Agencies will also have the power to decide that covered contractor's employees who aren't inoculated can't enter a federal workplace per the agency's safety protocols.
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The Minnesota Benefit Association was formed in 1929 by Harold Holister to campaign for a state pension.
In 1931, the MBA sponsored legislation that established a retirement program for state employees. Building on this success, the MBA became the first designated organization to offer group life insurance to employees of the state. These benefits now seen as commonplace were unique and innovative types of financial protections.
Today, the Minnesota Benefit Association has grown to offering payroll deduction, scholarships, home and auto insurance, health insurance, leadership training, along with a wide range of beneficial services for those that serve Minnesota.
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If you find yourself in the position of having to empty a house for someone you care about, chances are they are no longer alive. Whether they have passed away or moved into a new home, they will not return to their home, thus it is your responsibility to sort through their belongings and prepare the house for resale.
Nobody can deny that losing a loved one is the worst thing that can happen to a person, yet house clearances are an essential part of that terrible process, and many people have described them as cathartic and helpful in the morning and moving on process. This post will perhaps go some way toward making the emotional chore of house clearance a little easier.
There is often a sense that emptying a house is a time-sensitive task that must be completed immediately after the event. However, with the current state of the housing market, any house will most likely take a long time to sell, and as long as you are perceived to be trying to sell it, there may be no legal consequences to leaving it for a few weeks before moving in. Allow yourself time to miss the individual before getting caught up in the paperwork and logistics of the aftermath.
Make an effort not to be a hoarder. It’s tempting to believe that everything in your loved one’s home was placed there for a reason and that you have no right to get rid of anything. This isn’t the case at all. All of the things you have around the house are probably just good for being thrown away, so there seems to be little point in thinking about giving them away.
The things that have an emotional resonance with you are the most difficult to get rid of, and when you’re in the house, it can feel like everything is essential and related to your memories of that person. So here’s a tip: close your eyes and visualize the property at a location other than the one you’re cleansing. Things like furniture will come to mind right away, but the majority of other things will most likely vanish from conscious recollection. Things that don’t matter, things that are engraved in your memory, are likely to be the things that matter most and that you will miss. You might be astonished to learn what they are.
As part of the grieving process, try not to isolate yourself and ‘deal with the house.’ Other people’s belongings are valuable to those who are left behind, so make sure you include them in the early stages of DE cluttering. Take-the-things-you-want-to-keep is most likely the first stage. Being selfish at this point and refusing to allow others access to your person’s belongings will come back to haunt you, and you don’t want to be that guy.
Finally, try not to let the task’s strain get to you. In the end, they are just things, and no matter how much value you place on them – or yourself for sorting and clearing them – what matters is who owns them. This is just junk that can be sold or replaced with no repercussions.
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Life is a journey that’s never constant; it keeps on changing.
The early humans lived a simple life.
With time, humans have been adapting to their environment through inventions.
Most inventions come as accidents.
According to the Inventology by Pagan Kennedy, from his analysis of a 2005 survey, 50% of patent holders achieved their innovations unexpectedly.
This figure translates to about 1 million to 1.5 million people, outnumbering the Presbyterian Church members who make up 1.4 million people.
There’re so many inventions that you know about and others you’re yet to know. Here’re the five inventions that you should know:
- Worldwide telescope
- Water softening
- Wii Fit
- Tide to go
How Various World Inventions Support Occultism
The worldwide telescope
Telescopes are instruments that have been of great assistance to humans. Thanks to telescope invention, you get to know about space and the things that exist outside the earth.
The early telescopes required astronomers to observe the universe only when the skies were clear. The telescope used was the mill telescope. This was so challenging because space observation was limited.
Luckily, thoughtful inventors came up with the worldwide telescope. With this type of telescope, you can explore the universe as long as you have a computer.
The telescope technology has helped believers in the horoscopic cults. Horoscope predictions are now easier. The worshippers and followers of stars can now easily observe stars.
Knowledge of outer space is open to everyone, with the limitations of the early telescopes minimized. With the worldwide telescope, you can explore the universe using the information relayed from both the telescopes located on earth and in space.
The solar system can now be easily observed. You now have access to the stars, planets, and the moon as they orbit. The good thing is that the worldwide telescope is user-friendly. People of all ages can use it.
However, you need basic computer skills to operate the worldwide telescope.
iPhone is one of the highly influential products ever made. iPhone production has been successful, and its features have always made it top the list. With an iPhone, you have the world at your fingertips.
iPhone technology has created three different devices is one. It is a phone, an iPod, and an internet device. It is a phone that’s appreciated for its user-friendliness. Basically, anyone can use an iPhone.
iPhone has provided media through which occultic people can communicate with each other. The device’s perfect features make it the best phone to use for communication and the spread of cults to those in the groups.
You can use the phone to play music, watch movies and television shows. Those in cults can use it to listen to and watch their videos. It has numerous cult applications, each with its specified purpose. The iPhone invention was a thoughtful one, and it makes its fans go crazy.
The phone is everyone’s dream phone despite being related to a cult. Amazingly, they keep updating it to make a more modern and fantastic version of the phone.
Water softening for preservation
Water is categorized into two; soft water and hard water. Hard water has so many disadvantages. This led to the invention of ways to soften water. Water softening is the process whereby ions such as calcium, magnesium, and other cations are removed from hard water.
Hard water leads to wastage of soap and reduces the lifetime of plumbing materials. For so many years, man has always had problems with hard water.
Some cults believe that everything should be preserved. Using hard water requires a lot of soap, which results in wastage. Some cults are against this.
Water softening inventions have helped since with it, items such as water pipes and soaps are preserved. They also supply you with soft water for reduced wastage and better preservation.
The invention of ways to soften water has helped a big deal, and it has gathered huge attention from people.
Wii Fit is an invention that is a Nintendo product. It’s a fantastic invention that has played a significant role in changing the usage of a video games console. It has attracted the attention of masses of people who are addicted to exercise.
There are people who love exercising too much to the extent that they have formed a cult on exercise. This invention has helped these occultic people in their cause.
It has proven to be so essential and convenient for those who are not able to be regular workout facility visitors. With it, you can exercise from the comfort of your home. It helps users to set exercise goals.
The users can also track their progress as they exercise. It helps satisfies the needs of cult members obsessed with exercise. Whereas fitness is an exercise for some, it’s a cult for others.
Join cult exercise programs or fear them.
Tide to go
Another invention that captures the attention of many is the creation of the Tide to Go marker. This is a small device made to resemble a pen. It’s used to remove and clean up food residue when there is a spillage while eating.
Accidents can happen anytime. When out on a date with your smart outfit, you might spill food on yourself while enjoying your meal. When this occurs, take out your Tide to Go and remove the residue.
After doing this, press the tip of the device, and it will release some cleaning solvent that you’ll use to clean the spot. Lovers of excessive cleanliness can now rest easy.
Some occultic people believe that even a spec of dirt on them is like an abomination. They prefer to be super clean always. The Tide to go invention has helped them preserve their occultic beliefs.
This invention has come to the rescue of many. It is an invention that, at first, you may not think it exists. But owing to the kind of help that it offers, you should know about it and even try it. Tide to Go saves the day and is loved by so many users.
They say necessity is the mother of invention. As we live on earth, we find ourselves in positions that need creative inventions to solve our problems.
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Multi-Purpose Conveyor Belt Systems at a Glance
The outcome of the board in any modern venture relies upon specific explicit variables. Smoothing out the course of coordinated factors for ideal creation at all conceivable time is one of them. This is accomplished by the development of natural substances and completed things in the best way. To this end, passing frameworks occur on to be the ideal modes especially in projects connected with foundation and uber enterprises. Without a doubt, these frameworks could be named as the essential veins of modern exercises, nay the circle of financial turn of events.
Accordingly, the makers of these frameworks hold the way in to the walk of the advancement. They plan and create the transport lines as the need might arise and furthermore on top of the guidelines endorsed by assigned organizations of value and security. These belts are broadly utilized in mining, power, concrete, manure and steel plants, different creation lines in plants, air terminals, rail route stations, products yards, ports, stockrooms, storehouses and so forth. Taking into account these realities, it tends to be properly said that the innovation as well as the business participated in making these frameworks are of extraordinary importance.
Excelling at conceptualizing, assembling and dispatching material dealing with frameworks for both lighter and mass amounts, the significant creators and providers of these frameworks offer the accompanying items and administrations:
Pounding and screening
Stacking and recovering
Overland belt transports
Pipe transports among mines and handling plant
Alcoholics for dumping from carts
Track container and dumping container
Fabricates of these frameworks include various parts and partnered designing, for example, steel tubes for idlers, pulleys and rollers. Idlers, however un-fueled, are considered to be the core of a transport. It is over these machines that the belt moves at the controlled speed.
The gear have direct bearing on the strength of a belt framework. They limit belt armada and harm on the return belt which would some way or another outcome from material development. They safeguard the belt against abrasives during the activity of a framework. A few essential sorts Aluminium Profile System of these idlers are given underneath:
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At HofTs, learning is about much more than simply imparting knowledge. We believe that it’s vital to provide individual support for every student. We currently provide weekend tuition from PRIMARY to A LEVELS at our tuition centre.
We take privilege in placing your child’s success and development at the centre of our tutoring business. Our aim is to identify and remove any mental blocks or gaps that may be preventing your child from reaching their full potential.
We are confident with our selection of tutors who have unique way of teaching and will guarantee a better result for your child. Why don’t you try by sending your child to one of our centres and see a change yourself.
Our teaching staff uses a variety of teaching methods to make learning fun. We try hard to foster an academic environment in which children feel comfortable so that they can study most effectively.
It is important – in all aspects of learning, but especially in maths – that we do not merely teach processes but that we enable students to get to grips with underlying principles.
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Understanding and Dealing with Workplace Fatigue
One of the most overlooked dangers lurking in most businesses today is workplace fatigue. It contributes more than $136 billion in healthcare costs annually to US employers due to lost productivity, increased absences and fatigue-related medical claims. Fatigue management strategies
As an employer, the first step in dealing with workplace fatigue is to understand the many facets of the condition. Only then can you create a strategy that isolates the exact causes of fatigue in your business and addresses them.
Why are people so fatigued at home office?
To talk about mental exhaustion at remote job right now, we need to consider the effects of the pandemic in the routine of people. A survey, by Banco Original in conjunction with the 4CO consultancy, showed that 57% of the 695 respondents feel more tired in the home office . However, for 78%, telecommuting could be a better experience if it weren’t for the pandemic.
Among the factors of social isolation is the fact that the house has also become our workplace and leisure environment. With that, it became more complex to separate the time of each activity. After all, it’s quick and easy to open the email and reply to some outstanding messages. However, without efficient time management, working out of hours can become a habit and this comes at a cost to well-being.
A Runrun.it study on remote working shows that 62% of the 252 employees interviewed, from different companies, are working longer hours. Meanwhile, 61.7% believe they are delivering the same amount of tasks or even more. This increase in productivity may be a reflection of the home office, after all, some people manage to have fewer interruptions and distractions working from home than they would at the company. Fatigue management strategies
However, another study by Runrun.it on Burnout Syndrome, mentioned above, shows that there is work overload in the home office for 37% of managers and, in relation to employees, this number rises to 45%. Therefore, this unhealthy increase in productivity that burdens people may have its origins in micromanagement .
As leaders cannot see the dedication of employees at work, they can make more frequent and arbitrary demands, which can go against the grain and discourage people who are giving their best, but are not recognized. With that, you start to work more, but not necessarily with efficiency and quality in the tasks delivered.
The Two Types of Workplace Fatigue
Workplace fatigue can generally be categorized into two types: acute or chronic. Acute fatigue is caused by short-term sleep deficiency or brief periods of intense physical or mental activity. The good thing about it is that it can be reversed with sleep and relaxation.
With chronic fatigue, the worker constantly experiences a state of tiredness, which cannot be relieved with sleep. In this post, I’ll explain the main causes of fatigue in the workplace and recommend strategies for dealing with this growing problem.
Causes of Workplace Fatigue
lack of enough sleep
The National Sleep Foundation recommends sleeping 7 to 9 hours a night. Unfortunately, studies have shown that only 10% of American adults make sleep a priority. For many, other aspects such as work, social life and personal interests are more important than getting enough sleep. Fatigue management strategies
night work hours
While this is linked to the first factor, the National Safety Council has identified it as a distinct cause of workplace fatigue.
Ideally, our bodies are programmed to work during the day and rest at night. But that’s not the case for many Americans who work night shifts and stay up late, often trying to finish work projects. In doing so, they work against the body’s internal clock, which in turn causes sleep disturbances and fatigue.
Studies have shown that losing just two hours of sleep creates a mental disability similar to drinking three beers, which puts the safety of the tired worker and those around them at risk.
Another likely cause of fatigue is the working environment, such as indoor air pollution. With the majority of Americans spending up to 90% of their time indoors, it’s no wonder they are the most susceptible to this risk.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are two main reasons for the increase in indoor air pollutants. One, the increased use of synthetic building materials, and two, the use of low-energy construction techniques that make proper ventilation difficult. Fatigue management strategies
The result is that workers are constantly exposed to pollutants, which leads to various health effects, such as fatigue.
Combating Workplace Fatigue
One of the main causes of fatigue is lack of sleep. So it goes without saying that getting enough sleep is the easiest way to combat workplace fatigue.
Encourage employees to establish healthy bedtime rituals that improve the quality and quantity of sleep. These include:
- Putting the phone aside – research has shown that light emitted by phones and similar electronic devices makes it harder to fall asleep
- Drink more water and less caffeine – Caffeinated beverages also reduce sleep quality.
- Do a relaxing activity such as meditating or reading.
Adopt a Fatigue Risk Management System
One of the most effective solutions to combat fatigue in the workplace is to implement a fatigue risk management system (FMRS).
In summary, the elements that must be included in the FMRS system are:
- Establish a fatigue management policy – this should include limiting the number of hours employees can work. Fatigue management strategies
- Collect data on fatigue as a workplace hazard, analyzing its risk and instigating measures to reduce it
- Investigation of fatigue-related incidents
- Fatigue management training and mobilization for employees and their families
- Create an audit process that provides corrective action through a continuous improvement process
To combat fatigue from long working hours, employers should give their employees enough time to rest or even take brief naps.
In fact, they should design their workplaces so that employees can easily relax during breaks. This can be achieved by incorporating recreation rooms and pantries where workers can eat and drink during their breaks.
If a group of employees has to work through the night, there should be areas where they can take occasional naps.
improve indoor air
Sometimes it’s enough to improve the factors in your work environment to reduce the risk of fatigue. As identified earlier, one of the most likely work-related causes is indoor air pollution. The EPA recommends the following strategies for improving indoor air quality:
- Implement a smoking policy to protect non-smokers from the side effects of smoking
- Cultivate a good working relationship with those responsible for internal environmental issues
- Prohibiting the use of products that can increase indoor air pollutants
- Work with building management to prevent the use of pest control methods that cause air pollution
- Advocating for the establishment of a preventive indoor air quality management program
While this may seem counterintuitive, a recent study has proven that exercise can help reduce fatigue in the workplace. Roger Adams, who is a fitness expert, explains that leading a sedentary lifestyle leads to low energy production, which is why you feel tired and tired all the time.
When you exercise, you cause your body to increase energy production, which in turn keeps you vital throughout the day. Fatigue management strategies
Fatigue is a common complaint among individuals who work for long periods. Studies have shown that more people are sleeping less – a factor that leads to increased exhaustion.
Other likely causes of fatigue, as identified by the National Safety Council, are inadequate working hours and increased air pollution.
Fortunately, there are some things employers and employees can do to combat burnout in the workplace. This includes implementing a fatigue risk management system, improving indoor air quality, establishing regular breaks and getting enough sleep. All of these measures should be part of a company’s wellness program to create alert, happy, and productive employees. | <urn:uuid:829ce01d-4245-421b-8fb3-b19d17f77c5e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://englopedia.com/fatigue-management-strategies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.950409 | 1,639 | 1.6875 | 2 |
From time to time, your home will simply need to be repaired. This is because while homes look like static entities, they are in a constant state of change, as we all are. This goes tenfold if the home is occupied by a family. But sometimes, it can be that we might not have the funds to justify an immediate repair of an issue taking place, or we believe that we could save money with a little wit, will, and experience.
Note that sometimes, it’s best to just hire a repairman or service professional. This can save you money in the long run, and in some cases, DIY is outright discouraged. For instance, if you have no experience as a trained plumber or electrician, you have no business messing with those household systems.
In some cases, however, you may have experienced, or you may be able to apply yourself to the competent management of your property to enact a repair yourself. In this post, we’ll discuss a few means of achieving that, and what that process could look like:
Repairing Certain Fixtures
It’s very important to make sure that home repairs are justified and properly measured. But could you enact your own? Perhaps. For instance, replacing the furnace blower motors of an AC unit could be possible provided that you’re able to turn the device off, make sure it’s disconnected from power, and replace it adequately in a unit that has been designed for repairs. You might also find that a simple fixture, like replacing broken tiles, is also a worthwhile use of your time.
Lubricants & Replacements
It’s a great idea to find lubricants and replacements that can help your home stave off the need for a thorough repair for some time. For instance, do you really need to replace your entire garage door? Or does the opening chain mechanism simply need to be lubricated? The same might go for door or gate hinges. In some cases, replacing part or a minor operational fixture by identifying what the symptom is being caused by can help you understand your home and the fixtures within it more properly. A little bit of silicon might help a windowsill draught, for instance, as opposed to an entirely new replaced unit.
Aesthetic Damage Or A Larger Job?
A good way to save some money is to identify if a problem requires a large repair, or if it can be fixed thanks to it only occupying an aesthetic problem. For instance, you might feel that damp requires the complete replacement of a wall and its wallpaper, but cleaning the wall thoroughly and improving the ventilation solutions of a space could be just what any good home repairman might enact, and of course, that’s a job you can do yourself, too. At the very least, keeping up this practice can help you differentiate between the two in future.
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On September 18, 2013, Andrew Coyne wrote a provocative opinion piece for the National Post on the issue of unpaid internships: "If unpaid internships are exploitation, why don’t the kids just stay home?" In his essay Mr. Coyne advances the thesis that unpaid internships "are the job equivalent of a small-cap growth stock — no dividends, but the promise of heady capital gains in future." Essentially, the argument advanced by Mr. Coyne is that the reason some people elect to take up an unpaid internship is for the opportunities that are opened by so doing and they should be free to do so without interference.
But, Mr. Coyne's position got me thinking: are these internships really an opportunity for career advancement or are they, as others, such as Toronto labour lawyer Andrew Langille, argue, exploitation? Incredibly, I found myself thinking about something actor Ashton Kutcher said at 2013 Teen Choice Awards.
Opportunities Look A Lot Like Hard Work
In accepting the "Ultimate Choice Award" Kutcher revealed that before working as an actor (and changing his name from Chris to Ashton, his middle name) he had worked in a number of different positions ranging from, at age 13, helping his father carry shingles up to roofs, to washing dishes in a restaurant, followed by working in a grocery store deli, etc., etc., all of which, Kutcher stated, was just a stepping stone to his next job. This life experience led Kutcher to conclude that "opportunities look a lot like hard work.” If you can get past the adolescent screaming, Kutcher's speech is actually worth a listen.
If what is being done for the ‘employer’ looks like work, then it should be compensated as work
In a somewhat widely circulated quotation I gave the Toronto Star back in July of 2013, I took the position that, "if what is being done for the ‘employer’ looks like work, then it should be compensated as work.”
This position, coupled with Kutcher's opinion that "opportunities look a lot like work" led me to wonder whether sometimes opportunities for advancing one's self and one's career are really just work. And, if those "opportunities" are "work," should they not be compensated as work, as I argued in July?
Of course they should, I conclude. Actually, I am not entirely sure that Mr. Coyne and I disagree on this fundamental point. In his article Mr. Coyne goes on to argue that:
With an internship, you don’t know until you get into the job — and often not until long after — whether the experience gained is worth it. So critics are right, at the least, to be concerned that companies not misrepresent the nature of the work.
With that point I agree, and it is essentially what I was arguing with respect to the Bell Professional Management Program back in July of 2013.
Sometimes opportunities will be actual opportunities. The consideration for working that opportunity may only be career or self-advancement. However, the concern I, and hopefully others, have is that sometimes what is actually being offered is the "opportunity" to work for no money.
What is the Answer?
Funny enough, the answer I believe is already on the books. The Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 defines when someone is "working," for which they are to be paid wages. For a summary of that law, see my earlier post Unpaid Internships.
The reality is that there is no easy answer. The law is not as clear as some would wish it to be. Similarly, the law is only beneficial when people ask that it be enforced; a risky proposition some would submit. What would benefit both employers and employees would be random spot audits of workplaces by the Ministry of Labour, as is done for workplace health and safety issues. In those random audits "interns" would be asked about the nature of work being performed and what value that "opportunity" is providing to them. If the opportunity is for the benefit of the intern and meets the criteria established by the ESA, more power to both intern and 'employer.' If, however, the intern is "working," then the result should not only be that the "intern" be paid wages, but the employer should be sanctioned.
The point is that the onus should not always be on the intern, as the same has been equated to career suicide. One need only read the comments after any newspaper article on the topic to see that the position is repeatedly advanced. Without some sort of shared responsibility the situation will not improve, for either side.
Takeaways for Employers with Labour Pains
What employers should note is not only are the requirements for unpaid internships strict and difficult to meet, especially the criterion that the person providing the training derive little, if any, benefit from the activity of the individual while he or she is being trained, but simply because both sides agree that the "worker" / "student" / "intern" will not be paid is not determinative of the issue. If the intern elects to make a complaint to the Ministry of Labour, even after he or she has left 'employment,' the Ministry can still order you to pay wages that ought to have been paid. On this point see my earlier post Co-op Student Owed Wages Despite Agreement.
What should businesses and organizations considering taking on an unpaid intern do? Perhaps not surprisingly, I am going to suggest seeking professional legal advice. Not only can the Ontario Ministry of Labour order you to pay wages to what you thought was to be an unpaid intern, but the publicity that can surround such an order can be even more damaging. 'Getting it wrong' can be damaging and prudence would dictate ensuring that the approach taken is correct.
The professional, experienced and cost-effective employment lawyers for employers at Ottawa's Kelly Santini LLP would be happy to be of service to your business or organization with respect to this or any other employment law issue.
Takeaways for Employees with Labour Pains
The takeaway for employees is even if you initially agreed with someone that you would not be paid for your co-op position, if what you end up doing looks more like work than it does like training, you may have the right to seek wages from the company that hired you.
While typically such cases can be handled by the Employment Standards Office of the Ontario Ministry of Labour (a.k.a. “the labour board”) without charge to you, for those looking for legal advice with respect to their situation, the employment lawyers for employees at Ottawa's Kelly Santini LLP would be happy to be of service to you as well.
To reach the author of this blog, Sean Bawden, email firstname.lastname@example.org or call 613.238.6321 x260.--
As always, everyone’s situation is different. The above is not intended to be legal advice for any particular situation. It is always prudent to seek professional legal advice before making any decisions with respect to your own case.
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More Organics, Less Cancer
A massive study in France followed the diets of nearly 69,000 people and found that those who ate the most organic food over the seven years of the study were 25% less likely to develop cancer as compared to those who ate more conventional food. (Photo: Rusty Clark, Flickr, CC BY 2.0)
A major study published in JAMA’s Internal Medicine Journal finds that among high consumers of organic food, breast cancer rates were reduced 35 percent in older women and lymphomas were reduced more than 70 percent. The observed decrease in cancer risk is associated with organic food’s lack of pesticides, dyes, and other additives, though more research is necessary to confirm these results and understand possible mechanisms. Ken Cook, President of the Environmental Working Group, joins Host Steve Curwood to consider consumer and research choices in light of this news.
CURWOOD: From PRX and the Jennifer and Ted Stanley Studios at the University of Massachusetts Boston, this is an encore edition of Living on Earth. I’m Steve Curwood.
A major study published in a Journal of the American Medical Association has found what many people have long suspected, eating organic food appears to reduce the risk of cancer. Among some 69,000 people tracked by French scientists over several years those whose diets contained more organics had about 25 percent fewer cancers overall, with 35 percent fewer breast cancers in older women and more than 70 percent reduction in lymphomas. This study suggests but does not prove that pesticides and other chemical residues in food cause cancer. But there is no reason to wait for more research when it comes to making food choices, advocates say, including the President of the Environmental Working Group, Ken Cook. Ken, welcome back to Living on Earth.
COOK: Thanks, Steve. It's great to be here.
CURWOOD: So, when this study came out, it showed strong evidence in support of the long held belief that organic food is better for us. How do you feel now that this study is out there?
COOK: Well, I guess I feel as if we should have been doing studies like this a long time ago. We really do need to be much more careful about the low levels of carcinogens that we still have in our diet. The fact that several cancers here did show a marked decrease to me tells me that organic food is probably targeting the mechanisms that are associated with those cancers. And the other thing that's interesting, while they've spent about pesticides there are other chemicals in non organic food that are not allowed in organic - certain chemical dyes, certain colorings, certain flavorings - that simply are not allowed in organic food manufacture. That, in addition to pesticides may be another reason why there's lower cancer rates amongst these mostly women who are eating more organic food.
CURWOOD: And of course, if a product is made from genetically modified organisms, it's not allowed to be labeled as organic.
COOK: That is true as well, and they're really not very many chemicals that are allowed in organic manufacture packaged food compared to conventional where there are thousands. So, there are lots of questions raised by this study, but to me it goes back to the basic point. A cleaner set of ingredients, closer to nature, fewer additives, less processing, is probably in general playing a role here.
CURWOOD: So, how excited are you by this study and how much of a game changer do you think it might become?
COOK: Well, I find it very encouraging. It's just one study that's often said from time to time, and they're right. One study is just one study. To me, this opens the door to doing more types of analyses like this of big populations and refine even further what we know about the diet of the people that are responding to the questions. What we need to do now, Steve, is we need to scale it up. We're still talking about organic with a very small footprint on the agricultural landscape, and unfortunately still a very small footprint as it were in our diet. But the other thing, I just have to say is, this does not mean that eating conventional fruits and vegetables is a bad thing. We think that's positive. The real problem when we have in our diet is the processed food, the additives, but this study adds that extra twist.
CURWOOD: Some people are going to be surprised that you say go ahead eat conventional fruits and vegetables that have pesticides on them because they're less of a risk than other things that we put in our bodies.
COOK: Yeah, that's right but,, if I can give my little boy a conventional apple I'm going to give him that as opposed to a pile of cookies or some chips. And so, I think we want to move the diet lower down in the food chain to plants - a plant-based diet is desirable - but we don't have to choose. We want people to think holistically about their health and their diet, and in order to do that we have to recognize a not everyone can find or afford organic food.
CURWOOD: So, every year you guys publish a list of foods which are kind of [MAKES NOISE] more worried about the pesticides and then the things that you like. Mention some of those items to us now.
COOK: Well, sure. I mean every year we look at the data that comes out of the Department of Agriculture. They test our fruits and vegetables for pesticides, and we look at a couple of things. We look at how many pesticides and what concentration they are in fruits and vegetables. So, we've come up with two lists. One is the dirty dozen. These are the fruits and vegetables that have the most pesticides on them, and if you want to avoid pesticides, you should try and buy organic of those types of foods. Then there's the clean 15, which we started doing some years ago because we were concerned that organic wasn't always available and we also want to incentivize people to get them thinking positively about eating fruits and vegetables. These are things like like bananas, certain types of squash, where the pesticide levels are extraordinarily low, they almost seem as if they're organic.
CURWOOD: The study published in "The Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine" talks about cancer being associated with consumption of non organic food, or the other way around is that the more organic you eat the less likely you are to get cancer. From your research and studies over the years, which of these findings really resonate with what you've been told by other scientists, in particular the types of cancer?
COOK: These are exactly the kinds of cancers that we would be concerned about with these exposures, and while this study focused on cancer, it also made me wonder the benefits we might see or the understandings we might reach if they did a similarly large study of this sort and looked at other disease outcomes, neurological diseases, ADHD, early onset Alzheimers, any kind of damage to our nervous system. We have a lot of pesticides that are in use and are in the food supply that have that particular health end point associated with them, while with others it is cancer. So, again I think the overarching message here is that when you look at a large population like this and you ask a lot of smart thoughtful questions about eating habits, we emerge with a fresh understanding of the benefits of having a diet that is clean.
CURWOOD: Why haven't we see this kind of study out of the United States, do you think?
COOK: I think we may see interest in doing a study such as this in the United States now, but what I will say is we know that the other side of this debate in the chemical industry has not been eager to have these kinds of studies conducted and simply wants to reassure everyone that whatever is in your food now is safe because the government says so. And that's the backdrop here. We have science that tells us that there are sometimes very subtle, sometimes long-term effects on our health from exposure to pesticides and other toxic chemicals, and because the exposure only manifests itself decades later, it's very difficult to get a handle on those, and because the government often doesn't regulate them, it leaves people thinking well perhaps there's not much to it after all. Studies like this breakthrough and you suddenly realize, ah-ha, all along our hypothesis was probably right. You put chemicals in food that even at trace levels are considered carcinogenic or could mess with our nervous system our hormone system. Over time, it could have an effect but you need a very powerful study to draw out those conclusions. This is one such study and I think there may be more that follow now.
CURWOOD: Ken Cook is the President of the Environmental Working Group. Ken, thanks so much.
COOK: Steve, thank you.
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Edit: the video above is based on a core routine shared by Mo Farah since he left Nike’s Oregon Project.
In response to posting a recent video of Alberto Salazar describing his philosophy on strength and stability training for runners (video sadly no longer available), some readers have asked for more specific details about the exercises shown, including sets and reps.
As you can imagine, much of the detail in terms of what goes on within Salazar’s Oregon Project, stays behind closed doors!
After a little bit of searching around, I managed to come across an article by physical therapist David McHenry, head strength and conditioning coach for the Oregon Project. Within the article, he shares the example routine described below, with videos, sets and reps for each exercise.
McHenry describes how he puts athletes such as Mo Farah and Galen Rupp through three sessions per week, particularly focusing on the all-important core and hip regions.
The Oregon Project Stability Routine
Step into a wide lunge and reach a weighted ball as far out in front of you toward the ground as you can. Keep the back as straight as possible. Shift your weight forward on your front foot. While keeping the ball forward, lift your back leg off the ground and rise up to a perfect running position. Ritzenhein deserves credit for naming this exercise because he says it makes your butt sore the next morning.
Balance on one leg and grab a pulley system or elastic band in front of you with the opposite hand. Raise the free knee up toward your waist while simultaneously pulling the weight down 90-degrees and rotating toward your opposite leg. These should only be undertaken after the you have mastered the previous drills, as any lingering hip or core weakness or control deficiency will reinforce the wrong movements here.
15 times on each side.
Side Plank Knee to Chest
Begin in a side plank. Let your shins rest on a BOSU ball and balance on the ground using your lower arm. Keeping your body level to the ground, drive your top knee toward your chest while moving your upper arm back in a running motion. If your left elbow is on the ground, your right knee will move forward in a “high knee” position and the right arm will swing behind parallel to the ground. The motion recruits the core, scapular stabilizers and muscles down the leg. Repeat on the opposite side.
If you are doing a static hold, work up to 45 seconds each. If knee drive or hip dip knee drive, work up to 12 on each side.
These may feel like they’re the same as the clamshell, but they control the hip in a different way. Whereas the clamshell opens on the front side of the body, this exercise opens on the backside. Lie on one side with your knees bent and your lower legs behind you at a 90-degree angle. While keeping your knees together, lift your top foot away from the bottom foot as high as you can, hold it for a two-count and then bring it back down slowly. The target muscle is the deep internal hip rotators.
Perform 1-2 sets of 15-20 repetitions each.
Lie on your back and bend your knees to 90 degrees, keeping your feet on the ground. Then hold that position and roll onto your side. Keeping your feet together and your femurs slightly in front of the midline of your body, lift the top knee away from the bottom knee using the glutes to drive the action. The upper foot will turn down to “stand” on the other foot and the motion will engage the external hip rotators.
Perform 1-2 sets of 15-20 repetitions each.
Drop to a plank position with your forearms on a medium-sized stability ball. Keeping your core tight, bring a knee to the ball. Try to keep the ball and torso as steady as possible. Alternate knees to the ball throughout the exercise. The movements integrate every muscle used during a stride.
Strike a pose in perfect running position with one leg in high knee position. Balancing on the one leg, bend at the hip and touch the toe that’s on the ground with the opposite hand while the leg in the air rotates under and back. Make sure the standing leg remains stable and as straight as possible while enabling you to touch the ground. Be sure to prevent the moving knee from crossing midline while that leg straightens out behind you. Come back up to running position quickly without losing balance, pause for a second or two, and repeat. Switch legs and repeat.
Perform 1-2 sets of 8-10 repetitions each.
The Jane Fonda
Lie on your side and place your bottom hand behind your head. Put your top hand on your upper hip pressing your pelvis forward to make sure it does not rotate back during the exercise. Use your core muscles to stay steady. Keeping the top leg straight, lift it up and then back using your glutes to lift the leg. By keeping the outside of your foot level to the ground, you should feel the fatigue in your gluteus medius.
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A High Court case being taken a group of environmental activists, campaigning under the umbrella of Climate Case Ireland, is seeking the quash of the Government‘s National Mitigation Plan.
The case is expected to last for four days.
Climate Case Ireland is seeking to hold the Government accountable for its role in knowingly contributing to dangerous levels of climate change.
It is arguing that the National Mitigation Plan, published by the Government in July 2017, does not go far enough to protect citizens’ constitutional rights.
The group will argue that under the 2017 National Mitigation Plan Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions will rise rather than fall.
Climate Case Ireland is arguing that by failing to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions as required, the plan is a violation of Ireland’s constitution and human rights obligations.
They will also argue that the plan falls far short of the steps required by the Paris Climate Change agreement.
The group is asking the court to quash the existing mitigation plan and to require the Government to produce what they are describing as "a more fit for purpose plan" with a greater level of ambition to reduce emissions to help tackle climate change.
A spokesperson for the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment said that the National Mitigation Plan recognises that it is only a framework, and that it would be necessary to put in place a detailed roadmap to decarbonisation.
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The spokesperson said that the Government is now putting in place that detailed roadmap.
The Government has launched the National Development Plan which requires that one euro out of every five invested through Project Ireland 2040 over the next 20 years will be spent on climate mitigation and capital investments which reduce Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Minister for Communications Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton is also in the process of developing an all-of-government Climate Action Plan to make Ireland a leader in responding to climate change.
However, Climate Case Ireland said that the Government‘s plan is flawed, unconstitutional and in breach of human rights law.
They said that it fails to specify any measures to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions as it is required to do.
At the time of its launch in July 2017 the Government said that the National Mitigation Plan includes 106 distinct actions to be implemented across Government in order to advance the National Transition Agenda.
These included a commitment to maintaining and expanding existing energy-efficiency grants for homes, as well as the expansion of local authority energy upgrade programs for social housing and funding for a renewable heat incentive scheme.
The plan also proposed expanded funding for public transport and cycling infrastructure, and the maintenance of the existing level of grant aid and tax relief for electric vehicles.
It also included a commitment that all new cars and vans sold in Ireland from 2030 onwards would be zero emission or zero emission enabled.
The National Mitigation Plan also includes a commitment to further refining the existing emissions based taxation structure for the transport sector.
In addition it included a commitment to carbon taxation as a key driver of behavioural change with a message that increases in the tax would be phased in over time.
There was also a commitment to maintaining ongoing levels of grant aid for afforestation and a commitment to further refine the incentive structure for on-farm updates of measures to increase the carbon efficiency of agriculture.
However, the Government described the National Mitigation Plan as a living document and it was its intention to constantly update and improve the plan over time.
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Updated: August 31, 2015 12:00:17 am
It can never be right to do injustice or return it”, said Socrates, as he awaited execution in 399 BCE, “or to ward off the suffering of evil by doing it in return”. Today, the Law Commission of India is scheduled to submit a pathbreaking report to the Supreme Court calling for the abolition of the death penalty, with a possible caveat for terrorism-related crimes. In the interim, it seeks a moratorium on judicial execution. It is time for all Indians to reflect on the great philosopher’s proposition. Not one study supports the claim that the death penalty deters violent criminals. The largest meta-study to date, by the United States National Academy of Sciences, shows that the death penalty had no effect at all on crime rates. Indeed, homicide rates in Canada peaked before it abolished the death penalty, and then declined for 10 years running. In the US, homicide rates in non-death penalty states are, on average, lower than in states that execute murderers. Even though the death penalty does not deter killers, it claims the lives of innocents. Since the US reintroduced the death penalty in 1976, new forensic science has cleared at least 87 people awaiting execution. In many cases, innocents were executed.
The facts show that the death penalty is unjust, and unlike all other forms of injustice, it allows for no correction. Yet, in a climate suffused with outrage over violence targeting society, the Law Commission report could set off a charged debate. Indeed, its draft version suggested exempting terrorism-related crimes during the moratorium, hoping to head off one objection. This ought not to surprise us. Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, and many other nations beset by terrorism are executing ever-more people. Tunisia’s parliament overturned a 25-year-old moratorium, passing a law allowing the execution of terrorists. There is no evidence to show, though, that killing has made these countries any safer. Indeed, as Tunisian MP Sana Mersni pithily pointed out, execution will not “deter terrorists seeking death in order to go to paradise”.
It isn’t hard to understand why many leaders love the hangman. Fixing a noose around someone’s neck is much easier, after all, than repairing India’s dysfunctional criminal justice and policing system — the real cause of the impunity killers enjoy in this country. For the Indian people, in turn, execution offers at least a simulacrum of justice, no small thing where the real thing is conspicuous by its absence.
To continue to embrace this deceit, though, corrodes the ethical pillars of the polity. Nation after nation has struck the death penalty off its statute book. It is time for India to find the moral courage it needs to follow them.
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Objective: To determine the prevalence of vision diagnoses after concussion in adolescents.
Methods: Cross-sectional study from July 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014, of patients aged 11 to 17 years with concussion evaluated in a comprehensive concussion program.
Results: A total of 100 adolescents were examined, with a mean age of 14.5 years. Overall, 69% had one or more of the following vision diagnoses: accommodative disorders (51%), convergence insufficiency (49%), and saccadic dysfunction (29%). In all, 46% of patients had more than one vision diagnosis.
Conclusions: A high prevalence of vision diagnoses (accommodative, binocular convergence, and saccadic eye movement disorders) was found in this sample of adolescents with concussion, with some manifesting more than one vision diagnosis. These data indicate that a comprehensive visual examination may be helpful in the evaluation of a subset of adolescents with concussion. Academic accommodations for students with concussion returning to the classroom setting should account for these vision diagnoses.
Keywords: concussion; convergence insufficiency; mild traumatic brain injury.
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Light for the World commits itself to the task of creating new prospects for persons with disabilities, to increase mobility with the help of devices, as well as to start initiatives that will provide education and income. Another objective is to raise awareness on inclusion of persons with disabilities in their family and social environment. This is an important basis for inclusion and for the autonomy and self-determination of persons with disabilities. Raising public awareness on the situation of persons with disabilities in developing countries forms an important part of our work.
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Kyrsten Sinema was elected to the US Senate in 2018. Sinema represented Arizona’s 9th congressional district in the US House of Representative from 2013 until 2018, and previously served in both chambers of the Arizona state legislature. While serving in the US House of Representatives, Sinema supported permanent reauthorization of the the Land and Water Conservation Fund, sage grouse conservation, efforts to curb methane emissions, and limits on public land transfers. She also opposed efforts to block new national monument designations.
Notable Activities and Statements on Public Lands Policy
Sinema opposes efforts to block new national monument designations.
Sinema voted against blocking new presidential monument declarations. She voted against a 2015 House measure that would have blocked all funds from being used to establish National monuments in seven western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. [Environment and Energy Daily, 07/09/15]
Sinema supports permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
Sinema voted for a bill to permanently authorize LWCF sponsored by Raul Grijalva that failed despite receiving some Republican support. [Congressional Quarterly, 05/26/2016]
Sinema supports limits on public land transfers.
Sinema voted to limit public lands transfers. She voted yes on a failed amendment that would have blocked funding to initiate any federal land transfers, disposals, or sales that were not in the public interest. The amendment would have made public land transfer more difficult. [National Wildlife Federation Press Release, 9/14/2017; House Clerk, Roll Call Vote 491, 09/13/17]
Sinema supports sage grouse conservation.
Sinema voted to preserve sage grouse conservation plans during consideration of the Interior and Environmental Appropriations bill in 2016. The failed amendment would have protected plans to conserve the threatened sage grouse’s habitat across the western United States. [House Roll Call Vote 474]
Sinema supports reducing methane emissions.
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The St George Secondary School is saying no to bullying.
The Constant, St George school is the latest to adopt the Olweus Bullying Prevention Programme, an international initiative designed to improve peer relations and make schools safer and more positive places for students to learn and develop.
The programme is being implemented by Supreme Counselling for Personal Development as part of its Project Rescue and funded by the Maria Holder Trust.
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Programme was launched at St George Secondary School on Friday. (Picture by Jameel Springer)
At the official launch today at the school, chief executive officer of Supreme Counselling, Shawn Clarke, a certified Olweus trainer and consultant, said bullying was the root of criminal activity as physical bullying was assault, mental bullying was defamation and online bullying was stalking.
“It is the violation of one’s personal rights . . . raping someone of what should otherwise be a memorable and enjoyable school life,” he said.
Clarke said studies showed bullying had far reaching and long lasting physical and psycho-social effects on the victims while bullies often ended up as substance abusers and criminals, which was why a holistic approach was needed. He said the plan was to compile data and evidence and present a paper to Government detailing why the Olweus programme should be utilised across all schools.
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What is Cross-Training?
For those new to breaking a sweat on the regular - no, it’s not CrossFit. Cross training is training in sports and activities that are different from the ones you usually do.
So if running is normally your exercise of choice, then cross training workouts for you would include swimming, cycling, HIIT (high-intensity interval training), Yoga. Unlike running which mainly works your lower body, swimming, on the other hand, engages your entire body.
Other than being a great way to include variety into your exercise regime, cross-training’s biggest benefit is the balancing of your muscle groups and overall fitness.
Specifically, for all the Yogis, you may be scoring top points in your flexibility and balance, but may fall short in terms of your strength and stamina...
So Why Cross-Train?
Let's delve into cross training for Yogis. Many people ease themselves into exercising by starting off with yoga classes because it seems like a “gentler” sport. And in many ways, that’s true. Sure, yoga doesn’t require you to lift heavy weights or do burpees till your lungs feel like they are about to explode. But don’t let it fool you into thinking that it is going to be all about sitting calm in savasana and meditate.
Yoga does have its own challenges. Ever felt your arms shaking as you slowly sink into a chaturanga (low plank) from your downward dog? Or felt your thighs burning in agony as your instructor tells you to hold your chair pose? That is completely normal for beginners, especially if you are new to working out altogether. And as you keep at these poses each week, you’ll find your arms and thighs slowly getting stronger. Having said that, is this really the best and only way to improve?
Despite all the benefits of yoga, it is by no means the perfect workout. While it stretches your muscles and improves your flexibility, there are many muscle groups that are not activated in yoga. And most yoga classes also fall short of being a cardio session.
To boost your overall fitness and be more functional as an individual, boxing, weightlifting and HIIT are examples of great cross-training activities to help you reach the next level in your yoga practice.
Even though your body weight is used in yoga, weight lifting can help you build up strength faster in targeted parts of your body that yoga misses out. Other body weight exercises like pull-ups will also work your lats and triceps, which are often overlooked by yogis since hardly any pose uses a pulling motion.
Dynamic workouts like boxing and HIIT also help build up your stamina and endurance, while working your entire body.
Start off by incorporating one cross-training activity into your weekly regime and alternating the activities every week. As you cross-train, you will realise how much faster you are improving your own yoga practice!
Some cross-training options for Yogis:
- Aqua Bag Boxing at STILL @ Downtown Gallery
- Run X HIIT with Dr. Jesse Timm @ Singapore CBD
- Co-Wellness Space at Core Collective @ Tanjong Pagar
Jamie enjoys spending time trying out different sports. Known as a pocket dynamite, she spends most of her spare time doing Yoga, Muay Thai, Badminton and Rock Climbing.
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The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating retailers and other businesses after finding evidence of potentially unlawful reviews.
- It is estimated £23bn in consumer spending is influenced by reviews
- The CMA has found evidence of fake online reviews and paid endorsements
- Those under suspicion have not yet been named
The CMA launched an investigation after it discovered misleading practices including fake reviews, negative reviews not being published and businesses concealing the fact they had paid for endorsements.
It has not named and shamed any businesses but it is understood a number of retailers are under suspicion, along with manufacturers, media agencies and blog sites.
The CMA in February released a call for evidence on the use of online reviews because it was aware of concerns “about the trustworthiness or impartiality of information in some reviews and endorsements”.
If there has been a breach in consumer protection regulations the CMA could pursue civil action, which would result in fines for any guilty parties.
It is expected the investigation will take months.
Millions influenced by reviews
The CMA estimates more than half of UK adults (54%) use online reviews, and that 6% use blogs or vlogs before making purchases. Forecasts from the CMA suggest that £23bn in consumer spending is influenced by online reviews.
CMA consumer senior director Nisha Arora said: “Millions of people look at online reviews and endorsements before making decisions.
“We have found that consumers who use online reviews and endorsements find them valuable, but we have also heard about some practices that may be unlawful. We are committed to ensuring that consumers’ trust in these important information tools is maintained, and will take enforcement action where necessary to tackle unlawful practices.”
A report by the CMA has called on retailers with reviews on their sites to publish all reviews, even negative ones, and explain why reviews have not been published.
Reviews do not need to be published if they contain swearing, abusive language or defamatory remarks.
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Snook Front & Center on the Fisheries Management Stage
Habitat loss, tanking water quality, and climate impacts must be addressed
I’ve had the good fortune to enjoy great snook (Centropomus undecimalus) fishing in my home state of Texas, where I worked as a fishing guide for many years. I’ve also enjoyed Florida’s world-class snook fishery along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. As an angler and Executive Director of the American Water Security Project (AWSP), I’m pleased that on Wednesday, June 30, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will host a one-day workshop on the future of this incredibly popular, biologically fascinating, and extremely valuable tropical fish species.
Warm-water-loving common snook historically occurred in the U.S. along Florida’s southern coasts and along the southern reaches of eastern Texas. Florida’s increasing population and coastal development, resulting land-based sources of pollution, coupled with a changing climate are threatening the habitats that support essential habitats for this species. With these issues in mind, anglers and scientists are hoping that FWC presents more holistic fisheries management strategies that include sustaining habitats that are critical to maintaining strong snook populations.
If you judge snook fishery management by traditional measures, the species is well-managed. Managers maintain population reproduction rates by setting spawning potential ratio (SPR) targets at relatively high levels. The SPR of the population is adequately set so that theoretically enough sexually mature snook are left to breed to keep the population at stable levels.
Seasonal closures are another important tool to maintain a healthy reproductive population. A summertime closure protects spawning adults, while the winter closure protects fish vulnerable to cold weather while guarding against overfishing.
Managers also restrict the harvest of snook to a “slot limit.” Snook are protandrous hermaphrodites—they change sex (male to female), and they tend to change sexes at specific lengths. The slot limit is designed to allow enough of the large female snook to survive, ensuring successful spawning. In Florida, that slot is set so that anglers can keep one fish between 28 to 32 inches along the Atlantic Coast, and 28 to 33 inches on the Gulf Coast, when seasons are open.
Snook, Habitats, Moving North
Because of climate change, snook now inhabit wider latitudinal ranges. Rising temperatures allow the species to expand their northerly range into what were cooler temperate waters along the northeastern and northwestern coasts of Florida and central Texas coast. Recreational snook fisheries have expanded into areas as far north as the Florida Panhandle, and to Galveston Bay in Texas. So have essential snook habitats, namely red mangroves, which are tropical trees also migrating north thanks to rising global temperatures and warming trends in local waters. Expanding habitats and fisheries may seem like good news for fishermen, but there are tradeoffs.
For example, in Florida’s Big Bend area, where seagrasses and salt marshes still dominate the coastline, mangroves may displace these temperate coastal habitats, and snook may out-compete other popular species such as spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosa). Snook, with their gaping jaws and ability to vacuum prey into their mouths, are more adroit feeders than sea trout, and will dine on small trout as well. Snook populations may increase in these areas at the expense of other important species.
But competition for habitat and forage between fish stocks may be less insignificant factors compared to abrupt weather events resulting from a warming climate.
Because global climate temperature trends are rising sharply, weather patterns, such as EL Nino/ La Ninas events are more extreme. Climate change doesn’t follow a linear succession of warming weather year in and year out. For example, this past winter’s historic freeze event that famously exposed the weaknesses of Texas’ power grid also resulted in significant fish kills in coastal waters of the western Gulf of Mexico. Periodic hard freezes, as well as wetter and more powerful hurricanes, heavily impact wildlife populations and their habitats, especially at the fringes of their range distribution. Those threats aren’t yet factored well enough into snook management throughout expanding ranges.
Tanking Water Quality and Habitat Loss
Traditional fisheries management has relied upon a perspective that under static conditions, harvests of fisheries stocks should be managed directly as a function of adult reproductive output and recruitment into the fishery. However, abrupt weather, climate and environmental change are variables that confound the models supporting traditional stock assessments. Especially as vulnerable juveniles, snook depend upon threatened inshore coastal habitats, primarily brackish creeks with complex vegetation such as Spartina grass marshes and mangroves. Development is directly paving over these habitats. These habitats are also being insidiously degraded by land-based sources of pollution such as stormwater runoff carrying sediments and fertilizer and human wastewater spills or leakage from aging and degraded infrastructure and septic tanks.
For example, more intense rainfall events and rising seas flood septic tank drainfields, cause fertilizers to run off into coastal waters, and overwhelm wastewater treatment and collection systems. Yet historically, managers only passively implicated the impacts of habitat and water quality on fisheries populations, when in fact essential habitat is disappearing as water quality declines, resulting in seagrass loss and toxic harmful algal blooms.
That’s not sustainable.
More worrisome – none, repeat none, of the habitat and water quality decline problems are included in snook management strategies. While FWC biologists study the importance of snook habitats, information on habitat availability is not incorporated into management of these populations. If snook populations are to survive our changing environment and habitat conditions, this management paradigm must change. Managing fisheries stocks with traditional stock assessment methods will fail as declining water quality destroys habitats essential for productivity of healthy snook populations.
The American Water Security Project will be represented at the Snook Symposium, and we will make these points among others. The future of the Fishing Capital of the World depends upon modernizing fisheries management to include calculations for habitat loss, and more importantly, sustaining water quality and essential fish habitat throughout the snook’s expanding ranges. Check back later this week for a report on the Symposium.
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Kalman has a remarkable series of portraits taken in Nicaragua circa 1990, starting 20 years later he went back to photograph the same subjects. Scroll back in his Flickr stream to see these diptychs.
Another series which came over the tumblr wires. This is such a simple, elegant concept. And it’s executed so very well. Click through to read the descriptions on Flickr too. These aren’t just surface treatment, each diptych has a small story about what happened to the sitter during the 20 years between photos.
Each of these elements demonstrates (some) of the vicissitudes of the original picture, but also provides at least a glimpse of the individual who took up arms in the cause of the revolution. Much more importantly, Molotov Man literally “re-frames” history in multiple ways. The past cohabits with the present; the history of the Sandinista revolution—now open to retrospective interpretation, the reference to the illegal American war against the Sandinista government (cf. the arming and funding of the contras), the fragility of historical memory—the list is easily enlarged. To do this work, Molotov Man required other media (video, objects, texts), a continued personal stake in Nicaragua’s ongoing history by Meiselas over several decades, and the demonstration that an “iconic” photograph is open to many uses and many meanings.
Love love love this post. Reminds me of what I liked best about Princeton’s Itinerant Languages of Photography show (also featuring Meiselas) and how photos can change meaning and be reappropriated through context and history and culture. I’d love to see more shows and blogposts which investigate the life of an image as it travels through time. | <urn:uuid:4896ff5a-8753-4191-9afe-7f4f4dff1b43> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://hairybeast.net/tag/nicaragua/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941291 | 372 | 2.265625 | 2 |
- 1 What are Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes psychology?
- 2 How does lifestyle affect mental health?
- 3 What are the four lifestyle behaviors that can help manage anxiety and depression?
- 4 How do I get better mentally?
- 5 What is shock therapy used for?
- 6 What are the different therapeutic approaches?
- 7 What are the 8 Tlcs?
- 8 What are the 7 lifestyle factors?
- 9 What is a healthy mental lifestyle?
- 10 What are five factors that affect lifestyle choices?
- 11 Is a change of scenery good for depression?
- 12 What actually causes depression?
- 13 What foods are bad for anxiety?
What are Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes psychology?
Walsh reviewed research on the effects of what he calls “therapeutic lifestyle changes,” or TLCs, including exercise, nutrition and diet, relationships, recreation, relaxation and stress management, religious or spiritual involvement, spending time in nature, and service to others.
How does lifestyle affect mental health?
More precisely, studies showed that lifestyle can have a positive effect on symptoms of depression and anxiety [25, 26], life satisfaction , and self-perceived general mental health [28,29,30].
What are the four lifestyle behaviors that can help manage anxiety and depression?
That means going to bed and getting up at a consistent time, getting sufficient exercise (earlier in the day rather than late at night), avoiding heavy evening meals and caffeine, practicing relaxation techniques, and forgoing activities that get in the way of our shuteye, such as those Netflix marathons.
How do I get better mentally?
How to look after your mental health
- Talk about your feelings. Talking about your feelings can help you stay in good mental health and deal with times when you feel troubled.
- Keep active.
- Eat well.
- Drink sensibly.
- Keep in touch.
- Ask for help.
- Take a break.
- Do something you’re good at.
What is shock therapy used for?
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a medical treatment most commonly used in patients with severe major depression or bipolar disorder that has not responded to other treatments. ECT involves a brief electrical stimulation of the brain while the patient is under anesthesia.
What are the different therapeutic approaches?
Approaches to psychotherapy fall into five broad categories:
- Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies.
- Behavior therapy.
- Cognitive therapy.
- Humanistic therapy.
- Integrative or holistic therapy.
What are the 8 Tlcs?
Walsh describes 8 TLC’s: exercise, nutrition and diet, relationships, time in nature, recreation, relaxation and stress management, religious and spiritual involvement, and lastly contribution and service to others.
What are the 7 lifestyle factors?
The American Heart Association has defined ideal cardiovascular health based on seven risk factors (Life’s Simple 7) that people can improve through lifestyle changes: smoking status, physical activity, weight, diet, blood glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure.
What is a healthy mental lifestyle?
Eating healthily, exercising regularly, getting enough sleep and avoiding harmful levels of alcohol and other drugs can help you keep your mental health on track, manage symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improve your overall wellbeing.
What are five factors that affect lifestyle choices?
Socioeconomic status, level of education, family, kin and social networks, gender, age and interpersonal influences all affect the choice of lifestyle.
Is a change of scenery good for depression?
While your work and social life might seem monotonous at the moment, a new study suggests that a small change of scenery or routine can improve your mood.
What actually causes depression?
Research suggests that depression doesn’t spring from simply having too much or too little of certain brain chemicals. Rather, there are many possible causes of depression, including faulty mood regulation by the brain, genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, medications, and medical problems.
What foods are bad for anxiety?
If you eat lots of processed meat, fried food, refined cereals, candy, pastries, and high-fat dairy products, you’re more likely to be anxious and depressed. A diet full of whole fiber-rich grains, fruits, vegetables, and fish can help keep you on a more even keel. | <urn:uuid:e7e2220b-5aa8-4c68-b51c-fe4045132380> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kmhpbs.org/mental-health/readers-ask-how-do-therapeutic-lifestyle-changes-affect-mental-health-what-are-the-three-types.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.915241 | 925 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Courtesy of the San Benito County Office of Education:
Through the Learning Communities for School Success Program (LCSSP) Grant, the San Benito County Office of Education has hired three School Social Workers to work with students across San Benito County. The LCSSP Grant is the result of a consortium consisting of the San Benito County Office of Education, the Aromas San Juan Unified School District, the Hollister School District, and the San Benito High School District. The grant provides $1.47 million over three years. Funds are used to address chronic absenteeism by identifying underlying social emotional issues experienced by many of our students.
School Social Workers Amit Bhandal, Cristal Guevara and Adrianna Gallegos each have a Masters Degree in Social Work as well as a Pupil Personnel Services Credential which allows them to provide case management, counseling and therapeutic intervention for students and families focused on creating a positive learning environment. They serve as members of the school crisis team to provide intervention to students and assessing for safety. In addition, they provide training and workshops to parents and school staff.
School social workers assess and identify factors that may affect a student’s learning and general wellbeing by consulting with parents, teachers and other school staff to find strategies for dealing with challenges related to social emotional and academic needs. As part of the intervention team, they collaborate with school counselors, student services staff and with community based organizations to support student success and provide resources. School Social Workers often conducting home visits and facilitate individual and group counseling sessions to address specific social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students. Ultimately, the goal is to develop resiliency strategies and a positive self-concept so students can be successful in school. | <urn:uuid:281c0c63-b458-483b-9317-8914b66dcfe4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sanbenitolive.com/education-office-hires-social-workers-through-grant/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.954896 | 354 | 2.125 | 2 |
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The agreement will focus on increasing and scaling-up interventions that address barriers to health care and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on migrant populations.
|Washington D.C., October 9, 2020 (PAHO) – More than 70 million migrants living across international borders in the Region of the Americas are set to benefit from a joint agreement signed today by Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and António Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).|
Under the agreement, PAHO and IOM will focus on scaling up coordinated interventions to support countries of the Americas in addressing health and migration, while leaving no one behind. It will also ensure greater advocacy for the inclusion of the specific needs of migrants in health and development policy throughout the Region, both in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
“Migrants are one of the most vulnerable populations in our Region, facing huge barriers when it comes to accessing the health care they need,” said PAHO Director, Carissa F Etienne. “The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that no one is safe until everyone is safe, which is why this agreement between PAHO and IOM has never been so timely and so important,” she added.
Migration in the Americas
The number of international migrants in the Americas reached 70 million as of 2019. Since 2015, this migratory flow includes more than 5 million Venezuelans who now live in other countries of the world, particularly Colombia, Chile and Peru. And since 2018, a new trend has emerged consisting of large groups migrating from Central America towards Mexico and the United States.
Drivers of migration in the Americas include social and economic inequalities, political instability, conflict and environmental disasters. While many countries in the Region are sources of emigration to high-income countries in the Americas and Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean are also experiencing an increase in migrants from Africa and Asia. This places an additional strain on many countries’ under-resourced health systems.
“This initiative has been created precisely to address these challenges and will help stakeholders to coordinate and harmonize actions to enhance the health of migrants,” said IOM Director General, António Vitorino.
Health and Migration
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the delivery of health services throughout the Americas, which has experienced over 17 million cases and more than 574,000 deaths due to the virus.
While migrants face the same health threats as anyone else, these are compounded by precarious living conditions and a lack of access to basic services such as water, sanitation and nutrition. Migrants are also more likely to face poor and crowded working conditions within the informal economy, as well as legal, language and cultural barriers that make adhering to public health measures during the pandemic particularly difficult.
Separation from support networks, financial hardship and limited access to supplies and medication are also threatening migrants’ mental health and worsening pre-existing conditions.
Beyond COVID-19, many migrants in the Americas experience a range of communicable as well as non-communicable diseases that require urgent recognition and treatment. Diseases including malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, diabetes and hypertension among migrant populations must be addressed.
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Anarcho-capitalism first emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, partly due to growing criticism in the west of government regulation of capitalism and a revival of interest in free market economics.
Closely associated with, but different from, libertarianism, anarcho-capitalism has been championed by US economists Murray Rothbard (1926-95) and David Friedman (1945-). Rothbard first used the term ‘anarcho-capitalism’ to categorise his own ideas and argued that they were based on three specific ideological traditions – 19th century classical liberalism, 19th century US individualist anarchism and the 20th century Austrian school of economics.
According to anarcho-capitalists, the state has to be removed for two principal reasons. First, state intervention (for example in the form of government regulation and the creation of public/private monopolies) threatens economic freedom, efficiency and competition. Trade unions are also seen as major obstacles to the free play of market forces. Consequently, all state functions should be taken over by the free market. Second, the state cannot restrict individual autonomy or sovereignty. In particular, state taxation violates the individual’s right to private property by removing part of the reward for a person’s labour and thus represents a form of institutionalised theft.
Instead, anarcho-capitalists call for a completely unregulated free market capitalist economy on the grounds that it is the most effective mechanism to supply and distribute goods, services and private property. They also maintain that the unrestricted free market provides competition which compels suppliers to keep prices low, offer a high quality product or service, and respond to consumer demand. Furthermore, anarcho-capitalists argue, such an economic arrangement offers incentives and promotes growth and innovation. All goods and services, including health, education, law enforcement, sanitation and the court system, would be provided by the free market on a profit-making basis. Monopoly companies would eventually succumb to free competition and private charity would cater for disadvantaged groups (e.g. the elderly and unemployed) because, in the past, state provision had been wasteful and easily exploited.
From an anarcho-capitalist perspective, humans are rational, competitive and acquisitive economic animals who ‘own’ themselves. Rothbard refers to the autonomous nature of the individual as the ‘self-ownership principle’. For Friedman, humans are motivated to work to acquire private property because they have an innate sense of entitlement. It is natural for people to act in a self-interested way and particularly to engage in free and self-serving economic relationships. Rothbard rejects the criticism that human self-interest in the economic sphere is nothing more than greed. Such behaviour, he argues, is simply trying to ‘relieve the nature-given scarcity that man was born with’ and, in turn, this gives capitalism its incentives and dynamism.
Anarcho-capitalists envisage a competitive, hierarchical, almost social Darwinian society where the wealthy and powerful benefit most and the weakest struggle. Nevertheless, anarcho-capitalism argues that free competition would establish some form of social balance and stability because people would have an obvious interest in avoiding disorder. Thus, the anarcho-capitalist social vision is of an extremely individualistic world driven by the rational pursuit of enlightened self-interest within a free market system. As Rothbard concedes, the resulting entity is perhaps more accurately described as a collection of interacting individuals rather than a society. | <urn:uuid:5d87418c-7de5-4d39-ad37-6ec8d97ad5a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tutor2u.net/politics/reference/anarcho-capitalism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.953429 | 746 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Astronomers have discovered the oldest and most distant object in the universe - a galaxy so far away that its light has taken 13.1 billion years to reach the Earth.
The galaxy, which was spotted by Europe's Very Large Telescope in Chile, is the most remote cluster of stars, gas and dust ever measured.
It is so distant, scientists are observing it when the universe was in its infancy - aged just 600 million years old, or four per cent of its present age.
Dr Nicole Nesvadba of the Institute of Space Astrophysics in Paris said: 'Measuring the most distant galaxy so far is very exciting in itself, but the astrophysical implications of this detection are even more important.
'This is the first time we know for sure that we are looking at one of the galaxies that cleared out the fog which had filled the very early universe.'
Each time astronomers gaze at distant stars, they are looking back in time.
Light from nearby stars takes just a few years to reach the Earth. But light from remote galaxies takes billions of years to travel across the universe.
The galaxy, named UDFy -38135539, was spotted by the Hubble space telescope last year. Its age has now been confirmed by the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere's Very Large Telescope.
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The Snaw-Naw-As Nation is located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, adjacent to the city of Lantzville, situated between Parksville and Nanaimo, in Nanoose Bay. Their name derives from the Halkomelem word “Naus,” meaning “inside looking out” reflecting the shape of Nanoose Bay. The traditional language is Hul’q’umi’num’, which is 1 of 3 branches of the Halkomelum dialect spoken from Nanoose to Oregon.
The Snaw-Naw-As Nation’s traditional territory included villages that dotted the areas in the mid-Island region of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
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Monday, August 2, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
403-405, David L Lawrence Convention Center
Nicole T. Welch
Nicole T. Welch
Less than one-third of American adults qualified as scientifically literate in 2007. Science education research has worked diligently to identify student misconceptions, especially in the areas of physics, chemistry, and biology. While this work remains extremely valuable in terms of identifying concepts that students find confusing, it has had little impact on correcting misconceptions, and improving science literacy, most notably here on the topic of global warming.
A scientific understanding of global warming requires one to scale biological processes underlying carbon sources and carbon sinks to ecosystem net primary productivity and, globally, the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the troposphere. Yet, studies reveal that students (i.e., our educated public) lack basic understanding of terrestrial carbon dynamics, incorrectly stating that the carbon reduced during photosynthesis is absorbed from the soil instead of from the atmosphere. Students do not connect the accumulation of glucose from photosynthesis and other plant macromolecules with plant growth or carbon sinks. Many also think that reducing or stabilizing anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases will result in immediate temperature responses and climate stabilization. If students retain these misconceptions, they do not understand, and are not literate on, the topic of global warming.
This symposium will call for a revolution in college science education to improve scientific literacy, and provide ecologists with evidence of pedagogies that reduce occurrences of misunderstandings about global warming. The first talk will challenge ecologists to lead this revolution. Then, we will identify misconceptions in the areas of matter and energy and global warming across different scales of colleges and universities, and hypothesize why these misconceptions persist. The following three speakers will share different pedagogies, structure-function-behavior models, inquiry-based practitioner research, and active-learning strategies, each successful in reducing the number of students retaining misunderstandings about global warming and its underlying biological processes. Finally, we will present results of how student “beliefs” about global warming impact their understanding of the science of global warming. The session will begin with a brief introduction by the moderator, and end with synthesis and discussion. Each speaker will have 30 minutes to share their information.
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The story of King Asa in the Bible shows us how to remove idols–anything or anyone that takes precedence over God. This isn’t pretty or easy and it’s not a one-time event, but it’s effective. Click here for the 5 Ways to Remove Idols from your own life.
Learn how to study the Bible in this post. I guide you through a couple of passages from Philippians 3 with detailed instructions and pictures of how I approach my Bible study time.
Wondering how to study the Bible? This post tells you exactly how to get started by asking the right questions and knowing your answers.
A few years ago I made the decision what I was doing wasn’t working for me. I was anxious, fearful, angry, depressed and negative. I made the decision to become a joy thinker and that is one fo the best decisions I have ever made!
If you are new to Bible Journaling or have been journaling a while, this Bible Journaling Book, a downloadable PDF, is a must have. Pages of Bible Journaling tips, inspiration and permission to enjoy your Bible: topical studies, color marking key, free printable, 31 Day Reading log and 1 year Bible Reading Plan.
What are Bible quotes about beauty and how can we ponder and apply them to our life? Really, all we need to know is contained in Psalm 139 | <urn:uuid:0f6fc4be-e977-4602-8eed-706d68e25150> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://goodenoughcatholic.com/tag/scripture-study-2/page/3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.945357 | 289 | 1.617188 | 2 |
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A belief that Western countries have to engage with China to solve global problems lies behind New Zealand's "out of step" position on senior government officials attending the Beijing Winter Olympics, Professor Robert Patman has told Global Insight.
While Five Eyes partners have said their diplomats will not attend the Games because of human rights concerns, New Zealand has given more than one reason why its government ministers will not attend.
These seemingly contradictory reasons are a "constructive ambiguity" that allows New Zealand to pursue an independent view of the world, Prof Patman says.
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What started out as an elementary science project soon turned into a YouTube channel that now has over 2.5 million subscribers and over 1 billion views.
At 10-years-old, Lincoln Markham wanted to find out what different sports balls were made of for his school science project. His father, Daniel, decided to help Lincoln by making videos of the two of them cutting open these sports balls to see what was inside.
Now, what began as a simple experiment has now turned into a thriving YouTube channel and an incredible bonding experience for a father and son. After Lincoln and Daniel ran out of sports equipment to cut in half, they moved onto new products—everything from fire extinguishers and lava lamps to drones and MacBooks.
Lincoln and Daniel even used their new fame to help promote a good cause by collaborating with other YouTube channels and billionaire Bill Gates to help raise awareness of global issues among high school students. Lincoln and his father traveled to the Philippines, where Daniel was born and served his mission, to raise awareness about the need for clean, drinkable water worldwide by cutting open a water filter.
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Why the obsession with long home pages?
October 29, 2014 • Glenn Murray
Last week, I wireframed a client’s new home page. He reviewed it over the weekend and, today, asked what I plan to put ‘below the fold’. My answer:
“Nothing. I don’t think you should use a long home page.”
Why? Well first, let me clarify what ‘below the fold’ means…
Before I explain the above answer, here’s what he meant by ‘below the fold’. (Using part of my home page as an example.)
Now… Why not use a long home page?
A lot of sites these days are opting for the long home page approach, where the reader has to scroll (sometimes a lot) to read the whole thing.
But you shouldn’t make the home page long just because others are. Or just because you can.
The aim of the home page is to engage your reader, to draw them in and to get them to do something. There’s no need to jam everything onto it. In fact, in most cases, I think the less you put on your home page, the better. Keep it focused, clear and succinct. Limit choices, so readers don’t get lost or feel overwhelmed, and your calls to action are crystal-clear.
The last thing you want is for people to be paralysed by choice. (It happens… Read Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational.)
Most of the time, I think you should use a short home page that links off to multiple sub-pages (via call to action buttons, in-line links and the main navigation menu).
People will also feel comforted by the organised nature of the information. Your links tell them exactly what to expect when they click, so they’re risking less by clicking the link than scrolling down the page on the off chance they’ll find the information they want.
When is a long home page justified?
Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t use a long home page. Just don’t do it simply because you can. Unless you have a really good reason.
What’s a really good reason? Well, the most obvious is when you have some info that absolutely must appear on the home page, and it can’t fit above the fold. Another would be if you feel using fancy parallax scrolling effects will impress (and convert more of) your readers.
(Incidentally, both of these conditions apply to my home page: 1) I wanted the home page to tell the story of my collaboration with Ian; and 2) I wanted it to prove we can design and develop elegant long pages with parallax scrolling.)
What do you think?
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Your child will be pretending they are this prehistoric animal for days after Halloween the second they see what they will be dressing up as this year. With the most ghoulish night of the year around the corner, you can hang up the creepy costume, and embrace this Velociraptor Kids 3/4 2018 Halloween Masks. There is nothing better than witnessing all of the attention they will be receiving just by trick-or-treating down a few blocks in town. Your little one will be roaring all over the place, pretending they are the actual prehistoric bird that once ruled the world 60 million years ago. However, in order for them to properly rock this costume, a little lesson on this animal has to happen. These critters sported large claws for digging and also defending itself. While they were short in size, that didn't mean that they were on the bottom of the food chain. They were swift and fast, and downright scary-looking! | <urn:uuid:06717376-0427-4e81-b418-bfb1cd46c882> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.buycostumes.com/products/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-velociraptor-kids-3-4-mask?via=5adfe13669702d0b8218ca24%2C5aeafedc69702d0b80107657 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.970934 | 213 | 1.78125 | 2 |
If you enjoy the New York Times reader, a Windows Presentation Foundation application, you are really, really going to enjoy this new WPF application from the British Library – Turning the Pages 2.0. It’ll run natively in Vista on the browser if your computer is premium ready. If you have XP, you’ll need to install the application.
I just started playing with it and it is an awesome way to look at some ancient and historical books. Bill Gates demoed Turning the Pages 2.0 yesterday with his personal collection of Leonardo Di Vinci’s notebook Codex Leicester. His collection is offered in Turning the Pages 2.0 as well as the Codex Arundel.
Researchers, academics, students and historians will soon have access to some of the most ancient and fragile historical documents and books hidden away in Britain’s biggest and most important library.
The British Library has demonstrated a digital book application called Turning the Pages 2.0, that it has developed to run on Windows Vista, taking advantage of the enhanced 3D graphics capabilities of the new operating system.
The application can provide readers with a similar experience to reading a traditional and often fragile book. The book application contains exact scans of historical books and documents such as the Magna Carta.
‘For us the real bonus is the simplification of the digitisation and the presentation of the books. We can now accelerate our plans to offer digital access to our books – it is a major step forward for the British Library and it is a real opportunity to transform the way people interact with historical material.’ said Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library speaking to IT PRO at the UK launch of Windows Vista and Office.
Thanks for the link, Loren.
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What is extrusion in 3D printing?
According to the ASTM International standards organization, extrusion is the official name given to a specific 3D printing process where material is selectively dispensed through a nozzle or orifice. Extrusion is more commonly known as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)®, a registered trademark by Stratasys Ltd, or Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), a non-trademarked term.
Ensuring that the material and the nozzle move together is challenging, as both are constantly changing. Lower cost extrusion systems often use stepmotors that drive belts to move the plotter system, but the tradeoff is accuracy and speed. The more expensive extrusion systems use servo drives and lead screws, which deliver the needed accuracy for more precisely built parts as shown in the Stratasys example here.
Extrusion is the most common and probably the simplest 3D printing technique. It can be used in almost every environment. The main printing material is a plastic filament. The filament is heated, melting in the printing head of the 3D printer.
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FRANKFURT -- Diesel engines are set to lose their dominance in Europe as Volkswagen Group's emissions cheating raises doubts about the technology's advantages.
Demand for diesel cars is likely to plunge to about 30 percent of the region's total auto sales by 2020 from about half currently, hampering automakers' profit growth while speeding up a push to develop battery-powered models, analysts including Jose Asumendi at JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Monday in a report.
German carmakers will probably experience an average 5 percent earnings reduction as they promote less profitable hybrid models to meet European Union emissions regulations and as prices drop for used diesel vehicles coming off lease, the analysts said.
Luxury carmakers Mercedes-Benz and Audi are already positioning themselves to attract customers with advanced long-range EVs as Mercedes readies its EQ electric subbrand and Audi aims to bring 3 battery-driven models to market by 2020.
Diesel cars' popularity in Europe has been waning as Volkswagen's emissions-test manipulation scandal, which emerged in late 2015, compounded concerns that pollutants from the fuel are outweighing the benefits of its lower CO2 emissions. Mercedes outlined plans last week to accelerate a rollout of battery-powered cars by 2022, saying combustion engines would continue to be refined only for a transitional period.
"Diesel's share in Europe has been declining for years because of stricter emissions regulation making the technology more expensive," and potential restrictions on the models in cities such as Munich will probably damp sales further, Thomas Schlick, an automotive consultant at Roland Berger, said.
"The longer-term implications for a drop in combustion-engine demand are significant for the industry as by our calculations about one-third of jobs in the auto industry are related to drive-train technology," he said.
Europe's industry chief, Elzbieta Bienkowska, said she believed diesel engines will disappear in the future after the European Parliament on Tuesday endorsed tougher rules aimed at preventing a rerun of the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal.
"Diesel will not disappear from one day to another," Bienkowska told EU lawmakers on Tuesday. "But after this year of work. I am quite sure they will disappear much faster than we can imagine."
Most parts suppliers generate less than 5 percent of revenue purely from diesel systems, JPMorgan's Asumendi said in the report. As the auto industry adopts hybrid and electric powering, investors will probably lose interest in component makers that focus on combustion-engine systems.
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Can U.S. turn pain of gun violence into action?
It seems every U.S. politician asks or is asked the question in the wake of every mass shooting, but their answers have always been prepared along the party line.
At the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, both spoke on the 50-50 Senate floor following the Uvalde school shooting.
Schumer called on Republicans to pass pro-gun control legislation to help end "the plague of gun violence that has taken over this country," while McConnell put the blame clearly on the 18-year-old gunman, describing him as "deranged" and "maniac."
The top Senate Democrat didn't mention the shooter's possible mental health issue, and the top Senate Republican didn't mention the shooter's easy access to high-powered weapons, let alone any preventative legislative solutions.
The U.S. Congress has failed to pass any major gun control laws in more than two decades. Even though the legislation had majority support, it failed under Senate filibuster rules.
A similar but possibly more dramatic scenario took place at a press conference held by Texan leaders in Uvalde on Wednesday.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican seeking reelection this year, also placed the blame for the shooting on mental illness, though he admitted that the gunman, who was killed by law enforcement on the scene, had no known mental health history.
"Anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge, period. We as a government need to find a way to target that mental health challenge and do something about it," Abbott said at the press conference, downplaying concerns about an 18-year-old's ability to purchase firearms.
"This is totally predictable," Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke yelled at the governor, angrily interrupting the press conference and being led away by officers.
"This is on you," O'Rourke told Abbott. "The time to stop the next shooting is now, and you are doing nothing."
In response, the governor, who had signed a law last year allowing Texans over 21 to legally carry handguns without needing a license, called on people to "put aside personal agendas," implying that O'Rourke's interruption was behind political motives.
Fierce partisan fights make Biden's plea for action against rampant gun violence across the country seem like "weak tea," local analysts said.
The United States has seen at least 212 mass shootings so far this year, according to the nonprofit research group Gun Violence Archive. As of Tuesday, over 31,300 people have died or been injured due to gun-related incidents in the country this year.
The Uvalde shooting isn't likely to meaningfully change the status quo, said a VOX report.
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Smartphone Payment is the latest path to cashless transaction in most of the world. Apple Inc, Samsung and Google Inc are working hard in the USA to provide secured payment facility for their customers. Customers’ can use their Smartphone App to make the necessary payment to the terminal. Samsung devices use either NFC or MST mode to purchase products and services. But many middle aged people are not like to go on with it as they are not familiar with it. Only younger generation people are trying these methods with cash less purchase.In the USA lot of people are turning towards this method as they can include credit cards in to their cash less payment method. and still there are problem while making transactions at the point of sale.
When you make a payment with your Smartphone you will be prompted to verify the transfer through your Smartphone.
Mean while the traditional plastic card payment method is not loosing its ground. And the producers are making it more secured with new EMV chip cards with bio metrics in it.
Recently a company named SmartMetric has added a fingerprint scanner built inside EMV payment credit and debit chip cards, thereby creating a second layer bio metric authentication protection in defending against card fraud. The company is now actively marketing its technology to card issuing financial institutions around the world.
Near Field Communication (NFC) used to allow two devices placed within a few centimeters of each other to exchange information.
This NFC payments require merchants to have upgraded payment terminals. Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) sends a magnetic signal from a compatible device to the payment terminal’s card reader. For this MST payments doesn’t need the merchant to upgrade the payment terminal. Samsung Pay allows to use at nearly all payment terminals with a card reader.
More over Samsung Pay uses both NFC and MST to send payment information to the terminal. In addition the transaction is seamless, whether using NFC or MST, allowing for a better user experience. However both technologies are equally secure, using a unique digital card number in place of your actual payment card’s number. In addition your information is kept private and secure, and only your bank and the card’s payment network will have information on the transaction.
In Sri Lanka nearly all the banks are providing this Smartphone App payment facility. Customers can pay securely for their purchases or for thier received services through this method.
To find out more on Samsung Pay visit here.
Combank, Sri Lanka. ComBank Q+ Payment App.
Bank of Ceylon – BOC SmartPay
HNB Bank SOLO digital payments App.
Sampath Bank PLC – Sampath Wepay.
Seylan Bank. SeylanPay QR payment
eZ Cash app, allows “Scan to Pay” and “Scan to Transfer” Services.
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The following letter (page 74) was sent by a British gastroenterologist to the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in the USA Dr.
In the meantime the Food and Drug Administration dropped the Warning Box pertaining to gastric carcinoid tumors in animals. Nonetheless we feel obliged to publish
what Dr. WORMSLEY has written to an expert body for drug regulation, because of the severe allegations and possible implications for clinical medicine.
Reviews of recently suspended drug licences in central Europe and US show health regulatory bodies are rather reluctant to take action before an overwhelming
body of evidence has accumulated (tables 1 and 2).
It is our opinion, that a continuous evaluation of drugs is needed. In case of newly detected side effects of omeprazole government officials should be entitled to ask
for more and new safety data, especially for patients at risk - e.g.
- those with impaired redox defense mechanism,
- multiple organ failure,
- intracellular acidosis,
- subjects known as slow metabolisers,
- severe thiamine deficiency,
- otherwise severely compromised subjects like burn patients.
We believe, that we know the outcome of long term treating of patients with peptic ulcer with antisecretory agents in use since 1976.
Dr. WORMSLEY argues Ïhuman beings swim in a sea of carcinogensÙ while animal testing of a drug such as omeprazole happens in a largely carcinogen free
environment, and long term experience with proton pump inhibitors is lacking.
We invited the manufacturer of omeprazole twice (page 75) to comment on Dr. WORMSLEY's concerns. Astra Hässle (Sweden) felt not ready to do so, since they
have concerns about interfering in the pending issue.
The induction of CYP IA1 activity1,2 in humans by omeprazole is observed not only in the intestine but throughout
the body.3 This induction is most likely mediated via activation of the Ah (Dioxin) receptors.4 Transcriptorial regulation of a
battery of human genes by omeprazole shows similarities and differences to known carcinogens such as dioxin and methylcholanthrene.5
Omeprazole is the only drug used worldwide in human therapy that is identified to have this unique property 6 - Red.
McDONELL, W. M. et al.: Gastroenterology 103 (1992), 1509
ROST, K. L. et al.: Clin. Pharm. Therapeutics 52 (1992), 170
McDONELL, W. M. et al.: Proc. North-South-Dialogue, July 1st, 1995, Innsbruck, in press
QUATTROCHI, L. C., TUKEY: Mol. Pharm. 43 (1993), 504
QUATTROCHI, L. C. et al.: Proc. North-South-Dialogue, ibid., in press
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Social bonds and supportive relationships are widely recognized as being indispensable to healthy psychological functioning and well-being. models. Parental warmth (as reported by the child and opposite parent) and parental monitoring (self-reported by mothers and fathers) were correlated and also showed bidirectional associations across time. Parental monitoring at T2 positively predicted change in children’s social competence at T3 (controlling for T1 social competence) for mothers. Parental warmth at T2 positively predicted change in children’s social competence at T3 (controlling for T1 social competence) for fathers. For mothers the indirect effect of social support at T1 on children’s social competence at T3 via parental monitoring at T2 (and controlling for prior levels) was significant. Findings suggest that maternal perceived social support contributes to children’s social competence due to its positive relation SGX-523 to maternal monitoring. Results SGX-523 may also suggest that mothers’ and fathers’ parenting behaviors differentially relate to children’s social competence in Latino families although additional work focused on comparing parenting behaviors in two-parent families is needed. = 674) and fathers’ (= 430) perceived social support and parenting behaviors and their relations with children’s social competence SGX-523 during early adolescence in Mexican-origin single and two-parent families. Specifically we tested whether ARF3 mothers and fathers perceived social support would predict changes in parental monitoring and parental warmth and in turn contribute to children’s social competence. In the present study we focused SGX-523 on children’s social competence as a measure of adjustment given that the transition into adolescence is typically a period of significant risk for delinquency and other developmental problems that are linked with poor social and academic competence (Scaramella Conger & Simons 1999 We expected that perceived social SGX-523 support would positively predict both parental monitoring and warm parenting and that parental monitoring and warm parenting would positively relate to children’s social competence. This study extended previous research in several ways. First most prior research examining social support has been cross-sectional and therefore has been unable to assess whether social support has an effect on parenting behaviors across time. We examined relations between warm parenting parental monitoring and perceived social support using two time points; therefore we were able to test both cross-sectional relations as well as predictions across time. Furthermore few studies have examined relations between social support and parenting behaviors in Mexican-origin families and no studies have examined these relations with both fathers and mothers. A second strength of the present study is that we assessed whether parenting behaviors predicted change in children’s social competence from 5th to 7th grade which is an important developmental period for both peer and academic competence. Last our study focuses on positive functioning in Mexican-origin families rather than on risk and vulnerabilities consistent with a family resilience perspective (Walsh 2006 For example past research has found that factors such as dispositional optimism (Taylor et al. 2012 and family cohesion (Behnke Macdermid Coltrane Parke Duffy & Wildman 2008 are beneficial for maintaining positive SGX-523 parenting behaviors in Mexican-origin families. The present study examines whether social support also contributes positively to parenting and child adjustment in Mexican-origin families. Methods Participants Data for the current study were drawn from the California Families Project (CFP) an ongoing longitudinal study of Mexican origin families in a metropolitan area in Northern California. The overall aim of the project was to examine developmental processes associated with risk and resilience in Mexican American children and families during the transition from late childhood to early adolescence. Families included two-parent (= 549 82 and single-parent (= 125 18 families who were recruited from school rosters during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school. | <urn:uuid:d19ed41c-7a62-4254-abed-d4c236ee3062> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://cancer-ecosystem.com/2016/09/08/social-bonds-and-supportive-relationships-are-widely-recognized-as-being-indispensable/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.959312 | 764 | 1.992188 | 2 |
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Puffie Wuffies suddenly appeared in 1937 as a food item in the market. Sold through bakeries for 10c a bag, the Zanesville Times Recorder referred to them as a “fried cake confection.” The Barnard Bulletin published an ad in January 1938 identifying Puffie Wuffies as what we commonly refer to as doughnut holes.
(1937, March 31). Give yourself a treat! The Times Recorder(Zanesville, Ohio), p. 5. Retrieved from https://www.newspapers.com/image/293089361/?terms=puffie%2Bwuffies
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Stephen F. Cohen
From the sprawling conflicts of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and the tyrannies of Stalin to the collapse of the Soviet Union and Vladimir V. Putin’s intrigues to retain power, Professor Cohen chronicled a Russia of sweeping social upheavals and the passions and poetry of peoples that endured a century of wars, political repression and economic hardships.
A professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University, he was fluent in Russian, visited Russia frequently and developed contacts among intellectual dissidents and government and Communist Party officials. He wrote or edited 10 books and many articles for The Nation, The New York Times and other publications, was a CBS-TV commentator and counted President George Bush and many American and Soviet officials among his sources.
In Moscow he was befriended by the last Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who invited him to the May Day celebration at Red Square in 1989. There, at the Lenin Mausoleum, Professor Cohen stood with his wife and son one tier below Mr. Gorbachev and the Soviet leadership to view a three-hour military parade. He later spoke briefly on Russian television to a vast audience about alternative paths that Russian history could have taken.
Loosely identified with a revisionist historical view of the Soviet Union, Professor Cohen held views that made him a controversial public intellectual. He believed that early Bolshevism had held great promise, that it had been democratic and genuinely socialist, and that it had been corrupted only later by civil war, foreign hostility, Stalin’s malignancy and a fatalism in Russian history.
A traditionalist school of thought, by contrast, held that the Soviet experiment had been flawed from the outset, that Lenin’s political vision was totalitarian, and that any attempt to create a society based on his coercive utopianism had always been likely to lead, logically, to Stalin’s state terrorism and to the Soviet Union’s eventual collapse.
Professor Cohen was an enthusiastic supporter of Mr. Gorbachev, who after coming to power in 1985 undertook ambitious changes to liberate the nation’s 15 republics from state controls that had originally been imposed by Stalin. Mr. Gorbachev gave up power as the Soviet state imploded at the end of 1991 and moved toward beliefs in democracy and a market economy.
Mr. Cohen first came to international attention in 1973 with his biography of Lenin’s protégé Nikolai Bukharin. A prolific writer who mined Soviet archives, Professor Cohen first came to international attention in 1973 with “Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution,” a biography of Lenin’s protégé Nikolai Bukharin, who envisioned Communism as a blend of state-run industries and free-market agriculture. Critics generally applauded the work, which was a finalist for a National Book Award.
“Stephen Cohen’s full-scale study of Bukharin is the first major study of this remarkable associate of Lenin,” Harrison Salisbury’s wrote in a review in The Times. “As such it constitutes a milestone in Soviet studies, the byproduct both of increased academic sophistication in the use of Soviet materials and also of the very substantial increase in basic information which has become available in the 20 years since Stalin’s death.”
After Lenin’s death, Mr. Bukharin became a victim of Stalin’s Moscow show trials in 1938; he was accused of plotting against Stalin and executed. His widow, Anna Mikhailovna Larina, spent 20 years in exile and in prison camps and campaigned for Mr. Bukharin’s rehabilitation, which was endorsed by Mr. Gorbachev in 1988. Ms. Larina and Professor Cohen became friends. Given access to Bukharin archives, he found and returned to her the last love letter that Mr. Bukharin wrote her from prison.
In “Rethinking the Soviet Experience” (1985), Professor Cohen offered a new interpretation of the nation’s traumatic history and modern political realities. In his view, Stalin’s despotism and Mr. Bukharin’s fate were not necessarily inevitable outgrowths of the party dictatorship founded by Lenin.
Richard Lowenthal, in a review for The Times, called Professor Cohen’s interpretation implausible. “While I do not believe that all the horrors of Stalinism were ‘logically inevitable’ consequences of the seizure of power by Lenin and his Bolshevik Party,” Mr. Lowenthal wrote, “I do believe that Stalin’s victory over Bukharin was inherent in the structure of the party’s system.”
As Professor Cohen and other scholars pondered Russia’s past, Mr. Gorbachev’s rise to power and his efforts toward glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) cast the future of the Soviet Union in a new light, potentially reversing 70 years of Cold War dogma.
As Mr. Gorbachev arrived in Washington for his 1987 summit with President Ronald Reagan, The Times wrote, “With an irreverence for precedent and an agility uncommon in Soviet leaders, he has disrupted old assumptions about Soviet impulses, forced reappraisals of Soviet purposes and rendered less predictable the course of East-West competition.”
To widen the focus, Professor Cohen and Ms. vanden Heuvel published “Voices of Glasnost: Interviews With Gorbachev’s Reformers” (1989).
Professor Cohen affirmed his support for Mr. Gorbachev in a March 1991 Op-Ed article in The Times. “He has undertaken the most ambitious changes in modern history,” he wrote. “Their goal is to dismantle the state controls Stalin imposed and to achieve an emancipation of society through privatization, democratization and federalization of the 15 republics.”
As 1991 ended, the Soviet Union was dissolved and Mr. Gorbachev resigned, giving way to Boris N. Yeltsin’s tumultuous elected presidency. Mr. Yeltsin tried to transform the state economy into a capitalist market by imposing a “shock therapy” of nationwide privatization without price controls. Inflation and economic calamity ensued.
By 1997, as Professor Cohen saw it, the Russian economy had become “an endless collapse of everything essential for a decent existence.” He became a persistent critic of Mr. Yeltsin, who survived an attempted coup and tried to promote democracy but resigned in 1999 amid growing internal pressures. He was succeeded by his deputy, Mr. Putin.
In his book, “Failed Crusade: America and the Tragedy of Post-Communist Russia” (2000), Professor Cohen laid the blame for Russia’s post-Communist economic and social collapse on the United States, for providing bad advice; on academic experts, for what he called “malpractice throughout the 1990s”; on Western journalists; and on Mr. Yeltsin, for a range of sins: abolishing the Soviet Union, creating a bureaucratic vacuum and generating hyperinflation with his economic shock therapy.
“Cohen’s thesis is that Yeltsin, rather than Russia’s first democratic leader, was a neo-czarist bumbler who destroyed a democratization process that, in fact, should be credited to Mikhail Gorbachev,” Robert D. Kaplan wrote in a Times review. “Cohen is particularly scathing toward American journalists, whom he depicts as overly influenced by the prosperity of a small, rapacious upper class in the major Russian cities, and who seldom ventured out into the countryside to see the terrible price of the reformers’ handiwork.”
Stephen Frand Cohen was born in Indianapolis on Nov. 25, 1938, the older of two children of Marvin and Ruth (Frand) Cohen. His father owned a jewelry store and a golf course in Hollywood, Fla. Stephen and his sister, Judith, attended schools in Owensboro, Ky., but Stephen graduated in 1956 from the Pine Crest School, a private school in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
He loved the novels of Hemingway. As an undergraduate at Indiana University, he went to England on a study-abroad program. He had saved $300 for a side trip to Pamplona to run with the bulls. But an advertisement he saw for a 30-day, $300 trip to the U.S.S.R. changed his life.
Back at Indiana University, he gave up plans to be a golf pro and took up Russian studies. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and public policy in 1960 and a master’s in Russian studies in 1962. In 1969, he received a doctorate in that subject from Columbia University.
Professor Cohen’s marriage in 1962 to the opera singer Lynn Blair ended in divorce. He married Ms. vanden Heuvel in 1988. In addition to her, he is survived by a son, Andrew, and a daughter, Alexandra Cohen, from his first marriage; another daughter, Nicola Cohen, from his second marriage; a sister, Judith Lefkowitz; and four grandchildren.
His Columbia dissertation on Mr. Bukharin’s economic ideas grew into his first book, copies of which reached Soviet dissidents, the K.G.B. in Moscow, and eventually Mr. Gorbachev, who put Professor Cohen on his guest list for the 1987 Gorbachev-Reagan summit in Washington.
Professor Cohen taught at Princeton from 1968 to 1998, rising to full professor of politics and Russian studies, and at New York University thereafter until his retirement in 2011. His last book, published in 2019, was “War With Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate.”
Many journalistic colleagues accused Professor Cohen of defending Mr. Putin, who curtailed democratic freedoms but boosted the economy, which grew for eight straight years. Wages for ordinary Russians tripled, poverty was reduced, and national growth jumped fivefold as rising prices of Russia’s plentiful oil and gas overcame a depression. In a recent interview for this obituary, Professor Cohen denied that he had “defended” Mr. Putin. “He holds views that I also hold,” Professor Cohen said. “It’s the views that I defend, not Putin.
“From the moment Yeltsin came on,” he continued, “Americans thought the Cold War was over. There was disappointment with Putin as a more rational leader. I see him in the Russian tradition of leadership, getting Russia back on its feet. He frightens some of our observers, but I didn’t see it that way.”
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Perhaps you’ve experienced a recent crash on Discord and want to know how to crash a Discord server? This is a common problem that many Discord users face regularly. Applications may crash now and then. Several instances have occurred where some of the most prominent applications have crashed, such as Gmail. However, the technicians in the backend always manage to get the app up and running within a short period.
There are several ways due to which Discord may crash. Thankfully, none of the causes are too severe to leave the application down for many days. This is good news for the communities that use Discord to communicate and share data and information. In addition, they use the application to socialize and stay on par with the latest happenings.
How Does Discord Crash?
Do you often find Discord crashing on your computer? A couple of factors may lead to the application crashing so constantly. First, it may so happen that the application received a recent update with some bugs. These bugs may lead to frequent crashes of Discord. The presence of bugs in a software update may happen with any application.
Secondly, it may also happen that there could be a cache-related concern, or your files may have become corrupt. This may also lead to frequent crashes of Discord and force the application to behave abnormally.
How to Crash a Discord Server with a GIF
The application may crash if you send two or more GIFs in quick succession on Discord. You may avoid this mishap by pasting the GIFs in a group DM, ordinary DM, or a server. Ensure that you send the GIFs in succession. It would help if you remembered that apart from the Discord application crashing, it may also slow down the background processes of your computer.
How Do You Resolve the Problem?
Although the first cause is not within your control, you can try solving the second cause of frequent Discord crashes. Corrupted computer files or cache associated with your Discord application may freeze or crash the app. The best solution to the problem is to clean the cache files. This may solve the problem quickly.
Sometimes, you may fail to install software the way it should be. Corrupted installation of any software may force the application to malfunction. This may also be possible with Discord. Thus, uninstall the application and try installing it again properly and carefully.
A famous name to consider is Discord among the various VoIP and instant messaging platforms. The application is top-rated amongst gamers, developers, and NFT enthusiasts. They use it to send text messages and voice and video calls. Discord is compatible with all operating systems, such as Android, Windows, Linux, and iOS.
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When were most of the Confederate statues erected?
The majority of the cemetery monuments in his study were built in the pre-1900 period, while most of the courthouse monuments were erected after 1900.
When were the Confederate statues erected in New Orleans?
The monument was dedicated in 1884, at Tivoli Circle (since commonly called Lee Circle) on St. Charles Avenue. Dignitaries present at the dedication on February 22—George Washington’s birthday—included former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, two daughters of General Lee, and Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard.
What state has the most Confederate statues?
Virginia. Virginia, home to the most Confederate symbols in the United States, has been a central focus of protests that erupted worldwide following the death of George Floyd. Protestors took it upon themselves to take down monuments to Confederacy President Jefferson Davis and Christopher Columbus.
How many Confederate statues are there?
According to Lecia Brooks, chief workplace transformation officer at the Southern Poverty Law Center, of the nearly 1,800 Confederate symbols in the US as of the morning of June 9, 775 are monuments and statues.
How much does it cost to remove Confederate statues?
Cost of removing Confederate monuments about $1.8 million –
How many Confederate monuments have been removed?
Public Symbols of the Confederacy, an annual survey conducted by the Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center. The full 2020 survey will be released later this year. The SPLC said 94 of the Confederate symbols removed in 2020 were monuments, compared to 54 monuments removed between 2015 and 2019.
Did New Orleans remove Confederate statues?
NEW ORLEANS —
Three Confederate statues were removed from public spaces in New Orleans nearly two years ago, but officials are still trying to decide what to do with them. The statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gens.
Who paid for Robert E Lee’s?
New York artist Alexander Doyle was commissioned to create the bronze statue of Lee himself, for the price of $10,000 (1884 dollars, which equates to nearly a quarter of a million dollars in 2015).
Is the Robert E Lee statue still up?
The Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia, was the first installation on Monument Avenue in 1890, where it remained the largest statue on the site for over a century. Since early July 2020, it survives as the last Confederate monument on the Avenue.
Which Confederate state suffered the most casualties?
Of the Confederate states, Virginia and North Carolina had the highest number of military deaths, with approximately 31,000 each. Alabama had the second-highest with about 27,000 deaths.
Were there 11 or 13 Confederate states?
When the war began with the firing on Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861), they were joined by four states of the upper South (Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia). The Confederate States of America consisted of 11 states—7 original members and 4 states that seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter.
What were the 11 states in the Confederacy?
The eleven states that seceded from the Union and formed the main part of the CSA were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
Are there Confederate statues in Gettysburg?
Commemorates Alabama’s 16 infantry regiments, 1 infantry battalion, and two batteries who took part in the battle. Erected near the place where Robert E. Lee watched the troops from Virginia engage in battle.
Are there any Confederate monuments in California?
Across the state, California built Confederate monuments.
How many Confederate statues are in Richmond VA?
But the Confederacy is visible in the country 155 years later through monuments, street names and schools, with nearly 1,800 of its symbols still on public land. Almost 700 of those are monuments. Those numbers fluctuate, said Lecia Brooks, chief of staff for the Southern Poverty Law Center. | <urn:uuid:6a5ec483-93fa-44e0-a4a5-a7040362726d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lisenbyretirement.com/useful/question-when-were-most-confederate-statues-erected.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955262 | 834 | 3.359375 | 3 |
What Primary Health Networks are
Primary Health Networks (PHNs) are independent organisations that we fund to coordinate primary health care in their region. PHNs assess the needs of their community and commission health services so that people in their region can get coordinated health care where and when they need it.
Primary Health Networks (PHNs) are independent organisations that we fund to manage health regions. A board oversees their work, and clinical councils and community advisory committees provide advice.
Australia has 31 PHN regions which closely align with the state and territory local hospital networks.
PHNs have the 2 key goals of:
- improving the efficiency and effectiveness of health services for people, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes
- improving the coordination of health services, and increasing access and quality support for people.
To achieve these goals, PHNs:
- assess the health needs of their region using a people-centred approach
- commission health services to meet the prioritised health needs of the people in their region
- work closely with providers to build health workforce capacity and ensure they deliver high-quality care
- connect health services for people to encourage better use of health resources and avoid duplication.
Because PHNs tailor health services to the needs of the community and take their own approach to connecting services, each region has a different model. But they are all guided by the national priorities set by the Australian Government.
Read about how we support PHNs to help improve health services in their region.
Who PHNs work with
PHNs have structures that ensure various stakeholders are involved in decision making. This includes:
- skills-based boards – made up of experts from various fields with health and corporate expertise
- GP-led clinical councils – made up of doctors, nurses, allied and community health staff, Indigenous health workers, specialists and hospital management staff
- community advisory committees – made up of consumers and carers who have experience with and insights into the health system.
This ensures that PHNs’ decisions, investments and innovations:
- are influenced by community representatives
- align with local care needs and expectations
- better integrate local health care systems.
PHNs work closely with:
- local hospital networks or equivalent
- public and private hospitals
- Aboriginal Medical Services
- allied health providers
- health training coordinators
- state and territory government health services
- aged care providers
- private health insurers
- other PHNs to ensure people can get care across different regions without negative impacts.
This helps to:
- reduce duplication of effort and resources
- better coordinate health services, regardless of funding source
- reduce pressure on hospitals by helping people navigate the primary health care system
- support secure sharing of consumers information.
Why PHNs are important
Consumers – especially those with complex conditions – often access different types of health services.
But these might not be available close to home. They might also not connect with each other to share information about the person’s health history or health needs.
This can compromise the quality of care for people, increase the load on hospitals and increase medication errors.
A strong primary health care system:
- helps people avoid going into hospital when they don’t need to
- improves the health of our population
- increases equal access to health care.
PHNs act as local agents of change in Australia’s health system.
They gain a strong understanding of people’s health needs in their region, and commission health services to meet those needs, minimising gaps or duplication.
They work to ensure health services connect with each other to share information which:
- gives health professionals a clearer picture of the person’s health and treatment needs
- supports people to access the health care they need where and when they need it.
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A young boy waits for his friend to show up at the family’s summer rental in this story about summer, relationships, and change. The boy, a child of color, narrates the story as he waits for Chicken Smith to show up. The boy talks about Chicken Smith, his dog, Jelly, and the fun summers the two friends have had in the past as he waits, holding a “crazy shell from the gas-station shop” as a gift. Where the heck is his friend? Readers know; in the beautifully detailed pages, we see an empty cabin with a “Summer Rental” sign. The boy’s sister finally manages to get his attention, and the two glimpse a whale: something he and Chicken Smith have never been able to catch together, not even with binoculars. The boy and his sister head back to the cabin and enjoy their evening together, and he wonders if he’ll see Chicken Smith next year.
Originally published in the U.K., Chicken Smith is a story about change and summer friendships. Readers feel the boy’s longing as he waits for his friend; it’s in his voice as he recalls summers past, the cool shell he found for him, and the fact that he’s so focused on waiting for Chicken Smith that he ignores just about everything going on around him. His sister is finally able to get through to him through sheer persistence, and that’s when the Chicken Smith spell is broken: there’s a whale to watch. The story is almost achingly sad at points; when the boy askis, “What is taking Chicken Smith so long, anyway? We’re missing out on everything”, we just know he won’t be there this year – and sure enough, the next page shows an empty cabin, and the boy describes the windows being shut and seeing a cobweb with a fly in it. David Mackintosh pulls readers and the narrator back from the brink by giving us a new relationship to discover: the relationship between the boy and his sister, brought together by the whale. The two go back to their cabin and look at his whale book, then make plans to go on a shell hunt. The boy ends on an optimistic tone, hoping he’ll see Chicken Smith next year, but deciding to enjoy his sister’s company for this year. The pen, pencil, ink, watercolor, and kraft paper artwork come together to create a child’s scrapbook-like feel for summer memories.
Waiting for Chicken Smith has a starred review from Kirkus.
A boy named Thomas explores the beach by his grandmother’s seaside cottage. Using his grandfather’s magnifying glass, he discovers the complex beauty in nature: grains of sand look as big as rocks, and clamshells have swirls of color. But the discovery of sea glass is what really fascinates Thomas. Learning how sea glass is made – a piece of glass, dropped into the sea, becomes worn smooth and cloudy over time – and that his grandfather said that “every piece of sea glass has a story all its own” fuels his imagination; he finds himself dreaming of ship christenings and ships caught in storms; stories that could give rise to the found glass on the beach. When he and his grandmother head back to the mainland, the magnifying glass shatters, and he tosses the glass into the sea. Years later, a girl named Annie discovers sea glass on the beach, and brings her discovery to her grandfather, an older man she calls Papaw Tom.
Sea Glass Summer is a moving inter-generational story that beautifully recreates the feel of summer: warm, lazy days on the beach; the smell of the sea air, the grains of sand, rough against your fingertips, the smooth sea glass in the palm of your hand. In between these cozy summer memories, there’s a story that reaches across decades, linking a grandfather and his granddaughter, in a story that stirs the imagination and tugs at the heartstrings. An author’s note notes that sea glass was more common in the days before recycling awareness.
I loved Sea Glass Summer. This one is a summer classic.
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Myanmar’s government should immediately lift internet restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States that have put civilians at added risk, Human Rights Watch said today. Government restrictions on the internet have hampered the coordination of aid, collection of accurate information, and monitoring of abuses.
The government has offered new reasons for its ban on mobile internet services, which affects more than a million people amid an armed conflict between government forces and the Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic Rakhine armed group. Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed in a statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council on June 30, 2020 and elsewhere on July 8 that the blackout was required, in part to “prevent the AA from exploiting mobile internet technologies to detonate IEDs [improvised explosive devices] and landmines.” Yet command-detonated landmines, such as those attributed to the AA, can be detonated remotely by various simple means, none of which require the internet, Human Rights Watch said.
“The Myanmar government’s latest excuses for its prolonged internet ban in Rakhine and Chin States are baseless and contrary to the reality on the ground,” said Richard Weir, crisis and conflict researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Presenting these overly broad restrictions as necessary to stop landmine use callously deprives people of lifesaving internet access.”
The restrictions are in place in seven townships in Rakhine State and one in Chin State, where the government allows access to 2G networks, which only permit text messages, commonly referred to as SMS, and voice calls.
The government first imposed restrictions on mobile internet communications in June 2019. The restrictions were temporarily lifted in some areas on September 1, but the government reimposed the restrictions on February 3, 2020, within hours after the AA announced that it would release evidence of mass graves of Muslims killed in Rakhine State by government forces during “clearance operations” in August 2017.
The mobile internet restrictions were subsequently removed in Maungdaw Township on May 2, 2020, leaving eight townships subject to the restrictions. On June 23, the military said there was no plan to lift the ban, despite an earlier Communications Ministry announcement that the internet restrictions were provisionally extended only through August 1.
The government had cited a “security requirement and public interest” in its order to telecom companies to reimpose the restrictions and later cited an escalation in fighting to continue them. The government also offered other rationales for the internet restrictions, including concerns about posting hate speech, nationalist sentiment, disinformation, and “military secrets” online. Justifications regarding hate speech belie the Myanmar government’s own promotion of nationalist and anti-Rohingya sentiment. In April, Facebook removed 22 pages and accounts tied to the Myanmar police force for anti-Rohingya content.
The Myanmar military previously raised concerns about the AA’s use of “remote-detonated explosive devices,” but had not tied it expressly to the internet restrictions.
Explosive devices can be designed or fabricated to be detonated by the presence, proximity, or contact of a person. Such victim-activated antipersonnel mines are prohibited internationally, regardless of whether assembled in a factory or improvised from locally available materials.
Explosive devices can also be made to detonate remotely. Command-detonated landmines constructed in Myanmar can be detonated by various means, such as long electrical wires to create distance between the device and the trigger, or by radio frequencies used with unsophisticated electronics, like a two-way radio, pager, remote car door opener, or cell phone. A simple timer can also be used to detonate an explosive device.
The Arakan Army has previously admitted to using “landmines” and “mines,” as well as “technology” to “carefully control” their use, but has denied using mobile internet technologies to detonate them remotely. Local media and the Myanmar government have attributed numerous incidents using such explosives to the AA, including while the mobile internet services ban was in effect.
In late 2019, Zee News, an Indian media outlet, said that Indian intelligence agencies believed the AA may be using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to detonate landmines. Neither technology relies on mobile internet to operate.
Myanmar is not a party to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, which comprehensively prohibits antipersonnel mines. According to the annual Landmine Monitor report, Myanmar is the only country whose government forces still use antipersonnel mines, while non-state armed groups in Myanmar and other countries also use them, usually improvised mines.
The Myanmar government and all armed groups should immediately end the use of antipersonnel landmines, Human Rights Watch said. The Myanmar government should also ratify the Mine Ban Treaty.
The mobile internet restrictions in Myanmar, imposed under article 77 of Myanmar’s Telecommunications Law, authorizes the Ministry of Transport and Communications to order the suspension of a telecommunications service or to restrict certain forms of communication during “an emergency” situation. The broadly worded law should be amended to bring it in line with international standards on freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said.
In maintaining the blanket shutdown, Myanmar is contravening international human rights standards that require internet-based restrictions to be both necessary and proportionate. The UN Human Rights Council has condemned measures by governments to prevent or disrupt online access and information, and called for free speech protections under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
In a 2015 Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression and Responses to Conflict Situations, UN and regional organization experts said: “Using communications ‘kill switches’ (i.e. shutting down entire parts of communications systems) can never be justified under human rights law.” UN freedom of expression experts have said that during crises, governments should refrain from blocking the internet and, as a matter of priority, ensure immediate access to the fastest and broadest possible internet service.
The prolonged and disproportionate internet shutdown is also a form of collective punishment against the affected population, since it hinders access to information and communications that are needed for daily life and that are particularly vital during times of conflict and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fighting between Myanmar government forces and the AA in Myanmar’s Rakhine and Chin States escalated in November 2018. The scale and intensity of the conflict has continued to grow, with reports of nearly 1,000 civilian casualties since the conflict began and hundreds of structures burned during 2020 alone. As of July 6, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that over 80,000 people were displaced from the fighting throughout Rakhine and Chin States, while local groups told Human Rights Watch that the number of people displaced since 2019 is closer to 200,000. Many civilians, primarily ethnic Rakhine, have been forced to flee multiple times. Sources on the ground alleged that both the Myanmar military and the AA have restricted humanitarian aid from reaching civilians in need.
On June 24, the government announced new “clearance operations” in Rakhine State in Kyauk Tan and Rathedaung townships and ordered civilians to leave the area. Although the order to leave was subsequently rescinded, thousands of people were displaced as the clearance operations proceeded in five villages, media reported. Clearance operations were previously used to describe the multiple military deployments in Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017 that were characterized by widespread atrocities by government forces against the Rohingya.
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Building sites in Scotland under safety crackdown
In order to ensure that workers are safe on Scottish building sites, inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive are conducting checks to cut down on cowboy practices.
The initiative has begun following news that 13 workers were badly injured at a Renfrewshire site in 2011/12.
Across the country 316 workers were seriously injured on building sites and three died. It is imperative that workers carry out the best possible practices when conducting construction work.
These can be as simple as making sure that hardhats, safety shoes and reflective workwear are worn or checking power tools are functioning safely. It is also important to make sure ladders are supported or scaffolding is correctly assembled.
Head of construction for Scotland with the Health and Safety Executive Jeanette Reuben said: “Death and injury continue to result from avoidable incidents and it is largely those engaged in refurbishment and repair work who are failing to step up to the mark. Poor management of risks and a lack of awareness of responsibilities are unacceptable.”
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Although there is no definitive restless leg syndrome diet, there are known foods that can help combat RLS as well as foods that can trigger RLS symptoms. These are the best foods you should be including in your diet in order to fight restless leg syndrome.
They contain the highest concentrations of the vitamins and minerals your body is likely lacking in from experiencing chronic restless leg syndrome. Here they are in no particular order:
1. Fish Oil
Why: Omega 3 – A study examining whether omega-3 exerts neuroprotective action in Parkinson’s disease found that it did, using an experimental model, exhibit a protective effect (much like it did for Alzheimer’s disease as well)1.
2. Organic Chicken & Turkey (3 oz. serving)
Why: Niacin (Vitamin B3) – Vitamin B3 is a naturally occurring substance found in meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and green vegetables. Deficiencies in Niacin can lead to restlessness and depression. Tryptophan, abundant in turkey and chicken is a known precursor to Serotonin.
Why: Folic acid/B12 – Here’s the big connection with RLS. Studies indicate that people suffering with RLS have low ferritin iron storage protein levels within the brain2. If the ferritin iron storage protein level is below 50 mcg/L, dopamine production decreases in the body. Folic acid is known to increase ferritin iron protein levels within the brain, thereby naturally aiding dopamine transport and a decrease in RLS symptoms.
Why: Vitamin E – Want a healthy snack that will satisfy you and help prevent RLS at the same time? Almonds are rich in vitamin E as well as magnesium, both are among the top 7 foods to include in an RLS diet. Vitamin E provides a crucial protective barrier around delicate nerve cells called the myelin sheath, so that delicate communication between these nerve cells can happen normally. Eat raw almonds for optimum nutrition.
5. Kiwi and Strawberries –
Why: Ascorbate (Vitamin C) – A recent study done in 2012 found that an increase in Ascorbate led to increased activity of the iron transporter ferroportin3. This was a great find because RLS sufferers have been found to have decreased iron transporter protein (ferroportin) activity. Ascorbate assists the body in naturally boosting ferroportin activity allowing for Iron to be metabolized more effectively.
Why: Magnesium – A medium sized banana provides 32 mg of magnesium and also contains a large dose of potassium, both which are electrolytes that help the regular functioning of nerve impulses. Magnesium is also powerful for helping to bind and remove toxins that may be clogging dopamine receptor sites within the body.
7. Decaf Green Tea
Why: Theanine – Theanine is a very useful amino acid that has been known to increase dopamine receptor activity, serotonin and GABA levels within the brain and can immediately induce a state of relaxation and elevated mood.
Although this list explores the ideal diet for restless leg syndrome, by no means is it comprehensive. If you would like a more comprehensive list of what foods to eat and what foods to avoid on a restless leg syndrome diet, you can download our free eBook, “Solving the RLS Puzzle,” which goes more into depth on the types of foods that cause RLS as well as environmental factors that could be contributing to your restless legs. See the top of this page for how to get your free copy as an instant download today.
1. Omega-3 deficiency and neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra: involvement of increased nitric oxide production and reduced BDNF expression. Cardoso HD1, dos Santos Junior EF1, de Santana DF1, Gonçalves-Pimentel http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24361617
2. Profile of altered brain iron acquisition in restless legs syndrome
James R. Connor,corresponding author Padmavathi Ponnuru, Xin-Sheng Wang, Stephanie M. Patton, Richard P. Allen and Christopher J. Earley http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3069701/
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Where Are The Great Plains Located In The United States?
The Great Plains are located on the North American continent in the countries of the United States and Canada. In the United States the Great Plains contain parts of 10 states: Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming Nebraska Kansas Colorado Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico.
Where are the Great Plains in the United States?
The definition of the Great Plains is debated. Typically it refers to the territory from Montana to Minnesota and down to New Mexico and Texas. In this study a 12-state area is used including Colorado Iowa Kansas Minnesota Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Texas and Wyoming.
Where in the US map is the Great Plains?
Are the Great Plains in the Midwest?
What region are the Great Plains in?
Great Plains High extensive region of grassland in central North America. The Great Plains extend from the Canadian provinces of Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba through w central USA to Texas. The plateau slopes down and e from the Rocky Mountains.
Is Great Plains in Texas?
The Great Plains which lie to the east of the base of the Rocky Mountains extend into northwestern Texas. This area commonly known as the High Plains is a vast flat high plain covered with thick layers of alluvial material. It is also known as the Staked Plains or Llano Estacado.
Where are the Great Plains located quizlet?
The Great Plains was located in between Iowa & the Rocky Mountains. You just studied 37 terms!
Where are plains located?
Occupying slightly more than one-third of the terrestrial surface plains are found on all continents except Antarctica. They occur north of the Arctic circle in the tropics and in the middle latitudes.
Is Omaha in the Great Plains?
Is Denver in the Great Plains?
The Great Plains end at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. While the city limits of Denver put it squarely on the western limits of the Great Plains the Denver metro area includes cities and counties that are squarely in the foothills and even in the mountains themselves.
Are the Great Plains in the West?
|Area||2 800 000 km2 (1 100 000 sq mi)|
Is the central plains in the Midwest?
What states are the Southern Plains?
The Southern Plains region is made up of more than thirty federally recognized tribes throughout three states: Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. Discover these rolling grasslands and learn about the lands that were the site of many significant events in Native American history.
What region of the US is known as the Great Plains quizlet?
What region of the United States do we call the Great Plains? The region stretches from Alberta Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba to Texas. What region of Canada do we call the Prairies?
What cities are in the Great Plains of Texas?
Six major cities are found in this area of the state. The cities are Austin the capital of Texas San Angelo Midland Odessa Lubbock and Amarillo. A range of attractions rest in these cities going from the ranches and canyons in Amarillo to the historic museums in the Midland.
What are the Great Plains in Texas?
Is Dallas in the Coastal Plains?
Major cities in the Coastal Plains include Dallas Austin Pasadena San Antonio Houston Corpus Christi Galveston Victoria Brownsville and Laredo. … The Coastal Plains have many rich natural resources.
Is Austin in the Great Plains?
Cities in this region include Austin San Angelo Midland Odessa Lubbock and Amarillo. The Hill Country is a popular name for the area of hills along the Balcones Escarpment and is a transitional area between the Great Plains and the Coastal Plains.
Where are the Central Plains located?
What are the great plains of the United States?
What region of the US is known as the Great Plains Group of answer choices?
The Great Plains of North America is a large region spanning the area from the end of the Midwest mesophytic forests to the front range of the Rocky Mountains (east to west) and from northern Canada to Central Texas (north to south) (Riebsame 1990).
What is the Great Plains quizlet?
great plains. a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas. treaty of fort laramine. 1851 kept Indians away from major trails.
Where world largest plains are found?
What are plains in geography?
Where is the Southern plains?
The Southern Plains ecoregion covers about 405 000 square miles (14% of the conterminous U.S.) and includes central and northern Texas most of western Kansas and Oklahoma and portions of Nebraska Colorado and New Mexico.
Which state has the most plains?
High Plains (United States)
|Coordinates||39°N 102°WCoordinates: 39°N 102°W|
Where are the High Plains located in Oklahoma?
The Western High Plains ecoregion is found in the panhandle of Oklahoma. With a greater elevation than the vast Central Great Plains found to the east the Western High Plains also receives less rain than surrounding ecoregions.
Where are the High Plains located in Texas?
The High Plains region the northern and western side of Texas from the Panhandle to the Pecos River is physiographically a quadrangular mesa-like area that rises perceptibly by sharp escarpments above the adjacent lowlands to the east and to the west.
What Plains are in Colorado?
What are the plains in Colorado called?
Is Colorado the High Plains?
Colorado is famous for its high Rocky Mountains but the eastern one-third of the state consists of High Plains.
Where are the western Great Plains?
Dry western plains extending from southern Alberta and Saskatchewan south to central Texas. Climate is dry temperate reaching extremes of continentality (summer-winter temperature extremes) in the north.
Which landform is in the central part of North America?
Explanation: The Central Lowland is a flat-lying region located between the Appalachian Mountains to the east and the Great Plains to the west (Figure 4.5).
What made the plains of Texas Colorado?
Answer Expert Verified. Huge areas of open land made the plains of Texas Colorado and other western states good for cattle ranching. The cattle graze on the land and eat down the grass. Cattle ranching spread to the plains because there was lots more grass to graze than in other areas.
The Great Plains
Discover America’s heartland the Great Plains
The Great Plains : North America (Part – I)
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Drones, or unmanned aerial automobiles (UAVs), are quickly altering the face of wildlife and conservation business. They’ve the potential to revolutionise conservation and spatial ecology. On the core of conservation is the monitoring of species’ inhabitants and their habitats.
Conventional approaches and gadgets used for wildlife monitoring have been high-cost, generally inefficient and never so sensible when utilized in distant or tough terrain areas. A significant challenge in monitoring techniques is that the species can really feel threatened and assault the monitoring gadgets and personnel, which may doubtlessly influence the monitoring actions and result in money and time wastage.
Drones fitted with thermal cameras can circumvent these issues and procure correct knowledge and high-resolution photographs in a greater, sooner, cheaper, and safer method. Using drones in conservation sector needn’t be restricted to monitoring and will be prolonged to administration, technical companies, eco-tourism advertising and marketing, regulation enforcement, anti-poaching, and search-and-rescue efforts.
Drone customers categorised as ecologists or hobbyists want to know the anatomy of eco-system that they deal with. Throughout wildlife monitoring, animals could not get instantly disturbed however birds can get disturbed when they’re incubating an egg or hatching it for defense. Therefore the drones used shouldn’t be noisy or emitting laser lights to keep away from disturbance.
Current analysis exhibits that conventional approaches for wildlife monitoring will be harmful and tedious, whereas drones can effectively gather exact observational knowledge for wildlife monitoring. Primarily based on this benefit, analysis is occurring for wildlife monitoring with drones, together with thermal monitoring throughout evening or dense forest monitoring. A few of the greatest practices derived by scientists to handle conditions and mitigate, and even alleviate potential bodily disturbances to wildlife, when utilizing drones embody:
- Professional recommendation and native assets be used to review the situation earlier than utilizing drones for monitoring.
- Acceptable approval and permissions be taken from authorities for utilizing the drones.
- Correct coaching and dry run experiments be carried out in simulated atmosphere to keep away from unexpected failures in real-time monitoring.
- Correct understanding of civil aviation guidelines—together with restrictions in flying distance/top, border circumstances, altitude pointers, night-time monitoring pointers—be ensured first.
- Drones be used just for the analysis and to not disturb animals and threaten their common life.
- Launch and operation of drones be managed from recoverable distance to keep away from failure or accident.
- Drones needs to be designed to observe behavioural and physiological stress responses, when potential, and file for research goal.
- Be able to abort drone operation when there may be extreme disturbance brought about to animals.
Drones and AI (synthetic intelligence) know-how are advancing and evolving wildlife surveys. Monitoring species by way of collaring will be harmful and could also be invasive and disruptive to the animals. Gathering knowledge by way of drones is extra environment friendly and safer for each animals and the researchers. Utilizing drones, biologists can gather the data they want by way of specialised sensing know-how, together with lidar, RGB, corona, hyperspectral, and thermal sensors. Significance of drones is recognised for environmental monitoring to trace the well being and inhabitants development of indicator species and monitoring the general well being of habitats and ecosystems.
Drones for wildlife monitoring
Wildlife monitoring is a difficult exercise amongst environmental actions like wildlife’s social atmosphere, birds, and pure assets reminiscent of volcano, waterfalls, and rivers. Since drones are outfitted with cameras, laser lights, GPS monitoring, altimeters, and so forth, they’re extremely efficient for wildlife monitoring.
Fashionable conservation drones additionally use thermal and long-distance focal-point cameras to observe wildlife throughout day in addition to night-time. As well as, they use movement sensors and accelerometers for calculating and recording the car motion and even the course of wildlife animals and/or birds.
Fashionable AI options like footprint identification method (FIT) are being experimented with for wildlife inhabitants monitoring and census, animal motion and migration in numerous seasons, and any occasional or common seasonal well being points or threats to wildlife animals and birds. The recorded knowledge will be saved in an information pool and used for analytics reminiscent of historic knowledge analysis, any regional and climatic understanding of particular and uncommon wildlife, and environmental adjustments over a time frame to review their eco-system.
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Mental Health: The Women’s Health Issue We Don’t Talk About (But Should)
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, mental health concerns often affect women differently than men. This is particularly true in cases of depression and anxiety, which can be tied to times of significant hormone changes such as before or after childbirth or menopause. In fact, 1 of 5 women in America will experience depression their lifetime—that’s double the rate experienced by men.
So, with mental health becoming such a common health concern among women, it begs the question: why are we often reluctant to bring up these concerns with our doctors?
Is it denial? Fear? Embarrassment? All of the above? The fact is, talking about mental health is never something you should be embarrassed about—and you should never be afraid to talk about it, either.
Starting the Conversation About Your Mental Health
While you can always turn to your friends, family, or social support group to confide in and discuss your concerns, a great resource available to you is your primary care physician (or whichever physician you have the most regular contact with, such as your OB/GYN).
The University of Michigan Depression Center recommends the following tips for patients to help get the answers you need while staying comfortable and confident during the discussion:
- Set Realistic Expectations, and Be Patient: If you recognize that you may be experiencing issues with depression, anxiety or another mental health concern, remember that diagnosing and treating these types of issues takes time. Instead of expecting an immediate “cure,” think about this discussion as the first step in your journey to improved mental health.
- Plan Ahead: While you should always leave the diagnosis of any health concern to a doctor or other health professional, it never hurts to be an informed patient. If you think you may be experiencing symptoms of a mental health issue, do some research and homework ahead of time (i.e. journaling) to help you best explain the feelings you are experiencing to your doctor.
- Stay Focused: If you plan to discuss your mental health concerns with your primary care doctor, you should try to do so at a dedicated visit, not as an “add-on” to a visit addressing another health issue. If you absolutely need to combine this conversation with a visit addressing another issue, make it the first topic of conversation rather than leaving it to address at the end of the visit.
- Be Direct: Remember, your doctor can’t read your mind. That’s why it is so important to communicate your feelings as directly and as clearly as you can.
- Be Accountable: It can be easy to forget to fill that prescription or schedule that next visit, but skipping that next step could have a negative impact on your ability to get a diagnosis or treat an issue. Be your own personal mental healthcare advocate by staying on top of your follow-up needs and making sure that your providers (and payers, where necessary) are communicating with each other.
When to Seek Help Urgently
While mental health concerns can make themselves apparent in a variety of forms, some subtler than others, there are a handful of warning signs that may signal a more serious issue that needs to be addressed. These signs, include:
- Long-lasting feelings of sadness or hopelessness
- Dramatic changes in sleeping habits
- Significant changes in appetite, eating habits, and/or weight.
- Loss of energy or increased fatigue
- Experiencing increased fear or anxiety
- Hallucinating (seeing or hearing things that aren't really there)
- Experiencing an “emotional roller-coaster” (extreme highs and lows in mood)
- Aches, headaches, or digestive problems without a clear cause
- Increased irritability
- Isolation and social withdrawal
- Abuse of alcohol and/or drugs
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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
John Kerry has formed a group which demands a military style mobilization of global resources to combat climate change. But in a novel twist, Kerry has explicitly dismissed the idea of his new coalition developing a plan of action.
John Kerry Launches Star-Studded Climate Coalition
By Lisa Friedman
Nov. 30, 2019, 12:29 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — John Kerry, the former senator and secretary of state, has formed a new bipartisan coalition of world leaders, military brass and Hollywood celebrities to push for public action to combat climate change.
The name, World War Zero, is supposed to evoke both the national security threat posed by the earth’s warming and the type of wartime mobilization that Mr. Kerry argued would be needed to stop the rise in carbon emissions before 2050. The star-studded group is supposed to win over those skeptical of the policies that would be needed to accomplish that.
Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are part of the effort. Moderate Republican lawmakers like Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California, and John Kasich, the former governor of Ohio, are on the list. Stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Sting and Ashton Kutcher round out the roster of more than 60 founding members. Their goal is to hold more than 10 million “climate conversations” in the coming year with Americans across the political spectrum.
Mr. Kerry said while individual members might personally promote specific climate policy proposals, like a tax on carbon dioxide pollution, or the Green New Deal, the coalition is not aimed at promoting any particular plan.
“We’re not going to be divided going down a rabbit hole for one plan or another,” he said.
They want massive mobilization but have no agreed plan, they outright refuse to attempt to develop a plan for deploying all these resources they want to mobilize. What could possibly go wrong?
via Watts Up With That?
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by Tom Hutton
My typical morning routine includes feeding and currying the horses. Of late I have had to spend extra time painfully (for me not the horse) removing prickly cockleburs from forelocks, manes, and tails. These tenacious burrs have become so numerous and work their way in to such an extent that at times our horses have the appearance of wearing hair curlers.
This got me to thinking about Velcro. A little googling finds that a Swiss engineer named Georges de Mestral in 1941 invented Velcro. He was inspired after taking a hunting trip to the Alps and having to contend with burrs in his dog’s fur and on his clothing. He placed a burr under a microscope and found that each spine had a hook, making them stick to virtually anything. This inspired him to fashion Velcro from which I assume he made enough money to fill a Swiss bank vault.
The cocklebur (Xanthium) that I must contend with in Texaas is native to the Americas and eastern Asia. I can only guess that the recent
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City under stage 1 drought alert
The city of Winterset is under a stage 1 drought alert.
Cedar Lake is Winterset's primary water supply. It is now 5 feet below the spillway and dropping a quarter of an inch each day.
Starting last week, residents are being asked to conserve water, not a usual problem during fall and winter months.
"That is the odd thing, is we are usually not in a drought stage this time of year," said Scott Wesselmann of Winterset Municipal Utilities.
Wesselmann encourages residents to wait to wash laundry and dishes until you have full loads.
"If it is needed we will do it. So you need to conserve water so we have it. We will do whatever it takes," said Curtis Anderson, a Winterset resident. | <urn:uuid:0ba9a0cf-1616-41c8-b4a2-ffcb4b29d769> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kcci.com/article/city-under-stage-1-drought-alert/6874398 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.962928 | 168 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Different species may share the same habitat, but no two can have exactly the same niche. For example, deer, rabbits, and squirrels may live in the same forest, but because deer browse higher up on trees, rabbits graze on grasses, and squirrels eat acorns, each animal occupies a different niche.
How two organisms can live in the same habitat but have different niches?
The competitive exclusion principle says that two species can’t coexist if they occupy exactly the same niche (competing for identical resources). Two species whose niches overlap may evolve by natural selection to have more distinct niches, resulting in resource partitioning.
Can there be multiple niches in one habitat?
There could be more than one niche in a habitat.
Can two species have same niche?
No two species can have the exact same niche, otherwise they would be in direct competition for resources with one another. If this occurs, then one species will outcompete the other. If the losing species then does not adapt, it would lead to its extinction.
What are two organisms that live in the same habitat?
A population is a group of living organisms of the same kind living in the same place at the same time. All of the plant and animal populations living in a habitat interact and form a community. The community of living (biotic) things interacts with the nonliving (abiotic) world around it to form the ecosystem.
Can different plants live together in the same habitat?
The only way that they can all live together is if they occupy slightly different niches or hold different “jobs” in the community. Many species may share a habitat, but no two species can occupy exactly the same niche.
Can different species live together?
Because different species often inhabit the same spaces and share—or compete for—the same resources, they interact in a variety of ways, known collectively as symbiosis. There are five main symbiotic relationships: mutualism, commensalism, predation, parasitism, and competition.
What happen if two species have identical niches?
If two species have identical niches, those species will compete with one another. … If enough time passes and the competition is not severe enough, one species may evolve to have a slightly different niche. If this does not happen and enough time passes, eventually one species will out compete the other.
What happens when the niches of 2 organisms overlap?
Essentially if two organisms have overlapping niches, they are brought into competition with each other. … The more the niches overlap, the more the organisms are brought into competition with each other and the more detrimental it will be to the ‘losing’ organism.
What’s niche partitioning?
The term niche partitioning refers to the process by which natural selection drives competing species into different patterns of resource use or different niches (Hector and Hooper, 2002; MacArhur, 1958).
Can organism occupy the same niche?
The description of a niche may include descriptions of the organism’s life history, habitat, and place in the food chain. According to the competitive exclusion principle, no two species can occupy the same niche in the same environment for a long time.
When two different species occupy the same niche and use the same limited resources Which of the following will occur?
If two species attempt to occupy the same niche, one species will be better at competing for limited resources and will eventually exclude the other species.
What is the difference between habitat and niche?
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14 March 2022
Only 33 British growers respond to DEFRA consultation
PETITIONERS who called for the demise of the AHDB potato levy have welcomed the Government’s recent response to the consultation, but have said it still leaves some uncertainty and the engagement levels were "abysmal".
Thirty-three (2%) of levy-paying potato growers responded to the Defra-led consultation, which was significantly less than that of the petitioners' own organised survey in 2018. Defra was careful to point out that public consultations are not necessarily representative of of all levy payers.
News that Defra is recommending a zero-rated levy from April 1st 2022 has been welcomed but the response to news that the potato and horticulture sectors will remain in scope of the AHDB Order is more guarded.
In a formal statement, the petitioners state: "We recognise that there were a range of views expressed about horticultural R&D and Defra believes that there may be demand for some people to use the services of AHDB on a voluntary basis. Given that AHDB has already disbanded its horticultural and potatoes infrastructure, this seems unlikely, but we support the principle that growers can choose where to spend their own money on R&D."
Defra stressed that public sector funding through the farm budget in England will not pay for research or other actions that "could reasonably be expected to be funded through levy investment". The campaigners said this was a disappointing response, given the current state of the nation.
"At a time when the world is facing a food crisis, it is regrettable that this government will fund tree planting and re-wilding but will not help improve the efficiency of healthy and sustainable food production," the statement says. | <urn:uuid:6c476f64-b362-4004-a021-dff9590929f9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.potatoreview.com/news/uncertainty-remains-but-outcome-cautiously-welcomed/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.966152 | 363 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Upper Black Eddy, PA
I am fascinated by the complexities of structure that can arise from simple rules and the apparent chaos that exists within those structures. In addition, I am extremely interested in the interdisciplinary approach to learning through art, math, science and technology. Just as a composer uses 12 notes arranged on a set of parallel lines to create a ballad or orchestration, or a chemist uses the 92 natural occurring elements to form a new compound, I utilize 'notes' arranged in a grid pattern as my 'treble clef'. These 'notes' are simply numbers arranged in an orderly manner within the grid system I have chosen. In my explorations – for that is what they are - you will observe my 'numerical conversions’ where numbers have taken form and substance. These conversions can also take the form of musical compositions and weaving patterns. Until recently, all of my explorations involved the way a knight moves on a chessboard. Quite recently, I have also begun to explore the possibilities that the logic puzzle, Sudoku, has to offer as well as bingo and scanned bar codes. As time permits, I hope to extend my explorations.
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As of May 11, some 450 children with unexplained hepatitis had been reported to health security agencies around the world. A figure probably underestimated, but already well above the usual averages, which questions the medical profession. How to explain such a phenomenon? What are the tracks mentioned as to the origin of these hepatitis – and those to be excluded from the outset, possibly? Let’s take stock of what we know and what we don’t know today.
Let’s start with some information about what hepatitis is. This is liver damage. It can be caused by an obstruction of the bile ducts, such as a painful gallbladder stone. It can also be the result of direct destruction of liver cells, called hepatic cytolysis – sometimes requiring a liver transplant.
The causes of cytolytic hepatitis are toxic, viral or immune: a hepatotoxic substance – alcohol in the first place, but also drugs such as paracetamol in high overdose; a virus, first of all those designated as hepatitis A, B, C, D, or E virus, or other “non-alphabetic” ones, such as herpes virus or cytomegalovirus; a post-infectious immune reaction or an autoimmune disorder.
Symptoms are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, pale stools, sometimes jaundice, fever and fatigue. There are vaccines to prevent hepatitis A and B and effective antivirals to treat hepatitis C.
Toxic hepatitis first requires the cessation of exposure to the toxic substance, then the initiation of symptomatic treatments that are known to be more or less effective. In a small minority of cases, when the liver is no longer sufficiently functional, a transplant may be required. In children, acute hepatitis such as those reported recently are very rare. Eleven children died of it and thirty-one needed an emergency liver transplant.
Police beat (or almost)
From the moment when several series of cases are reported around the world, health security agencies embark on an investigation that resembles a police battle. We must understand what is happening, identify the suspects and identify the culprit, that is to say the cause. Cause which, in the current pandemic context, is even less easy to determine.
The first step is to exclude the most obvious by noting the similarities between the affected children and by carrying out initial biological tests.
Today, various causes could be excluded.
Vaccines against Covid, first of all. Indeed, the vast majority of children who developed acute hepatitis were between 0 and 5 years old and were therefore not eligible for vaccination. Over 65% of children with severe hepatitis of unknown cause in the UK and over 80% of children in Europe were unvaccinated.
For the majority of cases, we cannot therefore blame an immune reaction that has occurred as a result of the injection of a vaccine against Covid or evoke hepatotoxicity of the vaccine or one of its components. This is already reassuring news in the midst of a global vaccination campaign, and at a time when we are thinking of extending it to younger children.
No toxic cause – alcohol, drugs, plants, chemicals or other environmental factors – has been found to date.
Viruses A, B, C, D and E, like the others known to cause viral hepatitis, have also been eliminated following systematic tests on all children affected by these liver damage of unknown origin.
Adenovirus, first suspect
So what could it be, if the vaccine against Covid-19 as well as the most common causes of acute hepatitis are excluded? Here we come to the stage of hypotheses.
The first hypothesis put forward was that of the adenovirus, because in the first (British) series, 72% of the children tested were seropositive for the adenovirus. But it is a category of virus very frequently encountered in children (by the age of 4, 85% of children have developed immunity against enteric-type adenovirus), which is transmitted by air and indirectly – as with conjunctivitis caught at the swimming pool.
In a healthy child, they tend to cause relatively mild disorders: pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, gastroenteritis (with diarrhea, vomiting and fever). But they are not known to cause hepatitis, let alone severe hepatitis. If this hypothesis remains on the table, it is nevertheless difficult to be convinced that it would be the adenoviruses which would be directly responsible for this global epidemic.
Of course, there is the question of whether SARS-CoV-2 could be responsible or even co-responsible (because the culprit may have accomplices, here too!). Several possibilities are available to us. Hepatitis could, for example, complete the clinical picture of Covid-19 and might not have been described until then because it would be due to Omicron or one of its recent subvariants, but not to previous strains.
Some children with hepatitis have tested positive for Covid-19. But a bit like for the adenovirus, having been infected with SARS-CoV-2 is not very specific during this period from January 2022 to today, since a very large number of children (without liver damage) also have it. summer. However, an Indian study shows that cases of hepatitis increase when Covid infections are on the rise, and decrease with incidence. Again, this hypothesis cannot be rejected.
What if there were multiple culprits?
Hepatitis could also be linked to a post-infection immune reaction – somewhat on the model of PIMS (Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome, for “pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome”), commonly described in Covid-positive children and occurring at a distance from the acute phase of infection. But in the same way, given the considerable number of infections, especially in children, in all the countries that have reported cases, a positive serology alone cannot take the place of a causal explanation.
What could argue for the causal hypothesis of SARS-CoV-2 is the number of publications since 2020 that establish a link between Covid-19 and post-Covid acute hepatitis. The cases are rare but real, and since very many children were affected by the Covid during the winter of 2022, this hypothesis is reinforced even if, at the present time, you see the difficulty of the experts in confusing the or the culprits.
About this plural, let’s not forget the accomplices. Because it is also possible that these hepatitises are the result of several attackers combining their packages. An adenovirus and a coronavirus for example. It would then be an activation of the immune cells mediated by the two viruses, which would then play the role of super-antigens whose specific mechanisms nevertheless remain to be clarified.
Presence of dogs, paracetamol…
Finally, there are assumptions that are thought to be “outlandish”. In reality, in these stories, as long as the culprit is still at large, nothing should be considered “wacky”, hence the caution of our quotation marks.
Thus, the British – who have reported the world’s largest series of cases, with 197 cases of hepatitis of unknown origin occurring in children reported as of May 16 – have found the presence of a dog in the home of 70% of the reported cases. Another data, 75% of children with hepatitis had taken paracetamol to treat symptoms, while we know the drug is hepatotoxic when consumed in high doses. However, many British people own dogs, and the doses of paracetamol were not high in any case…
In short, we wanted to take stock with you, even if we are not very advanced, as you can read. However, we are rather confident that the research carried out in the countries where these hepatitises have been reported will eventually succeed and that the culprit or culprits will soon be identified.
At the moment, it is not even possible to issue specific recommendations aimed at protecting children. We can just note that these are sometimes serious events, but very rare. Moreover, hepatitis requiring a liver transplant in children is so exceptional that one cannot think that in developed countries the exact number would be greatly underestimated. To be continued… | <urn:uuid:420ea44d-4656-41c8-aa5b-34270410e50d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://crestmeat.com/pediatric-hepatitis-of-unknown-origin-what-emerges-from-the-first-investigations/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.963868 | 1,718 | 3.15625 | 3 |
By now you’ve read all the “I told you so’s.”
After weeks of speculation into the details of Prince’s death, and media liberally quoting defense attorneys and anonymous sources, the worst has been realized. Prince died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a powerful painkiller many times more potent than heroin.
Painkillers like OxyContin are measured by the milligram, but fentanyl is so strong that it is measured in micrograms. For some perspective, if a few grains of salt were fentanyl, that amount would be lethal if swallowed. Typically, it is only prescribed if a patient becomes opioid tolerant to the point other drugs no longer work. It has yet to be confirmed whether or not Prince was prescribed the fentanyl.
This news, however, does not make the details of Prince’s death any less dizzying.
The frenzy began on April 15, less than one week before Prince was found dead, when his private plane made an emergency landing in the middle-of-nowhere Illinois. Shortly after that, it was revealed the plane landed so Prince could be treated for an opioid overdose. He was then taken to a nearby hospital where he left against medical advice.
In the following days, friends close to Prince told the press he had suffered from chronic pain after a 2009 hip surgery, linked to years of high-impact performances, often in high heels. His close friend Sheila E. said “he was in pain all the time.” Fans said they noticed he no longer did the splits, that he walked with a cane, and that some concerts consisted only of Prince singing on the piano bench (which isn’t to say that those performances were anything but stunning).
Then came the story about a Bay Area opioid specialist, Dr. Howard Kornfeld, who flew his son on a redeye to Prince’s residence in Minnesota, in order to assess his health and begin a treatment plan for chronic pain and possibly addiction. But by the time the younger Kornfeld arrived, it was too late. Prince was already dead. It was eventually the younger Kornfeld who made the 911 call. The last puzzle piece to be revealed was that on the day before his death, Prince was also treated by a local doctor for opiate withdrawal symptoms.
What’s left to be answered is how Prince obtained the fentanyl that killed him, and from whom it was prescribed—if it was indeed prescribed at all. His death is currently being treated as a criminal investigation, headed by Federal Prosecutors and the DEA.
Taking into account all of the doctor visits, an entourage of concerned friends, along with Prince’s vast resources, one cannot help but wonder how in the hell the end result was still fatal. The simple answer is he simply took too much fentanyl. But there are an infinite number of remaining what ifs, all orbiting how someone dependent on opioids is to be clinically treated.
What if Prince hadn’t left the ER in Illinois against medical advice? What if he had gone straight to treatment? Or, had the addiction doctor in California been called a day earlier, would Prince have received the care that could have saved his life? What was the hold up? What about the doctor who treated him for withdrawal? Why didn’t this doctor urge Prince to be hospitalized? If being addicted to opiates wasn’t so stigmatized, would Prince have been helped sooner?
I’ve been writing about opiates and their magical allure since 2013, ever since I kicked my own habit. But I’m not going to pretend here that my own experience qualifies me to opine about Prince’s interior life, and what kind of addiction with which he may have struggled.
He could have been on a chronic pain regiment, and the dose to which he was prescribed no longer did the trick. Part of the reason fentanyl is so dangerous is that the lethal dose is so close to the therapeutic dose, making any margin of error deadly. In an effort to kill the pain, maybe he began taking too much.
What’s also possible is that Prince loved the feeling produced by a head high on opiates. Fentanyl, after all, is the Ferrari of painkillers. Its onset is rapid, and before you know it you’re somewhere in the clouds, so numb and weak you can’t even make a fist. I doubt how Prince felt on opiates will ever be known. Maybe he loved them.
But what Prince’s death reveals is that treating an addiction to opiates is not so cut-and-dry, especially when chronic pain is thrown into the equation. What’s sorely missing from our health care system is a standard protocol, similar to what we have for other chronic medical conditions. One sane solution would be to prescribe naloxone (brand name Narcan), the lifesaving antidote, with every bottle of painkillers. But the drug’s recent price hike will make that even more difficult.
If you’re diabetic and your blood sugar is off, nurses can bring it back to safe levels. If you go to an ER with high blood pressure, the nurses can lower it. But when you go to an ER for an opioid overdose, or because you’re addicted to painkillers and want to get off, everyone’s hands go up. In fact, it’s likely you’ll be treated as a second-class citizen, because culturally, opiate users are judged unscientifically.
Which partly explains, as Christopher Moraff thoroughly reported for The Daily Beast already, how America has made a mess of addiction treatment. There’s still no science to it. You could be told to pet horses on a farm or live by the beach, maybe pay exorbitant prices for swanky amenities that do nothing to address one’s actual addiction. And the one effective treatment, the indefinite maintenance on methadone or Suboxone, is shunned by the professional treatment industry, who in their own self-interest cling to dated models of abstinence that may not apply to present day opiate users.
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Predicting distributions is fundamental to ecology, yet hindered by spatially restricted sampling, scale-dependent relationships and detection error associated with field surveys. Predictive species distribution models (SDMs) are nonetheless vital for conservation of many species. We developed a framework for building predictive SDMs with multi-scale data and used it to develop range-wide breeding-season SDMs for 14 marsh bird species of concern.
We built SDMs using data from range-wide surveys conducted over 14 years, and habitat and disturbance covariates measured at multiple spatial scales. We built hierarchical occupancy models that included heterogeneity in detectability during sampling, and used Bayesian model selection to regulate model complexity (covariates and scales) based explicitly on spatial predictive abilities. We thus integrated model selection for optimizing out-of-sample prediction, range-wide sampling over broad conditions, multi-scale analyses and scale optimization, and species-specific detectability for a suite of wide-ranging species.
Distributions of marsh birds were affected by local wetland conditions, but also by agricultural, urban and hydrologic disturbances operating from local scales (100–500 m) to the watershed level. Variables measuring human disturbances improved prediction for most species, and every species was affected by attributes at >1 scale. Five species showed evidence for continental-scale range contraction during the study.
We demonstrate how hierarchical occupancy models can be optimized for prediction across a species' range at the extent of a continent while also accounting for imperfect detection, and thus describe a generalizable approach that can be used for any species. We provide the first data-driven, empirical SDMs built at the range-wide extent for most of our 14 study species and demonstrate that previous studies focused on local distributions and the effects of fine-scale wetland vegetation missed important broadscale drivers of occupancy for marsh birds.
|Title||Predictive multi-scale occupancy models at range-wide extents: Effects of habitat and human disturbance on distributions of wetland birds|
|Authors||Bryan S. Stevens, Courtney J. Conway|
|Publication Subtype||Journal Article|
|Series Title||Diversity and Distributions|
|Record Source||USGS Publications Warehouse|
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On June 14th, seven of our students will receive their Master of Sustainability (MS) degrees and move on to the next phase of their careers, whether it be the pursuit of another degree, or beginning a new job in the field. For the first time in two years, we will be celebrating our graduates in-person – for many of our graduates who entered the program in 2020, this will be their first time meeting our faculty, staff, and fellow cohort members!
We are incredibly proud of these students, and it’s been an honour to be a part of their academic journeys!
Edward Anyan joined the program in 2020. His previous degree in Geography and Resource Development from the University of Ghana and a Certificate in GIS geospatial management from Niagara College provided a solid foundation for his MRP research, titled “More Than a Green Roof: An Analysis of Low Impact Development Policies and Practices” and supervised by Dr. Marilyne Jollineau. During his time in the program, Edward secured a two-term co-op position in the Community, Recreation and Culture Services department of the City of St. Catharines. Edward recently secured a full-time position in the Office of the Auditor General.
Jillian Booth joined the program in 2020. She has a degree in Environmental Geoscience from Brock University and used the skills from this degree to inform her MRP, titled “A Holistic Approach to Mapping Priority Sites for Low-Impact Development”. Jillian’s research was supervised by Dr. Julia Baird, and she was a member of Dr. Baird’s Water Resilience Lab throughout her time in the program and worked as a Research Assistant for the Partnership for Freshwater Resilience. Jillian was a recipient of the FOSS Student Research Award in 2021 and presented her MRP research at the FOSS Research Colloquium in December 2021. She also completed her co-op work term as a Research Assistant at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre and has now secured full-time employment with Vineland as a Research Associate.
Gavin Esdale joined the program in 2020 and will be visiting the Brock campus for the first time at the Spring convocation ceremony, as he joined the program from Vancouver, BC! Gavin has a degree in General Science from Thompson Rivers University. His knowledge was further developed in his MRP, titled “The Forest and its Trees: A Critical Inquiry into the Use of Nature-based Solutions in Canada’s A Healthy Environment and A Healthy Economy Plan” and supervised by Dr. Liette Vasseur.
Brooke Kapeller joined the program in 2017 from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Brooke’s thesis research was supervised by Dr. Ryan Plummer and was titled “Exploring Environmental Stewardship in the Niagara Region of Canada: How Do Elements of Environmental Stewardship Relate to Success?”. Brooke successfully defended her thesis on October 1, 2021 and received numerous awards throughout her time in the program, including the FOSS Student Research Award (2019), Toromont CAT Scholarship (2018), and the Graduate Student Research Excellence Award (2020). Brooke is now working as a program coordinator at the Bow River Basin council.
Bridget McGlynn joined the program in 2019 and began research under the supervision of Dr. Ryan Plummer. Like fellow graduate Jillian Booth, Bridget was a member of Dr. Julia Baird’s Water Resilience Lab throughout her time in the program. She also worked as a Research Assistant with a number of partnerships within the ESRC, including the Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Initiative, the Partnership for Freshwater Resilience, and the partnership with the Government of the Northwest Territories. Bridget’s thesis research was titled “An Examination of Collaborative Governance for Complex Adaptive Systems in the St. John River Basin” and was successfully defended on October 15, 2021.
Mikellena Nettos joined the program in 2020 after completing a degree in Medical Science with a Minor in Environmental Sustainability and Dramatic Arts at Brock University. In her first year of the program, she worked as a Research Assistant with the Charter for Facilities Management and later secured a co-op position with the Canada Post corporation as a Summer Student in the Real Estate, Environment and Sustainability department. Mikellena’s MRP research was supervised by Dr. Jessica Blythe and titled “Environmental racism: proximity of environmental hazards and benefits to visible minority communities in Ontario, Canada”. Since completing the program, Mikellena has begun working as a Youth Engagement Coordinator at Climate Reality Canada.
Baharak Razaghirad joined the program in 2019 and travelled from Tehran, Iran, to study at Brock. Baharak has previous degrees in Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering from Azad University, and brought this knowledge to her thesis research, supervised by Dr. Marilyne Jollineau. Baharak’s thesis was titled “Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Using Geospatial Technologies: A Case Study of the Town of Lincoln, Ontario”, and was successfully defended by Baharak on November 30, 2021. Baharak is currently employed full-time as a Research Assistant working within the Brock-Lincoln Living Lab partnership with the Town of Lincoln. Her work on urban tree canopy initiatives within the Town is directly related to her thesis work.
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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Postgraduate - Unit
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- Term 3 2019 (Flexible)
This unit is taught in intensive mode. For teaching dates please refer to the websitewebsite (https://www.monash.edu/students/study-resources/arts/summer-winter/winter).
In this unit, students will examine key national and international databases that document patterns of gendered family violence. Students will use information contained within these databases to develop relevant knowledge about the health and broader societal impacts of family violence. Through this exercise, students will be introduced to new knowledge about the long-term effects of violence within families. Drawing from this knowledge, they will develop a research report supported by the Unit Coordinator, with input from other staff as appropriate.
Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- analyse and interpret key principles of public health and safety frameworks on injury and violence prevention.
- identify why, how, and where data sources are generated relating to family violence.
- evaluate data quality principles, implications and ethical issues.
- apply the principles of public health and safety to family violence data.
Within semester assessment: 100%
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
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This unit applies to the following area(s) of study
Graduate Certificate of Family Violence PreventionGraduate Certificate of Family Violence Prevention (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2019handbooks/courses/A5005.html)
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The bustling and bustling streets of Cairo and other major cities in Egypt are becoming the scene of a subtle but increasingly fierce competition that is contributing to a shift in transportation networks along the way: from hubs of Local and foreign carpoolers are vying for a slice of the Arab world’s largest market for mobility-as-a-service providers.
Since entering Egypt in 2014, the American company Uber, which operates in 10 cities in the country in addition to Cairo, has maintained a long-standing dominance in the market. But the entry of new global VTC companies since 2020 and the emergence of other alternatives have marked a turning point increasing competition and the range of possibilities.
“[These companies] significantly increase the mobility possibilities of individuals, in particular for young people who do not buy cars at the same rate as their parents. They should no longer be limited by fixed-route mass transit systems,” Maged Dessouky, a professor at the University of Southern California who specializes in transportation systems, told Al-Monitor.
With a population of over 100 million and one of the fastest growing demographics in the region, Egypt represents a lucrative market. According to a 2021 study by market research and consulting firm Grand View Research, consulted by Al-Monitor, the Egyptian ride-sharing services market was valued at $922 million in 2020 and is expected to grow at an annual rate. compound of 15.8% until 2028. This increase will be mainly due to the growth of its urban population, the low rate of vehicle ownership, the insufficient public transport infrastructure and the increase in the penetration of Internet and the use of smartphones.
For years, the Egyptian ride-hailing market has been dominated by Uber, especially after the $3.1 billion acquisition in 2019 of its main competitor in the Middle East – Careem – founded in 2012 in Dubai and since then a subsidiary of Uber operating as an independent brand. . In 2021, Uber had 703,000 drivers in Egypt and operates in 11 cities, covering more than half of the country’s governorates, according to the company’s year in review.
As in many other countries, its beginnings in Egypt were somewhat tortuous. Both Uber and Careem have been embroiled in several legal battles, mainly due to being a new type of business, strict taxi rules in Egypt, opposition from taxi drivers and the rights of drivers, passengers and investors. Yet in mid-2018 Egypt’s parliament passed a law regulating ride-sharing apps, and in 2019 the competition watchdog gave the green light to Uber’s takeover of Careem, paving the way for its smooth running in the country.
In 2017, Uber also invested $20 million in Egypt to establish its Center of Excellence, which is the company’s largest support center in the Middle East and North Africa, and provides support to customers. , passengers and drivers in the region. In 2018, Uber decided to invest an additional $100 million in Egypt over five years to expand all of its services in the country.
“Egypt is indeed extremely unique and a very important market for Uber globally. It is nimble and one of the fastest growing markets for Uber, and it is becoming a technology and innovation hub. with a fertile environment that welcomes new products,” Norhen Ali, Uber’s communications manager for the region, told Al-Monitor. “Since our launch in Egypt, we have provided access to more than 703,000 economic opportunities for drivers and facilitated convenient journeys to more than 13 million customers,” she said.
Yet, since the end of 2020, the picture has changed significantly. The entry into Egypt of new ridesharing apps, such as Russian inDriver and Chinese DiDi, and the emergence of local platforms that have captured market share, including carsharing, have increased competition and options, mainly in Cairo but increasingly in other cities.
InDriver was the first underdog to take the plunge. Launched in September 2020 in Suez, and immediately afterwards in Cairo, inDriver has set up a unique system that allows passengers and drivers to negotiate the price of the trip in advance, unlike the fixed bill of Uber and Careem. DiDi, which was founded in 2012, has some 600 million users worldwide and entered the Egyptian market in September 2021. The company began operating in Alexandria and has expanded in recent months to Cairo, with initially very competitive prices.
“The launch in Cairo, a few months after the start of our adventure in Alexandria, has exceeded our most optimistic expectations and we are proud to be a relevant player in mobility in Egypt in just a few weeks,” said Alia El Khadem. , senior account executive at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, DiDi’s public relations agency in Cairo, noting that it is too early to share statistics, however.
He told Al-Monitor: “Egypt is a key market for technology companies and especially those serving mobility. This is why DiDi started its journey in Egypt, as the first market in the region.
During its pilot phase, inDriver chose not to charge fees, which significantly reduced the final price of rides compared to Uber and Careem and boosted its popularity, similar to DiDi. The successful entry of the two companies led Uber to announce on January 27 an 8.2% cut in its per-mile fee and 6.6% in its per-minute fee.
“We believe Egypt is fertile and friendly ground for DiDi’s powerful value proposition, which through its cutting-edge technology service seeks to demonstrate that users can have better rides without paying more. , and at the same time drivers can make better income,” Khadem noted.
“By offering low fares – which were most likely heavily discounted – these companies quickly gained market share,” Dessouky added. “But tariffs have increased significantly recently and this will most likely impact demand. In addition, governments could increase regulation of these companies, since recent studies in the United States have shown that they have increased congestion by more than 20%”.
Carpooling platforms are also increasingly offering other cheaper services to their users. An example of this is the offer of motorcycle rides, which are not only cheaper than car rides, but also allow you to get around cities like Cairo much faster. Uber, Careem and inDriver all offer this option, as does the Egyptian company Halan. Launched in 2017, Halan has partnered with thousands of tuk-tuks, a popular means of transport in working-class neighborhoods, and motorbike drivers and operates in over 20 cities in Egypt.
Another popular option is the bus service, which is part of the car-sharing market. The Grand View Research study estimated that car sharing had the largest share of car sharing services in Egypt in 2020 at over 48%. He said the increasing traffic congestion in Egypt is pushing consumers to opt for the convenient car-sharing services which are offered at lower cost. Both Uber and Careem offer this service in Egypt, but another top player is Swvl. Founded in Egypt in 2017, Swvl operates fixed intra-city and inter-city bus routes and makes more than 100,000 reservations every day, said Youssef Salem, chief financial officer of Swvl.
“We are in the business of solving public transport problems, and the vast majority of the population is looking for a reliable, convenient and at the same time affordable solution,” Salem told Al-Monitor. “Most modes of private transport – whether owning your own car, driving around or taking a taxi – are largely unaffordable for the vast majority of the population. And therefore being able to have an alternative that is significantly cheaper and therefore much more widely affordable while at the same time being able to have reliability in the convenience of the offering is very appealing to a very broad base of the population,” he said. noted. . | <urn:uuid:b82ed277-9b4a-43eb-a002-a31116a9ac9c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hivfreechampions.org/uber-faces-new-competition-in-egypt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.971368 | 1,627 | 2.0625 | 2 |
It is very common to see groups of people looking at their mobile devices in any place at any time: on holiday, at work, at home, in the underground, on the bus, in a congress, ….. wherever. It is also common to take advantage of our holidays to say that we will make the most of these days to disconnect from our routines. Does this include disconnecting our mobile phones, tablets, laptops, the TV or email?
At AQuAS, as an agency involved in health assessment, we do not know this. What we do know is that there is more and more talk of connected health, a term which includes mHealth, eHealth and all related concepts, which have been a part of everyday life for some time now.
At a level of the Catalan system of health, we have in this post by Òscar Solans an example of the development of technological tools which involve new ways of interaction between patients and the health system. In this way, La Meva Salut and eConsult are useful tools when placing the patient, the person that is, at the centre of all the interactions there are with the health professionals coming from different fields.
At a European level, Jean Patrick Mathieu and Rossana Alessandrello wrote about how complex the subjects of interoperability and the implementation of mobile technological solutions are, in this other post. This was the framework for the European project DECIPHER whose goal was to facilitate the access to health information from different countries and health systems.
Let’s change the perspective. At an individual level, who does not have an app downloaded on their mobile phone? Which of these apps have to do with something related to health, such as weight control, for example, or as support when doing physical exercise, to keep track of menstrual cycles, fertility calendars or aspects of mental and emotional health? And no need to limit ourselves to talking about mobile devices: who has not heard of calculators for aspects of health such as calculators of life expectancy?
Downloading an app is very easy and can even be free. In this post by Elisa Puigdomènech, she highlighted the fact that in mid-2016 The Economist explained there were some 165,000 apps related to health. This figure must no doubt have increased.
What does the success of an app depend on? What guarantees of quality and safety do they offer?
Regarding the first question, the user experience was the subject on which Elisa Puigdomènech put the emphasis, based on the experience obtained in the PEGASO project. Along the same lines, Santi Gómez spoke about the fact that the development of a health application must, in all phases of its development, include the participation of those who will ultimately be the end users.
And in terms of the second question, any health intervention should be safe, be based on evidence, on the best quality knowledge available and should be assessable. This is the premise with which we at the AQuAS work and this is the role that an assessment agency can play when thinking about connected health. Thus, this post by Toni Dedéu places the emphasis on the fact that technologists, assessors, professionals and citizens have the opportunity to work together and combine their expertise but not forgetting the speed of innovation.
In conclusion, the assessment of connected health is a current topic. This article was recently published, and is a good example of a proposal for a conceptual framework. We end this post with an editorial about innovation and evidence which invites one to reflect on assessment and innovation.
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Adolescence is a confusing time for young adults; they often begin to question the changes in their life, and are sometimes uncertain of how to deal with such issues. Homeboyz (Sitomer, 2007) can help students handle the issues addressed in this book with confidence. Helping the students to recognize the correct path in life. Some students will be able to find comfort in their families and friends, yet others will turn to young adult novels. The book Homeboyz, by Alan Sitomer addresses the issues of gang violence and loses of a loved one from gang violence. Young adult readers struggling with losing a family member or close friend due to gang violence will be able to identify with this book.
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Lecture TimeThursday 10:30am-12:15pm
Lecturer SIU Kam Wah Joseph ((852) 39437274 / firstname.lastname@example.org)
This course introduces four classical history books of ancient China: Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Standard History of the Han (Hanshu), Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) and Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government (Zizhi tongjian). It particularly analyses the historical contexts, purposes, genres, compilations, historical thoughts of these history books and the characteristics of the Chinese culture shown in them. Students are given close guidance to study the typical writings in these historical books to comprehend, analyse and appraise the essence of traditional Chinese historiography as well as the evolution and characteristics of history, politics, economics and society in the Chinese cultural heritage from multi-disciplinary and comparative perspectives, and reflect on the intellectual and cultural insights of these traditions into the contemporary society and life.
一. 傳承革新：四史概論 (5 Sep)
二. 天人通變：《史記》之歷史觀與政治思想 (12 Sep)
三. 善者因之：《史記》之經濟思想與社會思想 (19 Sep)
四. 帝后臣俠：《史記》典範人物評析 (26 Sep)
五. 藝文刑法：《漢書》之學術思想與法律原則 (3 Oct)
六. 天人之和：《漢書》之自然秩序及人文精神 (10 Oct)
七. 史漢得失：《史記》與《漢書》人物傳記比較分析—項羽與李廣 (17 Oct)
八. 亂世英雄：《三國志》之策略思想與懷柔方略 (24 Oct)
九. 才士美人：《三國志》之人才世界與婦女世界 (31 Oct)
十. 隱世方技：《三國志》之隱逸、醫療、相術及卜筮思想 (14 Nov)
十一. 君道天意：《資治通鑑》之歷史觀與國族觀 (21 Nov)
十二. 智勢變御：《資治通鑑》之危機管理與國防策略 (28 Nov)
十三. 志鑑得失：《三國志》與《資治通鑑》史事記載比較分析—赤壁之戰 (2 Dec (Mon) 1:30pm-3:15pm, Venue to be confirmed)
期末家課式論文考試Take-home Essay Examination 65%
學期中網上選擇題測驗Blackboard Multiple Choice Test 25%
講授課堂參與表現 Lecture Participation 10%
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Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may be found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/.
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The submission of a piece of work, or a part of a piece of work, for more than one purpose (e.g. to satisfy the requirements in two different courses) without declaration to this effect shall be regarded as having committed undeclared multiple submissions. It is common and acceptable to reuse a turn of phrase or a sentence or two from one’s own work; but wholesale reuse is problematic. In any case, agreement from the course teacher(s) concerned should be obtained prior to the submission of the piece of work. | <urn:uuid:3d709f32-2075-4254-af8e-ec8c16179940> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/course/201920_ugea2236c/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.69549 | 1,995 | 2.65625 | 3 |
One of the best things about Rocky Mountains is its wildlife, and here’s my list of the cutest ones.
Big Horn Sheep
Big horn sheep move in small herds. They spend their summers high up in the Rocky Mountains, but when winter comes, they retreat to lower elevations with more vegetation. The ewes’ horns are straight and short, but rams can have large horns that round around their heads like Princess Leia’s hair. The horns also are the key to telling the age of a big horn sheep.
We’ve seen big horn sheep in Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone and Badlands national parks, as well as at Royal Gorge near Cañon City.
Rocky Mountain yellow-belly marmots are larger than their cousins, the European alpine marmots, and it sure isn’t because there’s more food in the Rocky Mountains – there isn’t. Our neighbor guessed it’s because tourists feed the marmots here with nuts, but here’s a newsflash for anybody doing that: if marmots eat food that isn’t a natural part of their diet (like nuts, potato chips, you name it), they gain the wrong type of fat in their bodies and might not be able to wake up from hibernation. Marmot hibernation is a kind of true hibernation, where their body temperature lowers down close to freezing point and their heart beats only a couple times a minute.
You’ll be bound to see marmots almost any time you hike above tree line during summer.
Mountain goats are easily recognizable thanks to their thick fur coats. In the photo, that’s a mountain goat with its summer fur on, so imagine what it’s going to be like in the winter! Mountain goats are larger than your average domestic goats, and they can even be a little scary when defending their young. They spend their days high above tree line but descend to valleys during dusk to eat. Mountain goats are just as good climbers as big horn sheep, and they compete over same territory.
We’ve only seen mountain goats once, while climbing to Quandary Peak.
Pikas are easier heard than seen: a high-pitched “eep eep” sound resonates around the tundra, but these small hamster-sized animals move lightning-fast among the rocks, so you need a real eagle eye to spot them. They’re actually not related to hamsters at all but are closer to rabbits, and a rumor tells they’ve been an inspiration to another lightning-fast animal – Pokémon character Pikachu!
Pikas are only seen on the highest mountain tops, far from tree line.
Rocky Mountain Elk
Another name for the elk is wapiti, which comes from Cree language and means “white rump”. This slightly-smaller-than-moose moose-like animal wanders around the Rocky Mountains in large gangs during summer and descend to the mountain villages during winters. September is the best time to go elk-spotting in Rocky Mountain National Park, because that’s the time of elk rut, when large bull elks clash their horns against each other and tourists block roads with their cars trying to take photos. Elk is the only animal on this list that is often hunted for food, and venison is served in many of the area’s restaurants.
You are almost bound to see an elk if you visit Rocky Mountains National Park and Estes Park, no matter the season.
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Copy of the figures of the Madonna and Child after Raphael's 'Sistine Madonna', ?early 19th century
RA Collection: Art
Raphael (1483-1520) was born in Urbino and trained with Perugino, the master of Pinturicchio. A stay in Florence between 1504 and 1508 was decisive for his artistic development as he changed significantly his manner while he became familiar with the works of the great Florentine masters such as Leonardo and Botticelli among others. He was later summoned to the papal court in Rome where he stayed until his death in 1520, decorating affresco the papal chambers in the Vatican and creating an impressive series of portraits and independent easel paintings of religious subject matters. Raphael had many pupils among whom the most notables are Giulio Romano (1499-1546), Perino del Vaga (1500-1547) and Polidoro da Caravaggio ca.1497-1543).
This painting is a copy of the upper section of Raphael's Sistine Madonna executed in Rome in 1513-14 (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden). It shows the half-length figure of the Madonna holding the Child while both are gazing at the beholder.
According to Vasari, the original painting was made for the monastery of S. Sisto in Piacenza, however the first destination of the painting is still debated. In fact, the original painting shows the Madonna and Child full length with S. Sisto on the left and S. Barbara on the right and two putti leaning against a parapet at the bottom.
The Madonna and Child show a melancholic expression, while the Madonna's gesture oscillates between protecting and presenting her Child to the forthcoming sacrifice. Their direct gazing invites to a close communion with the beholder.
Because the artist chose to only reproduce the Virgin and Child of the original composition, this painting may have been intended for private devotion. In fact, images of the Virgin and Child were among the most popular images for private devotion and these were primarily small religious paintings suitable as a focus for private worship, as opposed to larger altarpieces intended for public display.
Such images like the present one frequently emphasized the tender relationship between the mother and her child.
The very poor condition of the painting does not allow us to assert whether the painting was left unfinished or discoloured over the decades, but this does not exclude the possibility it was originally conceived as a academic study for training purposes.
990 mm x 827 mm x 20 mm
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More is needed beyond Earth Day
We don’t need, indeed can’t tolerate, any more Earth Days during which we salve our consciences and then go back to a world that is grossly and unsustainably over-populated, fantastically littered with thousand-year plastic, poisoned with tens of thousands of chemicals unknown to the evolution of life on the planet, polluted with climate disaster carbon and disfigured by warfare and threatened with nuclear holocaust.
So, how can we even have hope? How can we not despair? What’s the use? We don’t just need an Earth Week, or an Earth Year, or for the U.N. to declare a “decade of the Earth.” It won’t even be sufficient for us to think in terms of a generation.
If we are to be the ones who begin the process of saving ourselves by saving the Earth, we must face the hard fact that it will take many generations. After all, it took 300 years to change from a sustainable civilization to this disaster we now mistakenly call by that name.
Let’s face it, we are losing and will lose many battles in this struggle, just as the British lost at the beginning of World War II. They could not see the road ahead, the road to victory, but they fought on anyway because defeat was not an alternative.
Nor is it for us.
Gradually, they began winning some battles at great cost while still losing some and then winning more than they lost and then, after great sacrifice, the war was won. That scenario is what we can look forward to unless we just decide to give up and call in the giant asteroid like the one that extincted 99% of life when it hit 60 million years ago.
What do we do? Where do we start? We take to heart the instruction: “Don’t just do something, stand there.”
Why? Because before we act, we need to rethink ourselves. This great trashing of the Earth is the result of our holding the wrong ideas. We need a conceptual revolution.
More is not better, nor is faster. We are not Lords of the planet, not the most important species. (Actually, the insects are.) The good life is not defined by acquiring more goods or bigger houses.
We are not fit in the least to be the directors of the further evolution of the planet, as the Apostles of the Anthropocene think. We are foolish if we think the great corporations know best.
We should not have thought we were smart enough to tamper with the insides of the atom and the gene, we who sprayed the world with DDT, CFCs, PFAS, etc. We need to realize the utter folly of thinking we can have unlimited economic growth on a finite planet. Any third grader can see that, but not our economists and politicians.
We cannot make it on our own. We humans are not even possible without the bee and the dung beetle, the lowly earthworm and the oxygen-generating, life-making plants.
So, we need to turn these old and dysfunctional ideas on their heads and find new ways of living, each of us starting with ourselves and each of us, banded together, fighting the ideas and the social organizations that are driving us along the road toward ruin. The fight will be long and costly, but the victory will be worth it and, in the end, all the children will be safe.
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Tax planning for higher earners should be a year round discipline rather than making hasty decisions to beat impending deadlines. An effective rate of income tax of 60% was introduced from the start of the 2010/11 tax year as a result of the gradual reduction in the personal allowance by £1 for every £2 of taxable income above £100,000.
There are many elaborate schemes in place which have the aim of reducing liability to Income Tax. There are also more obvious planning ideas which can be utilised to achieve this.
Five ways to reduce your level of income subject to income tax:
(1) If considering starting to draw an income from pension funds, the normal route is to draw the maximum possible tax-free lump sum entitlement and use the rest of the fund to provide an income. This income would normally be subject to Income Tax at your highest rate. However, an alternative would be to utilise only part of the pension fund and use the tax free cash entitlement to instead provide an income. This can be done on a regular basis until all of the tax-free entitlement has been exhausted.
This route also has the benefit of keeping a higher proportion of the pension fund with more tax-advantageous death benefits, for longer.
(2) If you have investments which are subject to Capital Gains Tax, such as OEICs or Unit Trusts, regular encashments can be made to provide you with income. Provided any capital gain within the amount you receive is within the annual CGT allowance, there would be no further tax to pay on the ‘income’.
(3) Encashments from Investment Bonds within 5% a year of the original investment amount (over a 20 year period) result in income tax deferral. This is because the encashments are deemed a return of your original investment, rather than income or gains. At the end of the 20 year period, any tax due is payable at your highest rate of tax at that time. Savings can be made if your highest tax rate is lower at that time.
(4) Any income generated from assets held within an ISA wrapper, or regular encashments made from these wrappers, are not subject to Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax (other than the non-reclaimable tax credit on dividends).
(5) If your spouse is not subject to tax, investments could be transferred into his or her name to allow income which may otherwise be taxable to be paid tax-free (or almost tax-free in the case of any dividend income).
Obviously everyone’s situation is different.Tax is not the only consideration and an option which may be efficient from an Income Tax point of view may not be advisable from an investment point of view, for example. These scenarios should only be considered as part of an overall financial plan.
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Intel Optane Persistent Memory and Storage’s adoption continues to increase. This increasing adoption means that the performance of applications installed on servers will continue to improve. While there are currently only a small number of software application modifications that take full advantage of Intel Optane hardware; this number will surge over the next few years.
As companies deploy the Intel Optane storage, they will see vast improvements over the prior generations of SSD drives. There is a radical increase in IOPs and Throughput available in the Optane SSD compared to legacy SSD. There is also increased performance no matter the workload, including the consistent performance as the drives fill, which was a common problem in traditional SSDs.
Oracle Exadata had redefined its platform to take full advantage of the Intel Optane platform. Exadata is a massively parallel processing platform, which traditionally had high east-west data transfer costs. In rearchitecting its platform using Optane Persistent Memory, Oracle was able to reduce the cost of those transfers. By moving data across the network between the compute and storage nodes, Oracle Exadata can land that data at the storage node without going through the storage stack. Because this data is written to the storage node, it is written into the persistent Intel Optane Persistent Memory instead of the hard drives. The reduced instructions, as well as reduced latency to write to memory, offers dramatic performance gain. This data can then be moved from the persisted DIMM down to the NAND-based storage at the storage nodes’ convenience.
VMware’s vSAN uses Optane SSDs within its hyper-converged storage platform. It uses Optane to make the storage on remote nodes appear local, which requires the ability to commit changes locally within Optane storage before writing the change across the network. While this operation doesn’t require a massive amount of local storage, the process does need to occur at very low latency. This is so that the performance impact of writing data across to other servers doesn’t impact any writes happening locally.
The Intel Optane P5800X SSD boasts 2M+ I/O Operations per second (IOPs) in a single Intel Optane card when working with four kilobytes (kb) read/write IOPS. When using 512-byte random read IOPs, a single P5800X device will push 4.5-5 Million IOPs at a response time of four microseconds. With VMWare’s vSAN, these storage throughput numbers are a realistic possibility. The only limit is network bandwidth rather than storage throughput.
Optane in the Cloud
The large capacity of persistent memory will make a massive difference in the cloud as cloud vendors adopt Optane technologies into their cloud platforms. Allowing this persistent memory to be allocated to virtual machines and PaaS services within the cloud allows data processing on these platforms to be much quicker than today’s cloud-based storage solutions.
With the high levels of storage performance and capacity that Optane Persistent Memory provides, cloud vendors can increase the density of serverless functions per core. This will reduce these lightweight serverless functions’ cost since they will be packed more densely per core. Achieving these density gains happens by caching the memory that the lightweight serverless functions use in Optane Persistent Memory, which allows the services to start and stop much faster and complete their work quicker.
Using Optane Persistent Memory as a storage medium for Artificial Intelligence (AI) models reduces the efficiency and cost of using those models. AI models typically use increasingly large amounts of data. Allocating DRAM to these models is expensive, if not impossible, due to the sheer model size. By moving these models to persistent Optane storage, the models can be put into the larger Optane Persistent Memory and run from this location instead of DRAM.
The Next Step for Developers
As developers optimize their software solutions for the Intel Optane family of products, throughput can only increase.
“It’s time to go innovate in the system and the software.”
–Frank Hady Fellow and Director of Storage Technology Group
The Intel Optane family of products allows for massive amounts of data to be pushed through the ethernet network, with only three storage devices needed to handle enough IO requests to fill a 100 Gig network.
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This presentation summarizes several of the rodent and non-human studies that we have conducted to help inform the efficacy and clinical utility of succimer (meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccincinic acid) chelation treatment. We address the following questions: (1) What is the extent of body lead, and in particular brain lead reduction with chelation, and do reductions in blood lead accurately reflect reductions in brain lead? (2) Can succimer treatment alleviate the neurobehavioral impacts of lead poisoning? And (3) does succimer treatment, in the absence of lead poisoning, produce neurobehavioral deficits? Results from our studies in juvenile primates show that succimer treatment is effective at accelerating the elimination of lead from the body, but chelation was only marginally better than the complete cessation of lead exposure alone. Studies in lead-exposed adult primates treated with a single 19-day course of succimer showed that chelation did not measurably reduce brain lead levels compared to vehicle-treated controls. A follow-up study in rodents that underwent one or two 21-day courses of succimer treatment showed that chelation significantly reduced brain lead levels, and that two courses of succimer were significantly more efficacious at reducing brain lead levels than one. In both the primate and rodent studies, reductions in blood lead levels were a relatively poor predictor of reductions in brain lead levels. Our studies in rodents demonstrated that it is possible for succimer chelation therapy to alleviate certain types of lead-induced behavioral/cognitive dysfunction, suggesting that if a succimer treatment protocol that produced a substantial reduction of brain lead levels could be identified for humans, a functional benefit might be derived. Finally, we also found that succimer treatment produced lasting adverse neurobehavioral effects when administered to non-lead-exposed rodents, highlighting the potential risks of administering succimer or other metal-chelating agents to children who do not have elevated tissue lead levels. It is of significant concern that this type of therapy has been advocated for treating autism. | <urn:uuid:75fec2e3-83e8-4e33-baa6-2a57dfa44f5b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/tech-docs/paper/453679 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.959623 | 411 | 2.453125 | 2 |
What is Sweet Beer? (The Complete Guide to Sweet Beers)
While being a home brewer there is a lot of different terms to relate to. And once in a while, you can doubt the validity of the terms, right? But of course, there is something to it, so I think we need to dig a little deeper into this sweet beer to find out the actual definition.
After all, there is a lot of different opinions out there. And since there isn’t really an overall description of what makes a beer a sweet beer, I think we should try to draw parallels between the different statements, and conclude out of that. Shall we?
What is sweet beer? A sweet beer is a beer without too much of the beer taste. So, It certainly is considered a beer, because it’s brewed like other beers, it just has a milder beer taste. The sweet beer also goes under names as ‘’dessert beer’’ and ‘’girly beer’’.
Keep reading, as I will take you through the complete guide to sweet beers.
Read also: What Does Beer Taste Like?
What Is a Good Sweet Beer?
There is a lot of good sweet beers. There is also a lot of not so good sweet beers. Just like every other beer type. Though, I wouldn’t really call sweet beer a decidedly beer type.
Sweet beer is different beer types that all taste a little less like beer. For example, an ale and a pale lager can both be a sweet beer, as long as they don’t taste too much of beer, then it’s a sweet beer.
But, what is a good sweet beer? I can’t tell you. It’s very individual, just like it’s very individual what good beer is in general. Of course, some are given better reviews than others, but the sweet beer is a wide gap.
Sweet beer is all from a Corona beer with lime to a decidedly fruit beer.
Also read: What Is A Saison Beer
To give you an insight into which kinds of beers are sweet beers, girly beers, or dessert beers, here is a fraction of the sweet beers:
Bud Light Lime
Bud Light Lime is a Light Beer, Pale Lager with 4.2% ABV. This beer has a natural lime flavor which quickly made this beer a hot seller after its inception in 2008, a has been called ‘’the atomic bomb in the marketplace.’’ And it’s not hard to see why.
This sweet beer has found its mark, especially in America’s taste for sweet drinks.
This sweet beer is not much like beer. It’s more refreshing in a soda kind of way, and it’s very sweet. So, if you really don’t like the beer taste, you should drink a beer like Bud Light Lime. As an alcoholic, candy-flavored club soda goes, this is great, though, it is a sweet beer.
Bud Light Orange
The Bud Light Orange is a descendant of Bud Light Lime, which entered the market in 2008. Ten years later, this sweet beer sent from heaven entered the market, however, with divided opinions.
This sweet beer is brewed with real orange peel, so you can really taste the citrusness. The beer has 4.2% ABV, and has a pervasive taste of orange, without overruling the beer taste entirely.
Blue Moon Belgian White
Another sweet beer with a hint of orange. However, this beer is more a beer than the two sweet beers in the above. It is a witbier that comes with 5.4% ABV.
The reason why I would call this a sweet beer, is because of the less beer taste, and some orange taste, which makes this beer easy to drink, even if you don’t like the beer taste that much.
There is a lot of orange notes coming through, with spicy pepper and coriander aromas. Also, it has hints of coriander, which is a funny little thing. It has a good balance of orange sweetness with a peppery and spicy flavor.
This beer is a good example of a sweet beer. There is the beer flavor, but not too heavy, and then the taste of orange, which is just the icing on the cake. Beer lovers might say it is too heavy or too sweet.
But, if you like sweet beer more than you like a heavy beer, this is a beer for you. It has this refreshing, complex take on a wit. Spices and sweetness carry through. Good balance of citrus and spice, delicious.
Dundee Original Honey Brown
The Honey Brown Lager brewed by Dundee Brewing Company is a red lager with an ABV of 4.5%. It pours out a nice light brown color with a nice white head. It has a light and bold smell, but you can easily pick up grains and malts in the smell.
Also, the smell has a certain sweetness to it. The taste is smooth and rich, and you can easily pick up the grains and the malt in the taste of this brew. Also, there is a nice, sweet malt aftertaste, and the mouthfeel is rich, bold and full of flavor.
Dundee Original Honey Brown has a nice balance without anything overpowering this brew. Overall, Dundee Original Honey Brown is a good drinkable brew. I like how smooth this full-bodied beer goes down.
Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen Grapefruit
This sweet beer is a combination of Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen and grapefruit flavoring. Which is actually pretty well-made, and very drinkable. It is sweet, slightly cloying, and has a solid natural flavor of grapefruit juice and peel.
The orange color lets you know exactly what this sweet beer’s intention is. And it lives up to all the expectations. It is an alcoholic soda with a light hefe base, which just makes the fruity taste more notable.
Also, there is a great balance between sweetness and grapefruit citrusy. The same intensity in the sweetness and the grapefruit citrus plays off each other, with the sweetness is finished in a distinctly rich, citric flavor.
DuClaw For Pete’s Sake – Imperial Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter
For Pete’s Sake is a Porter with 9% ABV. It’s another version of Sweet Baby Jesus! Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter.
It really does taste of chocolate and peanut butter, a lot. This beer is surprisingly easy to drink considering its strength. Also, this balance between the chocolate and the peanut butter is really good performed.
Definitely a try worthy. There is not much beer flavor in this sweet beer, so if you’re a sweet beer person, you might want to try this one out.
Hoegaarden Original White Ale
Hoegaarden Original White Ale is a Belgian-style wheat beer with 4.9% ABV.
This sweet beer is a bit like the Blue Moon Beer. Hoegaarden Original White ale is also brewed with orange peel, coriander, and spices. So, it’s only a bit like Blue Moon, without being similar, at all.
This beer took more than 500 years of hard work to complete. Besides the orange peel and coriander flavor, this bee also has a hint of herbs, that the monks imported from Curacao, back in the days.
The beer is yellow and naturally murky, and its soft foam adds a cloudy finish. Then there is the soft taste, light and sweet and sour, and with subtle citrusy notes. All in all, this beer is perfect for a sweet beer lover.
Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc
Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc was launched in 2006 and is today one of France’s most popular wheat beer. It’s brewed in the style of Belgian wheat beer that is called Blanc in French. Though, this beer has its own profile with a more sweet and round fill.
The beer appears cloudy and white-golden with a fresh sourly flavor and an aroma of citrus and sweet fruitiness. All this combined makes it the absolute perfect summer beer.
Kronenbourg Brewery er France’s biggest brewery, founded in 1664 by Jérôme Hatt in Strasbourg.
Today it is owned by Carlsberg Brewery. Carlsberg took over the company in accordance with a partial takeover of Scottish & Newcastle in 2008. Before that, Kronenbourg Brewery was owned by Danone until 2000.
Kronenbourg brewery is in Obernai, therefor they also stand for the production of the brewery group’s other French beer brands.
Corona is one of the most known names in the beer world today, and Corona Extra is one of the reasons why. It is number 1 on the best-selling imports in the U.S. market, and I can see why.
Corona Extra is an American-style pale lager with 4.6% ABV. This beer is considered a sweet beer, without too much taste. But, that’s why we have the lime. No matter where you have a Corona served, it is always served with a lime.
There is not really a conclusively answer to the lime thing, but one thing is sure, it adds a great, refreshingly flavor to the beer.
The Corona Extra is a typical American lager. It has a pale straw, very clear color and a medium white head. You easily captures a light scent of hops.
Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout
Organic Chocolate Stout is brewed by the independent British brewery, Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. This brewery is the oldest brewery in Yorkshire founded in 1758.
But, enough about the brewery, let’s focus on the sweet chocolate stout.
This beer has a very smooth and very creamy one of its kind. Almost like adult chocolate milk. You easily sense the vanilla and the chocolate, which gives the beer its sweetness.
It’s a very sweet beer and has a lot of other aromas than just the vanilla and the chocolate. The beer also has fruit, coconut, and cherry aromas, with some roast and a small floral hops presence. It all gives a clean balance to a very smooth finish.
It’s a very easy drinkable beer with 5% ABV. A great beer for you who like a sweet stout that really showcases chocolate, cream, and slight vanilla.
There you have it. 10 beautiful examples of what a sweet beer is. All 10 beers are worth a try if you like sweet beers.
Would you like to know more about other beer types? then read this post: How Many Types Of Beer Are There?
What Is a Good Fruity Beer?
It’s not easy to make fruit beer that tastes very beer-like, and less soft drink-like. Most fruit beer becomes very fruity, which some like it the best. But, if you would like a very good fruit beer, it should have the perfect balance between fruit and beer flavor.
Most fruit beers are craft beers, and craft beers have always been about experimentation. Mostly American craft brewers have no fear. I mean, there have been some pretty crazy outcomes craft brews, right? But, maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
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There has come a lot of good beer out of it too, and the latest is the fruit beer. And the really good ones aren’t sickly sweet or artificial tasting. The once who’s catching my attention are the more bitter ones, tart, and complex.
These are to be found in many embodiments. From IPA’s to sour ales. They might be brewed with hops with a fruity aroma, extracts, or fresh fruit. But, as I mentioned above, it’s not easy making a great and balanced fruit beer.
It’s this challenge that fuels the craft brewers. But, thanks to all the brewers who took up the challenge!
Here are three good fruit beers you should definitely try this summer:
#3 Sonoma Tart
Sonoma Tart pours a deep, cloudy yellow with a lasting white head. The aroma has both hints of passion fruit and guava. The flavor is very fruity. There are flavors of guava, mango, light pineapple, and candied orange.
Sonoma Tart is a very well balanced and fruity sweet beer. such a fruity beer would often end up more like a fruit drink, but not this one. Even though it is so fruity, you are not questioning the beer taste, cause it’s definitely there.
This beer would be perfect for a hot summer day!
Great, great beer!
The aroma of this beer is fruity and with dominating raspberry, hints of tartness, woody pith, and sweetness. It has a nice, interesting pale burnt orange with some haze and almost no head from the bubbles continually rising from the bottom of the beer glass.
The raspberry flavor in this beer is strong, without being overpowering the beer, at all. Other flavors are pithy extractions from the seeds. Also, hints of wild yeast funk is to be found.
The mouthfeel of the beer is dry, but the aforementioned acid gives the beer a good balance. All in all, this beer is great and is not afraid of trying off both the raspberry and the wild yeast together.
#1 Hanssens Oude Kriek
This beer pours a deep, rusty, reddish-brown color and throws a small, lacy head. The aromas are clear: Almond, ripe cherry and gentle sourness. The aroma and the depth in the beer will get more clear the more it’s allowed to age.
The aroma of this fruit beer is pretty complex, brimming with mustiness, bright acidity, and an appealing fruitiness. As you might wanna expect of a vintage kriek, the flavor abounded with deep, brooding dark cherry, dry almond notes, and some sourness.
This beer is in its largely a true classic. It’s nothing less than a genius brew.
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What Is a Sweet Ale?
Ale is a beer type brewed using a warm fermentation method. This method results in a full-boiled, fruity, and sweet taste. This means that ales, in all general, often are sweeter than other beer types.
But, what is a Sweet Ale? A sweet ale is like other sweet beers. Sweet beer comes out of almost all beer types, also ales. So, sweet ale beer is an ale with less beer taste than other ales and often comes with a fruity taste too.
How Do You Make Beer Taste Sweet?
There are different reasons why some would want to sweeten up their beer. Some simply just want a more sweet beer instead of a more dry beer, and some just sweeten up their beer to balance out the bitterness of the hops.
But, it’s not possible to just add simple sugar to a beer to sweeten it up. While adding simple sugar to the brew, the yeast will just consume the sugar and turn it into alcohol. But there are other ways to sweeten up your beer.
I addition, read this post to get a better understanding: Does Adding Sugar To Beer Make It Stronger?
Here are 3 tips that easily can help to make your beer sweeter:
1. Longer boil
If you boil the brew for a longer time you will cause a chemical reaction. This is called the Maillard reaction and is often confused with caramelization. An intense boil can produce some sweet caramel flavors to the beer.
2. Caramel malt
To make a more sweet beer caramel malt are a saint. But be careful with the use of this malt, it can easily get way too sweet, and nobody wants a disgustingly sweet beer.
3. Unfermentable sugar
The use of unfermentable sugar is also a great solution to make beer sweet. Lactose sugar is one of the most popular sugar for this. It’s also a key ingredient in a milk stout.
Read this article to get knowledge about most sugars used in brewing: The Unrivaled Guide To Understanding Maltose
Of course, there are many other methods to use when sweetening your beer, but these three are easy to perform.
Also read: What Every Home Brewer Needs
Can You Mix Beer And Coke?
You can mix everything, but that doesn’t mean it taste good or even are drinkable. Some really do think that coke tastes good in some specific beers, and I don’t say they’re wrong, I just say to each his own.
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As LU reported Monday, Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC had a hissy fit on air over the description of newly anointed House Speaker Paul Ryan as a “hard worker.” Harris-Perry explained that the phrase is insensitive because it conjures up images of “folks working in cotton fields” (read: slaves) and is, therefore, unacceptable.
The assessment of Ryan was made by outgoing Speaker John Boehner, who is a Republican. But if Harris-Perry is sincere in her umbrage over the use of this term to refer to people who did not arrive on these shores via the Middle Passage, then there are is a liberal in her midst she needs to take to the woodshed. As coincidence would have it, the offender works at MSNBC. The person’s name? Melissa Harris-Perry.
The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple had a piece today cataloging Harris-Perry’s fondness for the phrase “hard work.” She used it, for example, in February in a debriefing by NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders, who was covering a snowstorm that had blanketed sections of Ohio. “At the end of their chilly discussion,” writes Wemple, “Harris-Perry said, ‘Kerry Sanders in Perrysburg, Ohio — doing the hard work today while the rest of us are warm and toasty right here in 30 Rock.'” [Emphasis added]
Sanders, for the record, is not even black, much less descended from slaves.
On May 3, Harris-Perry saluted Baltimore teens who were serving as liaisons to the city’s police force, urging them to “stay safe, stay positive, and keep doing the hard work.” [Emphasis added]
She transgressed again later the same month when she used the phrase hard work not once, not twice, but three times in reference to perceived limitations of Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson:
I think that hard work is necessary but insufficient condition for success. Which is simply to say, must we work hard? Absolutely. But does hard work necessarily lead to success? No. And so I always want to think about the other side. [Emphasis added]
I understand that in Harris-Perry’s world, doing what she says is far more important than doing as she does. In her case, that also includes her insistence that rich folks, like her, should pay their taxes cheerfully so that poor (dare it be said?) hard-working people who depend on government handouts can be sure of collecting their checks. In April, it was revealed that Harris-Perry and her husband owed nearly $70,000 in delinquent taxes.
(h/t: Alex Griswold, Mediaite)
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- MSNBC’s Harris-Perry says securing border equivalent to racial segregation
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For several years I went on float trips on the Buffalo River in Northwest Arkansas. I took groups of church campers, and I know that Girl Scout troops and Boy Scout troops also canoe on the Buffalo. It’s a small river, just 150 miles in length. It was the first river to be designated a National River, and, as such, it is overseen by the National Park Service.
According to Wikipedia, “The National River designation protects natural rivers from industrial uses, impoundments and other obstructions that may change the natural character of the river or disrupt the natural habitat for the flora and fauna that live in or near the river.” I remember some of the political arguments and bickering before it was declared a National River. It is the last free-flowing (undammed) stream in Arkansas.
Yesterday, in Sunday School, we were talking about Girl Scouts, and the recently ended cookie sale, and someone began talking about old camp songs. Someone brought up “Peace I Ask of Thee, O River,” and I was immediately transported back to the Buffalo.
(If I’ve given you an earworm, you can thank me later.)
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Starting in a mountain range in France and running north to the western border of Germany’s Rhine River, the Mosel River Valley is rich in Roman and medieval influences, seen in its many spas, vineyards, and architecture. Sleepy, peaceful villages dot the river, and you’ll witness the “good life” as you sample the fruits of the largest wine growing region in Germany. The Mosel can also claim one of Germany’s best-preserved castles, Burg Eltz, its construction spanning more than 500 years.
The Mosel River is often ranked among the best cycling in Europe. Paved, mostly flat, and very scenic dedicated bicycle paths traverse meadows and pass through historic towns. The cycling season is long: from early spring to late fall. River breezes cool summer heat, and the slate hills lining the valley hold the sun’s warmth during spring and fall. | <urn:uuid:f787de7f-28d8-466e-b611-c47521fed541> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.biketours.com/mosel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.951934 | 194 | 1.820313 | 2 |
The OECD have weighed in on what policy measures are needed to limit the damage of long term unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
I would judge the NDP platform - which includes a significant job creation tax credit and increased EI benefits - to be closest to the OECD prescription.
The OECD note in a pre release of a paper to be published in the next Economic Outlook that outflows from unemployment are low in many countries (notably the US) due to a weak economic recovery, and that the proportion of the unemployed who have been out of work for a long time is rising in most countries.
Perhaps surprisingly, one key finding is that young workers have been much harder hit than older workers, and that it is younger workers who are now most at tisk of chronic long term unemployment. A major concern is that some will find themselves excluded from the job market on a permanent basis, at a major social and economic cost.
While the incidence of long term unemployment in Canada is low in an OECD context, unemployment is high among young workers, and the incidence of long term unemployment has risen well above pre recession levels.
The OECD make three major policy proposals which deserve a wider hearing in the election campaign.
First, temporarily extend unemployment benefits in countries where such systems are weak so as to provide needed income support:
"In the United States, Canada and other countries where unemployment benefit duration has been extended, the case can be made for maintaining the extension until labour market prospects have sufficiently improved to prevent individuals from falling into persistent poverty."
Second, consider providing temporary hiring subsidies:
"Where job prospects remain bleak, the policy focus in the short term should be to continue to boost labour demand so as to increase unemployment outflows. Among the policies that can stimulate labour demand, measures to reduce labour costs through temporary and targeted tax wedge reductions are likely to be most effective. Indeed, such measures have already been put in place in several countries,though not always in a cost-efficient way."
Third, invest in training:
"In parallel to boosting labour demand, and to offset the risks that unemployed workers see their skills eroding to the point of losing attachment to the labour market (through so-called unemployment duration dependence or hysteresis effects), more could be done to improve the matching of workers and jobs, including through measures to strengthen public employment services and training programmes.
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Set difficult due dates to be certain your don’t end up in the ‘it’s not great yet’ period.
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Returns Approaches For Twos:
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Dear Twos, you might be observant, really contemplating rest, and committed to looking after someone. When considering productivity, though, your risk putting aside your projects to assist other people accomplish their tasks. This feedback are rooted in their concern that people won’t love you away from your helper role. Be careful with this, as ignoring work activities in the interests of other individuals can frequently lead to resentment.
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Resist the desire to rush through jobs and undertake newer projects before finishing present projects.
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Enneagram FourWorking Styles, Creative, introspective, moody, emotionally activated
Output Approaches For Fours:
Carry out the efforts even though you don’t feel they.
Build mindful traditions to help push you into an efficient workday.
Initiate playlists for motivation during those day slumps.
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Businesses are concerned about the security of their data and computer systems and are going to remarkable lengths to keep their IT infrastructure, OS, and programs patched and use practices for system security. At the same time, more and more small and medium-sized businesses are switching to a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) rather than traditional telephone service. Why are businesses making the switch to VoIP and how secure is the technology?
The Benefits of VoIP
VoIP is gaining in popularity with business users because:
- It is cheaper than traditional phone service, up to 60% less costly;
- It is portable. When you move your office, the phone system “goes with” since it is not a normal landline and your calls get to the recipient over the internet;
- It is flexible and adds functionality to your phones by integrating with email, eFax, and video conferencing programs;
- It increases the productivity of employees as they can multitask easily with VoIP. Also, funds saved by not using traditional phone service can be allocated elsewhere in your business other than communications. You can use these dollars wherever you want;
- VoIP is easy to install – usually, all you need to do is hook telephones to each computer, get numbers assigned to you by VoIP providers, and you are good to go. In addition, there is no maintenance needed for the system;
- VoIP is scalable. As you add employees you can add additional lines;
- Using VoIP technology lets you combine and store data on a single network which in turn enhances your phone system manageability, productivity, and cost-effectiveness; and
- Frequently, VoIP vendors bundle added features at no charge including things such as voice mail, call forwarding, call waiting and more.
Each of these reasons helps make a business case for VoIP and when these features are combined that case is even stronger.
The Drawbacks of VoIP
With all these great features, there must be a hitch to VoIP phone service. Following are a sampling of what pitfalls you may encounter.
- When you use regular phone services, even if the power goes out, your phones still work. Not so with VoIP. If your electricity goes out, so do your phones and other means of communications that interface with the phone system from your computer. All that is left is cell phone service until the power is restored. Companies whose computer systems are on a backup generator will be able to continue to use VoIP.
- While VoIP has made great strides in connecting properly with 911 services so that your calling location is visible to them, make sure VoIP works with your emergency services provider.
- Just as with emergency service locator systems, VoIP has come a long way in improving voice quality. This is especially true when internet speeds and bandwidth is generous. Often, when voice quality becomes an issue, increasing bandwidth a bit is all that is needed to make things right.
- Security is also important, and since VoIP technology uses your computer system and the internet it may have security issues that you don’t face with a normal landline. This includes:
- Identity and service theft;
- Call tampering;
- Phishing attacks;
- Denial of service attacks;
- Viruses; and
If you are taking proper precautions for keeping your IT system secure, make sure the precautions apply to your VoIP system too. Many businesses are discovering that it is easier and cheaper to use a managed services provider to help with security issues.
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Did you ever think it would be fun to dive in a city dump? I, for one, never thought that would be either a good or fun idea. However, if you dive at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg that is exactly what you are doing. And contrary to any preconceived notions one might have, it is a fun dive.
Glass Beach is located at the north end of the City of Fort Bragg. From 1906 through 1967 Fort Bragg residents simply threw their garbage over the bluff and onto the beach. Three different beaches were consecutively utilized as the city dump. The practice ended in 1967 and the beaches were cleaned up. Organic material had rotted away and most of the metal items were removed. What was left in place were all of the discarded bottles.
Over the decades the bottles were broken and the fragments polished by wave action into half-inch sized little gems. This makes the area a very unique place to dive. Plunge your hands into the coarse beach sand and scoop up a handful of polished glass beads that sparkle in the sunlight. Look down as you snorkel out to your dive site and the ocean bottom appears to be covered in multicolored gemstones. It is like diving in a sea of jewels. The color of the bottles and resulting fragments range from clear, to brown, several shades of green, and the highly prized red glass.
For decades individuals and commercial artists collected glass here and removed a great deal of it. It is now illegal to collect glass from the most northern of the Glass Beach sites within MacKerricher State Park, and the City of Fort Bragg has recently passed a resolution to prohibit glass collection on its beaches.
There are a great many places to enter the water north of Elm Street and within the State Park. The City of Fort Bragg only allows beach access in two places — the beach at the end of Elm Street, and the stairs to the south. Fences keep people from the beach and coastal bluffs to protect nesting birds, rare plants, and archaeological artifacts. Those who hop the fence can be fined.
A series of offshore rocks create an inshore area that is rather protected from the prevailing swell. The bottom here drops off in a series of steps, and in many places there is a line of rocks that marks the boundary of each step. Thus, divers may dive in an area that is 10, 20, or 30 feet deep, and the shallowest areas are the most protected. This makes it a great place to take new divers.
The tops of the shallow rocks are covered with coralline algae, with palm kelp predominating in the 10 to 20 foot depths. In deeper water in summer the ocean’s surface is covered with a thick bed of bull kelp. The bottom consists of large, rocky depressions with a large boulders sprinkled about. You can expect to find a fair number of game fish here, but no trophies. Look for fair sized surfperch, and rockfish. Bigger fish can be found further offshore.
But divers mostly come here for the abalone. Abalones are found throughout the area, from 10 feet out to as deep as you can dive. On our last outing in April we hit a particularly calm day, so we headed out to the inshore edge of the most seaward rocks. The visibility had to be well over 50 feet, rare for the North Coast in spring. The lack of fine sand in the area means Glass Beach often has better visibility than nearby Mendocino County sites.
Abalones are common and of a respectable size. In the 30 to 40 foot range it was easy to get a limit of 9-inch shells, and they were generally in plane sight on the side of boulders. We spent some time exploring the shallows on our way back to the beach, and much to our chagrin, there were just as many large abalones at 10 feet as 40!
Visit Glass Beach for the fine abalone hunting, and enjoy the glass. What once was trash is now treasure. Today visitors are encouraged to take photographs and to leave the glass on the beach.
Skill Level: Beginner or better when conditions are calm.
Location: At the west end of Elm Street on the north side of Fort Bragg.
Access: Park in the paved lot at the end of Elm Street, and walk to numerous entries via paved paths. The offshore reefs are best dived from a boat launched from Noyo Harbor.
Facilities: Toilets at the parking area, everything else you need is a short drive to town.
Entry and Exit: Dive from one of the many beaches to the north or south of the parking lot.
Depth Range: 10 to 60 feet.
Conditions: Highly variable.
Visibility: 10 to 60 feet.
Photography: Good macro photography even on days when the visibility to poor. Great wide-angle photography when the visibility is better.
Hunting: Great hunting for 8.5- to 9-inch abalone. Fair spearfishing for rockfish, lingcod and surf perch.
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I just spent time with a newer friend–I’m finding out so much about her that I hadn’t known before.
She’s a giver.
She helps so many charities– homeless shelters, foster children and more.
It’s funny, I just gave a little of my time with a warm heart. She wanted to start writing a blog, that was something I could contribute. Someone, about 4 years ago, did that for me so I wanted to pay it forward to someone who really wants to write and share some of the amazing things she’s up to. http://saralevymusic.wordpress.com
Maybe I’ve never been a big giver in that regard because I never thought I had enough to give.
When you grow up in a home where everyday there is just enough to get by, a pattern just takes place in the center of you and you just keep living it on into your life.
It took me some years to learn that money and giving are not synonymous–there are many ways in which to give.
Yes, I’m still “just getting by” in the financial sense but that doesn’t have to affect what I can give of myself and my abilities.
Today I gave my time and my little bit of knowledge about what it takes to get started writing a blog. She was an eager participant and it was such a thrill to see her so happy about such a simple thing. Giving Feels Good!
What a lesson I learned today–some people are just so amazing with what they give and when you give you feel almost more fulfilled than the person receiving!
The other day, I parked in Santa Monica and was getting out of my car to go grab an espresso. A homeless woman came up and asked me for money. I said, “I don’t have any money but do you need something else–I’ve got a trunk full of things.”
She looked at my glamorously full trunk and said, “oh, can I have that backpack?
“Absolutely”, I replied– I removed the things I had inside the bag and gave it to her. She was thrilled, her eyes lit up and she was really happy. I was even more happy that I could create that thrill within her being.
It feels good to GIVE!
Group prayer for Sunday:
May all who hunger be fed,
and some be fed by me.
May all who suffer be healed,
and some be healed by me.
May all who fear feel loved,
and some feel loved by me.
Heal my life that I might be
a channel of deliverance
in the lives of others.
And so it is.
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> For the special case where objects don't have 'invalid' states, but
> come fully into existence and stay, in a stack-like way, until they
> die, and where Ada 95's discriminant limitations don't cause
> difficulties, it would, IMHO, be desirable to use constructors rather
> than Create functions.
> is simpler than
> X:Object_Type := Create(params);
> and does not even have the possibility of forgetting the initial
> value assignment, or doing an erroneous later assignment.
Using discriminants to serve the role as parameters to constructors
seems to be inappropriate, unless their values are seen as relevant
throughout the life of the object. If they are only affecting the
initial value of the object, it would seem to be better to use a parameterized
function as initial expression.
If you want to prevent the possibility of forgetting initial
value assignment, you could specify unknown discriminants
in the private type declaration. E.g.:
type Object_Type(<>) is private;
The full type need not have any discriminants at all, but by
doing the private declaration this way, a user of the type outside
the package is required to initialize all object declarations,
because simply "X : Object_Type;" is illegal (Object_Type is an
"indefinite" (view of a) type).
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Ottawa and others provide comfort for Cuban regime
Long before the current protests in Cuba, the Cuban people’s distaste for their dictatorship showed as many shifted from the old revolutionary slogan “Hasta la victoria siempre” (on to victory, always) to “Hasta cuándo?” (how much longer).
The protests are a moment of hope and foreboding. Since the mid-1990s, not one protest movement has replaced a repressive dictatorship with a stable democracy, with the interesting exception of Tunisia. And many high-profile groups, Canadian included if the past is any guide, will jump to the defense of the Cuban regime.
Tyrants of all stripes have learnt their power can endure if they don’t mind massacring their people. Regimes, which once accepted conventional wisdom that violence ferments more opposition, are now unrestrained, bolstered by the success of blood suppression in Myanmar, Syria, Belarus, Venezuela, Iran and others.
The Internet was shut in Cuba, but reports of regime brutality have emerged. President Miguel Diaz-Canel has none-too-subtly demanded violence against protesters, asking “all the revolutionaries of the country, all the communists, to take to the streets.” Former vice-president Ramiro Valdes called protestors “delinquents in the service of empire, carrying out the instructions given by their owners.”
Ottawa has taken a “good people on both sides” approach. Global Affairs Canada, the federal department responsible for foreign relations, released a statement encouraging “all parties involved in the crisis to engage in peaceful and inclusive dialogue." No condemnation of violent suppression and decades of dictatorship. This is a pattern. When Fidel Castro died in 2016, Prime Minister Trudeau hailed him as a “legendary revolutionary and orator” and praised his “significant improvements to the education and health care of his island nation.” Again, no mention of human rights.
In contrast, U.S. President Joe Biden announced his support for people of Cuba. “We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from… decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba’s authoritarian regime.”
Canadians have been too ready to side with authoritarian regimes. Just a couple years ago, a slew of activist groups and Canada’s biggest unions including the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress rose up to defend the “duly elected” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Never mind that Maduro was not “duly elected,” was murdering, imprisoning and torturing protesters, and that his kleptomaniac regime created famine, medical shortages and one of the world’s greatest refugee and humanitarian crisis as millions fled his dictatorship. Corrupt elites pocketed billions while people starved. The daughter of former dictator Hugo Chavez, for example, is worth more than $2 billion and Marduro’s relatives are famous for foreign luxury spending sprees.
If Canada’s activists and unions can support the murderous corrupt Marduro, what’s not to like about the successors of Fidel Castro? Many of the same unions and activist groups, including former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy, bizarrely demanded Cuba receive the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for its COVID aid to poor nations, which “eclipses all other front-line efforts from industrialized nations,” according to the Council of Canadians.
Again, never mind that the ruling elite used Cuban medical squads for profit and hard currency, that at home Cubans suffer severe shortages of food and common drugs, and that the neglect of COVID in Cuba—better to get international recognition and dollars than protect Cubans and feed them—led to the deadly surge now gripping the island.
The Cuban dictatorship, other authoritarian regimes and their western friends will blame the U.S. embargo for food and medicine shortages, though both are mostly exempt from the embargo. Besides, if global capitalism enslaves and impoverishes, Cubans should be prosperous, free and celebrating the embargo.
Instead, the Cuban regime impoverishes and enslaves Cubans. The island is one of the most fertile places on Earth. The word “Cuba” likely comes from the Spanish “cubao” meaning “fertile land.” But the regime can’t feed its own people, importing two-thirds of the food supply.
Brutal times may lie ahead for the people of Cuba. Castro apologists will provide excuses and support the regime. But those who recognize freedom will stand with the people of Cuba (and Venezuela) and demand democratic governments do the same and provide whatever support they can.
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Ranked: The Best and Worst Pension Plans, by Country
The global population is aging—by 2050, one in six people will be over the age of 65.
As our aging population nears retirement and gets closer to cashing in their pensions, countries need to ensure their pension systems can withstand the extra strain.
This graphic uses data from the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) to showcase which countries are best equipped to support their older citizens, and which ones aren’t.
First published: August 1, 2020 (link)
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Data source: Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2019
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Fewer than 30 prosecutions for fly-tipping have been made in Cardiff despite tens of thousands of reports being made over the past seven years.
A total of 43,529 reports of fly-tipping have been made to Cardiff council from April 2012 to December 2018 - but there have only been 29 prosecutions for the offence in that time.
The council has only made six prosecutions since April 2014 - during which time there have been 27,951 reported fly-tipping incidents.
Figures also reveal there were no prosecutions at all for two years between 2015-16 and 2016-17 - when 14,207 fly tipping incidents were reported.
Cardiff is not the only city in which most fly-tippers escape prosecution - in Bristol there were 8,206 incidents of fly-tipping recorded in 2017-18 but the council didn’t prosecute a single person over the course of the year.
In Manchester, there were 17,497 reported cases of fly-tipping in the city in 2017-18 and there were 275 prosecutions.
But Cardiff council says it prefers to use fines rather than prosecuting fly-tippers through courts as this "can be very expensive and often the penalty given by the court does not justify the cost incurred".
Since the powers were adopted in August 2018, 182 fixed penalty notices of £400 have been issued to fly-tippers.
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The council also says 19% of fly-tipping incidents reported to the council end up to be false alarms when enforcement officers visit.
A spokesman for Cardiff council said: “Fly-tipping is completely unnecessary - it damages the environment and costs the taxpayer a significant amount of money each year.
“The council’s preferred option when dealing with small-scale fly-tipping, is the use of fixed penalty notices rather than prosecuting through the court. Taking these matters to court can be very expensive and often the penalty given by the court does not justify the cost incurred.
"If you are paying for someone to remove waste from your home, ensure that they are registered to do so, or you could end up in court.
“Every business has a duty of care to dispose of their waste responsibly. Every business carrying waste has to be licensed by Natural Resources of Wales and has to carry a Waste Transfer Notice to show where the waste is being taken from and which licensed facility the waste is being brought to. We frequently carry out patrols with partner organisations and stop and request documentation from people carrying waste in their vehicle and this will continue.
“The council does have a number of infrared cameras which are used in fly-tipping hot spots across the city.
“The message to those who continue to ruin the environment that we all live in is, stop, if you get caught you will either received a fixed penalty notice or face court action with a possible fine of up to £50 000 or six months' imprisonment depending on the severity of the case.
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