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Insurance premiums are determined by each insurance company. You take into account a variety of factors, including your age, current health, and family history, to calculate insurance risk.
The methods that each company uses are different and this affects the amount they are willing to insure you and the price you pay for the coverage. You can also get information about the best life insurance cost through the web.
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Most life insurance products with declared dividends or interest on loans assume that the current market environment will remain constant throughout the term of the policy.
Things to Consider When Buying Life Insurance:
1. Company strength
The policy you buy is as good as the company that covers it. Companies with good experience and solid results from rating services.
2. Agency relationship
How much do company agents know about the products they sell? Our industry changes at the forefront? Will they keep in touch after they sell you the policy? Will they regularly review your needs to make sure you have the protection you need if your life changes?
Do they offer policies based on your specific needs or the needs of the publisher? Additional passengers and personalized payment plans can make company policies truly customizable, and give you the flexibility you want to protect those who matter most to you.
4. Potential growth in monetary value
Term life insurance can be a smart solution that allows you to set a premium for a certain period with a premium that is more in line with your current budget.
A Lifetime Policy allows you to increase the cash value available when paying premiums and unsecured dividends paid under the policy. The value of cash increases over time. | <urn:uuid:d610aa58-2685-4fa8-a87a-7ad645e5c022> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://twogentsproductions.com/tag/whole-life-insurance-rates/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.952511 | 335 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is ready to start shipping Athlon processors, code-named Thoroughbred, made using a 0.13-micron process to customers later this month, the Sunnyvale, California-based company announced at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany on Wednesday.
While few details have been made available, the switch could mean faster Athlon chips that require less power.
The announcement of the switch to a 0.13-micron process came as AMD introduced three additions to its Athlon processor line: Athlon XP 2100+ for desktop PCs, Mobile Athlon 4 1600+ for notebooks, and Athlon MP 2000+ for servers and workstations. Currently, Athlon chips are produced using a 0.18-micron process. Switching to the more advanced 0.13-micron manufacturing process allows AMD to produce more chips on a single wafer as the 0.13-micron chips are around 38 percent smaller than Athlon XP chips made using the 0.18-micron process, the company said.
AMD did not disclose the clock speeds of the Thoroughbred chips that would begin shipping to customers this month but the 0.13-micron process opens the door to Athlon chips that run at higher clock speeds and consume less power than chips made using the 0.18-micron process.
AMD first demonstrated the Thoroughbred processor at the US Comdex trade show in November last year. At that time, company officials said three versions of Thoroughbred would ship during the first of 2002: a desktop version, a mobile version, and a server version for use in multiprocessing systems, including workstations. | <urn:uuid:86b945d5-2adf-423e-869a-61886e250cbd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/24982/amd_start_shipping_0_13-micron_chips_month/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.933797 | 347 | 1.507813 | 2 |
The publication of the Panama Papers in 2016 and the Paradise Papers in 2017 revealed to the world the scale of tax evasion by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals. This led to the tax-paying citizens of many countries demanding that their governments do something to stop the draining away of potential revenue into tax havens.
Now the EU thinks it has found a solution. In December 2017 it published a blacklist of countries that it considers 'non-co-operative tax jurisdictions'.
At the end of a complex screening and investigative process, 17 countries were placed on the blacklist for failing to address EU concerns, and 47 landed on a watch list by agreeing to work toward meeting the EU criteria for tax transparency, “fair taxation”, and the implementation of the OECD’s efforts to end tax base erosion and profit shifting.
Lilting and listing
The blacklist has teeth in the form of sanctions for countries that do not comply. Direct investment in those countries will still be allowed. However, access to EU funds for sustainable development, strategic investment and external lending will be restricted.
Multinationals with activities in listed jurisdictions will face stricter country-by-country reporting requirements that reveal detailed country-specific financial and tax information. A tax scheme routed through an EU-listed country will be automatically reportable to tax authorities. Legislation in other policy areas is under consideration.
“There must be no naivety: promises must be turned into actions. No one must get a free pass,” declared EU tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici.
The effectiveness of that statement was open to question barely a month later when eight of the 17 countries on the blacklist were removed from it into a separate category – 'subject to close monitoring' – for unexplained reasons.
Tax reform campaigners and even some members of the European Parliament derided the fact that the blacklist excludes some European countries notorious for their accommodative tax policies, such as Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland and Malta, targeting instead smaller, lesser developed jurisdictions.
“The result of the flawed blacklisting process is a politically led list, that includes only the economically weak and politically unconnected,” the non-profit Tax Justice Network (TJN) asserted, noting also that “the UK has sought to frustrate the blacklisting of its crown dependencies and overseas territories at every turn.”
Calling the EU list “hard to take seriously,” in January TJN released its own Financial Secrecy Index of tax havens. By this index, the top two secrecy jurisdictions are Switzerland and the US – which the index claims account for 22.3% of the global market in offshore financial services.
Amanda Raad, co-leader of law firm Ropes & Gray’s global anti-corruption and international risk group, believes many questions remain about the execution of the EU strategy. “There’s concern that it will become a political tool instead of a well-researched transparent mechanism,” she says.
She adds that it has a way to go before it becomes an international standard, in the way that Transparency International’s Corruption Index is accepted by global regulators. And as her colleague Joanna Torode points out, how the enforcement mechanism will be put in place is also not clear.
Ms Torode cautions multinationals against looking at issues in isolation. “If you are going into a jurisdiction with both high tax and corruption risks, you have to look at it from a reputational as well as regulatory perspective and do due diligence.”
Ms Raad says it is too soon to advise clients on tax considerations arising from the EU actions until the process is better understood. She does not think companies will make big changes in their investment strategies until there is more clarity.
Harsh reaction came from representatives of some of the countries placed on the EU blacklist. Two members of the 20-strong Caribbean Community (Caricom) – Barbados and Saint Lucia – were placed on the blacklist, and five other full or associate members were placed on the watch list: Jamaica, Belize, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
In a statement, Caricom said the actions would significantly damage the reputation of those countries, even if they were eventually delisted, while the criteria used by the EU went beyond generally accepted international tax transparency standards and would require time to implement legislatively and administratively.
Caricom warned that the sanctions proposed would deter foreign private investments needed to grow the countries’ small, highly vulnerable economies. Furthermore, it said the EU list ignored the efforts made by Caricom members to comply with OECD standards for transparency, accountability and co-operation.
There is something to be said for this complaint, according to William Vlcek, a senior lecturer at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and author of a book on offshore finance and global governance.
Mr Vlcek notes that in 2009 the OECD abandoned its own efforts to blacklist tax havens. Instead, it created the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, with 148 members participating on an equal footing. Through a peer review process, members are monitored as they implement the forum’s transparency standards.
The EU’s heavy-handed tactics may undermine the OECD’s efforts to get everybody to cooperate. “The OECD is much more inclusive in its strategy and has made more progress with this approach,” says Mr Vlcek. “The Caribbean countries have all been actively involved with the OECD and are trying to be compliant with the banking sector. And now their hard work is not being recognised.”
Whether small countries have the capacity to implement the EU’s regulations is also questionable, according to Mr Vlcek. “Withholding money from them will make it even harder,” he says.
“Corporations will continue to make adjustments. They are not going to change their strategies even with new tax laws,” adds Mr Vlcek, who believes that some companies may shift operations to other financial centres not on the blacklist.
Meanwhile, tax collectors around the world are rejoicing in the tax haul they have been able to recover as a result of the revelations about offshore bank accounts in the Panama and Paradise Papers. Since 2016, the UK has tripled the number of criminal and civil investigations linked to the Panama Papers, investigated 66 individuals for suspected tax evasion, and made four arrests. And the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which broke both stories, says more than $500m has been recouped by tax authorities since the Panama Papers were published. How the EU and other regions move on and prevent this situation repeating remains to be seen, however. | <urn:uuid:a908e727-0afb-4397-9748-8b9a9a63df0a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/news/havens-in-hell-will-eu-tax-evasion-plans-hit-too-hard-70949 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.95688 | 1,399 | 1.9375 | 2 |
V. I. Melnikov
Before talking about the essence of the TCS and description of its concepts, we have to say few words about its peculiarities and the logical backgrounds of the working out.
As it was said before, the TCS is based on using the complex of connected general level concepts. It allows excluding the secondary facts that influence the state of the real objects and the processes between them, but at the same time to use the huge amount of the experimental materials that are the basis of these concepts.
On the other hand, this level allows revealing the general (applicable to the most of the investigated objects) main extreme fields and develop the fundamental key concepts that describe these fields. As the following experiments showed, these concepts are in the strict correlation with the row of the scientific-in-general and human concepts, that are, as it seems to be dealing with the completely different and not related fields of knowledge.
For example, what the problem of the time understanding and the concepts of health and happiness could have in common? The only question seems absurd or not serious. Or, what do the mathematical and chemical equations and the grammatical sentence have in common? It is the paradox as well. And the complete insane would be the question about existence of the same reasons of the law of conservation of energy and the methods of preservation of health. The serious scientist has to loose the interest to the following exposition after such a statement. The esoteric again… (or something of that kind). The readers who are more interested in mechanics could be puzzled with the problems of the more closed circle: could we make the one system and explain from the same positions the law of inertia, the laws of attraction and repulsion, the nature of gravitation and the cosmological red shift, the principle of relativity and the theory of the big bang? The statement of such a problem definitely will not rise the optimism of the real physicist, although many of physicists feel the relation of these questions.
The numbered questions, problems and relations could be partially decided and determined with the help of the TCS. The TCS could be, in any case, used as a multi-purpose methodological mean for their determination. Some of the variants of determination and some preliminary results of using the TCS are given below in the appropriate parts. How the made researches showed, the absence of the common methodology and appropriate conception was the main obstacle for the determination of these questions.
After such an intrigue or, possibly, compromise beginning we have to describe the conception that is the base of the TCS. In accordance with the task we had (the research of any objects) and the given conditions (the most possible level of community) we have found out, after analyses of the great amount of the common characteristics of objects, the only one real common characteristic – the ability to influence the other objects and so to change them. It is taken into account also the all possible forms of influence, including informational. The whole complex of the conceptions was worked out taking into consideration the obligatory demands.
The main of them are given below:
1. Interdependency and logical reserve (including the necessity and sufficiency of the concept complex).
2. The most possible level of community.
3. The quantity description.
4. Simplicity and distinctness of the matter and the borders of usage.
5. Undiscrepancy in this system of concepts.
6. Correspondence and undescrepancy woth the known facts, the experimental validity.
7. Simplicity to understanding and comfortable usage (explanations and researches).
8. Equality of any objects.
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Responses by Dendroctonus frontalis and Dendroctonus mesoamericanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Ssemiochemical lures in Chiapas, Mexico: possible roles of pheromones during joint host attacks
In southern Mexico and Central America, the southern pine beetle Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) commonly colonizes host trees simultaneously with Dendroctonus mesoamericanus Armendariz-Toledano and Sullivan, a recently described sibling species. We hypothesized that cross-species pheromone responses by host-seeking beetles might mediate joint mass attack, bole partitioning, and reproductive isolation between the species. Previous studies had indicated that D. frontalis females produce frontalin and that female D. mesoamericanus produce frontalin, endo-brevicomin, and ipsdienol (males of both species produce endo-brevicomin and possibly ipsdienol). In field trapping trials in the Mexican state of Chiapas, D. frontalis was attracted to the lure combination of turpentine and racemic frontalin; racemic endo-brevicomin enhanced this response. In a single test, D. mesoamericanus was attracted in low numbers to the combination of turpentine, racemic frontalin, and racemic endo-brevicomin after the addition of racemic ipsdienol; in contrast, racemic ipsdienol reduced responses of D. frontalis. Inhibition of D. frontalis was generated in both sexes by (þ)- and racemic ipsdienol, but by ()-ipsdienol only in females. Logs infested with D. mesoamericanus females (the pioneer sex in Dendroctonus) attracted both species in greater numbers than either D. frontalis female-infested or uninfested logs. Our data imply that D. frontalis may be more attracted to pioneer attacks of D. mesoamericanus females, and that this could be owing to the presence of endo-brevicomin in the latter. Possible intra- and inter-specific functions of semiochemicals investigated in our experiments are discussed. | <urn:uuid:b04d1f59-3836-421c-842f-0bedab5c9c6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/50953 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.882601 | 492 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Push Replication Pattern - The Coherence Incubator - Oracle Coherence Knowledge Base
This is an example implementation of Push Replication pattern.
The Push Replication Pattern advocates that;
1. Operations (such as insert, update and delete) occurring on Data in one Location should be pushed using one or more Publishers to an associated Device.
2. A Publisher is responsible for optimistically replicating Operations (in the order in which the said Operations originally occurred) on or with the associated Device.
3. If a Device is unavailable for some reason, the Operations to be replicated using the associated Publisher will be queued and executed (in the original order) at a later point in time. | <urn:uuid:a097210c-6548-406e-8abd-a32e9719ebdd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://blog.parwy.com/2009/01/coherence-push-replicaton-reference.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.917573 | 142 | 2.75 | 3 |
Create messages and send them to your parents/ staff.
From the left menu > Message Centre
You will be able to see some messages once you start using it or else you’ll start with a blank screen.
Let’s get started with a new email message.
Start by clicking on Compose button, select the Email option.
Type in your subject and the content. The sophisticated message editor allows you to use all the word formatting features – Using bold formatting, changing the fonts and its size, colour, adding a list, link, picture, or attaching a document is easy.
You will also see a quick insert option, simply click on it to either add a pic or a table or you may also want to add a horizontal line.
You can send yourself a test email to check out what the email is going to look like once it is sent. Once you’ve got your subject in the content ready we can go to the next step to add the recipients.
You may add some or all children – you can add a child by searching for their name too.
If you don’t see the children’s names selected – it simply means that their parent emails are missing on the file. You can save a Draft message, add missing contact emails and come back to this draft to have it finalised and sent out to your parents.
You can also have your messages filed into categories or have tags attached to them – simply add them when you are creating a new message.
Message settings also allow you to customise your messages with Header and Footer settings. | <urn:uuid:e432e9fb-4470-41a8-bef8-8e353bcdf8d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://helpguide.juniorlogs.co.nz/knowledgebase/message-center/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.885309 | 329 | 1.5 | 2 |
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- Gerry Gaffney. March 19, 2001. Drawings by Gina Ellis.
Designers of physical objects have guidelines that describe their customers' characteristics.
They can use these guidelines to specify things such as:
Designers of physical objects also have readily available feedback. Events in the physical world inform designers of what design decisions need to be revised.
In contrast, designers of 'virtual' objects such as web sites and software often have very little feedback, and may have false assumptions about their customers.
It is surprising how many designers of web sites, kiosks and the like never get to interact with real users.
We know that designers are part of the human race, as shown in the following diagram.
The diagram states that:
However, an alien looking at our web sites and software might develop a different picture, as shown in the following diagram.
The diagram states that:
In other words:
Like the shop on the right, web sites look professional and well made. If it were a web site we would say it has a nice simple address or URL ('Shop').
It presents a welcoming face to the customer. It says 'Welcome' and it has a doormat. If it were a web site, of course, stepping on the doormat would likely surprise the visitor with a splash screen or similar unnecessary interruption.
It has some visually pleasing graphical design elements (the tree outside).
It is very difficult for the customer to get in, as the steps are too high.
In addition, although you can't see it in the diagram, the inside of the shop is a bit of a mess. All products have been arranged by colour, rather than by name or any other system that the customer might recognise.
There is a burly gentleman just inside the door who grabs you as soon as you walk into the shop, sits you down and forces you to watch a 5-minute video advertisement. If you don't stand up immediately the advertisement finishes, you are forced to watch it again.
If you manage to find something you want to buy, you have to give a blood sample and sign up for lifetime membership.
People skim ruthlessly - particularly in online environments.
If possible, they avoid reading entirely.
They tend to pick out 'key' words and phrases. However, these may not be the words and phrases that you envisaged.
If there is a choice between doing something and reading about doing it, most people will just do it.
One of Gary Larson's marvellous cartoons shows a man talking to his dog. Although the man is speaking sentences, all the dog hears is 'blah blah Ginger blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Ginger'.
The cartoon is captioned 'What we say to dogs' and 'What they hear'.
A similar effect works on the web. The following diagram shows an order form ('what we write').
Below is an approximation of what a customer might see when reading it.
The reader may pick out a piece of salient or interesting information. In this instance, the reader has picked out $120. This is unfortunate because the largest market for the product is in the USA, so we would rather that they noticed the US dollar price ($66).
Some people know what an overhead camshaft is; most people neither know nor care. This may be baffling and disappointing to the auto enthusiast.
Some people know about digital certificates, processor speeds, HTML, XML, and the like; most neither know nor care.
Most people don't care how much design effort went into your web site or application, and they don't care how clever you are.
Some people may like detailed information on who built a supermarket and whether structural steel or reinforced concrete was used, but most will be happy as long as it doesn't fall down.
People are often reluctant to provide personal information.
Many people will simply lie to you if you try to force them to reveal personal information.People rate privacy policies as being an important factor in their perceptions of web sites.
Given a choice between the easy way and the right way, people will choose the easy way.
If it is easier to pick up the phone or visit the store, people will do that rather than use your web site.
If it is easier to use someone else's web site, people will do that rather than use your web site.
Many people disclose their PIN to others.
Many people allow colleagues to 'impersonate' them to log on to computers and networks.
Many people use the same PIN for multiple purposes.
People decide for themselves what level of security they will accept.
Most people have a task in mind when they approach a web site.
It is unlikely that they will be interested in watching a video or animation if it prevents them from completing their task.
They may go elsewhere or abandon the task if it takes too long.
It is not possible to quantify what 'too long' means.
In humans, no great evolutionary leaps have occurred in the last 10 years, nor are they likely in the next 10.
People are still driven by the same things that motivated them before the advent of the Internet.
It is unlikely that people will change the way they think and behave just because your company has launched a new web site or service.
If you don't interact with real people during analysis and design, how can you design products that they can use? Involving customers is simple, cost-effective and productive.
How can you design good web sites if you don't test them with customers? Testing is simple, effective and cheap.
Be sceptical of technologies that will change the world, revolutionise the way we think, and transform the way we do business.
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There are many drivers for emissions reductions: government regulations, investors focused on environmental, social and governance issues, and achieving corporate goals. In addition, emission leaks can translate into lost revenue or even, more importantly, safety issues.
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6th Grade: Complete and submit work on Google Classroom by the end of the day
Good morning, Scholars! I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. Remember that Memorial Day is an important remembrance of the sacrifice of the brave men and women of the United States military.
I CAN: DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WRITINGS OF ABOLITIONIST FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
FOCUS QUESTION: WHAT ADJECTIVE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DESCRIBE THE ABOLITIONISTS OF THE 1800s? EXPLAIN. PUT THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION ON THE STREAM PAGE!!
We ended last week by discussing the bravery of abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman. They faced faced intense hostility from those in the South (and the North) that fought to protect slavery.
Today we are going to analyze an excerpt from the autobiography (a primary source) of the great American hero and abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. Douglass was born a slave and risked his own safety by not only teaching himself to read and write, but also escaping to the North. It is an incredible American story. Frederick gives much insight into the hardships and brutality of his life as a slave, before escaping to freedom.
EXIT QUESTION: IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU THINK FREDERICK WAS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY IN THE 1800s AND EVEN NOW--IN 2020? EXPLAIN WITH DETAILS.
I Can: Foster an understanding of the Vietnam War
From 1964-1972, the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the history of the world made a maximum military effort , with everything short of atomic bombs , to defeat a nationalist revolutionary movement in a tiny, peasant country and failed.
The U.S. turns out as the big loser in Vietnam, and the history books must reveal this.
This was the longest war the United States fought in the 20th century, and it also became the most unpopular. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated two million Vietnamese deaths.
It was the first clear defeat to the global American empire formed after World War II. The defeat was administered by revolutionary peasants abroad, and by an astonishing movement of protest at home.
By the end of the Vietnam war, 7 million tons of bombs were dropped on Vietnam, more than twice the total bombs dropped on Europe and Asia in World War II
HUMAN BEINGS PREAILED OVER TECHNOLOGY
The whole Vietnamese people, animated by a common purpose, are determined to fight to the bitter end
• A Revolutionary Movement led by a Communist named Ho Chi Minh Sought independence from Colonial French rule.
• One day in June 1963, a Buddhist monk sat down in the public square in Saigon and set himself afire as a protest to the South Vietnamese Diem regime's discriminatory Buddhist laws. He hope to show that to fight all form of oppression, a sacrifice must be made.
• Vietnam was split in two between Communist North Vietnam, led by Ho Chi Minh, and Democratic South Vietnam, led by Ngo Dinh Diem until his assassination in 1963
• Minh and the Vietcong from the north invaded the south in an attempt to unify the country as a Communist state.
• Ho Chi MInh issues a Declaration of Independence. It borrowed from the American Declaration of Independence, and began: "All men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Just as the Americans in 1776 had listed their grievances against the English king, the Vietnamese listed their complaints against French rule.
• The United States reacted in line with the philosophy of the Truman Doctrine of Communist Containment and carried out an escalating series of military measures to keep the South Democratic.
• August 1964, President Johnson used a murky set of evidence in the gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam, to launch full scale war.
The Greatest Antiwar Movement the Nation had ever Experienced
• By early 1968, the cruelty of the war began touching the conscience of many Americans.
• Lyndon Johnson escalated the war and failed to win it.
• Poisonous sprays were dropped by planes to destroy trees - Vietnamese mothers reported birth defects
• Muhammad Ali refuses to serve
• First sign of opposition came out of the Civil Rights movement. The experience of black people with the government led them to distrust any claim that it was fighting for freedom
• Sometimes to be silent is to lie
• The climax Protest came in the spring of 1970 when President Nixon ordered the invasion of Cambodia. At Kent State University in Ohio, on May 4, when students gathered to demonstrate against the war, National Guardsmen forced into the crowd. Four students were killed.
Ho Chi Minh (Prime Minister North Vietnam) - THE VOICE OF VIETNAMESE INDEPENDENCE
• Capable of mounting effective resistance over either the Japanese or the French
• Ho was the only Vietnamese wartime leader with a national following
• Assured himself wider appeal after overthrowing the Japanese in 1945
• Established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• For a few weeks in September 1945, Vietnam was for the first time and only time in its modern history free of foreign domination, and united from north to south under Ho Chi Minh
• Viet -Cong units have the recuperative powers of the phoenix
• Viet-Cong units amazing ability to maintain morale far exceeded the democratic forces
• Stop Communism in Asia
• Adhere to the "Domino Theory", that like a row of dominos, if one country fell to Communism it would create a ripple effect.
• The United States quickly established South Vietnam as an American sphere. Set up Government in Saigon (South Vietnam)
• Southeast Asia attractive and appealing due to rich natural resources. This is not the language that was used by President Kennedy in his explanations to the American public. He talked of Communism and freedom.
Read and annotate Ho Chi Minh’s Letter to Johnson:
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Minnesota Is One Of The States You Are Most Likely To Have An Animal Collision In
Minnesota was recently named as one of the states with a 'high risk' chance at an animal collision while driving.
State Farm asked the question "Where are animal collisions most likely?" and then they went through and determined which states had the highest chance at an animal collision while driving. The company then ranked the states from 1 to 50.
In this year's study, Minnesota barely got into the Top 10, ranking at number 10 with a 1 in 64 chance at having a collision with an animal. West Virginia was number one with a 1 in 37 chance of it happening. Below is the full Top 10. Do any of the rankings surprise you?
States With Highest Odds Of Collision with Animals
1. West Virginia (1 in 37)
2. Montana (1 in 47)
3. Pennsylvania (1 in 51)
4. South Dakota (1 in 54)
5. Michigan (1 in 54)
6. Wisconsin (1 in 57)
7. Iowa (1 in 58)
8. Mississippi (1 in 59)
9. Wyoming (1 in 64)
10. Minnesota (1 in 64)
South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Iowa all were ahead of Minnesota in the rankings. North Dakota has a 1 in 73 chance, which ranks 16th.
When Are Animal Collisions Most Likely?
The three months that drivers are most likely to have an animal collision, in order, are November, October, and December.
According to the annual State Farm study, new data shows that a U.S. Driver on average has a 1 in 116 chance of a collision with an animal.
"As dusk falls and visibility becomes more difficult, two deer bounded onto the busy road. It’s not an uncommon sight for many drivers, especially in October, November and December. New data shows U.S. drivers on the average have a 1 in 116 chance of a collision with an animal, according to the State Farm® annual study. The company estimates there were over 1.9 million animal collision insurance claims in the U.S. between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020."
There Have Been Over 7,000 Deer Crashes In Minnesota Since 2015
The Minnesota State Patrol said that from 2015 to 2019, there have been 7,247 deer crashes reported, which resulted in 20 death in Minnesota. The crashes also resulted in 121 serious injuries, of which 105 were motorcyclists.
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Markets do not exist in isolation and to find out Forex trading well you should recognize that stocks & shares, bonds, futures, indices, commodities, and Foreign exchange are all interrelated. The entire world is getting to be far more and far more connected. It is really effortless for person traders and massive buying and selling institutions to move cash amongst various tradeable products. The economies of the planet are also tightly sure as was demonstrated quite efficiently in the recent crash from 2008.
There is a whole department of buying and selling called inter-industry analysis exactly where traders examine the relationships amongst diverse trading devices. The intention is to uncover correlations that can assist forecast the long term motion in the markets and to make funds. Several of the correlations are related to the notion of threat and exactly where cash is moved at any one particular time. The huge players can transfer their investments extremely quickly to the place they believe they will get greater returns or safer.
What sorts of correlations are there and why do they operate?
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Inflation & Gold
If there is a perception in the market that price inflation is increasing then the worth of traders’ income is reducing until they do anything. One particular of the favored devices to invest in at this time is Gold. You can see this presently (April 2011) exactly where the cost of Gold is climbing steadily simply because it is noticed as a hedge in opposition to inflation. In other words traders are acquiring Gold so as to offset the benefit of their income as it decreases in excess of time.
Oil as opposed to US Greenback
There is an inverse romantic relationship in between the price of the US greenback and oil, or at the very least there seems to be. Why would this take place? Properly there are numerous theories these kinds of as:
a) As the benefit of the greenback drops, the price tag of dollar denominated commodities has been boosted.
b) If the value of oil goes up, and a country is a net importer of oil such as the US, the this will worsen their harmony of trade deficit, and this weaken the value of their currency.
c) The greenback is coming under force as the reserve currency for buying oil, with other options this sort of as the euro turning out to be more well known. This has started to undermine the price of the greenback.
I suspect is could be a combination of all these examples and other individuals. The essential point is that as a trader we can consider gain of this as we trade. There is also a correlation amongst the Canadian CAD and the oil cost as well owing to the truth that Canada is a significant oil exporter.
AUD (Australian Greenback) and GOLD
The AUD has a partnership with the price tag of GOLD since Australia is a significant exporter of Gold. Consequently the far more the place can market the greater its trade deficit will be and the value of its currency will rise. Because the New Zealand economic climate is so inter-related with the Australian there is also a sturdy correlation in between the price of the NZD with the price of Gold.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Dr. Melinda Duncan
On the first 2011 Eye on Vision show, we'll have Dr. Melinda Duncan of the University of Delaware discussing a possible cause of cataracts in mice.
We'll also have Dusty Voorhees of Freedom Scientific explaining the SARA CE, which is the camera edition of the screening and reading appliance.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Dr. Mohammad Rafieetary
(Photo: Charles Retina Institute)
On the first new December show, the first guest is Jennifer Gamble discussing the statewide activities of Prevent Blindness Tennessee.
The second guest is Dr. Mohammad Rafieetary of Charles Retina Institute talking about diabetic retinopathy and the increasing number of cases of the disease.
Friday, November 19, 2010
ForeseeHome AMD Monitor
On the second November show, we'll have Garrett O'Connell of Notal Vision in St. Louis discussing the ForeseeHome AMD Monitor, which can be used by patients to send test results to physicians over a secure online connection.
Friday, November 5, 2010
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On the first November Eye on Vision show, the guests include Dr. Henry Klassen of the University of California-Irvine talking about a grant that will be used to fund stem cell research in the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa.
Then, Dr. Pradeep Ramulu of Johns Hopkins University explains why the number of retinal procedures being performed have increased since 1997.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Dr. Budd Tucker
Maggie (from Bierley)
On our third new October show, we'll have founder, Henry Lindeman. talking about the activities of School Advocates for Vision and Education (SAVE), which serves Shelby County Schools students.
Finally, the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences' Dr. Budd Tucker explains the hurdles involved in applying stem cell therapies to retinal diseases.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Dr. Philip Rosenfeld
(Image from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute)
On our second new October show, the first guest is the National Federation of the Blind's Chris Danielsen discussing a new partnership between eBay and NFB to make eBay more accessible to those with visual impairment.
The second guest is Dr. Philip Rosenfeld of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami explaining how soliris, a drug used for a rare blood disorder, could possibly be used to macular degeneration.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Dr. Terri Young
Friday, September 10, 2010
Dr. George Williams
On the first September show, Dr. George Williams of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, discusses the implantable eye telescope that could be used to treat those with macular degeneration.
Also, Michaela Minichello, a student at the University of Dayton, discusses genetic research in aniridia, which is the absence of the iris, and Columbia University student Kara Fields explains research regarding the role of genes in the formation of cataracts.
Friday, August 20, 2010
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Dr. Khalid Lafdi
On the second new August show, we have Humanware's Mike Tindell discussing the latest notetaker called the BrailleNote Apex.
We also have the University of Dayton Research Institute's Dr. Khalid Lafdi explaining how "fuzzy fiber" derived from carbon can be used in drainage tubes for glaucoma patients.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Dr. Steve Charles
Dr. Tara McCannel
On our first August show, Dr. Steve Charles of the Charles Retina Institute discusses macular holes and the peeling of the internal limiting membrane.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Dr. Rajendra Apte
On the July 17 show, Darren Burton of AFB Tech explains the accessibility of the Oratio screenreader for BlackBerries to those with visual impairment.
Then, Dr. Rajendra Apte of the Washington University School of Medicine discusses how a natural compound called resveratrol could help in fighting various eye diseases.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Dr. Muna Naash
Dr. Ronald Klein
On the June 26 show, we had the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center's Dr. Muna Naash discussing how non-viral gene therapy could possibly help those with retinitis pigmentosa.
Darren Burton of AFB Tech reviewed his product evaluation of the accessibility of Droid cell phones with Android operating systems.
Then, Dr. Ronald Klein of the University of Wisconsin at Madison School of Medicine and Public Health explains the results of a study attempting to determine the risk factors for age-related macular degeneration among the younger population.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Victor Reader Stream
On the June 12 show, we had Humanware's Gerry Chevalier discussing the Victor Reader Stream, Companion software, and SoftPak software.
Then, Baptist Health Care's Cynthia Allen explained a partnership between Baptist and New York's Davis Vision that will provide free eye care screenings to the homeless.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Dr. Neil Bressler
Okay, it's late, but the second new May Eye on Vision show is now up.
The guests on this show include Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Ken Tobin discussing the TRIAD network that will be able to send digital retinal images electronically from primary care physicians to ophthalmologists, and Dr. Neil Bressler of Johns Hopkins University explaining diabetic macular edema and a drug commonly known as Lucentis (ranibizumab).
Friday, May 14, 2010
Dr. Brian Brooks
Dr. Frank Amthor
On the first (finally) new May show, we have a repeat visit from Dr. Brian Brooks of the National Eye Institute discussing retinopathy of prematurity and ETROP.
Also, from the Heart of Dixie, we have the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Dr. Frank Amthor explaining a visual prosthesis that uses microelectrode arrays to stimulate retinal ganglion cells.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Dr. Anuj Chauhan
Dr. Anand Swaroop
On the third new April show, the guest lists include Dr. Anuj Chauhan of the University of Florida explaining ophthalmic contact lenses that can deliver vitamin E directly to the eye.
Also included is Dr. Anand Swaroop of the National Eye Institute discussing three genes newly associated with age-related macular degeneration.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Pearl Portable Reading Camera
On the second new April show, Freedom Scientific's Dusty Voorhees discusses OpenBook 9, the latest version of the scanning and reading software and the Pearl Portable Reading Camera that can be used in conjunction with OpenBook 9.
Then, International Stem Cell Corporation's Bill Adams explains research into developing retinal epithelial cells from parthenogenetic stem cells.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
On the first new show April, we'll have AFB Tech's Darren Burton back for a product evaluation involving the Victor Reader Stream, Plextalk PTP1, and GW Micro Booksense.
Then, Digital Healthcare's Marc Winchester discusses the increased use of the Retasure Retinal Imaging System, which primary care physicians can use to send retinal images to eye care professionals.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Dr. Stephen Tsang
On the March 13 show, we'll have Kelly O'Neill of Optelec discussing the 1X Clearview HD+ video magnifier and the Compact Mini, and a collaboration with ShopLowVision and the Foundation Fighting Blindness called VisionZone.
Also, Columbia University Medical Center's Dr. Stephen Tsang explains how embryonic stem cells were used to replace damaged retinal cells to restore sight in mice.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Dr. Susanne Mohr
Dr. Monique Roy
(Photographer: Dan Katz)
On the 2nd new February show, the guest list includes Dr. Susanne Mohr, associate professor of physiology at Michigan State University, discussing how proteins siah-1 and GAPDH can lead to diabetic retinopathy.
The second guest will be Dr. Monique Roy of Newark's University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey explaining how increased caloric and sodium intake can lead to an increased risk of diabetic retinopathy in African-Americans.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Dr. Glen Steele
For the first new February show, we'll have the Southern College of Optometry's Dr. Glen Steele discussing the InfantSee program, which provides eye examinations for infants between the ages of six and twelve months.
Janet Sides is the new host of Eye on Vision. She has been a volunteer at WYPL since 1999. She has now read a grand total of 50 books for the WYPL broadcast radio reading service. We are very happy to have her as the new host of the program.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Dr. Anne Coleman
Dr. Stephen Foster
On our third new January show, we'll have UCLA's Dr. Anne Coleman of the Jules Stein Eye Institute discussing how older women who smoke are at greater risk for developing age-related macular degeneration.
Then, Dr. Stephen Foster of the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution explains the different manifestations of uveitis and its various treatments.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Dr. John Paul SanGiovanni
On the second new show of 2010, we'll have Dr. John Paul SanGiovanni of the National Eye Institute discussing the effect of both omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids on the development of retinopathy of prematurity and diabetic retinopathy.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Dr. Vinit Mahajan
Dr. Daniel Palanker
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While a car loan is based on the full price a car, leasing a car is only based on a percentage of the vehicle’s price. For example, if a car is worth $30,000, a $30,000 loan would be taken out on the car if it were to be bought. When leasing a vehicle, you would pay the difference between the car’s full price versus what it is expected to be worth at the end of the lease. If the car’s value is to be fifty-five percent after three years, that means a $30,000 vehicle would be worth $16,500, having you pay $13,500 rather than $30,000.
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As monitors got larger, so did resolution settings had to adapt in order to improve image quality. This doesn’t necessarily mean every screen is set to the highest resolution, while some programs or games may only run under specific options. In this regard and testing purposes, FastRes is a lightweight tool which allows you to quickly change resolution directly from the tray area.
Change resolution from a tray menu
It takes only a little while before you get a chance to go through all the application has to offer. It doesn’t really come with an interface of its own, sitting in the tray area nearly all the time. You’re notified it’s there right from the start, so you don’t end up scratching your head, wondering why the program doesn’t start.
Just to be on the safe side, the application doesn’t provide a list of all existing resolution options. Instead, it reads graphics hardware configuration to determine the supported screen resolutions, enlisting them in a dedicated menu. Moreover, resolutions come in three different color depths, such as 8, 16, or 32-bit formats.
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The new resolution is applied at the press of a button, and gets checked in the menu so you know the current one, as well as its color depth value. However, you need to remember the original configuration to quickly return to it, because there’s no built-in option to revert changes to the previous configuration.
To have it ready when reaching the desktop, the options menu allows you to make it run with Windows. If not, there’s the possibility to assign a hotkey command to the program’s shortcut to quickly launch it whenever needed. Sadly, there’s no built-in support for hotkeys to configure a few resolution settings if they’re the only ones you need in testing, or other operations involving changing screen resolution.
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All things considered, we can say that FastRes provides a fast alternative to change the resolution of your screen. Multiple color depth options are available for each supported resolution. It can run with Windows to have it ready at any moment, while the tray icon makes sure individuals of all levels of experience can benefit from what it has to offer.
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Polygon, Corner, Vertex, Primitive and Mesh features allow you to create and edit 3D models. The Complex feature allows you to create virtual geometry based on geometric shapes that you can change freely. It includes a complex GUI that allows you to intuitively create and edit models using the mouse.
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EUREKA 2D Scribe is a new powerful graphics editor with a rich feature set and a simple interface. It is designed to meet the needs of all professionals and enthusiasts in graphics creation. It can be used for a variety of tasks, including graphic creation, photo editing, screen savers, background graphics, desktop screensavers, website designs, logos, and more.
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Support for several layers allows you to easily create several layers with different style, themes, and effects and save time.
Built-in library allows you to quickly find any Photoshop element or plugin that
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This program provides training in the skills needed to be effective in maintaining health information. Such documentation assists in ensuring the continuity of care and protects the financial and legal interests of the patient, the health care facility, and the responsible practitioner caring for the patient.
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Companies often issue convertible promissory “bridge” notes when they are at an early stage and are in search of capital. A convertible promissory bridge note is a short-term debt instrument that, in addition to the standard terms (such as the principal amount owed, the interest rate, the maturity date, and default provisions), also provides that in certain circumstances, instead of cash payment of the amount owed under such note, the principal and interest accrued under such note may convert into shares of the company, in which case the note will be extinguished. The event that would normally trigger conversion would be the company raising additional equity financing by a certain date (e.g., the note may provide that if the company raises at least $1,000,000 of equity financing within the next 12 months the note will convert). The notes can be structured either as having a mandatory conversion from debt to equity or conversion may be optional and be up to the discretion of the lender. Often, the price per share that the note will convert into will be at a discount. For instance, if shares are issued in the financing at 1 dollar per share, the note may convert into shares at 80 cents per share and the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the note will be determined by dividing the principal and interest outstanding under such note by the discounted per share price. Such notes sometime include a valuation cap as well, which allows the note holders to convert into equity at the lower of the valuation cap or the price in the future financing, and may also contain a “most favored nations” clause which protects the note lender in the event that subsequent notes are issued on more favorable terms. The convertible debt held by the lender will typically convert into the securities that are issued in the future financing (e.g., Series A), although some notes may provide for terms whereby only common securities will be issued.
Companies must carefully track the issuances of notes and make sure to reflect these issuances on their pro forma capitalization tables to insure that any future rounds of financings take into effect the potentially large number of additional shares that will have to be issued as a result of the conversion of the convertible promissory notes then outstanding.
It is important to note that in recent years, one alternative to convertible promissory notes is the Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) that was created by Y-Combinator, a Silicon Valley incubator. In a SAFE, the investor’s funds are invested in the company in exchange for an agreement promising the investor company stock to be issued at a later date in connection with a specific future event such as an equity financing. The SAFE will typically provide the investor with a discount off of the price per share sold in the equity financing round and will include a valuation cap. In the event that an IPO or exit transaction occurs prior to an equity financing round, the SAFE can be converted into ordinary shares or repaid in cash, as elected by the SAFE holder. According to Y-Combinator, the SAFE is not a debt instrument (although the tax treatment is currently unclear), and thus bears no interest and has no maturity. Although the classification is not free from any doubt, if respected it would mean that the Company need not reflect the SAFE as debt and does not bear the risk of insolvency attendant to loans.
With an international Emerging Technology practice consisting of attorneys around the globe, Greenberg Traurig is experienced in handling matters relating to venture capital financing for both entrepreneurs and early stage companies. For more information, please feel free to contact a Greenberg Traurig attorney. | <urn:uuid:88ece0bb-a8df-4157-a218-f7b8a8cc95a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gtlaw-israelpractice.com/2017/03/07/convertible-promissory-bridge-notes-and-simple-agreements-for-future-equity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.952488 | 736 | 1.664063 | 2 |
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Students will enjoy this motivating curriculum that provides a sense of accomplishment as each unit or work-text is completed. Parents and teachers love how easy it is to “take school with you” and stay on track while traveling or committed to other activities. | <urn:uuid:528c2e88-9046-4ac7-b043-9fe079c5f6e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://curriculumexpress.com/product/1st-grade-bible-teacher-guide-book-1-by-alpha-omega/?add-to-cart=60 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.945503 | 480 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Amitabh Mitra is a poet, artist and a medical doctor based at East London, South Arica. Extensively published. Amitabh has exhibited his visual art in South Africa, India and Europe.
His work, ‘Images from Cecilia Makiwane’, art work from the township of Mdantsane are on permanent display at the Medical School. Warwick, United Kingdom. Mdantsane Jazz, a book tracing the history of Mdantsane published by the European Union places him as the township icon.
Mdantsane Breathing published in 2010, is his coffee table book detailing in art and poetry. Is dedicated to the brave people of Mdantsane. Dainik Bhaskar, popular news daily from India has declared him, the Gwalior, city Hero.
He heads the Department of Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Thutuzela Gender Violence Assistance Centre at the Cecilia Makiwane Heritage Hospital, Mdantsane.
Amitabh has served as an Orthopaedic Surgeon in high altitude hospitals of the Kingdom of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh Niger, Zimbabwe, Transkei and Ciskei. He is the Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Datta Meghe institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha. India and a Visiting Professor at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Amitabh believes in fusing Art, Poetry and Medicine for the ultimate healing. His latest book inspired by the works of William Dalrymple, titled ‘Stranger than a Sun’ is a Semi-autobiographical collection of Love Poetry, Drawings and his life in Gwalior, India. | <urn:uuid:cf07b97d-46a4-49e3-9df5-22c583821b40> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.amitabhmitra.com/about/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.926191 | 358 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Photo-induced superconductivity in strongly correlated materials
Time: 10:00am, Sep. 6 (Mon.), 2021
Meeting ID: 818 8593 8508
Pass code: 0609
Speaker: Zhehao Dai (UC Berkeley)
Photo-induced superconductivity has been reported in a series experiments in the last ten years in cuprate high-temperature superconductors and organic molecular materials. In these experiments, a pump laser creates transient superconducting-like response at temperatures much higher than the equilibrium superconducting transition temperature. These experiments illuminate new possibilities of realizing non-equilibrium phases of matter and provide new ways of probing the emergent low-energy excitations. I shall present a simple model realizing the transient superconducting-like response and apply it to two different materials. Finally, I will discuss the possibility of realizing a non-equilibrium superconducting steady state using periodic drive. | <urn:uuid:24873650-f59d-4095-9986-979aca45489f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://community.kavlimeetings.org/calendar-archive/zhehao_dai/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.815544 | 194 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Is The NRA Really Banning Guns At Its Convention?
The National Rifle Association, which supports Second Amendment rights, is holding its annual convention in Nashville, Tenn., this weekend. So it came as a surprise to see headlines that said the expected 80,000 people attending the gun-rights group's convention will not be allowed to carry their firearms.
The truth, as it turns out, is more complicated.
As Blake Farmer of member station WPLN in Nashville tells our Newscast unit, one of the venues is enforcing its ban on guns. Here's more:
"[I]t's not unusual for meeting sites to restrict guns. In Nashville, those with carry permits are allowed in the convention hall, but not across the street in Bridgestone Arena, where the nightly concerts are held."
And, as Blake notes, display firearms on the exhibit floor at the NRA convention will have their firing pins removed — which is typical for such shows.
Bob Owens, editor of BearingArms.com, a gun-rights website, writes:
"The National Rifle Association holds an annual meeting every year in a different host city, and requires that attendees follow the federal, state, and local laws applicable in that city, like every major convention of every significant national group, ever.
"This year in Tennessee, that means that attendees can indeed carry firearms in the Music City Center with the proper license in accordance with Tennessee law. Bridgestone Arena prohibits the possession of firearms, and always has. Attendees to the concerts held there are not allowed to carry weapons according to these pre-existing laws."
The Memphis Daily News explains Tennessee's gun laws here.
Speakers at the conference are expected to include, according to The Tennessean, GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas as well as likely candidates former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
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In collaboration with the IAPP at the TU Dresden, Fraunhofer IWS is researching the efficiency of organic, photonic elements (OPVs and OLEDs) in order to improve them through topographic micro and sub micrometer structures. For that purpose, DLIP is refined into a production technology which allows the fast and low-cost generation of periodic surface structures to control light in- and output.
Topographic microstructures can increase absorption or emission of elements due to diffraction effects and scattering of light. During the research an increase of efficiency of 37 % through hexagonally aligned micro structuring of PET-based OPVs was shown.
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Happy Birthday (July 6, 1886) to the Original Million Dollar Mermaid ~ Annette Kellerman
ANNETTE KELLERMAN (AUS) 1974 Honor Contributor
FOR THE RECORD: Swim Champion of New South Wales: (100yd freestyle); Set many records in distance swimming in rivers of Australia and Europe; became professional high diver and stunt swimming artiste (fore-runner to synchronized swimming); Starred in motion pictures as a “moving picture mermaid”.
Annette Kellerman did more to popularize swimming (especially for women) than any other person in the early years. A childhood cripple, she swam her way out of steel braces and into good health. “Only a cripple can understand the intense joy that I experienced when little by little I found that my legs were growing stronger and taking on the normal shape and powers with which the legs of other youngsters were endowed.”
“But for swimming, I might have been hobbling about on crutches today (1918) instead of skating, dancing, and indulging in 25 mile constitutionals in addition to making my regular livelihood as a moving picture mermaid, or flirting with ‘Toto, the funny fish,’ through the walls of the glass tank at the New York Hippodrome.”
Annette Kellerman starred in motion pictures such as the “Diving Venus”, “Queen of the Mermaids”, “A Daughter of the Gods”, and “Neptune’s Daughter.” She crisscrossed the U.S. and circled the world in the famed “Annette Kellerman black one-piece suit” which made swimming attractive to men and liberated for women. She performed stunts and dives which mad her first among the fore-runners to synchronized swimming and women’s high diving.
She won her first title as Swim Champion of New South Wales (100 yds. in 1:18) then set a women’s world record for the mile with 32:29, a time which she subsequently lowered to 28 minutes. Her first distance swim was 10 miles in Australia’s Yarrow River. She set records in the Yarrow at 2 1/2 miles (46 min.) and 5 miles (downriver) at an average of 21 minutes a mile. Her first public diving display was from the 50-ft. high board at Cavills Bath in Sydney. She began her pro-career giving two shows a day in the 60 ft. glass tank with fish at the Melbourne Exhibition Aquarium.
Miss Kellerman went next to England for “more people, more theaters and more money to be earned by professional swimmers.” To attract attention, she swam through London along the Thames from Putney Bridge to Blackwall in 3 1/2 hours with huge crowds watching from the banks. In preparing to be the first woman to swim the English Channel (no one had made it since the one and only crossing by Capt. Matthew Webb, over 30 years before), Kellerman swam daily from town to town along the English Coast — 4 1/2 miles Dover to St. Margaret’s Bay, 11 miles Dover to Deal, 11 miles Deal to Ramsgate, 10 miles Ramsgate to Margate and finally 24 miles Dover to Ramsgate. Annette Kellerman’s Channel swims never quite made it, but her 10 1/2 hours, three quarters of the way across was a women’s record that held many years. On her first Channel attempt she was violently seasick and lasted 6 3/4 hours. Among the seven on this attempt was Burgess, who later became the second ever to make the Channel, 36 years after Capt. Webb’s famous swim.
After her ill-fated Channel swims, Annette Kellerman tried and won a 7 mile “Seine Swim through Paris” beating 16 men as she and Burgess tied. This swim drew half a million spectators, the largest live audience ever to see a swim race. Annette challenged and beat Baroness Isa Cescu, the best known Austrian swimmer in a 22 mile Danube River Race from Tuln to Vienna.
Having conquered all the swimmers and most of the rivers of Australia and Europe, Annette came to the U.S. where she specialized in water feats as a high diving and stunt swimming artiste. After long runs in Chicago and Boston, she was signed by the Keith Circuit doing her “first time ever” diving act on stage every day for 2 years (14 shows a week). When imitators threatened her $1,250 a week contract, Annette moved on to Hollywood, where her first movie, “Neptune’s Daughter”, cost $35,000 to make and grossed $1,000,000. In each of her succeeding movies the public expected new stunts. After 5 movies, Annette returned to the New York Hippodrome with “the biggest mermaid spectacle ever seen live or on the stage.” Forty years later Annette Kellerman was back in the film– when her life was portrayed by Esther Williams.
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Who are our prime minister?
Shri Narendra Modi was sworn-in as India’s Prime Minister on 30th May 2019, marking the start of his second term in office. The first ever Prime Minister to be born after Independence, Shri Modi has previously served as the Prime Minister of India from 2014 to 2019.
Who is our first prime minister?
The first was Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British Raj. Serving until his death in May 1964, Nehru remains India’s longest-serving prime minister.
How does a law become a law?
The bill has to be voted on by both houses of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. If they both vote for the bill to become a law, the bill is sent to the President of the United States. He or she can choose whether or not to sign the bill. If the President signs the bill, it becomes a law.
Who is the longest serving prime minister?
The Prime Minister with the longest single term was Sir Robert Walpole, lasting 20 years and 315 days from 3 April 1721 until 11 February 1742. This is also longer than the accumulated terms of any other Prime Minister.
What is the salary of PM Narendra Modi?
Salary of the government officials in India
|Position in the Indian order of precedence||Post||Salary per month (Basic Pay)|
|2||Vice President||₹400,000 (US$5,600)|
|3||Prime Minister||₹380,000 (US$5,300)(salary received as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha)|
Who is responsible to the legislature?
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. Legislatures form important parts of most governments; in the separation of powers model, they are often contrasted with the executive and judicial branches of government.
How does a bill become a law in the Philippines?
Bills are laws in the making. They pass into law when they are approved by both houses and the President of the Philippines. A bill may be vetoed by the President, but the House of Representatives may overturn a presidential veto by garnering a 2/3rds vote.
How does a bill become a law steps quizlet?
Terms in this set (10)
- The 1st step. Bill is proposed in House.
- The 2nd step. Bill is referred to a proper House committee.
- The 3rd step. Bill goes to the House floor for debate/vote.
- The 4th step. Bill goes to a Senate committee.
- The 5th step. Bill goes to Senate floor for debates/vote.
- The 6th step.
- The 7th step.
- The 8th step.
How do government executives exercise control over the courts?
A writ of prohibition is a court order preventing a government official from doing something prohibited by law. The executive branch’s main powers over the judiciary are the appointment power, executive privilege, and the power to issue pardons and reprieves.
What are the 3 checks and balances?
The U.S. government exercises checks and balances through its three branches—the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. It operates as a constitutionally limited government and is bound to the principles and actions that are authorized by the federal—and corresponding state—constitution.
What branch of government makes state laws?
California State Legislature
What branch of government do police fall under?
Why do we need a legislature?
The legislature is that organ of the government which passes the laws of the government. It is the agency which has the responsibility to formulate the will of the state and vest it with legal authority and force. In simple words, the legislature is that organ of the government which formulates laws.
What are the 7 branches of government?
- Article I – The Legislative Branch. The principal mission of the legislative body is to make laws.
- Article II – The Executive Branch.
- Article III – The Judicial Branch.
- Article IV – The States.
- Article V – Amendment.
- Article VI – Debts, Supremacy, Oaths.
- Article VII – Ratification.
Which branch of government has the most power?
How a bill becomes a law legislative process?
A bill can be introduced in either chamber of Congress by a senator or representative who sponsors it. The president can approve the bill and sign it into law or not approve (veto) a bill. If the president chooses to veto a bill, in most cases Congress can vote to override that veto and the bill becomes a law.
What are the 4 powers of the legislative branch?
The legislative branch is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Among other powers, the legislative branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.
How many TH PM is Modi?
|№||Name (birth–death); constituency||Term of office|
|(10)||Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow||6 years, 64 days|
|14||Manmohan Singh (born 1932) MP (Rajya Sabha) for Assam||10 years, 4 days|
|15||Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 1950) MP for Varanasi||6 years, 308 days|
What are the 3 arms of government?
Arms of government and their functions
- The Executive.
- The Judiciary.
- The Legislature.
Who make rules?
Federal laws are made by Congress on all kinds of matters, such as speed limits on highways. These laws make sure that all people are kept safe. The United States Congress is the lawmaking body of the Federal Government. Congress has two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
How many days before a bill becomes a law?
A bill may become a law, even without the President’s signature, if the President does not sign a bill within 30 days from receipt in his office. A bill may also become a law without the President’s signature if Congress overrides a presidential veto by two-thirds vote.
Who is the head of the legislature?
It is a bicameral legislature composed of the President of India and the two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The President in his role as head of legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.
Which branch makes the laws?
What are the 3 separation of powers?
The system of separation of powers divides the tasks of the state into three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. These tasks are assigned to different institutions in such a way that each of them can check the others.
What is difference between legislative and executive?
The chief function of the legislature is to enact laws. The executive is the organ that implements the laws enacted by the legislature and enforces the will of the state.
Who is the president of America?
Is President a part of legislature?
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The End of the World
Legend says that there is a group of monks who are solving a large Towers of Hanoi puzzle. The Towers of Hanoi is a well-known puzzle, consisting of three pegs, with a stack of disks, each a different size. At the start, all of the disks are stacked on one of the pegs, and ordered from largest (on the bottom) to smallest (on the top). The object is to move this stack of disks to another peg, subject to two rules: 1) you can only move one disk at a time, and 2) you cannot move a disk onto a peg if that peg already has a smaller disk on it.
The monks believe that when they finish, the world will end. Suppose you know how far they’ve gotten. Assuming that the monks are pursuing the most efficient solution, how much time does the world have
There will be up to $2\, 048$ test cases in the input. Each test case will consist of a string of length $1$ to $63$, on a single line. This string will contain only (capital) As, Bs and Cs. The length of the string indicates the number of disks, and each character indicates the position of one disk. The first character tells the position of the smallest disk, the second character tells the position of the second smallest disk, and so on, until the last character, which tells the position of the largest disk. The character will be A, B or C, indicating which peg the disk is currently on. You may assume that the monks’ overall goal is to move the disks from peg A to peg B, and that the input represents a legitimate position in the optimal solution. The input will end with a line with a single capital X.
For each test case, print a single number on its own line indicating the number of moves remaining until the given Towers of Hanoi problem is solved. Output no extra spaces, and do not separate answers with blank lines. All possible inputs yield answers which will fit in a signed $64$-bit integer.
|Sample Input 1||Sample Output 1|
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Once a hippie, always a hippie.
That may not be entirely true, but as a young woman in the prime of my awakening during the 60s and 70s, I embraced the hippie lifestyle and took the lessons of that time to heart.
(Yes, that’s me and my kids in the photo, circa 1973.)
For context, think of Jennie from the movie “Forrest Gump.” That will help you slip into the mindset of many young Americans who embraced the philosophy of making love, not war.
We saw a society that was dominated by materialism and repression, and we developed our own alternative lifestyle. We favored cooperative living, adopted vegetarian diets, gravitated to unprocessed foods and holistic medicine. The Whole Earth Catalog became our bible.
Our mantras were nonviolence and love. We were the “flower children.” We wore our hair long and decorated it with flowers. We promoted openness and tolerance as alternatives to the restrictions and regimentation we saw in middle-class society. We trusted one another.
Some of us practiced open sexual relationships and lived in communes. Our spirituality was eclectic. Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies were our guideposts. We began meditating.
Astrology was popular, and we saw the period as the Age of Aquarius. We used recreational drugs. Marijuana and LSD were viewed as ways to not just “get high” but to expand our consciousness.
The musical Hair opened on Broadway in ’68. Music festivals became popular. They were celebrations of life and protests for anything that was anti-life. Woodstock was held in rural New York state in ’69 and became synonymous with all things hippie.
Though the lifestyle began to wane by the mid-1970s, hippies continued to have an influence on the wider culture. We ushered in a more relaxed attitude toward sex. We highlighted a new awareness for the environment. We practiced being kind to one another: making love, not war.
Our protests encouraged the United States to end its involvement in the Vietnam War and prompted the signing of Roe v. Wade, making abortion a constitutional right.
Charles Wininger wrote an article in Psychology Today in May of 2010 in which he referred to the hippie ideal as “Radical Generosity.”
I love this term because, for me, it really does define the lifestyle we lived. We didn’t have much, but we were willing to give what we had to one another. We helped each other and loved one another. We recognized that our personal actions affected our brothers and sisters and our planet, so we tended to ourselves and our community.
Now we’re living in 2021, and it seems we’ve lost much of this paradigm. We’re socially isolated. We’ve grown into a society that says “me first” and overlooks the collective good. We’re steeped in violence and oppression.
I wonder: what kind of future might it foster if we could all become like hippies again? What if we revived the mantra of the 60s and lived in a way that truly promoted making love, not war?
Please indulge me as I offer a few ways in which you might ignite your “inner hippie”:
Recognize that my actions affect other people.
If we can be mindful of our words and actions—if we can show respect and consideration for the people around us—we can affect a healthier and happier culture (even if it’s only within our own small sphere of influence).
My actions affect the planet.
If we remain aware that our actions contribute to the health of the planet, we can make better choices in our routines. Some examples would be:
>> Not buying products we can’t reuse.
>> Bringing our own reusable bags when we go shopping.
>> Buying a reusable water bottle and stop buying water in plastic bottles.
My actions affect future generations.
Today’s children are growing up in a warmer world with risks of food shortages, infectious diseases, floods, and extreme heat. If nothing is done to mitigate it, its impacts could burden an entire generation with disease and illness throughout their lives. These same kids are growing up within a paradigm of violence, initiating extreme emotional burdens they could carry for a lifetime. Let’s educate ourselves about what we can do to contribute to the solutions rather than the problem.
There is so much we can do to promote peace. Attend a peace rally. Listen with the intent to understand. Be helpful to others through simple acts, like helping our neighbors with their groceries or walking their dogs. Study nonviolence. Work for better gun laws. Reduce our carbon footprint by walking or biking. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Volunteer at a homeless shelter. Organize a community project. Read books about peace. Say, “I am sorry.”
Advocate for freedom and equality.
Let’s make sure we are well educated about the importance of Black Lives Matter, Women’s Rights, Latino Social Movements. Let’s learn about how to become advocates for the rights of the LGBTQ+ and AAPI communities. We can speak up on behalf of those who may not have a voice or as much privilege as we do. We can find ways to become better allies.
Become politically informed.
Read. Read history. Read a number of different news sources. Read opinion pieces. Attend lectures. Inform ourselves about important issues that affect our lives and the life of our planet.
Practice Radical Generosity.
There are so many ways to become generous. We can be generous in our words, generous in our actions. We can give of our time, give our positive spirit, share our money and our possessions. We can find ways to ignite our generosity so that giving of ourselves becomes as natural as breathing.
Is it possible for us to put those flowers back in our hair and revive the hippie ideals?
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Here is a question for “Check It Out” followers: has the world gone barking mad? I ask this because, let’s face it, life is pretty ruff right now. OK, hold the bone. Has this librarian left her doggone mind? Don’t I mean “rough” instead of “ruff”? Not today, dear readers, so just sit and stay with me. I beg of you.
If you’ve picked up a doggie vibe, congratulations—you’re on point for National Mutt Day! Celebrated twice a year in July and December, National Mutt Day reminds us to embrace and save the adorable and lovable mixed breeds of man’s best friend.
Nothing against purebred pups, but mutts are some of the best pets for families. Here’s the bad news: shelters are mutt-full. But here’s the good news: adopting a mutt from a shelter or animal rescue organization is guaranteed to make you go from barking mad to mad for barkers. What a treat!
In honor of these lovable hounds, I encourage you to check out pooch-themed books from the public library. All of today’s suggestions are recently published and just waiting to be adopted, er, checked out by friendly readers. Wowsers to bowsers!
- “The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer” by Rodney Habib and Karen Shaw Becker.
- “How Dogs Work: A Head-to-Tail Guide to Your Canine” by Daniel Tatarsky.
- “Our Oldest Companions: The Story of the First Dogs” by Pat Shipman.
- “The Story of Your Dog: A Straightforward Guide to a Complicated Animal: Learn the Surprising Connections Between Your Unique Dog’s Breed, Behaviors, Evolution, and Genetics to Communicate Better, Train Easier, and Build a Lasting Bond” by Brandon McMillan.
- “Tales of Al: The Water Rescue Dog: The Making of a Super Athlete” by Lynne Cox.
- “Woodrow on the Bench: Life Lessons from a Wise Old Dog” by Jenna Blum.
New at the Library
- “The Astronaut and the Star” by Jen Comfort.
- “My Name is Yip” by Paddy Crewe.
- “Portrait of an Unknown Woman” by Daniel Silva.
- “Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy” by Damien Lewis.
- “The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life” by Emily Kent.
- “The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools Can Help Them Thrive” by Lisa L. Lewis.
- “Be Real, Macy Weaver” by Lakita Wilson.
- “Sharks: What Do Great Whites, Hammerheads, and Whale Sharks Get Up to All Day?” written by Carlee Jackson, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat.
- “Two Dogs” written and illustrated by Ian Falconer.
This is just a small sampling of the many new titles added each week to the Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries collection. Find more in our catalog, or call 360-906-5000 to reserve titles or find additional listings.
Jan Johnston, Collection Manager
Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries
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- 1 How far is Akita from Tokyo?
- 2 How do you get from Tokyo to Akita?
- 3 Is Akita Japan safe?
- 4 How long is Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka?
- 5 What is Akita Japan known for?
- 6 What does Akita mean in Japan?
- 7 How do you get around Akita?
- 8 How far is Akita from Osaka?
- 9 What is Hokkaido Shinkansen?
- 10 Are Akitas smart?
- 11 Is Akita a good place to live?
- 12 Does Akita have snow?
- 13 Why is Shinkansen so expensive?
- 14 Is Osaka better than Tokyo?
- 15 Is Tokyo or Osaka cheaper?
How far is Akita from Tokyo?
✚ How far is Akita to Tokyo? The distance from Akita to Tokyo is 280 miles. The road distance is 360 miles.
How do you get from Tokyo to Akita?
Tokyo to Akita train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, depart from Tokyo station. Train or fly from Tokyo to Akita? The best way to get from Tokyo to Akita is to train which takes 3h 48m and costs ¥14000 – ¥20000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs ¥16000 – ¥37000 and takes 3h 46m.
Is Akita Japan safe?
Is it Safe to Travel to Akita? Our best data indicates this area is generally safe, except in a few regions. As of Oct 07, 2019 there are regional travel advisories for Japan; exercise normal security precautions and avoid some areas.
How long is Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka?
Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo to Osaka The ride from Tokyo to Osaka is a reasonable 2.5-3 hours, with no transfers required. The speediest bullet train, the Nozomi, will get you from Tokyo Station to Shin-Osaka Station in just 2 hours 30 minutes.
What is Akita Japan known for?
Akita is well-known in Japan for having the highest sake consumption of any prefecture, and they also produce high-quality sake, which is also a product of rice. For visitors, Akita has popular hot springs and festivals that give a glimpse into rural, traditional Japan.
What does Akita mean in Japan?
“Akita” comes from “Akita prefecture”. The each kanji literally means 秋(autumn) 田(rice field). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ The Akita (秋田犬 Akita-inu, Akita-ken) is a large breed of dog originating from the mountainous northern regions of Japan.
How do you get around Akita?
Buses connect Akita Airport with Akita Station in the city center (40 minutes, 950 yen one way). Direct Komachi trains on the JR Akita Shinkansen travel between Tokyo and Akita. The one way trip takes around four hours, costs about 18,000 yen and all seats require seat reservations.
How far is Akita from Osaka?
The distance between Osaka and Akita is 692 km. The road distance is 832.6 km.
What is Hokkaido Shinkansen?
The Hokkaido Shinkansen (北海道新幹線, Hokkaidō Shinkansen) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that links up with the Tōhoku Shinkansen in northern Aomori Prefecture in Honshu and continues on into the interior of Hokkaido through the undersea Seikan Tunnel.
Are Akitas smart?
Independent and sometimes aloof with strangers, Akitas are affectionate with their families and form strong bonds. Highly intelligent, strong-willed, and proud, the Akita responds best to respectful commands and positive-training techniques that rely on motivation rather than force.
Is Akita a good place to live?
With a comparatively high amount of people who own houses, as well as high average living space, Akita’s living environment ranks among the best in Japan.
Does Akita have snow?
Akita experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly snowfall. The snowy period of the year lasts for 3.7 months, from November 28 to March 18, with a sliding 31-day snowfall of at least 1.0 inches.
Why is Shinkansen so expensive?
The Tokaido shinkansen is the only profitable high speed rail route in the world. It’s expensive because it’s the best way to travel between cities. It’s competition is airplanes. Everybody uses them from families on trips to business men.
Is Osaka better than Tokyo?
Conclusion: If you wish to dine at world’s top-class or Michelin starred restaurants, Tokyo is better option. Osaka offers much more variety of reasonable food and snacks with stronger local vibes!
Is Tokyo or Osaka cheaper?
While Osaka is slightly cheaper than Tokyo overall, the price of consumer goods (especially branded consumer goods) is more or less the same. However, since hotels, transportation and even food in Osaka are likely to be cheaper than they are in Tokyo, you’ll have more money leftover for shopping in Osaka vs. Tokyo. | <urn:uuid:d00440db-1626-4b4f-9200-544b9b4fa20d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hoka-hey.com/akita/how-long-tokyo-to-akita-shinkansen.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.918729 | 1,137 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Having access is the base for any digitization process, access to energy, infrastructure, hardware and affordable Internet. We are going to discuss forward looking concepts how to connect the unconnected. We are going to demonstrate practical solutions from Community Wireless Networks to Public Wifi initiatives.
- Science & EducationAccessOpen Science is becoming increasingly popular globally and provides unprecedented opportunities for scientists in Africa. Three key challenges remain, namely 1) access to high speed internet, 2) Open Science governance by African policy makers, 3) standardization and interoperability of online tools and platforms.
During this meetup we will present the actors, challenges and opportunities and discuss the next steps towards making Open Science ubiquitous across Africa.
- Politics & SocietyAccess-A fireside chat with Prof. Nii Quaynor - Africa's "father of the internet".
- Politics & SocietyAccess-Mark Surman is one of the CEOs of Mozilla, one of the words leading Internet organisations. Meet him at re:publica and ask him anything about Mozilla, how open source business models and global communities work.
- Politics & SocietyAccess-In an age where access to the internet is deemed a human right, continued shutdowns are more harmful than they are helpful. Africa internet shutdowns are second only to Asia, buoyed by a desire to silence popular voices, quell protests and “maintain order”.
- Politics & SocietyAccess-The value of being connected to a communication network is steadily rising. And yet, half of the world population remains unconnected to the Internet. Existing network operators are showing signs of having reached their limits in terms of connected the unserved. Steve Song argues that if we are going to connect *everyone* affordably, we need to change the way we think about the problem.
- Business & InnovationAccess-Affordable access to communication is of such value as a social and economic enabler that we need strategies that can embrace everyone. In order to have a meaningful conversation about options to reach the unconnected , we need better information on current telecommunications network development. Telecommunications has been overlooked as a sector to which transparency principles and Open Data policies might apply.
- Business & InnovationAccess-More than 450 million of Africa’s population does not have access to mobile broadband signal. Community owned and managed networks are showing potential to contribute to close this gap. These networks not only provide access, but also have broader development implications. In this workshop, authors will engage with the audience going through the steps of creating one, reinforcing good practices and highlighting common pitfalls to avoid.
- Science & EducationAccess-Using 3D printing innovation, we will hack and build simple low-cost DIY open science lab equipment.
- Politics & SocietyAccess-This session is going to address the most underlying issue regarding digitization in Africa: Access to the Internet. Data affordability is the main barrier for people using the Internet. Today, zero rating services are often marketed as the only way to provide free access to Internet services.
- Politics & SocietyAccess-Internet shutdowns have become so ubiquitous that African governments and others resort to it in times of protests, elections, and school exams. Access Now's Shutdown Stories Project documents the stories of ordinary citizens during internet shutdowns across the African continent and beyond. With this narration, I will share the resilient stories of people that defied internet shutdowns and other censorship measures and continued to protest, organize, elect, and speak without the internet.
- Media & JournalismAccess-Connectivity for connectivity's sake is not enough. To bridge the gap that technology creates, it’s not just telecoms infrastructure that needs to be installed, but affordable connectivity and relevant content to engage with in order to ensure that individuals can advance their digital literacy. 'Smart Township' initiatives empower localised content as well as access to real economic opportunities by providing affordable Public Wi-Fi in conjunction with citizen journalism. | <urn:uuid:121dab36-4aaf-417e-a4a0-65ea246a6bbd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://accra18.re-publica.com/en/topics/access | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.917911 | 797 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Hometown Moncton N.B., served 1915-1918, originally with the 2nd Siege Battery, formed at Charlottetown, P.E.I., later incorporated into the 98th Canadian Siege Battery.
Born November 11, 1895, Melrose, Mass. (In his teens, joined his parents’ return to their original home in Moncton.) Died December 8, 1945, in Toronto.
Carrying ammunition to the No. 4 gun all day. We are getting a reserve store ready for the “strafe” which “comes off” in a few days. Aeroplanes very active today.
On duty at the guns all day. Did considerable firing. Mailed letters to Walter Ryder & Grandma and Grandpa Duncan. A “Fritz” plane brought down one of ours, in flames, this evening. He then came right over toward our battery after another, but was driven off by our planes.
On ammunition fatigues all day. Did considerable firing. Had to take a count of all the shells et cetera. A “Fritz” plane brought down one of our observation balloons this morning. It came down in flames. Letter from Mrs. Blackmore this evening & Easter cards from Mrs. Morton and Marcella Mollins of Moncton. On the guns all night. Fired 123 rounds.
Easter Sunday and a beautiful day. Nothing of importance happened. A few German shells dropped around the position. Our infantry goes over tomorrow in an attempt to capture Vimy Ridge. Expect it will be a big day.
On fatigues all day. This is the day of the big “strafe.” There was a heavy bombardment at 5:30 a.m. and the infantry went over from Vimy Ridge to the right. Large numbers of prisoners and guns were taken. Vimy Ridge fell into our hands. Parties of prisoners passed our position all day. All seemed glad to have been captured. Our casualties were not very heavy. Nice parcel from mother this evening containing fountain pen, cake, candy, etc.
On the guns all day. Very quiet this morning. We started firing about 11:30 A.M. and from then till six fired 215 rounds. The infantry went over again this afternoon & gained their objective. More prisoners & guns were taken. The reports are very encouraging, in fact, too much so. However, everybody is very happy over the good results. “Fritz” put quite a few shells quite near our position today.
USA has entered the war on the side of the Allies.
On ammunition fatigues today. Had an easy day. “Fritz” shelled quite heavily today. Everything is still going favorably for us. Everyone is jubilant. We expect to be moving forward in a few days. On the guns all night. No firing up till twelve o’clock. Snowing very heavily this evening. “Fritz” shelled in this vicinity.
An ammunition dump of the No. 2 “Heavies” was blown up.
We were called out at 3:30 A.M. and fired twenty rounds. At 5 A.M. there was a twenty minutes “strafe.” It was snowing and blowing something awful & very cold. Our infantry went over & gained their objective, and captured 600 prisoners. Off duty all day. It is reported this evening that 12,000 prisoners have been taken south of Arras, also 400 guns.
USA has declared war on Germany and severed relations with Austria. It is rumored the Argentine & Brazil are at war with Germany & have seized all Hun shipping in their ports.
Easy day. A very interesting report of operations to date was posted this morning. Wancourt & Heeinel have been captured. The Hindenberg Line has been cleared 2,000 yds. south of Cojeul. The 1st Army (which includes the Canadians) has captured 4,000 prisoners, 33 guns, 112 Machine guns & 40 Trench Mortars. The Third Army on our right has captured 7,526 prisoners, 126 guns, 113 Machine guns, 44 Trench Mortars. The guns captured include 8”, 5.9”, 4.5” & field guns. “Fritz” has retired and our infantry is after him. Got orders to move this evening.
The following morning, the Canadian artillery unit began moving a few kilometres to a battlefront near the villages of Souchez and Carency, where, on Monday, April 16, the Canadian gunners re-engaged German artillery. The diary says:
“While we were firing the Huns burst two shrapnel [shells] right over the gun. No one was hurt. Spent the night in an old cellar, which we cleaned out. We dug up two skeletons in the debris.”
That evening, the diary notes, he received another Easter greeting card from home. It was to be almost 19 months before the war ended—on Harry Mollins’s 23rd birthday.
Back home in Moncton, he worked for a time as manager of the furniture section of the local Eaton’s department store and polished his reputation as a baritone soloist in the city’s Baptist church and other choirs.
In the 1920s, he married Vera Grace Nickerson, gained B.A. and B.D. degrees at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S., and became minister of the Baptist church in nearby Windsor, N.S.
He later served ministries in Ottawa (Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, 1933-1939) and in Brantford, Ont. (Park Baptist Church, 1939-1945, where his first sermon was given on the first day of World War II, Sunday, September 3, 1939) before the final 10 weeks of his life in Toronto (College Street Baptist Church) after the end of World War II.
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Words that can be made with puckered
An unofficial list of all the Scrabble words you can make from the letters in the word puckered. Anagrams and words you can make with an additional letter, just using the letters in puckered!
115 words can be made from the letters in the word puckered.
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This page is a list of all the words that can be made from the letters in puckered, or by rearranging the word puckered. These words should be suitable for use as Scrabble words, or in games like Words with friends.
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FROM THE TIME THE IDEA OF THE VIKING FAMILY PORTRAIT WAS SKETCHED ON PAPER, I have been reading, thinking, sketching, writing and thinking some more. By now I have well over a hundred hours reading books and websites about Viking history, clothing, ships, art, living, spiritual life, trading, wars, raiding, weapons, tool. jewelry, appearance and etc.
I started a Pinterest account a little late in the game and have hundreds of images in my own desktop files and a few on Pinterest. Still not comfortable with how to use Pinterest other than to collect images.
I FINISHED THE 8TH DRAFT OF THE STORY on Friday. I have seven friends who have read the story looking for ways to save me from my word weakness. Three are professional writers. Lois Walfrid Johnson, author of the Viking Quest Book Series (http://www.lwjbooks.com, was very kind to give me some personal tutoring on story writing and character development. She also gave me her best books on the Vikings (in the picture) and shared some of her discoveries while researching her series in Norway, Sweden, and Ireland. Then she gave my story a thorough written critique. I am grateful for a story that will give my painting focus and inform viewers of the painting in the museum setting. When all the critiques are in and the editing is done, I will post the story.
ILLUSTRATOR N.C. WYETH'S teacher, Howard Pyle, said, "You can't create an illustration without a story. The two arts - writing and illustrating - should round the circle instead of advancing in parallel lines upon which it is almost impossible to keep them abreast. Pictorial art should represent some point of view that carries over the whole significance of a situation. It should convey an image of the meaning of the text. Therefore, in illustrating a book, it is preferable to choose for an illustration some point descriptive of the text, but not necessarily mentioned in the text."
I HAVE "VIKING" ON THE BRAIN. I have been up in the middle of the night several times writing and drawing ideas for the painting. I carry a little sketch book in my back pocket so I can put down my thoughts anywhere. I spent an afternoon at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts taking "photo" notes of paintings that spoke to me on perspective, story, size, color, or gesture of a hand. My poor wife has been extremely kind to brainstorm with me or listen to my thoughts and ideas on the painting story.
IN THE NEXT POSTS I will show you a rough color comp in Photoshop and introduce you to the costume maker, models and the artists involved with making the frame for the painting.
I will be PAINTING A PORTRAIT OF A VIKING FAMILY from the late Viking age. The story is about a Viking woman with three children facing many months alone while her husband, a Viking seaman and trader sails the north seas to Iceland, Greenland, and Vineland trading for furs, skins, and sea ivory. The open house for the painting and finished Viking display is scheduled for April 2014.
THIS PROJECT began months ago. Last fall the Lake Region Arts Counsel had been encouraging me to apply for a Legacy Grant. I wasn’t very excited about it until I approached the Runestone Museum in Alexandria, Minnesota, with the idea of doing historical portrait paintings for their displays. Jim Bergquist was very encouraging about the idea. We walked through the museum and talked spontaneously about some possibilities. Two of the museum displays caught my attention and interest – the Viking Diorama and the Native American Display. After conversations with the Museum board of directors and the Lake Region Arts Counsel, the decision was made that it would be better to have the Museum apply for the grant.
THE LAKE REGION ARTS COUNCIL LEGACY GRANT was approved only in part and the project almost seemed dead. Two local couples stepped up and funded the rest of the grant and the project was alive and well.
I am currently working on the 7th draft of the written story for the painting of a Viking Family. Since so many parts of this project have already been in process with sketches, notes, research, and helpful people, I will have to retrace my steps to bring you up to speed on all that has happened.
Part of the grant plan is educational, so I will be explaining each part of the painting process as a way to introduce artists and non artists to all that I have to go through to make this painting successful.
Words are a slow process for me as a visual artist, but necessary for this project. I will do my best to bring the process to you with words and pictures. If you would like something clarified, I will be happy to do so. | <urn:uuid:5ea671b3-066b-4278-9f9d-b15b76c6aa18> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.myronsahlberg.com/viking-family-portrait-blog/archives/05-2014 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.958449 | 1,001 | 1.742188 | 2 |
The Pug Who Wanted to Be a Pumpkin by Bella Swift
The Pug Who Wanted to Be a Pumpkin is a perfectly sweet Halloween treat! Peggy the pug is back for a spooky adventure. But can she conquer her fear of the dark before Halloween night?
Peggy the pug’s family are getting ready for Halloween, but Peggy’s friend Chloe is too scared of monsters to look forward to trick-or-treating. Peggy can’t let her best friend miss out on all the Halloween fun. She’ll just have to conquer her own fears and go trick-or-treating with Chloe, to keep her safe. But first she needs the perfect costume…
Peggy’s bravery helps Chloe realise that monsters aren’t real in this heartwarming Halloween story about overcoming fears and anxiety.
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch’s hat, bow and wand. Luckily, they are retrieved by a dog, a bird and a frog, who are all keen for a ride on the broom. It’s a case of the more, the merrier, but the broomstick isn’t used to such a heavy load and it’s not long before . . . SNAP! It breaks in two! And with a greedy dragon looking for a snack, the witch’s animal pals better think fast.
A very funny story of quick wits and friendship, Room on the Broom is another smash hit from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.
You’re My Little Pumpkin Pie by Natalie Marshall
With adorable illustrations, shaped cutouts, and raised elements, You’re My Little Pumpkin Pie is a sweet, interactive book celebrates the little pumpkin pie in your life!
You’re My Little Pumpkin Pie is a adorable board book to share with your little one. With chunky pages for little hands and die-cut shapes to add depth and interest, children will love the interactive features alongside the story. This endearing board book is a wonderful read for Halloween or any time.
Little Monsters by David Walliams
Howl with laughter and squeal with delight at Little Monsters, this monstrously exciting new picture book from bestselling author David Walliams.
Howler is a small werewolf with a BIG problem. He is just not scary! And that makes him the odd one out at Monster School…But when Howler finds some new friends, he discovers that being the odd one out might just make him the coolest one of all…
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Gillian's Place is again asking the men of Niagara, "Are you man enough?"
The organization, which provides shelter, counselling and other services to assist abused women and children, is set to host its Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser on Saturday at The Pen Centre in St. Catharines.
Men are encouraged to participate in a symbolic march against societal restrictions placed on women, and specifically the issue of violence against women and children. The event is also aimed at showing men are willing to stand together with women in making the world a safer place.
All proceeds support Gillian's Place, which provides a 24-hour support line, safe shelter, safety planning, emotional support, legal advice, transitional assistance and public education. All services are free and completely confidential.
Executive director Tanja Loeb said Gillian's Place saw a 25 per cent increase in crisis shelter stays last year.
"This significant jump speaks to the critical need we are addressing in our Niagara community, and how important it is to ensure our services can handle the increase in demand," said Loeb. "When we stand together and send the message that this behaviour is not tolerated, we remind women that there are options outside of their abusive relationship."
There is still time to register for the walk at http://walkamileinhershoes.ca. Participants can walk individually or form a team to walk one mile at The Pen Centre. They are encouraged to collect pledges in support of Gillian's Place. This year's fundraising goal is $100,000, and as of Tuesday the organization had hit 55 per cent of its target.
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When Robert and Ann Laitman's son Daniel was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia just before his 16th birthday, they thought that, as physicians, they would be able to negotiate the psychiatric healthcare maze easier than most families. They were told early on that the medication clozapine would be Daniel's best chance at living a normal life, but found it was prescribed in very few cases. There was also a lack of comprehensive information on how to mitigate any side effects and how to use the medication to get the best outcome. ~ This book is Dr. Opler's story of the development of clozapine, why it became to be regarded by much of the psychiatric community as a medication of last resort, and why that should no longer be the case. You will also read the story of Daniel's recovery both from his perspective and that of his parents. Finally learn how to help your practitioner use clozapine optimally to help the journey toward living a fulfilled life after the diagnosis of schizophrenia or a serious mental illness.
Edition IV incorporates Dr. Robert Laitman's new data to reflect the latest results of treatment for 100 patients over the last 10 years. Also included is a new chapter "The Moon Shot" which discusses adding fluvoxamine to the clozapine regimen. This book is dedicated to Dr. Lewis A. Opler who passed away on April 12, 2018. His contribution to this book and his lifelong study of mental health provides an invaluable resource. | <urn:uuid:64c610ab-0ea1-47b8-9299-7208ab07ddf1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.teamdanielrunningforrecovery.org/book | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.972551 | 311 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Am I Losing My Hearing?
Untreated hearing loss can be frustrating and isolating. According to a study by the National Council on Aging, people with untreated hearing loss were more likely to report depression and anxiety, and participate less in social activities than those who wear hearing aids.
Possible signs of hearing loss:
- Do you frequently miss words when people are speaking?
- Do you ask people to repeat themselves?
- Do others tell you your TV or radio is to loud?
- Do/Have you work(ed) in a noisy environment?
- Do you have a ringing or buzzing in your ears?
- Do you ever experience dizziness?
- Have others told you they think you have a hearing problem?
Three types of hearing loss. Hearing loss affects people of all ages and can be caused by many different factors. The three basic categories of hearing loss are sensorineural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss and mixed hearing loss. Here are facts that patients should know about each type:
- Sensorineural – This type of hearing loss occurs when the inner ear or the actual hearing nerve itself becomes damaged. This loss generally occurs when some of the hair cells within the cochlea are damaged. Sensorineural loss is the most common type of hearing loss. It can be a result of aging, exposure to loud noise, injury, disease, certain drugs or an inherited condition. This type of hearing loss is typically not medically or surgically treatable; however, many people with this type of loss find that hearing aids can be beneficial.
- Hearing deterioration of the inner ear (nerves)
- Possible causes are aging, noise exposure, or illness
Conductive – This type of hearing loss occurs in the outer or middle ear where sound waves are not able to carry all the way through to the inner ear. Sound may be blocked by earwax or a foreign object located in the ear canal; the middle ear space may be impacted with fluid, infection or a bone abnormality; or the eardrum may have been injured. In some people, conductive hearing loss may be reversed through medical or surgical intervention. In children, conductive hearing loss is most common with recurrent ear infections or insertion of foreign objects into their ear canal.
- Hearing deterioration of the middle and inner ear (bones, eardrum, membrane)
- Possible causes are traumatic injury, tumors, fluid in the middle ear, exposure to loud noise, foreign objects, wax buildup
- Mixed – Sometimes people can have a combination of both sensorineural and conductive hearing loss. They may have a sensorineural hearing loss and then develop a conductive component in addition, i.e. age-related hearing loss with a wax-blocked ear canal.
- Combination of Sensorineural and Conductive hearing loss
- Hearing testing is critical for discovering exactly what type of hearing loss you have, and will help determine the hearing care solution that is right for you.
Source: John Hopkins Health Library
Human interaction is one of the most valuable resources we take for granted. Hearing loss doesn’t just affect those individuals suffering from hearing loss, it has the compounding effect of ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE LIVES OF EVERYONE THEY LOVE.
Hearing Loss by the Numbers
Number of Americans reporting some degree of hearing loss
American children aged 6 through 19 with some degree of hearing loss
Children born in the United States with a detectable hearing loss in one or both ears
- Ages 45-54 2% 2%
- Ages 55-64 8.5% 8.5%
- Ages 65-74 25% 25%
- Ages 75 and over 50% 50%
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President Donald Trump's former life as a real estate executive ensured that he was always thinking about New York City's skyline and its many iconic towers. However, the President doesn't seem to be familiar with his own hometown's landmarks — and he, clearly, has no future in architecture or drawing, if this sketch from 2005 is any proof.
The sketch, signed by Trump in his signature gold marker, was originally created for a charity auction benefiting global literacy. Charlize Theron, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, and John McCain all contributed works alongside Trump's for the event, and now the anonymous buyer's investment is paying off as the drawing (and the original documents from the previous auction) will hit the auction block for a beginning price of $9,000 on July 27.
None of the buildings in Trump's amateur sketch are necessarily recognizable — some are flat on top and others have triangles as their distinguishing features — but there is one that dominates Trump's imagined skyline: Trump Towers. Although Trump Towers is the 64th-tallest skyscraper in New York, according to the Washington Post, in Trump's picture, it sits as the largest and most central figure of the drawing.
Design and art buffs might not be keen on the inaccurate drawing, but it still remains a rare document that's aged well after 12 years.
Ironically, artists everywhere have been inspired by Trump's presidency: One installation is nurturing plants with Trump's tweets, and a team of multimedia artists projected such messages as "Pay Trump Bribes Here" and "Emoluments Welcome" over the entrance to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. | <urn:uuid:9b4ce41a-8f5d-4719-bd5d-ba56aba962a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trump-nyc-skyline-sketch-auction | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.972081 | 331 | 2.03125 | 2 |
WASHINGTON — Two years after the District of Columbia began a program to catch erroneous parking tickets, a top official admits it has not worked as planned.
In September 2011, the Department of Public Works (DPW) launched the TicPix program. DPW writes 85 percent of the parking tickets in the District of Columbia — about 1.75 million tickets a year.
“By posting these images, we are giving motorists a picture of the violation that led to the ticket,” DPW Director William O. Howland Jr. said in 2011.
DPW officials said the image would be posted online for 90 days and would help their agency and drivers catch any problems with the ticket. For example, when a ticket writer puts down the wrong license plate and the driver doesn’t pay a ticket, another random driver will get a notice in the mail 30 days later. The license plate matches the random driver’s tags, but the make and model of the vehicle would be incorrect.
DPW officials touted the TicPix program as a way for drivers to find a picture, notice the error and get the problem fixed.
But since 2011, most tickets do not have pictures attached to them, even though DPW guidelines state that they should. Simple errors with license plates mis-keyed are made more complicated without the pictures to exonerate the driver who gets a notice in the mail.
DPW officials now admit the TicPix program has not been executed well.
“It is very frustrating and getting to a solution is something that we are addressing in real time. We just ask that you bear with us and we hope to not be at this place 90 days from today,” says Teri Doke, parking enforcement management administrator at DPW.
“There are several reasons at play. First, all of the officers have not adopted the habit and the pattern of taking pictures in conjunction with the tickets that they’re writing. It’s either because they’re in a rush to get through their tickets or they’re uncomfortable with the cameras. We are ordering better cameras and training them on how many pictures they need to take for each ticket. Our goal is that pictures can help solve things that could go wrong on a ticket.”
Doke was hired in late 2013 to take over the top job at parking enforcement and admits to WTOP there have been lapses in the past. She says ticket accuracy has not been what it should, but she’s committed to getting it right.
“I ask [WTOP Ticketbuster] to give me a moment to go in and address some of these burning issues. The top one, in my opinion, is the picture program. It slows the officer down and it makes them be more diligent about the work they’re doing. We’re trying to have everyone work at the same level of competency,” she says.
Even after DPW gets more consistent about taking pictures, the larger problem may not be solved. Few drivers actually know about the TicPix program, or make it standard practice to go to the website to look up their ticket. Even when pictures do exist, hearing examiners adjudicating tickets at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) do not automatically check TicPix as part of their review. It’s up to the driver to present the pictures when challenging a ticket.
But the WTOP Ticketbuster story on Stephen Combs revealed another problem: While the DPW officer took a TicPix for his ticket, no one at DPW or the DMV seemed to acknowledge or study the picture that showed Combs was not guilty of the infraction.
“Our training is trying to make sure our ticket writers and supervisors understand to slow down and get it right. We don’t want them to rush and make errors that could’ve been prevented,” says Doke.
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For some, mouse pads are a relic of the past. For others, mouse pads are a vital laptop accessory. Are mouse pads vital? Do they provide any benefit?
We will discover the advantages of having a mouse pad, alongside with why you may resolve to forgo one entirely.
1. Mouse Pads Are More Comfortable
Do you discover that your hand is stiff after a full day of using your mouse? If so, it could be that your wrist does not respect resting in opposition to a hard desk or being at an awkward angle.
A standard mouse pad is great in itself, since it’s much nicer to have your wrist on a soft surface than it is a desk.
Nevertheless, you can take it one step further and purchase an ergonomic mouse pad. These have cushions at the backside that increase your wrist as much as a more natural angle. It means you won’t need to bend to make use of your mouse, resulting in a more comfortable experience.
2. Mouse Pads Protect Your Desk
Dragging a mouse across the identical part of your desk for hours every single day is ultimately going to wear down the desk.
When you’ve got a quality desk surface, like a thick wood, then you could never encounter this problem. Nonetheless, the cheaper the desk materials, the more likely it is that your mouse is going to scratch or wear down the top.
In fact, mouse pads aren’t invincible either. After a while, you would possibly notice scuffs on these too, but it’s far easier and cheaper to switch a mouse pad than it is the surface of your desk.
3. Mouse Pads Keep Your Mouse Clean
Over time, your mouse will pick up the filth in your desk—mud, skin, and all that grub. This is either going to stick itself to your desk, the underside of your mouse, or both. Whatever the case, it’ll degrade the accuracy of the mouse.
Plus, it’s gross.
Mouse pads will help with this. The pad accommodates your mouse to a specific area. While that mud and grime is not going to magically vanish just because you use a pad, you will be more likely to recollect to clean the pad.
It’s really simple to clean a mouse pad too. For most of them you want water, cleaning soap, and a bit of elbow grease. Rinse it, then depart to dry for no less than 24 hours. Some mouse pads may even be chucked within the washing machine (check your manufacturer’s information before doing so).
4. Mouse Pads Improve Your Gaming Performance
If you like to play quite a lot of games that require quick and exact mouse movements, like first-particular person shooters, then a mouse pad can improve your performance. You can even purchase gamer-particular mouse pads.
Mouse pads can have totally different surfaces, but the necessary thing is the texture is consistent and that is key for optical mice. Pads don’t have the imperfections that your desk may need, which can interrupt mouse movement.
Mouse pads are additionally designed to remain in place and provide vital friction, so your goal won’t out of the blue swing off unexpectedly as a consequence of an overly smooth desk surface.
Of course, a mouse pad isn’t going to all of the sudden turn you right into a professional gamer, however you is likely to be shocked at the distinction one makes.
5. Mouse Pads Can Wirelessly Charge Your Mouse
Wireless mice was once considered inferior to wired mice attributable to their slower response times. Nowadays, providing you’re willing to pay for it, that’s not an issue. You possibly can even get wireless keyboard and mouse combos.
Wireless mice are excellent because you aren’t getting that annoying cable drag, which will increase the burden and impacts the smoothness of the mouse. They’re also more portable and versatile.
That said, the biggest downside to wireless mice is that they want fixed charging. Should you forget to charge the mouse overnight, then it’s good to plug in the cable while you are utilizing the pc and also you’re stuck with a wired mouse for a while.
This is where mouse pads come in. You can buy mouse pads designed to wirelessly cost your mouse while using it, meaning you never have to fret about manually charging ever again.
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On July 1, Yemenis celebrated the “Yemeni Song Day” for the second year in a row, to highlight their rich singing heritage, and in defiance of the war waged by the Houthi militia against art and artists.
Last year, the Yemeni Ministry of Information and Culture issued a decision to adopt July 1 of each year as a day for Yemeni songs, in response to the initiative launched by a number of artists, intellectuals and activists to celebrate the country’s rich artistic heritage.
The celebration was met with wide interaction on social networking sites, where hundreds of Yemenis tweeted and published lyrical clips and sung poems, and pictures of artists who had clear fingerprints in promoting and developing the Yemeni song, and they also decorated their personal photos with the slogan of the Yemeni Song Day, celebrating it in their own way.
A number of Yemeni artists also participated in musical pieces on this occasion, and blessed the step of dedicating a day to Yemeni song as an initiative to preserve this ancient art.
In the same context, the Culture Office in the Governorate of Taiz held, on Friday evening, “The Roots of the Original Melody Festival” to celebrate the Yemeni Song Day, which its director, Abdul-Khaleq Saif described as “not an ordinary musical festival! and its diversity.
“The Roots of the Original Melody Festival”
For his part, the Yemeni Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Muammar Al-Eryani, said that the announcement of the first of July of each year as a day for Yemeni songs came in interaction with the initiative launched by a number of artists, intellectuals and activists, and in the face of the fierce campaign launched by the Houthi militia against art and its pioneers.
He explained that dedicating a day to the Yemeni song came to strengthen the Yemeni identity, protect Yemeni heritage and art, and restore consideration to the song that inspired Yemeni and Arab creators alike.
Al-Eryani pointed out that “the Yemeni song, since ancient times, united the feelings of Yemenis, sparked creativity in them and refined behavior. It was the companion of the farmer in the field, the worker in the factory, and the soldier in the field of struggle. And while politics was dividing, the song gathered and united, and the song is still the meeting place of the parties and the balm of the surgeon.” .
The Minister of Information called for making the Yemeni song day and celebrating it “a call to life in the face of the calls of war and death spread by the Houthi militia,” which he said “attempts to prevent the manifestations of life by targeting art and its symbols, preventing singing at weddings and occasions, tightening the screws on poets and writers, and forbidding playing all musical instruments.” “.
The Houthi militia had issued a circular banning artists and artists from attending events and weddings that take place in Sanaa and its areas of control.
The Houthi militia also prevents the festive atmosphere, music and singing in public places in its areas of control, as several Yemeni cities witnessed cases of attacks by Houthi gunmen on civilians at weddings and graduation parties.
For his part, Yemeni writer Ahmed Al-Salami said, “Aden embraced the art of tarab, recorded, documented, and restored all authentic so that we have an archive of melodies with which the voices of the great giants of singing sheikhs echoed.”
He considered that “Yemeni Song Day is a renewed celebration of the beauty of artistic memory and the mourning that purifies souls and gives the Yemeni person patience and enhances his connection with his society and its rich artistic history.”
For his part, the poet Saad Al-Haimi said, “The Yemeni song is our conscience played with melodies of feelings, tones of expression, and words of expression. It is the dictionary of our conditions, the interpreter of our emotions, the anthem of our enthusiasm, the invocations of our supplications, the resonance of our emotions, the mourning of our sorrows, the hurricanes of our fields, the joy of our joys, and the image of our culture.”
He urged making “Yemeni Song Day a people’s message, a title of peace, a symphony of love, and an anthem of a nation.”
The originality of Yemeni art
Yemeni singing is well known for its ancient roots, as the oldest Yemeni songs on the UNESCO list date back to the fourteenth century AD.
Historical sources indicate that Yemen knew singing, and various musical instruments were found in it in the Sabaean, Ma’in and Himyarite civilizations BC, and many inscriptions of the instruments used dating back to those eras were seen, and thus Yemeni singing is considered one of the oldest singing arts.
Yemeni singing is distinguished by a diverse artistic heritage, the most prominent of which is the Sana’a song, the Adniyah, the Dan al-Hadrami, the Tuhami song, the Lahjiah, the Ta’iziyah, and the Yafi’i song. Each lyrical color has its own poets, artists, and dances, which reflect the environment of each region in Yemen. | <urn:uuid:c678296a-8c99-4239-a351-94e1c4f14857> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thenewsglory.com/in-the-face-of-houthi-oppression-yemenis-celebrate-song-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.958906 | 1,098 | 2.328125 | 2 |
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The territorial reality of the Marco Simone neighborhood is presented as a ”district” born spontaneously in the 70s and developed from the 90s, in the territory of the Municipality of Guidonia Montecelio aside to the “Via Marco Simone”, the road that delimits the border with the Municipalities of Guidonia and Rome.
Faced with an area that was initially poorly developed in terms of multifunctional structures and / or social gathering centers, the need was felt to create and develop meeting and socialization points through which the approximately 8,000 inhabitants could reside adequately on the territory and above all ”live it” in a complete and meaningful way.
The social context is characterized by a strong popular participation, typically Roman, with ironic aspects but also with the keen desire to solve the problems of the territory together.
Our partner in the Clean Cultures project is the association “Marco Simone Online”, a non-profit organization that was born in the wake of the local initiatives of Zero Waste Italy, therefore with a solid mission aimed at protecting the environment and developing visions for a circular economy and a more sustainable future.
Within the socio-cultural context described above, the association carries out a series of events and initiatives aimed at raising the awareness of the residents on problems and issues relating to the problems of waste management, energy saving, pollution, sustainable transport. For example, in the year 2021 (despite the restrictions imposed by the health emergency) it promoted about 30 initiatives of local participation and social inclusion. | <urn:uuid:b397211d-cf2d-4d2f-82e1-1d10876a9a15> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cleancultures.org/case-studies-guidonia-montecelio/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.945664 | 313 | 1.804688 | 2 |
10 Innovative Technologies To Implement On The Library Of The Future
They are also receptive toward robotic caregivers (33% suppose these would be a change for the better, whereas 21% of pessimists really feel this way) and towards designer infants (31% vs. 19%). But notably, even inside this “optimist” group, a considerable majority really feel that almost all of these developments would be a nasty thing general. Overall, most Americans anticipate that the technological developments of the approaching half-century could have a net constructive impact on society. Some 59% are optimistic that coming technological and scientific changes will make life sooner or later better, while 30% think these adjustments will lead to a future during which individuals are worse off than they’re today.
Neuno, for instance, is working with a handful of luxurious manufacturers to launch NFTs. The Sydney-based startup is developing 3D wardrobe tech that allows users to purchase iconic outfits, similar to J Lo’s famed Versace costume. These customers can then go to social media and post photos of themselves sporting these outfits.
There are a variety of instruments that can be utilized to reinforce this experience at different scales, similar to Bluetooth beacons, ceiling antennas, and QR codes. However, in circumstances where a strong Wi-Fi community already exists, Apple’s iPhone AR is sweet enough to deal with indoor positioning through the use of Wi-Fi RF patterns. And as we continue to maneuver towards a digital dominant society, those who hold energy in conventional realms will both adapt or move along the torch. As audiences flock to online channels, advertisers have followed suit—and they’re willing to spend good cash to achieve entry to their target demographics.
- At a extra macro degree, it could also allow a brand to predict broader fashion trends based mostly on historical information from its whole consumer base.
- Medicine, culture, schooling and structure are some of the areas which have already taken advantage of this technology.
- Fully-realized robotic machines have turn into increasingly widespread in medical technology and scientific development, each in the lab and in hospitals, enabling these with paralysis to maneuver limbs, as an example.
- Actionable information sheds light where we could not see earlier than, empowering leaders to handle initiatives proactively somewhat than reactively.
- To date, YCloset has raised $70M from investors, including Alibaba and Sequoia Capital China.
Also, telephones will evolve to turn out to be an more and more integrated part of the internet and IoT. Future cell and digital communications infrastructure will be capable of recognise cell phones and their homeowners uniquely wherever they go, whether they buy groceries or take a pod to the nearest hyperloop station. Other surface-based long-haul transport options will include superfast Maglev trains as properly as hyperloop techniques. One Maglev is operational in Shanghai, China, but runs solely 30.5 km between the city’s international airport and Longyang Road station on its outskirts.
Iot Technology Will Change Product Designs
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We report on recent advances in the operation of bubble-assisted Liquid Hole-Multipliers (LHM). By confining a vapor bubble under or adjacent to a perforated electrode immersed in liquid xenon, we could record both radiation-induced ionization electrons and primary scintillation photons in the noble liquid. Four types of LHM electrodes were investigated: a THGEM, standard double-conical GEM, 50 μm-thick single-conical GEM (SC-GEM) and 125 μm-thick SC-GEM - all coated with CsI photocathodes. The 125 μm-thick SC-GEM provided the highest electroluminescence (EL) yields, up to ∼ 400 photons per electron over 4π , with an RMS pulse-height resolution reaching 5.5% for events comprising ∼ 7000 primary electrons. Applying a high transfer field across the bubble, the EL yield was further increased by a factor of ∼ 5. The feasibility of a vertical-mode LHM, with the bubble confined between two vertical electrodes, and the operation of a two-stage LHM configuration were demonstrated for the first time. We combine electrostatic simulations with observed signals to draw conclusions regarding the location of the liquid-gas interface and suggest an explanation for the observed differences in EL yield between the investigated electrodes.
- Charge transport, multiplication and electroluminescence in rare gases and liquids
- Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETHGEM, MHSP, MICROPIC, MICROMEGAS, InGrid, etc)
- Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)
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The federal government has allocated $31.1 million over six years to a new Health Research Training Platform made up of 13 different programs that will offer specialized training for researchers at universities and hospitals across the country.
Topic: Knowledge translation
Researchers at McMaster University, along with an international team of collaborators, have launched a freely accessible living map of COVID-19 guidelines. In developing the electronic platform, their goal is to help decision-makers quickly access and use the best-available scientific advice related to the pandemic from around the world.
Dr. Tammy J Clifford has been appointed to the position of Vice-President of Research Programs at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), starting October 29, 2018. In this role, she will oversee the design, development and administration of CIHR’s funding programs and science policies, and will collaborate with other members of CIHR’s executive team… | <urn:uuid:ef23ea79-8d7f-4bdc-9a20-9e71e1a2e848> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://researchmoneyinc.com/topic/knowledge-translation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.940532 | 184 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Non-contact switch with innovative diagnostics
The Altech SRF (Safety RFID) is a non-contact safety sensor that monitors movable safety guards, such as doors, gates, panels and hoods. This compact sensor protects operators from injuries by shutting down or preventing the start up of machines when the safety guards are not properly closed.
Sensor and Actuator
The sensor and actuator feature a compact housing design that has a diagnostic LED and protection rating of IP69. One actuator part number is used for all the coding types and is programmable without additional devices. The actuators are sold separately.
There are two different levels of diagnostics available. PNP diagnostics offer a PNP NO output that indicates whether the safety guard is opened or closed. DCD (daisy chain diagnostics) offer much more detailed information providing over 20 different types of diagnostic information via an internal bus system that can be accessed at the end of the series cable. This data can be accessed by the machine’s control system via I/O Link and can be displayed on a Android Smartphone or tablet using NFC (near field communication) technology. Both levels of diagnostic systems operate independently of the safety outputs. | <urn:uuid:ab74768a-ad68-40c9-b1e7-337f769f444a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/17003/non-contact-switch-with-innovative-diagnostics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.888031 | 251 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Since reading about Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days by Michael Oren Fitzgerald and hearing pushback by Debbie Reese that contemporary life of Native Americans was not included, it got me thinking.
While the premise of Children of the Tipi was to document life in the bygone buffalo days, she has a point. I asked PickyKidPix about Native Americans and her perception was that they disappeared along with the buffalo. That was shocking to me! She’s in 6th grade!!
When Nancy Bo Flood tweeted me with book suggestions, everything fell into place.
@pragmaticmom suggestion, include books about today’s Native Americans – POW-WOW’s COMING, THE HOGAN GREAT-GRANDFATHER BUILT
I’m searching for more contemporary books for kids and teens about today’s Native Americans. Can you please help me out with your great suggestions? Thanks so much!!
p.s. Here are a few more:
Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child, translated by Gordon Jourdain, illustrated by Jonathan Thunder
This bilingual Ojibwe/English picture book is a story of a family attending a powwow and the spiritual associations with it. The powwow dream sequence includes traditional dancers, grass dancers, and jingle-dance dancers, as well as a drum group. The connection of the Ojibwe song and dance is connected to past and present through the powwow. [picture book, ages 4 and up]
I See the Sun in the USA by Dedie King, illustrated by Judith Inglese
I really like this excellent series exploring the day-in-the-life of families around the world. This book centers around family trees and a trip to North Dakota to see Mount Rushmore. We meet many families who have traveled there including the White Bear family who are part of the Lakota tribe. It is interesting to learn that while the Black Hills where Mount Rushmore is located belongs to the Lakota, the United States government won’t allow them to perform their ceremonies there. [picture book, ages 4 and up]
Contemporary Native Americans in KidLit
Powwow’s Coming by Linda Boyden
Powwow’s Coming provides children with a foundation for understanding and celebrating the enduring culture and heritage of American Indians. Boyden’s exquisite cut-paper collage and engaging poem visually place readers within the scenes of a contemporary Native American community while offering a thoughtful look at powwows and their meanings to the Native participants. [picture book, ages 4 and up]
The Hogan That Great-Grandfather Built by Nancy Bo Flood
A story of one multigenerational Navajo family that works, plays, eats, sleeps, and shares their lives together around their family hogan. It is a charming story of how the youngest children’s lives are intrinsically linked to their home and family. [picture book, ages 4 and up]
Indian Shoes by Cynthia Leitich Smith
What do Indian shoes look like, anyway? Like beautiful beaded moccasins…or hightops with bright orange shoelaces? Ray Halfmoon prefers hightops, but he gladly trades them for a nice pair of moccasins for his Grampa. After all, it’s Grampa Halfmoon who’s always there to help Ray get in and out of scrapes — like the time they are forced to get creative after a homemade haircut makes Ray’s head look like a lawn-mowing accident. This collection of interrelated stories is heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny. Cynthia Leitich Smith writes with wit and candor about what it’s like to grow up as a Seminole-Cherokee boy who is just as happy pounding the pavement in windy Chicago as rowing on a take in rural Oklahoma. [easy chapter book, ages 6 and up]
Cynthia Leitich Smith has a list of contemporary Native American chapter books and picture books and I’ve highlighted a few of them.
The Good Luck Cat by Joy Harjo (Creek), illustrated by Paul Lee
Aunt Shelly says that Woogie is a good luck cat. As he survives one scrape after another, her analysis seems to be right on target. But one day when he doesn’t come home, we wonder if this good luck cat’s ninth life has run out. This is a delightful look at the friendship between a cat and a young girl. And it’s — yahoo! — a children’s picture book with Indian characters wherein Native culture isn’t the main focus. Of course, it’s wonderful to have children read accurate, respectful books that touch on Indian themes; however, they should be balanced with charming stories like this one that depicts daily life. [picture book, ages 4-up]
A Walk to the Great Mystery: A Cherokee Tale by Virginia A. Stroud (Cherokee-Creek)
>Dustin and Rosie take a walk with their Grandma Ann, a Cherokee medicine woman, and gain insight into the Great Mystery. [picture book, ages 4 and up]
Big sister Allie and little sister Alex bundle up, venture into the night, encounter a deer, dance beneath the stars, and watch the northern lights. Lovely. [picture book, ages 5 and up]
Eagle Song by Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki), illustrated by Dan Andreasen
Danny Bigtree encounters racism when he moves from the Mohawk reservation to the city. However, Danny is inspired by the Iroquois hero Aionwahta and by his own father to choose peace. [easy chapter book, ages 8-up]
The World in Grandfather’s Hands by Craig Kee Strete (Cherokee)
Jimmy struggles to adjust after the death of his father and moving from the pueblo to his Grandfather Whitefeather’s house. Strete’s characters are complex and his themes are multi-layered. Most notably, the story incorporates the U.S. government policies that recently led to the unauthorized sterilization of so many Native women. Without romanticizing, he touches on much of the sadness tied to the Indian way of life and explores the strength, humor, and community ties that weigh in the balance. [chapter book, ages 8 and up]
Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek)
Cassidy Rain Berghoff didn’t know that the very night she decided to get a life would be the night that Galen would lose his. It’s been six months since her best friend died, and up until now, Rain has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around her aunt Georgia’s Indian Camp in their mostly white Kansas community, Rain decides to face the world again—at least through the lens of a camera. [chapter book, ages 9 and up]
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki)
Molly’s parents are gone, vanished. She needs to find answers and a way to go on. But Molly has been taught well of her Mohawk traditions. She understands the importance of dreams. She knows to take them seriously. This very scary contemporary Native American novel is a must-read and a scary one at that. [chapter book, ages 9 and up] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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You probably have never heard that there are over thousands of nerve endings in your feet. And by simple massage on specific points of your feet (technique that is called foot reflexology massage) you will relax and improve your body function. These points are related with the hypothalamus, the thyroid and other organs.
You will need to massage your feet with your big finger and index finger for several minutes, and you will feel the results. This procedure (foot reflexology massage) will make you feel better and relaxed.
DIY Foot Reflexology
Points of the foot that are connected with the organs in your body:
- If you are overweight, affect the hypothalamus by massaging your big toe. Applying pressure on this point will regulate your appetite.
- If you are having some hormone imbalances (pituitary gland), you will need to massage the center of your big thumb.
- The big toe area is connected with your thyroid gland. The thyroid is in charge or balancing your metabolism and if you massage this area it will be very useful, particularly if you are suffering from some stress.
- Ease the stress and tension by applying pressure on the center of your foot, which is linked with the diaphragm.
- In order to boost your energy massage the inner edge of your foot closer to the center, this will act on your adrenal gland. The adrenal glands are maintaining your energy levels to burn more calories.
- If you massage your feet in the areas near the fifth, you will stimulate the excretory system and relieve the excess fluids in your body, which means that the toxins will be ejected.
- Massaging the bottom of your foot will affect your colon and intestines and you will boost elimination and reduce bloating.
These massages are very useful after hard day at work or exhausting activities. Once you feel the benefits from these massages, and they will become your habit.
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An LED screen can be a technological innovation that uses light-giving off diodes (LEDs) to produce an image. They are usually utilized in place of classic Liquid crystal display display screens because they use a lot less power, that may advantage consumers and businesses.
How can LED display screens function?
Light emitting diodes release light when an electric powered recent is passed on through them. When many LEDs are put collectively, they may generate an image. The amount of pixels upon an LED screen decides the image resolution or how remove the image will probably be. An increased solution signifies a better picture.
LED monitors have many positive aspects over standard Liquid crystal display screens. Now, check out Led screen hire.
For example, they use a lot less potential, which can cut costs and assist the surroundings. They likewise have a longer life-span, so you won’t ought to swap them as frequently. And, mainly because they use a lot less energy, they make a lot less warmth, causing them to be convenient to make use of in warm situations.
Uses of LED screens both in personal and expert settings:
LED displays are becoming increasingly popular both in personal and expert settings. As an example, many individuals make use of them as t . v . or personal computer screens since they give a far more accurate image than traditional Liquid crystal screens.
LED screens can also be usually used in public places, such as large airports and stadiums, where by they may be viewed from your length. Moreover, businesses can make use of LED screens to sell their product or professional services or give info to staff members and customers.
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A survey was conducted between Dec. 15-17, with 1,762 respondents. 70.8 percent said that inflation was affecting their budgeting. A little more than 29 percent disagreed. The poll asked if the current rate of inflation is affecting your family budget. 50.3 percent of Democrats replied “yes” to that question. Nearly 90% of Republicans agreed, and 77% of independents.
Broken down by race, 73.9% of white respondents, 68.1% of black respondents, and 68.1% of Hispanics responded “yes.” Gender responses were virtually identical, with 74.5% of men and 74.6% of women saying that inflation is a serious problem.
Eighty-two percent of those with less than a Bachelor’s Degree and 70.7 percent for those with a higher degree also stated that inflation has impacted their family’s budget. All age groups reported that inflation had impacted their finances. The highest “yes” rate was among those aged 35-49 at 81.2 percent. The second highest was 78.8 percent for the 50- to 64-year olds, followed by 72.9 percent for the over-65 group and 59 percent for the 18-34 age group.
The results were almost identical by region. 71% of the Northeast, 79% of the West, 72.5% of the Midwest, and 76.89% of the South responded “yes” to the question about inflation affecting their family’s budget. The poll concluded that inflation was having a broad impact on the country, regardless of who you are and where you live.
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Recent polls also found that 69 percent disapprove of the way Biden has handled inflation. These poll results are coming as U.S. businesses have increased their expectations for inflation in the next decade to 3.2 percent. At 26.5 percent, wholesale and supply chain inflation is also at their highest levels since 1974.
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Australian Jews realising a just Australia where everyone has the opportunity to thrive – unconstrained by attitudes and systems that entrench disadvantage.
Inspiring and mobilising the Australian Jewish community and working together with marginalised communities to tackle Australia’s most pressing social challenges through action and education.
We’re proud to present our 9 new program principles. These principles break new ground for Stand Up. These principles are not just signals, they are commitments. They will define the parameters of our work for years to come, to ensure that the programs we develop are high on impact, relevance, excitement and stay true to who we are as an organisation. These principles will embed and underpin the work that we do, and we’ll invite and share these with other organisations to build powerful, enduring programs together.
Education and action are inseparable
Stand Up recognises that education without action doesn’t effect change and that action without education can be counterproductive.
Education is central to our ideology and action is ingrained in our identity; for 26 years we have worked to change peoples’ lives for the better.
For everything we do, education and action are inseparable.
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Every community is an autonomous, unique and complex group of individuals who face different challenges that require different solutions.
Stand Up has a long history of working in partnership with others. We’re proud of that work and we will continue to build on that legacy.
By working in partnership, anything can be changed.
We act as allies and we consult deeply
In the Torah we are told 36 times to love the stranger, so let’s do it properly.
We have a proud history of working closely with our partner communities, and this enduring practice is at the heart of our work.
We will work hard to understand the situation of the people we work with, learning about their unique challenges and then leveraging our resources, capital, expertise & willpower we'll work together to achieve our goals.
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Our organisation, actions, decisions and programs are backed by our Jewish values, Jewish identities, Jewish culture and Jewish experiences.
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We pledge to operate as an organisation where any member of the Jewish community can come and contribute. Our programs or projects will be accessible to all Jewish people.
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We won’t be silent on important issues. We will take a side.
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Social justice is unpredictable and times, attitudes, policies and circumstances constantly change.
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We've made two promises: A promise about impact; to make the world a better place, and a Jewish promise; for Jewish Australians to make an invaluable contribution to that world.
For our work, both are equally important; we won't do one without the other.
We apply a gender lens to our work
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Most bird species around the world are monogamous. It means they have one mate at a time.The remaining have several broods through different partners every season.
Most birds will not have the same mate for life and may change partner every season.
Interestingly, few are loyal and remain soul mates for life. So, are you thinking if zebra finches are part of last category and remain mates for life?
Yes. Zebra finches mate for life. The male zebra finch woos the female to form a pair, which will breed every season. Once zebra finches have broods, they take on their responsibility of protecting, and nurturing their hatchlings. Zebra finches form a strong union that stays together for life.
Wow! Quite astonishing how a pair of finches can stay together for the rest of their life. It may make you wonder what will happen if we separate the pair and keep them with different partners.
Will they create a new alliance or go back to their old mates?
Do Male And Female Finches Live Together?
In the wild, females get attracted to males with a red beak instead of males with an orange beak. Color red correlates to good health, and females will always lookout for a healthy male partner for creating an alliance and for mating.
As per a study conducted by Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany, females finches are the ones who make the selection of their male partners. The songs of the male finches play an essential role in the mating process. Nevertheless, once they form an alliance it will last throughout their lives.
The male and female finch will share their responsibilities once the eggs hatch. The mother finch will protect the nest from the predators, and the father finch will forage for food in the forest. They breed every season and undertake their rearing responsibilities.
Now that you know, male and female finches pair bond for life. Let us try and understand what happens when a zebra finch loses its mate.
What Happens When Zebra Finches Loses Its Mate?
As we have understood by now that finch pair bonds for life and share their responsibilities. Zebra finches will find it devastating if their bond breaks due to loss of life.
If left alone, the surviving finch can undergo enormous stress that can lead to its death.
In the wild, finches live in flocks, and the group’s calls and energy can uplift the widowed finch’s energy levels.
You may introduce a new finch in captivity but monitor the situation till they develop a bond between them.
At the same time, you may also move the surviving finch with the other pairs in the aviary.
Male will instantly try to create bond with a new female, but it may take time for female to bond with an unknown male partner.
Okay! Let us also look at a situation where the parents and adult broods are part of the same aviary.
Is it possible that the zebra finches may mate with their parents?
Interesting Further Reading:
- Do Finches Sleep At Night? + Are They Diurnal Birds?
- Do Finches Recognize Their Owners? (Do Finches Feel Attached To Their Owners)
- Do Zebra Finches Kill Each Other? + Why Do They Bully?
- Do Finches Eat Insects? + What Do Finches Like To Eat?
Do Zebra Finches Mate With Their Parents?
Based on a DNA study of few bird species, It is unlikely that a son or daughter will mate with their parents. There isn’t enough evidence to conclude about zebra finches and knowing that the zebra finches are monogamous, who remains committed to the same partner throughout their life.
We may assume that zebra finches do not mate with their parents and instead move away to find a soulmate with whom the son/daughter can live the rest of their life.
Okay! It is rather difficult to conclude, but let us assume zebra finches do not mate with their parents. Now, let us find out whether zebra finches mate with their siblings.
Do Zebra Finches Mate With Their Siblings?
In general, mating between close family members almost always leads to inbreeding depression.
As per a study on zebra finches mating preferences, no conclusive evidence was found on the mating selection between siblings and non-kin.
Among zebra finches, if young siblings grow together, they will probably not mate with each other in adulthood.
However, it will be cognitively challenging for the zebra finches to remember about siblings separated and re-introduced at a later stage of development.
Therefore, zebra finches will not discriminate between those siblings and non-kin.
Alright! So, zebra finches will not mate with siblings whom they can identify as family members.
Recommended Further Reading:
- Do Finches Have Good Eyesight? (Do Finches Have Good Vision At Night?)
- Do Finches Feed Their Babies? (How Long Can Babies Live Without Food?)
- Are Finches Affectionate? + Do They Like To Be Handled By Humans?
- Can Finches Die From Cold? + How Do You Keep Finches Warm In Winter?
Points To Remember
Zebra finches are monogamous and mate for life. They share an inseparable bond.
Zebra finches breed and share their duties of protecting and fostering their chicks. They may find it challenging to cope with the loss of its soul mate, which can cause fatal stress to the remaining finch.
As a pet owner, you need to be careful when introducing a new partner, as there can be friction in the beginning. However, once they are receptive, you may keep them together.
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Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyivan Patriarchate
UKRANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH - KP
Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (Ukrainian: Українська Православна Церква Київського Патрiархату, Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, UOC-KP) is one of the three major Orthodox churches in Ukraine, alongside the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The church is unrecognized by other canonical Eastern Orthodox churches, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).
The UOC-KP's Mother Church is in the St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The head of the church is Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), who was enthroned in 1995. Patriarch Filaret was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1997, but the Synod and Sobor of the UOC-KP do not recognize this action. According to a poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre in 2006, 14.9% of the Ukrainian population responded as belonging to the UOC-KP.
FormationThe church originated in 1992 after as a result of a schism between the Moscow Patriarchate and its former locum tenens, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine Filaret, when Filaret chose to convert his former see (of which he was head for more than two decades) into a Ukrainian autocephalous church, initially within the legal framework of the Russian Orthodox Church. The majority of the Ukrainian bishops refused to support him, and forced him to resign his position. Undeterred, Filaret, with support of the President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, initiated a merger with the canonically-unrecognised Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. With the support of nationalist groups such as UNA-UNSO, the church fought for control over property. In response, almost all Ukrainian bishops called a sobor in Kharkiv, where they refused to follow Filaret, and ruled to defrock and anathemise him. However the union between the Western Ukrainian and diaspora clergy of the former UAOC and the now defrocked Russian Orthodox clergy who followed Filaret, became very fragile. And after the death of Patriarch Mstyslav in the summer of 1993, the union reached a breaking point causing the UAOC to terminate the union. After a brief leadership of Patriarch Volodomyr (Romaniuk), Filaret assumed the Patriarchal throne in autumn 1995.
HistoryOrthodoxy (and Christianity in general) in Ukraine date to the Christianization of Kievan Rus by Vladimir the Great as a Metropolitanate of the Patriarch of Constantinople.The sacking of Kiev itself in December 1240 during the Mongol Invasion led to the ultimate collapse of the Rus' state. For many of its residents, the brutality of Mongol attacks sealed the fate of many choosing to find safe haven in the North East. In 1299, the Kievan Metropolitan Chair was moved to Vladimir by Metropolitan Maximus, keeping the title of Kiev. As Vladimir-Suzdal, and later the Grand Duchy of Moscow continued to grow unhindered, the Orthodox religious link between them and Kiev remained strong. The fall of Constantinople in 1453, allowed the once daughter church of North East, to become autocephalous, with Kiev remaining part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. From that moment on, the Churches of Ukraine and Russia went their own separate ways. The latter became central in the growing Russian Tsardom, attaining patriarchate in 1589, whilst the former became subject to repression and Polonization efforts, particularly after the Union of Brest in 1596. Eventually the persecution of Orthodox Ukrainians, led to a massive rebellion under Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and united the Ukrainian Hetmanate with the Russian Tsardom, and in 1686, the Kievan Metropolia came under the Moscow Patriarchate. Ukrainian clergy, for their Greek training, held key roles in the Russian Orthodox Church until the end of the 18th century. Examples include Epifany Slavinetsky, one of the architects of the Patriarch Nikon's church reforms in the 17th century. Epifany Slavinetsky, locum tenens after Patriarch Adrian's death in 1700 and Metropolitan of Moscow, and his successor Feofan Prokopovich, a reformer of Russian Orthodox Church in early 18th century.
Orthodoxy in Ukraine greatly expanded in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly as the boundaries of Russian Empire incorporated the Crimean Khanate, Bessarabia and Right-Bank Ukraine. Only the Western province of Galicia remained outside Russian Orthodox Church (though was claimed as canonical territory, as was in the official Kievan Metropolitan title of Kiev and Galich). During the 20th century, Orthodoxy was brutally persecuted by the Soviet authorities in Soviet Ukraine, and, to lesser extent, by the authorities of the Second Polish Republic in Volhynia.
What historians now see as the reason for the following events was the decision of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine Filaret to achieve total autocephaly (independence) of his metropolitan see with or without the approval of the mother church required by the canon law. These events followed Filaret's own unsuccessful attempt to gain a seat of the Moscow Patriarch to himself (1990) and the Ukrainian independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in August, 1991. In November 1991, Metropolitan Filaret requested the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church to grant the Ukrainian Orthodox Church autocephalous status. The skeptical hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church called for a full Synodical council (Sobor) where this issue would have been discussed at length. Filaret, using his support from the old friendship ties with the then newly elected President of Ukraine (Leonid Kravchuk), convinced him that a new independent government should have its own independent church. Although the UAOC lacked any significant following outside Galicia, Filaret was able to organise a covert communion with the UAOC in case Moscow Patriarchate refused.
At the synod in March–April 1992, however, most of the clergy of the UOC who initially supported Filaret, openly criticised this move, and put most of the other bishops against him. Questions of his unpopular disregard to monastic vows (having a common-law wife) as well as the allegations of improper financial dealings with the church finances made the council vote for Filaret to retire from his position which was confirmed by a sworn oath.
Upon returning to Kyiv Filaret carried out his reserve option revealing that the retirement swore was given under pressure and that he is not resigning. The Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk gave Filaret his support as did the nationalist Paramilitaries, in retaining his rank. In a crisis moment the Hierarchical Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, agreed to another synod which met in May 1992. The council was conducted in the eastern city of Kharkiv where the majority of the bishops voted to suspend Filaret from his clerical functioning. Simultaneously they elected a new leader Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viktor Sabodan), native of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast and a former Patriarchal Exarch to Western Europe.
With only three bishops remaining at his support Filaret initiated the unification with the UAOC, and in June 1992 creating a new Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) with 94-year-old Patriarch Mstyslav as a leader. While chosen as his assistant, Filaret was de facto ruling the Church. A few of the Autocephalous bishops and clergy who opposed such situation refused to join the new Church and following the death of Mstyslav a year later. The church was once again ripped apart by a schism and most of the UAOC parishes were regained when the churches re-separated in July 1993.
Canonical status. Since his election as a Patriarch in 1995, Filaret remains very active in both church and state politics. He tried to gather around his Church all groups with a national orientation and all church organizations which did not have canonical recognition. On the other hand, he expressed repentance for his past support of prosecution of Ukrainian national churches, the Autocephalous and the Greek Catholic.
He is leading the drive for his church to become a single Ukrainian national church. His attempts to gain a canonical recognition for his church remain unsuccessful to this day and a rival Ukrainian Orthodox Church canonically linked to the Moscow Patriarchate remains the only body whose canonical standing is universally recognized by the Eastern Orthodox communion.
Patriarchs of Kiev and All Rus’-UkrainePatriarch Mstyslav (1992–1993) Patriarch Volodymyr (1993–1995) Patriarch Filaret (1995–present) Important institutionsHoly Synod of UOC-KP The Synod consists of the Patriarch and its six permanent members, the representatives of Galicia, Volyn, Kiev, Southern Ukraine, Eastern Ukraine, and the Russian bordering region of Bilhorod (locally as Belgorod). The Synod also has three temporary members that are represented by Eparchial Archbishops. The permanent members are elected by the Archbishop Assembly to which the Synod is responsible. The three temporary members are called upon the Patriarch and the Synod. Archbishop Assembly (Sobor) The assembly takes place at least once in two years and is initiated by the Patriarch and the Holy Synod. The members of assembly consists of all archbishops as well as the members of the Supreme Church Council. An extraordinary session of the assembly can be called upon by either the Patriarch or the 1/3 of all archbishops of UOC-KP. To selected sessions of the assembly may be invited some guests without any voting rights, however. All the declarations obtain their power upon the signatures of the head of assembly, its presidium, and secretary. The official website contains brief overviews of all the twelve assemblies that took place. The Local Assembly (Pomisny Sobor) The highest institution of the Church administration. All of the Church legislative, executive, and legal powers belong to that assembly. The assembly is much bigger than its Archbishop's counterpart and involves various religious representatives as well as some secular. | <urn:uuid:c74b9045-ed3a-4995-9f24-a28f92ce1a50> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church%E2%80%93Kyivan_Patriarchate&oldid=117145 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.965595 | 2,198 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Alphabet, a Google parent company, started investing at its break-up-adjusted rate on Monday, July 18, right after finishing its 20-for-1 stock split at the market's closed Friday. Shares opened at $113.44 Monday morning and have continued to trade close to $110. In the meantime, GameStop (GME) is set to complete its stock split at the industry's shut on Thursday, July 21. Investors who held shares at the current market will be issued additional shares to complete the
Apple, Amazon, Nvidia, and Tesla have all recently split their stock considering that for the first time in more than two decades. GameStop will take the lead on its next major inventory split on July 21. Tesla shareholders will vote on yet another possible split in August.
What to assume as a shareholder in a stock split, what a split implies for the company's long-term success, and where each individual business is at in its split path are discussed below.
What is the definition of an inventory breakup?
A stock split occurs when a business decides to split its current shares by a specified ratio in order to generate new shares, which lowers the specific share charge. Even if inventory splits increase inventory selling price volatility, there is still a possibility that the inventory value will fluctuate dramatically.
The whole share depend will improve and the inventory price will decrease due to stock splits. For example, if a single share is worth $600 at the time of a 5-for-1 stock split, it would change that only one share into 5 shares every value $120. Shareholders keep their entire relative expense ahead of and after the breakup.
Stock splits increase the value of the business as the shares become more plentiful and less costly. For the day trader, inventory splits create a natural environment where higher volume of options trading leads to greater volatility in the stock price. This creates opportunities for profit if shares can be bought simultaneously and sold in different marketplaces for different charges, a technique acknowledged as arbitrage.
What drives companies to split their inventory?
Stock splits occur for a variety of reasons. Generally, a company splits inventory when it wishes to make shares more attractive for retail (or noninstitutional) traders. It also allows staff extra flexibility when receiving staff-centered compensation packages, which some corporations, like Tesla, offer.
If a company wishes to be bundled in a stock index, such as the Dow, it might need to have admission requirements that are contingent on a stocks rate. Providers are interested in being incorporated into these indexes because that it allows them to increase their cash much more easily.
What is the procedure for a stock split?
The manner in which a business will split its stocks varies from organization to organization. In some situations, the corporation must seek shareholder approval before proceeding with a breakup. After this step, a business' board of administrators or other governing body will vote on the proposal.
If the proposal is approved, the corporation will work with investment brokerages to determine two critical dates: When present shares will be split and the cutoff day to be a stockholder of document. Stockholders of history on a distinct day are the only shareholders who will receive the new shares in the split this is usually a couple of times just before the formal split day.
What have been the biggest differences in recent years?
What implications do stock splits have for current and prospective traders?
Due to an inventory split, investors should not be permitted or able to receive or eliminate any share benefits. However, this will not always occur.
According to Reuters' Financial institution of The usa investigation, stocks that split earned an average of 25% in the next 12 months, compared to a 9% increase in a non-split, benchmark index. This additional 16% might be attributable to organic and natural growth, as businesses that break up their inventory normally do so mainly on probable economic outcomes.
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To begin with, How to create a SPFx Project At Low cost, just make sure that you have the latest node,yeoman, gulp and yeoman SharePoint generator are installed in your machine. These are needed to ensure your machine’s suitability for the development of SharePoint framework offered by Microsoft.
In you don’t have it follow the steps below to install it
Configure development environment
Install NodeJS LTS version.
If you are in Windows, you can use the msi installers in this link for the easiest way to set up NodeJS.If you have NodeJS already installed, check if you have the latest version by using node -v. It should return the current LTS version.If you are using a Mac, we recommend that you use homebrew to install and manage NodeJS
Install Yeoman and Gulp for SPFx Project
Yeoman helps you kick-start new projects to create a SPFx Project, and prescribes best practices and tools to help you stay productive. SharePoint client-side development tools include a Yeoman generator for creating new web parts. The generator provides common build tools, common boilerplate code, and a common playground website to host web parts for testing.
Enter the following command in powershell to install Yeoman and gulp:
npm install -g yo gulp
Install Yeoman SharePoint generator
The Yeoman SharePoint web part generator helps you quickly create a SharePoint client-side solution project with the right toolchain and project structure.
To install the SharePoint Framework Yeoman generator globally, enter the following command in powershell:
npm install -g @microsoft/generator-sharepoint
If you need to switch between the different projects created by using different versions of the SharePoint Framework Yeoman generator, you can install the generator locally as a development dependency in the project folder by executing the following command in powershell:
npm install @microsoft/generator-sharepoint –save-dev
Once you are done with the installation, you will be able to create new webparts using SharePoint framework.
Install a code editor for SharePoint framework development
You can use any code editor or IDE that supports client-side development to build your web part, such as:
The steps and examples in this documentation use Visual Studio Code, but you can equally use any editor of your choice.
How to create New webpart Project in spfx
- Open windows powershell as administrator
- Create a directory to store the files using powershell by running the following command
md <folder name>
- Navigate to the new folder
cd .\<folder name>\
- Call yeoman SharePoint generator and create project.
5. This will request a couple of details, enter all of those, and that will create the new project for you.
a. What is the name of your project
b. What is the SharePoint version
c. Select if the admin should have the option to deploy this app to all site or not.
d. Select the type of client side component.
e. Enter the webpart name
f. Enter the webpart description
g. Select the framework of the webpart, this is just for scaffolding purpose
h. All Settings to be done in one screen
After the configuration, there is a confirmation message like the following.
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Interseeding Alfalfa on the
Rows of yellow-flowering
alfalfa interseeded into the
native rangeland on the
Smith Ranch near Lodgepole,
It all started around 1915 after a traveling scientist gave a handful of seeds to a local homesteader," says soil scientist Gerald E. Schuman. He is with the ARS Rangeland Resources Research Unit, High Plains Grasslands Research Station, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Schuman is talking about a yellow-flowering subspecies of alfalfa, Medicago sativa ssp. falcata, known today simply as falcata, a plant that ranchers and others told him was thriving in the Northern Plains.
Recently, since word has spread of the plant's success, falcata has received interest from farmers, ranchers, and researchers who want more information.
Falcata covers about 1,500 known acres east of Lodgepole, South Dakota, on the ranch owned by Norman "Bud" Smith and his son, Tim. They are descendants of the homesteader who received the original seeds nearly a century ago.
Close-up of the flower of
"My great uncle started with just a small packet of seeds," says Bud Smith. "Over several decades, it survived on the plains with virtually no help whatsoever." Some time after taking over the land in the 1950s, Smith recognized the potential of falcata and nurtured it to harvest 5 pounds of seeds to plant. "I interseeded it, meaning I placed the alfalfa among my existing shrubs and grasses to increase forage production and palatability," he says.
Alfalfa has long been known as a high-protein feed source for cattle. Trouble is, the hay varieties wither on the Northern Plains under nonirrigated conditions.
According to legend, the traveling scientist first noticed cows and sheep grazing the bright-yellow falcata on the Siberian plains near the Arctic Circle and brought the original seeds back home. Today, the Smiths attribute increased livestock numbers and weight gains without bloat to the fine-stemmed and fine-leaved falcata alfalfa, which they say the cattle prefer.
Soil scientist Gerald
Schuman (left) and rancher
Norman Smith examine falcata
alfalfa interseeded on Smith's
At Home on the Range
A day in the life of a rangeland plant is marked by fierce competition for life-sustaining water. Some rangelands receive as few as 10 inches of rain per year. Ten years ago, scientists at the Cheyenne lab concluded that interseeding available varieties of alfalfa would be a good way to increase forage production and quality. But early attempts to interseed legumes on the rangelands showed little promise. "You could get it started, but it wouldn't persist very long," says Schuman. "Within 3 or 4 years it would die out."
Then 3 years ago, Schuman visited the Smith ranch and saw the proliferating, interseeded areas of falcata alfalfa. Since then, Smith has become an eager volunteer collaborator in helping ARS scientists unlock the mysteries of falcata's success.
It seems that most U.S.-grown alfalfa varieties have a long, main root—called a taproot—that grows deep into the soil. Since 80 percent of neighboring plant species sink their roots in a more shallow, distributed network, those plants usurp water that otherwise could sustain alfalfa.
Lachlan Ingram (left), a
associate at the University of
Wyoming, and Matthew
Mortenson, an ARS physical
science technician, take soil
samples from rangeland
where falcata has been
interseeded. The soil samples
will be used to assess the
benefits of falcata on soil
organic carbon and nitrogen.
"But falcata has a more fibrous root system that's unlike other alfalfas and more like grass," says Schuman. "Falcata's root system allows it to compete with native grasses and forbs for limited moisture."
The lab has since been evaluating the effects of falcata on forage production, forage quality, and soil quality.
Increases in Soil Nitrogen
Schuman's team includes ARS physical science technician Matthew C. Mortenson and postdoctoral research associate Lachlan J. Ingram. They studied the Smiths' various interseeded acres and found a large increase in forage production—at times nearly double—when compared to noninterseeded rangeland.
For Schuman, the find revived a stalled effort to pursue interseeding alfalfa into rangelands because of the legume's natural ability to replenish nitrogen-poor soil. Alfalfa is able to obtain its nitrogen directly from the air, and under the right conditions, alfalfa's nitrogen can boost nearby grass and forb production.
Using chamber technology,
soil scientist Gerald
Schuman (left) and technician
Valerie O'Neil take
measurement of nitrous oxide
and methane emission from
the soil in a rangeland field
interseeded with alfalfa.
These gases are very
important contributors to
"A bacterium called Rhizobium forms nodules on roots of the alfalfa, and they convert nitrogen gas in the soil into a form of nitrogen that the plant can use," says Schuman.
On farmland where falcata had been interseeded for more than 3 years, large increases in soil nitrogen have been measured. And plant protein content in these areas has increased by as much as 30 percent.
Closing in on Carbon
In addition to nitrogen fixation, the scientists are interested in the extent to which falcata influences carbon storage in the soil. The more carbon dioxide (CO2) that plants assimilate—which increases soil organic carbon and improves soil quality—the lower the levels of atmospheric CO2.
Schuman's team found a substantial increase in soil carbon—by more than 5 tons per acre on some falcata-interseeded rangelands—when compared to noninterseeded areas.
Plants take CO2 out of the atmosphere and convert it, using sunlight and water, into carbohydrates. That process produces plant material, nearly half of which is carbon. "If a plant had a skeleton, it would be made out of carbon," says plant physiologist Jack Morgan, who is the research leader of the Cheyenne station. "It's the backbone of all organic material."
By increasing the soil's organic matter through plant residue decomposition, falcata essentially improves soil quality. "Carbon sequestration is the process in which CO2 from the air is made into plant and root material and then eventually deposited into the soil during decomposition," says Schuman. "We call that form soil organic carbon."
Because falcata has been grazed successfully in winter, the researchers plan to take vegetation samples in late November to test its off-season forage quality.
Schuman says that unlike other alfalfas, falcata's stems are finer, providing cattle with forage in the chilly winter air. The researchers will test the November samples to measure falcata's protein content and gauge its nutritional quality as a feed source for cattle in the winter months.
"We'll continue to study falcata on the Smiths' ranch because of its tremendous potential to increase production and forage quality and to increase the amount of carbon that is stored in soil," says Schuman.
In the meantime, as word of the proliferating yellow-flowering alfalfa spreads, more ranchers are interested in using falcata as a means of increasing forage production.—By Rosalie Marion Bliss, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.
This research is part of Global Change (#204) and Rangeland, Pasture, and Forages (#205), two ARS National Programs described on the World Wide Web at www.nps.ars.usda.gov.
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When you become a member at a fitness center in your area, you'll want to spend some time getting acquainted with the various pieces of equipment that you can use to improve your physical fitness. You'll find a large selection of stationary bicycles at virtually every fitness center, and hopping on one of these bikes to pedal is a good way to burn calories and build muscle. There are all sorts of ways to approach a stationary bicycle workout. You may find that you gravitate toward one particular method, or that you enjoy varying your workouts. Here are three stationary bicycle workouts to try.
One way to approach your stationary bicycle workout is to complete a lengthy ride. Prolonged workouts of this nature can help to build your endurance and strengthen your cardiovascular system. Set a goal for either how long you wish to ride or how many virtual miles you wish to complete. Fitness centers' stationary bicycles have screens that monitor this information, so whether you want to ride for 60 minutes or complete 10 miles, you'll be able to easily track your progress. Over time, you'll likely see improvements in how far you can ride in a certain amount of time.
Another way to use a stationary bicycle at your fitness center is for sprints. A sprint ride is short, so people often combine it with other forms of exercise. In a sprint ride, you'll pedal at a very high rate of speed for just a short amount of time. For example, you might pedal as hard as you can for just a minute. You can then hop off the bicycle and immediately start a different workout, such as lifting weights. Repeating this type of pattern keeps your heart rate elevated, which will strengthen it.
Many people ride intervals on their stationary bicycles. This term means that you'll alternate between speeds. For example, you might ride at a moderate speed for several minutes, and then at a faster speed for a minute. After the fast interval, you'll go back to the moderate speed, which will allow you to partially recover. Lots of stationary bicycles have interval settings that adjust the resistance of the pedals. You'll pedal with relative ease for a period of time, and then have to use more energy to turn the pedals for a short interval. Learn more about stationary bicycle workouts at your local fitness center.Share | <urn:uuid:73922890-a597-44bd-a1ea-641b3833a73b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://aniketexports.com/2022/07/05/three-stationary-bicycle-workouts-to-try/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.957884 | 468 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Medical practitioners working outside the realm of COVID-19 have been sidelined financially and operationally by the pandemic. Imposed safety measures prevent people from receiving such routine care as dental cleanings, therapeutic massages and standard examinations. The decreased patient numbers have caused considerable financial strain for small medical practices, prompting worries of permanent closures.
“It is definitely one of the biggest questions that we have over our head,” said Dr. Esther Lopez, a dentist and owner of Healthy Tooth Dental, 719 Lake St.
Though dentistry is considered an essential business, dentists are limited to providing emergency and urgent care under Governor J.B. Pritzker’s order. Emergency dental work includes any treatment of a potential life-threatening oral cavity, as well as ongoing bleeding in tissue and severe pain or infection. Urgent dental treatment refers to conditions that could lead to life-threatening emergencies if untreated.
People can contract COVID-19 from particles ejected through the mouth, making dental work dangerous. Dentists have been limited to urgent and emergency procedures in an effort to preserve available personal protection equipment. Lopez made the move to cease normal work operations prior to the issuance of both local and statewide orders to shelter in place.
“Our last official day where we had our entire team treating patients was actually Saturday, March 14. It seems like ages ago,” Lopez said. “It was a really big realization of how our world was going to change and how uncertain things are going to be in the field of dentistry.”
Like many other medical practices, Lopez has moved to a telehealth model, examining
teeth over Facetime, having patients use spoons to widen cheeks and reflect molars.
However, not every insurance provider covers dental telehealth claims.
Like many other businesses, Lopez had to furlough her staff, including the dental hygienists who assist her.
“Our staff has been advised to go ahead and file for unemployment,” said Lopez. “It has been very challenging because we own our own practice. We’re not owned by a corporation. It’s kind of like a mom-and-pop shop.”
Lopez has applied for federal loans, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), through the U.S. Small Business Administration. Many businesses are vying for those loans, making the competition stiff. However, Lopez remains hopeful.
COVID-19 has also hurt chiropractic and physical therapy practices.
Fuller Health Group, which provides both services, has seen its revenue decrease at its two locations – one in Chicago and the other in Oak Park, 1010 Lake St.
“Financially, both practices have seen a significant reduction in overall revenue,” said Sam Yousif, Fuller Health Group manager.
The chiropractic and physical therapy fields are quite literally hands-on. Physical therapists often treat patients simultaneously, all in one large room with shared equipment.
“It requires a lot of not necessarily just interaction, but interaction within a collective group,” Yousif said.
According to Yousif, some patients can be treated through telehealth surprisingly well. However, people who had surgery just prior to the spread of COVID-19 in Illinois need traditional therapy.
Fuller Health has hand sanitizer and hand washing stations, as well as thermometers readily available. Therapists wear masks and gloves; they also make home visits when needed. Patients who come into appointments are asked to wear masks as well.
Appointments are scheduled further apart to adequately sanitize equipment and limit the number of people together at one time.
“Certain practices and businesses were predicated on a financial model that said, ‘I gotta serve as many people as possible within a certain space,'” said Yousif.
That financial model does not translate into an environment safe from COVID-19.
“It’s a very stressful time, from a businessowner perspective,” said Dr. Mary Ann Bender. Bender owns her own podiatry practice at 6931 W. North Ave.
Having not made the switch to telehealth, Bender still sees patients in person. But only those with serious and immediate foot problems.
“All the patients I’m seeing now really need to see me,” said Bender. “They’re either in pain or they’ve injured themselves or they have an infection.”
Bender’s current patient volume is about 40 to 50 percent of what the normal volume would be at this time of year. Despite the significant decrease, Bender has had better fortune than other practitioners in her field.
“I’ve heard a lot of podiatrists saying they’re at 20 to 25 percent, so I’m lucky with regard to that,” she said.
Normally, Bender sees four patients per hour. She has since spaced out her appointments, seeing only two an hour, to ensure their safety, as well as her own. However, it has affected her bottom line.
Under normal circumstances, Bender has only one employee: herself. Along with other medical practitioners, Bender rents the space from the owner of the clinic. The owner’s hired staff man the front desk, answer faxes and calls and get test results for the practitioners.
The clinic owner laid off that staff. For about two weeks, there was no one to answer phones or respond to faxes, said Bender. Now Bender pays one of the former staff members to work as her assistant.
“I have to pay my assistant for more time than I usually would and I’m seeing fewer patients,” Bender said. “The next couple of months, I will not pay myself a salary at all.”
Like Lopez, Bender has applied for the PPP loan. However, Bender only knows of two people who have gotten it. Bender has also applied for multiple grants.
“Anything I qualify for, I apply for,” she said.
Outside of podiatry, Bender serves as president of Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce. Many business owners have reached out to her with serious closure concerns.
“Many of these people have not gotten approved for any of the financial assistance that they’ve applied for,” she said.
Bender believes her practice will survive the crisis; her husband has a secure job and she has patients waiting for her to reopen fully.
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday doubled down on its most aggressive economic tightening campaign in nearly three decades to help temper the nation’s stubbornly high inflation, raising interest rates by another 75 basis points as experts increasingly worry the shift in monetary policy could drive the economy into a recession—if it hasn’t already.
At the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting, the Federal Open Markets Committee said Wednesday afternoon it voted unanimously to raise the federal funds rate (the rate at which commercial banks borrow and lend reserves) by 75 basis points, for a second time in a row, to a target range of 2.25% to 2.5%.
In their statement, officials acknowledged that consumer spending and business activity have “softened”—even as the labor market continues to show “robust gains” in recent months—but they also said they remain “highly attentive” to inflation risks.
Though Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in May that officials were not “actively” considering a 75-basis-point hike, investors began pricing in the biggest rate increases since 1994 after the annual inflation readings for May and June unexpectedly hit new 40-year highs.
Fed policymakers began raising rates in March, as they had signaled they would for months, but expectations for the pace and intensity of future rate hikes have grown more aggressive amid stubborn price gains and criticism that the central bank waited too long to start the hikes; at one point this month, bond markets had priced in a rate hike of 100 basis points.
By making borrowing more expensive and thereby tempering demand, rate increases are critical in combating inflation, but “growing fears” that the hikes will spur a recession by undercutting economic growth are the “driving forces” behind recent market weakness, says analyst Tom Essaye of the Sevens Report.
Stocks held on to earlier gains immediately after the announcement, with the S&P 500 up about 1.2% by 2:10 p.m. EDT, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 2.4%.
What To Watch For
Amid concerns over rate hikes curbing consumer demand, data released Thursday morning is likely to show the U.S. economy shrank for a second consecutive quarter this year, constituting a technical recession, Essaye notes. He not only points out that the National Bureau of Economic Research, which the government recognizes as the official arbiter of recessions, likely won’t declare a recession simply because of the negative data, but he also warns the economy “may well actually be in a material contraction” by the end of the year.
“The Fed failed spectacularly early on,” Nigel Green, the CEO of $12 billion advisory DeVere Group, said Wednesday, blasting officials’ longtime insistence that pandemic-era inflation would prove only transitory and saying the Fed has since had to “overcompensate” with the biggest rate hikes since 1994. “The Fed is out of step, and, therefore, it’s now helping push the world into global recession,” he posits.
The economy quickly bounced back after the Covid-19 recession in 2020, but the Fed’s withdrawal of pandemic stimulus measures and rate-hiking agenda this year has hit stocks and sparked renewed fears of a recession. Earlier this month, Bank of America economists became the latest experts predicting that the U.S. will fall into a recession over the next year, telling clients that prolonged inflation and the resulting interest rate hikes have unleashed a “worrying deterioration” in the economy, and particularly in the once-booming housing market. “The Fed has become more committed to using its tools to help restore price stability, with a willingness to accept at least some pain in the process,” they said.
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Are you a bath or a shower person? In fact, in a survey, only 32% of people said they preferred a bath to a shower. If you’re someone who loves a nice relaxing bath, then you know how important getting the basics right can be.
Baths are a great way to relieve stress, soothe any aching muscles and just generally switch off and recharge for a while.
But it’s not just as simple as running the water and splashing some bubble bath in.
Clear the clutter
It’s hard to relax in a disorganised environment. If your bathroom could do with a clean, or looks like a branch of Boots exploded in it, then you might want to do a bit of tidying first. Create a calm, relaxing environment that is clear of bottles and gives you the chance to go to the fair trade candle shop to buy a gorgeous scented candle to create a beautiful atmosphere.
Get The Perfect Temperature
Again, this is a personal preference. We all know someone who can sit in a bath that would boil a lobster, and come out of there bright red. You want to find a temperature that’s hot enough to relax in but not so hot that it makes you feel dizzy, or that you can’t stay in for very long. If you’re planning on having a really long soak, then you can always run some more hot water when you’re in there.
Bubbles or Bath Salts?
There are so many things you can add to your bath to make your skin smell and feel great. Choose from bubble bath, bath oils, slats or even a bath bomb (but be prepared for the cleanup).
Choose something that’s will enhance your skin. So if you have dry skin, go for a luxurious oil. If you’re trying to soothe aching muscles, use something with lavender or camomile.
Leave The Phone
Don’t spend your precious bath time scrolling through your phone. Leave it somewhere else. Or use it to play music while you soak. Some people like to read in the bath, others like to clear their mind and do absolutely nothing. There are even bath caddies you can but that lets you prop your iPad up and watch a movie when you’re in the bath. Do what you find relaxing, not what other people tell you you should be doing.
Do Some Pampering
The bath is a great place to put on a face mask and let it work its magic on your skin. The warm water and steam will help it work by opening your pores and letting the ingredients work more effectively.
Know the difference between pampering and maintenance though. A facemask is relaxing. Washing your hair and shaving your legs isn’t. Try and keep this bath just for downtime.
Ready To Relax?
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The Old Testament book of Proverbs is full of practical wisdom on a multiplicity of topics. Much of this wisdom literature reads as a conversation between a father and his son as he addresses life issues and the need for wisdom. Other passages in Proverbs speak to parents encouraging them to demonstrate love to their kids through their instruction and discipline. There are hundreds of “how to” books on parenting that can be purchased, but the Proverbs contain some of the most practical, applicable, and clear advice on leading kids.
This following contains a list of passages from Proverbs about parenting and children. My encouragement is to use this in a couple ways. First, use the verses to evaluate yourself as a parent. Ask yourself if you have talked to your kids about these issues, and if you are finding balance between instruction and discipline. Second, many of these passages are tailor made to prompt discussions with your kids about issues of authority, sexuality, rebellion, and all other kids of pitfalls in their lives.
Proverbs on parents and children
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. (Proverbs 1:1-9, ESV).
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. (Proverbs 1:10, ESV).
My son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths, (Proverbs 1:15, ESV).
1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; 3 yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
(Proverbs 2:1-5, ESV).
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. (Proverbs 3:1-2, ESV).
My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. (Proverbs 3:11-12, ESV).
My son, do not lose sight of these— keep sound wisdom and discretion, (Proverbs 3:21, ESV).
Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.” (Proverbs 4:1-4, ESV).
Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. (Proverbs 4:10-13, ESV).
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. (Proverbs 4:20-21, ESV).
My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. (Proverbs 5:1-2, ESV).
Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? (Proverbs 5:20, ESV).
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. (Proverbs 6:1-3, ESV).
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, (Proverbs 6:20-23, ESV).
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend, to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words. (Proverbs 7:1-5, ESV).
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. (Proverbs 10:1, ESV).
He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. (Proverbs 10:5, ESV).
Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. (Proverbs 11:29, ESV).
A wise son hears his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. (Proverbs 13:1, ESV).
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. (Proverbs 13:24, ESV).
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down. (Proverbs 14:1, ESV).
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother. (Proverbs 15:20, ESV).
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. (Proverbs 17:6, ESV).
He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. (Proverbs 17:21, ESV).
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. (Proverbs 17:25, ESV).
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. (Proverbs 19:13-14, ESV).
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death. (Proverbs 19:18, ESV).
He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach. Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. (Proverbs 19:26-27, ESV).
If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. (Proverbs 20:20, ESV).
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6, ESV).
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. (Proverbs 22:15, ESV).
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right. (Proverbs 23:13-16, ESV).
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. (Proverbs 23:22, ESV).
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. (Proverbs 23:24-25, ESV).
My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. (Proverbs 24:13, ESV).
My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise, for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both? (Proverbs 24:21-22, ESV).
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. (Proverbs 27:11, ESV).
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression,” is a companion to a man who destroys. (Proverbs 28:24, ESV).
He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. (Proverbs 29:3, ESV).
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. (Proverbs 29:15, ESV).
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart. (Proverbs 29:17, ESV).
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Gain Powerful Insights with Sensor Data
FM:Systems’ sensor analytics unifies occupancy and environmental data to provide organizations with the information they need to make educated and cost-effective decisions about the work environment. With empirical sensor data, you are empowered to make strategic decisions about the workspace allocation that is most conducive to employee productivity.
Using Sensor Analytics for cost reductions and future space planning
The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) predicts that these Internet of Things (IoT) devices can support a 50% increase in cost efficiency, including energy, maintenance and other recurring costs.
Businesses that can accurately capture occupancy and environmental data will also be poised to develop agile work strategies and design office space that reflect the way people actually work. Learn more about the benefits of installing occupancy sensors.
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Sensor Analytics reports can be used to inform a wide range of decisions and management reports. Current users typically employ the sensors to garner a greater understanding of existing space utilization levels, as a basis from which to plan robust agile working strategies, as a mechanism to incentivize better use of existing workspace and as a factual cross-check of actual space utilization versus room bookings. The true, continual, 1:1 space utilization monitoring that the sensors enable, is empowering organizations and paving the path to workplaces designed and planned with hard facts, not assumptions.
Using outdated methods of floor-walk head counts, making guesses based on room bookings, coffee cups, screensavers or coats on chairs have long since expired.
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EMS grants: What is a DUNS number?
EMS agencies need a DUNS number – a unique, free identifier – to bid on government contracts or apply for government grants
If you’ve been researching firefighting grants, you’ve probably heard of DUNS. And if you’ve tried to apply for a grant without a DUNS, you know how important they are.
A DUNS number, which stands for Data Universal Numbering System, is a free, unique nine-digit number issued by Dun & Bradstreet to a single business entity.
Your number is yours alone, even if you go out of business. D&B does not reuse or reissue numbers to a second business.
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At Rowena Academy, we are committed to encouraging, inspiring and motivating all learners to reach their utmost potential. Our ethos of ‘hand in hand, together we can’ is embedded across our curriculum and every area of learning. We believe that every child should have full access to the Art provision as outlined in the National Curriculum regardless of age, gender or ability. We acknowledge and understand that all pupils are entitled to a broad and balanced Art and Design education. We provide a structured and clearly progressive approach, which engages, inspires, motivates and challenges every child. All children are provided with a range of experiences that allows them to develop their knowledge, experiment with their skills, invent, and create their individual art, craft and design pieces. All the knowledge and skills pupils acquire builds on their previous learning and allows them to transfer key skills, knowledge and concepts to their long-term memories.
In Nursery children begin their exciting journey in exploring art and their unique creativity. They discover what happens when they mix different colours and textures together. In Reception, pupils progress to use different medias to represent their ideas and feelings. They also begin to use a range of techniques and tools to explore colour, patterns and textures.
In EYFS, pupils are encouraged to create artwork freely through everyday provision activities, this being in addition to focussed art lessons. Pupils learn to analyse, reflect and evaluate the works of famous artists and then transfer this understanding into creations they produce themselves.
Pupils in Key Stage 1 continue their progression to explore line, colour and shape. They experiment further with pattern and texture, master printing as their additional media and develop a deeper understanding of the different styles, techniques and artists.
We strongly believe in the importance of allowing all pupils to explore art and design that reflects history and culture from around the world. Through such opportunities to stimulate their creativity and imagination, we hope that pupils will develop intellectually, emotionally, physically and socially. It is our hope that the children will therefore gain appreciation and enjoyment of visual arts and gain access to cultural richness and diversity. | <urn:uuid:6673105b-75bb-4f14-a6e3-45bfff4363c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rowenaacademy.org.uk/art-our-intent/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.957944 | 426 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Photos and text by Bartley D’Alfonso
Among the many attractions for moving to and living in Cuenca are the city’s many cultural events. Some people, in fact, call Cuenca the cultural capital of South America.
Those who appreciate classical music were treated to two weekend performances by the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra, Friday at the Pumapungo Theater, and Sunday morning at the Old Cathedral, opposite Parque Calderon in the historic district.
The concerts featured the “Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra,” composed by Wolfang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) when he was only 18. The guest bassoon soloist was Germania Gallegos Allauca (of Ecuador), and the concert was directed by guest conductor and composer German Cáceres from El Salvador. The orchestra also performed Cáceres’ dramatic work “Lacónicas II”.
In addition to works by Mozart and Cáceres, the performances featured the classical music favorite, “Symphony in B-flat Major, Op. 20 “ by French composer Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899).
The next concerts will feature the “Concerto for Violin, Opus 47” by Jean Sibelius, and “Symphony No. 3, Opus 90” by Johannes Brahms, July 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. in the Pumapungo Theater.
Best of all, the performances of the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra are free to the public.
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Go on an Abstract Art Adventure
Art and Craft Projects for Kids
Boy Meets Abstract Art
Going on an Abstract Art Adventure
Yesterday I wanted to take my boy to attend the Fungus Federation Fungi Fair in a nearby town. I was excited to expand our knowledge and to meet other fellow fungi enthusiasts. I expected that my boy would be excited about the outing. After all, learning about mushrooms leads to fun forages in the woods.
But alas, when I picked up my son from school he quickly informed me that all he wanted to do was come home and relax, maybe work on an abstract art painting. Even though my heart was set on the fair, his plan sounded great, so that’s exactly what we did and as it turns out, exactly what I needed.
Let go of expectations and let art happen!
I love going on adventures with my son. I love introducing him to new places, people, and ideas, but some of our best adventures happen at home. Last night was quite an adventure in abstract art and although I hung up a painting cloth behind the larger than life canvas, paint still managed to travel to the surrounding walls. I cleaned most of it before it dried, but I’m sure, that in time, I will find splotches of paint that will transport me back to that magical evening of letting go of expectations and letting art happen.
Making time and space for children to use their imaginations, to explore their own interests, and to go in their own direction creates the true adventures of childhood. It is like magic to be able to watch them develop, learn and grow just by experiencing different things.
Set up an abstract art painting station for your children and watch their creativity bloom.
If the weather is nice, you can send them outside to paint. We were lucky to find our larger than life canvas on sale, but a large piece of cardboard could also be used. Once the painting is finished, ask the children to tell you about their painting. Sometimes the stories they come up with are a whole new adventure.
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The following is an article or a debate on the topic that whether sex education is mandatory in high schools so that the subject matter and major sexual ethics be taught to teenagers.
One of the most contentious issues that education professionals have debated is whether or not sex education should be taught in schools. While many people feel that school kids are the appropriate age for sex education, others argue that they are not mature enough to comprehend the intricacies of the issue. Yes, schools should teach sex education: Children today have easy access to sexually explicit information as a result of widespread media exposure, whether through television, print, or the internet. As a result, they prefer to collect knowledge based on their age and comprehension. The number of events involving sex-related crimes is on the rise, and even more concerning, the perpetrators in the majority of cases are minors or juveniles whose mental development is incomplete and who have no understanding of the relationships between the two genders.
With the exception of a few parents, the majority of parents believe that sex education is unimportant and that discussing sex with their children is frowned upon. It is taught to think that sex is something nasty that should never be spoken, but the truth is that sex, like other capabilities of the human body, is a natural phenomenon. This is where pupils should be provided basic information. Students will learn about the process of reproduction and procreation if sex education is taught in a systematic manner. Teenage pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and HIV-AIDS will all be reduced as more people learn about safe sex. Students will become more responsible and knowledgeable citizens, which will aid in population management.
Sex education will debunk myths and provide them with accurate information. School kids are undergoing various physiological changes, and sex education will provide answers to their concerns about sexuality, as well as changes in their bodies and thoughts. It will offer them a healthy perspective of their own bodies as well as the bodies of the other gender, and it will prepare them to be responsible adults. Sex education should be integrated into the curriculum of every adolescent. It should not be optional or optional, but rather essential. Why should parents be free to choose whether or not to enroll their children in a topic that they would require later in life? Sex education, like arithmetic, should be required, thorough, and medically correct, and taught throughout a student’s school years. It has been demonstrated to benefit students rather than harm them. Access to not just extensive but also medically correct sex education is a human right. | <urn:uuid:51f0e0aa-aea8-4b00-9b61-b6a45fe6a82b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://documentshub.com/article/article-on-topicthat-whether-sex-education-is-mandatory-in-high-schools/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.967633 | 512 | 2.46875 | 2 |
A New Path for Portland Japanese Garden
2020 was a year that tested our individual and collective capacity for distressing news which is why we are so happy to start 2021 announcing a new path for Portland Japanese Garden.
We call it The Japan Institute.
What is The Japan Institute?
The Japan Institute is being created in order to share and expand programs of Portland Japanese Garden more broadly around the world, expand international partnerships, and continue to engage diverse people in shared experiences and conversations about peace, beauty, and connection of nature.
Innovative programs, global collaborations, and experiential education for youth and adults are the hallmarks of The Japan Institute, organized around three centers:
- Global Center for Culture and Art
- International Exchange Forum
- International Japanese Garden Training Center
The core of these three centers is the Garden itself, informing and responding to the programs around it.
In reality, the foundation of The Japan Institute already exists at Portland Japanese Garden. Cultural programming like festivals and art exhibitions will continue happening as part of the Global Center for Culture and Art. We will continue to convene and host global audiences to explore ideas critical to modern life informed by the ideals of Japanese gardens, arts, and culture under the umbrella of the International Exchange Forum. And our International Japanese Garden Training Center will continue its series of educational programs such as the Waza To Kokoro seminar and the popular Garden Workshop series.
With this foundation, The Japan Institute can be best understood as the next evolution of Portland Japanese Garden. It will create a more inclusive and expansive canopy allowing more of Japan’s greatest gifts to be explored, more robustly, with more people around the world. The Herman gift, paid over several years, will act as start-up funding with the goal of formally launching The Japan Institute in 2022.
The Path Ahead
Portland Japanese Garden is in the early process of acquiring and developing a nearby site as the headquarters for The Japan Institute with additional workshop, classroom, lecture hall, and nursery space to accommodate the expanding Japan Institute programs which exceed the capacity of Portland Japanese Garden’s 12.5-acre campus, allowing the Garden itself to remain a place of peaceful connection to nature and beauty.
This 3.65-acre satellite “campus” is a property located in Forest Park in NW Portland, just 3 miles from the Garden. It is a beautiful setting with buildings designed by one of Oregon’s most prolific architects, A.E. Doyle. The purchase of the property is made possible by numerous generous Garden donors and fundraising is still ongoing.
Through this wide variety of art, culture, and education programs and partnerships, The Japan Institute will create meaningful experiences of personal renewal and shared experiences of beauty, nature, and peace for diverse audiences. These experiences will open hearts and minds for important conversations about issues critical to our future on this shared earth – peace among ourselves, harmony with nature, and supporting the creativity and blossoming of the human spirit. | <urn:uuid:5dd611ce-2807-412a-9ef9-48dbfeb00ba0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.japanesegarden.org/2021/01/26/the-japan-institute/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.926179 | 603 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum
Military veterans have shaped our state and nation through their service and devotion. For many, that service did not stop when they reentered civilian life. The Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum preserves and shares the memory and legacy of Wyoming’s veterans. The VM shares their stories and accomplishments from the Spanish-American War to the Global War on Terror.
Besides veteran’s history, the VM preserves and shares the history of the Casper Army Air Base. CAAB trained B-17 and B-24 combat crews during the Second World War. Between 16,000 and 18,000 trainees passed through Casper before seeing service overseas. After the war, CAAB transformed into the modern Casper/Natrona County International Airport and served as a regional Air National Guard base.
The VM is based in the old CAAB Enlistedmen’s Service Club building. Veteran’s exhibits highlight individual service stories, while the “Wings of Freedom” exhibit explores CAAB’s history and impact. Our collection of military history and reference books are available to the public. Museum staff can provide guided tours, hands-on activities, and outreach programs upon request. For more current news and events, please check out our Facebook page.
(as of Aug. 3, 2021)
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday – Saturday
The museum staff is also scheduling group tours. For tour information and scheduling, please call the museum office at 307-472-1857 or fill out the form below. | <urn:uuid:20950669-e779-4033-a57f-da0e56199be1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.wyomilitary.wyo.gov/resources/veteran/museums/wy-veterans-memorial-museum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.885174 | 331 | 1.726563 | 2 |
The protesters decided to spend the night at a checkpoint where British trucks carrying fish on their way to Calais and Dunkirk are being checked, after the UK left the European Union. Fishermen set fire to wooden pallets and car tires to keep warm.
After hearing about the planned action in Boulogne-sur-Mer, many British truck drivers chose another route. According to French journalists, there were almost no British trucks in Boulogne yesterday.
Some of the fishing boats sailing for Dutch companies, but under the British flag, have also decided to land their catch elsewhere. According to the harbor chief, the ships diverted to Belgian ports.
Fishing was one of the main sticking points in the Brexit negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom late last year. The UK insisted on regaining full control of its waters, while some EU member states wanted to impose guarantees that their fishermen could continue to fish in UK waters.
The final compromise between Brussels and London eventually meant, among other things, that European fishermen would gradually give up a quarter of their quota over a 5.5-year transition period.
British fishermen, many of whom depend on exports to the European Union, are also unhappy about doing business after Brexit. Because they depend on rapid transit and border controls have been introduced since the withdrawal, their livelihoods will also be at risk.
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Dear Parents of 2020-2021 Kindergarten Students
Welcome to the Stanley Jones Kindergarten program.
At Stanley Jones School we believe that Kindergarten is the foundation of a great education. Our students come to Stanley Jones from many different backgrounds, speak multiple languages and have diverse learning needs. We provide an environment that is inclusive to all learning styles and is centered on student engagement and personal relationships. Features of our Stanley Jones Kindergarten program include:
- A student-led learning environment
- Project and theme based learning
- Constant rotation of unique play-based learning centers
- Balanced literacy
- An emphasis on the development of healthy personal relationships and strong student-teacher relationships
- A collaborative environment that includes students, teachers, parents, volunteers and CBE professionals
- An inclusive environment that supports all learning needs, including the integration of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students
- A bright, welcoming classroom designed for children’s engagement and independence.
Andrea Sarson, Principal
Welcome to Stanley Jones School Kindergarten Parent Information Package 2020-2021
Our Kindergarten classroom is an active, hands-on environment with an open door policy. In Kindergarten your child will learn reading skills, numerical and problem-solving skills, how to express themselves creatively and develop a positive view of themselves and a comfortable relationship with others. The Kindergarten program at Stanley Jones School is an inclusive environment and we believe in every child’s ability to accomplish great things. We look forward to another great year of learning and laughter with your family!
The Kindergarten program statement provides learner expectations in six learning areas that we will concentrate on throughout the year:
- Language Arts
- Community and Environmental Awareness
- Creative and Cultural Expression
- Physical Skills and Well-Being
- Personal and Social Responsibility
Morning and Afternoon Class
Our ability to offer both a morning and afternoon class is dependent upon the number of students we have enrolled in the Kindergarten program. Preference for morning or afternoon class will be given on a first come, first served basis at the time of registration. If the necessary numbers are not reached, all students will attend the morning class.
First Day of School
Please refer to our online calendar for start dates and school hours.
The Kindergarten program is a half-day program from Monday through to Friday. The Kindergarten program consists of 475 hours of instructional time. Currently we offer both morning and afternoon classes. The morning hours for kindergarten are 8:00 – 10:45 and the afternoon hours are 11:50 – 2:35. The morning and afternoon classes alternate Fridays, so your child will have every second Friday off. The Friday hours are from 8:00 - 12:10. The students will enter and exit through the east doors of the building. Please see our Contact Us page for school hours.
Arrival and Dismissal
Children should be dropped off and picked up at the east doors (near the kindergarten classroom). At dismissal time the children will be walked outside these doors and dismissed to their caregiver. If a parent or caretaker is late arriving your child will be brought into the office to wait for your arrival. You must buzz the office through the intercom at the west doors to enter the building. Please see Getting to School and Parking & Drop Off for more information.
It is very important that your child attends school regularly and arrives punctually. If your child will be absent, please phone the school’s attendance line 403-777-6800. This greatly assists our office staff with attendance records and eliminates the need for calling home to determine the student’s whereabouts, which is done for your child’s safety. Students arriving at school late are required to check in at the office to get a late slip. Please see Attendance for more information.
Any parents wishing to volunteer in the school or on field trips at any time must complete a Police Clearance Form. These are available at the office. You must provide 2 pieces of ID and these forms must be completed and processed before you volunteer. (This can take 6-8 weeks). You may complete these forms in June so that you will be cleared to volunteer in September. Please see our Volunteer page for more information.
All communication will be sent home in their school folder. Notices will be sent home frequently with your child, including a monthly calendar specific to Kindergarten events. Some documents will require an answer form to be signed, clipped off and returned. Your prompt attention to these matters will help our program to run smoothly.
Please check your child’s folder every day!
Labeling is a great way to ensure your child’s belongings are returned to them. Our Lost and Found is cleared out twice a year and you would be amazed at how many unclaimed items there are. All of your child’s belongings should be labeled clearly. Please see our Personal Belongings page for more information.
The children should bring a backpack to school with them each day. This is necessary to ensure that all notes, schoolwork, library books and projects are brought home without getting wet, dirty or lost. Your child’s bag should be big enough to hold their school folder (8.5 x 11) and easy enough for them to open and close independently. Please see our Personal Belongings page for more information.
Fire regulations require that children must wear shoes in school at all times. Therefore, please send a labeled pair of running shoes to school. If your child is not able to tie laces, please send shoes with Velcro fasteners or slip-ons as this helps your child to become independent. Please see our Personal Belongings page for more information.
Parents are asked to send a nutritious snack with their child each day. Please label all snack containers and water bottles. In order to avoid allergy related concerns, children do not share their snacks and we request that no nuts or nut products are sent.
Birthdays are special to all of us and each child’s birthday will be recognized as it occurs. If you would like to send treats they are more than welcome but we ask that you consider the ease of distribution. Some suggestions are cupcakes, Rice Krispie squares, cookies, fruits, etc.
Kindergarten children sign out one library book each week. Please ensure that they are well cared for and returned before each library day to our library bin, in the classroom. If you misplace a library book please notify me right away so your child does not miss out on library exchange. Please see our Learning Commons/Library page for more information.
School Council Meetings
Kindergarten is an important part of Stanley Jones School; therefore, parents are encouraged to attend School Council meetings. These meetings are held one evening per month.
Students will participate in field trips throughout the year. At times our AM/PM students will participate in events and or fieldtrips together. Information on the field trips will be sent home at the appropriate time. Some activities will take place in the classroom. The cost of each field trip will be indicated on the notices. Please see our Off-Site Activities page for more information. | <urn:uuid:aa7292ed-b3d9-45fe-af69-8de3dd2863b0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/stanleyjones/registration/register/kindergarten/pages/default.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.934796 | 1,529 | 1.882813 | 2 |
How To Deal With Chronic Pain
What is Interventional Pain Management?
According to the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), interventional pain management is a “discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain related disorders.” Interventional pain medicine utilizes a full range of treatments and services for patients suffering from chronic and/or acute pain.
Dr. Madala’s treatment is designed to relieve, reduce, or manage pain and improve a patient’s overall quality of life through techniques specifically designed to diagnose and treat painful conditions. Interventional pain management also strives to help patients return to their everyday activities quickly and without heavy reliance on medications.
Who can benefit from interventional pain management?
Pain attacks the human body at every vulnerable point – muscles, bones and joints. Chronic pain persists despite the fact that an injury has healed.
Many of the patients Dr. Madala sees are experiencing back and neck pain, knee or joint pain, chronic muscle pain, headaches, or shingles pain, as well as those who suffer from pain associated with cancer or cancer therapy. Dr. Madala has treated patients from ages 14 to 98 years.
How can I get pain relief?
Dr. Madala has a wide array of treatments that can be used including the following:
- Epidural injections (in all areas of the spine): the use of anesthetic and steroid medications injected into the epidural space to reduce inflammation and relieve pain.
- Facet joint injections: an injection used in the joints to provide pain relief.
- Radiofrequency Neurotomy: a minimally invasive procedure that disables nerves and prevents them from transmitting pain signals to the brain.
- Discography: a diagnostic look inside the discs to determine if they are the source of a patient’s pain. This procedure involves the use of a dye that is injected into a disc and then examined using x-ray or CT scan.
- Vertebroplasty: the injection of bone cement into the vertebrae to relieve the pain associated with vertebral fractures.
- Kyphoplasty: a procedure similar to vertebroplasty, except where a tamp (similar to a balloon) is inserted into the compressed vertebrae to expand the site so bone cement can be injected to stabilize the spine.
- Pain pumps: a surgically implanted pump that delivers pain medications to the precise location in the spine where the pain is located.
- Spinal Cord Stimulators: the system generates mild electrical pulses and sends them to your spinal cord. These electrical pulses replace the feeling of pain with a tingling or massaging sensation. These spinal cord stimulators are sometimes called “pacemakers for pain.”
- Intra-Discal Therapies:treats painful discs with an electro-thermal therapy and disc decompression.
- MILD Procedure
- Botox for Chronic Migraines
- Intrathecal Drug Delivery System
- Intrathecal and Intradiscal Procedures
- COOLIEF (Cooled Radiofrequency Treatment)
Most of these procedures are minimally invasive and can be done in an office setting safely.
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Bookfest returns for 2022
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Made from kerbside green waste. Produced in partnership with the City of Launceston and supported by a circular economy grant from the Northern Tasmania Waste Management Group and Northern Tasmania Development Corporation.
FOGO stands for Food Organics and Garden Organics. The FOGO kerbside collection is operated by Launceston City Council and comprises of food and garden waste such as kitchen scraps, lawn clippings, small branches and garden debris.
Processing of the organic material collected in FOGO bins around Launceston takes place at the council's purpose-built composting facility at the Launceston Waste Centre. The composting process is undertaken with forced aeration technology to ensure the material is kept aerobic so that the microbes can convert the product into usable compost. The process follows strict quality standards (AS4454-2012) to ensure the compost product is free of weed seeds and pathogens.
Adding compost to soil improves its structure and texture, making it more ideal for plant growth by adding organic matter. With higher percentages of organic matter, the soil is better able to retain water, nutrients, and air, enhancing overall soil health providing a superfood for plants.
FOGO compost is already in use by the council to maintain parks throughout the Launceston municipality and is now available for purchase by the general public via Launceston City Mission.
FOGO Compost by City Mission is sold at selected Mission Shop in practical 5Kg and 14Kg bags. By purchasing this product, you are supporting your local circular economy, doing your bit for the environment and supporting City Mission services.
The product may contain low levels of contaminants, such as fragments of glass or metal. Not recommended for top dressing sports fields, livestock pastures, or inclusion in edible vegetable or plant production.
Due to the nature of the product, batches may vary in composition.
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Andrew Jackson is sort of a weird choice for commemoration on paper money: Aside from his role in the relocation of thousands of Native Americans that resulted in a massive number of deaths, which absolutely should not warrant celebration, the seventh president was also a prominent foe of the country's central banking system and hated paper currency. And yet, there he is on the $20 bill, shooting out of ATMs across the U.S. and occupying a space in American culture that historically has been exclusively for white dudes.
So maybe it's time to replace Jackson on the $20. And maybe it's time to replace him with someone other than a white dude -- specifically, with one of the countless women in American history that has brought about at least as much positive change as the men on our circulating currency. That's the premise and reasoning behind the Women on 20s campaign, which aims to celebrate the 19th Amendment's centennial by voting "to elevate women to a place that is today reserved exclusively for the men who shaped American history." From the campaign's website:
We believe this simple, symbolic and long-overdue change could be an important stepping stone for other initiatives promoting gender equality. Our money does say something about us, about what we value. So together, let’s make our money egalitarian and inclusive!
It's our mission to generate an overwhelming people's mandate for a new $20 bill, to be issued in time for the 100th anniversary in 2020 of the Constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. Think of it as honoring the vote by casting your vote. The process of commissioning, designing and minting a new bill takes years, so now is a good time to act.
The campaign includes 15 candidates that have been narrowed down for a primary round, selected from "a vigorous survey process involving more than a dozen women’s historians and academicians." Their backgrounds, accomplishments and contributions are varied: candidates range from Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Tubman to Frances Perkins and Patsy Mink. Voters can select three "female disrupters" this round, with the top three advancing to a final vote. And then it's up to the public to keep pushing for change.
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Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8
risen life in jesus
“Since you have been raised up in company with Christ, set your heart on what pertains to higher realms where Christ is seated at God’s right hand. Be intent on things above rather than on things of earth.” —Colossians 3:1-2
Alleluia! Jesus is risen! His tomb is empty! “Death has no more power over Him” (Rm 6:9). Alleluia!
Because we’ve been baptized into Christ, we have died with Him (Rm 6:3). “If we have been united with Him through likeness to His death, so shall we be through a like resurrection” (Rm 6:5). This very day we have already “been raised up” with Jesus to share in His glorious, heavenly, risen life (Col 3:1).
For many in the United States, the joy of Easter means returning to the things we gave up for Lent. It’s back to chocolate, sweets, soft drinks, ice cream, etc. Yes, we do have to “celebrate and rejoice” on Easter (Lk 15:32), and these treats help us to celebrate, but if we find our joy simply in returning to the old life we lived before Lent, we will have missed Easter.
Jesus is the reason for the season! He is risen! We are invited to a risen life with Him that is so new, powerful, and exciting that we can’t sufficiently celebrate it with the “old yeast,” that is, our old joys and old lifestyle (1 Cor 5:7). Let us “be intent on things above rather than on things of earth” (Col 3:2). Let’s celebrate the fifty-day Easter season by immersing ourselves in God’s Word, which is sweeter than the tastiest candy (Ps 119:103), and in the Eucharist, the “bread of sincerity and truth” (1 Cor 5:8).
Prayer: Father, give me new, risen ways to celebrate “this new life” (Acts 5:20). Praise and glory to You, risen Jesus!
Promise: “He saw and believed.” —Jn 20:8
Praise: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it” (Ps 118:24). Jesus is risen! Alleluia!
Reference: (This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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The Nihil Obstat ("Permission to Publish") is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have granted the Nihil Obstat agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed. | <urn:uuid:ccd4ddf2-f07c-4560-bcc2-c45a9e6e037f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.presentationministries.com/series/obob/obob-2022-4-17-en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.932245 | 699 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Wart on foot
The most common place for a wart is on the bottom (plantar surface). Hence, the term "plantar wart".
Warts represent a
infection of the skin, caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Warts are non-cancerous growths that can appear alone or in a cluster.
Anyone can get warts, but they are more common among children. People with a weakened immune system are also more likely to get warts.
Warts are contagious. They can spread to different parts of the body and from one person to another.
Topical acid is often used to treat warts. This treatment works better if the thick skin on the surface of the wart is pared down before application.
Cryotherapy is the destruction of the wart by freezing it. Depning on the depth, cryotherapy may require several sessions in order to be effective.
Other options to treat plantar warts include laser therapy and surgery.
There is no guaranteed way to prevent warts. Similarly, a wart may reappear near the location of the one that was treated.
Skokie Foot & Ankle Specialists, Ltd.
9933 Lawler Ave., Suite 315
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Prince Yuri Lubovedsky
During one of these expeditions, in the year 1898, he died from the bite of a wild camel in the Gobi Desert. I will describe the occurrence in as much detail as possible, because not only was the death of Soloviev very strange, but our method of crossing the desert was unprecedented and in itself highly instructive.
I shall begin the description from the time when, having travelled with great difficulty from Tashkent up the course of the river Sharakshan and over several mountain passes, we arrived at F, a very small place on the edge of the Gobi Desert.
We decided before beginning our proposed crossing of the desert to rest at this village for several weeks. And while staying there we, sometimes as a group, sometimes individually, met various local inhabitants, who in answer to our questions told us all sorts of beliefs connected with the Gobi Desert.
What we chiefly heard in these conversations was that, under the sands of the present-day desert, villages and even entire cities lay buried, and that these sands also covered many treasures and other riches of the ancient peoples who had inhabited this once flourishing region. It was said that information about the location of these riches was known to certain men living in the neighbouring villages and was handed down from father to son under vows of secrecy. The violation of these vows, as many had already learned, entailed a punishment whose severity depended upon the importance of the secret betrayed.
Repeated mention was made of a certain region of the Gobi Desert where, it seemed, it was definitely known to many that a great city lay buried; and in this connection there were a number of suspicious indications, not contradictory to each other, which seriously interested many of us, particularly Professor Skridlov, the archaeologist, who was among the members of our expedition. | <urn:uuid:769f57f5-91f4-4e9e-80b5-cb559ad96cce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tofathomthegist.com/a-m165/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.984786 | 379 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Many people assume that the terms Internet and the World Wide Web can be used interchangeably. However, that isn’t true. The Internet and the World Wide Web are both two separate technologies.
In fact, the World Wide Web is only one aspect of the Internet, which is a global network. The Web is made up of billions of digital documents which are accessible in any web browser of your choice.
In this article, we’ll go into further differences between the Internet and the World Wide Web, and why it matters.
While you may not think that the differences between the Internet and the World Wide Web matter, for marketers and SEO analysts, it matters a great deal.
In the world of Search Engine Optimization, understanding the differences between the Internet and the Web can help get your content recognized on search engines and make you more easily discovered.
While you need the Internet to access the World Wide Web, you don’t need the World Wide Web to access the internet.
A Brief Understanding of SEO
Before we go further into the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web, you should know a little bit more about SEO.
Briefly, we explained that SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and it’s a tool that is heavily utilized when dabbling with search engines.
SEO is used to detect your website through search engines. There are distinct practices and strategies that can be used to help your website stand out in search engine results.
This article will help you comprehend the differences between the Internet and the World Wide Web to help you better understand how SEO works for you.
See, search engines are only utilized on the World Wide Web, and they gather information about other websites to present information to the querying users.
Search engines take the query they’re given and match a list of results that answer their queries. These are the results pages.
There are a number of search engines available in the world today, and the most popular among them is Google, and YouTube. While you may think that YouTube is used for video streaming, SEO is used to find specific videos for a target audience.
Search engines utilize keywords to help find queries, as they don’t understand grammar rules in the same way as a human. Instead, you need to ensure that you specifically mention the keyword.
Therefore, you need to use keyword research to identify opportunities that you can rank for. They also utilize link building to help your website perform better in organic searches.
The Internet VS The internet
Depending on the part of the internet you’re referring to, you may wonder whether you need to capitalize the Internet.
Most grammar rulebooks don’t stress the need for capitalization, but when referring to the Internet as a whole, it can be useful to capitalize it to understand that you’re discussing the entire network.
However, the internet can be used when you’re discussing it as if it’s the web.
The Internet was first a concept used by the US Department of Defense that was explored by ARPA, otherwise referred to as the Advanced Research Projects Agency.
This occurred all the way back in the 1960s and has since been developed further to create the largest network of shared information in the world.
Originally, it was just a small network between a pair of computers at MIT, but this changed to become available on numerous campuses.
What few people understand is that the Internet has been around far longer than the World Wide Web, which was designed to make sharing information between everyone more accessible to the population.
By capitalizing the Internet, you are able to identify the historical connotations and help separate it from the modern internet which is associated with the World Wide Web.
However, as a general grammar rule, the internet itself doesn’t need any capitalization in the majority of contexts.
What is the Internet?
The Internet is a massive public network of other networks and connects a maze of hardwire and wireless connections between drivers and billions of devices all around the world.
When thinking of the Internet, it’s best to think of it as a global computer with many little computers taking the role of a server. Even when one user logs off, it doesn’t mean the rest of the system has to, the global network remains unscathed.
The information on a single computer is transmitted to another, regardless of the physical distance in between. There are a variety of different internets available online, with many businesses and educational institutes having an intranet.
The intranet is a privatized computer framework to allow for access to the members of that specific business, or a student of that institution.
Even when you use data on your cell phone, or when you’re playing a video game online with other gamers, you’re using the Internet to send and receive that information.
So the Internet is not limited to only computers, but to smartphones, games consoles, tablets, and many more devices.
What is the World Wide Web?
The World Wide Web which is also casually referred to as the Web is a system that’s used to access and navigate the Internet.
For many people, the Web is the standard method of browsing the Internet, and there are other alternatives available, but this one is the most popularly used.
The Web uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which you’ll recognize as the HTTP code at the beginning of all URLs once they are accessed.
The primary language of the Web is HTML or HyperText Markup Language, which uses HTTP as the grammar rule behind it.
Language helps us all communicate, and HTML being the standardized language of the Web ensures that all sites can communicate with each other.
HTML files are used by the Web to make sense of the pages that are displayed on a browser, which is the only way you can access the Web. However, you don’t always need a screen to connect to the Internet, which doesn’t require HTTP or HTML to work.
The Web was first accessed in 1991, but it was established by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. However, the Internet has been around since the 1960s.
Understanding the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet can play a huge role in understanding search engines and SEO.
An essential feature of HTML is the utilization of hyperlinks. Numerous websites utilize links to share information with one another and travel between each page.
You can think of links as the architecture of the Web, as you need these to navigate the Web and explore your browser.
If you have a basic understanding of SEO, you should know that links are vital in ensuring the ranking of your website as it appears on search engines.
Links are critical to gaining visibility in SERPs, or, in layman’s terms, Search Engine Results Pages. If you want to appear in SERPs, you need to establish a way to build links to both your content and your website.
SERPs are essentially pages filled with links, and some SEO analysts and marketers have argued whether links are still relevant in this day and age. However, Google is a web-based search engine, so links will always be relevant to the ranking of SERPs.
However, it’s not only links that establish your website’s ranking. You need to consider any meaningful keywords, the search intern, the optimization, and the proper use of English grammar.
These are all factors that need to be kept in mind, alongside links which are the glue that holds the Web together.
By using link-building services as a part of your SEO strategy, you can help your content become discovered through search engines, and indexed on the right page.
The Web VS The Internet
The Internet can be accessed through so many devices, from games to music streaming. However, the Web needs links to ensure it works.
While applications may have HTML code and other links in their backend, it doesn’t mean that they link to other web pages. Their links are used to connect one another to the internal machinations of the app.
Content can be accessed either through the Web or in the form of applications. You can identify this by looking at social media apps and news apps.
All of these have their own web pages, but they still have an app designed to make their content more accessible to their audiences. However, even if they post the same content, it’s not exactly the same.
If you publish content on an application, it doesn’t mean that it can be found on SERPs. It can’t even be found on a browser unless it’s already been published on the Web.
Instead, the app uses its own mini-network to make the content more accessible within the app. However, on a web page, you want to ensure that you can have it discovered by everyone and not just the users.
Apps themselves don’t rely on HTML but instead are made up of different coding languages to ensure that they work.
Due to the differences between how the Internet and the Web work, understanding the differences can help you understand the benefits of SEO and link building.
It is through the use of search engines that people ask questions and search for specific sites to get their information, and they can’t just get them from an app.
By answering questions and using links, you can make your content reach a larger audience than you would expect if you only have an app available on the Internet.
Hopefully, with the help of this article, you have a better understanding of the differences between the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Understanding the differences between them can help your Search Engine Optimization results, and help your page appear with a higher rank on Search Engine Result Pages.
By understanding how to utilize both the Internet and the World Wide Web, you’ll be able to see that while you can use them as interchangeable terms, they are not actually the same.
When discussing the internet, most people will assume you are talking about the web, but when you are using the internet for marketing, you should refer to the World Wide Web as search engines are all web-based.
While the Internet is used, and you need to be connected to it to utilize web-based marketing, it is through the Web that links are built.
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I think growing up with a disabled mom gave me an understanding of how hurtful judging others for their differences can be. Living with multiple sclerosis and coping with the progression of the disease has made me even more aware of this.
A recent personal experience brought forth the emotions this kind of judgment puts on those living with chronic illness and/or a disability.
This individuals judgment couldn’t have come at a worse time. Emotions and exhaustion were already in over drive. As my family and I had just endured a 5 hour flight the day before and were coping with the loss of my grandmother.
In fact we had just returned to my Aunts home where everyone was gathering following the funeral.
Since my grandmother had been living in Florida with my Aunt there were quite a few people there my dad, sister, and I didn’t know.
One individual made her way over to speak to us. After saying she was sorry and how much she thought of my grandmother (which was very much appreciated) she carried on with your usual small talk.
Where are you from……and then she asked so what do all of you do for a living. I was extremely tired so all I could think to say was I’m disabled.
She then snickered and looked me up and down. She said well everyone has some kind of struggle these days. Isn’t there something you can do! She made some other comments but I couldn’t tell you what they were because in that moment I felt so little and worthless. I tried to say well I didn’t mean I don’t do anything. I’m just not able to work outside the home. But the words just wouldn’t come out.
It just wasn’t the time or place to say anything and I wasn’t going to make the day any harder on my Aunt. So I felt it best to let it go. I thought if I was quiet it would just end it.
She went on to talk to my sister about her farm. She just couldn’t stop there. She kept taking little shots at my family like somehow we were beneath her. I felt like the best thing for me to do at this time was just step away from the conversation.
I struggle every day to get up. It isn’t easy because my left side is so much weaker than the right but I have developed a way of doing this. She saw me turning and positioning myself to get up and thought she should explain to me how I was doing it wrong. She went on to tell me the right way to do so. Let me just say her way would not have helped me at all. To do what she wanted me to do I would first of all need to have balance. Second I would need to have strength in my legs Any way I managed to get up and leave the room. After I left I heard her say to my sister. I hope I didn’t offend her. My sister just politely smoothed things over and said no, I think she is just tired.
My sister told me that she thought she offended me when I left the room. I said well she did.
When we returned home I told my mom about the incident and she said well next time just say you’re retired. Yes that would probably be an easier way to handle the situation. Like I told my mom. That would be easier but I don’t feel like I should have to be ashamed or hide the truth. I did nothing wrong. I didn’t cause this disease. I am disabled. That does not mean that I am lazy or that I sit around watching TV all day. I still work with in my home. I still do all of the cleaning and cooking. It doesn’t mean that I no longer want to work. I want so much to be able to work. I miss it every day of my LIFE! But I am not going to beat myself up for something I have no control over either. I will not apologize for MS taking that away from me. I will however keep fighting to stay as active as I possibly can. I will continue to live a happy life in spite of my limitations.
This person’s judgment bothered me for a number of reasons. She just assumed I was lying because she couldn’t visibly see anything wrong with me. She assumed I was lazy and didn’t want to work. I’m sure she thinks I’m just taking advantage of the system so I can stay home. All of which are wrong. She doesn’t know me. Never met me before this day. She doesn’t know how long I worked or how hard I worked. How long I continued to work after my diagnosis. On top of that I feel she should have kept her thoughts to herself considering the reason we were all together. We were there to remember my grandmother and it was just disrespectful.
We are all guilty of passing judgment at some point in our lives. Myself included. I’m not perfect but I also know that I have enough respect for myself and others to stop myself and think before I speak. I ask myself do I know this person’s situation or what struggles they may be facing.
1. Is it true? Do you have all the facts? Chances are you don’t have all the information. You don’t know everything there is to know about a person’s situation. Especially if you have never met them before.
2. Is it helpful? Are your words going to help or hurt this person. Judgment increases stereotyping and creates negativity.
3. Is it inspiring? We should be lifting each other up not tearing each other down.
4. Is it necessary? Is your comment necessary? Is it bad timing.
5. Is it kind? If your comment could possibly hurt or embarrass someone it is not kind!
Do onto others as you would want done to you. How would you feel if someone treated you or a loved one this way?
Things to Remember:
Judging others doesn’t define who they are it defines who you are as a person.
Appearance is deceptive. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Just because it isn’t visible to you doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
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Monday, November 28, 2005
Cabbage May Cut Cancer Risk
By Jackie Jadrnak
Journal Staff Writer
Dr. Dorothy Rybaczyk Pathak remembers, growing up in rural Poland, how her cousin would fetch a chunk of sauerkraut, frozen in a barrel stored in the barn through the icy winters.
Little did she imagine then that the thawed side dish, served about five times a week with a little oil and sugar added, might protect her from breast cancer.
But now, as a professor of epidemiology with joint appointments at Michigan State University and the University of New Mexico, she has done a study that suggests that might be the case.
Polish immigrants in the United States who ate a lot of cabbage when they were 12 or 13 years old— more than three servings a week— had a breast cancer risk about 70 percent lower than those who ate little cabbage during their adolescence and adulthood, she found.
And the preparation of the vegetable made a difference. "Make sure it's raw or short-cooked," Pathak said, explaining that long cooking depletes the helpful substances.
She presented the findings at an Oct. 30-Nov. 2 conference of the American Association of Cancer Research in Baltimore.
"When we think about increasing our risk (for cancer), we like to attribute it to the risk factors we are acquiring. But probably the risk is increased from both ends," Pathak said.
"The void when we remove from our diets food that protects us may be filled by foods that increase the risk of breast cancer ... It's not just what we acquire, but what we give up."
Pathak said she got interested in studying the question after noticing women in Poland have about one-third the rate of breast cancer as women in the United States. But when they migrate to the United States, or to other countries, their cancer rates soon rise to the same level as that of their new home.
"So what is it that could be changing so rapidly?" Pathak wondered. "My primary hypothesis is that it was dietary."
In the 1980s, there had been an explosion of research showing anti-cancer properties of cruciferous vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, for example. Research in cell lines and animal models showed those vegetables yielded compounds that could block cancer at early stages.
The compounds activate genes that regulate enzymes that detoxify certain cancer-causing substances; that aid in DNA repair; that affect proliferation of cells; and that program death of damaged cells, she said.
In animals, the compounds— glucosinolates and their breakdown products— help prevent cancer from forming in the first place, and also decrease the number and size of tumors once they form, she said.
With that in mind, she noted that a person in Poland eats 30 pounds of cabbage a year, compared to an average of 10 pounds in this country.
Could that make a difference in breast cancer rates?
While at Michigan State, she and colleagues took a look at Polish immigrants in the Detroit and Chicago areas— more than 400 all together, 140 of whom had breast cancer.
They adjusted for any other differences in the groups that might influence cancer rates, such as reproductive history and exercise levels. And they asked about cabbage consumption, both as adolescents and adults, as well as whether it was eaten raw, short-cooked or long-cooked.
Teens, eat your cabbage
Results showed lower cancer rates in women who ate lots of cabbage during their early teens. It's thought, Pathak said, that many of the cellular changes that lead to cancer might occur from the time a woman's breasts first start developing to the time of her first pregnancy.
There also was some risk reduction for women who ate moderate amounts (one-and-a-half to three servings a week) in their youth, but move to high consumption in adulthood.
That protection didn't hold, though, for people who ate cabbage cooked a long time in stews, for example.
Pathak, who came to the U.S. as a 16-year-old in 1964, confesses that she didn't eat cabbage regularly after she moved here.
Her habits reverted after the study, she said. "I definitely started to eat more," she said, adding that her husband chops up cabbage for cole slaw and her daughter carries it to school in her lunch.
"I asked my sister in Poland to send me the recipe for making my own sauerkraut. I would like to make my own," she said.
Pathak is following up this study with research to see if the presence of certain genes— ones that result in slower breakdown of protective substances, but also result in the body eliminating cancerous compounds more slowly— make a difference in how much protection a person can get from cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage.
"There's so much gene-environment interaction," she said, noting that's the wave of future cancer research.
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Automatic recognition of fish species
Saving your catch to FishFriender is even faster with automatic fish species recognition. Shazam for fishes 🧞♂️🐟 !
A new algorithm trained with machine learning
Any fisherman who is at least interested in the ecosystem quickly learns to recognize the species he observes during his fishing sessions.
At FishFriender, we continually try to help you record your catches as quickly as possible so you can make the most of your time at the water's edge.
To further improve our catch recording experience, we thought it would be possible to facilitate species selection by integrating visual recognition technology. Indeed, with all the photos posted on the platform, there was probably something useful and innovative to be done.
Using a little artificial intelligence, we created an algorithm capable of recognizing the species of fish in your photo based on the catches recorded by the community. The algorithm of course makes the difference between a sea bass and a perch, but also between two species of trout such as fario and rainbow for example.
And the best part: the algorithm is embedded in the new version of the app, which means that it works offline. You can therefore continue to record your catches as usual, even if you are fishing in very remote areas, without signal!
How to use the species recognition feature?
Well, basically, you don't have to do anything special. Nothing has changed from the "world before automatic recognition" - you just need to record a catch as usual.
Immediately after selecting the photo(s) of your catch, the app still offers you to choose the species, but highlights the recognized species. You just have to click on the proposed species, no need to search or scroll! And of course, if the algorithm is ever wrong (it can happen, it is young, still in training on some species), select the right species, and it will learn as it goes.
To learn more on how to save your first catches in your fishing log, 👉 read the article here 👈
Using the fish species recognition feature on FishFriender
FishFriender: artificial intelligence at the service of fishing
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For almost eight years, the Australian Government has designed and maintained a deliberate system of abuse for thousands of adults and children who have fled their homes in search of safety.
In early 2021, we have seen progress with the release of refugees who have been detained in alternative places of detention. However, over 1000 people remain in transitory limbo because of Australia’s detention regime. More than 150 Medevaced refugees remain detained around Australia, with approximately 260 still trapped in PNG and Nauru.
Let’s make 2021 the year this changes and we commit as a country to never return to this cruel system of indefinite detention.
These people – doctors, musicians, athletes, and social workers – have been left without hope for more than seven years and many suffer trauma and illness every day because of their experiences in detention.
All people deserve safety and hope for a better future. Australians have an opportunity to come together as one to call ‘Game Over’ and get people to safety so they can rebuild their lives. There are solutions.
For example – since 2013, the New Zealand Government has offered to resettle 150 refugees a year. If the Australian Government had accepted this offer, there would be no one left in detention.
Amnesty International has been working with media personality and former Socceroo Craig Foster along with Sonny Bill Williams to advocate safe, sustainable alternatives for people trapped in PNG, Nauru and in detention around Australia
How can we win this campaign?
Together – Amnesty Action Groups, networks, activists, refugees with lived experience, partners and staff will demand safe pathways for people still held indefinitely offshore or in limbo on the mainland. We have two aims:
- Release refugees from detention immediately – end detention both on and offshore
- Ensure safe and permanent resettlement for people seeking asylum – including safety net support in the community
Our medium-term aim is for the federal government to accept the NZ offer for resettlement. We have already harnessed the opportunity of Scott Morrison’s visit to NZ in May. And we made sure that Game Over was all over socials, media and on the ground in Queenstown. But we need to keep the pressure on the Australian Government to accept the NZ offer.
What can I do?
Who in your community could join our unlikely allies group?
Map your community to identify who you could ask to show support for this campaign. Check out our activist training guide on Partnerships and Community Mapping or use this Community Mapping Template to get started.
Check with your existing network / action group – Are there people who have links to religious communities, sportspeople and/or artist networks in your area? What about leaders and/or members of ethnic communities? Or health professionals or teachers?
Consider what could be upcoming activities in the next few months where you could reach out to these communities and ask them to support this campaign.
Mobilising Religious communities to show support
There are key dates coming up where we could reach out and mobilise religious communities to show support. Use local opportunities to speak to these networks about what is happening with refugees in this country. Ask for their support – sign the petition, ask them to write to your local MP, or to attend an upcoming webinar to learn more about our campaign.
Key dates coming up:
- 15 – 21 March – Harmony Week
- 21 Mar International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 28 Mar – Palm Sunday. Theme – Justice and a Fair Go for Refugees. Attend rallies or services in your community and ask people to take action . Find out more here
- May- Leaders forum in NZ
- 20-26 June – Refugee Week
- 19 July – Eight Years Too Long
- 28 July – 70 Year Anniversary of the Refugee Convention
- Late August – 20 Year Anniversary of Tampa
Useful Resources and Contacts
For Palm Sunday Resources you will find everything you need on the Australian Refugee Action Network Website
Find all the resources you need to take action on the GameOver resources page including:
Join the National Refugee Network Facebook Group. The National Refugee Network meet on the third Thursday of the month.
Keen to Learn More?
If you’ve ever wondered how Australia became one of the most hostile places on Earth for refugees, explore Temporary, a new project from UNSW’s Kaldor Centre. Temporary tracks the hopes of people living in limbo within our communities – through stories, art, and an eight-episode narrative podcast. This series will help you understand how people survive in spite of a system designed to keep them out.
Useful upcoming training – see more on our Activism Planner
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This Awesome Cave Dive Narration of a dive in the Pearse Resurgence, New Zealand does an excellent job of explaining how such a dive is safely performed.
The video is fairly long, but well worth the time. It shares a wealth of insights about the technical and practical aspects of the dive while sharing what it is like to explore a cave of this depth.
The cave is impressive and seems to be well equipped with habitats and lines for divers to explore the cave in relative safety.
The narration of the cave’s exploration adds a huge amount of first person knowledge to the clip. Including the segment of the dive when the two divers got separated and almost had to call the dive.
Watch this awesome cave dive narration in the video below.
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Zoo in Vietnam admits to auctioning tiger bodies
Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:26am GMT
HANOI (Reuters) – The Hanoi Zoo admitted selling dead tigers at auctions to Vietnamese animal traffickers, the latest in a spate of violations of international conservation laws meant to protect endangered Indochina tigers, newspapers reported.
Vietnamese papers said on Thursday that the money, about $8,000 each for two tigers, was deposited into the zoo’s bank account. Some carried photos of the official receipt, but zoo officials declined to comment when contacted about the reports.
Tiger bones and other wild animal body parts, smuggled from neighboring countries and around Vietnam, are used to make traditional medicines in Southeast Asia.
The tigers were reported to have died of diseases in the zoo, but they should have been cremated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, signed by Vietnam in 1994.
The zoo’s admission comes after officials said they seized two live tigers from a car driving through the capital, Hanoi, on Monday and arrested two suspected animal traffickers.
They led police to a house where frozen pieces of four tiger bodies were stored along with stoves used for cooking glue from animal bones. Police said suspected trafficker Nguyen Quoc Truong told them he legally purchased two of the dead tigers from the Hanoi Zoo.
A zoo official was quoted by newspapers as saying the tiger bodies were sold to Truong without the approval of the Hanoi forestry management agency.
Last September, police found two frozen tigers in a fridge and two soup kettles filled with animal bones in an outdoor kitchen in Hanoi. The animal parts were cooked to make traditional medicines sold for about $800 per 100 grams.
Also last year, eight men were jailed for up to 11- years for poisoning a tiger in a zoo and selling it for $15,000 in southern Tien Giang province.
(Reporting by Grant McCool; Editing by Alex Richardson)
For The Tiger
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"[Los Angeles] can be as enjoyable as a kaleidoscope -- with a shake of the wrist, pieces of colored glass give you the illusion of a new rosette." ~ Simone de Beauvoir
The facets of Los Angeles include the lands and indigenous peoples belonging to a network of tribal villages; transformation of a pueblo turned major metropolis; development of one of the nation’s most diverse populations; and birthplace of the entertainment industry—to name a few. The Southwest Museum of the American Indian, founded in 1907, and the Assistance League of Los Angeles, founded in 1919, document these aspects of the L.A. story.
The Southwest Museum is the oldest museum in Los Angeles, and many of the archive collections highlighted in the What’s Her Story exhibit are from the museum’s library collection, now known as the Braun Research Library Collection.
The Assistance League of Los Angeles was started by a group of philanthropic socialites. The League’s activities reflected the city’s development throughout their 100+ year history.
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GIGABYTE is going on the offensive with its Gaming GT PC, a new SFF gaming PC that rocks some ridiculously delicious specifications - normally found in a high-end desktop gaming PC.
We're looking at Intel's Core i7-6700K processor, a GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming graphics card, 32GB of DDR RAM, a 240GB PCIe-based SSD, 1TB mechanical HDD (2.5-inch 7200RPM), plenty of connectivity (Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1 Type-C, 5 x USB 3.0, and 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A).
All of this fits into a chassis that is barely bigger than the PS3 console, with an automated exhaust system that AnandTech reports "opens up exhaust flippers at the top of the computer when it needs to cool down the components". The site continues: "The chassis can accommodate any double wide graphics card with a maximum size of 280 mm in length and 41 mm in depth, but nothing too custom with regards heat pipes and backplates because the space is constrained".
GIGABYTE powers the GTX 1080-based Gaming GT system with a 400W PSU, and of course - RGB LEDs on top of it. They can be controlled with GIGABYTE's Ambient LED software.
As for pricing and availability, we know nothing on that yet - but we're sure GIGABYTE will have some big announcements next week at CES.
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What will your legacy look like?
Estate planning is about putting your affairs in order, to help make the lives of your loved ones easier. It can help to protect your estate for your beneficiaries and reduce the impact of Inheritance Tax (commonly called IHT for short).
IHT is something many of us don’t know enough about. Simply because we don’t think we need to.
Five key points to consider – Tax year 2022/23
1) IHT doesn’t just affect the wealthy
Traditionally, only the wealthiest in society were affected by IHT. But rising property prices means more and more people are now facing it. It all comes down to the value of your overall estate upon your death. If it’s worth more than your personal nil-rate band (NRB), anything above could be liable to IHT at up to 40%. (If you’re single or divorced, the NRB is £325,000 and if you’re married, in a registered civil partnership or widowed, it’s up to £650,000).
2) There’s also the residence nil-rate band (RNRB) – but not everyone can benefit
If you’re wondering what the RNRB is, this can be used alongside your usual NRB – and was introduced to help more people reduce their IHT liability. Every UK adult has a RNRB of £175,000. But the rules can be more complex than many people realise. Amongst the restrictions, you can only use this allowance if it relates to a property you have lived in, and passed to a direct descendant (such as your child or grandchild – not a friend, niece or nephew).
3) Your estate isn’t just your home
Your savings and investments, car and any rental properties form a part of your estate. Not forgetting any jewellery you have, household furniture or expensive paintings (minus any liabilities, like an unpaid mortgage). After working out the value of your belongings, you may be surprised by how much your estate comes to. It could be worth a lot more than you think. It’s also important to bear in mind that these assets could increase or decrease in value in the future.
4) Annual revenue is expected to keep climbing
The latest IHT figures should be a ‘wake-up call’ for families to think carefully about their tax planning. IHT receipts in the United Kingdom amounted to approximately £5.32 billion in the financial year 2020/21.
5) Your could do something about it
There are plenty of perfectly legal steps you can take to protect your family’s wealth from the taxman. The IHT solutions include annual exemptions, allowances, direct gifts and trusts.
Of course, there are many different options to choose from – so it’s important you find one that’s right for you. With this in mind, and the fact that IHT can be a complex subject, you should always obtain professional financial advice to guide you through the complexities – and help you put suitable plans in place.
Worried about Inheritance Tax eating into your estate?
How can you leave a tax-efficient legacy? We’ll help you leave more to those you love most. Although it’s not nice to think about, getting your affairs in order for when you pass away can bring real peace of mind as you get older. To find out more, please contact us to discuss your requirements or visit our Inheritance Tax page.
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Some of us just know when we’re ready. Some of us never feel like we’re ready but dive in anyway. Some of us don’t even plan on conceiving, but when it happens we’re overjoyed. Or at least equal parts overjoyed and terrified. The truth is pregnancy is different for everyone, but if you are planning on having a baby you’ll find plenty of helpful advice here.
Good habits start early
Everyday life takes over and it’s easy to neglect your diet and exercise regime. While conception is different for all women, here’s a simple rule of thumb that we can all follow: it’s never too early to start taking care of yourself. Healthy parents have a better chance of conceiving and giving their baby the best possible start in life.
It is recommended that you follow a healthy balanced diet because eating well helps prepare your body both before and during pregnancy. Eat three regular meals every day with a small snack in between if needed. Eat a variety of nutritious foods from the five food groups every day. Choose and prepare foods and drinks which are low in saturated fat, with little or no added sugar and that are low in salt. Drink plenty of fluids, water is best.
Folic acid is a must
Folic acid is an essential B-vitamin that is important during conception and pregnancy to help prevent birth defects such as spina bifida. Take one 800ug folic acid-only tablet daily for at least four weeks before pregnancy, and until the end of the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Folic acid is found in some foods like green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, legumes and grains. You don’t get enough folic acid from diet alone during pregnancy, and that’s why you need to take a folic acid-only supplement. Your doctor or midwife will recommend a folic acid-only supplement to take before and during pregnancy.
Try to achieve a healthy body weight with heathy eating and regular physical activity. Work on improving your fitness, as carrying excess weight can put extra strain on your body. Even small amounts help, so when you get a chance to add exercise into your day – take it! It is recommended that you do at least 2 ½ hours of moderate-intensity or 1 ¼ vigorous-intensity physical activity spread throughout the week before pregnancy.
Aim to quit well before you start trying for a baby. There are a lot of resources to help you take that healthy leap.
If you’re concerned about your diet, weight or fitness, see your health professional for advice or referral to a dietitian.
Ministry of Health. 2020. Eating and Activity Guidelines for New Zealand Adults. Updated 2020. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
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Ageing can be difficult for people to deal with, making it challenging for many to leave homes without mobility aids like walkers or wheelchairs. Invariably, having a trusted aged care products supplier can be among the best things for such facilities and individuals who wish to purchase these items.
A reputable online aged care equipment supplier will ensure to provide quality products round the clock, allowing ageing people to lead more comfortable, manageable lives. Moreover, these enterprises serve several homecare facilities, hospitals, care centres, and other healthcare establishments, providing top-grade equipment at affordable rates.
The following information elaborates on the need for this equipment for older adults and why you should always buy them from a respected retailer.
Why they matter
Many studies reveal the importance of safety furnishings such as custom bathroom fittings and call alarms for ageing folks at home, preventing sudden falls and enabling them to reach others for assistance. As they grow older, they may need other equipment to make life more manageable, such as study walkers to move around the house, grab bars to help stand, and stair lifts to go up and down stairs.
While people who reach a certain age should have someone to rely on at home, these gadgets and safety devices can help them enjoy a certain level of independence. It can make life happier as they adjust to their changing bodies and needs.
Examples of this equipment
The market for aged care devices and mobility equipment is vast as there are countless items to make life easier and better for this demographic. However, some of the most sought-after products are as follows.
Fall prevention gear – Devices like sensor pads, fall alarms, call bells, and grab bars can prevent falls that can lead to grave injuries.
Mobility devices – Walkers, rollators, and wheelchairs can help aged people with disabilities or painful joints to get around the house and outdoors with minimum to no assistance.
Pressure care devices – Many individuals have pressure sensitivity, making it nearly impossible to be comfortable on any surface. Air mattresses, overlays, and pressure cushions can help ease their bodies, enabling them to get plenty of rest.
Monitoring aids – It is a must for most older people to invest in good-quality blood pressure monitors, glucometers, nebulizers, compression clothing, and hot and cold compressors. These devices help them check their vitals anytime without hassles.
Finding a trusted vendor
It is paramount that you rely on a respected industry leader to enjoy the highest quality products and services. Ideally, look for retailers who provide an extensive range of devices and equipment to make life comfortable, convenient, and more manageable for the elderly. You can also browse the reviews on their website to gauge their experience, authenticity, and reputation.
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DVLA warn motorists against using 'misleading websites'
Fraud prevention experts at Cifas said the DVLA has issued a range of scam warnings affecting thousands of drivers. Scam messages may catch out drivers due to the enticing messages often sent out to vulnerable road users.
Many of the texts claim the driver is “due a refund” on their policy which may fool thousands of drivers struggling financially due to the coronavirus pandemic.
CIFAS said: “The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has issued a warning of scam messages attempting to fool motorists into handing over personal and banking details.
“These scam messages will often claim the driver has overpaid their car tax and is due a refund, or that there has been an issue with payment and they must update their information."
Anybody who has provided details to one of these scam messages should report a case to Action Fraud or Police Scotland and contact their bank immediately.
Drivers may be caught out by the new scam messages
“Phishing emails can also be forwarded to email@example.com and scam text messages to 7726.”
Just days ago, the DVLA posted an extra warning on Twitter with some examples of the messages often sent to road users.
Some of the emails claimed vehicle tax was still “unpaid” or had been “cancelled '' as they encouraged drivers to settle their accounts.
Some of the emails appear to have been sent from DVLA branded emails and even include the official GOV.UK logo in a bid to trick drivers.
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The DVLA said: “New scams crop up all the time and you may be the next target.
“Make sure you use GOV.UK for DVLA services and information.
“Report misleading websites, emails, phone numbers, phone calls or text messages you think may be suspicious.”
The DVLA revealed there had been a 603 percent increase in reports of fraudulent emails texts and phone calls in the three months to September 2020 compared to the same time last year.
Public reports of email scams saw their biggest rise between July and September 2020 compared to the same three months last year.
Cases jumped from just 603 to over 3,800 in a massive 531 percent increase.
Sally Felton, Doctor of Intelligence and Member Experience for Cifas wanted criminals were “always on the lookout” to take advantage of vulnerable people.
She warned many fraudsters would be looking to use “innovative ways” to steal information during the lockdown.
Ms Fenton said: “Criminals are always on the lookout for the latest vulnerabilities in day-to-day life to take advantage of.
“With the nation back into lockdown, we can be confident they’ll continue to look for new and innovative ways to attempt to steal our personal and financial information – especially with an increasing number of us shopping and transacting online.
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Stainforth Bonfire Night happens on 5th November. Commemorate bonfire night with fireworks and partying manifesting in Stainforth, South Yorkshire this evening.
Derive pleasure in a stunning professional demonstration of fireworks lighting up the night-time sky as we remember Guy Fawkes Night in Stainforth.
Dig into tasty hot meals and beverages from local outlets during the evening. Hit the local dining establishments and bars subsequent to the extravaganza to proceed with the bonfire nightfall celebrations.
Incorporated in the celebration there may be live entertainment music broadcast in certain areas accompanied by carnival rides, but this will be contingent on the fete organizers in this particular place.
Inhabitants and out-of-towners throw themselves in demonstrations and festivities, savor firework displays and of course bonfires. There are several sites that complement all people’s preferred reveling style.
Guy Fawkes Night is held every year on November 5. It is at times designated as Bonfire Night and observes the remembrance the discovery of a plot put in motion by Catholic conspirators to pulverize the Houses of Parliament in London in 1605. Many people ignite bonfires and touch off fireworks.
For you to know why we celebrate Bonfire Night, then you must be aware of the bygone days.
The day originates 1605 to the Gunpowder Plot. That year, a gathering of Catholic zealots defied the Monarch objecting the injustice against the Catholic church.
Going by the authority of King James 1, the Catholic Church was assailed. The justification for this was given that the monarchy backed Protestants. A group of catholic men retaliated by leveling the Houses of parliament.
The material to be used for the bombing were containers of gunpowder set beneath the house. They were to be detonated when the king and other representatives were in parliament.
The bombing was expected on 5th November in 1605. The people behind the plot hoped to murder the ruler in the melee including other leading people inside the structure guilty of oppressing Catholics.
The expected attack aborted since law officers unearthed the scheme before Guy Fawkes could detonate the gunpowder.
It is claimed that the defeat of the Gunpowder Plot was as a result of squabbles between the conspirators. Some were disturbed with the strategy due to the devastation it would have caused, and one of the plotters cautioned the authority by sending an anonymous letter.
The very same evening, those devoted to the King rejoiced the aborted scheme and his safety by starting bonfires and lighting fireworks. From then, it became a regular function that has come down generations.
Bonfire Night is commemorated as a remembrance of the botched undertaking by Catholic conspirators to kill the king and other state officials in 1605. The night also acts as an indication of the perils faced by statesmen.
You should remember that Bonfire Night is not an authorized public holiday. It is similar to a ritual remembered by protestants more than Catholics whose followers were responsible for the conspiracy.
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How to plant green onions in a garden
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Green onions and leeks have long roots — as far as their history goes, dating to 5, years ago. Most vegetable historians believe alliums like these originated in the Mediterranean region, although other members of the allium family started out in Asia. However, if you want to grow the same green onions called scallions or bunching onions you buy at the market, plant the variety called Allium fistulosum. Green onions and leeks are grouped together because they have a lot in common.
WATCH RELATED VIDEO: Growing green onions from green onion roots (with actual results)Content:
- Onion, Leek, Shallot, & Garlic
- How to Plant & Grow Green Onions in a Backyard
- How to Grow and Harvest Bunching Onions
- Growing Green Onions (Without a Garden)
- How To Grow Green Onions From Cuttings In A Week
- Onions and Related Crops - growing tips
- Spring Onion Growing Guide
- How to grow spring onion/ green onion at home
- How To Grow Green Onions
- How to Grow Green Onions and Scallions from Seed
Onion, Leek, Shallot, & Garlic
Allium cepa by Master Gardener Joe Michalek Green bunching onions are known by several names such as scallions, green onions, salad onions or spring onions. They are in the Alliaceae family which includes sweet onions, chives, shallots, leeks and garlic. This is a very diverse family with over different types of onions from which to choose. The common forms of bunching onions — those forming small bulbs — are Allium cepa. The nonbulbing types are A. Both are grown for their green tops but it is A.
They grow very well in our county and winter over to make a year-round product available in the garden. Growing bunching onions is relatively simple.
In Sonoma County, they can be planted from March through October allowing for a continuous harvest if you stagger plantings. Expect 70 to 80 days to harvest. Place transplants two inches apart in rows separated by twelve inches. Alternatively, direct seed close together when the soil warms in the spring and harvest by thinning onions until they reach one-fourth to one-half inch in diameter.
I do not direct seed as I find that I get better results from starting the seeds in a 4 inch plastic container. When it is time to transplant the seedlings I knock them out of the pot and plant them in a furrow about two inches deep. While bunching onions prefer a soil that is slightly acidic, they thrive in any well-drained Sonoma County soil. They also can be grown in outdoor or indoor containers. If grown indoors, place them close to a window so that they do not get too leggy.
Bunching onions are heavy nitrogen feeders. Do not skimp here as the plants will not grow well without adequate nourishment throughout the growing season. They also need regular water for the overall growth of the plant.
If your soil is not loose enough to hand pull weeds, take your hoe with you to the garden to keep the soil around the onions weed free.
But, do not disturb the shallow roots which fan out in a six inch diameter around each plant. This is a good plant to be included in the crop rotation as they are not carriers of the same diseases which affect other vegetables.
Onions appear to be deer and rodent resistant as these creatures do not like the sulfurous taste of the tops. Silvery-white streaks or blotches on the leaves during dry, warm weather are evidence of thrips which can be sprayed with insecticidal soap. Bunching onions are biennials.
Eat them the first year and into the spring of the next year. During the second year, they set flowers at the head of each stalk. After the seeds have matured in the spring they can be harvested and planted into pots and germinated so that they are ready for spring planting. Or, wait until the garden soil warms up in the spring and directly sow seed.
There is no need to remove onions when you clear out the fall garden. They will survive the winter and be edible until they set flowers in the early spring. If you want to transplant the scallions to another location in the garden or to a raised bed, be sure to cut the roots about half of their original length prior to transplanting.
The cutting of the roots gives the plant a chance to regenerate the roots and makes a stronger plant for the winter. The health benefits of this plant family are many. There are only 47 calories in a one-half cup serving of bunching onions. Primary nutrients are vitamin C and folic acid. The University of California Cooperative Extension Center for Health and Nutrition Research reports that onions contain flavonoids specifically, quercetin. Research suggests that flavonoids may be an important phytochemical group that contributes to the reduced risk of chronic disease — with onions contributing to a decrease in LDL cholesterol which is the bad cholesterol.
Also, quercetin is an anti-inflammatory and has antioxidant properties. Enjoy growing and eating this delicious Allium in its many forms on your table. Information Desk: Santa Rosa email : mgsonoma ucdavis. Click here to request a speaker for your organization. Click here to learn more about a free Garden Sense consultation. Donate to Master Gardeners. Watch us! If you did not have a chance to attend our webinars or online talks, you will find our recordings organized in playlists on our YouTube and subscribe so that you never miss an update :.
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How to Plant & Grow Green Onions in a Backyard
Onion is an ancient food dating back to B. It was introduced to North America by the pilgrims and was one of the first crops planted by the colonists. A large number of varieties can be found today ranging from large sweet onions to scallions. With the ability to enhance many foods, onions are a staple in many gardens today, as well as at the dinner table. Planters can be grown on terraces, porches, backyards, or indoors. Onions are also happy living among the flowers and look right at home among the colors of the season.
Then, once the plants begin to grow, thin them to 3 to 4 inches apart. Plants thinned from the row to create room can be used as green onions.
How to Grow and Harvest Bunching Onions
NC State Extension no garantiza la exactitud del texto traducido. English is the controlling language of this page. To the extent there is any conflict between the English text and the translation, English controls. Clicking on the translation link activates a free translation service to convert the page to Spanish. As with any Internet translation, the conversion is not context-sensitive and may not translate the text to its original meaning. NC State Extension does not guarantee the accuracy of the translated text. If you have ever planted onions only to grow a lackluster harvest of small bulbs, your growing technique may not be the issue. You may have started with the wrong onion.
Growing Green Onions (Without a Garden)
Cathy Isom has a few tips for you, as well as lets you know some advantages why you should be growing your own scallions. There are many advantages to growing your own scallions at home, rather than buying them. The flavor is fuller than most scallions you find at the grocery store and you can control what chemicals touch your crops. Finally, the small size of scallions makes it easier to chop and add to dishes than a full-sized onion.
H ow sweet it is — Noonday Sweet Onions, that is.
How To Grow Green Onions From Cuttings In A Week
Onions can be grown for their green immature stems or they can be grown for their mature bulbs. Onions grown for their green stems are called bunching onions. They are also called green onions, spring onions, and scallions. The terms are often used interchangeably. The stems of most onions that produce bulbs can be harvested early as green onions. But not all bunching onions will grow bulbs if allowed to grow to maturity.
Onions and Related Crops - growing tips
Spring onions have been grown for a long time — Egyptians grew them along the Nile during the time of the Pharaohs. One of the easiest vegetables to grow, onions sometimes confuse home gardeners as to the best type for their garden. We recommend using onion bulbs, which can be planted without worry of frost damage and have a higher success rate than transplants. Bulbs are perfect for the home gardener as they guarantee onions for use or storage within a few weeks after planting. As a member of the allium family they are a natural pest repellant to most foraging animals in the home garden. Note: These details are for growing onion bulbs, not green or bunching onions. To grow green onions, simply plant the seeds and harvest when they are an appropriate size for your use! Spring onions are usually sorted by the amount of daylight hours they need to grow bulbs; these are known as day-neutral and long day onions.
Growing onions in your garden is easy and fun. Use our guide to learn If you love fresh green onions, grow them from sets planted an inch apart.
Spring Onion Growing Guide
One of my favorite summer routines is taking daily or hourly strolls through my garden, plucking and eating edible leaves as I go. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission.
How to grow spring onion/ green onion at homeRELATED VIDEO: How To Grow Bunching Onions - Complete Growing Guide
In truth, green onions and scallions are the same vegetables. Whether you choose to call them scallions or green onions, you will find these delicious vegetables in almost every grocery store. Green onion seeds should be planted in early April for a transplant in early May. You should start green onion seedlings indoors for four weeks before being transplanted outside.
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How To Grow Green Onions
Green onions and scallions are by far some of the easiest vegetables to grow, especially if you are tight on space. Just a few can add great flavor to dishes and salads. This is partly because they are biennial, meaning they normally produce seeds in their second year, and because onion sets small, immature onions are sold to gardeners to grow bulb onions. In fact, all members of the onion family can be grown from seed. Green onions and scallions are essentially the same vegetable, except for one minor difference: green onions are more mature than scallions and therefore usually have a very small bulb at the base, while scallions are the same width from top to bottom.
How to Grow Green Onions and Scallions from Seed
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Watched Steve McQueen’s Small Axe on iPlayer? Well Estate Endz got there first. The Dream, written and directed by Nnenna Samson Abosi, was first performed back in October 2020, and it’s a totally engaging, enlightened piece of work. It focuses on the stories of black activists the Mangrove 9 and the Black Power Movement, but carefully weaves it into a wider conversation about community, the history of race relations in British and global racism.
From the start we’re made welcome, literally invited in to experience the delights of Caribbean culture. You can almost feel the sunshine and warmth as the music plays and the scene is set. We are embraced by the likeable and friendly Aunty Lou (Connie Bell) introducing the project, before meeting the family. From here we go forward together, through an array of events that document social history and significant milestones in black history; experiencing and understanding them together. This is my kind of activism!
We follow the story of the Trinidadian Johnson family, who moved to Britain at the time of Windrush. A hardworking, respectable household, their life in London brings disappointment, police brutality, ignorance and discrimination. But there is also great positivity, as they unite with their community to confront these issues, and their tale celebrates endeavour, dignity and respect.
The narrative flows beautifully across a smoothly edited sequence of scenarios over many years, making great use of Caribbean music and incidental sound to give atmosphere. Dipping in and out of fact and fiction, the talented, multi-rolling cast demonstrate how the black community has battled adversity and harassment to change the world, leading to the Race Relations Acts in the UK. Patrick Abbot’s delivery of the evil, divisive words of Enoch Powell, spoken verbatim, is truly chilling. To add a global perspective we hear the voices of figures like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and Einstein, still so very relevant today.
Despite covering such important and emotive subjects the play is never patronising, or aggressively provocative, and so succeeds in being the best kind of political; educating by making you care about the characters and wanting the best for them. Equally, it makes it very clear this is not just black history – it’s also white history, and that needs to be owned. The scene where we learn about Leonard’s (Adil Hassan) experiences as a bus conductor are so very moving, I was ashamed it could have happened.
We have come such a long way in race relations, but there is still more to do. As the show draws to a close we suddenly loop back to the beginning, reminded that the Windrush scandal is still happening, and warned that racism is a global pandemic still to be combatted. The show challenges us to question, do we really want our present to be the same as that past? By inviting us into this dialogue Estate Endz offer us a chance to to rethink and make change together.
This ambitious project is backed up with a highly informative webpage explaining the creative process and the background historical research that has gone into it, and I highly recommend checking it out. And all this is done by a youth group of under 25s. Great stuff guys! I am really looking forward to whatever you do next!
Written and directed by: Nnenna Samson Abosi
Co-directed by: Andrew McPherson and Connie Bell
Produced by: SPID Theatre
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Litigation involved with pedestrian accident lawsuits can be long and arduous. After reaching a settlement, it can take many months, or years, before you actually receive your legal fee.
Post-settlement legal funding, also known as our Fee Acceleration program, is a cash flow solution for attorneys waiting on slow-paying legal fees. Convert your settled fees into immediate working capital so you can smooth out irregular cash flow and continue to grow your firm. Call RD Legal Funding at 1-800-565-5177 to speak with a legal funding specialist. Or fill out the brief form to your right to begin the application process.
Pedestrians and cars share the roads and both are responsible for exercising ordinary care. However the drivers of the car have the added responsibility of keeping their automobiles under sufficient control to avoid injuring pedestrians. When cars collide with pedestrians, the results can be disastrous. Most pedestrian fatalities are due to traumatic brain injury resulting from the impact of the head against the car’s hood or windshield. Even at speeds as low as 10 miles an hour, a collision between a car and pedestrian can result in broken bones, head injuries, back and neck injuries, and lacerations.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, almost 4,300 pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents in the United States in 2010 and another 70,000 were injured. This averages out to one crash-related pedestrian death every two hours and a pedestrian injury every eight minutes. Pedestrians are 1.5 times more likely than passenger vehicle occupants to be killed in a car crash.
Most pedestrian deaths occur in urban areas, non-intersection locations, and at night. Older adults — pedestrians ages 65 and older — accounted for 19 percent of all pedestrian deaths in 2010 and an estimated 11 percent of all pedestrians injured.
Alcohol impairment either for the driver or the pedestrian was reported in 47 percent of crashes that resulted in pedestrian death. Thirty three percent of the pedestrians involved had blood alcohol content above 0.08.
Pedestrians involved in car accidents may be entitled to collect damages for medical costs, lost wages, pain and suffering, and more. For wrongful death cases, the family of the deceased may be able to collect for loss of future income and benefits and loss of companionship.
Different state laws affect the determination of liability in car accidents. For example, Maryland and Virginia follow a “pure contributory negligence rule” in which if the pedestrian contributed at all to the accident, then the other driver and insurer cannot be sued. Other states follow a “comparative fault” rule by which the pedestrian can recover some damages even when they were partly to blame.
Recovering damages for pedestrians injured in car accidents can be complex. The injured pedestrian may have insurance coverage under their health and disability insurance policies. If the accident happened while the pedestrian was working, workers compensation may apply. The majority of states require car owners to carry liability insurance which covers third party injuries. If the accident takes place in a no-fault insurance state, laws vary as to who is responsible for coverage for pedestrians. Depending on the nature of the road where the accident occurred, towns, states or the federal government may share liability. If the pedestrian was struck by a commercial vehicle, the company could also become a target.
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Pass coverage in football refers to the action of stopping the opposing team from completing forward passes. Pass coverage is an assignment given to most defensive positions but is especially important for cornerbacks and safeties.
There are two main ways in which players can play pass coverage in football. Man coverage and zone coverage.
Pass coverage responsibilities are given out before the play. Based on the play the defense called the defensive players will know what their responsibilities are in pass coverage.
Man coverage in football refers to a defensive player having a specific offensive player to cover for the play.
On these plays, the defender will start the play close to the receiver they are meant to cover. They will then follow them around the field as they run their route.
The goal is to stay close enough to the wide receiver so that the quarterback feels he cannot throw the ball.
If the ball is thrown to the receiver the player in pass coverage will look to break up the pass or catch it themselves for an interception.
The other style of pass coverage that can be played by a defense is zone defense. Zone defense is different from man defense in that it asks a defensive player to cover a specific area of the field as opposed to a specific player.
If any receiver enters a defender’s zone he must make sure they are not able to receive a pass. Oftentimes teams will play a combination of both man and zone defense which can result in a receiver being double covered.
Who covers who in pass coverage
Now that you know what pass coverage is in football you may be wondering which positions are responsible for covering one another on the field. Below we will break down the players each defensive position tends to cover.
Cornerback is one of the most important positions in pass coverage largely due to the fact they are tasked with covering wide receivers.
Wide receivers tend to be the most productive players on the offense when it comes to catching passes.
Cornerbacks need to cover these players near the sideline far from the formation. This is a difficult job because it often means they must cover these players one on one in open space.
When more receivers come onto the field it is common for a defense to bring on an extra cornerback called a nickel corner.
These players will play cornerback in the middle of the formation and can cover slot receivers or tight ends.
Safety is another key position when it comes to stopping the opponent’s passing offense.
Safeties are the players which line up the furthest back from the line of scrimmage and often act as the last line of defense.
In zone coverage, these players tend to stop the opponents from completing deep passes. These players will often wait deep into the defensive backfield and will help out any cornerbacks whose receiver has run a deep route.
In man coverage safeties can be expected to cover running backs, tight ends, and receivers on some occasions.
Linebacker is a position that also plays a fairly large role in pass coverage. When in zone defense it is common for linebackers to cover the area close to the line of scrimmage.
Linebackers will often play five to ten yards off the line of scrimmage and pick up any potential receiver that runs through that area of the field.
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The Cooper Gallery is the perfect place to discover stunning art and new exhibitions. Located in the heart of Barnsley town centre since 1914, the Gallery is free to all and all are welcome!
A Gift for Barnsley
Samuel Joshua Cooper purchased the Gallery building in 1912 when its occupants, the Holgate Grammar School, moved premises to Shaw Lane. His intention was to provide an art gallery for the people of Barnsley and to place his own art collection there for all to freely enjoy. Sadly, Samuel died in 1913 and did not live to see the opening of the Gallery in 1914. Before his death he had arranged for a board of Trustees to establish and maintain the Gallery and the collection of 275 paintings and drawings.
Learning, Wellbeing and Inspiration
The building’s original purpose was as a schoolhouse, built by Thomas Keresforth in 1660. The school was free for poor children and those who could afford it paid half fees. Unusually it was initially open to both boys and girls. In 1887 the school was combined with the Hemsworth Holgate Grammar School.
Lord Fitzwilliam opened the Cooper Gallery in 1914, shortly before the First World War began. He commented “It is interesting to open a building in commemoration of a gentleman who spent his life in a way that politicians and soldiers did not, and that was in pursuit of a peaceful industry”.
During and after the Second World War the Gallery was used as an annexe for the local Becketts Hospital. It reopened as an art gallery once more in 1957. Since the 1970s Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has run the Gallery alongside the Board of Trustees.
In 2014, to celebrate 100 years of the Cooper Gallery, an ambitious £765,000 project was spearheaded by the Trustees and Barnsley Museums, largely with money successfully raised from the Heritage Lottery Fund. In 2016 the newly extended and refurbished Gallery opened, featuring more of the art collection alongside film, sound and activities. In 2019 the empty cottage at the rear of the site was transformed into a modern artist studio space and café, and an outdoor digital installation. This project took place thanks to funding from Arts Council England.
The permanent art collection ranges from the 17th to 20th centuries and contains over 400 works. After the initial gift of 275 paintings by Mr Cooper, the Gallery also received several gifts of artworks from the visionary art collector Sir Michael Sadler. The Fox family, who were local brewers, donated paintings as well as funding the construction of the Gallery’s Fox Wing in 1934. The collection was further enriched in 1978 by the Addy Bequest and in 2001 by the donation of pictures previously belonging to the Sutherland brothers. The most recent addition to the Gallery is a selection of studio pottery collected by the local artist, Malcolm Whittaker.
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By RAYMON TRONCOSO
Capitol News Illinois | Report For America
SPRINGFIELD — University of Illinois faculty say an ongoing statewide investment in a public-private research network is key to boosting the state’s economy.
The Discovery Partners Institute, a UI-led research and workforce development hub based in Chicago, is the flagship program of the Illinois Innovation Network that seeks to invest in 15 regional hubs affiliated with the UI system to spur economic growth with state funding. The goal of IIN is to create technology jobs in Illinois and train the state’s workforce to fill them.
UI representatives testified before the state Senate Higher Education Committee during a subject matter hearing on Monday, claiming that despite Illinois’ success in business and STEM education, the state hasn’t seen the economic boon to match its academic output.
“So, broadly, the great thing about Illinois is it is a place where talent gets created, it has tremendous capabilities in creating tech talent,” DPI Director Bill Jackson said in his testimony.
According to UI’s presentation, Illinois is second nationally in computer science graduates and food research and development, fourth in MBA graduates, and fifth in data science graduates.
But this hasn’t translated to the private sector, leading to a “brain drain” of Illinois-educated tech workers, he said.
“But, our issue, right, is we lose that talent,” Jackson said. “It goes to the coast, it goes other places and it doesn’t stay within the state. We do all the development and we don’t get the essence of all that great capability we’re building.”
Illinois is 31st in state economic growth, 46th in private job growth, and 62 percent of computer science graduates leave the state after receiving their degree, according to the university’s representatives. On top of that, half of all start-ups that raise more than $5 million relocate.
The UI’s tech programs are also not racially equitable.
In Chicago, Black residents and Latino residents each make up around 30 percent of the city’s population. Cumulatively, they make up 12 percent of Chicago’s tech workforce, despite accounting for 60 percent of the general population.
In 2019, less than 2 percent of UI system computer and data science graduates were Black, while 5 percent were Latino. The UI representatives contended that this disparity limits the workforce that can be developed to address personnel shortfalls in the tech industry and keeps Illinois behind other states like California and Washington, which have seen similar levels of academic success as Illinois but have reaped larger growth in the private sector.
The solution, according to UI’s presentation, is continued investment in computer science classes and computer science teachers in public schools zoned for underserved communities. They also promote programs that target Black and Latino K-12 students to establish a pipeline for earning computer and data science degrees at Illinois universities.
DPI’s Chicago campus, in a development area called The 78, is scheduled to be completed by 2025. Most of the other hubs are situated on public university campuses and in existing structures and are scheduled to be operational over the next few years.
Hubs will have an established focus based on their region and the university that houses them. Focus areas include computing and data, food and agriculture, entrepreneurship and environment, and water.
An economic impact statement crafted by the Boston Consulting Group in late 2019 claims DPI and IIN will generate $198 billion in economic activity and create or fill 48,000 jobs over the next 10 years. The study says that by the 2029 fiscal year, the project will create or fill more than 9,500 jobs annually, with 4,500 of those going to individuals from underserved backgrounds.
State Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, who represents the Champaign area including UI’s flagship campus, pressed UI system witnesses on how effective their project would really be in cultivating tech talent in the state.
Rose cited a Wall Street Journal article discussing how the world’s largest tech companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft are creating 6-month vocational programs that are meant to serve as a competing and equal credential to a 4-year degree.
“It seems to me the private marketplace is now going to cannibalize our students,” Rose said. “What is this space that DPI is trying to capture where it is a market leader that is not already captured by someone else, not captured by Austin, not captured by Silicon Valley, not captured by Boston or by North Carolina?”
Jackson said that while Google and other big tech corporations are filling one gap in the marketplace, DPI will create the capacity for more tech jobs in the state. He also said that its different hubs and focus on creating pipelines in K-12 education allow it to fill multiple market gaps outside of just data science.
According to Jackson, Illinois institutions are uniquely situated for developing digital agriculture, transportation logistics and medical research.
Rose said he was pleased with the idea of DPI and IIN for boosting Illinois’ economy through the technology sector, but he cautioned the state “not to create a wheel that’s already been created somewhere else.”
DPI and IIN were originally approved under former Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2017 but had funding delayed over the course of his term. The state released $500 million in state funds for DPI and IIN in February, with another $501 million in non-state funds being committed to both projects.
At the senate committee on Monday, UI system representatives said half of the state funds will go to DPI and the other half to the 14 other hubs in the network.
According to UI representatives, only a portion of that money has been distributed for the planning and construction of DPI and five other hubs so far.
Those hubs include Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Chicago State University, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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As CAARE frequently reports, outstanding developments in science and technology are driving important advances in human medicine without the use of animals. Everything from cell-cultured organoids to 3D printing using human cells to sophisticated computer models are delivering results that are far more relevant to human health than animal experiments.
Unfortunately, millions of animals still suffer and die in outdated, duplicative and painful tests, despite the existence of superior alternatives.
The HEARTS Act (H.R. 1209), introduced by representatives Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) will work to change that.
Please send a letter to your Congressional representative asking for their support for the HEARTS Act.
The Humane and Existing Alternatives in Research and Testing Sciences (HEARTS) Act stipulates strong measures to promote the use of alternatives to animals in experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is the largest funder of animal experiments in the world.
The Act will promote non-animal methods by giving priority to researchers who use animal alternatives for receiving NIH funds.
It will also establish a set of guidelines for NIH grant applicants to ensure that before any experiment involving the use of an animal is funded, the applicant has fully evaluated available non-animal methods and that at least one reviewer has professional expertise in their use.
Significantly, the HEARTS Act will apply to all live vertebrate animals, including the most frequently used species like mice and rats who are excluded from protection under the Animal Welfare Act. At a time when most legislation for animals in labs is directed at safeguarding only a few species, the HEARTS Act will pertain to all of the 100 million animals used in U.S. laboratories.
The HEARTS Act is an important step towards ending excessive, frivolous and curiosity driven animal experiments by implementing a number of stringent requirements for NIH funded research that will drive the use of non-animal methods.
Please voice your support for the HEARTS Act by sending a letter to Congress.
Thank you for taking action for animals in labs today!
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