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As reported by Billboard, the program will be held for residents of the Marcy Houses project in Brooklyn, New York, where Hov was born and raised. The two are funding the educational initiative, which promises "to provide education and empower the community with knowledge" on the world of cryptocurrency and other financial investments. All residents of the Marcy Houses complex will be able to get involved completely for free, and there’s plans to bring the initiative to other neighborhoods in the future.
The project is being supported by Dorsey’s bitcoin-focused company Block and the Shawn Carter Foundation in collaboration with Crypto Blockchain Plug and Black Bitcoin Billionaire.
The program will offer both online and in-person courses two times a week for 12 weeks, starting as soon as June 22. Classes will focus on all the ins and outs of cryptocurrencies, what the blockchain actually is, and how to avoid scams.
“The Shawn Carter Foundation has always been about providing educational access and opening doors of opportunity to underserved communities,” said Jay-Z’s mother Gloria Carter, who serves as the president of the Shawn Carter Foundation. “No one should be left out or behind. We truly appreciate the partnership with Block and Jack Dorsey to bring financial, specifically bitcoin education to the Marcy residents, where I spent many years raising my family. Everyone should be empowered to make informed financial decisions in order to take care of themselves and their families.”
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Mehndi Powder/Herbal Henna as an Effective Hair Care Supplement
Mehndi powder’s botanical name is Lawsonia inermis and is commonly called as Henna. Henna hair powder may contain alkaloids, beta-sitosterol, flavonoids, tannins, xanthones, mannitol and gallic acid due to which it may have used in hair care and conditioning. Major Mehndi powder benefits include in hair health. It may help cleanse the scalp, may prevent dandruff, may control dandruff and may facilitate the healthy natural functioning of hair and scalp. Henna hair powder has been used since centuries for hair care and preventing hair loss. Therefore, Henna hair care is valuable in Ayurveda.
Additionally, due to its astringent, antimicrobial and antibacterial properties, it may also help as an anti-aging herb and may help in some skin infections. Being a cooling agent and possessing anti-inflammatory properties, it may also help heal the wounds. Lastly, it may also help in bringing down the temperature during infections.
Moreover, mehndi powder may help in maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, detoxify the liver, help relieve headaches, and many digestive problems such as ulcers, diarrhea, and cleansing spleen. Mehndi powder may help fighting sleep disorders. Thus, it may be an excellent hair care herb which also imparts a healthy living.
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Without explaining all of what radical honesty is in this post, i will link to a song that clearly describes the idea of sharing your feelings out loud. You can listen HERE.
Kepler and I love to listen to music in the car. I enjoy much of the music he listens to. He enjoys *some* of mine. When I returned from my weekend workshop, I found this brand new song and I shared it with Kepler. We belt out the chorus together, “Say it out loud, say it out clear, say what you want, and what you fear. Speak out when you’re angry, say it out loud. Show the world what you’re all about.”
I have been introducing him to the idea of noticing what he feels in his body when he is feeling an emotion. “Do you feel anything in your tummy? Do you feel anything in your chest?” Yes, he will tell me. Slowly, we are making the connection together that emotion has a physical component.
Slowly he is discovering he doesn’t have to suppress his feelings. I imagine Kepler is an easygoing soul and has learned not to express the difficult feelings he has, meaning anger or fear. He has instead chosen to “shut down,” which is to say, withdraw from the situation in all ways except physically, and even physically at school where he has the option to go to the “quiet room” to recover.
Today Greg asked Kepler and me to come outside and help pick up sticks.
Keppie put on his crocs, which didn’t work well for him, so he went back in to change shoes. Once he got back and resumed picking up the sticks, he got a scratch on his ankle and decided he wanted to go in and put on socks. But Greg said no. Kepler shut down, continued to pick up sticks, but became uncommunicative.
Afterwards, I told him all of his feelings are ok. I also said sometimes we have to do things we don’t want to do. I said sometimes I feel angry when I have to do something I don’t want to do. I said “It is ok to tell dad you are mad at him for not letting you put on socks.” He looked at me for a long minute. “I need some alone time.” After awhile, I got a text from him. “Sorry mom, I’m ok.” And a little while later, “Say it out loud right mom i got it.”
Later, he was getting a snack before he and Greg went to run an errand. Greg said, “You can eat the snack!” Kepler stopped in his tracks. And I reminded him “Say it out loud! Say it out clear!”
And do you know what he said?
“Dad, I was scared when you told me i can eat my snack.”
And Greg replied, “You were scared? What I meant was there is time to eat your snack before we go to the store.” And I could see in Kepler’s face, the emotion was resolved.
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Rabbi James S. Diamond, former executive director of Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, in a traffic accident in Princeton, N.J., where he lived. He was 74.
Diamond was director of Hillel at WUSTL from 1972 until 1995, when he left to become director of Princeton University’s Hillel.
Diamond’s tragic death was a blow to many on campus who recall his tenure as director of St. Louis Hillel at WUSTL.
According to police reports in several New Jersey newspapers, Diamond was killed when a speeding driver lost control and struck a parked car that then slammed into the car Diamond was entering. The impact threw him from the area of the crash, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The speeding driver was charged with assault by auto.
During his time at WUSTL, Diamond also was an adjunct professor in Asian and Near Eastern language and literature, and Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern studies. In 1995, he moved to New Jersey to be director of the Center for Jewish Life-Hillel at Princeton. He retired in 2003, but continued to teach at Princeton.
Nancy Berg, PhD, professor of modern Hebrew language and literature and of comparative literature, both in Arts & Sciences, remembers Diamond’s influence at WUSTL.
“Jim Diamond was a huge presence on campus,” Berg said. “As director of Hillel, he contributed greatly to student life, and not just the Jewish students. Administrators also relied on his moral compass and good judgment.
“Under his direction, Hillel began many of the interfaith programs that are continued today. He developed strong connections with faculty, offering the entire community a significant added intellectual dimension. This was no doubt due to his own intellectual strength. His adjunct status belies the important position he held. His scholarship, including his two seminal monographs, is very highly regarded.”
Jacqueline Levey, president and CEO of St. Louis Hillel, was a WUSTL undergraduate when Diamond was executive director.
“Rabbi Diamond was always so warm and engaging, and I remember his smile,” she said. “‘Rebbe D,’ as he was often referred to, was a pillar of our Hillel and the St. Louis Jewish community. He was a beloved rabbi, teacher and friend to many, and he inspired generations of students to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life and learning.
“As a learned scholar and teacher, Rabbi Diamond not only enriched the lives of his students, but he also enriched our faculty and staff community. I often hear stories of Talmud study and Jewish learning sessions he convened for faculty.
“He embodied the Jewish values and ideals that he taught, and we will ensure that his legacy and his commitment to Jewish learning live on through our work at Hillel.”
Henry Berger, PhD, professor emeritus of history, recalled working with Diamond in the Jewish Studies program.
“I was a close friend and academic colleague,” Berger said. “He was an important founder of and participant in the Jewish Studies program. He was a key adviser to me when I chaired the program and when we expanded it to become Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies, a model of its kind in the United States.
“Jim was my rabbi in every sense of the word,” Berger said. “I learned much from him, not least that it is possible, and indeed necessary, as a Jew, to act on behalf of social justice, intellectual freedom and political liberation. For him, it was not a matter of who you are, but what you choose to do with it. We shall miss him terribly.”
Chancellor William H. Danforth, whose tenure as chancellor overlapped with Diamond’s time at St. Louis Hillel, also noted how well Diamond worked with students.
“Rabbi Jim Diamond was a wonderful person,” Danforth said. “I have vivid memories of him dealing with Jewish and non-Jewish students, helping them understand themselves and each other. He made Washington University a better place.”
St. Louis Hillel has created a memorial page on facebook: www.facebook.com/RabbiJimSDiamondStlHillelMemorialPage?ref=ts&fref=ts.
St. Louis Hillel also hopes to coordinate a memorial or other tribute to honor Diamond’s legacy. “We welcome the involvement of anyone who would like to participate in the planning,” Levey said.
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, and ordained in 1963 by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Diamond began his career as a Hillel rabbi in 1968 at Indiana University. Rabbi Diamond held a doctorate in comparative literature from Indiana University, and was the author of many books. At the time of his death, he was working on a translation of the works of S.Y. Agnon.
Among the survivors are his wife of 52 years, Judith Litman Diamond; two daughters, Shifra Diamond of New York and Gila Shusterman of Chevy Chase, Md.; a son, Etan Diamond of Efrat, Israel; a sister, Beth Goodman of Montreal and the Bahamas; a brother, Gary Diamond of Toronto and six grandchildren.
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Disability Sports Australia (DSA) helps people of all ages and abilities become “more active, more often” via inclusive sports. One of its key efforts towards achieving this is offering over 52 types of disability sport and recreation activities through several programs. Activate Inclusion Sports Days is one.
To find out more about the events program and how people can get involved, Blue Badge Insurance spoke to the CEO of Disability Sports Australia, Murray Elbourn. He spoke to us on the eve of Disability Sports Australia’s inaugural national sports conference.
All for kids – Variety Activate Inclusion Sports Days
Disability Sports Australia runs a year-round events program for kids between the ages of 5-18 years. Variety Activate Inclusion Sports Days (AISD) are one-off days where children can easily try out various different adapted and inclusive sports.
“Activate Inclusion Sports Days are fully adapted and inclusive. The really exciting part is the confidence that builds through participation. One of the goals is to connect kids outside of school, in their communities. To get them out of their home, where they can meet new people, and they can feel part of a group setting and social environment.”
– Murray Elbourn
To make the AISD sessions as accessible as possible, Disability Sports Australia holds these events around the country at local community recreation centres. There are lots of disability sport and recreation options catering to different levels of physical, sensory and learning capabilities.
2022 Activate Inclusion Sports Days (third term)
To get involved – or get your child involved in disability sport and recreation, simply register for an upcoming event near you. Here’s a list of Activate Inclusion Sports Days planned for quarter three of 2022:
|Marion||Tuesday, 2nd August||Marion Fitness and Leisure Centre|
|Victor Harbor||Wednesday, 3rd August||Victor Harbour High School|
|Onkaparinga||Thursday, 4th August||Noarlunga Centre|
|Blacktown||Friday, 12th August||Blacktown Leisure Centre|
|Wollongong||Wednesday, 17th August||Beaton Park|
|Cumberland||Thursday, 18th August||Netball Central|
|Central Coast||Wednesday, 24th, August||Peninsula Leisure Centre|
|Penrith||Penrith, 26th August||Penrith Valley Sports Stadium|
|Whyalla||Wednesday, 31st August||TBC|
|Port Augusta||Friday, 1st September||Central Oval|
|Ryde/Lane Cove||Friday, 9th September||Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre|
Watch this video for a glimpse into one of the Variety Activate Inclusion Sports Days:
Breaking down barriers by focusing on ability
The DSA’s disability sport and recreation options for children are designed around inclusivity. The result is they cater to those with and without specific disabilities.
Goalball for example, is a Paralympic sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. From 2011 to 2017 Murray was national head coach of Youth Goalball. Around this same period, he was also chairman of NSW Goalball Association. He tells of how at that time the sport had nearly 8,000 participants with different abilities (not all sight-related).
Sometimes during practice sessions, team players and coaches play blindfolded. The result is newfound respect for vision-impaired players. This is practiced during AISD sessions in schools too and can be a real eye-opener.
“The good part about it is that kids learn about disabilities without that actually being the focus. Really they’re learning to consider a diverse range of human needs. I’d put the blindfold on them and they’d play the game and essentially they would know what it would be to be blind.”
– Murray Elbourn
Murray describes how sports is not an end in and of itself. Rather it’s a vehicle for inspiring self-esteem and empathy. Watch this video showcasing goalball gold medal matches at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games:
Strong focus on understanding diversity
The Activate Inclusion Sports Days program places a strong emphasis on understanding how different everybody’s experience is.
Murray says, “For example, we look at what is physical disability? What is intellectual disability? What is sensory disability? Then we talk about how for instance, if someone has blindness or low vision, there are hundreds of different eye conditions. People see so differently and can also be vision impaired differently.”
What’s important in these programs is that the emphasis is on how unique each person is. The notion of disabilities is about refining specifics in terms of diversity, but at a basic level, every individual is just that and that is worthy of respect.
Continuing with the example of vision impairment, Murray says, “If, for example, someone has blurred vision, the extent of blurred vision or how they see from different parts of their eyes, peripherally to centrally, changes significantly.”
Ultimately, we all see differently and that analogy can be extended to all disabilities in terms of seeing the person first. And being respectful.
“So it’s really important to be able to have a conversation with somebody. Treat people as people first and understand each person’s individual form of disability rather than just a one shoe fits all approach. We have great ambassadors that tell their stories as well. Like Luis Rivera, for example, who tells her story about how she started in wheelchair sport and how it’s changed her life,” shares Murray.
Invisible disabilities are so much a part of this
Once someone has that personal approach they understand from their own perspective that everybody is unique. There are four and a half million people in Australia with a disability and many of these, and others, also live with ‘invisible disabilities’.
Murray says, “80% have invisible disabilities. If you walk past them in the street, you wouldn’t know it. A lot of people think, well, if you don’t use a white cane or you don’t have a guide dog, or you’re not in a wheelchair, or you don’t have cerebral palsy and I can see it, then you don’t have a disability.”
He continues, “So we need to, again, just take away those myths that exist and teach people about what disability is holistically. This understanding enables them to work with people with disabilities. Once you take that fear factor away and open up the conversation, you make it a normal everyday conversation with the person. Then you start to get to a place where we want everybody to be.”
“People, I think, are fearful about not being politically correct in that environment. And so through the Activate Inclusion Sports Days we talk about the language and the terms that people with disabilities prefer. And we talk about the environment that should be in place in a sporting club, recreation centre or independent provider’s gym space.”
“We talk about equipment adaption and gameplay adaption for different types of disability sport and recreation and also have a great system called the Lexi system. This explains Paralympic classifications of different disability types.”
It is this sharing of information that will continue opening so many doors for so many younger Australians living with disability.
Taking the Activate Inclusion Sports Days further
If children are interested in continuing with a particular inclusive sport after trying it out, DSA facilitates this process.
DSA has a wide network of inclusive sport and recreation providers that can be found on its National Referral Hub. Although the National Referral Hub is already the country’s largest major network of such providers, DSA continues to facilitate growth here.
Murray says, “We’re focused on building participants’ confidence and capacity, but also increasing their health.”
Teaching school teachers to coach disability sport and recreation
Sport Australia is a key partner of DSA and together they are going to be introducing a national program that involves teacher education within schools.
This means that school coaches will be better equipped to coach more inclusive sports. It also means these disability sport and recreation activities will take place within school hours and within the school curriculum.
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California's vibrant state capital—and its neighboring Yolo County—are in the heart of one of America's most fertile agricultural regions. Over the past two decades, Sacramento has established itself as the country’s "Farm-to-Fork Capital," with a growing culinary scene (including a shiny new Michelin star) worth traveling for. If you’re a die-hard foodie, put Sacramento on your travel list—here are four reasons why.
1. Try the freshest produce, at the source
Sacramento is at the center of the farm-to-table agricultural and culinary movement, which focuses on the seasonality and locality of produce to ensure that every ingredient served up is fresh, organic, and naturally grown. Restaurants around the world have begun to take on farm-to-table practices in some form, but Sacramento is leading the charge thanks to its exceptional natural bounty and local champions.
Visit Sacramento’s annual Farm-to-Fork Festival in September has become one of the premier food events in the country and showcases the incredible food and agriculture of Northern California. Expect live music, cooking demonstrations, regional wines and craft beers, and delicious local cuisine—served at a communal feast across the city’s iconic Tower Bridge.
2. Dine sustainably with Mulvaney’s B&L
Mulvaney’s B&L restaurant goes beyond exceptional dining. Chef Patrick Mulvaney and his wife Bobbin have made it their mission to champion the important roles of agriculture and the culinary scene in public health policy. Each week, his restaurant team visits one of the farmers' markets around Sacramento to assess the ingredients that are in season and then develops a menu accordingly. In summer, these markets can take place up to six times a week in multiple locations around the city. Patrick works directly with primacy producers to source almost everything that is plated or poured, including international ingredients, such as their Central American coffee, which comes from a small, family-owned farm frequently visited by the chef himself. The result? A sustainable menu full of flavor and finesse, ranging from potato gnocchi with buttery Yosemite mushrooms to seared sea scallops and Tasso ham.
3. Eat at affordable Michelin-approved restaurants
It was announced in late May that three Sacramento restaurants—Canon, Frank Fat’s and Mother—earned Michelin Bib Gourmand awards. While Michelin stars are largely associated with fine dining, the Bib Gourmand ensures that restaurants in all price ranges can be recognized for quality. Inspectors judge on five criteria: quality of the ingredients used, mastery of flavor and cooking techniques, the personality of the chef in his or her cuisine, value for money, and consistency between visits.
4. Taste your way through Yolo County
Affectionately known as the farm to Sacramento's fork, Yolo County neighbors Sacramento and is home to the original farms that sparked the organic movement back in the '70s. Yolo has a craft beer trail, boutique wineries, dozens of farm-to-table experiences, and some of the highest quality olive oil in the country. Fun fact: Yolo County is also the largest producer of short grain rice outside of Japan. Check out The Woodland Dinner on Main—an annual event in the fall that brings hundreds of people together to dine communally, pioneered by Juan Barajas, executive chef and owner of the Savory Café in Woodland. (Tickets for 2019 are sold out.) | <urn:uuid:25e93b7a-0dc3-488b-812a-960beb411b73> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.visitcalifornia.com/now/four-reasons-try-farm-fork-dining-sacramento/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.948842 | 724 | 1.625 | 2 |
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In late February, members of the Bishop, Big Pine, Lone Pine, and Mono Lake Paiute Tribes traveled from the Owens Valley area to visit UC Berkeley, and met with the UC Berkeley Food Security team. The now-arid Owens Valley lies north and east of Los Angeles. The Owens River and the Valley’s groundwater supply were decimated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to enable the expansion of Los Angeles beginning in the early 20th century.
Since 2011, Bishop Paiute tribal elder and water activist Harry Williams has collaborated with Berkeley professor Pat Steenland and the students in her “Researching Water in the West” American Cultures class. Fruits of this partnership have included survey documents (rediscovered by former undergraduate Jenna Cavelle in UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library archives) showing the location of ancient Paiute irrigation channels in the Owens Valley, transcription of handwritten records of Tribal cultural knowledge compiled in the 1930s, and the making of Paya: The Water Story of the Owens Valley Paiute, a moving documentary on the theft of Owens Valley water and the Tribes’ ongoing efforts to reclaim their water rights, directed by Cavelle. Paiute from the Owens Valley make annual visits to UC Berkeley. This year, Harry Williams was joined by Charlotte Lange, Chairperson of the Mono Lake Paiute Tribe; Kathy Bancroft, environmental monitor of Owens Dry Lake and Tribal Heritage Preservation Officer (THPO) for the Lone Pine Paiute Tribe; and Bill Helmer, retired THPO for the Big Pine Paiute Tribe.
The Owens Valley folks toured the University and Jepson Herbaria, and shared their efforts to reestablish Tribal sovereignty over their ancestral water and land. The Big Pine Paiute have a farmer’s market and demonstration garden as part of their Sustainable Food System Development Project, and the Bishop Paiute have an elders’ aquaponics greenhouse and community garden as part of their Food Sovereignty Program. They were interested to hear about the process and results of our collaborative Food Security research with the Karuk, Yurok and Klamath Tribes.
“Sharing what we and our partners have learned in the Klamath is one important way to support Tribal food security everywhere,” said the Klamath Basin Tribal Food Security Project’s Jennifer Sowerwine. “We look forward to more opportunities to exchange information with the Owens Valley and Mono Lake Paiute tribal communities.” | <urn:uuid:8e1cb3ea-0c18-41c5-8b83-cae3c2ebc2ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nature.berkeley.edu/karuk-collaborative/?p=839 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.938878 | 512 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Now we are getting to our final React application. It’s going to be a shopping cart. This application should also have at least two routes to give you a chance to make some use of your newly acquired react-router-dom skills.
- Create a new project with
create-react-appand get rid of the boilerplate as in the previous projects.
- Think about the component and the folder structure. How could you set up your application? Which components or functionalities do you need?
- You should have at least two pages (a homepage and a shop page, which includes your shopping cart). Let a user navigate between the pages with a navigation bar, which will be shown on both routes.
- To your homepage, you can add whatever you’d like! A few images or information will be totally fine; it doesn’t have to be something fancy. The main goal of the project is to focus on setting up the shopping cart. The homepage is there to practice routing using
- On your shopping cart route, a user should see a sticky bar (it can be just a top section as well), which displays the number of items currently in the cart. You should also have a button next to it where you can go to the cart to checkout and pay (however we are not going to implement this logic here).
- Build individual card items for each of your products. Display an input field on it, which lets a user manually type in how many items they want to buy. Also, add an increment and decrement button next to it for fine-tuning. You can also display a title for each product as well as an “Add To Cart” button.
- Once a user has submitted their order, the amount on the cart itself should adjust.
- Make sure to test your app thoroughly using the React Testing Library. Take care that you don’t directly test
react-router-dom, since it is an external library and the developers working on it must have tested the library already.
- As usual, style your application so you can show it off!
- Lastly, push the project to GitHub! Follow this link for instructions on how to deploy React applications with client-side routing to Github Pages. Be aware that the page will stay blank, unless you provide a basename to the
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The Maps and Data area of this site powers most of the repository and spatial data management for the Cape York NRM Atlas. All significant works or "knowledge objects" are referenced as resources on this site.
A resource can carry the actual object (as with a PDF, geoJSON, or CSV file), or it can simply be a reference to an online facility or external resource. The description and tagging used for each object form a search index that can be explored using normal and advanced search strategies.
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Global Real-time Flood Monitoring & Warning Market Overview:
Flooding is a major problem in practically every country on the planet. Ultrasonic sensors are used to monitor floods. Local government units' disaster response and risk reduction teams can broadcast information to the public, and flood monitoring is equipped with a monitoring system. The application server is a web-based system with a PHP and JAVA web application and a MySQL relational database. Using a web browser or a WAP application, users can check real-time water conditions as well as water forecasting directly from the web. The created system has demonstrated that modern sensors may be utilised to monitor real-time water parameters remotely.
- Growing need of monitor floods on a real-time basis to decrease economic losses
- Due to increasing in temperature and growing pollution effects to global warming
- Awareness of flood increases
- Improper functioning of sensors during disasters
The global market is highly competitive and consists of a limited number of providers who compete with each other. The intense competition, changing consumer spending patterns, demographic trends, and frequent changes in consumer preferences pose significant opportunities for market growth.
Some of the key players profiled in the report are ALS Limited (Australia), ARTERIA TECHNOLOGIES (India), Campbell Scientific, Inc. (United States), ENVIRA IOT (Asturias), Fondriest Environmental, Inc. (United States), Hanwell Inc. (United States), High Sierra Electronics, Inc. (United States), Sutron Corp. (United States), Telegrafia a.s. (Lomena) and Valarm (California). Analyst at AMA Research see United States Players to retain maximum share of Global Real-time Flood Monitoring & Warning market by 2026. Considering Market by Component , the sub-segment i.e. Hardware will boost the Real-time Flood Monitoring & Warning market. Considering Market by Industry Vertical, the sub-segment i.e. Government will boost the Real-time Flood Monitoring & Warning market. Considering Market by Access, the sub-segment i.e. Web Browser (Internet) will boost the Real-time Flood Monitoring & Warning market.
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Research Methodology:The top-down and bottom-up approaches are used to estimate and validate the size of the Global Real-time Flood Monitoring & Warning market.
In order to reach an exhaustive list of functional and relevant players various industry classification standards are closely followed such as NAICS, ICB, SIC to penetrate deep in important geographies by players and a thorough validation test is conducted to reach most relevant players for survey in Real-time Flood Monitoring & Warning market.
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Finally the questionnaire is set and specifically designed to address all the necessities for primary data collection after getting prior appointment by targeting key target audience that includes Venture Capitalists, Government Bodies, Corporate Entities, Government and Private Research Organizations and Others.
This helps us to gather the data related to players revenue, operating cycle and expense, profit along with product or service growth etc.
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Purpose: The cost of cancer therapies continues to increase, raising concerns of distributive justice and sustainability of our health-care system. We propose a simple set of cost effectiveness calculations using the concept of number needed to treat (NNT) to frame this debate in objective terms for practicing physicians and policy makers. We then apply this strategy to all monoclonal antibodies approved for adult hematology/oncology indications as of July 2015. Methods: Monoclonal antibodies were identified from the “FDA Approved Drug Products”. Approved hematology/oncology indications for each antibody were extracted from package inserts. All comparative studies used to support each drug's approval for each indication were analyzed. Overall survival (OS) was our preferred outcome measure. If OS data was not collected, the primary endpoint used in the trial was substituted. Average Wholesale Price was used to calculate the cost. Number Needed to Treat (NNT), “Incremental Cost” and “Cost Index” were calculated for each antibody and each disease indication. Results: Forty-eight unique monoclonal antibodies were identified. Sixteen met inclusion/exclusion criteria. Forty-seven trials provided relevant comparative data. We report Overall Survival (OS), Progression Free Survival, and alternative endpoints for each trial. In aggregate, mean NNT for an OS advantage was 12 (range 5–25), mean “Incremental Cost” per improved OS was $788,876 (range $164,399-$2,469,012), and mean “Cost Index” per improved OS was $51,382/month (range $3245 - $205,751). Drug efficacy did not correlate with drug pricing. Conclusion: The “common currency” of NNT provides a concise, clinically relevant approach for framing the debate between individual benefit and public health priorities. Some monoclonal antibodies for some hematology/oncology indications may not meet reasonable thresholds for widespread use.
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Seeing Boris Johnson’s face on our TV screens as he says, ‘stay alert, control the virus, save lives’ has become a common occurrence for any UK household. He’s told us to stay home and stop attending non-essential work. He’s told us that a vaccine (thank God) is doing the rounds. He’s told pubs, schools, and various businesses to close.
But what he’s failed to address time and time again has been university students.
On Monday 4 January, Boris declared that the UK was going into a third lockdown, which meant schools and colleges were to close once again. He said, reassuringly, that the government would devise a plan to support students due to take their GCSE and A-level exams this summer. After all, these have been challenging times that have made learning all the more harder and many students have had extra stresses on top of their exams to handle.
But what about university exams? Was there any mention of those? Of course not. Uni students have tests and assessments to worry about too – in fact, many had exams the same week the third lockdown was announced, and will continue to throughout the year. But, according to Boris, this didn’t matter.
Boris also failed to address whether students were or weren’t allowed to return to university, despite the new semester commencing the same day as his announcement, despite the fact that many are still paying rent for their accommodation, and despite the fact that some students were already at uni and consequently were left unsure about whether they had now trapped themselves in their empty student halls. Nothing was clear, as Boris’ scripted, pre-planned announcement lacked the effort to acknowledge the existence of universities.
There’s around 2.38 million university students in the UK. That’s a lot of people who need clear guidelines, who need support, and who are typically being left with far more questions than answers.
Since Boris’ announcement regarding Lockdown 3, students have managed to find out that they aren’t allowed back to university until mid-February (at the earliest) unless they’re studying an ‘essential’ course which requires face-to-face learning, like medicine. All other courses are completely online. Obviously, there is a valid reason for this – to keep people safe. That’s understandable. The frustrating part, however, is that Boris never actually said this, but rather left students to work it out themselves by joining the dots from various sources.
“I was quite lost after Boris’ lockdown speech, to be honest,” says Scott, a geography student in Leeds. “He talked about school and college but he didn’t say anything about uni students. I was thinking, is that because the same rules apply to us, or has he just completely ignored us again? I know it doesn’t seem like a big deal, but when you’re left to find out what’s going through social media posts, and word of mouth from other students, and confused emails from lecturers, it can be chaotic. … I found some guidelines (about university students) written on the government website in the end. It was actually quite hard to find as it was buried pages down and not really mentioned beforehand. … There’s no communication.”
While schools and colleges have been at the forefront of many of Boris’ speeches and plans, universities seemed to have been brushed under the carpet, and not even worth a second of acknowledgement in comparison. Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, told The Edinburgh Reporter: “Students and universities have been left in the dark once again about the start of the new term. [The government] should have advised without delay that in person teaching won’t start until after February.” He added that students deserved clarity “about what their studies will look like for the forthcoming year.”
Passing the blame
Perhaps this all sounds a little dramatic. Poor students being forgotten. It must really sting not being the centre of attention. But we have to remember that these people were told to come to uni, despite the pandemic, and this is the service they’ve been given. Many students felt pressured into accepting courses due to “panic offers” being dished out, alongside warnings that there wouldn’t be a place for them if they deferred instead, as unis feared they would lose applicants (and masses of money) due to the pandemic.
Students were encouraged to come uni despite worries, and this is the reassurance they get: a fistful of neglect and little to no support. And they’re paying £9,250 a year, plus rent, for this service. We know the government has a lot of people to deal with – key workers, those on furlough, scientists, free-school-mealers – as well as students. It must be hard work. But this ignorance has happened again and again and again, and really, what is the reason for this?
According to The Tab, Boris has never mentioned uni students in his televised nation-wide announcements. If we include other speeches and press conferences he’s held about Covid-19, he’s only mentioned students 10 times across this entire pandemic. Before July, he’d only mentioned them once.
And let’s be honest, these 10 times haven’t all been that complimentary. The government has constantly blamed the spread of Covid-19 on students. Yes, the spike was partly inevitable due to students moving across the country to join the universities that they were encouraged to take their places at. But factors like more people returning to work and the Eat Out to Help Out scheme also contributed to a rise in cases. Of course, there are students who have been reckless, disobedient, and have helped to spread the virus – without a doubt – but there’s lots of non-students who have too, and to brand the millions of UK students all as the problem is rather unfair.
This is also rather disrespectful when we consider all the good things students have done throughout lockdown. For instance, thousands of nursing and midwifery students joined the NHS frontline for their final student placement, to help support the surge of Covid-19 patients in UK hospitals. Yes, you could argue that this is what these students signed up for – to help in scenarios like this – but it’s still a brave thing for an unqualified student to dive into nonetheless. And what thanks did they get? The government cut their placements (and pay) shorter than the 6-month period they had originally advertised their placements to be. This poor communication sparked yet another case of abandonment of students by the UK government.
A mental health crisis
Maybe this all sounds a little melodramatic. Perhaps you’re shaking your head, thinking, you’ve got it all wrong. The government is trying their absolute hardest – they can’t solve every problem at once. Maybe that’s true. But one thing I will say, however, is no matter how ‘understandably’ rocky you might say the whole student situation has been, there is a point where enough is enough. By looking at the mental health crisis spreading throughout the UK’s uni population, it seems we have reached this point.
According to the mental health charity Mind, 73% of students say their mental health has declined during lockdown. On top of that, at least one university student has died every week since the start of term in September 2020. Not all of these deaths are Covid-19 related, but many have sadly been suicides as mental health has deteriorated during the pandemic. Surely, with matters this serious, the neglect students are facing cannot be helping.
Various students have criticised the mental health support available at their universities. The University of Exeter, for instance, has had students claiming, “it took [the uni] over a month to provide me with help after my suicide attempt” while others never heard back from them at all. It’s also worth noting that Exeter University actually reduced its staff for mental health support during the pandemic. Meanwhile, students in Manchester were caged into their halls with metal fencing, and Lancaster University moved one of their students to a completely empty accommodation block (without any food, a mask, or even a phone charger) after he’d been caught self-harming. I think this paints a pretty clear picture of the neglect students are currently facing. It may not be all of them, but it’s enough for us to spot a serious pattern.
While this matter isn’t necessarily the government’s fault, and points more directly to the universities themselves, the case is still clear: when we put students and Covid-19 together, there is a common theme of abandonment. This cannot be ignored.
And actually, when we look at all the cuts the NHS has received from the Conservatives over the past decade, it’s no wonder there’s a lack of mental health support out there for many. In December, some universities addressed this issue as they called for the government to put more funding into student mental health services.
It’s true that university students are not the only people suffering during the pandemic. They are by no means the only people who have it hard. Others have lost jobs, lost loved ones, and are feeling equally hopeless. But this isn’t a competition. One person’s suffering is not a reason to ignore somebody else’s. Abandoning students is not a solution – if anything, it just becomes another problem among the chaos.
This is without going into other topics like the rent many students are having to pay for student halls they can’t even access. The £9,250 a year student fees they’re paying for a course which is being taught online, using dodgy wifi and recycled PowerPoints, without access to the facilities they’re paying for. Inevitably, this is affecting the quality of learning and support many students are receiving. “I’m having to teach myself everything,” says Nithini, a graphic design student in Southampton.
With this in mind, you’d appreciate the government at least acknowledging them. And if the very people managing this country – who are supposed to provide support, guidance and leadership – won’t pay attention to students, who will?
These are difficult times for everyone. But these are no longer unprecedented times for universities. Covid-19 was discovered over a year ago. Yes, a lot has changed since then, but let’s be real: this pandemic feels ancient. And we all knew the university term was restarting after Christmas. So why the chaos? Why the confusion? Why the abandonment? | <urn:uuid:6727820f-0483-4213-acff-229d216e168f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.voicemag.uk/index.php/blog/8450/university-students-have-been-abandoned-during-covid-19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.978911 | 2,284 | 1.695313 | 2 |
What’s Eating Frances Coppola?
“I am generally a little bit libertarian in some respects, so I don’t have a problem with bitcoin existing. I have a problem with bitcoiners trying to cease the moral high ground. Something can exist just as a thing, as a product, as a good, if people want to invest in it, that’s their choice. I’m not going to interfere with that.” Frances Coppola, What Bitcoin Did, 15 January, 2021 (circa 9:50 minutes).
Frances Coppola’s statement is made in response to a question from Peter McCormack, should bitcoin be banned?
Ms Coppola elaborates further on her faith and her position as a writer and economist by saying she is troubled by bitcoin providing an immutable moral anchor believed so reliable, it can replace the role of God.
Fast forward 29 January 2021:
Economics and Game Theory
Ms Coppola makes a point about an economy being made of people, rather than machines subservient to systems:
The idea of understanding human behaviour in scenarios of economic character is not new: game theory evolved by showing economists (human behaviour) could be reasoned beyond psychology, by becoming amenable to systemic analysis.
We hope to obtain a real understanding of the problem of the exchange by studying it from an altogether different angle; that is, from the perspective of a “game of strategy” — von Neumann and Morgenstern, The Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour (1944)
The incentive of understanding the economic interaction of bargaining by strategic analysis was to arrive at the idea of determination: in The Limits of Economics (1937), Morgenstern took the view governments are not capable of coordinating markets, and also observed on the incompleteness of economic statistics.
The origins of game theory can be linked to Austrian economics, since Morgenstern was a student of Ludwig von Mises while in Austria, as was Bert F. Hoselitz, who subsequently went to teach John Nash Jr.’s only course (Nash) took in economics:
“By coincidence the person who taught the course was someone that came from Austria. . . . Austrian economics is like a different school than typical American or British. So by coincidence I was influenced by an Austrian economist which may have been a very good influence.” John F Nash Jr., (Nobleprize.org 2004)
The Utility of Inflation
By 1950, von Neumann, Morgenstern and Nash were all at Princeton University. Nash differed from von Neumann in regards to their views on how people interact: Nash tended to think of people as out of touch with one another, acting on their own; where von Neumann was more natural in emphasising the central importance in coalitions and joint action in society.
In later works, Nash began working (The Agencies Method in Cooperative Games Modelling) toward solving problems requiring coalition formation of the type needed for co-ordinated and effective international action, where it was realised contracts could help in achieving such (coalition formation):
Alongside this work, Nash was also writing about, and delivering lectures on, the Ideal Money, which in the same way bitcoin describes its coin issuance, had a steady and constant rate of inflation, which can be indexed into contracts:
Nash had criticised the “Keynesian” approach to inflation as that of having an insufficient set of axioms — redolent to how Nash’s Bargaining Problem (1950) evolved von Neumann’s and Morgenstern’s game theory, by introducing an axiomatic approach — so that the chagrin of Frances Coppola toward bitcoin might be explained by an inflation standard being ideal for contractual indexation rather than macroeconomics, showing how the economics has evolved into econometrics, in the determination of representation in majority decision making, and rational forming of expectations between players in a game not subservient to a system. | <urn:uuid:6718e2cb-fac6-4f74-8c28-c5c419ee0839> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jongulson.medium.com/whats-eating-frances-coppola-955dfa0da536?source=post_internal_links---------4---------------------------- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.960821 | 840 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Quarry near Goodes Farm, S of Brinklow
The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period. It is marked as a sand pit on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. The quarry is visible as a water-filled hollow which is situated 600m south east of Brinklow.
1 This site is marked on the OS 1905 map as a sand pit.
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The Historical Society celebrates summer with a temporary “crystal fountain”
The Garland County Historical Society is celebrating past summers with a temporary “crystal fountain” in front of its building at 328 Quapaw Ave.
The fountain image has been enlarged from a postcard that features a well-known Hot Springs landmark. âWe hope people will ‘watch this space’ to see more classic images of Hot Springs in the future,â said Julie Brenner Nix, president of the company, in a press release.
âThe Crystal Fountain was chosen as our first seasonal exhibit because it is so iconic. We placed the colorful and historic sign near the street to make it accessible to the public, who are invited to park in our parking lot and to walk on it to take a selfie or take a family photo by the crystal fountain, âBitty Martin, vice president and head of outreach at the Historical Society, said in the statement.
The Crystal Fountain was located at the intersection of Whittington, Central, and Park Avenue, “which has been the site of interesting structures since the early days of Hot Springs. In 1899, the Columbia Club, run by Sarah (Mrs. Prosper) Ellsworth , built a pavilion that housed a cold water fountain in the middle of the intersection, “the statement said.
In the early 1900s, the Hot Springs Railway Company replaced the first pavilion with one that housed passengers waiting for carts.
“It was a busy transfer point for passengers to and from popular Whittington Park,” the statement said. âWhen the carts were replaced by buses in 1938, the pavilion became a bus stop. In 1944, the pavilion collapsed when a truck slipped aside one of the support columns. The owners The truck paid for the pavilion’s restoration, but the increase in automobile traffic at the intersection made it a dangerous place for pedestrians. “
The Kiwanis Club raised $ 5,000 for a fountain that replaced the pavilion in 1952. Called the âFountain of Youth,â its inauguration featured a combined marching band from the Navy, Army and General Hospital of the Navy, numerous dignitaries and a program telling the story of Hot Springs. Distinctive Arkansas crystals and other state minerals were added in 1952. Looping around the crystal fountain was a ritual for a generation of teenagers on Friday and Saturday nights in the 1950s and 1960s, according to the press release.
The crystal fountain was replaced by the current one in 1971 by EM “Mac” Bush of Bush Construction Company in memory of his late wife, Alice Bush.
The Garland County Historical Society is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Investigation About Applicability of Personal Values for Recommender System
Shunichi Hattori and Yasufumi Takama
Tokyo Metropolitan University, 6-6 Asahigaoka, Hino, Tokyo 191-0065, Japan
A recommender systemis a fundamental technique for finding information that is likely to be preferred by users among vast amounts of information. While existing recommender systems usually employ user preference or attributes of items to make recommendations, marketing fields have been taking notice of personal values, because that such values are significantly related to user preference. This paper investigates the applicability of personal values in modeling items and users. The results of questionnaires show the feasibility of a recommender system based on personal values.
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In India, there is a growing awareness of the importance of health and fitness. People try out various health products to compensate for dietary inadequacies. These days, healthy beverages are popular, yet there are various problems surrounding these so-called “health” drinks. Experts recommend referring to them as “caffeinated beverages” rather than “health drinks.” These drinks are consumed unintentionally, resulting in a variety of negative consequences.
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Role of FSSAI
To eliminate the words “santé” and “caffeinated drinks” from market items, the Indian Food Safety and Standards Authority or FSSAI has made a few strides. These beverages should be named with a wellbeing notice so customers know what their beverages are. The name should likewise demonstrate that the lactation or pregnant ladies, youngsters, or individuals powerless to espresso ought not to eat these beverages. Furthermore, the mark ought not devour multiple jars of beverages consistently.
Later various situations where the utilization of these wellbeing drinks negatively affected customers, the FSSAI chose to severe the principles in these areas. Various genuine clinical issues were identified with the utilization of caffeine. The FSSAI has additionally very nearly two years prior increased the expectations for these refreshments. The Agency has as of late concluded the most recent NOI guidelines in these beverages.
No data on nourishment ought to, as per the most recent principles, be shared, including supplement and nutrient professes to show up on the name.
Steps were taken by FSSAI
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India renounced its NOC for specific medical services drinks and reviewed them for considering them hazardous. The Authority mentioned that one of the popular wellbeing drinks producers, “Anxious Energetic Drink,” ought to be taken out quickly by requests of 11 June 2015. This is on the grounds that it has been viewed as very perilous to devour. For that beverage, the FSSAI gave on August 13 for a year, a NOC or No Objection Certificate.
The FSSAI Scientific Panel later on 21 January 2014 found an unreasonable mix of ginseng and caffeine, that had an enemy of human impact. Following the discoveries of the logical board, the item was prescribed to be proclaimed risky and an update request was given by FSSAI. It was requested the organization to suspend the creation, deal, and showcasing of this beverage. The item was made by M/s Pushpam Food and Drinks.
Previously, the organization has looked for endorsement for other wellbeing and caffeinated drinks. Joyous beyond words Red Grapes Energy Drinks, Cloud 9 Pomegranate Energy Drink, Cloud 9 Premium Drink, and Cloud 9 Wild Berry Energy Drink were among the beverages accessible. Following an exhaustive conversation by the Scientific Panel on Functional Foods, Dietetic Products, Nutraceuticals, and Other Similar Products, the NOC for these beverages was likewise removed. The withdrawal was brought about by a comparative silly mix of Ginseng and Caffeine in the wellbeing drinks. The NOC was disavowed in November 2014.
Tiznga Energy Drink was one more famous wellbeing drink that was removed by the FSSAI. It was accessible in a few flavors, including Tropical Trip, Lemon and Mint, and Mango and Strawberry. The organization was approached to eliminate the drink from the market. Coming up next were the explanations behind this choice:
The reasons behind this decision were as follows:
Unknown substances, such as ginseng and caffeine, have been used.
The precise amounts and composition of additives and ingredients utilized in the product/serving size differed from the original application filed with the approving authority and that later shared with FSSAI when the authority requested clarification.
The supplies could not be obtained from the manufacturer.
Global agencies, including the FDA in the United States, Codex, FSANZ in New Zealand, the EU, and WHO, did not offer data on the safety evaluation.
The corporation also created two different flavors of these drinks, Apple and Mango, without getting FSSAI’s permission. It is illegal to put a product on the market without first receiving regulatory permission. As a result, it was ruled illegal. Even if the components of the product vary somewhat from the parent product, it must be certified independently.
FSSAI and its Inception
The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India was set up fully intent on guaranteeing and keeping up with food quality levels that are alright for human utilization. The FSSAI has been entrusted with creating control methodology. To eliminate unsafe and poisonous components, the authority will set up various measures. With these actions, everything purchasers can make certain of the nature of the food they eat. The FSSAI rules and guidelines for wellbeing drinks are turning out to be progressively severe to guarantee individuals about sanitation and that their bodies are not hurt because of devouring this food and drink.
Any food business administrator should follow the FSSAI guidelines and guarantee the authority about the nature of the beverages he produces, sells, and disperses on the lookout. Looking for FSSAI license enlistment and the permit has been made obligatory in light of the fact that the power needs customers to burn-through different food and drink items without stress or dread of pollution or corruption. The authority was set up a couple of years prior, however, its guidelines have as of late been made more tough and restricting. | <urn:uuid:b2dd9c34-f940-40d0-91f7-1b6271f21514> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mhnewsmagazine.com/health-drinks-fssai-license-registration/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.966553 | 1,119 | 2.453125 | 2 |
12 Nov Fighting Fire With Fire: Legal And Ethical Issues of Active Defense and Hacking Back
Written by: Sean Cox, Esq.
When a company is hacked, an immediate thought is sometimes whether they can hack back. The next question is then, “Can we do that?”
Hacking back describes striking back at the cyber criminal by accessing, damaging, or breaching the criminal’s own system. The reasons for hacking back can be several: recovering or unlocking data, obtaining evidence, exposing the bad actor, preventing further attacks, disabling botnets, or even attacking and shutting down the attacker’s system. However, when enterprises start considering countermeasures that risk collateral damage, the potential legal repercussions, both criminal and civil, are very real.
Hacking back has its success stories. For example, in 2009 and 2010 Google discovered that it, and several other large technology companies, was the target of sophisticated cyber-espionage believed to be controlled or supported by the Chinese government. Google was able to track these activities to a server in Taiwan, which it was able to shut down, and then informed the United States government.
The Center For Cyber And Homeland Security at The George Washington University released recommendations for a regulatory framework that would allow private industry to employ active defense measures. These recommendations have not yet been adopted. In the meantime, the United States Department of Justice recommends against hacking back, and warns that it risks civil and criminal liability. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) makes it a criminal offense in a broad range of circumstances to access without authorization computers and other electronic devices. CFAA also allows private persons whose electronic devices have been accessed without authorization to bring civil actions for monetary damages.
Building on the CFAA, the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 authorizes private companies to use defensive measures within its own systems and the systems of consenting entities. However, “defensive measures” specifically excludes “a measure that destroys, renders unusable, provides unauthorized access to, or substantially harms an information system or data on an information system not belonging to” the entity. As currently written, these laws broadly prohibit most types of actions that would be considered “hacking back.”
Many other countries have their own laws against malicious computer attacks or access. Considering that many hackers are based overseas, any attempt to hack back risks running afoul of foreign laws. Foreign countries may be less forgiving of U.S. companies attacking their citizens – regardless of the reason.
Misguided offensive measures also risk striking innocent third parties. Cyber criminals often hide themselves and launch attacks from networks of legitimate entities. Other common attacks such as distributed denial of service attacks and attacks from so-called zombienets may use devices owned by innocent third parties who have already fallen victim to the hacker. Any offensive action against these systems risks damage to the property of these innocent third parties, and could entail significant civil liability to those third persons.
Just because cyber security companies may offer offensive services does not mean they are legal. Just as some cyber criminals are protected by the lack of laws prohibiting cyber crime in their locale, some vendors are willing to provide a more active response to cyber attacks than professionals located in the United States or other countries with robust cyber laws. It is important to understand what your cyber security professionals are doing. Simply outsourcing illegal actions is unlikely to absolve an enterprise from civil or criminal liability.
Google Hack Attack Was Ultra Sophisticated, New Details Show, https://www.wired.com/2010/01/operation-aurora/ (January 10, 2010); Google Hacked the Chinese Hackers Right Back, http://gizmodo.com/5449037/google-hacked-the-chinese-hackers-right-back (January 15, 2010).
Into the Gray Zone The Private Sector and Active Defense Against Cyber Threats, https://cchs.gwu.edu/sites/cchs.gwu.edu/files/downloads/CCHS-ActiveDefenseReportFINAL.pdf (Oct. 2016).
Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting of Cyber, Incidents, https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/speeches/attachments/2015/04/29/criminal_division_guidance_on_best_practices_for_victim_response_and_reporting_cyber_incidents.pdf.
18 U.S.C. § 1030.
Cybersecurity Act of 2015, S.754 Sec. 104.
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Image Source: Courtesy of Julian Addo
Too often, the best beauty stories go untold, solely based on a person’s skin color, religion, gender expression, disability, or socioeconomic status. Here, we’re passing the mic to some of the most ambitious and talented voices in the industry, so they can share, in their own words, the remarkable story of how they came to be — and how they’re using beauty to change. the world for the better. Up next: Julian Addo, founder of Adwoa Beauty.
Beauty has always been my entire life. I grew up in Staten Island, NY, and I came to this country when I was 2 years old as I was actually born in West Africa, Liberia. Beauty was all around me growing up in the inner cities of New York. Having grown up during the ’90s, that was the era for fashion and for hair. This was perfect because my first experience in this space was actually from me wanting to make money. I didn’t have a green card at the time to get a traditional job in fast food like my friends were doing after school. So circumstantially, through a friend I started doing hair. She was a . . . we call it “kitchen beautician,” so she did her hair out of her house. I would go over, and first I’d just watch. But after a while, when she got very busy, I would help her.
After a while, I just picked up on certain hairstyles that were popular back then. Then I realized I was good at what I was doing — at replicating what I saw. So I started to do hair to make money, too. I ended up enrolling in a vocational school called Ralph McKee Vocational Technical High School to study cosmetology so that I could do hair full time. While I enjoyed what I was doing, my reason for going to school was more practical. Since I didn’t have a green card, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to get financial aid for college, and I didn’t really know what was going to happen after high school. From 14 to 17, while I went to high school, I also worked. And then when I was 17, I graduated with my New York State cosmetology license. One year later, I relocated to Minnesota where I opened my own salon in 2000. So beauty and, more specifically, hair truly have always been a part of my life.
“In high school, when my friends were probably chasing boys or going to the movies after school, I was rushing from the bus stop to go and do my client’s hair at 3:30.”
Working in the salon I think really saved me and my self-esteem as a Black woman. I know a lot of Black women in beauty. The long-standing influenza has been that we often didn’t see ourselves in the same industry we were working in. But in the salon, I didn’t look for myself in Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar. Instead, we had Word Up Magazine and Hype Hair. We had so many hair magazines in the salon and at the beauty supply store, so I always saw myself represented in the spaces around me.
Growing up doing hair, I didn’t even know that I was an entrepreneur back then. I wasn’t thinking about business in the way that I am now with Adwoa Beauty. I didn’t have those words. I was just doing what I loved. But in the salon, you’re essentially an independent contractor. So even though I didn’t pay the bills for the entire space when I was in high school, I rented a chair and paid every week. I managed my inventory. I managed my schedule. So when it came to my entrepreneurship journey with Adwoa Beauty, it wasn’t much different. Of course, my bills did get a little bigger in the brick-and-mortar space, but I think from an early age, working in the salon helped me to learn discipline. In high school, when my friends were probably chasing boys or going to the movies after school, I was rushing from the bus stop to go and do my client’s hair at 3:30. That experience made me extremely disciplined very early on, and I was able to carry that discipline with me when I opened my own salon.
When we moved to Minnesota, it took me eight months to open my own salon. I opened a makeshift one in my mom’s basement, and in the meantime, I saved up to have the real brick and mortar. A lot of people also knew my name from New York, so I leveraged that, and it didn’t take me a long time to rebuild my clientele. This word of mouth coupled with the way I carried myself — always extremely professional — was my value proposition back then. Word got around, and it just worked out.
In 2002, I detoured into banking, circumstantially. I needed health insurance. However, because of those skill sets and that discipline that I honed from working in the salon for all those years, I was just able to really come in and just outshine. I found the work extremely easy. In the salon, I’m going in at eight o’clock in the morning. And I’m standing on my feet all day — sometimes 12, 13 hours later. When I got into corporate America, I was sitting in a chair with a headset on my head and answering calls. It was like taking candy from a baby. I accelerated really fast in that field. Within a year, year and a half, I was already in management. Working in that field granted me so many perks, but most importantly it allowed me to develop leadership skills.
“I wanted to modernize textured–hair care. This is how Adwoa Beauty was born. I wanted to see a prestige, textured-hair-care brand that catered to multicultural people.”
With the rise of the natural-hair movement, the experts became these young girls who just used products on their own heads in their bedrooms. But consumers were making buying decisions based off what they were seeing. Then I realized that a lot of the things some of these influencers were saying were not correct. Because of this I saw a wide space for getting into the industry from a professional standpoint and bridging that gap. So I did just that with my Bella Kinks Expo events. I started having events in Dallas. And then they eventually became huge. So much so that my brand and my name became synonymous in the industry with high-quality events. Eventually, I got a call from Sally Beauty to do freelance digital work for their in-house multicultural brand, Silk Elements, and I also helped them to launch Texture ID. I also had some additional Black-owned clients like Curls and other brands.
Through that experience we were in an era where we were seeing everything old being launched to become new again. Brands like Glossier, Warby Parker, and Casper were all household brands that were becoming modernized for the digital era. But I didn’t see that happening within the hair space — more specifically, the textured-hair space. I felt like the industry was still so antiquated. Everything from the art to the packaging and even the way it was being marketed. So I wanted to modernize textured–hair care. This is how Adwoa Beauty was born. I wanted to see a prestige, textured-hair-care brand that catered to multicultural people.
Before I came up with the name Adwoa Beauty, I knew I wanted a real, transparent, and authentic way to enjoy the brand, so I had to really pull from my experiences. Everything about the brand, from the brand’s color to the name, is just me. Adwoa is my name in my culture. In the Akan tribe, which spans from Ghana to Ivory Coast, they name the children after the day of the week that they were born. So “Adwoa” means “female born on a Monday.” When I was building Adwoa Beauty, I wanted to merge the intersection of my identity. I wanted a naming convention that connected all of us in Africa, here in the diaspora, and in the Caribbean in a real symbolic way. So since Ghana is the one country in Africa that connects all of our people, the name just made sense to me.
Everything from the name to even the packaging is intentional when it comes to Adwoa Beauty. Our packaging is extremely clean and modern. There’s not a lot going on. For me, this symbolizes the modernization of multicultural and Black people. The intentionality behind the brand has opened up so much dialogue. If people don’t know what the brand name means, or even how to pronounce it, they ask. And now, there are Google searches out there for Adwoa, all because of the thought behind the brand. I want people to use their names. And make people pronounce it correctly. The name Adwoa just gives permission for others to know that they need to be respectful of other cultures and honor their given names. And I’m really proud of that.
With the brand, I’m definitely looking towards the future. We have so many exciting things happening. My biggest hope is for us to instill hope in other Black-women business owners. I want to show that if I did it, you can, too. It’s why my journey has been so transparent and will continue to be so. As for the beauty industry as a whole, there have been some really great strides made, but I think there’s still so much work to do. What I’m most looking forward to is the democratization of beauty. I’m looking forward to seeing diversity trickle internally to the top positions in some of these organizations. I want to see more diverse senior leadership and merchant teams. The diversity can’t just be on the shelf. It needs to be internal as well. I think the world is becoming more colorful and more exciting, so I’d like to see more funding and financial opportunities for BIPOC brands and owners. That investment is where the true work lies. | <urn:uuid:a24cad2c-145c-4302-b8d6-4f64ca542990> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://netlair.net/2022/07/24/adwoa-beauty-founder-details-how-the-brand-came-to-be/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.983806 | 2,168 | 1.703125 | 2 |
FCW's DotGov Thursday column looks at why agencies need to mine their Web sites for data and the tools available for doing so
My hometown was built on the wealth of what was taken out. In the early days, the town, the bank and the stores owed their existence to coal. With the benefit of ever-improving machinery, miners dug great quantities of the coal beneath the hills of West Virginia. It was a tough, dangerous, dirty job, but the miners were among the best-paid workers. The lesson to learn is that only by the hard work of extracting the coal, was it possible to fuel the steel mills in Pittsburgh and to keep the trains going that delivered the manufactured goods.
Data and information are the new energy sources. In the world of Web sites, it is important to locate and use data to make informed decisions about design, marketing, long-term strategies and information technology purchases. Fortunately, without even getting your fingernails dirty, you can dig for a treasure trove of information from the comfort of your ergonomically correct chair.
One way to dig for data about a Web site is to use data mining, which is the process of finding patterns. Patterns are hidden in extremely large tables. Depending on your needs, finding the patterns could involve artificial intelligence or statistical analysis software.
To a lesser extent, data mining also makes use of Web site analysis tools. Such tools are limited to providing some facts about the visitors the site and some data about their activities. However, full-scale data mining will provide insight about trends of the visitors to your site.
New to data mining? It can be a daunting task. For a start, you may want to answer such questions as:
* What browsers do users have? What versions do they use?
* How many unique visitors did our site have this month? How long did they stay?
* Who is referring to us? What search words did they use to find the Web site?
* What are the top 10 downloaded documents? What are the least requested files?
* Were there any problems encountered out of the ordinary? Do we have a lot of 404 errors?
Simple tools may be best when just starting out. Before jumping into data mining, try analyzing the Web site data in the log files. This assumes that you have graduated beyond using a hit counter, and that your site employs some sort of Web analysis tool, such as WebTrends Corp. software.
Using Web site analysis tools can help with marketing and design strategies as well as help advise your Web design team. The team needs to know if links are dead ends and be able to answer the above questions. By knowing if users are encountering an overabundance of problems (via miscellaneous error messages), the Web team will be able to distinguish between activity because of miscoded links and activity that possibly is a sign of hacking. The informed designer also will know if users' paths through a site are more convoluted than need be.
Knowledge can arise from the careful study of your log files' data. The information can then be used to map a data mining strategic plan for more sophisticated activities.
Look to all the individuals (in a small organization) or to departmental representatives (in larger agencies) to comment on the strategic plan and to ensure that it meshes with the overall mission as well as other existing business or marketing plans. Doing so will ensure that all stakeholders are accounted for in the plan and that the most can be achieved with the limited resources. It can help you decide if log analysis suits your needs or if you need to invest in data mining software.
The more customer-driven your site (that is, if it performs e-commerce or delivers e-services), the more likely you will want to do a comprehensive analysis of your Web server logs and then transition into studying customer transactions and trends.
Tang, a member of the Federal Web Business Council, is an associate in the Information Technology Group at Caliber Associates, Fairfax, Va.
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Conveniences & Dangers of Cannabis: What Marijuana Actually Does for Your Body
Marijuana is a medication that has been used by humans for centuries. Marijuana can be smoked, consumed, or evaporated and each of these approaches generates various effects on the body. Marijuana is likewise a plant with a number of active chemicals called cannabinoids which are what create a lot of marijuana's effects in the human mind. Marijuana has both prospective health advantages along with threats to your health when taken long-lasting. In this short article we will check out some of these advantages and threats so you can make an enlightened choice about whether marijuana is right for you!
Is marijuana good or bad?
Physicians have been prescribing cannabis to cure conditions for 3,000 years. Yet according to the Food and Drug Administration, marijuana is not safe or reliable in dealing with any kind of medical problem. In 2018, the FDA approved cannabidiol as a treatment for epilepsy, although it hasn't been their response for other medical demands.
Marijuana likewise carries a "high risk of dependency," according to the FDA. Marijuana is not safe or legal to utilize recreationally in every state, as well as it's still prohibited under federal law.
Many individuals believe cannabis has no adverse effects at all-- that it's completely harmless. However long-lasting use can have an influence on your cognitive capacities. Marijuana might also cause stress and anxiety, clinical depression and various other psychological health issue.
The stress in between public opinion that marijuana dispensary in Boulder is a therapy for various ailments and also an absence of scientific knowledge concerning the herb, has been somewhat worsened in recent times by legalisation.
In this short article, we look at the medical advantages of cannabis versus its associated wellness threats in an effort to respond to a basic question: is marijuana great or poor?
What are the medical benefits of marijuana?
Medical professionals have actually been researching the potential health and wellness benefits of marijuana for a number of years. Some possible benefits include:
Current research study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and also Medicine located that over 10,000 researches have been done on the benefits and threats related to cannabis.
The study of persistent discomfort is one location in which the U.S. Department of Health and also Human Services thought about just how medical marijuana may be made use of to deal with people
The evaluation discovered that marijuana or items including cannabinoids, which are the energetic components in Marijuana, were effective at easing chronic discomfort.
Alcoholism and medicine dependency
Another research study published in 2014 revealed that making use of cannabis might help individuals with alcohol or opioid dependences stay away from their dependency.
However, this searching for may be controversial as the National Academies of Sciences review suggests that marijuana usage really drives boosted risk for abusing and also ending up being depending on other substances.
The a lot more that you make use of marijuana, the much less likely you are to develop a trouble with its usage. Individuals that begin making use of cannabis at a young age are likewise recognized to be at enhanced risk of creating a problem with marijuana's abuse.
Depression, trauma, and also social anxiousness
A review released in Clinical Psychology reported the health benefits and also threats of marijuana in treating signs or mental disease.
The American Psychiatric Association has actually mentioned some proof which supports making use of marijuana to alleviate symptoms related to anxiety and also post-traumatic stress disorder.
Regardless of the frustrating evidence of the medicine's efficiency for sure mental wellness conditions, some physicians caution against using it as a treatment for other relevant psychological disorders.
Cannabis products offer a variety of health advantages and also risks. Evidence suggests that dental cannabinoids work against nausea and also vomiting brought on by chemotherapy, but few researches have been conducted to examine the effectiveness of smoked marijuana in this context.
At an early stage, some study recommended that cannabinoids could either decrease and even eliminate cancer cells. While these studies confirmed safe for human beings throughout treatment, the early human trial revealed no evidence of controlled or curing cancer cells.
Oral cannabinoids might boost signs and symptoms of spasticity amongst individuals with several sclerosis, however the positive effects are moderate.
In June 2018, the FDA accepted making use of a CBD-based medicine to deal with two rare and also specific kinds of epilepsy. Known as Epidiolex, this medication is able to assist regulate seizures far better than previous therapies.
CBD is one of several materials that take place in marijuana. Unlike THC, it has no psychedelic effects. That's why cannabidiol-based drugs are used to deal with problems such as ADHD or epilepsy (offered they do not cause any kind of adverse side effects). The FDA provided their authorization based upon findings from professional tests and also research.
In 2017, a research located that CBD reduced seizures amongst youngsters with Dravet disorder by 46% (versus 36% in the placebo team).
What are the health and wellness threats of marijuana?
Many researches have located a connection between marijuana use as well as adverse health and wellness effects. The table listed below checklists some repercussions of marijuana abuse:
For individuals with bipolar disorder, regular marijuana use is thought to get worse the condition. Nevertheless, there is restricted proof for a link in between marijuana as well as creating bipolar illness amongst those without any previous background of psychological health problems.
Testicular cancer cells
Although the National Academies Science located no evidence linking marijuana usage and an increased danger for most cancers, they did find some evidence suggesting a possible web link to seminoma subtype of testicular cancer cells.
Some research studies have suggested that regular long-term marijuana usage is connected to an increased threat of persistent coughing (though the extent and also systems are uncertain). Marijuana is additionally connected to impairments in lung feature as well as consistent bronchitis, as well as a boosted risk of bronchial asthma. Marijuana has actually been found to intensify the signs for those with pre-existing problems such as persistent obstructive lung illness (COPD) or emphysema.
Medical and also Recreational Marijuana Dispensary in Boulder, CO
Many individuals want whether marijuana can be utilized as a treatment for pain. Marijuana is not addictive, as well as it does not create the intense high that other compounds such as heroin or cocaine do.
Generally, physician recommend the use of more secure choices to deal with persistent pain since there have actually been records of negative adverse effects from lasting marijuana usage.
Helping Hands Cannabis is a recreational marijuana dispensaries in Boulder Colorado. We are committed to supplying people with the top quality cannabis items on the marketplace as we educate them about our variety of strains and their benefits.
- Marijuana Health Benefits.
- Marijuana Risks.
- Marijuana Cancer Connection.
- Marijuana Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, & Testicular Cancer Connection.
- Mental Health Marijuana Risks.
- Medical Marijuana Pros and Cons.
- CBD Oil for ADHD, Epilepsy, Chronic Pain Conditions, and More.
If you reside in a Boulder CO where making use of medical and recreational dispensary is legal, you and your doctor will certainly need to think about these elements very carefully before deciding whether or not this medication is right for you. Marijuana dispensary is legal in Boulder CO, so there are many people thinking about whether marijuana can be used as a therapy for discomfort.
Marijuana isn't addicting as well as it does not generate the extreme high that substances such as heroin or cocaine do. However, physician advise the use of more secure choices to treat persistent pain due to the fact that there have been reports of negative effects from long-term marijuana use.
Marijuana dispensary in Boulder CO can raise appetite as well as relieve nausea, making it a better selection than some prescription drugs in specific cases. It's important to note that while lots of people consider this medication safe, its capacity for dependency is higher than that of opioids.
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Burnt rotis, with love
Praise for Burnt rotis, with love
Peter McLaren, Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, Chapman University, and author of Pedagogy of Insurrection.
Ilina Sen, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and author of Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir
Budd Hall, University of Victoria, Canada
Margaret Randall, author of Haydée Santamaría, Cuban Revolutionary: She Led by Transgression
Prof. Chaman Lal, author of Understanding Bhagat Singh (an extract from the Foreword)
"Writing in the tradition of the great feminist, political poets, Prerna Bakshi challenges the patriarchy’s construction of the female mind and body, and illuminates the feminist experience shared by women living in the developing world today. Her narrative poetry is dedicated to the world’s stateless people, a murdered daughter, a Chinese migrant factory worker, survivors of domestic violence, and all those affected by the Partition — to name just a few of Bakshi’s poetic inspirations. Writing about everything from sexual assault to what happens, as she writes, “When the Poor Woman ‘Leans In’,” she wants you to be moved, and haunted, and angry, and empowered. And the poems in Burnt Rotis, With Love will do just that."
- 9 Poetry Collections That Will Change The Way You See The World, Bustle
To read the full article, click here http://www.bustle.com/articles/161046-9-poetry-collections-that-will-change-the-way-you-see-the-world
"Wendy Doniger's book on Hinduism had been just pulped and most poetry books read like odes to trees that bore fruits and flowers that were in full bloom. Bakshi's strong imagery and metaphors obviously stood no chance. Her poems encourage women to burn rotis, to be imperfect, to be immoral, to be unruly, to upset the status quo. Bakshi's poems pull one out of the comfort zone. Through her 54 poems Bakshi has become the voice of workers, peasants, Indigenous people, women and children. Bakshi has given women a voice in her poems. Bakshi is a fiery feminist. She articulates their fears, their shame like no one else."
- For Women: How To Burn Rotis & Fight Patriarchy, Catch News
To read the full article, click here http://www.catchnews.com/culture-news/for-women-how-to-burn-rotis-fight-patriarchy-1471965632.html/fullview
"Bakshi writes about what it's like being a woman today living in the developing world, what it's like to have a female body, and how dangerous it is. This collection is so necessary, illustrating how being a woman is a political act in itself, documenting the experiences of murdered women, domestic abuse survivors, factory workers, and more. It's a must-read for anyone alive right now."
- 3 Poetry Books With Strong Narrators That Are So Necessary Right Now, Joanna C. Valente, Poet and Editor, Luna Luna Magazine
To read the full review, click here http://www.lunalunamagazine.com/blog/3-poetry-books-with-strong-narrators-that-are-so-necessary-right-now
"The messages that she delivers are vital stories about oppressed people around the world that Westerners should especially be made aware of, and it’s clear that Prerna Bakshi deserves critical praise and recognition for her brave and touching new work, Burnt Rotis, With Love."
- Sean Lynch, Poet and Editor of Whirlwind Magazine.
To read the full review, click here https://issuu.com/whirlwindreview/docs/whirlwind_issue6/c/spx9ba5
"Prerna Bakshi’s poetry is not for the meek or sheltered. In the collection, Burnt Rotis, With Love, Bakshi is unashamedly feminist, unashamedly Indian, unashamedly herself. It is raw and unencumbered, which contrasts the subjects she devotes her prose to. Her work, candid and heavy at times, serves as an icebreaker to bigger discussions and experiences that we all have been through. The collection, as a whole, is a response to mainstream feminism, which often times leaves out perspectives of women that are not a certain size, color, or race. Burnt Rotis, With Love, gladly fills the gap and without asking, includes all of us."
- Ev Petgrave, Linden Avenue Literary Journal
To read the full review, click here http://www.lindenavelit.com/book-reviews.html
"I found it impossible to keep my balance and remain on the surface of these poems. This collection is powerful and unsettling, and Prerna Bakshi pulls you in deep and doesn't let go. In this body of cohesive, tightly woven poetry she explores and interrogates the narratives of Partition of India/Punjab post British colonialism, women's identity, gender, and class struggle. Her poems are connected by setting, imagery, challenging themes, and autobiography; and she casts the net wide... Violence, oppression, exploitation, abuse, struggle, survival and resistance.
I found her poetry startling and urgent and written in a voice that seeks--no, make that demands--answers to our most basic humanitarian questions. She is a force for change and I'll be watching as her body of writing expands and she ultimately takes her place among the important new literary authors of this generation."
- Janine Pickett, Editor, Indiana Voice Journal
To read the full review, click here http://www.indianavoicejournal.com/p/blog-page_19.html
"Indian poet Prerna Bakshi writes searing, stark, powerful political poetry and in her collection Burnt rotis, with love, she tackles a huge range of social, political, and personal issues. Her explorations of colonialism, identity, and struggle are already receiving worldwide praise and this text is a necessary addition to any poetry library."
- S. E. Smith, Editor, Global Comment
"This poetry stands in solidarity with all struggles of emancipation, is not afraid to being called partisan and wears its irreverence with a just pride. And yet, there’s a thread of compassionate humanism in all her poems which binds together the noisy struggles and pained silences of the oppressed. ’Burnt Rotis, With Love’ is an important work of radical poetry today."
- Rahul Vaidya, Vikalp: People's Perspective for Change
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"Bakshi is a fervent feminist with a unique gift of language, which she uses in this book to spit in the face of the double-standard patriarchy and all of its crimes. Bakshi uses powerful words in a story telling form to grasp the reader by the face and demand that they see modern society for what it is committing: femicide. Inside you will find many references to the Hindu religion and Indian culture, which Bakshi, as an activist, uses to confront and dismantle modern hypocrisy; whether it take the form of religion, state repression, or sexism. The author is obviously sickened and angry by the torment which feminine-identified people face in this world and this book is a rally cry for feminists everywhere. This is a real page turner, as it enlightens with every word. This book is excellently written and I recommend it to everyone, to get a fair viewpoint of what happens to women every day, hour, and second in this world."
- Adam Levon Brown, Five 2 One Magazine
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"What also makes the collection striking is its unapologetic political-mindedness. In poems such as ‘A Day in the Life of a Migrant Factory Worker’, a story is told, only to reveal in its footnotes that it is based on a true account of a Chinese migrant factory worker at Foxconn called Xu Lizhi, who died by suicide at age twenty-four. She also speaks for the necessity to look at issues of gender from an intersectional perspective, responding to Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ philosophy, by describing ‘When the poor woman leans in/it is to plough the land, sow the seeds…’ and providing a much-needed backlash against middle-upper-class neoliberal ideas of so-called feminism."
- Carmina Masoliver, The Norwich Radical
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"Alors qu’il est si souvent de bon ton aujourd’hui, dans certains milieux, littéraires ou non, en Occident, de considérer la poésie politique – comme la lutte des classes – comme quelque chose de dépassé, il est extrêmement roboratif et particulièrement précieux (même si l’exercice rappelle vivement la cruauté du contemporain en marche) de lire de tels fragments acérés et vivants, sous la plume d’une jeune autrice se définissant elle-même, avec un certain humour noir, comme une « Marxiste du Sud »."
- Librairie Charybde
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Amar Ujala, 2012
Sexual violence and censorship, The Hindu, 2013
Vedanta talks of "pride" post shame, Countercurrents, 2013
Vedanta talks of "pride" post shame [Hindi] , Deshbandhu, 2013
I Was Sexually Harassed At Delhi Airport. This Is My Story, The Huffington Post, 2015
Reflections on Kanhaiya's speech after release, India Resists, 2016
Why I Won't be Saying 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', The Huffington Post, 2016
The Wire, 2016
Nationalism versus Democracy?, The Friday Times, 2017
Let’s Talk About Child Abuse | Art plays an instrumental role in healing, Hindustan Times, 2017
Press and Interviews
Interview with She ThePeople.TV - July, 2017
Interview with Pankhearst in the US - April 2016
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Aphids on eggplant seedlings both in open ground and in the greenhouse lead to a lack of yield, loss of culture. The extermination of the insect should be carried out at the beginning of its development. Chemical and popular methods will help.
- Description of the pest
- Biological and physical methods of control
- Folk remedies
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Eggplant infects 2 species of aphids. Green peach attacks eggplants at the beginning of the season in medium and southern latitudes.
The insect is light green and light pink in color. The color of the insect affects the color of the pest, and the color also changes due to air temperature: the lower it is, the darker the color.
The stage of the life cycle of an insect affects the presence of wings. at the top of the abdomen there is a dark spot.
Melon or cotton aphid on eggplant appears in the southern regions in mid-summer, because She needs high air temperature for development and reproduction. Insects within the species differ in size and shape. Adults come with or without wings. The color of the pest can be either green-yellow or black. The darker the insect, the larger it is in size.
Small light individuals slowly grow, multiply, move.
Their colony rarely grows before causing great damage to the plant.
Large pests of dark shades of blue, green, brown, black multiplies rapidly. They can destroy eggplant plantings in a few days.
Both species cause significant damage to the plant:
- Insects suck out the juice, weakening the eggplant. The culture slows growth, dies.
- The product of the vital activity of the pest is a sticky pad. Aphids on domestic eggplant seedlings lead to the appearance and development of black mold, which slows down photosynthesis.
The parasite carries viral (tobacco mosaic), fungal diseases.
Biological and physical methods of struggle
The biological method will help reduce the population – attracting ladybugs to natural seedlings’ enemies. For them, aphids are a source of food. Most aphids eat insect larvae – up to 100 pests. In the case when the ladybugs could not be lured into the garden, other control methods are used.
Due to the fact that the pest is slow and does not have a protective shell, it is not difficult to physically destroy it manually. Eggplant is cultivated in small beds, so the procedure will not take much time.
The flushing method is also effective. Insects have weak legs, so they easily fly off the plant. Cold tap water will not work. Water is used at room temperature. As a tool – a spray gun.Strong flow from the hose can damage the delicate leaves of the culture. Water is directed so that insects are not carried away to other crops.
Some chemical insecticides are dangerous to humans. They are used to deal with severe insect damage to plants when sparing folk and physical remedies are not effective.
Drugs are not applied during flowering and fruiting. Processing is carried out in dry, calm weather in the early morning or late evening. The working fluid is prepared outdoors.
Chemicals are divided according to the principle of action:
- contact – penetration through the chitinous cover;
- intestinal – entry into the digestive system with subsequent absorption into the blood;
- systemic – long-term impregnation for 3-4 weeks of the plant that the insect eats.
The drug Prestige has a systemic effect on aphids. Before processing it is diluted 1×15 / 20. Bushes are evenly sprayed. The tool protects the plant from aphids for 40 days.
Aktara insecticide is applied to the soil, they spray the culture. 1 packet of substance is dissolved in 1 liter of water. This is a mother liquor. Before spraying take 200 g of the mixture, add 4 l of water. Close the lid tightly and spray.
Actellik is used both outdoors and in the greenhouse. It acts on the intestinal tract of the insect, causing paralysis.
The solution is prepared by diluting 1 ampoule with room temperature water. The tool is mixed. In severe cases, 2 ampoules are used.
Use other chemical, no less effective drugs: Karbofos, Decis Profi and others. They are diluted according to the instructions.
A mixture of soap and water helps fight aphids on domestic eggplant seedlings. Use any container that is filled with warm water. A dishwashing detergent is added in a ratio of 2 tsp / 1 liter of water. The dishes are covered with a lid, mixed thoroughly. Start to spray the beds from the lower leaves in an upward direction. Then they process the upper parts of the leaves, shoots, trunk. The tool kills the parasite in an hour.
The procedure is carried out in the early morning or on a cloudy day. Direct sunlight in combination with a detergent can burn the plant.
A mixture with oil is prepared as follows: mix 1×1 warm water with oil. Suitable vegetable, horticultural. Plants process in the same way.
Tool from onion and garlic is one of the most effective. You should take 1 small onion, 2 cloves of garlic. The plants are chopped. Add 1 tbsp. baby shampoo, pour 2 cups of warm water. The solution is stirred in a blender, allowed to infuse overnight.
Before spraying, the precipitate is filtered, squeezed. The thick mixture is diluted with a small amount of water.
After treatment, the plant is washed with clean warm water. Spraying washes away dead insects and a tool.
Fighting aphids on eggplants grown in a greenhouse will help fumigate the room with tobacco smoke.Insects cannot tolerate smoke, die within an hour.
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A key trend we observe with industrial IoT projects is that new industrial equipment come with out-of-the-box cloud connectivity and allow near real-time processing of sensor data. This makes it possible to immediately generate KPIs allowing to monitor those equipment closely and to optimize their performance. However, a lot of industrial IoT data is still stored in legacy systems (e.g. SCADA systems, messaging systems, on-premises databases) with different formats (e.g. CSV, XML, MIME). This raises multiple challenges concerning the real-time management of that sensor data, such as:
- Data transformation orchestration: On-premises industrial data comes from different sources each having their own format and their own communication protocol. It is therefore necessary to find a means to orchestrate the management of all that incoming data, with a view to structure it before analysis.
- Event driven processing: Batch jobs can introduce latencies in the data management pipeline, which motivates the need for an event-driven architecture to ingest industrial data.
- Data enrichment with external sources: Data enrichment is sometimes a mandatory step in order to allow efficient analysis.
- Enhanced data analysis: Complex queries are sometimes needed to generate KPIs.
- Ease of maintenance: Companies do not always have the time or the internal resources to deploy and manage complex tools.
- Real-time processing of datasets: Some metrics needs to be constantly monitored, which implies immediate processing of datasets to take actions.
- Data integration with other services or applications: Finally, it will be necessary to automate the output of the analysis results to other services which need to process them in real time.
In this blog post we show how customers can use AWS Step Functions, AWS IoT Analytics, and AWS IoT Events as the basis of a lightweight architecture to address the aforementioned challenges in a scalable way.
In the use case we discuss in this blog post, we assume that a company is receiving sensor data from its industrial sites through CSV files that are stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. The company has to dynamically process those files to generate key performance indicators (KPIs) every five minutes. We assume the sensor data must be enriched with additional information, such as upper and lower threshold limits, before being stored in Amazon DynamoDB. The flow of data will be constantly monitored so that alarms can be raised if there are missing data records.
The AWS CloudFormation template provided with this blog provisions the resources needed to simulate this use case. It includes a built-in data simulator which feeds a Step Functions workflow with CSV files containing sensor data having four fields: 1/ timestamp, 2/ production order id, 3/ asset id, 4/ value. This data is then converted to JSON objects using AWS Lambda functions, which are then forwarded to AWS IoT Analytics to enrich the data (with upper and lower limits) and retrieve it every five minutes by creating a dataset. Finally, this AWS IoT Analytics dataset is sent automatically to AWS IoT Events to be monitored and stored in DynamoDB.
The simulated data that represents the data coming from an industrial site is stored in a CSV file. This data must then be converted into a JSON format in order to be ingested by AWS IoT Analytics. Step Functions offer a flexible service to prepare data. So, instead of building a custom monolithic application, we spread the complexity of the data transformation across three Lambda functions, which are sequenced via a JSON canvas. The first Lambda function will format the CSV file into JSON, the second Lambda function will format the data field and append a timestamp, and the third Lambda function will send the data to AWS IoT Analytics. In addition, we have implemented checks to redirect invalid files to an Amazon S3 bucket if there is an error during the execution of the first two Lambda functions to be troubleshooted and reprocessed later.
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A parish-based grassroots service of compassion in support of women’s material needs.
In 2011 the women at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Community decided to help women in our local community by establishing “Mothers Cupboard”. In our attempt to understand the needs of women a focus group was facilitated by Dr. Lindell Joseph. We learned three things about the women in this Orlando community:
- Women require emotional support such as the need to foster relationships with other women.
- Women require professional support such as haircuts for job interviews and dental care.
- Women require material needs such as sanitary/feminine napkins and soap.
This led to the development of our mission which is “women caring for women” and an idea of creating Lady’s Bags. A “Lady’s Bag” is a bag decorated with butterflies containing a package of sanitary napkins, and a bar of soap. The term of a lady’s bag was a discreet way to package sanitary napkins.
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- Donations from our congregation
- On April 15th, Mothers Cupboard was the recipient for Frontier Civitan 12th Annual Charity Tea proceeds in Orlando Florida.
How can you help?
- Contact us to begin your own distribution center at your church or food pantry and we will provide you with a toolkit.
- Provide donations or supplies to stock Brother’s Keepers food pantry
What else have we done?
We created a Women Support Directory. It provides a list of resources within our local community. These resources include healthcare, housing, money, education, and obtaining identification etc. Please feel free to download a copy and give it to a family member or friend.
What have we learned through the process?
- Women have told us, “this is great since it is not covered by food stamps” and “this is a necessity when you live in the woods with a teenage daughter”.
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If you would like to participate in this service, contact us at 407-733-1448 or email@example.com.
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Hollywood divided: the 1950 Screen Directors Guild meeting and the impact of the blacklist
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© 2016 by The University Press of Kentucky. On October 22, 1950, the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) gathered for a meeting at the opulent Beverly Hills Hotel. Among the group’s leaders were some of the most powerful men in Hollywood -- John Ford, Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Huston, Frank Capra, William Wyler, and Rouben Mamoulian -- and the issue on the table was nothing less than a vote to dismiss Mankiewicz as the guild’s president after he opposed an anticommunist loyalty oath that could have expanded the blacklist. The dramatic events of that evening have become mythic, and the legend has overshadowed the more complex realities of this crucial moment in Hollywood history. In Hollywood Divided, Kevin Brianton explores the myths associated with the famous meeting and the real events that they often obscure. He analyzes the lead-up to that fateful summit, examining the pressure exerted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Brianton reveals the internal politics of the SDG, its initial hostile response to the HUAC investigations, the conservative reprisal, and the influence of the oath on the guild and the film industry as a whole. Hollywood Divided also assesses the impact of the historical coverage of the meeting on the reputation of the three key players in the drama. Brianton’s study is a provocative and revealing revisionist history of the SDG’s 1950 meeting and its lasting repercussions on the film industry as well as the careers of those who participated. Hollywood Divided illuminates how both the press’s and the public’s penchant for the “exciting story” have perpetuated fabrications and inaccurate representations of a turning point for the film industry. | <urn:uuid:41e89a99-7248-4a2d-b45e-8feb170c0ba5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/book/Hollywood_divided_the_1950_Screen_Directors_Guild_meeting_and_the_impact_of_the_blacklist/13176044/1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.931423 | 408 | 1.9375 | 2 |
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When it comes to baby animals, there is no denying the adorableness of a little sloth. As we much as we find these little creatures cute, it turns out that humans don’t know all that much about sloths’ biology, ecology and social habits. So when Sam Trull realized this lack of scientific knowledge, along with her love for the animals, she co-founded The Sloth Institute in Costa Rica, a sloth orphanage that focuses on sloth research, conservation and rehabilitation.
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Archaeology of the Early Nomads of Eurasia. Issue 2. - Samara: Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, 2021. - 176 p., ill.
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It’s one of the most common questions that new or would-be webmasters ask, which is understandable given that most Web traffic starts with a search query. Unfortunately, it’s also a question that has no easy answer, not least because it depends on a multitude of factors. One thing is for certain is that it’s not going to happen overnight, and it’s not likely to happen within the first few weeks or even months of your website being live.
Submitting Your Website to Google
You can manually submit your website to Google so that it will be instantly added to the search giant’s index, but it will hardly make much difference. Google’s robots are constantly crawling the Internet for new content, prioritising well-established and popular websites over those with minimal content or those that are on new domains. However, Google’s multitude of complicated and largely unknown ranking factors are beyond the scope of this article. What matters is that it will crawl your website automatically, typically within a day or two of it going live. You can also submit your sitemap to the search engines although, again, this doesn’t make much difference. In fact, you can safely ignore submitting your website or sitemap to the search engines.
Sustainability vs. Black-Hat Marketing
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is an important part of online marketing, since it considers the fact that the search crawlers don’t work in quite the same way to how humans would. In the broadest sense, SEO concerns making your website more visible to the search robots and making sure that its content and design meets Google’s terms of service. All of this takes a lot of time, typically three to six months, so if any SEO firm tells you that they can get you on the first page of the results in just a few weeks, there are two possibilities: they are either lying, or they use a black-hat link network to deliberately manipulate the search robots.
Black-hat SEO is an extremely risky approach, simply because it’s not sustainable and it breaks all the rules. You may well see some initial success, but as soon as anyone finds out that you’re breaking the rules, your website will quickly be pushed to the back of the search results and possibly even removed from the indexes entirely. The result? An utterly destroyed business reputation with absolutely no visibility in the world’s largest search engine. You might as well declare bankruptcy and forget about ever trying to do business online again. Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to increasing search engine traffic.
The Importance of Organic Traffic
The main problem with black-hat SEO is that it doesn’t just try to fool the search engine robots, it also tries to manipulate people into visiting a website that likely serves up unoriginal content offering no real value. It’s the impatient marketer’s way of quickly building up website traffic without giving a moment of thought to the fact that it’s quality that counts, and not quantity. After all, what’s so great about having 10 thousand visitors to your website if there’s not a single conversion among them? By contrast, organic search engine traffic, which is the product of quality content, consists of people who are actually likely to be genuinely interested in your website.
Using Sustainable Marketing to Build a Following
You need to take a long-term approach if you want to adopt a sustainable marketing strategy that will benefit your business in the longer term. There’s a lot more to digital marketing than building backlinks and stuffing your website content with supposedly high-value keywords. There are countless guides on digital marketing out there, but you’ll be using various methods to spread the word about your website, such as choosing suitable long-tail keywords, consistently publishing quality content and getting involved in social media. Paid advertising can also help raise awareness in your blog which can, indirectly, improve your search engine visibility.
Every business and online entrepreneur wants to know how to become number one on Google, but it’s important to understand that it never happens quickly. Firstly, and most importantly, you need to have enough quality content to keep your human readers engaged. Secondly, you need to make regular but responsible use out of the wide range of marketing channels available to you. Eventually, and depending on the degree of competition in your industry and, to a lesser extent, how much you invest, you’ll be able to start earning organic referrals from Google. However, don’t expect this to start happening in any less than three months. | <urn:uuid:8b2dfa1e-9055-4a3b-a0e1-f25838de673e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.webdesignsouthampton.co.uk/how-long-does-it-take-to-start-getting-traffic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.951789 | 965 | 1.65625 | 2 |
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” …”(Sisyphus) is superior to his fate. He is Stronger than his rock.” – Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It by Jennifer Michael Hecht is a history of suicide and the historical views of suicides though time. Hecht earned her PhD in the History of Science from Columbia University and studied at the Universite de Caen and Universite d’ Angers. She teaches poetry and philosophy in the Graduate Writing Program of The New School. Hecht has published three other books on history and two books of poetry along with numerous articles.
This is a book that I wanted to read but still harbored some hesitation about reading. Like the author, I lost a close friend through suicide just over six years ago. It is something that changes your views and begin to question many previously held ideas. I makes you think, “How could I have not seen this coming.” and makes you second guess many things. The reason I chose to read this book was on the expectation that a favorite writer’s work would be included: Albert Camus’s Myth of Sisyphus. Ironically, I first picked this book up at the library on March 14th. It would be a few days later I found out my friend killed herself that same day.
Suicide has been around since man has been around. From Socrates choosing to to drink hemlock before the state forced him to do so, to (although not covered in the book) a soldier diving on a grenade to save his colleagues lives in Iraq; it can be considered heroic. Other times it is viewed as a weak and cowardly act. Seldom it it viewed as a neutral act. Religion has played a role in stopping suicide. Islam expressly forbids it. Christianity has never embraced it except for a few instances. Martyrs who kept their faith rather than denying it and living were embraced. Augustine and later Aquinas both debated that Jesus’ death was in fact suicide, since he could have saved himself at any time but chose to give up his spirit. Otherwise suicide is considered stealing from God; God gave you life and only he has the right to take it away. Jews typically forbid suicide, but Masada is an exception. There always seems to be exceptions.
There are more suicides worldwide than murders. It is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States. More people take their own lives than are murdered, but the news and TV drama shows are filled with stories of murder, but rarely suicide. When suicide is in the news it is usually a celebrity, which in turn causes a spike in suicides. Suicide Clusters are seen in sociological studies. Where one suicide takes place there is an increase in suicides nearby. There is also a link inside families. Sylvia Plath killed herself and forty-six years later her son killed himself. Likewise, Ernest Hemingway’s father killed himself, in 1961 Hemingway killed himself and in 1996 his granddaughter, Margaux took her own life.
Suicide is an issue that although most people, philosophers, and religions find wrong, there are always loopholes. No matter how hard we try to understand or just out right ban suicide, it is still with us. We seem no closer to finding a solution. In fact suicide rates are on the rise; 30% from 1999 to 2010. Hecht brings together some of the great thinkers and religions to bring rational thought to an act that most of us cannot understand and could not go through with. The writing is clear and well documented. Most importantly, she reminds the reader that no matter what, first chose to stay. | <urn:uuid:7be851de-be01-4a1c-a4da-aec540cd1ad1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://evilcyclist.wordpress.com/tag/suicide/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.982346 | 770 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Institutions, trust, and soft power are more likely to erode if Trump is in office for eight years rather than four
CAMBRIDGE – US President Donald Trump’s behavior at the recent G7 meeting in Biarritz was criticized as careless and disruptive by many observers. Others argued that the press and pundits pay too much attention to Trump’s personal antics, tweets, and political games. In the long run, they argue, historians will consider them mere peccadilloes. The larger question is whether the Trump presidency proves to be a major turning point in American foreign policy, or a minor historical blip.
The current debate over Trump revives a longstanding question: Are major historical outcomes the product of human choices or are they largely the result of overwhelming structural factors produced by economic and political forces beyond our control?
Some analysts liken the flow of history to a rushing river, whose course is shaped by the climate, rainfall, geology, and topography, not by whatever the river carries. But even if this were so, human agents are not simply ants clinging to a log swept along by the current. They are more like white-water rafters trying to steer and fend off rocks, occasionally overturning and sometimes succeeding in steering to a desired destination.
Understanding leaders’ choices and failures in American foreign policy over the past century can better equip us to cope with the questions we face today about the Trump presidency. Leaders in every age think they are dealing with unique forces of change, but human nature remains. Choices can matter; acts of omission can be as consequential as acts of commission. Failure by American leaders to act in the 1930s contributed to hell on Earth; so did refusal by American presidents to use nuclear weapons when the United States held a monopoly on them.
Were such major choices determined by the situation or the person? Looking back a century, Woodrow Wilson broke with tradition and sent US forces to fight in Europe, but that might have occurred anyway under another leader (say, Theodore Roosevelt). Where Wilson made a big difference was in the moralistic tone of his justification, and, counterproductively, in his stubborn insistence on all or nothing for involvement in the League of Nations. Some blame Wilson’s moralism for the severity of the America’s return to isolationism in the 1930s.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was unable to bring the US into World War II until Pearl Harbor, and that might have occurred even under a conservative isolationist. Nonetheless, Roosevelt’s framing of the threat posed by Hitler, and his preparations to confront that threat, were crucial for American participation in the war in Europe.
After World War II, the structure of bipolarity of two superpowers set the framework for the Cold War. But the style and timing of the American response might have been different had Henry Wallace (whom FDR ditched as vice president in 1944), instead of Harry Truman, become president. After the 1952 election, an isolationist Robert Taft or an assertive Douglas MacArthur presidency might have disrupted the relatively smooth consolidation of Truman’s containment strategy, over which the latter’s successor, Dwight D Eisenhower, presided.
John F. Kennedy was crucial in averting nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and then signing the first nuclear arms control agreement. But he and Lyndon B. Johnson mired the country in the unnecessary and costly fiasco of the Vietnam War. At the end of the century, structural forces caused the erosion of the Soviet Union, and Mikhail Gorbachev speeded up the timing of Soviet collapse. But Ronald Reagan’s defense buildup and negotiating skill, and George HW Bush’s skill in managing crises, played a significant role in bringing about a peaceful end to the Cold War.
In other words, leaders and their skills matter. In a sense, this is bad news, because it means that Trump’s behavior cannot be easily dismissed. More important than his tweets are his weakening of institutions, alliances, and America’s soft power of attraction, which polls show as having declined under Trump. He is the first president in 70 years to turn away from the liberal international order that the US created after WWII. General James Mattis, who resigned after serving as Trump’s first secretary of defense, recently lamented the president’s neglect of alliances.
Presidents need to use both hard and soft power, combining them in ways that are complementary rather than contradictory. Machiavellian and organizational skills are essential, but so is emotional intelligence, which produces the skills of self-awareness and self-control, and contextual intelligence, which enables leaders to understand an evolving environment, capitalize on trends, and apply their other skills accordingly. Emotional and contextual intelligence are not Trump’s strong suit.
The leadership theorist Gautam Mukunda has pointed out that leaders who are carefully filtered through established political processes tend to be predictable. George HW Bush is a good example. Others are unfiltered, and how they perform in power varies widely. Abraham Lincoln was a relatively unfiltered candidate and was one of the best American presidents. Trump, who never served in office before winning the presidency and entered politics from a background of New York real estate and reality television, has proven to be extraordinarily skilled in mastering modern media, defying conventional wisdom, and disruptive innovation. While some believe this may produce positive results, for example with China, others remain skeptical.
Trump’s role in history may depend on whether he is re-elected. Institutions, trust, and soft power are more likely to erode if he is in office for eight years rather than four. But in either event, his successor will confront a changed world, partly because of the effects of Trump’s policies, but also because of major structural power shifts in world politics, both from West to East (the rise of Asia), and from government to non-state actors (empowered by cyber and artificial intelligence). As Karl Marx observed, we make history, but not under conditions of our own choosing. American foreign policy after Trump remains an open question.
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I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.Song of Songs
During the month of February, I quite often like to read one of my favorite poems of the bible from the Song of Songs, located in the Old Testament. As a modern poet, I was delighted to learn more about poetry in the bible, more specific love poetry! I didn’t know there were great poets back then! The Song of Songs contains love poems, dating back to 965 B.C., of great beauty, faith, depth and mystery. Almost as if I were back in time, I read these poems and am talking to God about love–my love for Him and His love for me. As we celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day in America, we also celebrate the joy of human love and God’s love for His creation. The author of the Song of Songs was King Solomon, the son of King David! My favorite Song of Songs is Song of Solomon Chapter 2, where there is no doubt about the intensity and depth of love this young couple have for one other. The Song of Songs can also be interpreted as a metaphor of the depths of the love God has for us and for his Church, a love capable of overcoming any obstacles in order to preserve the love of the One for the other.
Song of Solomon Chapter 2
“MY BELOVED IS MINE AND I AM HIS”
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Clarissa Cervantes made her Cooperator Promise in January, 2022. A poet, photographer, physical therapist and researcher, she strives to create beautiful and meaningful Catholic images and articles to inspire and uplift readers. Clarissa holds a B.A. in Physical Therapy, where she found her solidarity, vocation to help as well as to deliver comfort to people all over the world through her images and words. A wife to Richard, she works and serves with her husband by doing mental health research with minority populations in need as well as research on causes such as homelessness, substance abuse, HIV, immigration and incarceration in Los Angeles. | <urn:uuid:bc14d16a-148c-443b-96dd-81d2b6cd9d96> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://paulinelaity.wordpress.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.962045 | 887 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Let’s shed some light on what you legally require to ensure you are operating within the legal requirements for music.
TheMusicLicence gives you the right to play or perform music in public. It does not give you the right to, for instance, broadcast music, make it available online or copy it onto physical products such as CDs, DVDs or digital devices. These activities are licensed separately.
If you teach exercise to music fitness classes, then chances are you will use music in your workouts. You should make sure that the venue in which you are teaching holds the appropriate licences – in the vast majority of cases, including all fitness centres, clubs, etc., it is the responsibility of the venue to procure that licensing.
It’s only if you teach in community centres, privately hired halls and the like where it may fall to the instructor to sort the PPL component of TheMusicLicence, as the PRS component is normally again still the responsibility of the venue.
If original artist music is used in any venue, then both PPL and PRS components of the TheMusicLicence are required. If you use cover version music (soundalikes), then most often only the PRS component of the TheMusicLicence is required. And finally, if an instructor uses completely copyright-free music, then neither PPL or PRS licensing is required.
Many group X instructors are using subscription streaming services, like Spotify, as a source of music. Quite often clubs and fitness centres also use these apps for background music as well. The terms and conditions of such apps state that they are for personal entertainment only and therefore are not licensed for public performance in a venue.
There are, however, legal subscription services and apps out there for group exercise instructors that provide high-quality, bespoke music for all genres of classes. Take a look at mygroupfit.com which is the world’s largest original artist fitness compilation library. Try the app now and get three months’ free unlimited access to the ultimate digital music subscription service. There are over 450 albums available and all are professionally mixed and evenly phrased for fitness classes, with new compilations added every month.
So go and check it out – and stay legal. | <urn:uuid:ba35cf55-fa61-4831-adcb-97386b50a22f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fitpro.com/blog/music-legalities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.943191 | 459 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Editorial: Lawmakers must act fast to stave off even greater fiscal damage from COVID-19
The pain of the COVID-19 pandemic is on the verge of becoming much worse for millions of Americans. Unless Congress and President Trump act, unemployment insurance benefit enhancements of $600 per week provided under the $2 trillion CARES Act will expire at the end of this month.
Some 33 million Americans have collected UI benefits in recent weeks as renewed shutdowns and flare-ups in COVID-19 cases have jarred attempts at restarting economies in many states. The numbers of new jobless claims have dropped somewhat from the frighteningly high levels seen in the early weeks of the pandemic. Still, the national unemployment rate for June was 11.1%, and companies continue to announce layoffs and/or cuts in worker hours.
So, what might non-renewal of federal benefits enhancement really mean?
Here in California — where the unemployment rate was 16.3% in May, the most recent figure — the average weekly benefit amount paid so far for 2020 has been $413, according to the state. The federal enhancement brings that to $1,013.
Without the federal bump, the $413 weekly average would especially force single-earner households to make tough, even potentially dangerous, spending choices. We can imagine the kitchen table debates: “Do we pay the rent (or mortgage) or buy food this week? Can we keep the air conditioner running during this next heatwave with the kids still trapped at home?”
For too many families, such considerations have long been part of their dicey financial picture. State, federal and local leaders can and must help during this pandemic, which shows no real signs of abating anytime soon.
The House, in mid-May, passed another massive coronavirus relief measure — the $3 trillion HEROES Act. It would provide another $1,200 “stimulus” check per adult (like those sent out under the CARES Act). The HEROES Act also would continue the $600 per week federal UI enhancement until January, and expand those extra payments to make others eligible, such as undocumented workers.
So far, the Senate hasn’t acted, though leaders of both parties suggest some form of additional assistance — either another round of stimulus checks or UI enhancements, or both — is in the works. There have been complaints that too many have been receiving more in unemployment than they made on their previous jobs. That assertion is supported by a May working paper by three University of Chicago economists who reported 68% of UI recipients across the nation would receive benefits that exceed their lost earnings and 1 in 5 would receive benefits equal to at least double their lost earnings.
Yes, lawmakers can tailor a benefit more specifically targeted to those in need that also doesn’t become an incentive to avoid finding a job. Democrats and Republicans must find ways to work together to create such a plan in even a streamlined relief package that helps keep afloat battered households. That will benefit all of us by helping to keep the sputtering economy from completely flat-lining.
Other efforts already are helping local families.
United Lift is an assistance program that will administer $33 million in aid — up to $3,500 per household — to cover past due rent from April to November of this year. The effort, which is being handled by Lift to Rise in our part of Riverside County, aims to keep 10,000 people in their homes.
State and local officials must do their part, too, by continuing to monitor the state’s always-precarious housing situation and how COVID-19’s economic carnage threatens to toss more into the ranks of the homeless. Targeted efforts that give financially stressed homebuyers and renters additional time to make good on their payments are needed. Many areas have already enacted such measures. If necessary, these should be reviewed and renewed, or expanded. Otherwise, too many of our neighbors teetering on the brink of financial doom might slide off that cliff.
At the same time, consideration must also be given to landlords and firms carrying the notes on properties for their costs (taxes, HOA fees, maintenance, etc.) that don’t go away just because they’re not getting paid. We need complementary actions that treat tenants/homebuyers and owners humanely and equitably. | <urn:uuid:024d7f9e-7971-48e0-b20c-9611d27ebdfa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/editorials/2020/07/16/lawmakers-act-fast-ease-covid-19-fiscal-pain-households-desert-sun-editorial-board-opinion/5455535002/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.967195 | 902 | 1.742188 | 2 |
And the myth goes on! On popular children’s novela, black school coordinator convinces black child that racism is “only a thing in her head”
By Marques Travae
After having discussed the power of Brazil’s media manipulation machine for several years now, we should all know how these television networks get down. But yet and still these networks continue to use the same indoctrination tactics. The latest example of this is a scene in a recent episode of a popular children’s novela (soap opera) broadcast on one of Brazil’s big three television networks, Globo, Record and SBT. SBT-TV is the network that broadcasts the novela As Aventuras de Poliana, which is at the center of this latest controversy. Interestingly, this blog just discussed the fact that this very novela features the rare example of a black family in the plot.
In a recent episode, we saw another blatant example of how Brazilian society as a whole deals with the issue of racism. For decades, when faced with covert but sometimes blatant incidents of racist behavior, black Brazilians have been told and convinced that racism is “just a thing in your head”, a sort of figment of their imagination. Just because someone called you a monkey, negrinha or neguinho in an insulting manner, or simply because you saw your less qualified blond friend get a job over you, that’s your own fault!
Such was the response to a situation on a recent episode that has viewers of the show up in arms. On Wednesday’s episode, one of the black children, the character known as Kessya, was accused of vandalism. In the plot, the school’s director Ruth takes away Kessya’s scholarship as a punishment for the damage to the statue depicting the school’s founder. The nose of the statue was found in the girl’s backpack, so it was automatically assumed that she committed the crime. This even though another student, Luigi, pointed out the fact that a security camera showed the real culprits of the crime, two boys, Éric and Hugo.
For Kessya, played by child actress Duda Pimenta, it was a clear case of racism. In the child’s view, even having denied committing the crime, the director insisted that she, a black girl, was the guilty party. After finally realizing who the real culprits were, the director restored Kessya’s scholarship and suspended the true vandals.
Seeking support in her ordeal, Kessya goes to speak to the black school coordinator, Helô, played by actress Elina de Souza. Venting to the coordinator, the child says:
“Because I’m black, everybody’s suspicious. It could only have been Kessya!”
The dialogue of the scene developed as such:
Kessya: “I can’t stop thinking that if I was a white girl, everyone would believe it was not me.”
Helô: “I can’t speak for others, but I can speak for myself. And from my part you can be sure that if the nose of the sculpture had been found in a white girl’s purse, it would have made no difference. The mistrust would be the same until we had evidence to the contrary.”
Kessya: “What if it was Filipa, if the nose had appeared in her things? And did she said that someone had put it there? Would you believe it? Yes, because she is white, she is rich. And no one here at school wants to cross her parents. “
Helô: “Not here, Kessya. It does not work that way here.”
Kessya: “But because I’m black, everyone is already suspicious. Like, ‘it could only have been Kessya, really.’”
At this point of the exchange, both characters stood their ground in how the incident was interpreted and how it might have been interpreted had Kessya had been white. But then what happens? Using another powerful tool of manipulation, persuasion and emotion, the sentimental music kicks in and allows the message of the coordinator to be the end all interpretation of the incident.
Helô: “Kessya, do you know what is one of the biggest culprits for prejudice?”
Kessya: “The racists”
Helô: “No. Our heads. And for others to stop seeing us, blacks, as different, we need to stop seeing ourselves as different, as worse or better than that certain race!”
Kessya: “I don’t think I’m worse or better than anyone.”
Helô: “You’ll still have time to think about it. And don’t forget, Kessya, that for everything to change, change must first begin within us. If you want others to see you as equal, you see yourself as equal.”
This last line was completely out of place and made no sense as the child had already said that she didn’t think of herself as better or worse than anyone else. If anything, by telling the child that she needed to do something that the girl already believed, the coordinator could actually make the child re-think her own convictions and make her believe that her own confidence is actually the “thing in her head”.
And further, standing in her position of authority, experience and wisdom in relation to a child, the coordinator goes on to reiterate her position:
“Don’t forget that I have already gone through everything that you have gone through and I am speaking with knowledge of the cause!”.
Respecting the coordinator’s position, Kessya thanked Helô for the “lesson”, the two hug and scene closes as if it “racism is a thing in your head” were the lesson of the day. Pretty amazing when we consider the everyday reports of racist behavior and the endless set of socioeconomic statistics that show the vast inequalities between whites and non-whites in Brazilian society, in addition to shocking statistics showing the numerical differences in the murders of black men and women in comparison with white men and women. I would suppose all of that is “just in our heads” also.
Needless to say, the repudiation of the scene was quick with viewers taking to social media to express their disapproval, disagreement and outrage over the scene’s message.
On the profile page of A Mãe Preta, meaning the Black Mother, for example, a reaction to the aforementioned scene was shared nearly 5,000 times reaching nearly 300,000 views. The post read as follows:
“Delegitimizing the perception of a black girl of the situation of racism that she has experienced and also ‘teaching’ this child that racism is the fault of blacks that see themselves differently from others and who don’t value themselves coming from the voice of a black woman is once again violating our subjectivity and placing us as responsible for a system of exclusion created and maintained to guarantee privilégio branco (white privilege).”
Indeed, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a television program deceptively downplay, minimize or flat out deny the existence of racism.
But this approach to a racial issue should come as no surprise when we consider the source. Silvio Santos (real name Senor Abravanel), the owner of SBT-TV that continues to host television programs on his own network, has a reputation for making offensive gaffes on television. During the 2016 TELECOM broadcast for example, Santos said to a Daiane, a black dancer: “You are really graceful. Although being the only black among white women, you’re beautiful. Really beautiful.” Also, on an edition of the program Talento Infantil (Children’s Talent), Santos questioned a 5-year old black girl about her hair saying it was “calling too much attention”. Santos made a similar comment to young black actress on the 2014 TELECOM, saying “‘You want to be a singer or actress? But with that hair?’”
Given the mentality that provokes such comments, what should we expect from Santos’s wife, Íris Abravanel, who is the writer of the As Aventuras de Poliana novela? During the release of the novela back in May, Íris spoke on the issue of black representation. In her own words she said:
“I think the comunidade afro (African descendant community) needs to get over some things and move forward, because when we look for actors, it’s not easy to find an afro actor, we have difficulty finding them, I think they need to overcome difficulties themselves and move forward and conquer. I’m so happy when I see someone who can be a lawyer, a doctor, an actor, sometimes when we request, there aren’t many. So that one that we manage (to find), we take advantage of it,” she said.
What I find curious about this incident is the fact that the black actress that portrays the school coordinator in the novela, Elina de Souza, didn’t wish to speak about the scene. Her silence makes me wonder how she feels about the whole thing and her part in voicing the character that tells a black child that “racism is her head” and the ensuing reaction of the black community to such a comment. As I’ve written before, Afro-Brazilians who work and thus depend on the mainstream media for their livelihoods are constantly placed in precarious situations in which they may need to do/accept things that they know may not be in the best interest of the black community, especially if they are militants and know the influential power a medium such as television has on the opinions and perceptions of its viewers.
I can’t assume the reason de Souza preferred not to speak on the topic, but could it be that she felt it was the best thing to do career wise, as she knows that criticizing the network could very well cost her a job? At the same time, if she were to support the network and defend her character’s line, she could be seen as a “sell out” in the views of the black community. At this point, we don’t really know her motives, but I would think that if she stood fully behind the words of her character, I think she would have voiced her support.
On the other hand, the SBT-TV network did issue a statement on the issue.
“The novela has the role of debating social issues such as coping with racism, citing several examples. Proof of this, in Chapter 60, on the air on Tuesday, there was the scene in which the text exalts that racism is a thing of ignorant people. And in chapter 61, still in the same context that went on the air yesterday, the school coordinator wanted to convince the girl that the stereotype that the black is always guilty at first sight can’t prevail, showing a new perspective. a controversy that doesn’t exist! The novela is a work of fiction to entertain and not to polemize,” read a statement from the network.
Very typical response that pretends to face the issue while simultaneously simply maintaining a stance that is very typical of race relations in the Brazilian context. Saying that “the stereotype that the black is always guilty at first sight can’t prevail” doesn’t address the fact that this association of negativity towards black people is very real, provokes behavior along these lines that DOES in fact prevail every day.
We see this ideology when black people are followed around in malls due to the assumption that they must have stolen something. We see it when a black man is passed over for a job, even having better credentials than a white applicant. We see it when a black woman opens the door of a nice apartment and is automatically presumed to be the maid. We see it when a black woman is assumed to be a prostitute if she is seen in the company of a white man, even on her own honeymoon with her husband.
The reality of this scene from the novela is that SBT has no intent of challenging the racist assumptions associated with Afro-Brazilians. The real intent of SBT and other networks is to convince black people to passively accept that this sort of behavior will continue, thus not holding perpetrators liable, and to passively accept such treatment as normal. And the most powerful mechanism of enforcing this indoctrination is to enlist the help of black people themselves. | <urn:uuid:dfd72b39-5152-41db-ba17-4070ba60e155> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blackbraziltoday.com/racism-is-only-a-thing-in-her-head/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.969817 | 2,702 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Whether you’re chopping veggies or carving meat, the best cutting boards on Amazon are a great asset to the modern-day cook. They make meal prep and cleanup a breeze, and some can even double as a board for serving cheese and snacks.
If you’re looking for a new cutting board, the most important factor to consider is which material the board is made of. Popular materials range from plastic to wood, and they all have pros and cons:
- Woods like acacia and teak are good options for cutting boards because they’re hard, durable, water-resistant, and won’t ruin your knives. But even the toughest wooden cutting boards require some care and should be regularly oiled to prevent cracks from developing over time.
- Bamboo is a popular cutting board option because it’s a sustainable material with antibacterial and antimicrobial properties, but it’s more porous than wood (it’s technically a grass) and is susceptible to cracking. To extend the life of bamboo, you must oil it frequently and make sure it doesn’t sit in water.
- Plastic cutting boards are budget-friendly and easy to clean, store, and transport (picnic, anyone?), but they can harbor bacteria when they get deep cuts and retain odors over time.
- You may come across glass, marble, and slate cutting boards, which are non-porous and therefore easy to clean, but their hard surfaces damage knife blades, and I wouldn’t actually recommend them for chopping. With that in mind, you won’t find any glass, marble, or slate cutting boards on this list.
A smaller board can save space and be easily tucked away, while larger, heavier ones, which are ideal for carving large meats but can be cumbersome to move around. A heavy cutting board is also less likely to slip around on your counter if it gets wet, so if you’re considering a plastic, or lightweight bamboo cutting board, see if it has grippy feet or consider purchasing a nonslip mat to place under it. Many cutting boards feature drip grooves that catch excess liquid, which can help keep your workspace clean and dry when working with meat or juicy produce. Finally, some boards have additional features, such as handles to increase portability or pockets to help separate food.
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Asbestos is mineral that occurs naturally. Asbestos is mined in many locations across the globe. Due to its special properties, asbestos have been used in making many materials used in construction. For example, asbestos is highly durable. It can also serve as an efficient insulator and withstand high temperatures. Asbestos is used to make a variety of items. Depending on the use of the item, a particular type of asbestos might work better than others.
One form of asbestos is known as chrysotile or white asbestos. This is the most common of all the types of asbestos. White asbestos is used to make things such as corrugated roof sheets. To make these sheets, the white asbestos is combined with cement. White asbestos can also be used to flat sheet for installation on either floors or walls. Given the flexibility of white asbestos it can even be made into cloth. This cloth can then be used for insulation such as for pipe. It may also be used to sew fireproof clothing. About 95% of all asbestos is of this variety.
Another form of asbestos is amosite or brown asbestos. This kind of asbestos is most often made into a fire resistant coating. It can also be used within walls to help make them soundproof. Another kind of asbestos is crocidolite or blue asbestos. In comparison to the other types, it is much harder and not as flexible. However, it does have some beneficial properties such as being strong and resistant to acid. This is the most dangerous type and is used in making construction materials.
If asbestos is found to be in building materials then it is important not to disturb the fibers, as despite its great properties for the construction industry, asbestos is actually pretty detrimental to the health of humans. Disturbing the fibers will cause them to be inhaled, these will then sit in the lungs and can result in health problems and serious illnesses such as meosthelioma. If the asbestos need to be removed then special procedures are to be followed for their extraction. If these procedures are not followed and someone’s health is affected as a result the best thing to do if you live in Britain is to make an asbestos claim uk with a law firm specialising in this area.”
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No More Ransom, a worldwide initiative to fight ransomware, has a new partner: Gatefy
Gatefy, vendor of email protection solutions, is the newest partner of the No More Ransom (NMR) project. NMR is an initiative involving Europol and the world’s leading cybersecurity organizations, agencies and companies. The project’s goal, launched in 2016, is to join forces globally to fight different types of ransomware attacks.
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How No More Ransom works
In Europol’s words, “ransomware is a type of malware that locks the victims’ computer or encrypts their data, demanding them to pay a ransom in order to regain control over the affected device or files”.
No More Ransom works precisely by helping victims of ransomware attacks recover their encrypted data without having to pay the ransom amount to cybercriminals. To do this, simply go to the website nomoreransom.org and follow the steps. If a solution is available, a link will be provided to download the decryption tool.
“Since it is much easier to avoid the threat than to fight against it once the system is affected, the project also aims to educate users about how ransomware works and what countermeasures can be taken to effectively prevent infection”, explains the NMR portal.
NMR has helped over 200,000 ransomware victims
With the help of No More Ransom, you can decrypt over 100 different types of ransomware infections. According to Europol, since its launch, NMR has helped over 200,000 ransomware victims recover their files for free.
It’s estimated that over USD 100 million has been saved with the help of the tools available on the portal.
The initiative also counts visitors from 188 countries, totaling more than 3 million visits since its creation. As a global project, the NMR portal is available in over 30 languages, including English, Portuguese, Spanish and French, for example.
Commitment to fighting and preventing ransomware
Ransomware has become one of the top digital threats in recent years. The damage caused by threats like GandCrab, SamSam, Wannacry and NotPetya have shown us that. This type of malware has been widely used by criminals because it’s highly lucrative.
According to Europol, there are cases where ransomware attacks cost companies more than EUR 1 million to recover the hijacked data. Another report points out that, in 2018, the financial losses caused by this type of threat amounted to USD 8 billion.
Europol also says that, in recent years, the use of targeted phishing emails and social engineering has been one of the main methods of ransomware infection. In other words, we can then say that people and businesses need to be concerned about their email security.
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Integration Tools and Other Resources
Federal agencies and their research partners issue a wealth of data and tools to help assess economic development opportunities and develop plans that capitalize on local assets. In addition, EDA and our partners offer guidance and other resources for coordinating regional plans and programs, especially in cases where communities are collaborating with multiple federal agencies in their efforts to create resilient, prosperous regional economies. Open the following links to see federal resources that can assist your community in the following ways:
Several federal agencies require communities to engage in collaborative, data driven assessment and strategic planning to develop consensus on priorities and projects that will improve their regional economies. Communities choosing to coordinate their federal planning processes can save time and resources, introduce and incorporate new perspectives and methods, and increase their collective capacity to address complex challenges. EDA and our partners recognize the benefits of streamlined planning and have developed the following resources to help communities avoid duplication of effort and position themselves to realize benefits of coordinated planning:
- Coordinating EDA CEDS and HUD Consolidated Plan Processes (December 2017). This guidance from EDA and HUD highlights the value and benefit to local stakeholders who choose to coordinate the outreach, public input and planning processes necessary to generate their local economic and community development strategies.
- USDA RD Stronger Economies Together (SET) Regions Encouraged to Coordinate with EDA CEDS. Through USDA-Rural Development's Community Economic Development division and its university extension partners, the SET program has helped rural counties to form regional partnerships and pursue broad-based plans for economic development. Their 2017 Round VII Applications recognized that SET regions often overlap with EDA’s Economic Development Districts (EDDs), creating a ripe opportunity to focus SET planning on a particular sector or set of issues within existing or soon to be updated CEDS. USDA-RD’s technical assistance providers helps guide the SET regions through this alignment process. See below for examples of regional plans that reflect streamlined SET-CEDS planning:
- Aligning CEDS with other Federally Sponsored Regional Plans (PDF) –This August 2017 presentation by the NADO Research Foundation, created as part of its “Stronger CEDS, Stronger Regions” (PDF) program sponsored by EDA, features examples from regional organizations that have successfully coordinated their CEDS plan with other federal planning processes to achieve more streamlined, comprehensive results. NADO’s related webinar series includes examples of aligning the following plans:
- Recovery Federal Interagency Operational Plan (PDF) for Coordinating Disaster Recovery Efforts (FEMA, 2nd Edition, August 2016). Provides guidance to help disaster impacted communities develop recovery strategies that take all relevant federal and nonfederal resources into account as they develop plans for long term recovery, mitigation and resilience to future events.
Below are webinars and presentations that describe programs and provide examples of federal resources than can be effectively coordinated to leverage investment and enhance regional economic development projects:
- Webinar: Leveraging federal assistance to increase foreign direct investment
(EDA – Select USA, December 2017)
This webinar demonstrates how EDA programs can align with Select USA assistance to support local strategies designed to attract foreign investors to US markets, and strengthen regional economies.
- Webinar: Aligning EDA resources with regional transportation plans and projects
(EDA – Federal Highway Administration, September 2017)
This webinar highlighted the intersection between EDA’s regional economic development planning partners (EDDs) and metropolitan planning organizations that develop state and regional transportation plans.
- Presentation: Coordinating EPA Local Technical Assistance and Brownfield Revitalization pwith Regional Economic Development Strategies (PDF)
(EDA – EPA Office of Sustainable Communities, July 2017)
This presentation features EPA grants and technical assistance programs that can be effectively coordinated with EDA and other economic development resources to promote safe, healthy and resilient communities.
- Collaboration Resource: USDA RD’s Community Economic Development Leads (PDF)
USDA Rural Development’s Community Economic Development (CED) division has regional and state representatives whose purpose is to help applicants match their needs with a variety of Rural Development programs and services. CED Leads in each state actively partner with other federal and state agencies to assist rural communities access resources to support their economic development plans and projects.
EDA, the Department of Commerce and our federal partners have developed several tools and data sets that are useful to assess, plan and prioritize local strategies and investments that can produce strong, resilient local economies. Click on the links below to access these resources:
Available through the US Department of Commerce:
- EDA Tools for Economic Development (PDF) includes a summary and link to several datasets that can help your community to identify, assess and select strategies and projects that make the most of the region’s inherent assets and comparative advantages, maximize investments, and generate sustained benefits for regional communities, businesses and stakeholders.
- The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional Economic Accounts contains data describing the current geographic distribution of U.S. economic activity and growth. The estimates of gross domestic product by state and state and local area personal income, and the accompanying detail, provide a consistent framework for analyzing and comparing individual state and local area economies.
- The BEA Industry Accounts provide a detailed view of the interrelationships between U.S. producers and users and the contribution to production across industries. These accounts are used extensively by policymakers and businesses to understand industry interactions, productivity trends, and the changing structure of the U.S. economy.
- The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) releases 12 monthly and quarterly Principal Federal Economic Indicators collected by its constituent bureaus: the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). These data provide planners with key measures of economic health, such as Gross Domestic Product, personal income, corporate profits, trade, housing starts, retail sales and other important metrics. Similarly, the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistic issues additional economic indicators relating to inflation, prices and jobs, available at https://www.bls.gov/data/#employment.
- The Census Business Builder (CBB) is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to use format. Economic developers can use the Regional Analyst edition to support their planning, while entrepreneurs and businesses may find the small business edition most relevant.
- The Cluster Mapping Tool was developed through a partnership between EDA and the Harvard University Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. The online tool provides users with interactive, robust data and tools to identify existing and emerging clusters and regional business environments across the country.
Featured Data/Tools for Economic Development Available through EDA’s federal partners:
Many tools exist outside of EDA and the Department of Commerce that can help localities identify their region’s competitive advances and make strategic investments that leverage existing resources and advance local priorities. The following data tools provide background and context that can help guide these important decisions:
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. This site offers Location Quotient data to help planners determine comparative regional strengths by industry sector.
- Environmental Review Data Tool. EPA’s NEPAssist is a tool that facilitates the environmental review process and project planning in relation to environmental considerations. The web-based application draws environmental data dynamically from EPA's GIS databases and web services and provides immediate screening of environmental assessment indicators for a user-defined area of interest. These features contribute to a streamlined review process that potentially raises important environmental issues at the earliest stages of project development.
- FHWA EconWorks Economic Analysis Tools. Now bundled with a guidebook and set of transportation impact case studies, EconWorks is a set of web-based tools that can help planners make better decisions and more prudent investments in regional transportation systems and related projects, based on the potential impact of anticipated jobs, wage income and economic outputs.
- HUD Tools to Identify Economic Development Investments and Opportunities – HUD’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG Program) funds can be used by state and local recipients to support various community and economic development related projects. To help states and localities prepare their consolidated plans for housing and community development, HUD has compiled dozens of useful data points into an online mapping portal. Stakeholders can use these data for priority setting and targeting limited resources to local community development goals. Users can also view past investments geographically when considering various strategies for future funding. HUD also posts quarterly Dashboard/Matrix reports showing the total amount of Community Planning and Development program funds that have been allocated to each state and local recipient. Open the links below to explore these tools:
- Peer City Identification Tool. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago created the Peer City Identification Tool (PCIT), a data comparison and visualization instrument that can help policymakers and practitioners understand a municipality in the context of peer cities. Drawing on city-level indicators from the American Community Survey and historical Decennial Census records, the PCIT performs a cluster analysis to identify groups of similar cities along economic, demographic, social, and housing dimensions.
- USASpending.gov is the publicly accessible, searchable website mandated by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to give the American public access to information on how their tax dollars are spent.
How Can We Improve This Page? Let Us Know!
The EDI team is always looking for opportunities to update and improve the federal economic development resources featured on this page. Please help us make sure that the information we post is consistently useful to your organizations, communities and regions. If you have ideas or updated content you would like us to include here, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:acd3cefe-8f1d-41ed-9e6f-07a1e8613d33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eda.gov/archives/2021/edi/resources/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.904642 | 2,010 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Aviation Career Education Camp 2014
The Louisiana ACE Summer Camp Program will continue for its fourth year in 2014. ACE stands for Aviation Career Education and the week long camp is aimed at High School students between the ages of 15 and 18 who are considering a career in aviation.
In 2013, three ACE Camps were held in Gonzales, Baton Rouge and Natchitoches. The campers and future aviators had a great time and learned a tremendous amount. The camp photo album can be viewed by clicking HERE.
At least three ACE Camps are planned for 2014 following the same format.
- Louisiana Regional Airport – June 9 – 13
- Monroe Regional Airport – June 16 – 20
- Natchitoches Regional Airport – June 23 – 27
- Baton Rouge Metro Airport – July 7 – 11
During the course of the week, participating students will focus on the knowledge needed to pass a Private Pilot Written Exam, while at the same time they will be introduced to a wide variety of aviation career opportunities from commercial pilot to airport management. The camp staff has been selected from an elite group of college students who are also preparing for an Aviation Career.
The content of the material presented will focus on four major components:
- The Airplane and the Aviator
- The Airport Environment
- Weather Environment
- The Project
There will be lots of “Hands On” experience such as:
- Creating a Flight Plan
- Pre-Flighting an Airplane
- Making Radio Communications
- Decoding Weather Information
- Designing an Airport
During the lunch hour special guest speakers will share details of the careers in aviation both vocational and professional. Speakers will include:
- Commercial Aviators
- Military Aviators
- Airport Management Professionals
- Air Traffic Control Professionals
- Chapter Representatives from the:
- Experimental Aircraft Association
- The Ninety-Nines
- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
- Black Pilots of America
Camps will run Monday – Thursday from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. And Friday from 9:00 AM until Noon. Hopefully the campers will get an opportunity for a EAA Young Eagles flight sometime after the camp has concluded. Each camp is limited to a maximum of 15 participants. The camp fee will be $200 per participant and scholarships will be available.
Louisiana ACE Camps Looking for Sponsors
ACE Camps are looking for sponsors to help make these camps a reality. If you would like to support these camps you are invited to:
- provide comments/suggestions
- donate some of your time
- host a camp at your home airport
- make a financial donation
- sponsor an activity
- provide some SWAG (Stuff We All Get) to the participants, etc.
Aviation Career Education Camp Registration
Registration for the camps is now open. Please click HERE to print an Application and click HERE to print the Code of Conduct. Mail both with a check for $200 to the camp location. The first 15 applications received for each camp will be accepted. The remainder will be placed on a waiting list. You will be informed when your application is received.
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Can our experience with metathoughts – self-critical thoughts during meditation – help us understand the origins of our shame? Is understanding shame helpful even if we cannot get rid of it? May shame be passed on through generations? What is the role of shame in society – from the “shame dumping” of political debates to the omnipresence of racism and prejudice? And how should we relate to shame during different stages of life, including old age, where the overarching aim is reconciliation with who we are.
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Education and Community Outreach
Image: Class looking at wildlife at the field station
Hiram College’s James H. Barrow Biological Field Station is home to nature education programming and summer camps for people of all ages. A wide variety of special events and programming are held throughout the year. We also offer field trips and instructional programs for school groups, scout troops, and other organizations that want to visit the JHBBFS. These trips can be selected from our offerings which are based on Ohio Learning Standards or tailored to individual groups. Each summer, Field Station staff, students and Hiram faculty conduct summer camps for kids of all ages.
OUR SUMMER CAMPS FOR 2021 ARE FULL!
Interested in becoming a volunteer or a member of the Friends of the Field Station? Contact us!
For additional information, please contact:
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With lockdowns visiting a conclusion along with the economic system returning to job, care providers are able to move away from kids. Teleworking is entertaining, but it’s fraught with interruptions taking care of young children who demand consideration. Supposing the initial one is a operating guardian in Calgary, why not enroll the kid in daycare? It is really an remarkable way to get them away from home in case these are telecommuting, letting them gain ground inside the daily job procedures and obligations. A daycare Calgary delivers several advantages to help a single handle the career and the children. With a daycare management, a single has got the accompanying benefits for your work.
As soon as the kids are in childcare, there is no interference you can placed the head down and finish points.
With a group of skilled daycare companions taking good care of your children, one doesn’t must pressure about them leading to trouble whilst a single tries to finish off issues off.
Childcare experts are specifically equipped to manage kids and check out their requirements.
Little ones Get Entertained
Daycare locations have a number of exercise routines to hold the kids hectic. Similarly, it enables them to develop their exciting skills by combining with some other young children. One particular doesn’t must anxiety in regards to the kids bothering a person to have fun with them in your own home.
Make graphic cues
Notify the children that if a single increases the red-colored card, they ought to sit back for just one before buying something. There are loads of important apparent symptoms one could develop to actually speak with the kids.
Enjoy standard reprieves
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What are Dental Braces? Dental Braces are a way to straighten or move your teeth, to improve their appearance and the way they work. Braces can also help you maintain healthy teeth and gums in the long term and make eating more comfortable, by spreading the bite pressure all over your teeth. It should work by applying pressure to the teeth, to slowly move them in the right direction. As the pressure starts to work, the bones in the jaw change to allow the teeth and roots to move.
Dental Braces is commonly used by dentists in orthodontic treatment for a variety of reasons. One of its most common uses is to correct crooked or crooked teeth. Modern materials and technology make the experience of having braces much more comfortable.
Traditionally, braces have been uncomfortable for first-timers. Braces are metal tools that are painful to wear and often cause sores on the inside of the mouth, leading to cuts and damage. In addition, braces are unsightly and braces are generally worn by teenagers and young adults. When wearing it can often cause a decrease in self-confidence.
But nowadays, braces are less visible in the mouth and less conspicuous. The brackets attached to each tooth are smaller or may be attached to the back of the teeth so they are less visible. In addition, brackets can be made of ceramic, plastic, metal or a combination of these materials and can also be made tooth-colored.
Braces come in two forms, they can be attached and worn at any time. In this case the patient can remove it if they wish.
Orthodontic treatment aims to move the teeth into a stable position. This is complex and requires a specialist’s understanding of where the tooth can be moved, and how.
The new position of your teeth should be stable. However, you should wear braces for as long as your dentist recommends. This will help stop your teeth from returning to their original place. Even though they do this only a little, you may be disappointed with the results.
You will also need to wear the retainer regularly for some time after your treatment is finished. This will stop your teeth from returning to their original position before the treatment.
Short Term Risk
Braces can create small spaces around the teeth that can trap food particles and will stain the teeth. If plaque deposits on the teeth are not removed then:
- The loss of minerals on the outer enamel surface of your teeth, so that it can leave permanent whitish stains on your teeth
- Tooth decay and gum disease
Long term risks
You may also get long-term risks such as:
- The root length of the teeth is shorter. During tooth movement, part of the bone in the path of the moving tooth dissolves, while new bone is put behind it. Permanent loss of root length can occur during this process, which can cause the tooth to become less stable. However, in most cases, this doesn’t cause a problem.
- Loss of correction. If you don’t follow your dentist’s instructions carefully after you have removed your braces, especially when using a device called a retainer, you may lose some of the correction gained when wearing braces.
How do you take care of your braces?
If you want to take care of braces, it is important to keep your teeth checked by your dentist, at regular check-ups. Both during your orthodontic treatment and after.
Clean your teeth carefully every day, don’t forget to clean between your teeth as much as you can. Braces are delicate and you have to clean them carefully so they don’t break. Your dental team will be able to show you how to do this for the type of brace you are wearing.
Reduce how much sugary foods and drinks you have and sticky foods that can stick between braces. That’s because sticky and hard food can damage your braces.
Brush your teeth twice a day, at night and at least once during the day. Use mouthwash if necessary. Your dentist may recommend a stronger fluoride toothpaste, or perhaps a fluoride gel or mouthwash, for you to use.
How Successful is The Use of Braces?
In most cases, these braces work well, but you will need to still follow directions from your dentist for this to work. Follow all the instructions given and you will get maximum results.
When you wear braces, you have to be more careful about what you eat and other things that can potentially damage your braces. To give your braces the best chance to improve your teeth, cut back on sweet and sour foods. This is because braces can trap food debris and cause more plaque to build up than usual. Plaque is a thin, sticky layer of bacteria that builds up on your teeth.
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USA Hockey has always believed that hockey is for everyone.
That sentiment means a lot to National Team Development Program equipment manager Jake Visser, who has teamed up with Requip’d to send the team’s broken hockey sticks to be repurposed.
Visser first learned about Requip’d during the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society (PHATS) and the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers (SPHEM) conferences about 10 years ago.
Cole showing off one of the Requip'd BBQ sets
“I first met them at the conference when they were just starting out,” Visser said. “I met John Ufland [founder of Requip’d] and over the next year, I really started thinking about it. At that point in time, our teams were just throwing broken sticks into the dumpster.”
Ufland and Eric Bourgoujian came up with the original concept as they watched expensive carbon hockey sticks being thrown into the trash when they played hockey. They wondered if they could do something with the sticks. They started partnering with teams and manufacturers around North America to upcycle hockey sticks into BBQ sets.
“Neither of us were in the manufacturing business, this was just a side business for us,” Ufland said. “Every day we learned something new, but we continued to forge ahead.”
In October 2021, Requip’d was sold to ABLE Force in Richboro, Pennsylvania, which is run by Brian Damiani and Mike Fitzgerald. ABLE is a nonprofit that employs adults with special needs and continues the mission to repurpose broken hockey sticks into unique items.
“For me, it was one of the most important things as I was building the company for 10 years,” Ufland said. “To hand it off to Mike and Brian, it was a no brainer. It comes from a place of passion and they want to provide for this underserved company. It’s an amazing transfer of ownership. I can’t say enough good things.”
Damiani and Fitzgerald first crossed paths 16 years ago when Damiani was coaching Mike’s son as part of the American Special Hockey Association, which provides people with disabilities a place to learn and play hockey. There are currently 119 registered teams and over 5,000 registered players in the United States.
“Mike’s son has been on our team every year along with my son, Cole,” said Damiani. “We have always wanted to make sure these special needs athletes have activities they can do, and we first started down the path of special hockey.
“The hockey community is very different. They are very accepting and willing to help. We want everyone to have an opportunity to play the sport of hockey.”
The duo started ABLE Force about three years ago. They started with an auto detail shop and have since added a shredding company, a fulfillment center for boxes and Requip’d. Right now, they are using the hockey sticks to make BBQ sets, bottle openers, snow brushes, plungers and a goalie paddle ring toss game.
Fitzgerald said ABLE employs just over a dozen part-time employees, with the goal to hire up to 50. Having multiple businesses gives their employees the chance to learn different skills.
“We are able to match the skill sets of our adults and teach them across the board,” he said. “It’s such a key component of what we do.
“It is a model that can be done anywhere. They get to come in and work in one area and can shift to another area to get more hours. They really get to learn and grow, and it gives them a sense of purpose and a sense of belonging.”
The impact has been very positive, especially for Mike’s son, Shawn, who works in the shop. He had an opportunity to attend the SPHEM/PHATS conference this summer and help drum up business for ABLE Force.
“At the convention, Shawn would joke with a ‘Go Flyers Go’ when the teams would come by. It was all about the banter for him and the engagement was so cool,” Fitzgerald said. “The interaction with the equipment mangers is so positive. They were able to meet us and meet Shawn. They could put a face to the organization and what we are doing.”
Since its inception, Requip’d has repurposed over 100,000 hockey sticks. In addition to the NTDP, they work with over 100 hockey clubs, including teams in the NHL, AHL, ECHL and NCAA.
Shawn smiling at work
Jack Hughes' half of the record-breaking puck
Over the course of 10 years working with Requip’d, there is one special project that sticks out for Visser. In March 2019, Jack Hughes set the NTDP all-time points record with 190 and Cole Caufield set the NTDP career goals record with 105 on the same score. Since it was just one puck, Visser wanted to do something special to commemorate the moment.
“I took a hack saw and cut the puck in half and I reached out to John,” Visser said. “We had him make a frame for both players and then, I attached the puck to the frame.”
The NTDP's partnership with Requip’d has been a win-win for both sides.
“It’s an added bonus that they are working with individuals with disabilities, so they have a meaningful job,” Visser said. “Initially, we started to keep the sticks out of the landfill and with our two teams, that is close to 600 sticks per year. We have probably sent close to 5,000 sticks to them over that time.”
Cole Caufield's portion of the famous split puck
Every stick donated makes a difference for Requip’d, according to Fitzgerald.
“The more sticks that we collect, the more products we can make and the more people we can employ,” he said. “Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are a growing segment of the population. There is an 82% unemployment rate among this group. Please help support these adults and give back to the community.”
For more information on Requip’d, visit their website here.
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SAADIYAT: A $3.3BN OFFSHORE MARKET.
Saadiyat, a 26-square-kilometre island just off the Abu Dhabi coast, is being developed as an international financial and commodity market to access the emerging Middle Eastern and surrounding hinterland economies. The city is being built from scratch, to be a dedicated business and trading haven with an international stock exchange, a futures and options exchange, a clearing house and a commodities trading exchange.
"The creation of Saadiyat came from a real need," Ali Makki, head of marketing for the project, told The Middle East. "The hinterland region surrounding Saadiyat contains US$1 trillion in liquidity and estimated annual commodity flows of US$400 billion, so the lack of a financial hub in the region seemed to be an anomaly." By 2005 the project is expected to reap $500 million a year from property development alone.
The area surrounding Saadiyat is cash heavy but in trading terms it suffers because of the time zone gap between the Middle East and the world trade centres of Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore.
"Saadiyat is intended to become a leading financial and commodities centre, similar to Singapore," explained Makki. "Benefiting from its strategic location, the market is filling the crucial time gap of three to five hours that currently exists between the major financial markets of the East and the West. It is the final link in the world-wide financial chain, providing a 24-hour active global market, seven days a week."
The UAE government is trying to entice international financial institutions with generous spoils such as direct stock market participation, mutual funds, offshore and local banking and wealth management services, and insurance products. The Abu Dhabi Free Zone Authority (ADFZA), a separately constituted arm of the Abu Dhabi government, will regulate the market.
"An independent, business-friendly legal and regulatory framework, based on the best international practice, will govern all the activities undertaken within the Saadiyat market," said Makki.
The Emirates Global Capital Corporation (EGCC) has been entrusted with the task of building and operating Saadiyat on a 50-year concession. Like tax-efficient Hong Kong, Saadiyat has lined up an impressive list of incentives for finance companies and industries to move operations to the island. This includes tax exemptions, 100 per cent foreign ownership and management of companies, fully repatriable capital and profits, freedom from local employment quotas and business protocols, simplified company structure and so on. "There is also scope for the introduction of newer financial instruments with protection for minority shareholders," said a company official. "International accounting standards and disclosure norms will be enforced."
Foreign banks that set up shop on Saadiyat will be exempt from minimum capital requirements. They can operate fully fledged branches, and banking activities will not be hampered by geographical or functional restrictions.
The company hopes to transform Saadiyat into an international banking hub. "The excess liquidity of the UAE banks, estimated in the region of $60 billion, is what the organisers hope to divert to the island," said a Dubai-based analyst.
"Expected market participants can be classified as investment and financing companies," said an EGCC official. "This includes commercial and investment banks, leasing and investment companies, asset management firms, mutual fund providers, insurance companies and brokers."
The UAE is the financial and commodities trading centre in the Middle East, with an estimated $300 billion worth of business transacted annually. An EGCC spokesperson told The Middle East: "The new market is ideally located to service this trade. Besides the UAE's political stability, the region offers a stable social life for expatriates. Saadiyat will be developed as a city of the future, offering an unmatched working and living environment based on a sophisticated IT/telecom platform."
The island will have a series of exchanges that will form the base for the market's financial services. "The market, the focal point for regional financial and commodities trading, will contain all the elements needed for a successful financial centre," says Makki. "These are the Saadiyat International Stock Exchange (SISE), Saadiyat Futures and Option Exchange (SFOE), Saadiyat Commodities Exchange (SCE) and the Saadiyat Clearing House (SCH)."
"The market is expected to have a strong positive impact on the UAE economy," said Makki. "The spin-off benefits to the UAE are estimated to be in the order of $170 billion over the first 25 years of the project. The UAE economy is heading towards liberalisation and this development is part of an economic diversification strategy. Saadiyat will create numerous job opportunities; the island will even have its own schools, hospitals and airport. The presence of a commodities centre on Saadiyat will increase trade activities and urge traders to use the UAE seaport and airport facilities as well as the storage facilities available in most of the free trade zones." Abu Dhabi airport, to cope with the increased passenger numbers, is upgrading its infrastructural facilities.
The project was first mooted in 1992 and despite the high-profile backers (the Abu Dhabi government is determined to put Saadiyat on the world map) and their lofty intentions, there are detractors who question the viability of the scheme. The high risk associated with the project cannot be ignored, according to a local analyst in Abu Dhabi. The timing of the project is also a cause for concern, as offshore markets and tax havens are under a cloud. "Is the EGCC confident of harnessing the required funds? In spite of the $1 million paid-up capital of the company, additional funds are still needed," said another economist.
Plans for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) have been languishing in the pipeline, but the company has put its own spin on the situation. The EGCC spokesperson told The Middle East: "Once the first phase of development of the island is over in 2003-2004, the management will decide on an IPO floatation. For the moment we don't need any funds from outside, the government of Abu Dhabi invested $400 million." Company officials confirm that capital is not a worry. High-profile supporters include the National Bank of Abu Dhabi as well as the Abu Dhabi government, which is prepared to invest more if necessary. Salah Al Shamsi, EGCC chairman said: `A mixture of government finance invited shareholders from regional and international institutions and the IPO will carry us through."
Is there a need for an alternative to Hong Kong and Singapore? The company feels "there is a lack of an appropriate international financial market in the region". But what about regional competition? How will it take on regional competitors like the well-established free trade zones, as well as other established GCC economies? Most of the blue chip institutions already have established Gulf bases and chances of them uprooting seem remote.
But the company argues that competition is not on its agenda; it seeks to complement the other centres. Argues Makki: "The Saadiyat market will function as a complement and a natural extension to the existing free zones in the region. The financial centre will support the growth and success of industrial free zones in the Gulf by financing the high volume of trade passing through these countries. In addition, the Saadiyat market will use storage facilities in the industrial free zones as approved storage and delivery points for physical commodities." This will stimulate economic growth in the region, says a marketing manager in Dubai.
While few doubt the ability of the promoters to make this a viable proposition, a commentator opines that "the financial market will have to piggyback on the commodities market -- the commodities trading functions of the market is the only component that can evolve into a world player". A listed company in Hong Kong or London will not look to a listing in a new and as yet unproven market. But the EGCC dismisses this critique. "This is the first international stock exchange in the region and will not compete with other regional exchanges which cater to local markets."
"The level of interest in the project is high. Overseas investors are showing a great interest in many fields -- island development, setting up regional headquarters, operating companies on the build-own-transfer basis, IT, telecom and infrastructure development," the spokesperson told The Middle East. It is said that Credit Agricole of France and a handful of strong local banks like the Union National Bank have applied for licences and discussions with other prospective institutions are under way.
The company does not expect any problems from international bodies like the OECD on Saadiyat's status as a tax haven. Al Shamsi is reported to have said: "Significant changes have been made to existing UAE laws to ensure the market acts as a free market, so we do not anticipate any changes to the tax status. The tax incentives are a good reason to feel international companies will be tempted in".
After eight years on the drawing board, the project seems finally to be taking off. EGCC was inaugurated in July 1999 and is reported to be the first firm to be floated on the Saadiyat International Stock Exchange.
The authorities are sparing no effort to attract dynamic companies. The general manager of Abu Dhabi Free Zone Authority, HE Mohammed Ali Al Hosani said: "To be successful, Saadiyat needs to be recognised internationally. Major international financial and commodities centres have expressed their interest in its development."
The commitment of Saadiyat's big backers is obvious, as is the fact they will ensure its commercial success. Whether it will develop into the big financial focal point they envisage, only time will tell.
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While virtual and augmented reality has gained lots of attention in recent times, they are not new technologies and have been around for many years. Looking at the progress of the technology over the years, there is no doubt that virtual and augmented reality would have an impact on a lot of industries including the business industry.
How would this technology impact businesses in the nearest future, let’s say ten years? Without wasting much time, let’s take a look at the ways in which virtual and augmented reality would disrupt businesses.
Change of advertising strategy:
Before the age of social media; newspapers, magazines and televisions were the major means of advertising.
However social media has changed the whole marketing and advertising game. In today’s world, creative content is very important. Engaging writeups, videos and all kinds of creative content have become key and this is due to the impact of social media.
This is the same way virtual and augmented reality would have a massive impact on the advertising industry. For businesses to get their word out there, they would require advertising through virtual and augmented reality.
Advertisements through virtual and augmented reality have lots of potentials as they are more engaging and would have potential customers totally immersed in the environments.
Without a doubt, this would increase the chances of making sales.
A prototype would become easier:
Prototypes are important. However, they cause lots of heartaches as they have to be created repeatedly until one works.
For companies that spend a lot on prototypes, the initial investment in virtual and augmented reality would be a great deal as it would help them save money in the long run.
With augmented reality, prototypes can be made as many times as possible without incurring as much money as seen with prototypes in reality. In other words, this technology would help businesses make prototypes for fun at no extra cost.
With virtual and augmented reality, businesses can have customers test products and services just before purchase. As a buyer, I would trust a business that allows me to have a feel of whatever I want to purchase before paying for the service.
If businesses can utilize virtual reality the right way, they would be able to win the heart of customers and make more sales.
Tests would be safer to make in virtual and augmented reality. When tests fail in these environments, they incur little or no costs and no threats to the life of the product tester.
Looking at car businesses for example, cars can be tested in virtual reality and if a crash occurs the tester leaves with no scratch.
This ensures all kinds of tests can be carried out without any fears, leading to the production of better products at the end of the day.
Since prototypes can be made countless times in virtual environments, it makes production faster. This is because before going into production, prototypes would have been perfected.
This increases the confidence during production, leaving no chances for mistakes at the end of the day.
Developers would become more important for businesses:
Software developers are key to the success of lots of businesses today. With the technology of virtual and augmented reality gaining ground, it means they would become more important.
Software developers would be in charge of the software running in virtual reality, therefore there would be the need for lots of them.
When businesses implement virtual and augmented reality, it helps them gain the trust of the customers. Products would be top quality and more money would be made.
When early adopters begin to gain the benefits of this technology, others would join the bandwagon and we would have a new revolution on our hands.
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Dr Sara L. Uckelman
Dr Sara Uckelman is an Associate Professor of Logic in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University. She joined the department in 2014, having previously held research posts in Heidelberg, Tilburg, and Amsterdam.
Her primary research is in the realm of formal modeling and interactive logic. She is interested in bringing togther tools and techniques from modern logic and artificial intelligence to help explore and understand practices of reasoning and argumentation in historical contexts. Her personal research is primarily focused on developments in medieval Western Europe, particularly in medieval theories of obligationes.
She is also interested in abstract dialogue and argumentation systems, the influence of theology on the development of medieval logic, computational social choice and medieval economic and trade history.
Her research interests include Mathematical Logic; Medieval Modal, Temporal and Tense Logic; Onomastics; Philosophical Logic; Philosophy of Fiction and Philosophy of Language.
She is the Editor-in-Chief and Principal Investigator of the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, and an Associate Editor of Journal of Logic, Language, and Information.
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Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V(aba) presides over two virtual Mulaqats with Lajna Imaillah from India and Lajna Students from Germany.
In the Friday Sermon he speaks on Hazrat Abu Bakr(ra).
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The post-pandemic economic recovery, combined with the
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Financing the Energy Future: The capital transition
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Spring 2020 - GEOG 255 D100
Geographical Information Science I (3)
Class Number: 3170
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A basic overview of Geographical Information Systems and Science; GIS software, hardware, data structures and models; spatial data, operations and algorithms; practical applications and limitations. Students with credit for GEOG 354 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geographic Information Science (GIScience) cover a wide range of topics surrounding the measurement, characterization, data representation, visualization and analysis of spatial phenomena.
GIS software and hardware are pivotal tools used by scientists, natural resource managers, urban planners, government agencies, environmental monitoring groups, crime analysts, forestry and agriculture, and many fields where spatial data are key. Given the proliferation of spatial data and technology throughout business, research and society, it is not surprising that demand for people skilled with GIS has increased. More jobs are created in GIS than any other field of Geography, and the market continues to grow.
The power of GIS hardware and software is maximized by people who understand geographical information science. This includes: how to conceptualize spatial phenomena; how to observe and record phenomena with multiple data capture methods; understanding how to integrate different forms of spatial data; the analyses you can perform; the analytical visualizations you can produce; the spatial narratives you can communicate; and the value you can deliver to research, business and society. In short, the there is an increasing need for GIS users who are more than just capable at using software and hardware – but who have high quality GIScience ‘brainware’.
This course is designed for, and welcomes students with a wide variety of interests, and provides a solid foundation for excellence in GIScience and GIS. We will cover key concepts and considerations that underpin the use of GIS and spatial data use, spatial analysis and map production, with a set of practical GIS training labs, applied to different topics.
Lectures and Labs
This course provides you with a series of lectures and labs. Once a week, we will meet for 2 hours in a lecture venue, where GIScience concepts, methods will be introduced, explained, discussed and sometimes critiqued. You will also be introduced to GIS project management skills. Keep in mind that often there will be material/topics/issues or examples covered in lecture that will not be available elsewhere, and which may be covered in examinations.
Once a week you will also meet in a lab section, where you will work through a sequence of exercises that introduce you to ArcGIS - one of the most common GIS software packages used in industry and research. There will also be optional activities using QGIS – a pop[ular open-source GIS platform. In each lab you will: i) work through activities relating to topics identified in lecture and lab; ii) apply principles you have learned to data sets; and iii) answer a brief set of questions related to the GIS operations you have just completed. We will also introduce you to GPS use for field data collection in GIS work, and the use of numerous digital data formats. There will be a lab introduction in Week 1. Tutorials begin Week 2.
A key component of this course will be the execution and delivery of a portfolio-quality GIS project. You will be given a final project guidelines document approximately half way through the course. The final project will require you to integrate and build on the skills and techniques introduced in lab activities. It is imperative that you plan ahead, be proactive in leaving yourself enough time to complete a GIS project of a high standard.
Familiarity/competence with: the Windows desktop environment; using files, folders and file/folder paths in Windows; Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software (preferable).
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
Course Objectives/Learning Outcomes.
This course will introduce you to what GIS and GIScience are. We will discuss key methods, key concepts and critical considerations/implications underpinning their use. Students will be introduced to using GIS software through practical training. By the end of the course you will have developed a solid understanding of GIS and GIScience concepts, have a working knowledge/experience of ArcGIS software, and be able to design and perform a range geographic analyses on vector data. You will have completed a set of technical labs, 2 exams and an independent GIS project.
- Lab exercises 30%
- Exam 1 20%
- Exam 2 30%
- Final Project 20%
A+ 97 or higher
Required Text: An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (4th edition).
I. Heywood, S. Cornelius and S. Carver. 320pp. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0130611980.
Optional Text: Geographic Information Systems and Science (3rd edition). Paul A. Longley, Mike Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind. 560pp. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-72144-5
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Are black bears dangerous? Yes, potentially, but with good habits and bear knowledge, most black bear encounters will be safe ones. This is the Better Preparedness approach to being outdoors in bear country across most of Canada and much of the USA. Be bear smart and safer. Bears can be a hazard and present a risk of attack but I feel you can reduce your risks and improve the outcomes of bear encounters.
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It’s happened to most of us. The weather is snowy, and the roads are icy, but we still have places to be. While driving, our wheels lose traction, suddenly spinning out of control, and we have a mini heart attack. It’s terrifying to lose control of your car, even if only for a brief second. To prevent this, many people choose to purchase a car with all-wheel-drive (AWD) or four-wheel-drive (4WD). A safer vehicle provides security and a peace of mind for you and all other passengers in your car.
When it comes time for you to buy a new car, be informed about your options to make the best decision to fit your needs.
What is the difference between AWD and 4WD?
Driving a 4WD or AWD vehicle gives you a great advantage during harsh road conditions. However, it’s important to keep in mind that it is always possible for your vehicle to lose traction and spin out of control. Having 4WD or AWD helps you get going faster, but when you brake, you can slide easily. For this reason, it’s extremely important that you ALWAYS exercise extreme caution while driving in the snow. Drive slowly, and keep a large distance between you and the car ahead of you.
Whether you should get 4WD or AWD depends on where you live. If you will only need to use the feature once or twice a year, it’s probably best you get a 4WD. 4WD is also better for off-roading. AWD does all the thinking for you, so you don’t have to worry about turning on/off the feature. Take into consideration where you live, the average weather conditions, and what you will be using your vehicle for before making a decision.
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PHE’s IHR Strengthening Project
Global health is an important part of PHE’s core business. We act internationally to strengthen global health security, protect the health of the UK’s population and improve health inequalities. PHE coordinates a number of projects in countries across the world as part of its global health remit, including the International Health Regulations (IHR) Strengthening Project.
The IHR Strengthening Project, funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care Official Development Assistance (ODA), is contributing to efforts to enhance global health security by working in partnership with national public health institutions in six focal countries (Myanmar, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Zambia) to strengthen their compliance with IHR. Our project also involves working with regional public health bodies, including WHO regions (Regional Office for Africa, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, South-East Asia Regional Office) and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
Our work in Myanmar
We have been collaborating with the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) since 2017. Our partnership has been driven by priorities outlined in the country’s Joint External Evaluation findings (May 2017), National Action Plan for Health Security (launched September 2017). Our work in Myanmar so far has focussed on providing technical assistance on:
For more information on the IHR Strengthening Project please visit our page on the UK Government Development Tracker https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-GOV-10-IHR-PHE, or contact email@example.com
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a global membership organisation with members and fellows based in more than 80 different countries. There is a long history within Myanmar of trainee physicians completing the MRCP(UK) examinations as part of their postgraduate training and also of senior physicians being elected to Fellowship of the RCP. The RCP is represented within Myanmar by our International Advisor, currently Professor Zaw Lynn Aung who acts as an important point of contact between the College and member and fellows within Myanmar.
Since 2015 the RCP in collaboration with our fellow Royal Colleges from Edinburgh and Glasgow have been committed to more intensive support for trainee physicians in Myanmar and have been delivering bespoke Communication Skills training courses with a particular focus on those skills important both for success in the MRCP PACES exam but also of value throughout a career in hospital medicine. The courses have been delivered with a combined UK and Myanmar faculty in both Yangon and Mandalay and have received very positive feedback. In addition the team have taken the opportunity to deliver CPD sessions for the wider Myanmar medical community.
The RCP has established good working relationships with other medical organisations within Myanmar and has regularly contributed to the Myanmar Medical Association conference. More recently in early 2020 the RCP supported the launch of a joint UK-Myanmar venture, the Burma Skincare Initiation which aims to strengthen the provision of dermatology services within Myanmar.
The Medical Training Initiative (MTI) is a scheme set up to allow doctors from elsewhere in the world to take up a fixed term training opportunity using spare training capacity within the NHS. The RCP scheme is the largest of all UK college programmes with approximately 300 international medical graduates currently receiving training within the UK. Doctors from Myanmar have been well represented historically and interviews for the MTI scheme are always built into the program for RCP visits to Myanmar with the most recent appointments made in February 2020 after interviews at UM-1 in Yangon.
Quality Improvement (QI) is an important RCP activity supported by a dedicated RCP team, RCPQI. In collaboration with the Brighter Future Foundation and Health Education England (HEE) the RCP has supported and supervised QI projects within Myanmar and in 2019 the Clinical Director for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Dr John Dean delivered a QI workshop at UM-1.
Finally, it would not be possible to ignore the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic across the globe and the RCP Global team has been working hard to stay in touch with our friends and colleagues in Myanmar despite the ongoing travel restrictions. In the summer we hosted a global webinair exploring the early impact of the pandemic in Myanmar and we continue to offer a broad portfolio of online learning through our streaming service RCP Player. A current series of webinairs produced in collaboration with partners in Malaysia is specifically targeted at the ASEAN region with Myanmar having the third highest number of registrations for these events.
If you would like to know more about RCP Global activity then please do get in touch via firstname.lastname@example.org or take a look at the website www.rcplondon.ac.uk.
Cambridge Global Health Partnerships facilitates a longstanding health partnership between Cambridge and Yangon. The partnership began in 2013, and the partnership has grown and strengthened since. In 2016 the UK Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection found that the partnership was an area of “outstanding practice”.
The partnership works between Yangon General Hospital, University of Medicine I, the Ministry of Health and Sports, and Cambridge University Hospitals and Cambridge University, and with Myanmar diaspora groups. The goal of the partnership is to improve trauma care for patients working across the trauma pathway, coining the name the Cambridge Yangon
Trauma Intervention Partnership (CYTIP). The partnership works with both clinical services and research across various specialities including orthopaedics, emergency medicine, anaesthesia/ICU, clinical skills, pathology, nursing and physiotherapy/rehabilitation.
Each arm has developed an independent programme of engagement, with a degree of integration between these. Approaches and partnership activity include:
To ensure the sustainability of our work, we have delivered ‘train the trainer’ courses. This has a cascade effect, with knowledge reaching more than 1,000 clinicians across multiple professions. The partnership has also worked with the Ministry of Health and Sports to undertake an audit of national ICU services in Myanmar and to develop a national plan.
For more information please visit the Cambridge Global Health Partnerships website, and contact us on email@example.com.
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Mapping the Current Medical Curriculum for Developing Evidence-based Public Health Education and Training Content
The Better Health Programme in Myanmar (BHP Myanmar) is assessing and co-developing NCD-related education programmes to contribute to improving health workforce competencies, aligned with National Health Plan goals to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
In order to build a strong, equity-focused health workforce with excellent knowledge of NCD prevention methods and capable of providing high-quality care that responds to the needs of Myanmar’s diverse communities, six medical, public health, nursing, and community health universities have agreed to engage with the Better Health Programme to review existing curricula, identify gaps in NCD teaching, and co-develop and implement evidence-based, gender-responsive and inclusive NCD curricula.
Support in NCD data strategy and national monitoring framework development
BHP Myanmar provides assistance on digital governance in direct response to the National Health Plan 2017-2021 Programme area 10. Strengthening Health System – 3. Health Information Management System, and 5. Township Health System Development7. This, in turn, will assist the MoHS to access and use data to respond to the health needs of different population groups, including of women, ethnic minorities, older people, lower income populations, and people living with a disability. The assistance from BHP Myanmar includes the review that will be used to inform the planned NCD Data Strategy.
The Data Strategy will provide guidance on producing a stronger data and monitoring system on NCDs. It will also include considerations for capacity building, data collection, data categorisation, data management, analysis, dissemination, and policy. Events and training for health staff and senior officials will also include training for decision-makers about how data and evidence can be used to inform policy and interventions – as well how to improve the quality and safety of preventive and care management services.
RGHR is a Jersey based charity established to forward a programme of work according to the directions of the cross-party Parlimentary Committee for the reinvigoration of the Yangon General Hospital. RGHR’s core activities include the implementation of YGH Masterplan to help making YGH a safe and the state of the art hospital and the support to the undergraduate medical curriculum reform. For information, please click here www.rghr.org.
The Burma Skincare Initiative (BSI), a UK registered charity (Registration no. 1187197) (Figure 1), was founded in 2018 by Dr Su Mar Lwin (dermatology registrar, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London, UK) and Professor Chris Griffiths (Foundation Professor of Dermatology, University of Manchester, UK). Its mission is to remove barriers to skincare access in Myanmar in a sustainable manner. With the belief that education and research are fundamental in improving clinical care, the BSI has mapped out a 10-year strategic plan with short-, medium- and long-term goals, to address the unmet needs of the dermatology community in the country.
Since its inception, the BSI has been working in close partnership with the three dermatology centres in Myanmar: Yangon General Hospital/University of Medicine (UM) 1; North Okkalapa General Hospital/UM2 and; Mandalay General Hospital/UM Mandalay. This has achieved the following successes over the past two years:
1. Organised he first international dermatology meeting to be held in Myanmar, Yangon on 21-24 February 2020 (Figure 2); the first day of the meeting was dedicated to Myanmar nurses with an interest in dermatology. Immediately after the meeting, a Roundtable event consisting of invited, key stakeholders, was convened to discuss the sustainability of the BSI and its strategic goals. This was attended by, amongst others, representatives of the International Foundation for Dermatology, the Royal College of Physicians, THET (Dr Thinn Thinn Hlaing), the British Association of Dermatologists, the British Dermatology Nursing Group (BDNG), nurses, dermatologists and Township doctors.
2. Four International Travel Fellowships awarded to two dermatology trainees at UM1, and one dermatology trainee and one consultant dermatologist at UM2. These facilitate attendance at four dermatology meetings overseas.
3. One Clinical Exchange Fellowship awarded to a consultant dermatologist at UM2 to visit the 3 Centres of Excellence in paediatric dermatology in the UK.
4. Focused annual workshops on psoriasis and atopic eczema are currently being planned for February 2022 with a virtual lecture series on these topics in place for 2021.Research
1. Funding secured and UK ethics approval obtained for the Mycetoma and Chromoblastomycosis – a Dermatology Access in Myanmar Initiative (MACADAMIA): a study of the epidemiology and current clinical management of deep mycoses which are WHO recognised neglected tropical diseases, in Myanmar.
2. Partial funding obtained for the Skin Disease Survey – an epidemiological study of skin disease in Myanmar as an extension of the Global Psoriasis Atlas, which is being planned for 2021-2024.Clinical care
1. Establishment of immunodiagnostics to help improve serological diagnosis of pemphigus patients in Myanmar is currently underway.
2. Obtained support and practical help from international patient support groups to help set up patient support groups in Myanmar, including for psoriasis and genetic skin diseases.
With tremendous support from both international and Myanmar dermatology communities and key governmental bodies, including the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports, the BSI is gaining momentum in achieving its sustainable goals aligned with the purpose and objectives of the 2020 Myanmar scoping assessment. The ultimate goal of the BSI is to establish a Regional Dermatology Training and Research Centre (RDTRC) in Myanmar. With this in mind, Dr Lwin and Professor Griffiths met with Professor Terence Ryan (Emeritus Professor of Dermatology, University of Oxford) – one of the founders of the Regional Dermatology Training Centre (RDTC) in Moshi, Tanzania (Figure 3). Professor Ryan gave his whole-hearted support of the idea of an RDTRC in Myanmar and provided invaluable advice and connections in helping realise our goal. The BSI is actively seeking sponsors and collaborators to establish the RDTRC in Myanmar. Dr Su Mar Lwin (firstname.lastname@example.org) and Professor Chris Griffiths (email@example.com)
In February 2020, WaterAid Myanmar, in partnership with Jhpiego and the Ministry of Health & Sports (MoHS) Regional Department of Public Health in Ayeyarwady Region, delivered a 3 day Training of Trainers (ToT) course to enable Nurse Trainers from 5 Township Hospitals in the Region to undertake participatory training for Cleaning staff in WASH, IPC and Environmental Cleaning. This training is part of a comprehensive WASH in Health Care Facilities (HCFs) project called ‘Supporting Safer Births in Myanmar’. The Project is funded by Australian Aid through its Water for Women programme.
The Cleaners Training package is known as TEACH-CLEAN and was developed by the SoapBox Collaborative (a UK organisation based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine & Aberdeen University), to provide interactive practical training for participants who may not have full literacy skills. TEACH-CLEAN is currently being implemented in a number of countries as part of the SDGs for WASH in HCFs. The Myanmar ToT course, which has 8 Modules, includes a Trainers Manual (translated into Myanmar language) and practical materials presented in 8 Clean Boxes, one for each Module. The course is delivered in Myanmar Language and includes integrated GESI (Gender Equality & Social Inclusion) components.
The ToT course was positively endorsed by the Ayeyarwady Regional Director and MoHS and was extremely well received by participants who included, in addition to the Nurse Trainers, representatives from the Regional Public Health Dept, and HCF based Jhpiego Technical Officers. The interactive course included group work, practical sessions (e.g. PPE, Environmental Cleaning, Instrument Processing), supportive training and supervision and the opportunity to design accessible toilet facilities.
Over the following weeks, ‘Multiplier Trainings’ took place for the Cleaning Staff at the HCFs. The Nurse Trainers from the ToT led on these training sessions with practical support from the WaterAid Myanmar and Jhpiego Teams. These training sessions aim to directly improve IPC & Environmental Cleaning at the HCFs and to result in a much safer environment for all patients, particularly mothers and babies in maternity units, and the staff who care for them.
In January of this year, the research team of HOPe-YGN completed our first week of data collection for the qualitative component of this mixed methods study. Generously hosted by Professor Than Win Nyunt and his team at Yangon General Hospital, we ran two workshops and held several interviews to explore the needs of older people from a wide range of perspectives, approaching healthcare professionals working at different institutions across Yangon. We share our thanks to the hospitality we received in Yangon and the support from Improving Global Health fellows (Health Education England) and volunteers from Cambridge Global Health Partnerships whose collaborative efforts made this trip both highly productive and most enjoyable. We look forward to returning in 2021, this time to explore the perspectives of older people and their families.
Drs Emma Mitchell and Nazaneen Nikpour Hernandez
GHRGN was funded through the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Global Health programme in 2017. This multinational research group brings together researchers from across the world who have an interest in improving the care of patients suffering from injuries to the brain and spine. The group run a wide range of research projects, from the global epidemiological description of incidence and outcomes from traumatic brain injury (TBI), to qualitative exploration of the existing barriers to research among neurosurgeons in low income regions. The lead UK investigator is Prof Peter Hutchinson, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Cambridge.
In Myanmar, the GHRGN is partnered with Cambridge Yangon Trauma Intervention Partnership (CYTIP) which has linked Yangon and Cambridge healthcare institutions since 2013. The lead investigator in Myanmar is Prof Myat Thu, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Medicine 1, Yangon. Given the existing relationship between Cambridge and Yangon, the University of Medicine 1 is host to several research projects of the GHRGN. The neurosurgical team have contributed to the existing epidemiological projects, while two local researchers have conducted qualitative interviews and gathered prospective quantitative data to allow detailed systems modelling of the current patient pathway for those suffering TBI in Yangon General Hospital (YGH). This is leading to a redesign of the care pathway, and will be supported by future research projects linking the GHRGN with the humanitarian architects Article 25 who are engaged on the reconfiguration of the physical design of YGH. In addition, a research project is underway to explore the role patients’ family members in YGH can play in assessing the clinical status of their relatives, and communicating this to healthcare staff.
Published papers include:
1. A systems approach to trauma care in Myanmar: from health partnership to academic collaboration. Bashford et al. J. Future Healthc J. 2018 Oct;5(3):171-175. doi:10.7861/futurehosp.5-3-171.
2. Management and outcomes following emergency surgery for traumatic brain injury – A multi-centre, international, prospective cohort study (the Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study). Clark et al. Int J Surg Protoc. 2020 Feb 28;20:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.isjp.2020.02.001. eCollection 2020.
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BSSH and the British Foundation for International Reconstructive Surgical Training (BFIRST) charities have together sponsored a team of Plastic and Orthopaedic surgeons to travel to Myanmar to provide teaching and training in Hand surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery to doctors and trainees at Yangon General Hospital. The first two visits were in collaboration with the Cambridge Global Health Partnerships orthopaedic trauma team from Addenbrookes, Cambridge.
The following topics have been covered:
– basic hand trauma surgery principles and procedures
– surgery on hand infections.
– practical session learning to suture pigs trotter tendons.
– lecture course on soft tissue coverage of the hand
– practical course on hand flaps (simulated defects drawn on gloves)
– soft tissue coverage of lower leg wounds
– lower limb fasciotomy practical
– Orthoplastic ward round, identifying lower limb orthopaedic trauma cases requiring soft tissue flap coverage and discussing treatment options
– 2 day microsurgical skills practical course
– Operating day performing 4x free flaps on lower limb trauma patients
– 2 day hand fracture course
Another trip had been planned for late in 2020, but coronavirus intervened. We hope that we can reinstate this course in mid to late 2021. This would be a course on congenital hand surgery for consultant hand surgeons, combined with clinical operative cases in theatre (BSSH team). BFIRST would also send out a team to run a course in emergency burn management.
Brighter Future Foundation
Brighter Future Foundation is a registered UK charity. It supports the healthcare related emergency relief work and long-term medical training activities. Fore more information, please click here.
Mind to Mind Myanmar
Mind to Mind Myanmar is a registered UK charity with a vision for better mental health care in Myanmar/Burma. For more information, please click here.
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Everything you need to know about Lisianthus
Lisianthus is a delicate perennial flower that’s often favoured by floral designers and florists when creating flower arrangements and bouquets. It’s a versatile bloom and brings a classy and elegant feel to most bouquets. In this post we’ll list the most important things you need to know about lisianthus including how to grow your own.
History & origin
The lisianthus originates from North America where you can find it growing in desert riverbeds and in prairie regions. In Texas, Nebraska, Nevada and Colorado they call this plant the prairie gentian. The modern day lisianthus was in fact created in Japan by flower breeders in the 1930s. They developed and crossbred the prairie gentian into the cut flower that we know and adore today. The lisianthus flower symbolise gratitude and appreciation which makes it a perfect addition in a thank-you bouquet.
Colours & shape
As we mentioned the lisianthus flower is very versatile. It comes in a range of colours such as white, blue, purple, lavender, pink, yellow, as well as bicolour combinations of those hues. Apart from its colour, the lisianthus flower also comes in different shapes. For example single form, where the flower simply have one ring of petals around the center, or a double form with several rows of petals.
Planting & growing Lisianthus
The first thing to think about when deciding to grow lisianthus is to plan ahead and invest some time. This plant can take a long time to grow from seed, sometimes as long as up to 20 months. The seed of this plant is also so fine and dust-like that it can be difficult to sow just a few plants at a time.
Lisianthus plants needs full sun, so pic a spot where the plant can get at least six to eight hours of sunlight a day. If you live in a very hot area, the plants will benefit from some afternoon shade, if possible. The important thing is that the lisianthus gets consistent sunlight.
Choose a planting site with well-drained soil. Containers or raised beds are ideal. The richer the soil is the better, the lisianthus loves soil that is rich in organic matter. The soil should however be well-draining, to avoid the roots from rotting.
Water the plants frequently but do not overwater and never allow them to remain soggy. Overwatering your plant can encourage fungal diseases to develop.
Lisianthus flowers need a constant stream of nutrients to be able to produce well-branched plants with lots of blooms. Feed your plant at least once per month with a fertiliser that has one and a half times the amount of potassium as nitrogen.
Fun facts about lisianthus flowers
- Long lasting cut flower and can last over two weeks in a vase!
- Often mistaken for roses and are a great alternative when giving a romantic gift or in bridal bouquets.
- Can grow up to 3 ft tall!
- The scientific name for lisianthus flowers are Eustoma, although they’re called ‘lizzies’ among us florists.
Different types of Lisianthus
We’ve already mentioned the vast verity of the lisianthus flower and there are also many different cultivars of lisianthus, distinguished by their colour and size.
This variety is full of blooms, with dozen flowers per plant all in shades of blue.
Most florists prefer using double-flower lisianthus in our arrangements, but this type of lisianthus is very tolerant to the heat which can be helpful in wedding arrangements during the summer months.
Eco Blue lisianthus
This is a tall lisianthus variety that can grow up to 34 inches tall and has dark blue flowers that blooms from midsummer right up to winter.
Sapphire Pink Rim lisianthus
This is a more compact and shorter type of lisianthus, about 5 to 6 inches tall. It is bicolour, usually white with pink edges.
The maurine lisianthus is a semi-dwarf variety that’s heat tolerant which makes it a perfect plant to grow in pots on your terrace and patio.
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“The reason why children need books and adults need books is essentially the same. It’s to help us make sense of the world around us. For children, plays an additional role in supporting the development of language and literacy skills. understanding and expressing oneself are fundamental skills on which all other learning in school depends. Children’s literature can play an important role in the development of these fundamental skills in children”, she added. PHL is part of Tata Trusts Parag initiative to catalyze the ecosystem of children’s literature in India. Given the gaps in the ecosystem at many levels, while Parag works with publishers to develop good quality content especially in Indian languages and manages libraries, it also helps librarians to develop professionally to reinforce the circle of reading.
Oral and written stories develop imagination, creativity and help us make sense of the world around us. | Unsplash
In its third edition, the Parag Honor List 2022 includes 38 English and nine Hindi books across all genres, from over 200 entries received from 23 Indian publishers for books published between October 2020 and September 2021. Noting that stories and stories are “fundamental to being human,” Patwardhan said, the human mind thrives on stories, and there’s growing evidence from evolutionary biology, psychology and neuroscience to back that up. “Oral and written stories develop imagination, creativity and help us make sense of the world around us. Stories are also powerful ways in which we imagine a different world. Stories help us understand ourselves as well as those we have never met. Stories have this power.
“When reading stories, illustrations in picture books open up the visual imagination to fuel several skills in children, including curiosity and creativity. This helps children find things they can relate to. ‘identify and become curious to know more.Reading plays a dual role for children, where on the one hand it helps them to understand their environment, and it also opens doors to new experiences, cultures, traditions , geographies and perspectives,” Patwardhan explained. Lately, she said, there’s been a lot of work coming out of neuroscience and psychology that sees symbols and languages as something very central to being human. “Research also dwells on the importance of story as a format and narrative in helping human beings make sense of the world around them. The first point of entry into the world of books should be in the language with which the child is most comfortable. – their mother tongue.
Books can also be used to learn different languages and master skills. | Unsplash
“Gradually, books can also be used to learn different languages and master skills. For younger children, the first thing they look at in a book are the pictures. The illustrations help children anchor and deepen their understanding of stories and developing their aesthetic sense and imagination in a variety of ways,” she added. So supporting and nurturing children’s love of reading as parents, educators, and caregivers can help to foster their emotional growth.” Read-aloud experiences with parents or teachers help form a positive association with reading as an enjoyable activity to look forward to. Stories have the power to help develop empathy, patience and the ability to put yourself in another’s shoes,” Patwardhan said.
While children learn much through observation and imitation and actively construct their own meanings, “it is very well established in educational research that children who grow up in homes where parents and guardians read for pleasure are more likely to begin to associate joy and enjoyment with books, long before they can read and write themselves, so it is important for parents and guardians to help children form positive associations with reading by making enjoyable reading, not just a necessity associated with exams,” she said. One way to start, especially when children are young, is to create a print-rich environment with easy access to a variety of meaningful reading materials.Research also shows that children who are read to bedtime stories or school reading sessions have more vocabulary. rich.
“Access to quality literature in schools is important for every child, but it is especially important for children from illiterate homes.” | Unsplash
“However, this is not a reality for many children in India. Access to quality literature in schools is important for every child, but it is especially important for children who come from illiterate homes. C “This is where the school and the school library can play an active role. Well-organized libraries at the community and school level, and a teacher who likes to read herself become very important,” Patwardhan said. Tata Trusts, through The Parag Honor List Book Box initiative, provides Outstanding Books of the Year to non-profit organizations, libraries, schools, home libraries and learning centers that have done meaningful work in the library space.” Through this initiative, we are prioritizing libraries serving children in underserved communities. Over the past two years, we have been able to send more than 100 boxes of PHL books to libraries that operate in very remote areas of more than ten states and reach children in the remotest corners of India,” concluded Patwardhan. (IANS/SP)
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Will baking soda ruin carpet? Can Baking Soda Damage Carpet? Baking soda won’t damage your carpet, but it may damage the underlay or the floors beneath. It may also be super difficult to vacuum every bit of baking soda from the carpet afterwards. The baking soda particles are so small that they can often find their way underneath the carpet fibers.
Does baking soda leave a residue on carpet? While bicarbonate of soda (baking soda, sodium bicarbonate) can remove some marks on your carpet but only when used with an acid solution. If you use it without the acid (something like vinegar) it does little. The problem with this is that it depends on what you are trying to remove.
Can you vacuum damp baking soda? Does baking soda ruin your vacuum? Baking soda’s minuscule size can clog the filters and potentially damage vacuum cleaners – particularly the motor. If you’re using a bagless vacuum, the potential chokepoint would be the cyclonic filters and the post-motor HEPA filter.
Can a shark vacuum pick up baking soda?
- 1 Will baking soda ruin carpet? – Additional Questions
- 1.1 What happens if you vacuum wet carpet?
- 1.2 How long should you leave baking soda on carpet before vacuuming?
- 1.3 How do you clean up a baking soda spill?
- 1.4 Can you use baking soda to vacuum carpet?
- 1.5 Does baking soda get dog smell out of carpet?
- 1.6 Why does my carpet still smell like dog pee after shampooing?
- 1.7 What kills dog pee smell in carpet?
- 1.8 How long should carpet smell after cleaning?
- 1.9 Why does carpet smell worse after cleaning?
- 1.10 Why does my carpet smell worse after shampooing it?
- 1.11 How do you get a sour smell out of carpet?
- 1.12 Can I put vinegar in my carpet cleaner?
- 1.13 How long do you let vinegar and baking soda sit on carpet?
- 1.14 Does WD 40 Remove carpet stains?
- 1.15 What is the best homemade carpet stain remover?
- 1.16 Will hydrogen peroxide remove carpet stains?
- 1.17 How do you get old stubborn stains out of carpet?
- 1.18 Will Dawn dish soap remove carpet stains?
- 1.19 Can I use laundry detergent to clean carpet?
- 1.20 How can I make my carpet look new?
- 1.21 Can I use Pine Sol in my carpet cleaner?
Will baking soda ruin carpet? – Additional Questions
What happens if you vacuum wet carpet?
If you vacuum a wet carpet, dirty water could enter the motor and cause damage to it. In severe cases where the carpet is too wet, you could even risk electrocution. Even in a mild scenario, you’d still end up with a soggy mess to deal with when you eventually empty the dust bag.
How long should you leave baking soda on carpet before vacuuming?
When cleaning your carpet with baking soda, let it sit for at least 15 minutes. The longer the baking soda stays on the rug, the more odor, dirt, and oil it will absorb, for a more thorough clean. Try leaving baking soda on the carpet overnight and vacuuming in the morning.
How do you clean up a baking soda spill?
Using a clean mixing bowl, mix together 3 parts warm water with 1 part white vinegar. Soak a clean sponge in this solution and apply the sponge directly to the baking soda stain. Place pressure on the affected area with a dry towel. Repeat steps # 1-3 until the baking soda stain disappears.
Can you use baking soda to vacuum carpet?
Baking soda is also great for removing pet odors from your carpet also thanks to its deoxidizing nature. All you have to do is sprinkle the baking soda over the affected area then vacuum it up.
Does baking soda get dog smell out of carpet?
Liberally sprinkle baking soda over the soiled or smelly carpet. Depending on the surface area, you may need to grab more than one box. Let the baking soda sit overnight so it absorbs as much of the odor as possible. In the morning, vacuum your carpets.
Why does my carpet still smell like dog pee after shampooing?
Hot water reactivates the bacteria and urea that give urine it’s foul odor. Many times, if urine has been sitting in the carpet for a long time (perhaps even years) it has been dormant and the smell has gone away. Other times, a home’s occupants have just become accustomed to the faint odor.
What kills dog pee smell in carpet?
Mix a one-to-one solution of white vinegar and water. Using a sponge, rub the solution onto the stain. Let it sit for 5-to-10 minutes, and then wipe it up with a clean, dry towel. Some experts advise using a more diluted formulation of 1/2-cup vinegar to one gallon of warm water.
How long should carpet smell after cleaning?
Typically, these odors will dissipate within two days of carpet cleaning. If the wet dog smell sticks around longer, you can help neutralize odors with germicide or antimicrobial cleaning agents. Keep in mind that getting the carpet wet again will increase the smell temporarily.
Why does carpet smell worse after cleaning?
The main reason a carpet smells bad after cleaning is that the backing is still wet. If the carpet doesn’t dry properly, it becomes vulnerable to mould and mildew, which can cause the musty smell and even be a health hazard. Bad odours should disappear once the carpet dries fully.
Why does my carpet smell worse after shampooing it?
One of the main reasons why carpets smell after a deep clean is the underlay. Basically, this part of the carpet padding is not exposed to direct light or air, so it takes a lot more time to dry properly. And you know what excess moisture leads to? Precisely – mould and mildew smell after carpet cleaning.
How do you get a sour smell out of carpet?
Treat your carpet with a mixture of one cup of white vinegar and two cups of warm water. Use a spray bottle to gently mist over the carpet. Be careful to not oversaturate it as increased moisture can lead to mold growth. Pour a copious amount of baking soda – an amazing odor neutralizer – on the carpet.
Can I put vinegar in my carpet cleaner?
While some websites sing the praises of vinegar as an all-purpose cleanser, it simply shouldn’t be used on carpet. Here’s why … Vinegar is great for countertops, but it’s one of the least effective solutions out there for removing dirt from carpet fibers.
How long do you let vinegar and baking soda sit on carpet?
If you have a minor stain you can just leave the mixture until it dries and vacuum it up, or you can let it sit for 30 minutes or so and rub or blot up the stain with a damp cloth if if’s a little more of a stubborn stain. Let it dry thoroughly and then vacuum. That’s it!
Does WD 40 Remove carpet stains?
This is when WD-40 comes in handy. Its activated formula equips you to remove carpet stains within a few minutes!
What is the best homemade carpet stain remover?
Vinegar is the superhero of stain removal. Try these different formulas for homemade carpet stain remover to remove a variety of common stains: Rub light carpet stains with a mixture of 2 tablespoons salt dissolved in 1/2 cup white vinegar. Let the solution dry, then vacuum.
Will hydrogen peroxide remove carpet stains?
Cleaning carpet stains with hydrogen peroxide is simple. Use 3% hydrogen peroxide on stains. Spray or pour peroxide onto the stain. Let it sit, then remove with a sponge or cloth.
How do you get old stubborn stains out of carpet?
Try Baking Soda + Vinegar
Sprinkle a layer of dry baking soda on the stain. Then, mix a cup of white vinegar with a cup of water and a few drops of dish soap in a spray bottle. The vinegar will foam when it hits the baking soda which will clean the stain. Leave it to sit for a few hours.
Will Dawn dish soap remove carpet stains?
You can try a mixture of white vinegar, Dawn dish soap, and water in a spray bottle. Use 1/4 cup of white vinegar, 1 tbsp. of Dawn dish soap, and fill with water. Spray area liberally and let soak for 5-10 minutes and then proceed with blotting with a clean, dry towel until stain is removed.
Can I use laundry detergent to clean carpet?
Laundry detergent is designed to clean many types of fabric, from clothing to carpeting. The detergent will actually wash the carpet, leaving it fresh and free of residue.
How can I make my carpet look new?
- Remove the clutter from the carpeted rooms you’ll be cleaning.
- Get on your hands and knees and examine your carpet closely.
- Spray hardened stains with a stain remover formulated for carpeting.
Can I use Pine Sol in my carpet cleaner?
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The Beaufort County School District has developed a set of protocols for addressing when or if a student may have experienced a concussion. Although not usually life-threatening, concussions should be taken seriously. Students exhibiting signs, symptoms or behaviors of a concussion are required to seek immediate help.
The CDC describes a concussion as a type of traumatic brain injury—or TBI—caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. This sudden movement can cause the brain to bounce around or twist in the skull, creating chemical changes in the brain and sometimes stretching and damaging brain cells.
It is important for students and parents to read/download the Beaufort County School District Concussion Protocol \ Beaufort County School District Concussion Protocol in Spanish and the Concussion Management Information.
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Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
July 22, 2022
14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.
1 O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is. 2 So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary, beholding thy power and glory. 3 Because thy steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise thee. 4 So I will bless thee as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on thy name. 5 My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips, 7 for thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy. 8 My soul clings to thee; thy right hand upholds me.
1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag’dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” 11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; 12 and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” 14 Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rab-bo’ni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” 18 Mary Mag’dalene went and said to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., gave a closing statement on July 12 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public. The focus of the hearing was on extremist far-right groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers and the role they played in the Capitol insurrection.
Cheney also said that after the June 28 hearing, Trump tried to call a witness who has spoken to the committee but whose testimony has not yet been made public. The person didn’t answer the call and told their lawyer, who then alerted the committee.
“Let me say one more time: We will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously,” Cheney said.
In the year since its creation, the committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, seeking critical information and documents from people witness to, or involved in, the violence that day.
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Calendula has been used for medicinal purposes since at least the 12th century. It contains high amounts of flavonoids — plant-based antioxidants that help protect your body against cell-damaging free radicals. Research has shown that calendula could act as an anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antibacterial agent. With a track record like that, it’s not surprising then that a recent study has found that calendula may make an excellent alternative remedy to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Traditionally, the flower has been used to treat stomach upset and ulcers, as well as relieve menstrual cramps. Today, topical uses of calendula are more common. Calendula has been shown to speed healing of wounds (possibly because it increases blood flow to the affected area), and the dried petals of the calendula plant are used in tinctures, ointments, and washes for the healing of burns, bruises, and cuts, as well as the minor infections they cause.
For the study conducted at the Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, researchers investigated the ability of calendula to protect the heart.
In this animal study, the hearts of rats were treated with a calendula solution, as well as a number of other solutions for comparison purposes. The solutions were administered 15 minutes prior to subjecting the hearts to ischemia. A control group was administered a buffer solution only.
The research team found that calendula achieved cardioprotection by stimulating left ventricular developed pressure and aortic flow and by reducing heart attack size and muscle cell death. This discovery could be considered a health breakthrough. The researchers were able to determine that the cardioprotective effects of calendula appear to be because of a very unique ability: calendula is able to change a death signal in heart muscle cells into a survival signal. It does this by modulating antioxidant and anti-inflammatory pathways. The researchers concluded that these results further strengthen the idea of using natural remedies in degeneration diseases like ischemic heart disease
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Playing with Science: Creating a Science Game with Digital Design
Have you ever wanted to take a great science idea and turn it into your own game? 3D Print your own game pieces? Create storyboards or animation for an awesome video game? This summer we will create our own science-based games using digital tools - like virtual reality (VR), 3D printing and more.
In this module you will learn to transform physical objects into malleable CGI meshes using your smartphone, terraform real-world landscapes with the help of drones and cutting edge photogrammetry, create your own computer-generated imagery (CGI) objects from scratch in VR, and discover how to prep your creations for 3D printing! If you’ve ever been curious about game design, VR, CGI animation, movie making, or 3D printing, this might be the module for you!
Do you have a game idea and want tools to help create it? Do you want to turn science results into stories and games that capture the imagination of others? Join us to explore digital design and science, so you can use these tools to create your very own game!
Instructor: Hannah Foss, CGI Animator & Technical Artist University of Alaska Fairbanks
Heya, I’m Hannah Foss! I’m a CGI Animator & Technical Artist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I was born in South Australia, and moved to Alaska soon after I graduated high school to pursue my love of animation and adventure! Some of my adventures include spending several years as a paleontological artist, CGI-animating a couple of museum films, constructing a 16-ft long dinosaur puppet called Snaps, eating tasty muktuk, snow-machining on the Chukchi Sea, and meeting a polar bear. I’m most at home behind a keyboard and wacom tablet, and I look forward to sharing the powerful possibilities of digital art, CGI, VR, and 3D printing with you. Together with your ideas and enthusiasm, I know we can create some really epic projects!
Instructor: Jeremy Nicoll, Alaska Satellite Facilty Deputy Director University of
I’m Jeremy Nicoll – In college I took a series of aptitude and interest tests. I discovered I was good at science but interested in people. Ever since then I have been a frustrated geek. At my day job I work at a NASA-sponsored satellite downlink facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The last few years NASA has sponsored me to teach chemistry, physics, computer programming, and physical science to high school and middle school students. I love figuring out how to share science in compelling ways. | <urn:uuid:9cedc786-fea4-4fe3-a0aa-8a7348e34dfd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.uaf.edu/asra/playing_with_science.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.925877 | 554 | 3.21875 | 3 |
- Author : Stephen Prothero
- Release Date : 20 September 2010
- Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
- Genre : Uncategorized
- Pages : 592
- ISBN 13 : 9781459602571
Download God Is Not One eBook in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Book Description: fascinating guide to religion and its place in the world today. In God Is Not One, bestselling author Stephen Prothero makes a fresh and provocative argument that, contrary to popular understanding, all religions are not simply ''different paths to the same God.'' Instead, he shows that the differences between the major religions are far greater than we think: they each ask different questions, tackle different problems, and aim at different goals. God Is Not One highlights the unique aspects of the world's major religions, with chapters on Islam, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Yoruba religion, Judaism, Daoism and atheism. Lucid and compelling, God Is Not One offers a new understanding of religion for the twenty-first century. | <urn:uuid:76d4bce9-1ca7-4109-8f02-23325f4bc02b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hermesnews.org/books/god-is-not-one/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.832206 | 218 | 1.640625 | 2 |
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Five pillars of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' include - economy, infrastructure, system, demography and demand, India's finance minister said
India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today that the financial package announced by PM Modi during his televised address to the nation on Tuesday is meant to spur "growth and build a self-reliant India" as part of "Atmanirbhar Bharat"..
Five pillars of "Atmanirbhar Bharat" include - economy, infrastructure, system, demography and demand, India's finance minister said.
"Self reliant India does not mean cutting off from rest of the world," Sitharaman said while giving details of Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package.
"We shall not forget that we do have a responsibility towards the poor, needy, the migrant workers, and the aged," the finance minister added.
-Rs 3 lakh crores collateral-free automatic loans for businesses, including SMEs.
-Borrowers with up Rs 25 crore outstanding and Rs 100 crore turnover are eligible.
-Collateral free automatic loans to MSMEs worth Rs 3 lakh crore. It will have a 4-year tenure valid up to October, 2020.
-Collateral free loan to be provided to SMEs with 12-month moratorium; 45 lakh units to benefit, the finance minister said while unveiling parts of the economic package.
-Rs 20,000 crore subordinate debt will be provided to stressed MSMEs, which is set to benefit 2 lakh businesses.
-Rs 50,000 crore equity infusion through MSME Fund of Funds to provide support to growth potential MSMEs.
-Sitharaman announced Rs 30,000 crore liquidity facility for NBFCs, housing finance companies and MFIs.
-Rs 45,000 crore liquidity to be infused in NBFCs through partial credit guarantee scheme.
-Rs 18,000 cr refunds given to taxpayers; 14 lakh taxpayers benefit from the clearing of refund dues.
-The government also extended the due date for all income tax returns to November 30.
-Statutory PF contribution by employer reduced to 10 per cent from 12 per cent earlier to provide Rs 6,750 crore liquidity relief.
Businesses & workers:
-To ease financial stress as businesses get back to work, the government has decided to continue EPF support for business & workers for three more months providing a liquidity relief of Rs 2,500 crores.
-TDS, TCS rate for non-salaried payments for period up to March 31, 2021 cut by 25 per cent in order to release Rs 50,000 crore.
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India has added 52 million new internet users in the first six months of the year 2015. The total number of internet usersIAMAI report says India has now over 350 Million Internet users was as of 30 June 2015 is 213 million. These figures were released by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Wednesday.
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in a statement said that 213 million users that translate as 60% had accessed the internet through mobile devices. These numbers point to the fact that the internet in India has become inclusive, and this bodes well with the industry and the society as a whole.
Internet users have surged by 26% from October 2014 when there were 278 million users. The mobile internet users have also risen by 40% from 159 million users in October 2014.
It further added that the internet in India took more than a decade to rise from 10 million to 100 million. It took only three years to rise from 100 million to 200 million and only one year to rise from 200 to 300 million users. It means that the Internet has come here in a big way.
Rural India will be the primary pusher of this growth. There is a vast expanse of the country that needs to be covered by the web.
According to IAMAI, the increase of local language content will spawn a spawn a growth of 39% in the current Internet user base. The growth of 16% in the urban internet segment was primarily driven by mobile internet users.
India pitched its case to the US a fortnight ago to establish route servers. It feels the internet must be more democratic and should be beyond the ten root servers in the US located mostly in a military research lab, universities and NASA. India will soon overtake the US and become the second largest Internet market soon. Shortly this is a possibility. | <urn:uuid:753cb3bb-fdde-44b1-96f6-d15e48b4d379> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pc-tablet.com/iamai-report-india-350-million-internet-users/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.969805 | 374 | 1.828125 | 2 |
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Curtis Road Corridor Study
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
- 18–month corridor study
- 4.6 miles of roadway with a rural cross–section on the periphery of an urban area
- 10 local jurisdictions within and/or immediately adjacent to the study area
- 10 different agencies on steering committee: 8 local agencies + State DOT + FHWA
- 5 additional local and state environmental agencies on environmental working group
- 13 years = length of time the future of this section of roadway has been unresolved: this corridor study has been included as a regional priority project in the most recent LRTPs (2004, 2009, and 2014)
- 80 percent = amount 24–hour traffic volumes have increased in a portion of the corridor between 2006 and 2016
Agency: Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
Transportation decision–making phase: Corridor Planning
The key challenge of the Curtis Road Corridor Study was to find an innovative and cooperative approach to improve the safety and functionality of a rural roadway on the edge of an urban area connecting distinct land uses and municipalities with seemingly competing priorities. Despite being listed as a regional priority project in the three most recent Long Range Transportation Plans (2004, 2009, and 2014), the Curtis Road Corridor Study has been difficult for the local Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to get support for due to overlapping jurisdictions and sensitive land uses. Accounting for the impact of future transportation infrastructure improvements on the environmentally sensitive and academically important agricultural research land within the corridor made this study uniquely contentious. To carry out the Curtis Road Corridor Study, MPO staff utilized PlanWorks to create a collaborative and transparent corridor planning process involving many local agencies, as well as local roadway users, residents, and property owners to obtain input on the corridor and to promote awareness of environmental sensitivities and local transportation issues. By bringing together stakeholders to define collective goals for the corridor and future scenarios, this planning process strengthened the existing working relationships among local agencies and residents. The approval of the Curtis Road Corridor Study in 2017 represented the achievement of a long–time regional priority.
The goal of the Curtis Road Corridor Study was to improve safety and mobility within and between the surrounding jurisdictions as well as support and protect the disparate surrounding land uses, including the world–renowned University of Illinois agricultural research and educational fields known as the South Farms. This corridor is located on the periphery of the Urbanized Area connecting the City of Urbana (pop. 42,044) and Urbana Township (pop. 7,282) on the east end of the corridor to the Village of Savoy (pop. 7,879) and the City of Champaign (pop. 84,513) on the west end. In the middle of the corridor, between the aforementioned jurisdictions, are the University's South Farms where farm equipment transportation, animal crossings, and a variety of environmental sensitivities present barriers to improving safety and connectivity between the growing populations and development to the east and west. Each of these entities has a variety of requirements for access to residential properties, public recreation space, commercial uses, the 200–acre University Research Park, a railroad, and university athletic facilities/stadiums within and immediately adjacent to the corridor. Given the number of agencies involved in the area and the past difficulties compromising over transportation goals for the future, the MPO was the logical party to carry out the study on behalf of and in cooperation with all the agencies. In addition, with the corridor study funding coming from an external source, there would be no pressure on any of the agencies to find the money to help fund the study or to determine the most fair way to contribute according to different budgets, populations, interests, or land and roadway ownership. Rather than financial support, each of the agencies committed to providing staff time to help oversee and complete the corridor study. From the start, the MPO set out to conduct a corridor study that was collaborative in nature and directed by a representative Steering Committee made up of agencies with land, roadways, or operations within or adjacent to the study area. Understanding that the study would require thoughtful communication, collaboration, and compromise, MPO staff were committed to using the PlanWorks Decision Guide for Corridor Studies to provide a clearly–defined set of decision points for the disparate parties involved. The PlanWorks Decision Guide provided clear expectations for each project partner and stakeholder in terms of when and how mutual collaboration and compromise would be expected and essential to move forward. The Decision Guide made it easy for Steering Committee members and other project participants to know where they were in the process and what their role was at any given time. In addition, the PlanWorks Assessments allowed MPO staff to evaluate the ongoing collaboration and ensure each partner was productively engaged at each step. The Curtis Road Corridor Study also utilized the Natural Environment and Implementing Eco–Logical application in PlanWorks in order to more fully incorporate environmental concerns into the corridor study while also preparing any future corridor improvement project for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). An Environmental Working Group was established, made up of regional environmental experts, to oversee the use and documentation of the Natural Environment and Implementing Eco–Logical application throughout the process. Setting up a separate working group to focus entirely on environmental issues in the corridor was an efficient way for MPO staff to bring environmental expertise to the process when relevant without the Steering Committee getting bogged down in environmental topics they weren't trained or equipped to deal with.
Corridor Planning Phase of the Decision Guide:
- Approve scope of corridor plan process
- Approve problem statements and opportunities
- Approve goals for the corridor
- Reach consensus on scope of environmental review and analysis
- Approve evaluation criteria, methods, and measures
- Approve range of solutions sets
- Adopt preferred solution set
- Approve evaluation criteria, methods, and measures for prioritization of projects
- Adopt priorities for implementation
Assessment: Partner Assessment
Application: Natural Environment and Implementing Eco–Logical
1. Approve scope of corridor plan process
MPO staff started by identifying stakeholders to serve on a steering committee for the project and then drafting a timeline and work plan to kick off the process. At the first meeting of stakeholders, MPO staff announced the beginning of the Curtis Road Corridor Study project, presented the parameters of PlanWorks, and invited meeting attendees to serve on the study's Steering Committee that would meet regularly throughout the process to provide direction and make key decisions. The invited stakeholders reviewed the scope and timeline of the study and discussed the study area, area of influence, and the inclusion of the Natural Environment and Implementing Eco–Logical application as part of the study. The outcomes of this meeting included an approved scope and timeline for the study (see Figure 1 below) (COR–1), an approved study area, an expanded area of influence, ideas for establishing an Environmental Working Group to oversee the Natural Environment and Implementing Eco–Logical application, confirmed representatives from each partner agency to serve on the project Steering Committee, and invitations to additional agencies to be included in the Steering Committee. After the meeting, MPO staff worked on contacting the additional agencies to serve on the Steering Committee and recruiting members for the Environmental Working Group. In addition, MPO staff presented the corridor study separately to the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES), who owns and operates approximately 50 percent of the land in the study area for agricultural research purposes. The group discussed their role in the corridor study process and provided input on current and future land use plans.
During the first three months, MPO staff documented the existing conditions of the corridor by collecting and analyzing data on emergency services, utilities, non–transportation facilities, land use and zoning, future development, physical setting, environmental conditions, and details about the current transportation conditions including road geometries, travel flow, and safety statistics. The projected conditions were also documented through the analysis of future land use plans and updated regional population and employment projections from the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan approved in 2014. The existing and projected conditions portion of the corridor study includes analysis and documentation of data and verification of data with stakeholder agencies and members of the public who live, work, and/or travel through the area. During this time staff was also gathering information for the travel demand model as well as preparing for scenario development and upcoming public meetings.
Figure 1: Curtis Road Corridor Study Timeline
2. Approve problem statements and opportunities, and
3. Approve goals for the corridor
Key decisions 2 and 3 went hand–in–hand in this process. The process of identifying and collectively agreeing on the problems and opportunities for the corridor naturally included identifying and collectively agreeing on the goals for the corridor, it was essentially the same task with two separate but related outputs: 1. problem and opportunity statements, 2. corridor goals. In reality, the process of defining the goals and opportunities started years ago when plans for this corridor were stalled due to competing goals from the surrounding jurisdictions and landowners. Anticipating conflicting opinions about goals for the future of the corridor during this study, MPO staff designed a process that would use public input as the foundation for the problem and opportunity statements and the corresponding corridor goals as well as the future scenarios. This part of the corridor study included the first public meeting to gather the public input that would lay the foundation for several future steps in the corridor planning process. After the first public meeting staff spent considerable time processing the input and organizing it into "Problems and Opportunities" statements with additional input from the Steering Committee and the Environmental Working Group. The "Problems and Opportunities" statements serve as the foundation for the corridor's goals, which determine the evaluation criteria by which to assess proposed future scenarios. The evaluation criteria are also dependent on the modeling tools staff use during the scenario development and evaluation process. The interconnection between the public input, problem statements, goals, evaluation criteria, and modeling tools makes this the most foundational and time–consuming portion of the corridor study.
4. Reach consensus on scope of environmental review and analysis
At the second Curtis Road Corridor Study Steering Committee meeting, staff presented the project scope and timeline, gave an overview of the draft existing conditions data, and discussed the project's first public meeting tentatively scheduled for October. This meeting also included a confirmation of the Curtis Road Environmental Working Group as well as a consensus on the Scope of the Environmental Review and Analysis (COR–4). It was determined that the Environmental Working Group would help inform the environmental data included in the existing conditions portion of the corridor study, as well as work on a more detailed "Environmental Report" that would speak more directly to possible future NEPA requirements to include as an appendix to the study.
Figure 2: Public meeting participants mapped their Curtis Road routes using string
The first public meeting for the Curtis Road Corridor Study was held on a weekday evening at a church on the northern border of the study area. Although not many people live within the study area (since over 80 percent of the land area is agricultural) MPO staff was aware that local residents have strong feelings about the study area in particular and more generally about areas on the periphery of the urban area that could be susceptible to "sprawl" development. Staff used a variety of methods to advertise the meeting including newspaper ads, emails to various agency and neighborhood listserves, and social media posts. In order to capture people who use the roadway but might not live in the immediate community, staff had 40 yard signs made to post along the roadways around the study area to advertise public meetings. Staff also set up a project webpage that contained background information about the project, event announcements and archives, and staff contact information.
Over 80 people attended the first public meeting to learn more about the corridor study and to provide input. At the meeting, staff collected input regarding the current strengths and weaknesses of the corridor as well as their vision for the future of the corridor in the form of surveys, interactive maps (see Figure 2), information boards, and informal conversations. The input from the first meeting will inform the future steps of the study including defining problems statements, corridor goals, evaluation criteria, and future roadway improvement scenarios. At this first meeting, some meeting attendees were suspicious about the motivation of the corridor study and were afraid the planners in charge of the study already had plans for future roadway expansion. Staff tried to communicate the purpose of the meeting was gather their input to define the problems and opportunities that would drive the visioning process. For those attendees who were still suspicious or angry about the study, staff encouraged them to provide as much feedback during the meeting as they were comfortable providing and to stay engaged in the process by signing up for the listserve and/or visiting the website to find out about future meetings. After the meeting CUUATS staff posted the meeting materials on the project website.
During this phase, managers and administrators of the College of ACES at the University of Illinois hosted a tour for the corridor Steering Committee and MPO staff to highlight operations and activities that could influence planning and ultimate decision making for the Curtis Road Corridor. Curtis Road bisects land in the heart of the ACES South Farms, which are the field research laboratories of the world–renowned agricultural research portfolio of the College of ACES. ACES land accounts for about 50 percent of the land within the study area and the operations include a unique set of mobility and improvement needs specific to the public roadway. The tour was very informative for the corridor study's Steering Committee members and MPO staff regarding the land uses and mobility needs of the ACES operations.
During this phase staff held two Environmental Working Group meetings where group members from the Illinois State Geological Survey, the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, and the Champaign County Soil and Water Conservation District gave updates about their work or research related to the corridor. At one meeting a drainage tile map submitted by the conservation district was reviewed since drainage is a big problem in the corridor. During this phase, MPO staff presented a summary of public input received at the first public meeting regarding the corridor's strengths, weaknesses, and future possibilities to the Environmental Working Group and led group members in an activity to help brainstorm/develop problem statements and opportunities for the corridor, as well as identify specific sites that could be environmentally sensitive.
Processing the combined input from the public, the Steering Committee, and the Environmental Working Group, five over–arching themes emerged as corridor priorities: roadway deficiencies, agricultural preservation, modal interrelationships, environmental protection, and system linkages. MPO staff working with the Steering Committee to develop each of the five themes as its own "problem and opportunity statement" including goals and draft evaluation criteria for each statement. The Steering Committee approved the problem and opportunity statements (COR–2) as well as the goals for the corridor (COR–3). Chapter 4: Problems and Opportunities includes a summary of the problem statement, a description of the problem, goals, objectives, and evaluation criteria associated with each statement, as well as a map and images illustrating the summary and some relevant public comments.
5. Approve evaluation criteria, methods, and measures, and
6. Approve range of solutions sets
With defined goals for the corridor based on the "Problems and Opportunities," the next phase of the study involved identifying evaluation criteria and future scenarios (AKA solution sets) that can address those goals in a measurable way. The evaluation criteria are intended to quantify and compare the effectiveness of different scenarios in addressing the corridors goals. Part of the evaluation criteria required updating the travel demand model (TDM) by incorporating updated population and employment projections and developing a microsimulation for the study area. The rest of the evaluation criteria will require both qualitative and quantitative manual calculations. Staff will model, calculate, and document the evaluation criteria for the proposed future scenarios with the horizon year of 2040, as well as for a baseline/do–nothing scenario that assumed no future changes. In order to start the process of identifying future scenarios for the corridor, staff began with a second round of public input.
The second public involvement event for the corridor study was held at the same location as the first public event (a church on the northern border of the study area). The structure of this event was a longer–format workshop, held on a Saturday, in order to get participants to work together and consider the future of the corridor in a more thoughtful way. Staff advertised the meeting via the corridor study's listserve, two separate legal and retail listings in the local newspaper, the MPO Facebook page, Nextdoor.com, and road signs around the study area.
In preparation for the public workshop, staff developed a presentation of the problem and opportunity statements as well as the related goals for the corridor that were developed from the input from the previous public meeting. Meeting attendees filled out a survey in response to the problems and opportunities as defined by MPO staff where they had the opportunity to provide additional input on them and rank them in order of importance. To build on that input for the next phase of the corridor study, MPO staff also arranged an activity that would allow community members to work in groups to articulate their vision for the future of the Curtis roadway and surrounding area in the year 2040. Staff prepared large–scale land use maps with existing building footprints and environmental features of the corridor to serve as the base map for the activity. To go along with the maps, staff designed transportation improvement graphics for each roadway segment and intersection with different lane configurations, bike facilities, and intersection control types. At the meeting, eight groups formed and each group was provided a set of materials and a MPO staff facilitator to carry out the activity. Groups' future visions were limited by a predetermined budget, which helped them to prioritize the projects that are most important to them. The result was eight (8) different maps of the study area, one for each group, that illustrate a different future scenario for the roadways within the study area. Each of the scenarios was unique and collectively, they presented a wide range of possibilities for pedestrian, bicycle, automobile, transit, and agricultural vehicle mobility in the area. After the meeting CUUATS staff posted the meeting materials on the project website.
Following the public workshop, MPO staff held a Steering Committee meeting to provide a summary of the second public meeting and present the future scenarios developed by the public as the full range of solution sets that will be evaluated along with a baseline or "do nothing" scenario. The Steering Committee discussed the solution sets to ensure there was a good range of options presented and to get a better idea of how their analysis will be presented to the public at the next public meeting. The group approved the range of solution sets that will be evaluated (COR–6) and also discussed how the scenario analysis would inform the preferred future scenario and the development of final recommendations for the future. In addition, MPO staff and the Steering Committee re–visited the draft evaluation criteria presented along with the corridor goals. Now that staff and the Steering Committee have a more clear understanding of the scenarios that the criteria will be evaluating, they approved the evaluation criteria, methods, and measures (COR–5) with very few edits.
Since there were very few local landowners at the second public meeting/workshop where future scenarios were developed, MPO staff and the Steering Committee decided to try to connect with the agricultural landowners adjacent to the roadway during the scenario analysis portion of the study. The point of the extra meeting would be to talk with them directly about the study because the communication with adjacent landowners had been inconsistent and tense up to this point. The Steering Committee decided that MPO staff, the Urbana Township Commissioner, and the County Highway Engineer would attempt to meet with the adjacent landowners to hear their concerns, ideas, and attempt to clear up any questions or misunderstandings about the study. Seventeen landowners and residents were contacted by mail, phone, email, and word of mouth depending on how much contact information we had for each parcel or residence. The meeting was held at the County Highway Building with nine landowners/residents in attendance. At the meeting staff gave an overview of the study and answered some questions they had about the study itself as well as the procedures for doing roadwork on Curtis Road at some point in the future. MPO staff, the Urbana Township Commissioner, and County Highway Engineer were able to answer many questions the attendees had about how it works when roads require additional right–of–way or how access points are addressed when roads are improved next to agricultural fields. MPO staff feels it was a productive meeting and the attendees expressed their appreciation for being brought directly into the conversation. They agreed with many of the documented safety concerns about the roadway despite the fact that they are concerned about losing any of their agricultural land to roadway improvements in the future.
During this stage MPO staff met with the Environmental Working Group to assess the effects of the future scenarios on corridor goals related to environmental conservation. MPO staff presented a summary of the public workshop and the preliminary analysis of the scenarios. After reviewing the Problems and Opportunities chapter, the future scenarios developed by the public, and landowner input, the group approved the existing evaluation criteria and discussed additional qualitative measures to consider documenting in the report such as potential impacts to animal habitats and the development of green infrastructure.
Toward the end of this phase MPO staff met with the Steering Committee to present and review the evaluation of the public scenarios for the future before sharing the results with the public at the next (third) public meeting. Steering Committee members discussed the positive and negative aspects of the different scenarios and directed staff to create a preferred scenario using the evaluation criteria to identify the best performing characteristics from the public scenarios. Steering Committee members also discussed the feasibility, priority, funding, and timeline for the different improvements included in the scenarios that were evaluated (project prioritization). The Steering Committee scheduled another meeting for the following week, to review and discuss the preferred scenario before it would be presented to the public the following month. In addition to presenting a preferred scenario including the most popular, best–performing, and most realistic improvements according to the members of the Steering Committee, MPO staff broke down the preferred scenario in three chronological phases in order to represent the project prioritization that had been discussed in the previous meeting. The Steering Committee discussed some changes and finalized the draft of the preferred scenario and project prioritization to be presented to the public.
7. Adopt preferred solution set, and
8. Approve evaluation criteria, methods, and measures for prioritization of projects
The goal of this stage was to identify a preferred scenario for the future that addressed the defined goals of the corridor. In addition, the improvements included in the preferred scenario were prioritized to clarify how to begin the process of implementation.
MPO staff held the third public meeting at the same venue with 48 people in attendance. Staff presented an overview of the corridor study process and then described the analysis of the scenarios created at the previous public meeting using the evaluation criteria. After discussing the public scenario analysis, staff presented the draft of the preferred scenario within the framework of the three chronological phases to incorporate the project prioritization proposed by the Steering Committee. The presentation was followed by a question and answer period where attendees asked questions about different aspects of the preferred scenario. Before and after the presentation, attendees were encouraged to review the posters that summarized the content in the presentation, talk to MPO staff, and fill out a survey about the things they liked and disliked about the draft preferred scenario. The feedback from the public regarding the preferred scenario and project prioritization was largely positive.
Following the third public meeting, MPO staff held a Steering Committee meeting to present the results of the public meeting and to get final approval of the preferred scenario (COR–7) and the project prioritization methodology (COR–8). Based on the feedback from the public meeting and a review of the previous Steering Committee meeting discussion that defined the scenario timeline, the committee approved both PlanWorks Corridor Planning Decision Guide steps as presented to the public with only minor revisions. At this meeting the committee also discussed the final approval process for the corridor study.
9. Adopt priorities for implementation
During this final stage of the Corridor Study, the goal of staff and stakeholders was to document and review all feedback received during a 30–day public review period to ensure that the final study document and future recommendations accurately reflect the community's collective priorities for the future of the corridor. Given the positive feedback received on the draft document, staff was able to present the feedback along with the final draft of the study to the Steering Committee, CUUATS Technical Committee, and CUUATS Policy Committee for approval on October 25, 2017.
After the Steering Committee approved the preferred scenario and project prioritization, MPO staff began finalizing the details of the additional recommendations associated with the preferred scenario, and filling in additional documentation about the corridor study in order to compile a full draft of the corridor study document. After the Steering Committee reviewed and approved the full draft document, it was released for a 30–day public comment period from September 5 through October 5, 2017. During the public comment period the full draft document was advertised and made available online and in physical locations around the community. One comment was submitted with one of the physical documents and three comments were emailed directly to MPO staff in response to the draft document.
During the 30–day public comment period, MPO staff presented the findings and recommendations contained in the draft document to the public at the fourth and last public meeting held for the corridor. The meeting was held at the same location as the other three meetings. Twenty five people attended this meeting where CUUATS staff provided a presentation and information boards regarding the full draft corridor study document and the recommendations for the future corridor. Copies of the draft document and input surveys were also available at the meeting for meeting attendees to review and provide input. The feedback from the public regarding the draft document and recommendations was constructive and largely positive. Many of the meeting attendees who were skeptical at the beginning of the planning process voiced agreement with the recommendations and even gratitude for the way the planning process was carried out. After the meeting CUUATS staff posted the meeting materials on the project website. During the public comment period, MPO staff also presented the findings and recommendations contained in the draft document at six different local agency/board/council meetings. These presentations served as a way to inform local agencies about the corridor study and obtain additional feedback on the draft document.
After the 30–day public comment period concluded, MPO staff compiled the input from public as well as the agency presentations to finalize the document. MPO staff sent the final document for review to the Steering Committee and MPO Technical and Policy Committee members in advance of a Steering Committee meeting and a Joint CUUATS Technical and Policy Committees meeting scheduled for October 25. The Steering Committee met at 9:00am where MPO staff presented the public comments received during the public comment period and at the final public meeting. Staff also presented the changes that were made to the document as a result of the feedback received since the draft document was released for review at the beginning of September. At the end of the meeting, the Steering Committee unanimously approved the final corridor study document, thereby adopting its priorities for implementation (COR–9). In addition, the committee members took the second of two PlanWorks assessments to provide very positive feedback to MPO staff about the utilization of the PlanWorks tool.
MPO staff held joint MPO Technical and Policy Committees meeting at 10:30am on October 25 where both committees were presented with the same summaries of the public input that was received and the changes that were made to the document since the draft was released at the beginning of September. After reviewing the final Curtis Road Corridor Study document and the decision of the Curtis Road Corridor Study Steering Committee, the CUUATS Technical and Policy Committees approved the final Curtis Road Corridor Study document (COR–9). In addition, the CUUATS Technical and Policy Committees voted to amend the LRTP: Sustainable Choices 2040 to reflect the completion of the corridor study as one of the LRTP's priority projects.
MPO staff administered the first of two partner assessments at the Steering Committee meeting on January 11, 2017 after 3 of the 9 key decisions had been made by the Steering Committee. The assessments were downloaded from the website, edited minimally for clarity and relevance before being printed and handed out at the end of the meeting. Steering Committee members were asked not to include their names on the assessments in order to allow them anonymity in their feedback. All 10 meeting attendees completed a form: the 10 attendees represented 8 out of the 10 stakeholder agencies, which met our performance target of 80% participation. The feedback received was very positive and staff was encouraged to know that the Steering Committee members appreciate the PlanWorks framework and the work of staff carried out thus far and no significant procedural or administrative changes were made as a result.
MPO staff administered the second of two partner assessments at the Steering Committee meeting on October 25, 2017 after the final corridor study was approved. Again, Steering Committee members were asked not to include their names on the assessments in order to allow them anonymity in their feedback. All 11 meeting attendees completed a form: the 11 attendees represented 9 out of the 10 stakeholder agencies, which exceeded our performance target of 80% participation. The feedback received was positive, very similar to the first assessment given.
It was good for MPO staff to get feedback from our stakeholders on paper. Staff make a habit of checking in with partner agencies regularly, but having written feedback was helpful because that way staff could hear from every agency about the same questions. Staff is considering administering these types of written check–ins in the future, using project–specific questions that are based on the PlanWorks assessments.
MPO staff chose to include the Natural Environment and Implementing Eco–Logical (IEF) application in the Curtis Road Corridor Study for two different reasons. First, this corridor is predominately surrounded by highly–valued agricultural land that needs to be both preserved and protected. Second, the MPO partner agencies have expressed that the NEPA process can have significant, unanticipated, and unpredictable impacts on project budgets and timelines. To help minimize the uncertainty of the NEPA process and help agencies prepare better for project implementation, the MPO was interested in exploring the extent to which MPO staff could identify possible environmental issues or mitigation tactics that could take additional time or resources during project implementation. Steps one through six of the IEF were adapted slightly to better fit with the parameters of the corridor study, and steps seven through nine were determined to be outside the scope of the corridor study and eliminated from the Curtis Road Corridor Study process.
1. Build and strengthen collaborative partnerships and vision
At the first Steering Committee meeting on September 21, it was determined that a separate Environmental Working Group would be established to facilitate the IEF application. The goal of the IEF application and the Environmental Working Group would be to help inform the environmental data in the existing conditions portion of the corridor study, as well as to work on a more detailed appendix (Appendix B: Environmental Report) that would speak more directly to possible future NEPA requirements to include as an appendix to the study. The members of the Environmental Working Group included representatives from the Illinois State geological Survey, Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois State Archaeological Survey, Champaign County Soil and Water Conservation District, Illinois Department of Transportation, University of Illinois Facilities and Services, and University of Illinois College of ACES (IEF–1). The work being done with the Environmental Working Group for the purposes of the existing conditions portion of the report as well as the problem and opportunity statements is also the foundation for the more detailed Environmental Report that will be included as an appendix to the full corridor study report. The Environmental Report will be modeled after a Purpose and Need Report in order to help facilitate the next stages of project development and implementation. Before the first Environmental Working Group meeting, MPO staff had the opportunity to attend a NEPA 404 Merger meeting with environmental resource agencies at the FHWA office in Springfield, thanks to the FHWA contact for this corridor study, Betsy Tracy. MPO staff presented an overview of the Curtis Road Corridor Study scope and discussed our anticipated use of the Natural Environment and Implementing Eco–Logical application as part of PlanWorks. The meeting attendees, representatives from a mix of Federal and State environmental resource agencies working in Illinois, discussed the different relationships between resource agencies, the NEPA process, MPOs, FHWA, IDOT, etc., in transportation planning and programming. The main takeaway for MPO staff was that while the MPO could document as much environmental data in the corridor as possible, the NEPA process carried out for any future transportation projects in the corridor would not likely be impacted or shortened in any way as a result. After this meeting, MPO staff was also invited to attend the next Phase 1 Training for IDOT employees in the spring, for information (rather than training) purposes.
2. Characterize resources status and integrate natural environment plans
At the first Environmental Working Group meeting — staff presented an overview of the project and scope and discussed the tentative but not entirely defined role of working group members, since this represents the MPO's first time facilitating this type of group as part of a transportation planning project. MPO staff also presented an overview of the existing conditions portion of the corridor study and the group members discussed different data resources for the environmental portion of the existing conditions. As the corridor study progressed, MPO staff continued to correspond with the group members about the existing conditions data collection. At the next Environmental Working Group meeting, group members from the Illinois State Geological Survey and the Illinois State Archaeological Survey gave updates about their work or research related to the corridor (IEF–2). During the meeting, MPO staff presented a summary of public input received at the first public meeting regarding the corridor's strengths, weaknesses, and future possibilities. Next, staff led group members in an activity to help brainstorm/develop problem statements and opportunities for the corridor, as well as identify sites that could be environmentally sensitive.
At the following environmental Working Group meeting, MPO staff and group members reviewed a drainage tile map submitted by the conservation district. Drainage is a big problem in the corridor and the conservation district was able to get some preliminary data for the study area from a drainage tile mapping project they were compiling from color, B&W, and color–infrared aerials from various years, topography, and soils. Knowing an approximate location of drainage tiles is a very helpful resource to include for the study (IEF–2).
3. Create project context database
As MPO staff were finalizing the existing conditions portion of the corridor study, they were also creating a project context database for environmental conditions within the existing conditions chapter as well as the environmental report appendix (IEF–3). MPO staff held an Environmental Working Group meeting to discuss their comments and questions about the problems and opportunities statements, goals, and evaluation criteria. MPO staff also met separately with Bart Scherer, IDOT Region 3/District 5 Environmental Coordinator, who is on the Environmental Working Group. Bart was able to provide some additional resources that he uses in his environmental reviews for different transportation projects to augment the environmental documentation in the report.
In March, 2017, MPO staff attended a Phase 1 Training hosted by IDOT, and the Illinois Technology Transfer Center. This training was very informative for staff who were using the Natural Environment and Implementing Eco–Logical application to try to better prepare future transportation projects for this process.
4. Assess effects of scenarios on environment
After a range of future scenarios were developed for the corridor, MPO staff met with the Environmental Working Group to assess the effects of the different scenarios on the environment as measured by the evaluation criteria. After reviewing the Problems and Opportunities chapter and the input from the public and landowners, the working group looked at a draft of the environmental evaluation criteria scores calculated for each of the public scenarios and the baseline/do–nothing. After discussing the criteria and ongoing analysis of the scenarios, the group approved the existing evaluation criteria and discussed additional qualitative measures to consider including in the report such as potential impacts to animal habitats and the development of green infrastructure (IEF–4).
5. Establish and Prioritize Ecological Actions, and
6. Develop Environmental Performance Measures
After selecting a preferred future scenario with the public and Steering Committee, MPO staff met with the Environmental Working Group to establish and prioritize ecological mitigation actions for the preferred scenario (IEF–5), and discuss relevant environmental performance measures connected to those actions (IEF–6). Given the relatively few options for transportation infrastructure improvements in the study area, the group discussed the fact that much of the information relevant to priority actions and performance measures (or lack thereof) has already been discussed and documented. The Environmental Working Group confirmed what resources were likely to need additional attention during any future reconstruction in the study area and how this information could be documented in an informative and actionable way for any agencies that might utilize this document in the future. Since this is a new process for the MPO, staff continues to gather input on these steps through additional research and ongoing communication with members of the working group in order to complete the Environmental Report portion of the corridor study document.
MPO staff sent the full draft corridor study document to the Environmental Working Group for review and feedback before the 30–day public comment period. Due to the helpful feedback from the members of the Environmental Working Group and the lack of substantive changes in the Environmental Report between the draft report and the final report, the final Environmental Working Group meeting was combined with the fourth and final public meeting. With additional feedback and informal approval provided by the individuals of the Environmental Working Group over email and/or in person at the public meeting, MPO staff finalized the Environmental Report which was approved by the Steering Committee and by the MPO Technical and Policy Committees with the rest of the Curtis Road Corridor Study on October 25.
Strengthened relationships with local agencies
- Received financial project support for a project in the study area from a small local agency as a result of the positive work we accomplished together on this project
- Improved trust with members of the public who were skeptical when the project started
- Established vision for the corridor
- Staff continues to refer to PlanWorks website when scoping and organizing new projects to make sure all base are covered and look for relevant resources
- Continue to use Partner Assessments to check in with collaborators for tangible feedback
- Utilize Partner and Stakeholder Portals to clarify roles for different collaborators during different steps of planning processes
For More Information
ContactsRita Morocoima Black
Planning and Community Development Director
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
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Champaign–Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
email@example.com Betsy Tracy
Transportation Planning Specialist
FHWA Illinois Division
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Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s important to take some time to understand some basic facts about this disease, which will impact one in eight women throughout the course of her lifetime. Whether you have family history, know a friend who’s fighting the disease, or just want to be educated, here are a few essential facts to keep in mind:
- There are currently about 3 million women in the U.S. battling the disease.
- Warning signs of breast cancer can vary from woman to woman. However, here are some common warning signs.
- Certain factors can increase your risk of getting breast cancer, such as: obesity, heavy alcohol consumption, two or more first-degree relatives who have had the disease at an early age, certain genetic mutations, and a high intake of red meat.
- Breast cancer rates are highest in Caucasian women, however death rates are highest among African-American women.
- Men can get breast cancer too.
Monitoring your body can allow for early detection of the disease. If you notice any changes, even if you think they’re insignificant, make an appointment with your doctor right away. Don’t be afraid to get a second opinion, too.
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defeating the bug
Today is the 5th day of the 31st week, the 30th day of the 7th month, the 212th day of 2020, and:
Quote of the day:
- Eid-Al-Adha ((begins at sunset))
- Father-in-Law Day
- Independence Day: Vanuatu from the UK and France in 1980
- International Day of Friendship
- National Cheesecake Day
- National Chicken and Waffle Day
- National Chili Dog Day
- National Intern Day
- National Support Public Education Day
- National Whistleblower Appreciation Day
- Paperback Book Day
- Share a Hug Day ((oh to be able to hug folks again without worrying about the virus))
- Tisha B’Av
- World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- World Snorkeling Day
“Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the good.”
~ Pope Benedict XVI
There are bugs in the walls where I live. It’s just a fact of life when you live in apartment buildings, especially older ones, no matter how fancy or upscale they are. Bugs just happen, whether they arrive on their own power or as hitchhikers.
About a year ago, I started experiencing an infestation, partly caused by the new owner’s scaling back the amount of treatments by pest control experts, which meant the bugs were able to colonize more aggressively. The owners were forced by the county health department to ramp up preventive measures. I complained loudly and often enough that my apartment finally got on the list for weekly treatments.
The problem is in my kitchen, even though I keep everything sealed in containers or in plastic. I moved the cat food out of that room. I moved and scrubbed every inch of the kitchen I could possible see or reach. I emptied my cabinets and pest control treated them – in fact, under the sink has been empty since pest control started coming six weeks ago. They have sprayed, used sticky traps, set out bait. I still get lots of the little baby roaches, all of them running for the sink or the vent or the outlets. Finally, yesterday, the guy told me that the problem is obviously not in my kitchen and that they would have to get management’s okay to treat the apartment next door. They are now convinced that my infestation can be stopped by treating their place.
Makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it? We have to work together to eradicate the problem, to keep the bugs from using their apartment as a safe haven before coming back. Sound familiar? *ponders* Gee, what other kind of bug keeps surging back….
Want schools and businesses to start again? WEAR A MASK. If you don’t want to wear a mask for yourself, remember we are all connected and wear it for the folks around you.
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This post is all about suggestions for student success. As a former Undergraduate Advisor and an instructor, I am supportive of student success. I have one more week in the term and due date are looming, but I realize that many of my colleagues have one to two more months left. This post will speak to some suggestions for how students can finish the term strong
1. Go to class
2. Read the syllabus
3. Go to office hours
4. Review points one through three
Seriously, I am not kidding about the above as they are extremely important to student success. As I told a group of librarians today, I might as well say that the sky is blue; however, it is key to emphasize the obvious. There are moment when we need reminding about what is the obvious Beyond the absolute obvious, I also suggest that during the last part of the term that students manage their time well. Now is the time to focus on ending on a high note. It is to easy to finish with the best that you can do in that moment, but that will not make you stand out above the others. I encourage you to become a hermit during the last week or two as you write your papers.
What else can you do? You can visit your Writing Center and then ask if your professor is willing to chat about your draft or to review your draft. Please note that most professors will not copy-edit your draft. Please remember that your professor may have 30-400 students that term, so don’t be too hard on your professor if they are only willing to chat about your paper. If you have a Teaching Assistant, by all means go to her or his office hours. Own your education. Take charge and act like you care. Acting like you care about your education and success really does count for something.
My last words of guidance are about reading the assignments and following directions. I am always surprised and frustrated by the number of students who do not read the syllabus and think that this is not important. A student approached me recently saying, “This is a 12 point font.” I responded, “Yes, it is but it is not Times New Roman 12 and is a huge font. Please review my syllabus.” Following directions is the first part of an assignment and reflect attention to detail. Good luck with the last few weeks and your papers and final!
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Manufacturer saves big following lighting retrofit
Last January 2010, Jacobs and Thompson Inc—a manufacturer of foam and gasket products—decided to perform a complete lighting retrofit of its 89 Kenhar Drive facility, located in Toronto’s west end. The main purpose of the retrofit was to create energy savings, as well as reducing the facility’s carbon footprint.
September 29, 2010 By John Gilson
“The two main reasons for the retrofit were to reduce the plant’s hydro bills, making it more energy efficient, and to reduce the carbon footprint, lowering the amount of greenhouse gases emitted,” said Peter Mauti, Maintenance Supervisor for Jacobs and Thompson, who was responsible for overseeing the lighting retrofit.
Prior to the retrofit, the bulk of the facility’s lighting fixtures were comprised of a variety of T-12 ballasts, as well as 175W and 400W metal halide bay lighting. The facility’s outside lighting was composed of 175W and 400W metal halides. Removing the “inefficient” T-12 fixtures and replacing them with T-8 fixtures would be the primary task for Mauti and his team.
With a total of 242 T-12 fixtures needing to be replaced, this was easier said than done. The existing fluorescent and metal halide fixtures in the low-ceiling height areas of the plant also needed to be replaced—with Bj-Take Inc fixtures model BJT-4LAMP-T8, which according to Mauti provide the highest lumen output. The lower plant areas were to be the first to be changed over, followed by the warehouse where the fluorescent and 400 W high bays were to be replaced with SRS 250 W stingrays.
What made the project particularly difficult were the many challenges it presented to the team. For example, Mauti’s team had to rewire, replace and remove cables throughout the facility that have been in place over many years. “Some of the infrastructure had been in place since the 1950s,” said Mauti.
When everything was finished, the total cost of the replacement and retrofit of lighting fixtures, including some miscellaneous material, was $55,056 plus GST. The price was may have been steep, but it was well worth it. One year after the retrofit, the company estimates the investment will save it $38,641.56 in hydro savings alone. These savings, according to the company, will keep rising as hydro prices continue to escalate.
Mauti attributes much of these savings to the plant’s new fluorescent T-8 bulbs, which offer 20,000 hours of lamp life, considerably higher than the 12,000 hours of the plant’s former T-12 bulbs. In addition, the new metal halide bulbs on the stingrays have a 15,000 hour life, which is higher than the previous 10,000 hours on the regular high bays. Some of the other major benefits include:
· reduced kilowatt consumption resulting in lower hydro bill
· improved lighting level in the plant
· and longer-life bulbs resulting in lower labour costs for replacement
The company expects a complete return on investment (ROI) in approximately 1.5 to 2 years, with local utility and federal government incentives helping to offset some of the installation costs, in particular from BOMA (the Building Owners and Managers Association). In addition to the cost-savings, the company is optimistic about the possibility of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future—after all, being more environmentally-friendly was one of the primary reasons behind the retrofit.
In terms of real numbers, the Jacobs and Thompson plant has already seen a large reduction in energy costs. Previously, the plant’s lighting bill consumed approximately 62,000 kW of energy a month, or $5,695. Currently, with the T-8 fixtures, the plant consumes 25,575 kW a month ($2,475), which is a savings of approximately $3,220.
The whole project was completed in completed in approximately two months. Looking back at the project, Peter Mauti is happy with the results. “The plant has lightened up quite a bit,” he said. “I’m extremely content with the results—I’m very satisfied.”
For more information on the company, go to www.foamparts.ca.
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In this article, I’ll outline methods to change how you make sourdough bread. I hope to provide you with inspiration and perspective for adjusting the baking routine and making changes to a basic sourdough recipe. This guide follows the beginner’s sourdough recipe to make it special and unique to you. Still, these tips also work with any sourdough bread recipe. So if you want to change your sourdough baking schedule or add a few ingredients to spice it up, continue reading!
If you have followed my beginner’s sourdough recipe, you might find it inconvenient to make it in one day. What’s so great about sourdough is that using the refrigerator can benefit the flavour and structure of the bread whilst making it easier to fit around daily life. You can use the fridge to chill your starter overnight, bulk ferment the dough overnight to be shaped and risen the next day, or final proof in a banneton. Chilling or retarding (as it’s known to bakers) sourdough benefits bread’s flavour, structure and aroma.
When a sourdough starter or activated yeast is maintained at cool temperatures, dramatically less gas is produced as the cultured yeast and lactic acid bacteria work sluggisher. However, naturally occurring hydrolysation continues to break complex starches into simpler sugars. This is an advanced topic, so I won’t be discussing it in this beginner’s guide, but if you want to learn more, see the sourdough fermentation article.
Upon entering the fridge, the dough’s temperature takes a while to drop, which means it continues to rise during the first couple of hours. We can use this to our advantage to ferment at proofing temperature halfway before it goes in the fridge, with an expectation that it will be ready a few hours later. Larger masses of dough take longer to drop in temperature than smaller ones.
You can use these timetables to change the beginner’s sourdough recipe or another sourdough recipe. These timings are guidelines based on using an active starter, a room temperature of 20C (68F) and a fridge temperature of 3C (35F). If your room is warmer, it will take less time to rise and ferment, whereas if it’s cooler, it will take longer. It’s handy to be confident at reading the dough to tell when bulk fermentation and proofing should end. You can learn many of these skills by reading the sourdough proofing article.
20:00 Feed starter
22:00 Place starter in the fridge
08:00 Remove starter from the fridge
09:20 Prepare the ingredients
09:30 Start the autolyse
09:50 Add the salt and knead
10:00 Bulk rise
11:00 1st S & F
12:00 2nd S & F
13:25 Final proof
15:00 Preheat oven
16:40 Take out from the oven and cool
07:30 Feed the starter
08:30 Place starter in the fridge
15:00 Remove starter from the fridge
17:00 Prepare the ingredients
17:10 Start the autolyse
17:30 Add the salt and knead
17:40 Bulk rise
18:40 1st S & F
19:40 2nd S & F
21:00 Final proof in the fridge
09:00 Check dough – you can take it out of the fridge to proof at room temperature if it’s not risen high enough
09:00 Preheat oven
11:10 Take out from the oven and cool
If you start a bit late or your starter wasn’t ready till later, you can use this method. It works just as well:
19:50 Prepare the ingredients
20:00 Start the autolyse
20:30 Add the salt and knead
20:40 Bulk rise in the fridge
08:00 Remove from the fridge
08:00 1st S & F
09:00 2nd S & F
10:30 Final proof
12:00 Preheat oven
14:40 Take out from the oven and cool
You may wish to change the flour used in the beginner’s recipe. This will impact the flavour and texture of your bread, so trying out a new flour can be just as interesting as adding an extra ingredient to the recipe. If you wish to continue with white sourdough, try another flour brand. A new brand will have different stretch and resistance properties, so expect the dough to feel and behave differently. Your dough may require more kneading or stretch and folds to achieve 100% gluten development by the end of the first rise. It may also require less.
I recommended that you get started using high-protein bread flour in the recipe. You can save a bit of money using cheaper low protein or all-purpose flour to make sourdough. Weaker flour will need an extended bulk fermentation in the fridge to repair the gluten and strengthen the structure. As a ballpark rule, make the dough the night before and place it in the refrigerator after it’s kneaded. In the morning, continue bulk fermentation on the counter until the dough is ready to shape.
If you want to change a white sourdough recipe to a brown or whole wheat loaf, it’s best not to go 100% whole wheat immediately. Instead, switch 100 grams of white flour for whole wheat. Once you get good results, increase the whole wheat to white flour ratio if you wish.
When changing flour, the dough’s hydration may need to be adjusted. If using a weaker gluten flour, reduce the water in the recipe by 2.5% for every 1 gram of protein lost. Whole wheat flour takes longer to absorb water, so it may feel sticky when you bring the ingredients together. If you notice this, leave the dough to autolyse, and by the time it ends, it will be more elegant.
Rye flour is especially popular for making sourdough. Its earthy aroma expands on the rustic taste of sourdough made with wheat flour to make incredibly delicious bread. There are also fermentation benefits for rye flour in sourdough, and it’s common to use a percentage in a sourdough starter recipe to improve the vibrancy of the rise.
A dough made with rye flour behaves in a different manner from one made with 100% wheat flour. Instead of gluten, rye contains pentosan proteins. They have less stretch than gluten and retain less gas. They are susceptible to heat, frequently making the structure collapse in the oven. When a rye-based dough is acidic, the structure is somewhat protected, making it less likely to collapse. If you want to make 100% rye sourdough bread, it’s best to follow a dedicated recipe. Still, you can switch around 5-10% of the white flour in the basic recipe for rye flour to provide a delicate flavour boost.
Applying a different amount of pressure or using another method when shaping your sourdough will create different textures in the crumb and crust. One of the most notable changes can be observed by how much you degas when shaping and preshaping. Being gentle during these stages retains more gas which encourages a more irregular open crumb. Removing more gas produces a more even structure, but in my experience should only be done if the dough has risen by less than 50% during the first rise. Otherwise, you risk running out of sugar necessary for the starter to consume, leading to the dough collapsing before reaching its height potential.
How much the outer perimeter of the dough is stretched will change the strength of the crust. A thin crust is generally preferred when making sourdough bread as it hardens and becomes noticeably more crispy. To improve your crust, stretch the dough when you shape it in your usual method or try another shaping technique to see if it makes a difference.
The amount of water in your recipe will impact the texture and structure of the crumb. Suppose you want to experiment with increasing or decreasing the hydration of a sourdough recipe? In that case, you can expect to see the following results:
A wetter dough accelerates fermentation. This means that the dough will rise quicker, and because of this, more lactic acid is produced. Lactic acid makes sourdough bread taste more creamy and sour. The extra water also encourages the gluten to fully hydrate and extend. The gluten strands are thinner, which means the dough can retain more gas, so the crumb is more aerated.
Doughs with less hydration will rise slower and taste more vinegary. The crumb will be more close-knit, which provides a denser crumb texture. It’s often thought that an open crumb cannot be achieved with low hydration doughs. But this is not true. An open crumb is more about shaping and dough maturity than hydration. The baguette is an excellent example of an open crumb with a typical hydration of just 60-65%.
You may want to add extra ingredients to drastically change the flavour of your bread. Typical inclusions include oil, seeds, grains and fruit. To learn how to add extra ingredients to any bread recipe, click the link. Here are my top choices:
Seeds should be soaked overnight in water and salt to prevent them from soaking up water in the dough and bringing out their flavour. If desired, they can be toasted in a dry pan or oven to bring out their nuttiness.
Malted wheat flakes can be added to a white or brown sourdough bread recipe to make malted or “Hovis” bread. Add a touch of sugar and deactivated malt flour to reduce bitterness.
Switch water for beer to make a beautiful beer barm.
Dried fruit such as raisins and apricots add a sweetness that can contrast bitter flavours such as walnuts. They can also be used in enriched doughs such as panettone or fruit loaves. Figs also complement olives and other Mediterranean ingredients.
Before adding to the dough, it’s best to soak dried fruit in alcohol or a light syrup overnight. This prevents the dried fruit from soaking up the moisture in the dough and dehydrating the flour.
Add small cubes of cheese midway through bulk fermentation to make a cheesy loaf.
Crack a couple of cardamom pods into any sourdough recipe to add a beautiful aroma.
Hardy herbs such as rosemary and sage can be used to flavour bread as they can withstand long cooking times without becoming bitter. They complement nicely with slightly sweetened doughs and/or Mediterranean olive oil.
Adding these inclusions or making changes to the beginner’s sourdough recipe can fail. This is why I always recommend that you become confident in a basic recipe before changing things. If you can’t work out where you went wrong, head to my sourdough troubleshooting page to solve your issue.
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The annular solar eclipse, the last one for the decade, began at around 8 am on Thursday morning. Several parts of the country, including Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi, are witnessing a solar eclipse.
As per the official release, the annular eclipse of the Sun is visible within a narrow corridor in the northern Hemisphere near to equator. The annular path passes through Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, UAE, India, northern part of Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, and Borneo. The Moon’s penumbral shadow produces a partial eclipse, visible in the region covering Middle East, North Eastern Africa, Asia except North and Eastern Russia, North and Western Australia, Solomon Island.
A solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day when the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun and when all the three objects are aligned. An annular solar eclipse will occur when the angular diameter of the Moon falls short of that of the Sun so that it cannot cover up the latter completely. As a result a ring of the Sun’s disk remains visible around the Moon, it said.
Eclipsed Sun should not be viewed with the naked eye, even for a very short time. It will cause permanent damage of the eyes leading to blindness even when the moon covers most portion of the Sun. Safe technique to observe the solar eclipse is either by using proper filter like aluminized Mylar, black polymer, welding glass of shade number 14 or by making projection of Sun’s image on a white board by telescope, it added. | <urn:uuid:1284ab1e-61d8-4f47-b608-4e2a9ae593f6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://tehelka.com/solar-eclipse-seen-in-parts-of-india/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.913058 | 326 | 3.53125 | 4 |
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This item by Sankar Ray appeared Dec 13th. I’ve removed the ads (as there were many and they were nothing too)
When Karl Marx Was Interested In ‘Nothingness’ Of Buddha
By Sankar Ray
Lay readers in the SAARC region may be pleasantly surprised to learn that Karl Marx read and commented on the ‘concept of nothingness (Sanskrit: Śūnyatā; Pali: Suññatā; Vietnamese: Không)’ of Gautama Buddha in two letters, written on 18 and 20 March 1866. While staying as a medical tourist in Margate, England, Marx was, suffering from hidradenitis suppurativa which is a painful and chronic dermatological state that causes abscesses and scarring on the skin, hair follicles, specifically, sweat glands, usually around the groin, bottom, breasts and armpits.
This revelation of Marx is in one of the two papers, to be presented online, by Marx scholar Pradip Baksi from Kolkata + at a two-day international conference on innovation in the social sciences and humanity, hosted by Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City on 17 and 18 December 2021 – the second conference in Vietnam. Baksi who translated ‘Mathematical Mauscripts of Marx into English and Bengali is the author of ‘Karl Marx and Mathematics (Aakar books and Routledge).
Marx wrote to his second daughter, Laura who married Paul Lafargue, “I have become myself a sort of walking stick, running up and down the whole day, and keeping my mind in that state of nothingness which Buddhaism (Buddhism) considers the climax of human bliss… As to myself, I have turned into a perambulating stick, running about the greatest part of the day, airing myself, going to bed at 10 o’clock, reading nothing, writing less, and altogether working up my mind to that state of nothingness which Buddhaism considers the climax of human bliss”
Although published in the 1970s in the complete works of Marx and Engels by the two institutes of Marxism-Leninism of Moscow and Berlin, party ideologues either missed these letters or deliberately ignored them. In the post-Soviet Union years when Marx-related study and researched imbibed sort of ‘glasnost’, such findings assume scholastic interests that were not encouraged under Soviet Union.
So Bakst’s paper is likely to trigger debate around Marx anew. Baksi in a communication stressed that Marx was ‘irreligious but not anti-religion’. Marx came to learn Buddha’s thoughts from one of books by an intimate friend Carl (Karl) Friedrich Koeppen (Köppen) –‘Die Religion des Buddha, 2 Bde. Erster Band. Die Religion des Buddha nd ihre Entstehung’. But ‘Marx’s personal copies of these books appear to be lost; they are not yet indicated in the reconstructed catalog of the on-going publication of complete works, letters, notes etc (original) of Marx and Engels (MEGA2), at the International Institute of Social History, University of Amsterdam.
The paper is of relevance to scholars and perceptive readers of South East Asian region including Vietnam where many currents of Buddhism and Marxism have converged for many years from many directions and made grounds for ‘some unique opportunities for the future emergence of scientific investigations on the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautam Buddha and those of Karl Marx from within the contemporary societies there’, Baksi envisions.
Over 100 papers are scheduled to be presented at the two-day brainstorming conference where Marx and Marx related topics will come under discussion but the papers cover a wide range focusing on the major social issues .. Well known scholars such as Peter Hudis (‘Pathways to social development: Rosa Luxemburg’s studies on the anthropology and sociology of imperialism’) and Marcello Musto (‘A Reappraisal of Marx’s ethnological notebooks) will be participating. .
Apart from Vietnamese who comprise the largest participants at the global conclave, over a dozen of Indians and India-born scholars will take part in the deliberations. Their research is on burning issues from the kinetics of violence on Rohingyas lives (Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Higher School of Economics University, Moscow: ‘Citizen’s alterity: the dynamics of violence, temporality, and sovereignty on Rohingya lives’ and Md Reza Habib: ‘The Rohingyas in Bangladesh: refugees-host community conflicts over natural resources in Cox’s Bazar) to militarism and ethnic dissent in post-LTTE Sri Lanka( Debopriya Shome: Tourism, army and ethnic – conflict in post –war Sri Lanka ) and problems of intertwined spaces of cultural practice of intertwined spaces of cultural practice: the case of Cing/gong culture of Lach people in Vietnam (Truong Thi Thu Hang: The intertwined spaces of cultural practice: the case of Cing/gong culture of Lach people in Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province, Vietnam).
The spread of academic interests is evident. If Anna Potsar and Artem Uldanov’s paper, ‘New Russian political myths: how the narratives on the poisoning of Alexei Navalny and his return to Russia construct binary oppositions, exploit public trust, and deploy arguments through mythologization’, Jack Boulton’s ‘Plantations and prisoners: escaping the plantationocene, by hook or by crook, Jonathan Beller’s (Pratt Institute, New York) ‘A preamble to the decolonization of money’ and Michelangelo Paganopoulos’ ‘Transgressing the ‘field’ notes on the dialectics of enlargement in live cinematic events are of theoretical construct in the main, papers cover topics that are of present continuous reality, varying from tourism and tourism-related issues to COVID-generated socio-psychic and ambient realities.
Huynh Thi Anh Hong ‘Food image to perceive tourists’ awareness on branding destination and revisit intention when traveling post -COVID pandemic, Scott McQuire’s ( University of Melbourne) ‘The right to the networked city: urban communication, geomedia and urban digital infrastructure’, Nguyen Huu Minh’s (Vietnam Sociological Association) ‘Main challenges of Vietnamese families nowadays and the coming years’ , Nikos Papastergiadis’s (University of Melbourne’ ‘ Cosmopolitanism: from the moral imperative to the impulse for eros and hospitality in the creative constitutive and Ishita Banerjee’s ( El Colegio de México) ‘The flavours of tourism and the aroma of home: food as a diasporic concept’ focus on the imperative to fathom into day-to-dayness of human society. (IPA Service) | <urn:uuid:95b9bb4f-f421-405e-a546-0d0c3af5edeb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hutnyk.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/when-karl-marx-was-interested-in-nothingness-of-buddha/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.907442 | 1,505 | 1.953125 | 2 |
On 6-7 August, Jews around the world will observe the religious holiday of Tisha B’Av (lit. the ninth of Av) by fasting, praying, and chanting Eicha (the Book of Lamentations).
9th of Av is the saddest day on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem. On this day, the ark in synagogue is stripped of its decorative curtain and the lights are dimmed. When Tisha B’Av falls on Shabbat, as it happens in 2022, the observance of takes place on the following day, Sunday.
We cordially invite you to a special event – Eicha as Presentiment: Reading Lamentations in the Era of Climate Change by Rubén Kraiem, Fellow of the Oxford Interfaith Forum, and Co-Coordinator of the International Interfaith Reading Group on Ecology in Interfaith Contexts.
With this event, we are pleased to launch Sacred Scripture and Ecology in Interfaith Contexts Series. Please see below registration information about the upcoming events.
Here are the details of this fascinating session.
Topic: Eicha as Presentiment: Reading Lamentations in the Era of Climate Change
Chair: Professor Karina Hogan, Fordham University, USA.
Date: 4 August, 2022
Time: 18:00-19:00 BST | 19:00-20:00 CEST | 10:00-11:00 PT | 13:00-14:00 ET
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If you missed this session, a recording is available here:
- The Qur’an and Kafka: The Trial of Jesus and Josef K
- Environmentalisms in Qur’anic Perspective: Creatures and Resources
- Land as Fountain of Life: Agrarian Reading of Psalms
- Sacred Literature: Conceptions of Revelation in Interfaith Contexts
- Scripture and Ecology in Interfaith Contexts
- The Book of Isaiah and the Christian Quest for Revelation
- The Revelation at Sinai in Early Synagogue Poetry
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2 Yes and 3 No, For A Better Taiwan
Say YES to harmonay, respect and love, please vote Yes to Referendum No. 14 and 15
2 YES and 3 NO, let us grant Taiwan a happy future
In response to this ruling, opponents of same-sex marriage and conservative groups petitioned for a referendum. The so-called “Vote to Family” referendum includes three questions, with the main purposes of excluding same-sex couples from the definition of marriage stated in the Civil Code and removing LGBTQ-related contents from the national curricula for gender equity education, which was brought to life by the Gender Equity Education Act enacted in 2004.
Facing such a challenge, supporters of marriage equality in Taiwan have chosen not only to defend LGBTQ equal rights by voting NO to the ""Vote to Family" referendum, but also to actively fight for love, respect and democracy. The “Equal Rights” referendum involves two questions, defending same-sex couples' right to be included in the Civil Code's definition of marriage as well as demanding gender equity education for Taiwanese children and youth.
This November, vote 2 YES and 3 NOs, let us grant Taiwan a happy future!
2 YES and 3 NO, Create Harmony and Love
Say YES to Happiness
Let loving couples be together. Every citizen is entitled to the protection provided by the Civil Code.→ Vote YES to Referendum No. 14
Say YES to Respect
Gender equity education is to teach our children how to protect themselves and respect others.→ Vote YES to Referendum No. 15
Say NO to Regression
Same-sex couples wish to get married in order to take care of each other and build a loving, committed, stable home. Excluding same-sex couples from the Civil Code is a differential treatment, and a big step backward for the Taiwanese democracy.→ Vote NO to Referendum No. 10
Say No to Harm
Only by providing our children accurate and diverse gender-friendly knowledge could we prevent campus bullying and potential physical or emotional harms to our future generations.→ Vote NO to Referendum No. 11
Say No to Discrimination
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How To Remove Spray Paint From Sidewalk. Dip the brush into the solution and begin to scrub the painted concrete (you can also scrub it in and let it sit for 20 minutes before scrubbing again). Sometimes crafts can get a little out of hand.
If it is temporary, then it won’t be as difficult to get rid of the stain. How do you remove paint from a concrete walkway? Thoroughly rinse the concrete with hot soapy water until clean.
Rent A Power Washer, Set It On Low Pressure And Spray The Stain Away.
Rent a power washer, set it on low pressure and spray the stain away. Easy way to remove paint from concreteremove paint from sidewalkhow to remove paint from concretehere's an easy way to remove paint from concrete. You can get spray paint off the sidewalk by using tsp, soap and water, graffiti remover, a power washer, and many more.
How Do You Remove Paint From A Concrete Walkway?
Rinse the surface with water. You may be able to remove it with a soapy solution and a bit of elbow grease. How to remove paint from concrete step 1:if you need to clean graffiti from a pavement or sidewalk, try peel tec.if you need to remove paint from a.
Give The Paint Stripper Some Time To Set.
Spray paint stains can be stubborn. Repeat the process until all the paint is. Someone spray painted the sidewalk about a year and a half ago and i am finally getting around to cleaning it off.
Follow Up The Scrubbing With A Power Wash.
Soap and warm water 2. How do you get spray paint off a sidewalk? How to get spray paint off a driveway (5 effective methods) 1.
Removing Spray Paint From Concrete.
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it will keep its key short-term interest rate near zero for the foreseeable future as part of its extraordinary efforts to bolster an economy that is sinking into its worst crisis since the 1930s.
Chairman Jerome Powell noted the gravity of the downturn caused by the coronavirus outbreak and made clear that the Fed would continue to do all that it could to provide support.
Speaking at a virtual news news conference, Powell said he believed the viral outbreak would imperil the economy for potentially a year or more, particularly if a vaccine or an effective treatment isn't developed before then. He warned that a deep and prolonged recession could cause devastating damage by forcing businesses into bankruptcy, keeping unemployment high and eroding the skills of idled workers.
“It will probably take some time for us to get back to a more normal level of employment and ultimately, maximum employment,” the chairman said.
Powell made a forceful, if indirect, plea for Congress to spend as much as necessary to aid workers and businesses. And despite his previously expressed concerns about surging deficits, Powell urged Congress not to fret about the cost of expanded government aid. Congress has already approved more than $2.5 trillion in rescue programs.
“Elected officials have power to tax and spend and direct how we as a society direct our resources," he said. "This direct support can make a critical difference in limiting long-lasting damage to our economy.”
The chairman did not explicitly mention the need for aid to state and local governments, a subject of contention in Congress. Yet many economists have warned that states and cities urgently need more financial help to avoid layoffs and spending cuts that would deepen the economic downturn.
Unlike Congress, the Fed's powers are limited, Powell noted, by the fact that it can provide only loans, not grants. And for many businesses that are struggling to survive, additional debt isn't a good option. Even so, the chairman stressed that the Fed would continue to provide whatever support it can through an array of emergency lending and bond buying programs.
“We will use our powers forcefully, proactively, and aggressively until we’re confident that we are solidly on the road to recovery,” he said.
In a statement it issued after its latest policy meeting ended, the Fed raised concerns about slowing inflation, which is likely to sink further below its 2% target level in the coming months. Constance Hunter, chief economist at KPMG, said this reference suggested that the Fed is prepared to keep rates ultra-low for as long as it take to raise inflation back to its target.
“We’re looking at a situation where the Fed does not move rates up for at least a year and a half, or even two years,” she said.
Asked about eventually lifting rates, Powell made clear that that wouldn’t happen for many months at least.
“We are going to wait until we are quite confident the economy is on the road to recovery,” he said.
Some Fed watchers think the policymakers may eventually announce additional support for the economy. Ryan Sweet, an economist at Moody's Analytics, said the Fed may start to buy enough short-term Treasurys to keep interest rates on one-year or two-year Treasury notes at zero. Doing so would signal that the Fed plans to keep its benchmark rate near zero for that long as well.
Under Powell, the Fed is confronting a deeply perilous moment for an economy that had looked robust just a few months ago. Since the virus struck with full force last month, widespread business shutdowns have likely pushed the unemployment rate as high as 20%. As layoffs mount, retail sales are sinking, along with manufacturing, construction, home sales and consumer confidence.
At his news conference, the chairman noted that layoffs have struck hardest at the lowest-income American workers, many of whom had just begun to make progress in the 11th year of an economic expansion that has now ended.
“It is heartbreaking to see that is threatened now,” Powell said.
During two emergency meetings in March, the Fed cut its benchmark rate to a range between zero and 0.25%. It has also announced nine new lending programs to pump cash into financial markets and provide support to large and medium-sized businesses as well as cities and states.
In its statement, the Fed said it will also keep buying Treasury and mortgage bonds to help keep rates low and ensure that companies can lend easily to each other. It did not specify any amounts or timing for its bond purchases.
The Fed’s statement came on the same day that the Commerce Department released grim news about the economy: Economic output shrank at a 4.8% annual rate in the first three months of the year — the worst showing since the Great Recession struck near the end of 2008. The economic picture is expected to grow ever darker, with the economy forecast to contract at a shocking 30% to 40% annual rate in the April-June quarter.
The Fed announced earlier this month that it will buy corporate bonds and lend to states and cities — two actions it has never previously taken. As part of a $2.3 trillion lending program, the Fed has said it will buy up to $500 billion in state and local municipal bonds. It has also unveiled a Main Street Lending Program, which will lend $600 billion to medium-sized companies of up 10,000 employees.
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- n a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
- Most of the words it begins give one the heaves: queasy, quake, quiver, quinsy (as in tonsillitis), quitter, queer in its original sense, querulous, quicklime, quisling or quidnunc .
- One ointment boasted that it could cure "ague in the face, swelled breasts, sore nipples, bronchitis, sore throats, quinsy, croup, felons, ringworms, burns, scalds, shingles .
- When these stories reached Secretary Woodin as he lay ill with quinsy in his Carlton Hotel apartment, he summoned newshawks to his bedside.
- Mark Durkan in Belfast Telegraph
The SDLP reiterates our call for anyone with information relating to the murders of Sapper Patrick Azimkar, Sapper Mark Quinsy and Constable Stephen Carroll to provide it to the PSNI,added Mr Durkan.
- Darren Morgan in ic Wales
Morgan said: "I'd had laryngitis for a few days, but I was struggling to breathe, which really panicked me." "I went to the doctor and it turned out I had quinsy as well." "But instead of the usual nodules on the back of the throat, I...
- Princess Diana in guardian.co.uk
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The Independent Fiscal Commission for NI today met with Finance Minister Conor Murphy, to provide an update on the publication of its final report: ‘More Fiscal Devolution for Northern Ireland?’
The Commission, established by the Finance Minister in March last year, has completed its investigations into the potential for Northern Ireland to increase its fiscal powers. It will publish its full findings in May. However, the Commission used today’s meeting as an opportunity to provide the Finance Minister with insight into its key recommendations.
Commission Chair Paul Johnson, said:
“The NI Assembly already enjoys a high level of spending autonomy and controls most of the spending on public services here. However, other than rates on businesses and households, it has no substantive powers to vary taxes.
“Our interim report, published in December, looked in some detail at over 20 different UK taxes in order to determine which might be the best candidates for devolution to Northern Ireland.
“The taxes which we prioritised for more detailed consideration were: Income Tax, Fuel, Alcohol and Tobacco Duties, Stamp Duty Land Tax, Air Passenger Duty, the Apprenticeship Levy and Landfill Tax.
“Briefing the Minister today, we confirmed our final report will recommend that Income Tax is suitable for devolution to Northern Ireland. However, we pointed out that full devolution, that is full powers over allowances such as the personal allowance and reliefs, as well as local administration of income tax is not required to reap the main benefits of devolution.
“Rather, partial devolution, with powers over income tax rates and, potentially, bands would be effective in giving the NI Assembly a major new way to raise revenues, reduce taxes for its citizens or vary the progressivity of its tax system. This is possible without the disproportionate complexity and the large administration and compliance burden that full devolution of such a big tax would bring.
“We informed the Minister that it is the Commission’s position that if Income Tax is devolved, the Apprenticeship Levy should also be devolved – given the local policy responsibility for skills and the administrative synergies that can be achieved alongside Income Tax devolution.
“We also confirmed the case for the full devolution of a number of smaller taxes, including Stamp Duty Land Tax, Air Passenger Duty and Landfill Tax. We pointed out that, if these taxes are devolved, it is our view that the NI Executive should establish a local revenue authority to administer them. This will increase the accountability of local politicians in respect of these taxes and provide for greater policy flexibility and innovation, while also building institutional capacity.”
Commission members also discussed the potential for the NI Executive to seek the devolution of Excise Duties.
Mr Johnson explained: “In terms of Excise Duties for Fuel; Alcohol and Tobacco, we remain of the view that there could be value in the NI Executive seeking devolution, but over the longer term. It is clear from our investigations that complex administration and compliance issues do exist and more work is required to determine how such duties could be operationalised, the costs involved, and there is a need for further engagement with business.
Mr Johnson said the Commission had also carefully considered a number of overarching issues including the risks and rewards associated with tax devolution and how the prioritised taxes could be best operationalised.
“The Fiscal Commission has been clear from the beginning that while there are benefits to be had from fiscal devolution, in terms of improved accountability of the NI Assembly to the local electorate and the potential to implement local policies for local needs, it does come with real risks.
“Our analysis shows that, hypothetically, had Northern Ireland devolved income tax 20 years ago, for example, the NI budget would have been favourably impacted in the early years, but then significantly adversely affected, in the years following the financial crash. That’s largely because income growth has been poorer in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK over the latter period. While not a measure of what will happen in the future, this drives home the message that devolution comes with both risks and rewards.
“For this reason, our final report will also contain a detailed analysis of the various budgetary management tools and safeguards which will be critical to ensuring that the risks of fiscal devolution can be managed effectively.
Mr Johnson concluded, saying:
“We welcomed the opportunity to update the Finance Minister on our final report which will provide a framework for an incoming NI Executive. It will show in detail why we think elements of income tax, as well as Stamp Duty Land Tax, Air Passenger Duty, the Apprenticeship Levy and Landfill Tax are suitable for devolution. It will also show how those taxes could be introduced locally and how devolution can be operationalised effectively between the NI Executive and UK Government. It will set out the principles which we believe should govern any agreement between them.
“Ultimately, of course, the decision on whether any additional powers will actually be devolved, and indeed exercised, must be for political representatives, both national and local, and the citizens they represent.
Notes to editors:
- For further information on the NI Fiscal Commission see: /
- The Terms of Reference for the Fiscal Commission NI state that the Commission should:
- Review the case for increasing the fiscal powers to the NI Assembly, advising the Finance Minister on powers which could enhance the Assembly’s fiscal responsibilities, increase its ability to raise revenues to sustainably fund public services, and provide additional policy instruments.
- consider the need for additional budgetary tools to manage any increased financial responsibility.
- carry out research and put forward recommendations to the Minister of Finance that are realistically implementable within the NI context and drawing from the experience of Scotland and Wales, including what has worked well, and where challenges have been encountered in those administrations. This should include the potential costs incurred and realistic timescales of any new powers proposed.
- consider how the spending power of the NI Block can be protected if more powers are devolved.”
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Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia?
|This page in a nutshell: Everyone – including you – can make improvements to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.|
You do. Yes, anyone can be bold and edit an existing article or create a new one, and volunteers do not need to have any formal training. The people who create and edit articles on Wikipedia come from many countries, with individuals who all bring something different with them, but most importantly a willingness to help. Any contributor to this encyclopedia, unregistered and registered alike, is called a "Wikipedian", or, more formally, an "editor" of the encyclopedia. Almost all Wikipedians are volunteers. Other categories of Wikipedians have emerged as well.
Who contributes to Wikipedia?
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The English Wikipedia currently has 44,280,491 users who have registered a username. Only a minority of users contribute regularly (115,027 have edited in the last 30 days), and only a minority of those contributors participate in community discussions. An unknown but relatively large number of unregistered Wikipedians also contribute to the site.
The type of people who were drawn to writing an encyclopedia for fun tend to be pretty smart people.
Contributions come from diverse demographic and ethnographic segments:
- Mid-20s males and retired males are the largest demographics. See Gender database reports.
- 10–20% women of various ages, significant underrepresentation acknowledged by Gender bias on Wikipedia and Gender gap
- Students (e.g., in the context of a course)
- Enthusiasts (e.g., people with interest in a particular subject, like butterflies)
- Insiders (e.g., people who work for an organization, such as the Sierra Club)
- Dabblers (e.g., people who see some problem with an article and want to help)
- Scholars (e.g., researchers who want to use Wikipedia as an additional dissemination platform)
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- Administration – discusses how Wikipedia requires a certain amount of administration in order to further the project's goals.
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There once was a man who–from the world’s point of view–had lost it all. Horatio Spafford lost his young son at the age of 2. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 then destroyed a number of his investments, which left him financially unstable. Then, in 1873, when the economy crashed again, he was unable to afford to go on vacation to Europe with his wife and four daughters. While they travelled to Europe, the ship sank and his wife alone was saved. As soon as he was able, Spafford took the trip across the Atlantic to reunite with his wife. As his ship passed the place where his daughters had drowned, he penned these words,
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
“It is well, it is well with my soul.”
And then, as if that was not enough, Spafford and his wife had three more children over the next seven years, and their only son caught scarlet fever and died at the age of four in 1880. People in their church chided them that this must all be a judgment from God, much like Job’s “comforters” claimed in the book of Job, chapters 4-25.
Bad things don’t happen to believers because God is angry at us. Christ is at God’s right hand interceding for us. We are accepted and loved because of Christ, not because of anything we have done. We go through trials because God is drawing us closer to Himself.
We go through trials because God is drawing us closer to Himself.
And it was the same for David, the author of the 141st psalm. He was running from King Saul. Saul wanted to kill him. David had had Saul at his mercy and spared him. David worried that sparing Saul may have been the wrong decision, because it meant his problems would not yet be resolved. He cried out in verse 7 that he felt like he was dead. He recognized and confessed in verse 8 that he had placed his trust in God, in effect saying, “It is well with my soul.” And then we come to verse 9, where he takes up his plea for protection again.
“Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers.”
David cannot protect himself. He knows that to protect himself would be to harm Saul–the Lord’s anointed. He knows that if given the opportunity again, he might go farther than cutting off the corner of Saul’s robe. So he asks God for protection.
There is a double meaning here. The first protection David needs–the one most obvious in the context–is physical. He needs God to keep him safe from Saul and his men. He is being hunted, and he desperately needs God to act or he will be swallowed up by Saul’s vengeance.
Secondly, David needs protection from Satan’s snares. Satan would like nothing more than to have David lean on his own strength to escape Saul, thus laying hands on the Lord’s anointed. David knows this is what Satan wants him to do, so he prays strongly against it. He doesn’t want to fall into the snare of the devil. He has to lean on God in order to escape the tempting situation he finds himself in. This is the cause of his suffering in this psalm. He’s being pulled in two different directions, and he must keep his focus on God and walk a third–godly–path.
Just like Mr. Spafford, even after he had fixed his eyes on God and trusted Him and His plan, was still hit with trouble and mocking, so also just because faith is real does not mean our struggles will end. Mr. Spafford’s trials continued; David’s trials continued; my trials continue; yours will continue too. It’s not enough to have faith one time. Our eyes being fixed on God is what allows us to pray for rescue from temptation and tribulation.
But what kind of faith are we called to exercise?
Faith in a vague higher power?
Faith that everything happens for a reason?
Faith that says, “I believe,” but turns around and blasphemes God?
Our faith must be in Jesus. He is our only hope. He’s the one who came to earth to live the perfect life amidst temptation and tribulation that we could never live. Not even David reacted to temptation and tribulation as well as Jesus. And then, after 33 years of living perfectly, He died the death we deserved so we could be forgiven. In the words of Horatio Spafford:
My sin–oh, the bliss of this glorious thought:
My sin–not in part, but the whole
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul
Believe that! Trust in Christ! He is the only one able to help you through your trials and tribulations, and even in those times when you fail to walk how He calls you to walk, He’s the one who took your punishment for those missteps. Trust Him!
Soli Deo Gloria
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For many of us, Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a tough time of year. Having experienced sexual violence and all the pain that comes with it, I honestly can’t think of many things I want to do less than talk or even think about it—but as uncomfortable as the topic is for survivors and for everyone, sexual violence is too important and pervasive a problem for us to avoid discussing it.
Pretty much everyone can agree that sexual assault is wrong, but feeling vaguely bad about violence isn’t enough. Our cultural understanding of violence and consent won’t change unless we change it, so it’s on all of us to take an active role in supporting survivors, holding abusers accountable, and working toward a future where dealing with harassment isn’t just a typical experience for women.
Of course, sexual violence that has already happened can’t be canceled or undone, but the way we show up for survivors matters. On an interpersonal level, that can mean something as simple as being there for a friend or loved one who has confided in you about being assaulted. It also means using trigger warnings and being conscious about the language we use when talking about sex and consent. On a broader scale, supporting survivors can mean advocating for policies that will make therapy and mental health care more accessible to those who need it.
It means working to reform sex education in our schools, which often include misogynistic narratives and completely fail to discuss affirmative, enthusiastic consent—because if we want our kids to grow up understanding how to have healthy relationships and sexual encounters, we have to make sure they’re learning those skills. For the record, a bill doing just that has been introduced in the state legislature, but has failed to gain any traction with Republicans.
And, of course, it means holding ourselves and each other accountable. Ideally, that means when someone—whether it’s a stranger or your friend or a public figure you used to look up to—harasses or assaults somebody, they should face real consequences. And, if you’re the one in the wrong, it’s on you to recognize the harm you’ve caused, apologize, and be better.
For a case study in what not to do, we look to State Senator Peter Lucido. A few months ago, he made an extremely degrading comment to a female reporter—and when she called him out on it, he denied saying it and insisted she was making a big deal out of nothing. When two more women came forward with similar stories, he denied those, too. An investigation into the claims found these claims of sexual misconduct to be true—and yet, he’s still a senator and he still sits on committees.
I watched that scandal unfold, and when Senate leadership refused to take decisive action, I heard their message loud and clear, and so did women across the state who have experienced sexual violence. To them, an established pattern of harassing and degrading women isn’t enough of a problem to warrant any significant punishment. We’ve seen the same kind of story on a national scale, with Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh sitting on the Supreme Court and Donald Trump sitting in the White House. With men like them in positions of power, it’s no wonder more victims don’t come forward to share their experiences with sexual harassment and assault.
So, to sexual assault survivors of all genders, know that you’re valid and know that we believe you. To everyone else, it’s time to get to work. The sexist power structures entrenched in our culture didn’t pop up overnight, and we’re not going to fix them overnight either—but I truly believe that, together, we can make a difference in the fight to end sexual violence. | <urn:uuid:8976155f-365e-49b9-807d-4827539c264a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://progressmichigan.org/2020/04/a-sexual-assault-awareness-month-reminder-to-be-better/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.954627 | 778 | 2.1875 | 2 |
As small business owners prepare to spend more on marketing this year, they should observe a few tips to make smart use of their dollars. Regular and repetitive marketing to a niche market, developing a consistent brand and co-marketing with other small businesses are some of the strategies they should consider. See the following article from The Street for more on this.
Small businesses suffered in the recession, but, according to a recent FedEx(FDX) poll, their owners remain optimistic.
In fact, 72% of the small-business owners polled in the shipping company’s Signs of the Times survey said they will be the driving force behind the U.S. economic recovery this year. In addition, 42% of those polled said they were planning on spending more money on marketing and sales initiatives this year.
They should be cautious, though. Here are the common ways in which small businesses mismanage their marketing money.
Spending the Entire Marketing Budget on Week One: More often than not, small businesses will pour tons of startup capital into their marketing campaigns at launch. While there’s logic to this (how will you attract customers if no one knows you’re out there?), business owners who spend their entire marketing budget on a launch set themselves up to fail in the long run. Why? Because marketing is a never-ending process. You can’t stop advertising once the money runs it. Well, you can, but that would be a waste of the capital you spent.
“People see and receive so much advertising that the one-time marketing tactic is no longer effective,” says Peter Geisheker, chief executive of The Geisheker Group Marketing firm. “A prospective customer may need to see your advertisement seven to 12 times or more over a period of several months or even a year before they will buy from you.”
In addition, once you get them in the door, you’ll have to work to keep them there. Take large companies, like Wal-Mart(WMT) or McDonald’s(MCD), which have already established brand loyalty, but haven’t ceased all ad campaigns. They know that marketing is not a one-off; out of sight means out of mind. Of course, small businesses don’t generate the cash flow that giant corporations do. However, small establishments can afford protracted advertising. They just need to identify their target audience.
“Instead of trying to market to the world, select a niche market and market to the same group of prospective customers every month,” Geisheker says. “It is marketing repetition that builds trust and brand loyalty so only market to a group of people or businesses that you can afford.”
Inconsistent Branding: Establishing your target audience is part of branding your business’s identity. One of the biggest mistakes small-business owners make is that they launch advertising campaigns before this identity has been adequately established. People aren’t going to give you their patronage if they don’t know what it is you are selling. Inconsistent branding gives the impression that you’re not sure about your product either.
“Developing a consistent brand is not just for big companies,” says Nick Labran of Helenick Consulting. “Your brand is your identity. It’s who you are.”
Small businesses often fall prey to brand conflict when they can’t decide on a company name or logo. What appears on a Facebook page may not match what’s on the company business cards. Mailers that go out one month may look nothing like the newsletter that goes out the next. According Labran, having an inconsistent brand is “the same as introducing yourself to every person you meet with a different name.” No one is going to remember you, and, with brand loyalty hinging on repetition and consistency, you’re essentially going nowhere fast.
The small businesses who make the most out of their advertising budget are the ones who know who they are and who they are marketing to before they spend a cent.
Inability to Measure Results: What works for one business isn’t always going to work for another and, sadly, some of your marketing attempts will fail. This is not the end of the world (or your business) if you’re paying attention. However, business owners who forget to measure the results of their advertising campaigns will invariably end up in the red.
“Small businesses get excited with all the bells and whistles that marketing can generate,” says Thomas Vanderbilt of Vanderbilt Communications, adding “activity doesn’t translate into revenue or even better profit.”
Business owners need to be aware of how much an advertising campaign costs versus how much it brings in. Measuring what marketing campaigns actually financially benefit your business will prevent you from wasting money in the future. Ways of doing this are also varied, but there are tools out there.
“In my business, we spend much of our money on lead generation,” says Alex Gramling, vice president of marketing for Locum Leaders, a small medical staffing company. “We measure cost-per-click and cost-per-lead, using free analytic tools from Google(GOOG), and then we adjust our spending relative to our goals and budget.”
Acting Like a Marketing Expert: If establishing a consistent brand and identifying a target audience intimidates you or you haven’t the slightest clue how to measure your marketing efforts, consider seeking outside help. According to Vanderbilt, “marketing is a science with proven results that should deliver revenue.” The business owner who thinks he or she is suddenly a marketing expert is essentially electing to fly blind. Not to mention they have enough on their plate already.
“I tried to do the promotion and marketing for my first self-published book and lost book-launch momentum because I was trying to do everything myself,” says author Donn Levie. He adds that small-business owners should hire experts to do their promotion and marketing so that they, in turn, can focus on what they do best.
If you are hesitant to hire a consulting firm, you need to at least do your research. Study other small businesses in your area to see what type of promotions they’ve run successfully in the past. Consider establishing partnerships with these businesses and engage in co-marketing activities so you can gauge your shared target audience.
“Find the business you most admire and study their tactics and techniques,” Vanderbilt says. “Figure out how to adapt them to your situation. Learn from their mistakes and seize opportunities.”
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Colorado State University-Fort Collins intends to increase the number of undergraduate degrees issued by 1 percent a year.
For its part, Metropolitan State University promises to do the same thing – plus increase the number of credentials earned by traditionally underserved students by 2 percent a year.
Fort Lewis College, along with the other two, proposes to increase the graduation rate of transfer students.
Those three institutions and every other state college are finalizing the performance contracts required by a 2010 law and intended the meet the goals of the master plan adopted formally by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Thursday.
The commission actually agreed on the plan months ago but “affirmed” the master plan one last time.
“Considering how long we’ve been working on this, it’s nice to take a final vote,” said Commissioner Hereford Percy.
“It seems like ages ago when we started on this,” said Commissioner Happy Haynes, reflecting on the 18-month process.
The master plan work “will help ensure that Colorado has an educated workforce to meet the needs of our economy. Our system of higher education and our ability to create human capital is key to the future of the state,” said Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia, who also serves as executive director of the Department of Higher Education.
The companion piece to the master plan is the set of performance contracts for each state system or institution. Those documents are to be wrapped up by Dec. 31.
In addition to aligning college goals with the master plan, the contracts also eventually may form the basis for extra, performance-based funding of state colleges and universities. The same law that required the master plan also called for performance funding, but not until certain higher education funding levels are met.
The master plan, titled “Colorado Completes,” has four main goals:
- Increase by 1,000 a year the number of degrees and credentials awarded;
- Improve student success through improved remedial education, better student support services and reduction in the average time it takes students to finish;
- Reduce higher education attainment gaps among ethnic and income groups; and
- Restoration of “fiscal balance” by increasing direct state support of higher education.
Colorado institutions now issue about 50,000 degrees and certificates a year. The state wants to increase that by 1,000 to meet the expectation that by 2025 two-thirds of all jobs in Colorado will require some kind of post-secondary credential, either a degree or a professional or vocational certificate.
Inside the contracts
While final tweaking remains to be done on some of the five-year contracts, the DHE this week released contract worksheets for some institutions to illustrate how colleges are crafting their plans.
The commission likely will meet again later this month to formally approve the contracts, which will go into effect immediately upon signature and will supersede a different, less-focused set of contracts that were signed in 2005. (Three private institutions that receive state per-student stipends, Colorado Christian University, Regis University and the University of Denver, also will have contracts, but those won’t be finished until later next year.)
Every college had to propose goals for increasing their completion rates and for reducing attainment gaps.
The final contracts will include worksheets on which colleges select which “indicators” (or goals) they will use to work toward the broad goals of improved credential completion, student retention and progress, closing attainment gaps and financial stewardship.
Colleges have to pick two or more indicators in each of the four categories. The DHE suggested indicators to choose from, and colleges could suggest their own.
The indicators chosen in the worksheets have to add up to 100 points. Each of the first three broad goals have to account for at least 20 points, while the financial stewardship goal has to account for at least 15 points.
Will the master plan work?
Aside from the 1,000-degrees-a-year goal, and some annual percentage goals included in institutional contract indicators, both the master plan and the contracts are short on numerical goals. Many of the indicators merely use the phrase “annually increase.”
Asked about that earlier this week, Garcia said setting non-numerical goals for increases “does create a real challenge for the schools.” He said that “the annual increase is actually a higher bar” than setting a goal for a certain number of degrees by a specific date.
Matt Gianneschi, DHE deputy director, also said that “gradualism” (Garcia called it “continuous quality improvement”) is better than setting a hard goal.
“Shocking the system with an immediate change may not yield the results you want,” Gianneschi said.
Garcia said he’s also confident that colleges won’t try to “game” the master plan system by, for instance, raising admissions requirements in an attempt to ensure that more students graduate.
“We really assume … quality and rigor will remain the standard,” Garcia said.
Garcia and DHE officials have gone to great pains to emphasize that development of the master plan and the contracts was a cooperative effort among the department and the state’s sometime fractious colleges and universities.
“This was a shared effort,” Garcia said.
The process was “intended to respect the different roles and missions” of various institutions.
The pay-for-performance aspect of Colorado’s master plan law has gained lots of attention, and the issue is on the radar nationwide as policymakers wrestle with declining state support of higher education and rising tuition costs for students.
But performance funding remains an aspiration for now in Colorado, given that the law says it won’t kick in until direct state support of higher education returns to $706 million a year. It’s currently about $513 million, and Gov. John Hickenlooper wants to increase that to about $543 million in 2013-14.
Once $706 million has been reached, then a quarter of the amount over $650 million is available for performance funding, which will be based on how colleges perform on their contracts.
So, if higher education funding were $706 million in some future budget year, 25 percent of $56 million, or $14 million, would be available to reward colleges for performance.
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FACT – INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM
Did you know that Indoor air pollution has been described by the EPA and Congress as America’s #1 environmental health problem? The EPA also reports that indoor air can be up to one hundred times more polluted than the air outside. One hundred times! Air pollutants and poor indoor air quality can cause allergies, sick building syndrome, bacteria infections, and spread viruses to name a few.
INDOOR AIR QUALITY FACTS
- People spend 75-90% of their time indoors.
- Exposure to airborne contamination is considerable.
- 50% of all major office buildings have contaminated heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC). If not properly maintained, they are a hotbed for growth of molds and bacteria.
- Each person inhales over 3,500 gallons of air each day. Children inhale more particles for their size then adolescents or adults.
- Polluted air causes 94% of all respiratory problems.
- More than 31 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma, about 1/3 are children under 18.
- About 40,000 dust mites, a common household allergen, can live in one ounce of dust.
- An estimated 10-15% of the entire population may be allergic to cat or dog dander.
- A person sheds up to 700,000 skin flakes per day.
3 TYPES OF INDOOR POLLUTANTS
Problem: Particulates are tiny particles suspended in the air. Common particulates include residential pollen, dust mites, dust, smoke and dander (skin flakes). Particulate diameters are measured in microns and range from .001 to 1,000 microns. These dimensions represent the continuum from a few molecules up to the size where particles can no longer be airborne.
Problem: These are bacteria, germs, viruses, fungi, spores and mold. Although bacteria are small in size and usually microscopic, they have an amazing ability to do horrible damage to all living organisms including humans. Many everyday illnesses are also caused by viruses like the common cold or the flu.
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Today I completed my second portrait in the ‘Pencil On Canvas’ series. The image depicts actress Angelina Jolie in a glamorous pose. In nearly all her photographs, Angelina is easily recognisable by her eyes and lips and this image is not an exception. Though it has a simple appearance at first glance, making this portrait was a bit complicated task primarily on account of very fine and distinct shades. At few places, I resorted to watercolor paint for bringing highlight to her hair. Hope you like it.
I have been making portraits in pencil for quite a long time. In fact, I have lost count of how many of them I have made till now. With every portrait, there is something to learn, not just about the skill, but about the facial features of humans. Laypersons mostly comment on the model or the subject I am portraying. For example, once it happened that incidentally I made portraits of Kareena to gift to two different friends. The general opinion spread that Kareena is my favourite actress! I receive the same comment particularly when the subject is a female model or an actress. Here I would like to tell you that for artists the subject is not that important as is generally believed. You might have heard it from artists and photographers that they found a particular face ‘interesting’. However, it simply means just that and doesn’t necessarily mean that the artist is in any way attached to the model. In general, artists do not see face, eyes, nose, lips, hair and so on; instead, all they see is geometrical figures. Yes, you read it correct — all they see in front of them is cones, pyramids, rectangles, cubes, cuboid, spheres, and lines. And it is the amusing combination and interplay of these geometrical figures in any face or figure is what makes it appealing and attractive to them. But I am not mathematically inclined; I am a physicist. So however hard do I try, I am not able to accurately analyse any figure in terms of its geometrical components. Instead, I take the alternative path shown by physics — optics to be precise. As I told you in another post, I am mainly attracted to the interplay of light and shade, how shadows form, the various patterns formed by light, and in the case of portraits, how this symphony of light and dark brings out the volume, shape and characteristics of any figure.Continue reading
Scientists tell us that life on Earth was possible only because it is at an ‘optimum’ distance from the Sun. This energy — a combination of light and heat — was behind the creation and sustenance of all flora and fauna on Earth. But it did not stop there. In my personal opinion, light played the most crucial part in our scientific quest and discoveries. Optics is the foundation of human civilisation. Only by light are we able to see the natural world and its treasures. We looked up at the source of daylight, viz., the Sun, and the innumerable stars dotting the night sky. We were curious, and tried to make sense of it all and have an explanation of it — first from mythological stories, then by logic and analysis. Who are we, where did we come from, who created these celestial and terrestrial objects? And what does it all mean?
The branch of Physics which deals with the study of light and various phenomena associated with it is called Optics. In Geometrical Optics (or Ray Optics) we assume that light travels in a straight line in the form of rays. This model is useful for studying the formation of images by lenses and mirrors. On the other hand, in Physical Optics (or Wave Optics) light is assumed to be a wave. Various phenomena such as interference, diffraction and polarization, which cannot be explained by Ray Optics, are studied under Wave Optics.
My mentor Prof. Amitabh Sengupta used to say, “Fine Arts is 60% observation and 40% skill. Or I’d rather go so far as to say that it is 80% observation and 20% skill”. He encouraged me to move away from the type of portraits that I had been making till then, and instead invest my skills into practising realism. At first it was difficult for me to break old habits. But the lockdown period last year offered me an opportunity to take a closer look at the objects around me, particularly those scattered around in my house. This sketch of the bathroom shower knob was the first drawing in realism that I made during lockdown last year. | <urn:uuid:f96a5283-b426-4863-bcc8-1943726186a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pradyot.net/category/drawings/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.969501 | 946 | 1.835938 | 2 |
In a significant increase of its ability to counter and wage an escalating cybersecurity war, Britain has created a new offensive cyberforce comprising of 2,000 personnel, according to Sky News.
The plain is a brainchild of the Ministry of Defence and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) wherein the latter’s officials, contractors and military personnel are set to get a cash injection of over 250 million pounds in funding, Sky reported.
That funding will help a nearly four-fold increase in manpower dedicated on cybersecurity operations, the report added. A separate second source told the news agency that the report could be higher than a quarter of a billion pounds.
Britain and Russia have been at diplomatic odds over multiple issues that came to the fore after London accused Moscow of poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter with a nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
“The MoD and GCHQ have a long and proud history of working together, including on the National Offensive Cyber Programme,” a government spokesman said. “We are both committed to continuing to invest in this area, given the real threats the UK faces from a range of hostile actors.”
The plan comes in the aftermath of Britain using cyber weaponry for the first time to combat the Islamic State, Sky added.
In what constitutes a rare public acknowledgment of the cyber-offensive against the IS, GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming said:
“These operations have made a significant contribution to coalition efforts to suppress Daesh [IS] propaganda, hindered their ability to co-ordinate attacks, and protected coalition forces on the battlefield.”
Image credit: Wikimedia. | <urn:uuid:82205443-65fc-4876-8d70-564934bb21e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lifars.com/2018/09/britain-cybersecurity-unit-russian-threat/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.940086 | 329 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Combinatorics of Tableau Inversions
Keywords: Young Tableaux, Inversions of Young Tableaux
AbstractA tableau inversion is a pair of entries in row-standard tableau $T$ that lie in the same column of $T$ yet lack the appropriate relative ordering to make $T$ column-standard. An $i$-inverted Young tableau is a row-standard tableau along with precisely $i$ inversion pairs. Tableau inversions were originally introduced by Fresse to calculate the Betti numbers of Springer fibers in Type A, with the number of $i$-inverted tableaux that standardize to a fixed standard Young tableau corresponding to a specific Betti number of the associated fiber. In this paper we approach the topic of tableau inversions from a completely combinatorial perspective. We develop formulas enumerating the number of $i$-inverted Young tableaux for a variety of tableaux shapes, not restricting ourselves to inverted tableau that standardize a specific standard Young tableau, and construct bijections between $i$-inverted Young tableaux of a certain shape with $j$-inverted Young tableaux of different shapes. Finally, we share some the results of a computer program developed to calculate tableaux inversions. | <urn:uuid:872caa16-9057-4f48-b14f-1466f8161e96> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.combinatorics.org/ojs/index.php/eljc/article/view/v22i2p44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.819469 | 282 | 2.03125 | 2 |
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” ~ Melody Beattie
The holidays are such a wonderful time of year. Families gather and memories are created. Although this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it will look and feel very different.
Starting with Thanksgiving, through Christmas, and into the New Year, most people experience some type of reflection into their lives. Giving thanks and being grateful, shifts the focus from what you may be lacking to the amazing bounty that you already possess. This will be especially important this year.
Research shows gratitude heightens the quality of life. When you give gratitude daily, “it results in higher levels of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, optimism, and energy,” according to Michael McCollough and Robert Emmons, Professors of Psychology.
Have an attitude of gratitude:
- Write thank you cards – with so much electronic communication in today’s society, isn’t it nice to receive a hand-written card in the mailbox?
- Do random acts of kindness:
- Put money in someone’s parking meter
- Pay it forward and purchase coffee for the person behind you in the checkout lane
- Pick up the tab for a soldier, police officer, or firefighter’s meal
- Donate money or items to charity
- Reach out to an ill or older relative or neighbor
- Teach your kids or grandkids a new skill
- Give a sincere compliment –a kind compliment can turn someone’s day around
- Share a smile – a smile is contagious and instantly brightens the recipient’s day. Plus, they usually can’t help but smile back! It costs nothing and reaps great rewards for all. You can’t really see a smile while wearing a mask, but you can see their smile in the person’s eyes.
Most of us have so much and it’s easy to take it all for granted. Spread the good cheer of this season and you’ll see that the person on the receiving end will more than likely repeat the act for someone else. This year, resolve to adopt an attitude of gratitude and decide how you will spread the gratitude to others. | <urn:uuid:6e1eb31b-1df2-4b82-8038-2e77aa888581> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://goodshepherdcampus.org/season-of-thanks-giving-and-change-during-the-pandemic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.938504 | 494 | 2.53125 | 3 |
This paper describes the results of an experiment designed to test the acquisition of the rule of noun definitization in Somali. It was originally assumed that the major factors involved would be cognitive, e.g., age or intellectual development, although the possibility of geographical dialects was considered. However the results indicate that none of these factors are relevant. Rather, it was found that: (1) a large percentage of the population never acquired parts of this rule at all, and (2) the major factor influencing this acquisition process is an urban vs. nomadic childhood home (which is representative of the extent of exposure to traditional oral literature).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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Recently, Mary attended the first open day of the High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre at the CSIRO Plant Industry in their Black Mountain Laboratories.
“Today’s event is very exciting and further proof that the ACT is a powerhouse of scientific innovation, recognised worldwide for excellence in plant biology and agricultural research,” Mary said. “This centre is Australia’s world leading national facility applying high technology imaging, robotics and computing to plant analysis and crop breeding.”
The ACT Government committed more than one million dollars in funding to the joint CSIRO and Australian National University facility which, since its launch in August 2009, has already developed a reputation within the scientific community as a centre of excellence in plant research.
“Research such as this is critical to our nation’s ability to meet this century’s challenges, and I am proud that the ACT is leading the way in providing an environment conducive to such research,” Mary stated.
One great initiative has been an artist in residence, Ms Erica Seccombe, whose work, which was on display during the open day, reflects the connection between artistic and scientific creativity.
“It is gratifying to see the progress which has taken place here in such a short time. I am sure we will see the potential for this facility to address the global agricultural challenges of food security and climate change we face in the coming years,” Mary concluded. | <urn:uuid:df9ae2a0-4b8d-4a1c-bbaa-226a4266fa53> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://maryporter.net/report/art-and-science-connects-open-day | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.962097 | 293 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Remnants of Old Jump-Off Joe, Nye Beach
Virtual Tour of Newport, Oregon Coast
Top Photo: Looking at the remnants of the old Jump-Off Joe structure from the early part of the century - taken from atop the NEW Jump-Off Joe.
The bottom photo shows another view of the remnants of the original Jump-Off Joe.
Middle photo: Original Jump-Off Joe in 1900. The original Joe crumbled under the weight of the changing tides by the `40s, and another subsequent rock structure took on the name. The new Jump-Off Joe – at the bottom of 11th - is quickly crumbling too, and it won't be long before it no longer exists.
UPDATE AS OF JAN 2021: JUMP-OFF IS SELF-DESTRUCTING. It is now closed off and no longer accessible. The following text remains for historical purposes. Newport's Jump-Off Joe Gets Dangerous, Oregon Coast Landmark Closed Off
You can still access the uppermost ledge of Jump-Off Joe and walk about fifty feet above the beach, (which provides a wonderfully romantic spot to cuddle, especially at night.) To access it, take 11th street until it dead ends in the parking lot above Joe. From there, you can walk through the rather ominous-looking remnants of a condominium's foundation to get to the top of Joe. | <urn:uuid:2fdda238-da01-44af-b631-77bc7680cad6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.beachconnection.net/vtour_newp28.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.893986 | 281 | 1.585938 | 2 |
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